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AUGUST 8, 2012

Realtime , a startup developing technology to help power real-time web applications, said today that it has raised $100M, launched in the U.S., and opened up a new office in Santa Monica.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners --the new investment firm led by longtime Southern California venture capital veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken, and Jamie Montgomery--has made an investment in cloud application infrastructure developer Appcito.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners has chalked up another exit in its enterprise software portfolio, after VMware said Thursday morning that it has acquired VeloCloud , a developer of cloud-based, software-definied, wide-area-network (SD-WAN) technology. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

FogHorn Systems , a developer of machine learning software for the industrial and commercial IoT market, which is backed by Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital, has scored more funding. FogHorn Systems is based in Mountain View, California. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 23, 2014

Santa Monica-based entertainment company Lionsgate has made an investment in a Finnish game developer, Next Games , as part of a strategic partnership, the studio said this morning. lionsgate finnish game developer nextgames venture capital strategic investment hollywood content walkingdead videogame mobile rovio'

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JANUARY 15, 2016

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners is the lead investor in a developer of cloud networking technology, VeloCloud Networks , as part of a new $27M funding round for that company. VeloCloud develops software-defined, wide-area-networking (WAN) technology. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2020

Santa Monica-based Mobalytics , a startup developing tools that help videogame players improve their hardcore gaming on such titles as League of Legends, Valorant, Teamfight Tactics, and Legends of Runeterra, has raised $11.25M in a funding round, the company said on Wednesday. The leads in the round were Almaz and Cabra.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Santa Monica-based online car buying technology provider TrueCar said this morning that it has raised $30M in a new round of funding, from Vulcan Capital, the venture funding arm of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. TrueCar said the new funds will go towards market expansion, product development, and to build its brand.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners has surfaced in what looks to be the downtown Austin's hippest new event venue. The only current tenants in the space are Vast and March Capital Partners. March Capital Partners opened up its new office in Austin in July.

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JUNE 21, 2017

Santa Monica-based BlockFraud , a developer of machine learning and artificial intelligence software used for detecting mobile fraud, has reportedly raised $5M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed on Wednesday. The funding was led by Palisades Venture Capital. BlockFraud is led by CEO Massimo Cristini.

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MAY 10, 2018

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Arrowroot Capital has invested $38M in big data and analytics software developer ClickFox , according to a regulatory filing from ClickFox this week. The funding, without financial details, was announced on April 30th. in the funding round. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

Early-stage venture capital investor Upfront Ventures, based in Santa Monica, led a $14 million investment round for MetaCx, an Indianapolis-headquartered developer of e-commerce management software.

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MAY 20, 2015

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners is the lead investor in a new, $30M investment in Coho Data , a developer of high performance, flash-based storage. March Capital Partners is managed by Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken, and Jamie Montgomery.

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JUNE 17, 2020

Santa Monica-based drone data management software developer DroneBase announced on Wednesday morning that it has raised $7.5M in a Series C funding.

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based Manalto has raised $1M in a seed funding round, for the company''s social media content management software. According to Manalto, the funding came from Europlay Capital Adivsors, Raven Capital, as well as high net worth individuals from Australia. The company is led by Anthony Owen. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Santa Monica- and Helsinki-based Seriously , a developer of mobile games, has raised $5M in additional funding, according to the company. The funding came from Upfront Ventures, Sunstone Capital, and Daher Capital. seriously venture capital mobile game helsinki best fiends upfront' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2017

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , along with another local investor, Crosscut Ventures , have both made investments in a new Techstars company, Branch Messenger , Branch announced this morning. March Capital's Jim Armstrong and CrossCut's Brett Brewer were both involved in the investment deal.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners has re-upped on one of its portfolio companies, Redwood City-based E8 Security , which develops software used to analyze cybersecurity threats. March Capital Partners made its first investment in E8 back in March of 2015. in funding. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 30, 2019

Santa Monica-based software developer Sixgill has launched a new product this morning, saying it has unveiled a new application called HyperLabel, which helps developers, engineers, and data scientists implement machine learning. Sixgill is venture backed by DRW Venture Capital and Mobile Financial Partners.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. To provide an opportunity for VCs and senior executives to engage with the community by giving back rather than just attending more cocktail parties.

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JUNE 27, 2013

If you’ve been following the press about VC funds you’ll know this is no small feat. Second, we are announcing officially that we are moving our offices from Century City to Santa Monica. But in Los Angeles, Santa Monica is akin to SoMa in San Francisco, Cambridge in the Boston area or Flatiron / Union Square in NYC.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based Visio Internet , which develops Internet sites for governments, has raised a round of growth capital, according to the company. Vision Internet provides government website development, and says it has nearly 600 government, non-profit and education clients. Nachman as its CEO. READ MORE>>.

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To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link. What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). OTHER DEALS: 1.

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JULY 31, 2017

Santa Monica-based FanAI , which is developing artificial intelligence software specifically aimed at e-sports monetization, said today that it has raised $1.8M in a Series Seed funding. Greycroft GC Tracker Fund is apparently a new, a new augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and esports fund run by Greycroft.

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JULY 29, 2014

Santa Monica-based Pogoseat , which develops mobile apps to allow people to get upgraded seats at events on the same day--or even during the event--has raised $2.3M pogoseat venture capital seating tickets events venue' in a funding round. PogoSeat is led by Evan Owens. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2021

Santa Monica-based ReCharge, a developer of subscription e-commerce tools, has raised $277M in a funding round from Summit Partners, ICONIQ Growth, and Bain Capital Ventures. According to the company, the new funding round values the company at $2.1

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JULY 27, 2021

Santa Monica-based car advertising technology developer Adway recently announced it has raised $6M in funding for a new, hardware-driven car advertising network, which uses images projected on the sides of a driver's car to gain exposure for advertisers. The company is led by CEO Sasha Krylov.

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MARCH 1, 2021

Santa Monica-based Red 6, which is developing augmented reality air combat training systems, announced this morning that it has raised $7M in a funding round. The new funding was led by Red Cell, Snowpoint Ventures, and Octave, and also included Moonshots Capital, Irongate, TR Aeroventures, and Marlinspike.

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MAY 18, 2016

Santa Monica-based SPACES , a new virtual reality startup, said today that it has raised $3M in a funding round from Comcast Ventures, Boost VC, Canyon Creek Capital, Colopl VR Fund, GREE Inc., Kai Huang, The Venture Reality Fund, the Sinovation Fund, Youku Global Media Fund and CRCM VC.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

Santa Monica-based Rowl , which develops apps to help users figure out what is going on around them, said Wednesday that it has raised $4M in a funding round. rowl venture capital event location discovery concert music social' The company said the funding will go to enhance its app. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Santa Monica-based SHIFT , which develops real time, online advertising and marketing tools, announced this morning that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding round. The company said the funding came from DN Capital, and will go towards international expansion in Europe. SHIFT said it has now raised $14M in funding.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Santa Monica-based Sixgill , a developer of Internet-of-Things, sensor software, has raised $27.9M The funding was led by DRW Venture Capital, and also included Mobile Financial Partners. in a Series B funding round, the company said last week.

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APRIL 10, 2016

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops mobile marketing software which lets marketers understand correlate the activities of mobile users with the physical locations of those consumers, said this morning that it has raised $5.5M Ed Cluss of Signia Ventures joins the company''s board as part of the funding.

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MAY 8, 2013

The Santa Monica startup, which is led by Matt Sandler, develops iPad applications which replace paper sheet music, and which has been rapidly been adopted by musicians. chromatik venture capital music musician sheet ipad tablet' in funding, part of an ongoing $8.8M READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A new, Santa Monica-based startup, Future Acres, is announcing this morning that it is targeting the agriculture industry with a new robot. The startup--which is crowdfunding its efforts--claims it is developing an agricultural robot which will "optimize workforce efficiency and safety".

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Arrowroot Capital is the lead investor in a funding round for parking technology developer ParkHub , in ParkHub's first instituional funding. As part of the funding, Arrowroot Capital Partner Kareem El Sawy will join the company's board of directors.

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