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APRIL 21, 2015

Los Angeles-based venture investor Upfront Ventures has lead another round in San Francisco-based online appointment booking site MyTime , as parto f a $9.25M Series B. MyTime said that the funding round was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included Khosla Ventures, Daher Capital, Accelerator Ventures, and Westfield Corp. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based Crowdfunder , an online crowd funding site headed by Chance Barnett, has raised $400,000 in seed funding, according to reports today. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2016

Newport Beach- and Tel Aviv-based Memeni , which develops a social software plaform to help brands create their own, online communities, has raised $2.5M Memeni's software lets brands create their own online community of users. in an angel investment round, the company disclosed Tuesday. Names of those investors were not announced.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

San Diego-based MindTouch , a developer of software-as-a-service tools to help companies create self-service, customer support sites, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding came from PeakSpan Capital, along with SK Ventures and SAP SE.

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MARCH 11, 2013

Two, Hollywood heavyweights--the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and William Morris Endeavor (WME) --are backing an online site which provides live workshops from experts. Lynda.com recently raised a humongous, $103M funding round in January, and just acquired another video education site in Europe in February. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Predixion Software , a new startup headed by Simon Arkell, has raised $800,000 as part of an ongoing $3.0M Predixion--which is still in stealth mode--is developing software around predictive, behavioral analytics and data mining. Tags: microsoft mining data seed capital venture software predixion.

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APRIL 23, 2011

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AUGUST 10, 2020

The funding was led by Longley Capital, and also included Stage 2 Capital, Ankona Capital, Serra Ventures and SaaS Ventures, and angels. Longley Capital is also based in San Diego. GoSite said it will use the new capital to expand its national footprint and for hiring, as well as development of its products.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Online job and career sites still seem to be in another decade, when it comes to both design--and user friendliness. Can a startup gain a foothold in the competitive market by designing the right UX and user experience to make a job and career site for everyone? Los Angeles-based Workpop (www.workpop.com) thinks so.

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MAY 4, 2021

Irvine-based e-commerce software developer Kajabi said this morning that it has raised a massive, $550M funding round, which values the company at over $2 billion. The company said the round was led by Tiger Global Management and included TPG, Tidemark, Owl Rock Capital and Meritech Capital, along with existing investor Spectrum Equity.

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MAY 7, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based Evolver , a firm developing avatar creation technology, launched an alpha of its web site this week, focused on helping consumers create their own virtual avatars. The site allows users to create what Nilles says are "breathtakingly accurate" versions of users, or to create fantasy characters. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2012

According to the firm, the round was led by Mohr Davidow, and also included Crosslink Capital, Leapfrog Ventures, QED Investors, and a number of private strategic advisors. Global Analytics said it was advised by Victory Park Securities in the funding.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

ShowUhow both provides software, as well as production services, to manufacturers and retailers looking to help customers learn more about their products, both in pre-sales and after purchase. ShowUhow is venture backed by Syncom Ventures, and raised a round of capital back in August. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday.

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JULY 18, 2012

Santa Monica-based Retention Science , a new startup out of the MuckerLab accelerator, is announcing this morning that it has raised $1.3M in a seed funding.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Westlake Village-based Eta Compute , a company developing machine learning software for embedded devices like mobile phones, has named Dr. Ted Tewkbury as its new CEO. Eta Compute's backers include Lip-Bu Tan, Chairman of Walden International and General Partner of WRVI Capital, who sites on Eta Compute's board. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2017

Walnut, California-based Guesty , which develops software for professional property managers, says it has raised $3M in a Series A funding. According to Guesty, the round was led by Buran Venture Capital, and also included Magma Venture Partners and AltaIR Capital.

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APRIL 27, 2009

Santa Monica-based TrueCar has officially launched its new car pricing site today, saying that it is now providing consumers with details on the prices paid for people on cars in their area. TrueCar is venture backed by Zag, Anthem Venture Partners, Global Retail Partners, Capricorn, Capital One Auto Finance, and Arcturus Capital.

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APRIL 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based Connectivity announced today that it has raised $6.35M in a Series A funding, for the company''s customer analysis software for businesses. Connectivity--which runs local serach sites YellowBot.com and weblocal.ca--is led by Matt Booth. The company was previously named Solfo. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 14, 2017

San Diego-based StackIQ , a developer of "bare metal" provisioning software, has been acquired by Teradata , Teradata said on Thursday. StackIQ was venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Grayhawk Capital, Avalon Ventures, and crowdfunding site OurCrowd. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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JANUARY 26, 2022

The funding was led by Jump Capital, plus new investors HBSE Ventures, Electric Feel Ventures, Visary Capital, Metaversal, and University Growth Ventures, along with Galaxy Interactive and BITKRAFT, and and a number of angels, including Shivakumar Rajaraman, Michael Eisner, and Francis Ma.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

raised by the firm earlier this month came from existing investors Gold Hill Capital, DFJ Frontier, DFJ-JAIC Venture Partners, Double M Capital, Daher Capital, Gil Elbaz, Clark Landry, and Walter Kortschak. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Santa Monica-based Retention Science , the marketing software technology maker led by Jerry Jao, has snagged $7M in a Series A funding, according to the company. retargeting advertising analytics software capital venture science retention' The new funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 29, 2021

million from investors Trucks VC, Kapor Capital, JFF, Energy Impact Partners and The Fund. “When the stations went down we really couldn’t get anyone on site because most of the issues were communication issues, vandalism, firmware updates or swapping out a part — all things that were not electrical,” Terry said.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Irvine-based Digital Motors , which develops software for the automotive industry, said this morning that it has received an investment from investor Autotech Ventures. Digital Motors develops software which is used by car dealerships to create their own, online e-commerce sites. Size of the investment was not announced.

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APRIL 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based Crowdfunder , the online, crowdfunding site headed by Chance Barnett, announced this morning that it is in a strategic alliance with investment banking firm WestPark Capital. crowdfunder investment banking westpark capital financial strategic alliance crowdfunding' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Two local venture capital funds here in Southern California have backed Janrain , a developer of user management software tools used by websites to better manage registration and site visitors. Janrain said the funding will go towards growth, after it more than doubled its revenues in 2012. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

—Ezoic, a startup that developed software for web publishers that uses machine learning techniques to personalize layouts and ad placements for site visitors, raised $33 million to further develop its technology. Read on for news of recent financings, plus upcoming opportunities to connect with the local tech community.

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MARCH 27, 2014

GoCoin has around 7,000 square feet on the 3rd Street Promenade, and is developing a platform to allow merchants to accept Bitcoin and other digital currency payments on their e-commerce sites. software ecommerce angel seed purchase capital venture bitcoin gocoin' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 3, 2013

San Diego-based Tealium , the developer of tag management software headed by Ali Behnam, has raised $15.6M According to Tealium, the new funding comes from Tenaya Capital, Battery Ventures and Presidio Ventures. in a new, Series C funding, the company said this morning.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Palomar Ventures has re-upped its investment in a security software firm Damballa , which is based in Atlanta, as part of a new $12M funding round for that company. Palomar's Jim Gauer sites on the board of Damballa.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

San Luis Obispo-based Shopatron , the developer of e-commerce software and storefronts, reported today that it is powering a new, e-commerce site for cymbal manufacturer Sabian. Shopatron said that it has added 10 new music instruments brands so far this year, and now supports a total of 50 brands with its software.

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MARCH 20, 2015

Altadena-based Rexter , the developer of real time contact and relationship management software led by technology veteran Andy Wilson, has been named one of the fourteen companies in the upcoming Microsoft Digital Work Accelerator. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

El Segundo-based Aggregage , which develops software driven B2B websites and newsletters which aggregate blog and news postings for specific industries, has raised $1M in a convertible note, the company said today. The startup, which is led by Robert Flynn, said it will use the funding to launch new sites and grow its advertising sales.

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DECEMBER 2, 2017

Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Raising capital isn’t the be all and end all of startup success. Raising capital is a necessary step, and survival time without it grows short, or interminably long. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Los Angeles-based Retention Science , the developer of big data analytics software for online marketing, announced today that it has launched a new "Retention Score", which it bills as a Klout Score of e-commerce. The score allows online stores to see, at a glance, what their performance is with customer retention.

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