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AUGUST 17, 2017

Irvine-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital has sold two enterprise software companies it owns, Syncsort Incorporated and Vision Solutions , to fellow private equity investor Centerbridge Partners , in a deal worth $1.26 Clearlake Capital acquired Syncsort in 2015. Syncsort is based in Pearl River, New York.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Startups related to the many University of California campuses in Southern California may soon have a new source of funding: The University of California itself, via a new, $250M venture capital. fund investment capital venture ucsb ucla investor regent ucsd kitepharma finance' Image courtesy Chris Radcliff , via Flickr. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 28, 2015

According to Siemer & Associates, this year's conference, the Siemer Summit 2015, will be held from October 13th to 14th, and will feature Tim Draper as the keynote speaker. This time, the event is being held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, rather than Santa Monica, where the event had been held in prior years.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 12, 2017

The flow of venture capital dollars invested into Los Angeles-area companies fell 16.3 billion in 2015 to $3.49 percent from a high of $4.17 billion last year, according to a report by Dow Jones Venture Source.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners has re-upped on one of its portfolio companies, Redwood City-based E8 Security , which develops software used to analyze cybersecurity threats. March Capital Partners made its first investment in E8 back in March of 2015. E8 Security has now raised $21.8M in funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. So VCs made fewer investments at lower prices and generally on terms that were more favorable to investors relative to 2015. Baidu alone raised $3.2

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socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2016

Los Angeles-based fintech investor Core Innovation Capital is one of the backers in a big, $220M equity funding for solar power financing provider Mosaic. Core Innovation Capital is very active nationally in fintech investments, and raised a big fund in 2015. The company is based in Oakland. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2016

Over the last week or so, we've featured the reflections of our readers on 2015 and what it has meant for Southern California's technology industry. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? What was the biggest news for you or your firm this year? That's making sure you remove your hitch.

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MARCH 29, 2017

Santa Monica-based Arrowroot Capital , an investment firm focused on investing growth equity in growing software-as-a-service and internet-based businesses, has launched an effort to raise $175M in its third fund, Arrowroot Capital III, LP. The firm's second fund closed at the end of 2015, and was worth $50M. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2014

A healthy manufacturing sector, likely to gain even more strength in 2015, is creating an impetus to invest. This was led by a modest increase in the net percent of owners who plan to increase capital spending and more who expect higher sales in the next few months. 2015 business optimism entrepreneur strategy' Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? They were a way to gather cheap capital.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2016

Los Angeles-based fintech venture investor Core Innovation Capital has scored a quick exit at one of its portfolio companies, Honest Dollar , just a year after its seed funding. Core Innovation Capital had backed Honest Dollar as part of a small, $3M funding round that closed in March of 2015, along with Expansive Ventures and Formation 8.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Arteen Arabshahi: While Karlin Ventures has had an excellent first few years as a firm seeing over 6 exits and making 40+ investments within 3 years, what was most exciting in 2015 was the addition of our third team member, Erin Shipley. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015?

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DECEMBER 29, 2015

Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? Lawrence Ng: We were reminded that the best solutions come from a team that is a combination of individuals who are veterans in traditional industries as well as those with proven track records as growth hackers and problem solvers.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2015

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2015 Startup and Entrepreneur Forecast taking place Thursday, January 29 from 7 p.m. We will have amazing panelists from March Capital, Greycroft, Machinima, Silicon Valley Bank and Amplify who will share their insights and forecast for start-ups in 2015. Sponsored giveaways and contests.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The socalTECH 50 is aimed at identifying and highlighting the top 50 people in the technology industry here, who are most likely to create the next big thing, produce the next big exit, or influence the industry in a significant way.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The funding was led by Lead Edge Capital, and also included Martin Ventures, the healthcare-focused venture capital firm founded by executive, investor, and entrepreneur, Charlie Martin, and existing investors Jackson Square Ventures, Health Velocity Capital, Summation Health Ventures, Structure Capital and Freestyle Capital.

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socalTECH

MAY 29, 2019

Black Mountain Systems was previously owned by another, private equity investor, Stone Point Capital LLC , which acquired Black Mountain in 2015. Black Mountain said the investment y Vista will help it grow both domestically and internationally, and also provide new capital ti invest in development of its platform.

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Xconomy

MAY 8, 2017

Austin —Dell Technologies is publicly unveiling a venture capital investment arm that has been quietly investing in startups since the operation was run by EMC, the data storage giant that Dell agreed to acquire for $67 billion in 2015. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm Upfront Ventures said over the weekend that it has named two new Partners at the firm. Maliwal was most recently a product manager at Google, and also had served at Crosslink Capital and Deutsche Bank. Upfront's Managing Partners are Mark Suster and Yves Sisteron. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Los Angeles-based Halogen Ventures, the venture capital firm led by Jesse Draper, has raised $21M in its second fund, the firm said on Wednesday. Halogen Ventures was founded in 2015, and so far has invested in over 60 female founded companies, and says it now has ten exits out of its portfolio.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Biotech IPO valuation trends have been strong year-over-year since 2015, and significantly more so among. There were approximately 58 biotech IPOs in 2018 (excluding offerings with under $25 million of proceeds) for total gross proceeds of $6.3 Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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JULY 23, 2020

The funding was led by Monogram Capital, and also included Cambridge SPG and Powerplant Ventures. Vive Organic was founded by CEO Wyatt Taubman, COO Kyle Withycombe and VP of Sales JR Simich in 2015. Vive's beverage brand focuses on "cold-pressed wellness shots" which it claims boost the immune system. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2015

Today, we have some thoughts from Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital , a private equity investment company in San Diego. What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015? spencer capital 2014 reflections venture' What was the most significant event for you or your company this year? maybe even 10x. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

and Composite Capital. The company was founded in 2015. TuSimple , a developer of autonomous trucking technology which has offices in San Diego and in China, said on Wednesday that it has raised $95M in a Series D funding round. The funding came from Chinese investors SINA Corp. TuSimple says it has now raised a total of $178M.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Over the past month a colleague ( Chang Xu ) and I sifted through data on the venture capital industry (as we do every year) and made a bunch of calls to VCs and LPs to confirm our hypotheses. As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture. What gives?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. In fact, if you add the capital flows of the past ten years, there have been just shy of $50 billion in net cash outlays.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

San Diego’s innovation clusters continued to grow in 2015, as local startups, funding deals, and job growth extended an economic growth spurt that began in 2013. That’s according to a report being released today by Connect, the local nonprofit group focused on technology and entrepreneurship.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The Series E funding was led by D1 Capital Partners. The company got its start in 2015 to allow for trading of high end, collectible sneakers; the company has since expanded into apparel and other accessories. According to GOAT Group, the new funding will go to further accelerate growth across product categories and geographies.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

The company also has raised funding from Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, CDIB, Himax Technologies, Qualcomm, Thundersoft, and Sequoia Capital. Kneron was founded in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 13, 2017

The funding came from Atomico, Sequoia Capital, GV (Google Ventures), and Fifth Wall. Clutter has now raised around $97M in total funding since 2015. Clutter has also previously raised funding from AmplifyLA, Resolute.vc, and angels Matt Coffin, David Sacks, and Joanne Wilson. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

The startup, led by Lydia Yan, said the funding came from Brookfield Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and GLP. Lynwood, California-based NEXT (formerly, NEXT Trucking), has raised $97M more in a funding round for its development of an online marketplace for shippers and carriers, the company said on Wednesday.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2020

Love Goodly was part of the Quake Seed Capital accelerator program, and was backed by Third Wave Digital/Allen DeBevoise. Love Goodly was founded in 2015; Lassoff said both she and Bogue Miller will continue on as consultants to NOVICA. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It’s also worth noting that this represents a bit of a turnaround for the company, after the it shut down operations in Los Angeles, New York City and New Orleans in 2015, with Hall coming on as CEO shortly afterwards. And it sounds like he isn’t in a rush to launch in a bunch of new markets. ” Good Eggs CEO Bentley Hall.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Los Angeles-based ProducePay has inked a $190 million debt facility from Coventure and TCM Capital, to expand its lending business and marketplace for farmers. Since its launch in 2015, the company has seen $1.5 It buys produce ahead of delivery and sets itself up as a middle-man between distributors, growers and grocers.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

The two have been working together since August of 2015. GumGum is backed by such investors as Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, and says it has a reach of 600 million uniques. The company said it will deliver its in-image and in-screen ad units to those publications. Financial details of the renewal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Los Angeles-based Fisker , the new developer of electric vehicle and solid state battery technology which was crated by Fisker Automotive founder's Henrik Fisker, has received a strategic investment from Caterpillar Venture Capital. Caterpillar Venture Capital is the investment arm of industrial equipment and vehicle maker Catepillar.

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