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JULY 26, 2011

Culver City-based ThinkNear , a new startup focused on helping local merchants reach consumers with mobile, location-based ads, said today that it has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Culver City-based Maker Studios confirmed today that it has raised $26M in additional funding in its Series C funding. maker studios venture capital content youtube network hollywood time warner' The second tranche in its Series C brings the amount raised in that round to $62M. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Culver City-based company Open Drives Inc. has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round led by IAG Capital Partners.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Culver City- and Seattle-based Indi Molecular , a startup developing a synthetic replacement for antibodies, has raised $1.5M indi molecular venture capital diagnostics medical lifescience protein' in a seed funding round. The funding was led by InterWest Partners, and also included a number of un-named angel investors.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Culver City-based Fullscreen , which operates a multi-channel youTube network, and is led by George Strompolos (formerly of YouTube/Google), has raised $30M in a new round of funding, according to reports today. fullscreen entertainment youtube network venture capital content studio hollywood' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2011

Culver City-based NXTM , a company developing social media and e-commerce tools for the music industry, has raised funding, according to lead investor Spring Mountain Capital. Spring Mountain Capital said it now holds two seats on the board of NXTM. Size of the funding round was not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Culver City-based Indi Molecular , a developer of synthetic replacements for antibodies, announced Tuesday that it has raised $300,000 more in its seed funding, bringing the total raised in the round to $1.8M. lifescience capital venture startup biology synthetic molecular indi indidx' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2012

Culver City-based Eccentex , a developer of a software-as-a-service, enterprise business process management product, has raised $7.5M The funding came from VTB Capital. in an equity funding. Eccentex, which is led by Glen E.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Culver City-based Fonality , which develops business phone systems based on open source software, is claiming today that it has seen "rapid growth" in the first half of the year, and has doubled its customer sales compared to the prior year. Actual financials from the privately held firm were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2010

Culver City-based Media Temple , an online web hosting firm, said today that it has raised $15M in a new round of funding from Triangle Capital. Media Temple is headed by Demian Sellfors. The firm's clients include such companies as Sony, Toyota, NBC Universal, and TechCrunch, which reported the funding.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The founders of Crackle , the online streaming video and movie site owned by Culver City-based Sony Pictures Entertainment , have announced a new venture capital fund. According to Josh Felser and Dave Samuel, the founders of Crackle, they have started a new venture fund called Freestyle Capital , with $27M in a Fund I close.

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MAY 13, 2014

The company says it has more than 40 employees in Culver City. angel capital venture videos hollywood content channel youtube video viral media jukin' Jukin Media''s YouTube channels include viral video channels FailArmy, JukinVideo, and CutiesNFuzzies. Jukin Media was founded by Jonathan Skogmo. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

in a funding round from Sequoia Capital, the company said Thursday. The Bay Area startup said the funding was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Harrison Metal, Baseline Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Kapor Capital, along with angels. good eggs venture capital grocery local delivery sustainable farmer' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Culver City-based Fonality , which develops business phone systems based on open source software, is claiming today that it has seen "rapid growth" in the first half of the year, and has doubled its customer sales compared to the prior year. Actual financials from the privately held firm were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 15, 2013

Culver City-based molecular imaging products maker Sofie Biosciences said Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Tata Industries, and also included MRM Capital and the Cycad Group. sofie biosciences venture capital lifescience molecular diagnostics positron' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 11, 2017

According to Soylent, it started offering up its "nutritionally complete, ready-to-drink meals" at 18 of 7-Eleven's stores in the Greater Los Angeles area on Monday, including a number of locations across Los Angeles, plus Santa Monica, Culver City, Venice, and elsewhere. Rosa Foods says Soylent is aimed at the "on-the-go millennial".

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MARCH 9, 2011

Culver City-based Fourth Wall Studios , a firm developing massively multiplayer online games in the virtual reality area, has raised $15M in funding, the firm said Tuesday. The funding comes from LA biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

Culver City-based PacketFabric , a startup working on connecting major, carrier-neutral colocation facilities with terabit-scale network technology, has raised $25M in a Series B funding, according to the company. According to PacketFabric, it now has a presence at more than 150 Points of Presence (PoPs) in 17 metro markets.

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JULY 31, 2014

The equity funding came from Spark Capital and QED Investors; source of the debt funding was not announced. The company is in the midst of moving from Culver City to Pasadena. The company is in the midst of moving from Culver City to Pasadena. The company is led by Michael Slavin. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Culver City-based Card Scanning Solutions (CSSN), said today that it has raised a round of equity funding, from Insight Venture Partners, Red Oak Growth Partners, and Egis Capital Partners. card scanning solutions cssn venture capital private equity identification reader' Sokoloff & Co. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Culver City-based Fonality , a developer of Voice-over-IP, business PBX phone software, said late last week that it served its one-billionth cloud-based call recently, and had "record sales" during Q4. Fonality is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Intel Capital, and Azure Capital Partners, and is headed by Chris Lyman.

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JULY 1, 2014

Culver City-based MiTu , the Latino media brand and multi-channel network (MCN) which recently scored $10M from such investors as upfront Ventures, The Chernin Group, Allen DeBevoise, and Advancit Capital, has hired a trio of executives to bolster its team.

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JUNE 19, 2014

Culver City-based MiTu , a developer of digital content for the Latino market, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The company''s other investors included The Chernin Group LLC (TCG), Allen DeBevoise (Machinima) and Advancit Capital. mitu latino content venture capital hollywood' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

Culver City-based Sofie Biosciences has scored a $1.5M, Phase II SBIR award for its Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging technology, the company said Thursday. The company is venture backed by Tata Industries, MRM Capital and the Cycad Group. The company said the SBIR award came from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

Culver City-based Maker Studios , which develops YouTube channels and content, said today that it has raised $36M in a funding round. The investment was led by Time Warner Investments, and also included Greycroft Partners, Downey Ventures (Robert Downey, Jr.) Elisabeth Murdoch, M+C (Jon Miller, Jimmy Yaffe of News Corp.),

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

NTS said that iControl Networks has selected the company to operate its iControl OpenHome Partner Program Test Facility, which will be based at the NTS Advanced Technology lab in Culver City. NTS said it will be responsible for all of the execution of testing plans for iControl''s certification program ZigBee-enabled devices.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Culver City-based ALL DEF DIGITAL , a startup which says it will be delivering comedy, music, news, poetry and innovative artistry to consumers, has raised $5M in a funding round, the company said late Wednesday. add52 youtube video music capital venture hollywood content alldefdigital' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Fonality is based in Culver City. Tags: ortiva wireless fonality intel venture capital. The investment in Ortiva is a new one for Intel, and the investment in Fonality is a follow-on investment. Ortiva Wireless is based in La Jolla, and recently indicated in a regulatory filing that it has raised $8.0M in a $10M funding effort.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Culver City-based All Def Digital , an urban youth programming media brand co-founded by Sanjay Sharma and Russell Simmons, has raised $10M in a Series B financing. All Def Digital said the funding will go towards original programming, distribution, and brand marketing services.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Culver City-based Omaze, which operates an online platform to help nonprofits raise money, said last week that it raised $85M in a Series C funding round. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Matt Pohlson.

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JUNE 29, 2020

Culver City-based Airvet , which operates a pet telehealth service that lets veterinarians run virtual visits, has raised $14M in a Series A funding, the company said late last week. According to the company, the funding will help it meet the increase in demand for its platform, which has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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APRIL 6, 2018

As part of the expansion to Los Angeles, Getaround has opened up an office in Culver City, where it says it already has hired over a dozen full time and part time employees for the company. The company had a soft launch in LA in March to onboard the first 50 car owners onto its platform.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Culver City-based Cognition Technologies , the developer of natural language processing technology software, has raised $200,000, as part of an ongoing $500,000 funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. No details on the funding have been announced. Source of the new funding was not disclosed.

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JULY 7, 2017

Culver City-based Indi Molecular , a developer of protein catalyzed capture agent (PCC) biotechnology being aimed in research tools, diagnostic agents, and PET imaging, has raised $11.5M Dr. Andreas Jurgeit from Merck Ventures and Dr. Darren Cai from Legend Capital will join the company's board with the funding.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

In an interesting note of trivia, the new funding marks the second firm named "Cognition" funded by the Tech Coast Angels; the TCA also is the backer of Culver City-based semantic search technology firm Cognition Technologies, which is currently headed by Bill Collins, a past president of the TCA. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

The company has a significant presence in India, with headquarters here in Culver City. Global Eagle Entertainment, Cricket Australia, CBS Television Studios, 20th Century Fox Television Studios, and many others. The company's CEO is Ramki Sankaranarayanan. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 29, 2019

Culver City-based Ordermark , which develops software to help restaurants manage the orders and headache of having to deal with multiple, disparate, mobile delivery services, has raised $18M in a Series B funding, the company announced on Monday morning.

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