socalTECH

MAY 4, 2010

The firm was venture backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DoCoMo Capital, LG Innotek, Zone Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, Motorola, Micron, Portage Ventures, and SunAmerica; the firm had raised over $65M in funding over its lifetime. Tags: siimpel tessera semiconductor mems merger acquisition.

Arcadia 145

Arcadia Zone Ventures Draper Patents 145

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Botto joined Google through Google's acquisition of Urchin Software, where he was Business Development Manager. Brickfish is venture backed by DCM, Draper Richards L.P., Mangrove Capital Partners, and OCA Ventures, and counts such firms as Nike, MTV Networks, Coach, The North Face, Samsung, and others as clients.

Google 140

Google Sales Social Media Draper 140

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2012

Genomatica is venture backed by TPG biotechnology Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, WM Organic Growth and others. The firm announced that instead, the company has raised $41.5M

Draper 113

Draper San Diego Organization Capital 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

in venture capital from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Trinity Ventures; TargetCast is venture backed by Claremont Creek Ventures. Tags: ripple targetcast advertising outofhome merger acquisition. Ripple Tv's former CEO, John McMenamin, has become Chief Revenue Officer at TargetCast network. Ripple had taken around $19.0M READ MORE>>.

El Segundo 133

El Segundo Claremont Draper Advertising 133

socalTECH

MAY 9, 2016

Edeniq had raised around $100M from Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Angeleno Group, The Westly Group, I2BF Global Ventures, along with US Department of Energy (DOE) grant funding. Edeniq was at one point located in Los Angeles, but moved to Visalia to be closer to its source of feedstock.

Draper 100

Draper Los Angeles Angel Funding 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Casting some additional light on the acquisition of El Segundo-based Ripple last week, acquiring firm TargetCast Networks revealed today that it has received a new round of venture capital worth $6.5M from one of Ripple's primary backers, Draper Fisher Jurvetson. According to TargetCast, which is based in the Bay Area, it received $6.5M

El Segundo 113

El Segundo Claremont Draper Funding 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to MTV Networks, which is a division of Viacom, the acquisition will allow the firm to accelerate its introduction of its Flux social media platform across its portfolio. According to MTV, Social Project and its 31 employees will remain based in Santa Monica.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Draper Social Media Social Network 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2011

Genomatica is a developer of processes used to convert renewable feedstocks into high volume chemicals.The firm is venture backed by TPG biotechnology Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, WM Organic Growth, among others. READ MORE>>.

Draper 153

Draper San Diego Organization Marketing 153

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2012

Those investors include ICG Holdings, TPG Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, TL Ventures, as well as others. In the filing, Active said it is planning to sell 1.5 million shares of its common stock, being sold by a long list of its current investors. The sales come around 9 months after Active Networks May 2011 IPO.

Activity 140

Activity Networking Draper San Diego 140

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

CapLinked didn’t just raise money but announced it had acquired several new clients, including Edwards Lifesciences, Draper and Kramer, and Proprietary Capital who join a growing and impressive roster of previously disclosed CapLinked clients such as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and NextView Ventures.

Draper 68

Draper Google Software Engineering Invest 68

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

Draper III, in his new book titled “ The Startup Game.” According to Draper, in addition to the above Rule Number One, there are many other questions that need to be answered before a CEO should recommend to the board that it is time for an IPO: Do you really need the money? Do you need the IPO for your acquisitions strategy?

Social Media 89

Social Media Media Draper Startup 89

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The transaction is considered the largest public acquisition in Bitcoin history with both companies exhibiting impressive growth numbers since their respective beginnings. Dan, now named as Product Manager for the Blockchain acquired Zeroblock apps, tells the audience about life after acquisition.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2011

It was interesting to see the acquisition of Accordent - it seems unusual to have only put in $4M in to a company in so many years, and yet you had a good exit? If we're up against a Kleiner Perkins term sheet, or a Draper Fisher Jurvetson term sheet, the company is going to go with the big name, even if our valuation is higher.

Capital 168

Capital Hermosa Beach El Segundo San Diego 168

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

And of course the big question is whether Salesforce.com can out innovate these startups (especially after their acquisition of InStranet ). Expect great things from Assistly. Investors: Helion Venture Partners (Ashish Gupta), Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Nexus Venture Partners. 2.2mm in Series A.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Xconomy

MAY 4, 2017

In a survey of 29 Silicon Valley venture capitalists in December, the VCs mulled whether President-elect Donald Trump would buoy up their investment prospects with lower corporate taxes and government regulations, or worsen conditions by heightening global political instability and raising the risk of a major military conflict or economic downturn.

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Venture Capital Invest Artificial Inteligence Allegis 65