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SaveFans Gets Seeded

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Sherman Oaks-based SaveFans , an online, third party marketplace for sports, concert, theatre, and other tickets, has recently scored a round of investment. The firm's first outside round came from angel investor Jamie Kennedy. SaveFans is headed by Wes Brodsky. Amount of the angel funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Mission Ventures Re-Ups On Alpine Data

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San Diego-based venture capital investor Mission Ventures has re-upped its investment in San Francisco-based Alpine Data Labs , a developer of Hadoop software for the big data market. Alpine Data Labs'' was founded by the founders of Greenplum (Metapa), which had been backed by Mission Ventures and originally been based in Sherman Oaks.

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Joystick Ventures Finds $3M As Part Of $10M Venture Capital Fund

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Sherman Oaks-based Joystick Ventures, a new venture capital fund looking to invest in the videogame industry, has raised $3M as part of an ongoing, $10M venture capital fundraising, according to a regulatory filing by the firm.

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Five Startups Revolutionizing Music, In Southern California

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Chromatik is based in Santa Monica and headed by Matt Sandler ; the firm's investors include 500 Startups, Kapor Capital , LaunchpadLA, Learn Capital , and MuckerLab. The firm has the backing of both Intel Capital and Liberty Global. Music Prodigy is in Sherman Oaks. Miso Media. Music Prodigy.

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After Long Road, Greenplum (Metapa) Acquired By EMC

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The acquisition is the end of a long road for Greenplum--originally based in Sherman Oaks--and its investors, which includes San Diego's Mission Ventures.

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RingDNA Gets $650K For Real Time Sales Info

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Sherman Oaks-based RingDNA , a provider of mobile tools to provide real-time CRM data, social media streams and behavioral marketing information to salespeople, has raised $650,000 in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. No details of the funding have yet been announced by the company.

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Six SoCal Firms Make Forbes List

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The firms were ranked by how fundable they are, with the top 20 appearing to have a better shot at raising capital after interviews with Forbes.