socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The funding came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tenaya Capital, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth Fund. The company said the new funding will go to grow its operations, aggressively build out its product assortment, and to further develop its personalization technology.

MyShape 162

MyShape Draper Web Los Angeles 162

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus and DFJ Frontier. The startup, led by CEO Robert Blatt, said the funding will go towards operations, and to add new products, features, and services for its customers, along with additional sales executives. READ MORE>>.

Draper 113

Draper Santa Monica Equity Sales 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The round came from CEC Capital, Tsing Capital, and Presidio Ventures, along with prior investors Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The company said the funds will go to bring its first products to market and to accelerate commercialization of its technology.

Technology 153

Technology Draper Mission Ventures Capital 153

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2010

Prolacta is venture funded by Alta Ventures, DFJ Frontier, Arcturus Capital, DFJ Mercury, Funk Ventures, Phillip Capital, Gideon Hixon Fund, and Draper Associates L.P. READ MORE>>.

Arcturus 221

Arcturus Draper Monrovia Funding 221

socalTECH

MAY 9, 2012

EdenIQ , the spinout of San Diego-based Altra Biofuels , the developer of biofuels processing technology, has scored $30M in new venture capital funding, the company said today. EdenIQ, which is taking biomaterials technology being applied to sustainable chemical and fuel production, said it has raised both equity and debt in the funding.

Draper 133

Draper San Diego Equity Venture Capital 133

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2011

The firm said the funding was led by VantagePoint Venture Partners; Bright Capital, a Russian venture investment firm; and Waste Management. Prior investors Alloy Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Mohr Davidow Ventures and TPG Biotech also participated. The new funding brings the company's total raised to $84M. READ MORE>>.

Draper 140

Draper San Diego Funding Capital 140

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2010

The firm attributed the growth to new product enhancements, corporate expansion, and increased customer sign-ups. Fonality's products are targeted at small, medium-sized, and enterprise customers, and provides PBX capability and related services.

Culver City 154

Culver City Sales Draper Software 154

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2011

EdeniQ's product is used at US, corn-based ethanol plants for increasing yields. EdeniQ is backed by Element partners, Cyrus Capital, Angeleno Group, Morgan Stanley, The Westly Group, Draper Fisher Jurveston, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Draper 140

Draper Los Angeles Technology Capital 140

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2010

The firm attributed the growth to new product enhancements, corporate expansion, and increased customer sign-ups. Fonality's products are targeted at small, medium-sized, and enterprise customers, and provides PBX capability and related services.

Culver City 150

Culver City Sales Draper Software 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

According to a message on the firm's site, it is "temporarily suspending its retail operations" and is no longer offering products. MyShape had raised north of $36M in funding from such investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Tenaya Capital.

MyShape 217

MyShape Tech Coast Angels Draper Pasadena Angels 217

socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2010

According to the firm, the new funding was led by TPG Biotech, and also included prior investors Mohr Davidow Ventures, Alloy Ventures, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The company said the funding will go to expand its product pipeline, as well as to hire additional chemical industry veterans to its executive team.

Draper 150

Draper San Diego Venture Capital Funding 150

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2011

San Diego-based Genomatica , a firm developing sustainable chemical products using renewable feedstocks, has raised $21.25M in additional funding, according to numbers released in the recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report. Genomatica develops technology to replace fossil fuel based chemicals with renewable products.

Draper 164

Draper San Diego Web Report 164

Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The Bristol, UK-based startup, founded in 2016, has now secured a total of more than $300 million in financing from venture capital firms and other investors including Microsoft and the corporate venture arms of BMW and Dell Technologies. One of the leading contenders in the A.I.

Technical Review 65

Technical Review Product Venture Capital Software Review 65

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2009

LG Innotek is a Korean developer of camera components, modules, and related products. Siimpel was formerly known as SiWave, and is backed by DOCOMO Capital Inc., Qualcomm, Motorola, Micron Technology, along with investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Portage Venture Partners, Zone Ventures, Scales Venture Partners, and SunAmerica.

Arcadia 124

Arcadia Invest Zone Ventures Draper 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2010

According to Prolacta, it will process all donor milk collected through IBMP, ensuring milk safety, providing donor screening, providing drug testing, pasteurization, final product testing, labeling, and packaging for the IBMP. READ MORE>>.

Arcturus 124

Arcturus Draper Monrovia Screening 124

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2009

El Segundo-based ZADSPACE , a stealth mode firm developing advertising related products or technology, has raised an additional $500,000 in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm, bringing its total fundraising to $1.91M. Tags: zadspace advertising venture capital wunderman lester. READ MORE>>.

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Funding Draper Advertising 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2009

Siimpel's MEMs-based products provide autofocus, and very small form factors. The firm is backed by DOCOMO Capital, Qualcomm, Motorola, Micron Technology, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Portage Venture Partners, Zone Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, and SunAmerica. Tags: venture capital optical semiconductor mems hardware.

Arcadia 100

Arcadia Zone Ventures Draper Venture Capital 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Jackson added that the firm was proud of its product, and even uses its own software to manage their capital raised from investors. CapLinked’s new investors include Conversion Capital , Inflection Ventures,The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA).

Draper 68

Draper Google Software Engineering Invest 68

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

There were regular events where experts talked about: fund raising, term sheets, constructing a team, product development, establishing biz dev partners, M&A, dealing with the press, etc. Jackson, Tumblr, and Dick Clark Productions. TechForward – Raises $7 million from NEA & First Round Capital. and so much more.

Venture Capital 287

Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

But before you jump on the bandwagon, you should consider the advice I saw recently from the maven of venture capital, William H. Draper III, in his new book titled “ The Startup Game.” Being thinly capitalized doesn’t necessarily mean you need a big cash infusion. Is the money going to be enough?

Social Media 89

Social Media Media Draper Startup 89

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Internally, we look very similar to a tech company, in that we have a development team, go-to-market team, and product people, and the ultimate goal of what we want to accomplish is to create companies that can run independently, with their own management teams. We created a product that would allow you to print barcodes.

Startup 231

Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Dan, now named as Product Manager for the Blockchain acquired Zeroblock apps, tells the audience about life after acquisition. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Brock Pierce – Digital Currency Entrepreneur and Angel Investor. The post 500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference appeared first on TechZulu.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

In addition to advising the companies on various core business practices and ways to improve their products, SMASHD LABS worked to create experiences that set them apart form other accelerators, in order to enrich its entrepreneurs with different ways to approach their businesses and their products.

Mentor 75

Mentor Venture Capital Draper USC 75

Xconomy

JANUARY 24, 2019

million in seed—in 2018 to advance its growing suite of products, digitized. On Thursday, the company announced it closed on financing of $2 million—half a million in pre-seed funding and a subsequent $1.5 Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

San Diego 73

San Diego Seed Funding Funding Startup 73

Xconomy

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The Medicines Company exited the infectious disease business last year when it sold three bacteria-fighting products to Melinta Therapeutics. But Melinta didn’t get all of the company’s bug-fighting drugs, and what’s left has become a new company—Qpex Biopharma.

San Diego 86

San Diego Company Companies Develop 86

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

VentureDea l - VentureDeal is a venture capital database that provides the latest information about venture-backed technology companies, venture capital firms and transactions in the United States. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. Justin.tv - Founded in October 2006, Justin.tv

Stickam 71

Stickam Technical Review Draper SoCal 71

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2011

The firm's investor was San Diego-based TVC Capital , which invested only $4M in total in Accordent before it was acquired. Jeb Spencer: The goal at TVC Capital is to do exactly this. We felt we could win against extremely well funded companies by just having the best product out there, which is what Accordent was able to do.

Capital 168

Capital Hermosa Beach El Segundo Invest 168

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Discover - Discover stuff (maps, deals, videos, etc) that help make your days more productive. VentureDea l - VentureDeal is a venture capital database that provides the latest information about venture-backed technology companies, venture capital firms and transactions in the United States. We can get your name out there.

Stickam 60

Stickam Content Draper Web 60

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2010

TechZulu is heading out to CES and we got tons of products/gadgets/games/companies to review and interview. VentureDea l - VentureDeal is a venture capital database that provides the latest information about venture-backed technology companies, venture capital firms and transactions in the United States. Today is the day!

Stickam 40

Stickam Technical Review Draper Venture Capital 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 29, 2010

VentureDea l - VentureDeal is a venture capital database that provides the latest information about venture-backed technology companies, venture capital firms and transactions in the United States. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. Justin.tv - Founded in October 2006, Justin.tv

Stickam 40

Stickam Draper Technical Review Sample 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

CEA represents more than 2,000 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products. Discover stuff (maps, deals, videos, etc) that help make your days more productive. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

PERSON Timothy Draper PERSON|Timothy Draper. NAME Timothy Draper. Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44