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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Ventura, California-based outdoor clothing company Patagonia is giving a big boost to the solar industry, saying today that it is investing over $13M to help create a new, $27M fund to purchase more than 1,000 rooftop solar power systems in Hawaii. Patagonia said that homeowners in Hawaii currently pay three times the U.S.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Los Angeles-based food brand Beanfields , a manufacturer of vegan, gluten-free, non-GMO, kosher chips, said this week that it has raised a Series B funding round. The funding was led by PowerPlant Ventures, and also included NRV and Western Technology Investment. Size of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Ventura-based NetPlenish , a startup which is developing a service which will provide automated replenishment of items, combined with an automatic price comparison engine, has quietly raised funding from 500 Startups. NetPlenish is part of the Ventura Ventures Technology Center. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

A local, Ventura County biotechnology executive, Keith Leonard , has taken the helm of UNITY Biotechnology , a heavily backed San Francisco biotech startup focused on curing diseases of aging, as a result of a big $116M funding round at the company.

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MAY 3, 2012

ventura-based NetPlenish , the mobile shopping service startup headed by Dave Compton , said today that it has launched with $1.9M ventura-based NetPlenish , the mobile shopping service startup headed by Dave Compton , said today that it has launched with $1.9M READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2016

Ventura, California-based The Trade Desk , the advertising technology developer led by Jeff Green, has raised $125M in a credit facility, according to the company. The companysaid that it will use the new funding for global expansion initiatives and for working capital. The revolving credit facility was led by Citibank N.A.,

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MARCH 9, 2015

CoverHound , a startup which offers up an online marketplace for auto, motorcycle, home, and renter''s insurance, said this morning that it has doubled its space in Southern California, as part of a new funding round for the company. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 12, 2016

Ventura-based outdoor apparel company Patagonia has partnered with a startup developing a high performance, synthetic silk fabric, made out of natural proteins. The investment round came from Nan Fung, Innovation Endeavors, Alafi Capital, East West Capital, Foundation Capital and Founders Fund. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Amount of the funding was not announced. According to his LinkedIn profile, Momary was previously VP of Multimedia Advertising at the Ventura County Star, and a Regional Advertising Manager at the Los Angeles Times, as well as serving as an Account Executive at Cars.com. The firm was founded by Bill Momary and Allen Narcisse.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

Camarillo-based Connexity , a new Internet advertising firm headed by former Fastclick CEO Dave Gross, said today that it has raised a seed funding round. The funding round came from Persistence Partners, which is also headed by Gross. Tags: advertising internet fastclick gross dave capital venture connexity. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 14, 2016

in venture capital in Q1, according to the latest MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in funds invested, across 47 deals; Orange County had $158M invested across 15 deals; and San Diego had $253.5M billion was raised in the region.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Ventura-based NetPlenish , the automated replenishment service headed by Dave Compton, has launched its services, launching its service to to the audience at TechCrunch Disrupt yesterday. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

Southern California's venture capital totals dropped significantly in Q3 of 2016, to a mere $663.2M in funding, according to the latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in funding in Q3, down from the much larger, $2.5 billion in funding received in the region in Q2.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Ventura-based The Trade Desk , the online advertising ad exchange headed by AdECN vet Jeff Green, has added another investor to its recent funding. The Trade Desk had announced the funding round, which included IA Ventures and Founder Collective, in March. seed investment round. Wider Wake Networks is headed by Paul Olliver.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

in a first round of funding. The funding comes on top of an angel funding round the firm announced in September. eByline's founders are Bill Momary and Allen Narcisse, who have had experience both at the Los Angeles Times and the Ventura County Star. The round came from E.W. Scripps Company. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 29, 2012

With capital gains taxes expected to increase, corporate profits at all-time highs, and private equity firms sitting on a lot of cash, what will the MandA environment look like throughout 2012? Multiples for middle market companies remained relatively strong in 2011, at an average of 8.2x See [link] (more)

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MARCH 1, 2016

Ventura, California--despite a number of growing high tech startups--has not been known for buildling multi-million dollar Internet companies. in total funding. The company--which quietly disclosed the $202M in 2014 revenues in the 2015 Inc. Trade Desk has raised only $22.5M READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Ventura-based Lottay , an online social gifting firm, has raised $200K more, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. No details on the funding have been announced by the company, which is backed by DFJ Frontier. Tags: lottay online social gifts facebook gifting media venture capital. READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

in a new equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. According to the filing, a single investor participated in the funding. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. Ebyline has previously raised funding from E.W. Scripps Company. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

Ventura-based Aquea Scientific, which develops a UVA/UVB sunscreen which can be washed on or applied in the shower, has quietly raised $10.955M in funding. The funding was first disclosed in the PricewaterhouseCOopers/NVCA MoneyTree venture capital report over the weekend.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Ventura-based The Trade Desk , a new online Internet advertising exchange firm headed by AdECN co-founder Jeff Green, has raised $2.5M in a venture funding round. Tags: marketplace exchange advertising internet capital venture green jeff adecn thetradedesk.

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JUNE 18, 2009

According to a note from John Dilts, the angel group's founder and President, the move comes due to the increase in entrepreneurs coming to angel groups, given the retracting availability of funding from banks and venture capital firms. Tags: venture capital investment angel angels maverick. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

More than one attendee expressed worries about seed level startups having issues getting more funding; seeing too many "me-too" startups; and the importance of proving out viable business models. but also speculated on if there's enough capital to fund follow on investments for graduates of those accelerators.

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

Ventura-based Vivometrics, maker of medical monitoring technology, has raised $19.917M in funding, according to numbers released by this week's PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA venture capital report. Details of the funding were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

CoverHound , which has offices in Westlake Village, and is also one of the portfolio firms of Los Angeles-based venture investor Core Innovation Capital , has raised $33.3M in a Series C funding. Los Angeles investor Core Innovation Capital, which makes investments in fintech startups, also invested in CoverHound's prior round.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

We recently ran into Dave Compton , Chairman and CEO of Ventura-based NetPlenish.com (www.netplenish.com), a early stage startup working on a service which will automatically re-order items for consumers. Are you funded yet? We're in the midst of a $700,000 seed round, and we're up in the Ventura Technology Center.

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APRIL 4, 2013

They were very small shcools--he went to Cate, which is inland from Ventura in the Santa Barbara area, and I went to The Thacher School, and we both ended up at the University of Southern California. Form there, we got interest from incubators, angel investors, and venture capital. How''d you start the company?

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MARCH 29, 2010

Last week, Ventura-based The Trade Desk (www.thetradedesk.com) announced a $2.5M funding round. What's the story behind the funding? What's the story behind the funding? Tags: entrepreneur startup microsoft advertising internet adecn capital venture desk trade thetradedesk green jeff. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 5, 2010

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JULY 20, 2015

Combine this significant pool of sophisticated Angel capital and expertise with UC Santa Barbara’s world-class entrepreneurial program and throw in a critical mass of entrepreneurs bold enough to build businesses around their passions, it’s understandable how a modest-sized community has produced so many successful tech startups.

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