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OCTOBER 28, 2021

A new, Santa Barbara-based private equity investment company Cuadrilla Capital says it has acquired a Mt. Abraham was previously at Clearlake Capital and Marlin Equity Partners. Laurel Township, New Jersey-based company, Agilence. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

Are you looking for guidance on raising capital for your venture? We invite you to our upcoming in-person Founder’s event in Santa Barbara, “Fundraising in Today’s Startup Market." ​Join us for this exclusive event to hear from how Santa Barbara-based founder, Woody Sears at Autio, raised his latest funding round.

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JULY 20, 2015

Six outstanding entrepreneurs have created this sweet flavor of success in one of the most beautiful places on earth – Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara has become a high-tech startup mecca, rivaling cities many times its size. From Lynda.com ’s recent $1.5 Share and Enjoy.

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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.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi said Friday that it has signed up Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as a new customer. Cortland Capital Market Services, which is based in Chicago, provides investment servicing, and is using Yardi's Investment Management software. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

A new bill is expected to be introduced this week by local Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara), to target incidents of sexual harassment in the venture capital industry. Hanna-Beth Jackson is looking to use Senate Bill 224 to amend the Unrah Act, to clarify that the law applies to women entrepreneurs.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Eyko, a new startup focused on "data preparation, blending, and streaming", says it has raised $2.5M The company said the funding came from InReach Ventures and Taggia Investments, the personal investment vehicle of former Balderton Capital founder Barry Maloney.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Kevin O'Connor , a longtime investor and serial entrepreneur, who is now running venture capital investment firm ScOp Venture Capital. Kevin sold his last company, Santa Barbara-based Graphiq, in July of 2017 to Amazon, but has a long history of successful companies, including founding DoubleClick.

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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.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Total venture capital investment dollars in 2017 are on their way to a decade high, according to a new report issued today, with $21.5 The report did not provide details on Orange County, San Diego, Ventura, or Santa Barbara counties. billion invested in the third quarter in more than 1,699 companies. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Startups related to the many University of California campuses in Southern California may soon have a new source of funding: The University of California itself, via a new, $250M venture capital. Among the successes driving the creation of the fund was the IPO of Santa Monica-based Kite Pharma, which is a spinout of UCLA. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Invoca, which develops call tracking and other customer tracking software, says it is on the path towards $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) by the end of its fiscal year. The company has raised $116M in venture capital, from such investors as Accel, Upfront Ventures, H.I.G.

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MAY 20, 2021

Morgan Securities, Barclays Capital, and Jefferies, along with Canaccord Genuity, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Oppenheimer & Co., The IPO is the first in the technology sector in the Santa Barbara area since Sonos went IPO in 2018. The IPO was underwritten by Goldman Sachs & Co., Piper Sandler & Co.,

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

Santa Barbara-based Beni, a startup which lets users find and buy secondhand apparel and accessories, said this morning that it has raised $5M in funding. The new seed funding was led by Bouyant Ventures, and also included Better Ventures,XYZ Venture Capital, Chingona Ventures, and Starting Line Ventures.

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MAY 20, 2021

Morgan Securities, Barclays Capital, and Jefferies, along with Canaccord Genuity, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Oppenheimer & Co., The IPO is the first in the technology sector in the Santa Barbara area since Sonos went IPO in 2018. The IPO was underwritten by Goldman Sachs & Co., Piper Sandler & Co.,

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Wiser Capital has raised $1.25M in a funding round, to go towards its online platform for sourcing and funding commercial solar projects. Wiser Capital is led by Nathan Homan. wiser capital renewable energy solar project cleantech photovoltaic' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 26, 2020

The company said that Viking Global Investors, Upfront Ventures, Tao Capital Partners and Rock Creek Group also participated, along with local Santa Barbara locals Oprah Winfrey and Katy Perry.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Santa Barbara-based WELL Health , a startup which offers up patient communications tools to healthcare providers, payers, and others, has raised $45M more in a SEries C funding round, the company said this week. According to the company, it has now raised $75M in total funding since it was founded in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Apeel Sciences, which has developed a plant-based coasting for fresh produce to extend its shelf life, has raised another big $250M funding round, a Series E for the company. The new funding brings its total raised to over $635M.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

Santa Barbara-based venture capital investment firm Rincon Ventures is part of a new funding round for quality assurance software developer Rainforest QA.

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JULY 22, 2020

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of brand protection software, has raised $5.1M TrackStreet said it will use the new capital for further enhancement of its technology, and acceleration of its go-to-market strategies. in a funding round. The founder and CEO of TrackStreet is Andrew Schydlowsky. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Entrada Ventures, a venture capital firm led by Alexander Fang, the former co-founder of Aurrion (acquired by Juniper Networks), has raised $1.6M in a special purpose venture investment fund. Details on the use of that fund and any other details on any linked investment were not announced.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Santa Barbara-based Live Data Technologies said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. Source of the funding was not announced. The company says it is developing software to verify B2B contact data for people, tracking people as they move jobs.

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APRIL 25, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos has filed for a confidential IPO, according to a report on Wednesday, which says that Sonos is hoping to go public as soon as June. Sonos has received backing from such investors as BV Capital, Elevation Partners, Index Ventures, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., billion and $3.0 and Redpoint Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Canndescent an "ultra-premium" cannabis brand, announced this week that it has raised $27.5M The funding was led by cannabis investment fund Green Acre Capital, and also included Carnegie Arch Capital, Senterra, LLC., in a Series C funding round.

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MAY 12, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Apeel, which is venture-backed by Viking Global Investors, Upfront Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, Rock Creek Group, as well as Oprah Winfrey and Katy Perry, has acquired ImpactVision, a developer of "hyperspectral imaging" technology used to measure data on ripeness and quality of fresh produce.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The funding was led by Upfront Ventures and also included Coffin Capital. Hall--who is based in Santa Barbara--and who previously served at LowerMyBills.com, HomeLoanCenter.com and LeadPoint.com. The company's CEO is Donny K.

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JULY 27, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos, the developer of user-friendly, Internet-connected, whole-home audio systems, is expected to hit the market next Friday, August 3rd, according to the NASDAQ IPO Calendar. Sonos is looking to sell 13,888,888 shares of its common stock at between $17.00 and $19.00 per share, the IPO would raise $303,472,199.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

Santa Barbara-based AxiaMed , which is developing healthcare payments technology, said late Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $12.4M The funding was led by Health Enterprise Partners (HEP), and also included Nashville Capital Network and other existing investors. in a funding round.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , which develops e-commerce software for subscription-based software businesses, has been acquired by private equity investor Accel-KKR. According to FastSpring, Accel-KKR has made a majority equity investment in the firm, to provide capital and resources for its technology and go-to-market initiatives.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Theta Lake , a developer of security and compliance software which connects with Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, Zoom and other collaboration platforms, has raised $12.7M in a Series A funding. As part of the funding, Lightspeed's Arif Janmohamed joins the company's board.

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Rincon Venture Partners , the venture fund which was led by Jim Andelman before Bonfire Ventures, has seen an exit of its portfolio, at San Francisco-based Rentlytics. Rentlytics was venture backed by Trinity Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners, Cue Ball and Daher Capital.

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MARCH 4, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the developer and manufacturer of whole home, audio systems and devices, has named two new directors to its board, the company said Tuesday. Coles is a TV producer for Disney, an advisor to Cornell Capital, and formerly had been Chief Content Officer at Hearst Magazines. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 29, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Resonant , which is developing radio frequency filters (RF) used for mobile devices, has priced its IPO, saying it is offering up 2,700,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $6.00 The company is slated to start trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market as RESN today. The IPO raises only $16.2M READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Impact , which develops software used for partnership automation, said this morning that it has raised $75M in an investment round. Impact is led by CEO David A.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos saw a successful initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, closing its first day of trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market up nearly 33 percent. The company's IPO was underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs & Co, Allen & Company, RBC Capital Markets, Jeffries, KKR, Raymond James, and Stifel.

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MARCH 23, 2018

Santa Barbara-based BioIQ , which operates a platform to help manage health testing programs for health plans, employers and enterprise customers, has raised $26.5M The funding was led by HealthQuest Capital, and also included Arboretum Ventures and other, un-nnamed insiders. more in funding, according to the firm.

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