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Papaya raises $50M to give you a way to pay bills via its mobile app

TechCrunch LA

Papaya is a Los Angeles-based startup with a mission to do just that. It has developed technology to give people a way to pay bills outside of traditional methods, such as through the mail, over the phone or via a Web portal. But of course, part of its capital will go toward building awareness and growing its headcount.

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LA gets a big SaaS exit as Fastly nabs the Culver City-based Signal Sciences for $775M

TechCrunch LA

Los Angeles was always more than a one-industry town, even when it comes to technology startups, as media and entertainment (and social networking) were always the big draws in Tinseltown. Los Angeles, California, USA – March 23, 2016: Aerial view of the Hollywood sign at dusk in Los Angeles. Morgan Stanley & Co.

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S?qster Exits Stealth with Web-Based Tech for Managing Health Data

Xconomy

qster, founded in 2016 to develop technology that enables individuals to aggregate and manage all of their own personal health information, emerged from stealth mode Wednesday.

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Xconomy Special Report: 12 San Diego Tech Startup to Watch in 2017

Xconomy

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. The idea was to feature early stage companies in the region that have not attracted much attention or raised a substantial amount of startup capital.

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Interview With Paul Myer, Veracity: Why The Industrial Internet Needs Security

socalTECH

Veracity, which is backed by Microsemi and Frost Data Capital, recently inked a contract with the U.S. Paul Myer: Veracity Industrial Networks is a startup in the industrial network security segment. Paul Myer: Veracity Industrial Networks is a startup in the industrial network security segment. Thanks for the time today.

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SD Venture Funding Tops $1.9B in 2017; and Q4 Top 10 Deals

Xconomy

Venture capital activity ended the year with a strong finish in San Diego, as investors poured $498.4 The annual total was slightly ahead of venture activity in 2016, when VCs put slightly less than $1.9 billion into 231 startups in the greater San Diego region, according to Venture. billion in 215 deals last year.

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VC Activity Continues Slowdown in Fourth Quarter, and Top 10 Deals

Xconomy

Venture capital firms didn’t exactly take their foot off the accelerator, but the pace of VC investments continued to weaken in the three months that ended in December, extending a slowdown that began in July, according to two venture reports issued today. The report found that venture firms invested $12.7 billion in 1,736 U.S.