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APRIL 17, 2013

Calabasas-based Music Mastermind , the interactive entertainment firm headed by Matt Serletic, has raised $11.3M, as it has inked a deal with mobile games publisher Chillingo to publish a new music creation game called Zya. Music Mastermind said the funding came from Intel Capital and Liberty Global. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Calabasas-based TicketManager , the developer of entertainment and sports ticket management software, said Thursday morning that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Kayne Partners and Point Judith Capital.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

To get the story behind the new funding, we spoke with Eric Robison , the firm's President and CEO, last week. This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Calabasas-based GreenPark Sports --a new startup founded by Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube; Nick Swinmurn, founder of Zappos; and Ken Martin, co-founder of Blitz--has raised $8.5M in a seed funding round. The funding round was led by SignalFire, and also included Sapphire Sports and Founders Fund. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

To get the story behind the new funding, we spoke with Eric Robison , the firm's President and CEO, last week. This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

Calabasas-based PayQwick , an electronic payment provider aiming at the legal marijuana industry, has raised $2.86M in a funding round, the company announced on Monday. Source of the funding was not announced.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Calabasas-based Spotlight Ticket Management , the venture-backed startup which helps companies manage their corporate sports and entertainment tickets for big brands like Coca Cola, Google, Comcast, and many others, has renamed itself Ticketmanager , the company said today. TicketManager is led by Tony Knopp.

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MAY 24, 2011

Calabasas-based Music Mastermind , which is developing a music creation platform, said Monday that it has raised $10.8M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Intel Capital and Liberty Global, along with angel investors. Intel and Liberty contributed $6.8M to the Series B, with the remainder coming from the angels.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Calabasas-based payment processing operator Applied Merchant Systems announced late Monday that it has merged with BlueSquare Resolutions , and raised a round of debt funding. The funding came via a senior credit facility from Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group and Business Development Corporation of America.

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Calabasas-based Masher Media , which is developing the online virtual world MyMiniPeeps.com for children, has received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels. Tags: masher media myminipeeps virtual world content videogame venture capital angel. MyMiniPeeps.com is targeted at kids 6 to 13. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2011

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , which provides testing and engineering services, said today that it has raised $14M in a private placement. The firm said it raised the debt and equity with Mill Road Capital. The firm said the new funding will go towards one or more future acquisitions by the company.

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MARCH 29, 2010

Calabasas-based Fulcrum Microsystems , which develops high speed switching semiconductors, has raised $15.02M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm earlier this month. The funding brings the company's total raised to over $113M in six rounds of funding. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

Calabasas-based Aligned TeleHealth , a provider of telemedicine services, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from SV Life Sciences (SVLS). The company said the funding will go towards acquisition, business development, recruitment, and towards its technology infrastructure.

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JULY 19, 2011

Calabasas-babsed Fulcrum Microsystems , the developer of switching semiconductors, has been acquired by chip giant Intel. Fulcrum Microsystems was venture backed by Granite Ventures, Infinity Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Palomar Ventures, and others; the firm had raised somewhere over $114M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

Calabasas-based Kythera Biopharmaceuticals , a developer of aesthetic medicine products, has added $10M more in new funding. The new funding came to light in this week's PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report. No details on the funding have been announced by the company.

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JULY 21, 2011

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , the provider of testing and engineering services, said today that it has acquired Ingenium Testing. NTS--which is publicly held--said the acquisition as funded via a $14M, private placement of debt and equity with Mill Road Capital, completed the last week of June. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 29, 2011

Calabasas-based Ixia , the provider of network testing equipment and software, said earlier this week that it has acquired VeriWave , a provider of wireless testing devices. VeriWave was venture backed by TL Ventures, US Venture Partners, Montlake Capital, Alloy Ventures, and Woodside Fund. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm GRP Partners --which has been very active in the local technology startup market--has made its latest investment, in an interesting industry: mortgage lending. GRP is the lead investor in Skyline Financial , a Calabasas-based provider of mortgage banking and lending. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Calabasas-based Malauzai , a new startup focused on mobile banking applications, has raised $1.3M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. No details on the funding have been announced.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies has taken $4M in funding for the firm's game development software, according to numbers released last week in the PricewaterhouseCOopers/NVCA Venture Capital survey. Details on the funding have not been released.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies , a supplier of video game development software, said Monday that it has raised $12.5M in a new round of funding. Tags: video content game venture software emergent capital games technologies. The firm's software is being used by Disney, EA, Mythic, Take Two, THQ, and others.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

There have been a lot of entrepreneurs here in software and other industries, and interestingly enough there seem to be more self-funded, bootstrapped firms here, rather than those looking for venture capital to get off the group. You are self funded too, we recall. About 30 to 45 percent of our business is international.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

One way is developing testing tools and infrastructure around that market, to help those manufacturers in their research and development, which is just what Calabasas-based GridTest Systems (www.gridtest.com) is doing. We understand you have some funding? Big venture capital firms are only interesting in big plays.

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