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Steamboat Ventures Sells Scrapblog

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Scrapblog , an online scrapbooking service backed by Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , has been sold to personal photo publishing firm Mixbook. Scrapblog as venture backed by Steamboat Ventures and Longworth Venture Partners, and allowed users to create a digital scrapbook of personal photos and other information.

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GoPro Plans IPO

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If success, the IPO is a win for Southern California''s tech community--despite the company being based up North--since one of its major backers is Steamboat Ventures, and many of the company''s employees were previously at San Diego-based Cineform. gopro camera action sports merger acquisition exit steamboat ventures'

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GoPro Prices IPO, To Trade Today

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The company--although based in San Mateo--has a number of Southern California ties, including founder Nicholas Woodman, who founded the company at UC San Diego, operations in San Diego (thanks to the acquisition of Cineform), and investors via Steamboat Ventures (the venture arm of Walt Disney). and $24.00 and $24.00

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GoPro, With SoCal Ties, Files For IPO

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The firm''s founder, Nicholas Woodman, is a graduate of UC San Diego, and came up with the idea for the company while surfing off of San Diego; the company''s investors also include Steamboat Ventures--the venture arm of Walt Disney--which looks to own something around 3 percent of the company. READ MORE>>.

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Kofax Buys Kapow Technologies

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Kofax said the acquisition will help grow its sales organization and accelerate its software revenue growth. Kapow''s investors included Steamboat Ventures and Morgan Stanley, among others. software integration data acquisition merger technologies kapow kofax' Kofax said it will acquire Kapow for $47.5M READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon, Steamboat Get Exit At MerchantCircle

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Two Southern California venture capital firms have benefited from an acquisition yesterday of Mountain View-based MerchantCircle , an online local business advertising and networking site, by fellow online advertising firm Reply!

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GoPro Plans IPO, Says Report

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GoPro--although based in the Bay Area--has a number of Southern California ties, including staff in San Diego, an investment from Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures, plus a group in San Diego it acquired when it bought Cineform.