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DECEMBER 26, 2017

What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017? Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017. So far, we have launched a handful of blockchain companies and are looking forward to more partnerships in 2018. I expect this will drive a wave of meaningful M&A.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based fintech venture capital investor Core Innovation Capital is out looking for new investors in its third fund, with a target of $100M, according to regulatory filing by the firm on Friday. The company raised a similar fund , Core Innovation Capital II, LP, back in January of 2017. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2019

Perforce Software , a developer of software used by developers to manage their software source control and DevOps--which is backed by Santa Monica-based Clearlake Capital Group--has scored a new round of funding, the company announced this morning. Clearlake first made its investment in Perforce in late 2017.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 13, 2018

OpenX reports over $170 Million in 2017 revenue; Wpromote lands investment from Shamrock Capital; and Allison Checchi named COO of Atom Tickets.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2019

Los Angeles-based Bellco Capital , a new investment firm founded by Drs. According to the firms, the effort will combine biotechnology entrepreneurship and scientific research experience from Bellco Capital to boost real estate development efforts from Tishman Speyer in a new company, Breakthrough Properties.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 20, 2017

Thursday, January 26, 2017 -- SAM Preccelerator Program Presents: "How to Network for Capital" with Len Lanzi. See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sam-preccelerator-program-presents-how-to-network-for-capital-with-len-lanzi-tickets-30678911450. This session will focus on techniques and ways to network in the VC and Angel Community.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Fortunately, there are thousands of options for raising capital, from angel funds and VC firms to crowdfunding campaigns and looking through your couch cushions. Thanks to data from Crunchbase , we can bask in the glory of the five highest funding rounds in 2017 so far. Yes, those are billions with a capital B.

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APRIL 3, 2018

Streaming game engine developer Genvid Technologies --which is backed by Santa Monica's March Capital Partners--has raised $6M in new funding, in a Series A investment, the company said today. Genvid is based in New York. Genvid has now raised $10M in total. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based StartEngine , the equity crowdfunding service run by serial entrepeneur Howard Marks, has chalked up 25 companies raising money on its platform since the start of 2017, according to the company.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based 3Rodeo , a brand venture capital investment firm led by former Hulu executive Noah Heller, says it is targeting investments in startups in Los Angeles. 2017 has been a banner year for new startup funds in Los Angeles as well as Southern California as a whole. Size of the new fund was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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. Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 Baidu alone raised $3.2

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners has surfaced in what looks to be the downtown Austin's hippest new event venue. The only current tenants in the space are Vast and March Capital Partners. March Capital Partners opened up its new office in Austin in July.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 29, 2017

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 -- PUBLIC VENTURE CAPITAL: A GROWTH PATH YOU NEED TO EXPLORE. Join us for a wine-tasting, reception and seminar to learn how to access public venture capital in Canada (without needing to move there). See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 6, 2017

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 -- Fierce, Funded, and Female: A Discussion On Capital Raising. Each panelist will share her own fundraising experience and the group will discuss the current funding climate and how to navigate it to get the capital you need. General Assembly. How much should you raise, when and from whom?

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 16, 2021

New backers include Dragoneer, Tiger Global, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, funds and accounts advised by T. Squarespace founder & CEO Anthony Casalena said the fresh capital will advance the company’s growth initiatives and help it scale its product suite. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In 2017, backed by early investors including Capital One Ventures and Mark Cuban, Dave Inc. launched a mobile app to help users manage expenses and avoid overdraft fees.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 11, 2017

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 -- Women in LAVA: The Money: From Angel Investors, Private Investors, Venture Capital and More. From Angel Investors, private investors, venture capital and more, we plan to get “down and dirty” with specific deal points and terms, revenue benchmarks and board involvement.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Kevin O'Connor , a longtime investor and serial entrepreneur, who is now running venture capital investment firm ScOp Venture Capital. Kevin sold his last company, Santa Barbara-based Graphiq, in July of 2017 to Amazon, but has a long history of successful companies, including founding DoubleClick.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Here, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund, and has had some great success in the market. TVC Capital has also been a big supporter and sponsor of socaltech over the years. You can see all of our holiday reflections here. Risk taking yields innovation.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 8, 2018

In China, 2017 was the year of the rooster. But in the United States, it was the year of the unicorn—at least according to the Venture Monitor report released today by Seattle-based PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association. billion in 8,035 companies (through 8,076 deals) in 2017, according to Venture Monitor data.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

.” For startups entering program they receive investment capital, access to coworking space at Disney’s creative campus and mentor support and guidance from top Disney executives, entrepreneurs, investors and other notable business leaders from the entertainment and technology communities, and have a Demo Day at the campus.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Venice, California-based early stage, pre-seed investment fund and accelerator Amplify.LA has released its latest report on the state of the Los Angeles technology scene, saying that the city had a "landmark year".

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Xconomy

JANUARY 9, 2018

Venture capital activity ended the year with a strong finish in San Diego, as investors poured $498.4 million into 61 companies during the last three months of 2017, according to Venture Monitor data released Tuesday. billion in 215 deals last year.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) announced last week that it has raised a second fund, worth $300M. To learn about the new fund, we sat down with Jamie Montgomery , one of the fund's co-founders, to hear about March Capital's strategy and the new fund. We started March Capital in late 2013.

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In 2017, backed by early investors including Capital One Ventures and Mark Cuban, Dave Inc. launched a mobile app to help users manage expenses and avoid overdraft fees.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 3, 2017

In an environment of microscopic interest rates, it is particularly interesting to read the Preqin 2Q17 Quarterly Update , which exhaustively tracks all things private equity and venture capital.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2018

The new funding came from Initialized Capital. AdQuick, which launched its marketplace for outdoor advertising space, launched its services in 2017. in its seed funding in July of 2017, in a round also led by Initialized Capital, and also included VTF Capital and Haystack Ventures. AdQuick previously raised $1.1M

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2019

Upfront Ventures , a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, has filed paperwork with the U.S. Though the firm typically invests at the seed and Series A, capital from Upfront Growth III will be used for follow-on or late-stage deals. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise its third growth-stage investment fund.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2020

Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures has just kicked off an effort to raise a new, $280M venture capital fund, Upfront VII, L.P. Upfront Ventures started raising $250M in a growth fund, Upfront Growth II, back in June of 2019, and raised its last core fund, Upfront VI, back in June of 2017.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Online footwear and apparel retailer Shoes.com --which was owned by Walmart--has been acquired by Manhattan Beach-based investment firm CriticalPoint Capital, LLC , CriticalPoint announced this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Shoes.com was originally founded in 1999 as ShoeBuy. Shoes.com is based in Boston.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The fund is a boost from the firm's last fund, which closed in January of 2017 at $63M. Bonfire says its anchor investors include Daher Capital, Foundry Group, Mercer Advisors, Atento Capital, Aspen Grove Capital, and Shea Ventures, along with more than 30 successful startup founders and executives who are also investing in the fund.

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Xconomy

JUNE 11, 2018

Intel sealed its commitment to become a player in the burgeoning autonomous vehicle industry when it bought computer vision company Mobileye for more than $15 billion in 2017.

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L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 20, 2017

While venture capital investment in L.A. startups rose slightly in the first quarter of 2017, seed-stage investments went in the other direction.

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socalTECH

JULY 3, 2017

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced, however, DexYP says the combined company will have pro forma net revenues of more than $2 billion in 2017. YP.com had been owned by private equity investor Cerberus Capital Management. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2021

a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsred by Victory Park Capital. The company was launched in 2017, and now says it has over 10 million customers. Los Angeles-based banking app developer Dave said this morning that it is going public, via a merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III, Inc., million members.

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socalTECH

JULY 2, 2020

DeSantis previously served at such companies as DATAllegro, Predixion Software, Cloudvirga, and Nexiant, and the company said DeSantis took ShiftPixy public in 2017, and TCI Solutions in 2004. Mavenlink is backed by Carrick Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs, and has raised more than $111.5M in total.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

The Los Angeles ecosystem is $76 million stronger today as Fika Ventures , a seed-stage venture capital firm, announces its sophomore investment fund. Fika invests roughly half of its capital exclusively in startups headquartered in LA, with a particular fondness for B2B, enterprise and fintech companies.

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