socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Santa Monica-based Transpera , a provider of mobile video advertising technology, announced Thursday that it has raised $8.25M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Flybridge Capital Partners, and included new investor Labrador Ventures. According to Transpera, the funding also includes debt from Silicon Valley Bank.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

El Segundo-based Dedicated Media , a provider of targeted online advertising, media services and lead generation technology, said Tuesday that it has secured $5M in a credit facility, from Wells Fargo's Technology and Venture Banking Group. The firm said the facility will go towards working capital and funding expansion.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2011

Adconion , which operates an Internet advertising network and related businesses, said earlier this week that it has raised £21 ($34M) in financing from Silicon Valley Bank. The firm said the funding will go towards acquisition and working capital requirements at the company. Adconion has major operations in Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank. Here’s a summary of our interview.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2011

Santa Monica-based W4 , an online advertising marketplace founded by former Hydra Network executives, said this morning that it has raised $10M in debt funding. The firm said the funding came from Silicon Valley Bank. W4 is headed by Jason Durant Walker. W4's co-founders include three former Hydra Network founders. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

This morning's interview is with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners (www.grpvc.com). GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. What's your thoughts on the local venture market?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, and others have had to raise tons of capital and have super-solid foundations to go with the hyper-local play. How did you connect with Kevin and ScOps Venture Capital, and why did you decide to raise a round?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Los Angeles-based Marketshare , the developer of marketing and advertising optimization software, has raised $5.0M in a debt funding round, according to a regulatory filing form the firm. The funding has not yet been announced. According to the filing, round close on September 8th, and came from a single investor.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. We discussed in the video why they don’t price this money but give it as convertible debt) they don’t make announcements to the market. They also avoid Reg D. YOu should check it out. OTHER DEALS.

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JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. The Spark Capital website (it’s one of my favorites). Current round: $10mm in Series B by Norwest (lead), Storm Ventures and Adams Capital.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. Jason Cohen, Capital Thought. Your Interactive Life Venture starts much earlier than the Ideation Phase (3). Entrepreneurism / Monetization Advertising, ecommerce, monetization. . Erik Deutsch, ExcelPR Group. Easy as 1 + 2-->3.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures. InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. Free from debt and high interest payments, the business can operate independently and with an eye towards long-term growth. VC/Angel Panel.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures. InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. Free from debt and high interest payments, the business can operate independently and with an eye towards long-term growth.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Shivani Siroya is the CEO and Founder of InVenture , which helps to expand small businesses around the world by providing access to growth capital and business tracking tools via the Internet and mobile technology. Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009. Andrew Loos co-founded Attack!

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# He wanted Quigo to be in the business of letting advertisers buy directly into the system.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. US TV advertising is $60 billion in its own right. Consumer spending 70% of the economy and vulnerable (wealth effect, build up debts). This article was originally published on TechCrunch. Why is that? But probably because as a group we travel a lot.

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