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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Huntington Beach-based BeSmartee, a developer of digital mortgage software, said Tuesday that it has received a strategic growth investment. The funding came from M33 Growth. BeSmartee develops digital mortgage software, which is used by banks, credit unions, and other lenders to manage the mortgage lending process.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Santa Monica-based March Capital is the lead investor in San Mateo-based Gr4vy, a developer of cloud-based payments orchestration software. According to Gr4y, it raised $15M in a Series A funding, which was led by March Capital, and also included Nyca Partners, Activant Capital and Plug and Play Ventures.

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MAY 2, 2019

Aliso Viejo-based PhoenixET , a developer of Internet-of-Things (IoT) products for the smart building market, has raised a round of funding in what it says is a growth capital funding. According to PhoenixET, it is using the new funding to accelerate product development and for entry into additional markets.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Boulevard , a spa management and payment platform, has raised $27 million in a new round of funding despite a business slowdown caused by the COVID0-19 pandemic. They spoke with salon owners in Beverly Hills, Hollywood and other trendy neighborhoods trying to get a sense of where software and services were falling short.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

Los Angeles-based March Capital appears to be having a busy investment week this week, and has led an $30M, Series B funding in Santa Fe, New Mexico-based Descartes Labs , a developer of software used for satellite imagery analysis. The round also included a customer, Cargill. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based Sugar, which develops software to help manage apartment and residential living, has raised $2.5M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The company develops software for residential communities, handling rent payment and other tasks.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based fintech venture capital investor Core Innovation Capital is out looking for new investors in its third fund, with a target of $100M, according to regulatory filing by the firm on Friday. As expected, the company has not detailed any information on the new fund. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Los Angeles-based Skyryse, a startup which is developing software to automate piloting of aircraft, has raised $200M in a Series B funding round, according to the company. The company is working with Robinson Helicopters, along with four other aviation manufacturers, to developing pilot automation software for aircraft.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Los Angeles-based fintech venture capital investor Core Innovation Capital is nearing its $125M target for its third fund, Core Innovation Capital III, according to recent regulatory filings from the company. as part of a targeted $125.0M as part of a targeted $125.0M

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

San Diego's TVC Capital has made another investment in a growing software firm, this time in Washington State. Limeade , a developer of software-as-a-service tools to manage employee wellness programs, said today that it has raised $5M in a funding round from TVC, which it will use for innovation and servicing its customers.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

El Seguno-based SmartAction , which is developing artificial intelligence-driven, call center automation software, said today that it has raised funding in a management recapitalization by private equity investors Staley Capital and TVC Capital. Financial details of the recapitalization were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital has led a $65M investment round in risk management application developer MetricStream , Clearlake said this morning. Clearlake said the funding also included EDBI, Goldman Sachs, Sageview Capital, and others. MetricStream is based in Palo Alto, California.

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MARCH 28, 2018

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners has led additional funding in SpyCloud , a company developing software to prevent account takeovers by cybercriminals, has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The company makes its products available to enterprises.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Los Angeles-based Trace , a developer of mobile apps which automatically track your sports activity using sensors, video, and artificial intelligence, has scored a round of investment from Intel Capital. Size of the funding round was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Los Angeles-based Untapped Ventures said on Wednesday that it has launched a new, early-stage venture capital fund, which it says invests in companies that "help people live the best version of themselves, personally and professionally." The size of the new fund was not announced. The size of the new fund was not announced.

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JULY 8, 2021

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Diversis Capital Partners has made a "significant" growth investment in Toronto-based Adlib, a developer of software used for structuring data. According to Adlib, the funding will go to accelerate its planned growth initiatives. Size of that investment was not announced.

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APRIL 20, 2018

West Hollywood-based Casa Verde Capital , the new, $45M investment fund run by rapper Snoop Dogg, is one of the investors in a software developer developing code for running cannabis businesses. Casa Verde said when it launched last month that it will specifically invest in the "ancillary cannabis" industry.

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JULY 22, 2020

Los Angeles-based CreatorIQ which develops influencer marketing software, has raised $24M in a Series C funding round, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by Kayne Partners Fund, a private equity fund managed by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P.

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APRIL 16, 2021

SWARM Engineering, a new startup which is focused on developing supply and demand forecasting software for the food supply chain, has raised $2.7M in its seed funding round. Anthony Howcroft is CEO and founder of SWARM Engineering.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Shamrock Capital reports this morning that it has led a $30M investment in Pixellot , an Israeli firm developing automatic, artificial intelligence-driven software for producing streaming sports video. Pixellot has now raised more than $40M in funding.

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MAY 30, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investor Moonshots Capital is the lead investor in a new startup, Backtracks , a developer of podcast analytics software. in a seed funding round, which was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Capital Factory, Sputnik ATX, Next Coast Ventures, Bull Creek Capital, and BNSG Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Los Angeles- and Nashville-based Clovers, a developer of interviewing and recruiting software, has raised $15M in a funding round, the company said this week. According to Clovers, the funding was led by Greycroft and Alpha Edison, and also included Crosslink Capital, Acadian Ventures, Fika Ventures and Act One Ventures.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

Los Angeles-based Greenfly, a developer of marketing software for brand ambassadors, athletes, and sponsors, said on Tuesday that it has raised $8.4M in a strategic growth round.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. I will argue that LPs who invest in VC funds will also need to adjust a bit as well.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Welcome back to Human Capital, where we explore some of the latest news in labor, diversity and inclusion in tech. Human Capital will soon be available as a weekly newsletter. Human Capital will soon be available as a weekly newsletter. TGIF, am I right? You can sign up here. GitHub to sunset master/slave terminology .

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JULY 7, 2021

Ventura-based advertising technology developer The Trade Desk is launching its own venture capital arm, and has made its first investment, the company said this morning. The company said that the new investment fund, TD7, will invest in open Internet startups.

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APRIL 14, 2021

Los Angeles-based BLAZE, a developer of enterprise resource planning and point-of-sale software for the legal cannabis market, recently raised $8M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Delta Emerald Ventures with participation from returning investor Act One Ventures and new investor SOJE Capital.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Los Angeles-based Geenee , a company developing mobile software that allows physical objects to trigger mobile, augmented reality (AR) experiences, has raised $7M in a seed funding round, the company said on Tuesday morning. The company said the funding was led by IDI Partners.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Los Angeles-based private equity investor OpenGate Capital announced very late Monday evening that it has acquired the majority interest in CoreMedia AG , a developer of content management software. OpenGate Capital said the acquisition was out of its second, institutional fund, which is worth approximately $585M.

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MAY 5, 2020

Newport Beach-based Toba Capital , the venture investment firm founded by Vinny Smith, is the lead investor in Emeryville, California-based Clear Skye , a developer of identity governance and administration software. As part of the funding, Rajan Aggarwal, Partner at Toba Capital, will join the company's board of directors.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 25, 2021

The partners at MaC Venture Capital , the Los Angeles-based investment firm that has just closed on $103 million for its inaugural fund, have spent the bulk of their careers breaking barriers. MaC Venture Capital co-founders Marlon Nichols, Michael Palank, Charles King, and Adrian Fenty. Image Credit: MaC Venture Capital.

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APRIL 10, 2013

Two, Orange County venture capital investors are behind a developer of socially-driven, healthcare software aimed at helping health plans encourage healthy activity by their members. welltok health wellness venture capital healthplan plan program okapi miramar' Welltok said today that it has raised $18.7M READ MORE>>.

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JULY 23, 2018

Santa Monica-based venture inestor March Capital Partners is again the lead on an investment round this morning, in Silicon Valley-based Xage Security , a new startup focused on industrial internet-of-things (IoT) security. Xage, which is based in Palo Alto, said this morning that it raised $12M in a Series A funding round.

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JUNE 3, 2021

El Segundo-based human capital and policy management software developer NEOGOV, which is led by Shane Evangelist, has scored a round of funding from private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Warburg Pincus. The size of the investment--described as "significant"--was not announced. The company was founded in 2000.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Santa Monica-based investor Arrowroot Capital , headed by Matthew Safaii, has scored a win with the acquisition of one of its portfolio companies, Evergage , by Salesforce. and had raised $26M in funding from Arrowroot Capital, G20 Ventures, and Point Judith Ventures. Evergage develops real time personalization software.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

San Diego-based Kazuhm , a startup developing a distributed computing workload platform, has received a funding round from Analytics Ventures, Analytics said this week. Size of the investment was not announced. Tim O'Neal, a former executive at Intuit, is CEO of Kazuhm. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

Kyriba , a developer of cross border, cloud-based treasurey, cash, and risk management software, which has offices in San Diego, said today that it has received an investment from Mitsubishi UFJ Capital. Size of the Series D funding round investment was not announced. Kyriba is led by Chairman and CEO Jean-Luc Robert.

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