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JUNE 20, 2014

Santa Monica-based DogVacay , which operates an online marketplace which connects dog owners with dog sitters and other dog owners willing to watch their dogs, said Thursday that it has launched a brand new, mobile app. The company''s headquarters is now in the prior Cross Campus space in Santa Monica. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor Siemer Ventures is one of the backers of a new, Japanese mobile video entertainment startup, Breaker. According to Breaker, it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, to help bolster its efforts to produce and distribute mobile video entertainment in Japan. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners has joined in another funding round for Palo Alto-based Activehours , as part of a $39M funding. Activehours said the new, $39M investment round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Matrix Partners, Ribbit Capital and March Capital Partners.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Santa Monica-based private equity firm Clearlake Capital Group said today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Mformation Technologies , a developer of mobile device management software. Clearlake said the acquisition includes a "significant capital infusion" for the New Jersey company.

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AUGUST 15, 2016

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group announced this morning that it has sold Netmotion Wireless , a developer of mobile security software, to The Carlyle Group. Clearlake Capital acquired NetMotion Wireless back in 2012. Financial terms of the sale was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the venture capital investment firm founded by venture investment veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery, said this morning that it has had a final close on its first fund, at $240M.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group has rolled up three companies into a new company called Calero Software , the company announced today. Clearlake Capital said that Calero is made up of the business operations of Veramark Technologies, PINNACLE, and Movero. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

A new, Santa Monica-based venture fund, UP.Partners, said on Monday afternoon that it has raised a $230M, early stage venture capital fund focused on transportation and logistics.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Santa Monica-based investor Clearlake Capital said today that it is behind a deal where HEAT Software will acquire the Absolute Manage and Absolute Service businesses from Absolute Software Corporation. HEAT Software is a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital, and is based in Milpitas. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Layer , a developer of application programming interfaces for building in messaging, voice, and video into mobile apps, disclosed this week that it raised $1.5M in funding, including capital from Santa Monica-based venture investor Anthem Ventures. apps mobile programming software ventures anthem layer'

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JANUARY 6, 2014

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital said this morning that it has acquired Tolt Services Group , an outsource, IT services company, and merged it with Kyrus Solutions , to form a new company called Tolt Solutions. clearlake capital merger acuqisition tolt kyrus solutions retail management'

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Santa Monica-based live game streaming startup Mobcrush has raised $11M in a Series A round, the company said Tuesday. The company's mobile app lets users stream their video games to others, and also chat and watch other players. Mobcrush raised $4.9M in its seed funding round back in May. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Santa Monica-based investor Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. announced this morning that it has acquired NetMotion Wireless , a developer of mobile virtual private network (VPN) and network performance management software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. NetMotion Wireless was based in Seattle.

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MAY 19, 2015

Santa Monica-based Mobcrush , a new startup which wants to allow mobile users to broadcast, watch, and chat about video games as they are playing them, has raised $4.9M Mobcrush runs on iOS and Android, and lets users livestream mobile games such as Minecraft and Clash of Clans to friends and others.

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APRIL 9, 2012

Santa Monica-based Kuapay , a new startup aiming at the mobile payments and loyalty markets, has scored $2M in funding, the firm has disclosed. The startup is headed by Joaquin Ayuso de Paul, one of the angel investors in Border Stylo and co-founder of Spanish social network Tuenti.com (acquired by Telefonica).

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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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OCTOBER 23, 2018

Santa Monica-based Tala , which provides financial services for underserved consumers using their mobile phones, has scored new funding, from PayPal, the company disclosed this week. Size of the new funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Santa Monica-based Science, the startup studio led by Mike Jones and Peter Pham, has launched its own Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), called Science Strategic Acquisition Corp. Alpha (SSAA). According to Science Strategic Acquisition Corp.

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JUNE 9, 2021

Santa Monica-based Luxury Travel Hackers said today that it has launched a new company, focused on helping the "mobile millennial" book "influencer-curated" trips via social media, with a seed funding. Managas of Centerfire Capital, LLC; Mangas apparently is the former CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

Santa Monica-based Tala , the fintech startup led by CEO Shivani Siroya, has raised $110M more in a Series D funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by RPS Ventures, and also included GGV Capital, IVP, Revolution Growth, Lowercase Capital, Data Collective VC, ThomVest Ventures, and PayPal.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Santa Monica-based Atom Tickets , the developer of a mobile app which lets users find and buy movie tickets for groups, has raised $50M in a funding round, the company disclosed over the weekend. The funding came from Lionsgate, which led the investment, along with The Walt Disney Company and Fox.

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APRIL 18, 2018

Santa Monica-based Tala , which provides financial services for underserved consumers using their mobile phones, has raised $50M in a Series C funding, plus an additional $15M in separate funding, according to the company.

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JULY 16, 2014

Santa Monica-based Siemer Ventures said Wednesday that the venture capital fund has launched a new, $45M third fund, and rebranded itself as Wavemaker Partners. According to Wavemaker Partners, the new fund will be focused on mobile services, Internet, and software. 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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JANUARY 31, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software used by multi-location brands to manage the mobile experience for their customers on a location-by-location basis, has named Ed Shaughnessy as the company's new Chief Financial Officer, the company said on Thursday. Shaughnessy was previously CFO of LogicMonitor.

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JULY 30, 2020

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software used by retail brands for optimizing mobile and proximity searches, has raised $10M more in funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus, and DFJ Frontier, all prior investors.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) announced last week that it has raised a second fund, worth $300M. To learn about the new fund, we sat down with Jamie Montgomery , one of the fund's co-founders, to hear about March Capital's strategy and the new fund.

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JUNE 9, 2014

Santa Monica-based Washio , which operates a smartphone driven, laundry and dry cleaning pickup and delivery service, said today that it has raised $10.5M washio venture capital laundry pickup smartphone mobile launder service uber' in a Series A funding round. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Jason Calacanis , the high profile founder of Santa Monica-based Mahalo , is one of the angel investors in a mobile social networking service, Gowalla , the company said today. Tags: jason calacanis angel investment venture capital social networking gowalla. Series B funding for the firm. Series B funding for the firm.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Los Angeles continues to be a hotbed for new, finance-related startups this morning, as Santa Monica-based CARD.com announced it has raised $3M in a Series A funding. According to CARD.com, it is offering up prepaid debit cards aimed at providing a mobile alternative to traditional banking. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Santa Monica-based CARD.com , the online financial services provider led by Ben Katz, is announcing this morning that it has raised $9M in a growth capital facility, from Columbia Pacific Advisors' Growth Capital Strategy and Fenway Summer Ventures.

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

Santa Monica-based Pose , a developer of mobile apps for shopping discovery, announced Friday morning that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding round. The round came from GRP Partners, True Ventures, and Mousse Partners.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Santa Monica-based Honk Technologies , the on-demand, roadside assistance app startup led by Corey Brundage, said Wednesday that it has raised $18M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Altpoint Ventures, and also included Structure Capital and Venture 51.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Santa Monica-based Mobcrush , which operates a live streaming platform and community focused on mobile games, has raised $20M more, in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Evolution Media, and also included Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Raine Ventures, Lowercase Capital, First Round Capital and others.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Greg Cohn , Burner (Los Angeles, mobile app).

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software tools that helps multi-location brands manage the customer experience of mobile consumers, says it is making it easier for its customers to build landing pages for their locations. MomentFeed's CEO and Chairman is Robert Blatt.

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