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APRIL 1, 2013

San Diego-based Proximal Data , which develops serve-side caching software for accelerating I/O access to virtualized machines, said this morning that it has raised $2M in a Series B round of funding. The funding came from Divergent Ventures, along with existing investors Avalon Ventures. The firm is led by Rory Bolt.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

San Diego-based StackIQ , which develops IT automation tools for the enterprise, has raised $6M in a Series B funding round, according to the company. The new funding came from Grayhawk Capital, Keshif Ventures, DLA Piper, and OurCrowd, as well as Anthem Venture Partners and Avalon Ventures. The company is led by Tim McIntire.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2014

San Diego-based Proximal Data , a developer of storage caching software aimed at use with virtualized systems, has been acquired by Samsung Electronics , Samsung said today. Proximal Data was venture backed by Divergent Ventures and Avalon Ventures, and had only announced around $5M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2016

San Diego-based AristaMD , which is developing software tools to help coordinate referrals by physicians to specialists, has raised $11M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Avalon Ventures, and also included Correlation Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

San Diego-based server side caching software developer Proximal Data has inked a deal with LSI Corporation , where LSI will integrate its server-side caching technology with a PCIe flash application acceleration product. Proximal Data is venture backed by Divergent Ventures and Avalon Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2016

Plug and Play San Diego has formed a partnership with Downtown Works, a new co-working space in downtown San Diego, which will give the local Plug and Play program a place to call home. We would like to launch an accelerator based here, and bring in additional resources from the Bay Area.”. billion under management.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

San Diego-based Chumby Industries , the maker of Internet-enabled, application-capable devices, said this week that it has launched a new version of its product for Android. According to the firm, its app--available on the Android Market for $4.99--brings the firm's software to Android 2.2 READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

San Diego-based Chumby , maker of the alarm-clock sized, Internet device, has raised another $3.0M Chumby has previously raised funding from Avalon Ventures, JK&B Capital, Masthead Venture Partners, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. Tags: chumby venture capital software internet electronics device linux. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2013

invested across 17 deals; San Diego was third, with $147.75M in 18 deals. Other large deals included aTyr Pharma , in San Diego, which raised $38.75M, and Aliso Viejo-based Vertos Medical , which raised $22.75M. Orange County was second, with $161.9M The second largest sector was biotechnology, which had nearly $148.6M

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

San Diego-based Chumby , the developer of a Linux-based, programmable device which connects to Internet information, has linked with QNX Software Sytsems Co. , Chumby is headed by Derrick Oien, and backed by Avalon Ventures, JK&B Capital, Masthead Venture Partners, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2014

in funding, followed by San Diego with $242.98M in investments, and $209.97M in investments in Orange County. The biggest deals of the quarter came from San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY , which raised $50.0M Industry wise, the most active sector was Software, which had a commanding $253.5M in funding.

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MAY 27, 2009

San Diego-based Interacasting Corporation , a provider of mobile social networking software, has been acquired by Good Technology, the firms said this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The firm's customers included AT&T, Boost Mobile, Spring, T-Mobile, Verizon, Virgin MObile, and others.

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JANUARY 8, 2009

San Diego-based Chumby, which makes Internet-connected devices, has rolled out a new reference design that incorporates the firm's software to create Internet-connected digital photo frames. Chumby is venture backed by Avalon Ventures, JK&B Capital, Masthead Venture Partners, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2008

San Diego-based Awarepoint, a developer of systems for tracking assets and patients in hospitals, has raised $13.3M The firm said the round was led by Cardinal partners, and also included Venrock and prior investor Avalon Ventures. The firm offers its services as software-as-a-service to the healthcare industry.

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APRIL 19, 2013

San Diego had $178.3M In terms of industries, Software was the most popular investment area for Southern California, with $177.3M Finally, looking at venture capital investors, the most active investors in the region were Siemer Ventures (10 investments); Correlation Ventures (8); Qualcomm Ventures (7), and Avalon Ventures (5).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Irvine-based Broadcom and San Diego-based Chumby are working together to integrate Chumby's technology into set top boxes, the firms announced this morning. Chumby is venture backed by Avalon Ventures, JK&B Capital, Masthead Venture Partners, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2017

According to a recent ScoreStream statement , San Diego’s Avalon Ventures, a longtime ScoreStream investor, led the round, and was joined by Sinclair Broadcasting, Verizon Ventures, and R/GA Ventures, the investment arm of the advertising agency R/GA. million in a Series A round that includes Intel Capital as an investor.

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JUNE 6, 2018

Awarepoint, the San Diego healthtech startup that specialized in real-time location systems for tracking medical equipment and people in hospitals and clinics, has gone 404. That’s the error code message that comes up for a website that no longer exists.

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MAY 2, 2017

This is the direction we’re headed, according to Larry Smarr, founding director of the California Institute of Telecommunications & Information Technology at UC San Diego.

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APRIL 24, 2015

In the age of the smartphone and social sharing, San Diego-based ScoreStream (www.scorestream.com) thinks it has figured out how to tap into that new world, and connect all that social activity with the media. At that point, is when we ended up raising a convertible note from NEA and Avalon, to prepare for the football season.

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APRIL 24, 2015

In the age of the smartphone and social sharing, San Diego-based SportStream (www.sportstream.com) thinks it has figured out how to tap into that new world, and connect all that social activity with the media. At that point, is when we ended up raising a convertible note from NEA and Avalon, to prepare for the football season.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We seem to receive lots of pitches from companies looking to attack the mobile market with their mobile software applications, but few who have deployed on-deck with carriers. in funding from Venrock, Avalon, and Masthead. Intercasting is backed by $17.5M What exactly are your mobile social networking applications?

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