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APRIL 15, 2019

Corona, California-based Clubspeed , which develops software used to manage go karting tracks, race tracks, trampoline parks, and family entertainment centers, has been acquired by private equity investor Nadavon Capital Partners , the two said over the weekend. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Irvine-based SurePrep , a developer of tax automation software and services for the professional tax return preparation market, has received what it calls a "significant" minority growth investment. The investment came from private equity investor Bregal Sagemount. Size and details on the financing round were not announced.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

As we close out our contributions for the end of 2018, here's Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital. Technology investing is the best job in the world, but it can be fraught with failure. 2018 was a great year for TVC Capital and we were able to get our fourth growth equity fund closed, taking our assets under management to close to $400 million.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational.

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MAY 2, 2019

A new venture capital firm, which in November marked its launch by raising a $53 million-plus fund to invest in startups, has made its first investment.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

San Diego-based TVC Capital , the growth equity investor which specializes in software companies, is the lead investor in a round of funding for Levels Beyond , the two announced today. in a Series A from TVC, to invest in expanding sales, marketing, and business development. Levels Beyond said it raised $4.5M READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. TVC Capital has also been a big supporter of socaltech over the years. What was the biggest news for you or your firm this year?

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JULY 30, 2014

San Diego-based XIFIN , a developer of cloud-based software for the healthcare diagnostics market, has been acquired by private equity investor GTCR. GTCR said the investment came from its $3.85 billion GTCR Fund XI, with additional funding provided by GE Capital and CapitalSource. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2019

Graduway , a developer of software used for alumni engagement and career services management, has scored an investment from Manhattan Beach-based investor K1 Investment Management. Size and terms of the investment were not announced. K1 Investment Management says it invests in high growth, enterprise software companies.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

This week, we saw the interconnectedness of major institutions as crypto lending protocol Celsius stuttered and brought down Ethereum prices with it as investors feared a price collapse brought on by reportedly over-leveraged players like 3 Arrows Capital. Three Arrows Capital, Pantera Capital and Dragonfly Capital.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2021

Irvine-based GoDocs, a developer of legal document preparation software, said today that it has raised round of investment from private equity investor M33 Growth, and appointed a new CEO. Size of the investment round was not announced. According to the company, it has appointed Steve Butler as CEO of the company.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Santa Monica-based enterprise software developer Cornerstone OnDemand has raised $300M in a strategic investment from private equity investor Silver Lake, according to the company. In conjunction with the investment, publicly held Cornerstone OnDemand said it will launch a $100M share repurchase program.

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JULY 9, 2019

in Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences from West Virginia University, and told us a bit about the fund, its investments, and his advice to entrepreneurs looking for investment from the company. We invest in life sciences, medical devices, but we're also a generalist investing in SaaS technologies and real estate, as well.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Proficio, a Carlsbad, CA-based startup providing cybersecurity protection services for middle market companies, has raised $12 million in an investment round led by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2021

According to ServiceTitan, the acquisition came alongside a new, $200M investment from private equity investor Thoma Bravo. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Aspire Software is based in St. Louis, Missouri. The Series G funding values ServiceTitan at $9.5 billion, according to the company.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

San Diego-based Certona , a developer of personalization software which uses machine learning and predictive algorithms, has raised $30M in a combined growth investment and minority recapitalization. The funding came from private equity investor Primus Capital. Certona was founded in 2004.

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JUNE 27, 2012

per share, is backed by JMI Equity and Sequoia Capital. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, Barclays, Credit Suisse, UBS Investment Bank, Pacific Crest Securities, and Wells Fargo Securities. The firm, which has set initial pricing range of its IPO at between $15.00 and $17.00

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MAY 29, 2020

Size and terms of the investment were not announced. According to Workspace, the additional capital also comes as it has hired a new President, Chief Operating Officer, VP of Sales, and VP of Engineering. WorkSpace was founded by Alan Bedekar.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

in a funding led by Orange County's Okapi Venture Capitalis looking to help direct to consumer brands use better data to direct their marketing and other efforts. So, we decided that if we wanted to try to tackle this as an end-to-end solution, we needed to maintain our competitive edge, and we needed to raise capital to hire staff.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

The firm's major stockhoders are JMI Equity (44.64% ownership) and Sequoia Capital (19.68%). The secondary is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, Barclays, Credit Suisse, UBS Investment Bank, Pacific Crest Securities, and Wells Fargo Securities. per share on the NYSE as NOW.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

There are many times when being overly capitalized before you’re ready is a negative. otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). Plus, most early-stage M&A fails so this isn’t likely a good use of capital for a young company). Availability of Capital. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California. Semick: They are.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 7, 2013

For instance, some focus on go-to-market strategies, such as SaaS or Cloud-based technologies, while others concentrate on a particular industry. The Numbers - Most Accelerators offer participating startups a modest capital investment in exchange for a 5% to 10% equity interest.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2012

The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, Barclays, Credit SUisse, UBS Investment Bank, Pacific Crest Securities, and Wells Fargo Securities. ServiceNow is venture backed by JMI Equity and Sequoia Capital. The firm reported a net loss of $6.6M READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2012

A new, financial education and family organization website, DoughMain , said yetserday that it has raised funding from a private equity fund managed out of Los Angeles and Boston. The firm said it has added Ned Hentz, the son-in-law of Iacocca, as its Chief Creative Officer and board member of the firm as part of the investment.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Irvine-based Kareo , a developer of cloud-based practice management and medical billing software, announced today that it has raised $10M in an equity investment round. The round was led by Greenspring Associates, and also included OpenView Venture Partners, Western Technology Investment, and angel investor Travis Kalanick.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

So why invest in that period of uncertainty unless it’s early-stage and thus valuation matters less. If the next 30 days stays calm then investment will pick up. So, too, investments. It will also mean a certain amount of triage and also some mortality rates amongst investments. So plan your start date accordingly.

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MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Current rount: $8.14mm in Series A from Redpoint (lead), Foundry Group, with previous investors, First Round Capital, Lowercase Capital (Chris Sacca), Ravi Narasimham.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

The venture investment, which the San Diego startup announced Tuesday, is one of only a few so-called mega-rounds—$100 million or more—recorded this year in the region. (In Seismic, an enterprise software company with ambitious growth plans, has raised $100 million in a Series E financing and added Microsoft chairman John W.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7 Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7 Tealium also unveiled a new “executive briefing center” (pictured above) at its expanded San Diego headquarters.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Jason Cohen, Capital Thought. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, Entrepreneurism, SaaS. . The PepsiCo10 program in 2010 saw the company team up with Mashable and Highland Capital Partners to. It's generally thought that investment banking and management consulting are terrible backgrounds fo. Having the.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most prefer not to say this publicly for two reasons: 1) they have an entire portfolio of startups, many of whom are raising capital and 2) they prefer not to be attacked publicly or seem “anti entrepreneur.” We write about $40 million of first-checks into new deals / year and about $40 million of follow-on investments.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2019

When an entrepreneur takes on investors who take equity (i.e. The board is where large equity investors get their representation. Founders on the other hand recognize that over time they are likely not to have complete control of the board of directors of the company they founded. 25,000 is still skin in the game to them.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

and OMERS Growth Equity. The investment also brings its total capital raised since its 2008 inception to $386 million. The investment also brings its total capital raised since its 2008 inception to $386 million. The company plans to do more acquisitions with the capital, according to Newton.

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