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MARCH 20, 2007

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Invoca, which develops call tracking and other customer tracking software, says it is on the path towards $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) by the end of its fiscal year. The company has raised $116M in venture capital, from such investors as Accel, Upfront Ventures, H.I.G.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Today, we share the thoughts of Kelly Perdew , the founder and Managing Director of Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com). Since 2010, $6.3B

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA).

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners has chalked up another exit in its enterprise software portfolio, after VMware said Thursday morning that it has acquired VeloCloud , a developer of cloud-based, software-definied, wide-area-network (SD-WAN) technology. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

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JUNE 18, 2010

To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link. What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). OTHER DEALS: 1.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

I recently filmed a show for This Week in Venture Capital in which I talked about how to prepare for a VC meeting: whom you’ll meet, who should attend from your side, what materials you should bring and how you should run the meeting. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. But take prompts from the VC.

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JULY 9, 2021

Costa Mesa-based early stage venture capital investor CerraCap Ventures has scored an exit out of its portfolio, saying today that one of its companies, Totient, has been acquired by Absci. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The venture investor says the exit is the second for tht fund.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

San Diego-based venture capital investor Mission Ventures has seen an exit in its venture portfolio this morning, at data science and Hadoop software developer Alpine Data. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced by the companies. in funding.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Irvine-based United Scope , a maker of microscopes and accessories which operates under the name AmScope , has been acquired by private equity investor L Squared Capital Partners , via a majority recapitalization. Financial details of the transaction were not announced. United Scope had been founded and was owned by Frank Dai.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a newsletter published every Saturday that dives into the week’s most noteworthy venture deals, fundraises, M&A transactions and trends. More Labs, for example, is backed with $8 million in VC funding. As Amex scoops up Resy, a look at its acquisition history . Fundraising.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

San Diego's TVC Capital has made another investment in a growing software firm, this time in Washington State. Limeade , a developer of software-as-a-service tools to manage employee wellness programs, said today that it has raised $5M in a funding round from TVC, which it will use for innovation and servicing its customers.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Los Angeles-based Weblife , a developer of secure, employee web browsing software, has been acquired by Proofpoint , in a $66M all cash deal, the companies announced today. Proofpoint said it will use the acquisition to extend its email malware protection to users' personal email accounts. Nordic Eye said it invested $3.0M

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

GlaxoSmithKline is acquiring a startup it helped launch in 2013 as part of an alliance with life sciences venture capital firm Avalon Ventures. Avalon said Tuesday that GSK (NYSE: GSK ) has agreed to buy the company, Sitari Pharmaceuticals, which has been developing a treatment for celiac disease.

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MARCH 18, 2014

Irvine-based Bitvore , a startup developing big data and intelligence-gathering software which pulls information from both public and private data sources for businesses, said this morning that it has closed a $4.5M, Series A funding round. Bitvore, led by Jeff Curie, said that it has developed a. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has scored an exit this morning, after IBM said it has acquired Boston-based Cloudant , a developer of a NoSQL-based, cloud-based database. cloudant venture capital merger acquisition exit cloud software nosql database' in funding. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I had to laugh a bit reading it. I installed Windows 3.1

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MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. They are, in fact, great news for traditional venture capitalists. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Some very interesting graphics including this heat map: Very cool visualization tool!

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From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

The recent firing of Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is a cautionary tale of the increased scrutiny and heightened expectations that come from accessing increasingly larger amounts of investment capital. Is outside capital really required? So, whether an entrepreneur raises money or not, they have to have a long-term vision.

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JULY 2, 2013

San Diego-based startup EcoATM , the developer of automated kiosks used for recycling cell phones and other electronics, has been acquired by newly renamed Coinstar (now known as Outerwall). ecoATM develops self-serve kiosks--found in many malls--which lets consumers turn in their mobile phones, tablets, and MP3 players for cash.

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APRIL 19, 2011

He is very hands-on and helpful – especially for any company looking into customer acquisition. What better than to have capital from somebody who has actually done it in the trenches? Matt’s commitment to re-investing in tech startups is reminiscent to this great Fred Wilson post of “recycling capital. &#.

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JUNE 5, 2014

in a Series B funding, and also acquired EverSync, a developer of cloud-based backup appliances. The funding came from Carrick Capital Partners. Infrascale said the funding will go towards its product line, including the acquisition of Eversync Solutions. Infrascale did not say how much it paid for EverSync. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 13, 2014

La Jolla-based Dermtech , a developer of non-invasive, gene expression tests for helping to diagnose skin cancer, has filed for an IPO. in its IPO, and has applied to list on the NASDAQ Capital Market as DMTK. dermtech international venture capital healthcare lifescience merger acquisition tech coast angels'

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JUNE 26, 2013

Los Angeles-based restaurant ordering systems developer EMN8 said this morning that it has acquired Snapfinger , a developer of remote ordering products for the casual dining industry. As part of the acquisition, EMN8 said it raised $50M in a new funding, to both acquire Snapfinger and expand its platforms. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Cerritos-based Calnetix Technologies said this morning that it has acquired VYCON , the developer off flywheel-based energy storage systems. Calnetix--which develops and manufactures high-speed permanent magnet motor generators, power electronics and magnetic bearings--said Vycon will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the company.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Among the announcements at the demo day were the funding of smartphone toy company SnowShoe , and an acquisition of Smart Toy , a developer of an interactive toy. Disney offered up up to $120K in investment capital, access to entrepreneurs and executives at Disney, and other resources to its startups. in its seed funding round.

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JULY 1, 2010

Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Money to be used for hiring and additional product development. Current round: $20.0mm Series-B led by Andreesen Horowitz, with USV and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a

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JULY 7, 2014

Disney is providing $120,000 in investment capital to startups to help them develop their ideas, and also provide mentoring from Disney executives. Disney is providing $120,000 in investment capital to startups to help them develop their ideas, and also provide mentoring from Disney executives. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 29, 2014

PaxVax , a biopharmaceuticals company developing vaccines for infectious disease, has raised $62M in a funding round. The company is backed by Ignition Ventures, Ignition Growth Capital and the Blue Haven Initiative. paxvax venture capital infectious disease vaccine debt financing lifescience' READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 14, 2017

The Series A funding was led by IA Capital, and also included Menlo Ventures, FF Venture Capital, Nationwide Ventures, Assurant and AmTrust. SURE said the funding will go towards product development, user acquisition, marketing, and hiring.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Kamran Pourzanjani , the former CEO and founder of PriceGrabber.com, and Omid Rahmat , the former CEO of Tom's Hardware, have acquired Portland- and Santa Barbara-based ELC Technologies , the development firm founded by Jonathan Siegel. ELC is known for its cloud computing applications development, and Ruby On Rails development.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Marlin Equity Partners announced this morning that it has acquired 6N Systems , a developer of financial and clinical software aimed at the long-term and post-acute care market. billion in capital. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Marlin Equity Partners manages over $2.6

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

With the new capital, SpotOn has raised $628 million since its inception. The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Venture capital firms have increased their agtech investments by 80 percent since 2012, bringing total VC investment in the sector to a total of $3 billion in 2015, according to a new report from Boston Consulting Group and AgFunder, an online investment marketplace for agriculture technology. They also queried 15 VC firms.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based ThinkNear , the developer of hyper-local mobile advertising technology headed by Eli Portnoy, has been acquired by TeleNav , TeleNav said this morning. TeleNav said it would pay $22.5M, consisting of $18.5M in cash plus restricted stock and assumed options for ThinkNear. in a seed funding last year. READ MORE>>.

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