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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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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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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 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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MAY 23, 2014

in a Series C funding ronud. The funding came from Wellington Capital Management. Malauzai is based in Austin, Texas, but has links to Los Angeles via its executive team, many of whom had worked at Calabasas-based Digital Insight before it was acquired by Intuit.

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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. The company said it will use the funding to expand into new markets and accelerate growth.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Kobe Bryant , the basketball legend who also was one half of Los Angeles private equity investment firm Bryant Stibel , is dead at the age of 41, after a tragic helicopter crash in Calabasas took his life, the life of one of his daughters, and seven others.

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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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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. According to the TCA, Masher Media has received $300,000 from the angel group in a round, which is open for a total of $500K in investments.

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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.

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JANUARY 26, 2020

The Los Angeles startup community is joining the rest of the world in mourning the death of NBA superstar, entrepreneur and investor Kobe Bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., billion investment vehicle that was launched in partnership with the private equity fund, Permira, according to a report in USA Today.

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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. Music Mastermind said the funding comes on top of an earlier, $5M in funding it received in February 2010 from angel investors. Intel and Liberty contributed $6.8M

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

Whats happening in regions in our counties with startup and entrepreneurial activity, especially in the Conejo Valley (Calabasas to Thousand Oaks) is exciting. Many jobs have been created and companies have received funding through our efforts of supporting and bringing value to founders.

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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 the new funding will go towards one or more future acquisitions by the company. The firm said it raised the debt and equity with Mill Road Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Calabasas-based audio processing technology developer DTS has acquireed iBiquity Digital Corporation , in a deal worth $172M, the company said this morning. DTS said the deal will be funded via cash on hand and debt. iBiquity Digital develops an audio and data broadcasting technology called HD Radio.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Calabasas-based audio processing technology developer DTS has acquireed iBiquity Digital Corporation , in a deal worth $172M, the company said this morning. DTS said the deal will be funded via cash on hand and debt. iBiquity Digital develops an audio and data broadcasting technology called HD Radio.

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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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MARCH 4, 2015

Calabasas-based Ixia , the developer of network testing equipment and software, reported late Tuesday that it has secured a new, $100M credit facility. The company said the new credit line is being administered by Silicon Valley Bank, along with Regions Bank, with funds coming from Cadence Bank, N.A.,

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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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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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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. The deal is expected to close on July 18th.

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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. The deal was worth $12.5M

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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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MARCH 21, 2012

Calabasas-based On Assignment , the publicly held provider of temporary staffing services to life science, technology, and healthcare sectors, has made a major acquisition today, saying that it has acquired Apex Systems , an information technology staffing and services firm. Apex Systems had 2011 revenues of approximately $700M.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

GRP is the lead investor in Skyline Financial , a Calabasas-based provider of mortgage banking and lending. The new funding will go towards mortgage origination, hiring seasoned loan officers, and acquisition of mortgage brokerage firms. According to Skyline, the investment, $8.2M

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JULY 9, 2009

Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies , developer of the popular Gamebryo video game development engine, has added another $1.9M in funding to the firm's earlier announced funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today.

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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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MARCH 2, 2009

Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies , the software developer behind the popular Gamebryo game engine, said today that it has launched a new product focused on rapid prototyping and development of game titles. in funding for its efforts. READ MORE>>.

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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.

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JUNE 3, 2009

Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies , developer of the Gamebryo game engine, disclosed today that the firm has signed on THQ through a master licensing agreement. in additional funding in February. READ MORE>>.

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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? What are GridTest's products used for? We're there to help with that.

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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. What we do is provide an automation solution to the market at large.

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MARCH 22, 2015

Based in Calabasas, CA and fresh from its SXSW debut and launch party, the new open messaging app onLoop hopes to reshape how we use social media to communicate. The stack is closed and secure because onLoop is completely self-funded, which means there will not be a scraper app to come by and repost what you thought you destructed.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. Was that because of any special effort on their part, or was it just the opportunity here?

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