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MAY 12, 2016

Ventura-based outdoor apparel company Patagonia has partnered with a startup developing a high performance, synthetic silk fabric, made out of natural proteins. The investment round came from Nan Fung, Innovation Endeavors, Alafi Capital, East West Capital, Foundation Capital and Founders Fund. READ MORE>>.

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High Tech East West Capital Ventura Startup 100

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MAY 11, 2016

Ventura, California-based The Trade Desk , the advertising technology developer led by Jeff Green, has raised $125M in a credit facility, according to the company. The companysaid that it will use the new funding for global expansion initiatives and for working capital. The revolving credit facility was led by Citibank N.A.,

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Ventura Advertising Equity Capital 100

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MARCH 9, 2015

CoverHound , a startup which offers up an online marketplace for auto, motorcycle, home, and renter''s insurance, said this morning that it has doubled its space in Southern California, as part of a new funding round for the company. READ MORE>>.

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Westlake Village Ventura Southern California Venture Capital 100

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APRIL 14, 2016

in venture capital in Q1, according to the latest MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Among the bigger deals were an investment in smart doorbell company Ring, with a $61.2M Southern California startups raised $810.5M was invested.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Ventura-based NetPlenish , the automated replenishment service headed by Dave Compton, has launched its services, launching its service to to the audience at TechCrunch Disrupt yesterday. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 12, 2008

Friday, October 17, 2008 -- "Critical Factors to Consider When Advising Early Stage and Emerging Companies" Ventura County CPA/Law Society. This presentation will provide essential information necessary for any lawyer or CPA involved in advising early stage and rapidly growing companies. Email cpalaw@hemming.com.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alon Goren , Invested.in (Los Angeles/Ventura, crowdfunding). Rob Reed , MomentFeed (Los Angeles/Ventura, analytics). Getting to this list was not easy: we received over 700 nominations for people to be considered on the list, and it took a lot of work by our selection committee to whittle down the list to the finalists.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Ventura, California-based outdoor clothing company Patagonia is giving a big boost to the solar industry, saying today that it is investing over $13M to help create a new, $27M fund to purchase more than 1,000 rooftop solar power systems in Hawaii. Image of a crew installing a solar power system in Hawaii, via Patagonia.

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MARCH 29, 2012

Multiples for middle market companies remained relatively strong in 2011, at an average of 8.2x With capital gains taxes expected to increase, corporate profits at all-time highs, and private equity firms sitting on a lot of cash, what will the MandA environment look like throughout 2012? See [link] (more)

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MARCH 1, 2016

Ventura, California--despite a number of growing high tech startups--has not been known for buildling multi-million dollar Internet companies. The company--which quietly disclosed the $202M in 2014 revenues in the 2015 Inc. 100M in annual revenues has generally been considered a major milestone for companies in their growth.

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Ventura High Tech Advertising Software Development 100

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

A local, Ventura County biotechnology executive, Keith Leonard , has taken the helm of UNITY Biotechnology , a heavily backed San Francisco biotech startup focused on curing diseases of aging, as a result of a big $116M funding round at the company.

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Ventura Funding Research Los Angeles 100

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Scripps Company. eByline's founders are Bill Momary and Allen Narcisse, who have had experience both at the Los Angeles Times and the Ventura County Star. eByline's founders are Bill Momary and Allen Narcisse, who have had experience both at the Los Angeles Times and the Ventura County Star. in a first round of funding.

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Ventura Writing Venture Capital Los Angeles 133

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Ventura-based Lottay , an online social gifting firm, has raised $200K more, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. No details on the funding have been announced by the company, which is backed by DFJ Frontier. Tags: lottay online social gifts facebook gifting media venture capital. READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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Ventura Venture Capital Media Capital 124

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Ventura, California-based outdoor clothing manufacturer Patagonia said Monday that it has made an investment in Teas-based AeonClad Coatings , a developer of water-repellent coatings and other specialty coatings technology. As part of the deal, the companies aid they have established a new R&D laboratory in Austin, Texas.

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Invest Ventura Equity Technology 153

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

The company said it is in the midst of selecting a headquarters locations in Ventura County and hiring. Tags: advertising internet fastclick gross dave capital venture connexity. Connexity said that it is integrating social networking and recommendation engine technology into its advertising technology. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. Scripps Company. Ebyline was founded by Bill Momary, a former Advertising VP at the Ventura County Star, and Allen Narcisse, who has previously served at the LA Times, among other companies. Ebyline has previously raised funding from E.W. READ MORE>>.

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Sherman Oaks Ventura Equity Advertising 138

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JANUARY 29, 2009

Ventura-based Aquea Scientific, which develops a UVA/UVB sunscreen which can be washed on or applied in the shower, has quietly raised $10.955M in funding. The funding was first disclosed in the PricewaterhouseCOopers/NVCA MoneyTree venture capital report over the weekend.

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Ventura Venture Capital Report Funding 124

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

The company said that its platform is "for professional journalists only", and that it requires that freelancers have a track record in order to gain access to the site. Tags: publish market journalism content publishing marketplace capital venture ebyline. Amount of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

There's been a lot of controversy and debate in recent months over how angel investment groups ought to be structured, if they ought to charge entrepreneurs, and other similar issues about the role of organized groups and companies in the investment process. Continued.).

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APRIL 17, 2019

A new, Los Angeles venture capital fund, AET Fund said on Wednesday that it has raised $50M to make investments in entertainment technology, and hired someone to head up its U.S. investment efforts. AET Fund had said last year that it would be establishing its venture funding efforts in Los Angeles.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

CoverHound , which has offices in Westlake Village, and is also one of the portfolio firms of Los Angeles-based venture investor Core Innovation Capital , has raised $33.3M The company now reportedly has a valuation of over $103M. in a Series C funding.

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Westlake Village Los Angeles Capital Invest 100

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

We recently ran into Dave Compton , Chairman and CEO of Ventura-based NetPlenish.com (www.netplenish.com), a early stage startup working on a service which will automatically re-order items for consumers. We're in the midst of a $700,000 seed round, and we're up in the Ventura Technology Center. What is NetPlenish?

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Compton Ventura Startup IP 138

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APRIL 4, 2013

We spoke with co-founder Brenton Sullivan about the company''s platform, and how it''s hoping to transform the athletic recruiting process. We''re not the company which tells athletes to jump on our site, and we''ll spam you to schools and find you a place. How''d you start the company? What''s the idea behind FieldLevel?

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Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

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MARCH 29, 2010

Last week, Ventura-based The Trade Desk (www.thetradedesk.com) announced a $2.5M He left to start his own firm, which only invests in data-based companies, who are all focused on accumulation and use of data. The last time I started a company, was AdECN. How did you decide you wanted to start a new company? funding round.

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JULY 20, 2015

Many of these individuals become restless in their youthful “retirement” and begin investing and advising young companies. Doug morphed this Hawaiian slang and christened his company “ Deckers.”. Note: Patagonia’s headquarters are located just down the road from Santa Barbara, in Ventura, California). Share and Enjoy.

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