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JULY 17, 2013

Greg Waldorf , who was the founding investor in Los Angeles-based eHarmony , and was previously its CEO, is the lead investment in an online education firm''s Series A. The company''s online education services are similar to those offered by Carpinteria-based Lynda.com. eharmony lynda video education online capital venture grovo'

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

Santa Barbara- and New York-based Lead Edge Capital , a growth focused, technology investment fund, announced this morning that it has raised $950M in a new fund, Lead Edge Capital V, LP. The company said the funding came from over 500 existing and new limited partners, and was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Redondo Beach-based Ozobot , which develops educational robots used for teaching software coding, has raised $3M in a Series A funding round, the company said late Wednesday. The funding was led by Tribeca Venture Partners. Ozobot said the new funding goes towards product development of its products.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

Ksenia Yudina initially founded the company to provide financial planning and services to lower- and middle-class families looking for ways to start saving for their children’s education, she said. “To me the investment in UNest is a great opportunity to help my community.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Los Angeles-based Century Park Capital Partners , a private equity investor focused on family businesses, owner-operated companies and corporate divestitures, said on Monday afternoon that it has completed a majority recapitalization of Florida-based software and IT services company MCCi. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Irvine-based United Scope , a maker of microscopes and accessories which operates under the name AmScope , has been acquired by private equity investor L Squared Capital Partners , via a majority recapitalization. United Scope sells its products to the education market, life sciences, scientific research, and industrial inspection markets.

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MARCH 11, 2013

creativeLive competes against Lynda.com , the online video education site based in Goleta, which has grown to be one of the region's fastest growing companies through its online courses for learning creative software. The startup has locations in San Francisco and Seattle. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based SketchyMedical , a startup best known for presenting medical topics using graphical illustrations and art, said on Thursday that it has raised $30M in a funding round. The funding came from TCG.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , a developer of Wi-Fi networking hardware, has scored another education customer, the firm announced today. The firm has been announcing a large number of wins in the education market in recent months. Xirrus is venture backed by August Capital, Canaan Partners, QuestMark Partners, and US Venture Partners.

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APRIL 30, 2012

Remember Santa Monica-based Mahalo , the startup headed by Jason Calacanis and backed by such investors as Sequoia Capital?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 31, 2016

Irvine-based Infinite RF Holdings , the parent company of Pasternack Enterprises and Fairview Microwave, has been acquired by private equity investor Genstar Capital. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Solicit venture capital investors. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Request a small business grant.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

This morning, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners. Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

Newport Beach-based private equity investor L Squared Capital Partners says it has successfully sold one of its portfolio companies, Learners Edge , to another private equity investor, Quad-C Management. Learners Edge provides professional education products to teachers. Financial details of the sale were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture investment firm Moonshots Capital , which is led by Kelly Perdew, has scored an exit at portfolio company Edbacker. Edbacker was venture backed by 1776, Moonshots Capital, Michael Chasen (Former Blackboard Founder and CEO), Capital Factory of Austin, and Acrebay Investment Management.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based HeyTutor , an online marketplace for finding tutors, has raised $1M in its Series A funding, the company announced on Tuesday, from Santa Barbara-based ScOp Venture Capital, the venture investment firm led by serial entrepreneur and investor Kevin O'Connor. ScOp Venture Capital was previously known as O'Connor Ventures.

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MARCH 12, 2020

The company--formerly known as GradeSlam--said the funding was led by Reach Capital, and also included Bullpen Capital, along with Birchmere Ventures, BDC Capital, Real Ventures, Google, Red House Education, Edovate Capital, and Anges Quebec. Los Angeles- and Montreal-based Paper has raised $7.5M

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

Los Angeles-based Sketchy, an educational technology company known for creating visual study tools, says it is taking aim at the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) in a deal with Blueprint, a provider of MCAT prep products. Sketchy is backed by TCG and Reach Capital, who invested $30 million in the company in 2020.

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MARCH 25, 2021

R/GA said the new Coalition Venture Studio will support Black founders with expertise, resources, funding, connections, and education. The effort is being supported by the Dodgers and Elysian Park, as well as Andreessen Horowitz's TxO Initiative, Harlem Capital, Collab Capital, Ohub, Mac Venture Capital and Gingerbread Capital.

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

Medsphere said that it has been contracted to participate in a new Academic Incubator Program, which helps to educate students in nursing and medical school learn about healthcare IT and clinical informatics. Medsphere is venture backed by Azure Capital Partners, Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, and EPIC Ventures.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

A new, early-stage venture firm, Patron--which has one of its General Partners based in Los Angeles--said on Tuesday that it has raised $90M in a new venture capital fund. Yeh and Cho said that they have served across such companies as Riot Games, FirstMark Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz.

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AUGUST 6, 2021

San Diego-based private equity investor HCAP Partners said this week that it has scored an exit at one of its portfolio companies, 8ebar, a provider of patient education for the clinical trial and other areas. According to HCAP Partners, HealthQuest Capital made an equity investment in 83bar to support the company's ongoing expansion.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

San Diego-based venture capital investment firm Section 32, led by former Google Ventures founder Bill Maris, has raised $740M in its fourth venture capital fund, the company said this morning.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Pasadena-based MobLab , a new startup which develops personalized learning software for the education market, has scored a round of funding, the company said today. Nikou is the founder, managing partner, and CEO of private equity investment firm OpenGate Capital. Size of the investment in MobLab was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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. Warburg Pincus had an existing stake in NEOGOV.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2024

They can elect directors for their class of stock, approve mergers and acquisitions; approve increases or changes to the capital structure of the company and other more minor actions. Once again, there is a need to educate board members that in conflict of interest cases, the corporation comes first.

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MARCH 8, 2021

Therapeutic Research Center, which is owned by Los Angeles-based private equity investor Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, says it has acquired NetCE, a Roseville-based provider of continuing education resources for the healthcare industry. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. NetCE (CE Resources Inc.)

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

This morning, we're sharing the insights of Greg Martin , a venture capitalist at Archer Venture Capital. I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital. Pay attention to education and how the use of technology and the internet will dramatically change the way it is delivered.

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JULY 22, 2021

Los Angeles-based education technology startup Sketchy is ramping up its hiring efforts, saying today that it has added a number of new executives and advisors to the company.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Los Angeles-based The Skills , a startup which operates an online education site where professional sports players teach different skills, said on Friday that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Will Ventures, and also included Global Founders Capital, 8VC, Maveron, Hack VC, and Correlation VC.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

in a debt funding round, which came from Goldman Sachs and Atalaya Capital Management. Openpay says it offers up financing to consumers in the automotive, healthcare, home improvement, membership, education, and other areas. San Diego-based Opy USA and its parent company, Openpay Group Ltd., payments market.

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APRIL 23, 2011

One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble.

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JUNE 16, 2020

The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) says that it is launching a brand new nonprofit Venture Forward , which it says will help advance initiatives around diversity, education, research, and history within the venture capital industry, to help promote a strong and inclusive community.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Lynda Weinman , the co-founder of online video education site Lynda.com , is one of the angel backers in a funding round for online education-technology news publisher EdSurge. edsurge education news analysis venture capital publishing content lynda weinman angel investment school' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

FirstMark Capital, Upfront Ventures, as well as new investors Skyview Capital and Halogen Ventures also participated in the funding. The funding came from Student Transportation Inc. STI), a company in the school transportation, safety, and fleet services market.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

North Hollywood-based UNest, a fintech startup backed by Anthos Capital, Draper Dragon, The Artemis Fund, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, NBA All Star Baron Davis, and Band of Angels, says this morning that it has acquired Kidfund, the developer of an app which helps parents save money for their kids and which teaches good financial habits.

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MAY 19, 2014

Mobile children''s story app developer FarFaria and online parenting and education site Education.com are targeting the Southern California market, with an offer to provide 10,000 local teachers with a year of access to FarFaria''s storytime application. FarFaria is based in San Francisco, and backed by Inventus Capital Partners.

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