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JUNE 17, 2021

The Alliance said the program came about, because SoCal founders continue to struggle to raise growth capital despite "a wealth of talent and potential". The program is being funded by Silicon Valley Bank, with additional program support from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and KPPB, LP.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

San Diego-based Dexcom, which develops equipment for continuous glucose monitoring for people with diabetes, has launched its own venture capital fund, Dexcom Ventures. The company said its venture capital arm will be led by Steve Pacelli.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Local Capital – I do believe that you’ll struggle to get a community started without some local capital.

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JULY 20, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Moonshots Capital announced on Tuesday morning that it has raised $36M in its second fund, Moonshots Fund II. Moonshots Capital says that so far in Fund II, it has made investments in ID.me Photo: Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings, General Partners of Moonshots Capital).

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Santa Monica-based March Capital is the lead investor in San Mateo-based Gr4vy, a developer of cloud-based payments orchestration software. According to Gr4y, it raised $15M in a Series A funding, which was led by March Capital, and also included Nyca Partners, Activant Capital and Plug and Play Ventures.

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MARCH 28, 2019

The summit is now associated with March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com). What's your role at March Capital? Meredith Finn: I joined March Capital at the beginning of the year. How did you end up joining March Capital? I think there are still barriers to women raising the same amount of capital that men to.

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MARCH 25, 2021

Los Angeles- and Palo Alto-based MaC Venture Capital has launched a new, $103M seed stage investment fund today, saying it plans to invest in technology startups across the fintech, e-commerce and marketplaces, interactive media, connectivity, enterprise SaaS, space and aerospace, logistics, and other sectors.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital says that it has sold one of its portfolio companies, Provation, which provides software to the healthcare industry. Financial details of the sale were not announced. Clearlake said it investedin Provation in March of 2018, after a carve-out acquisition from Wolters Kluwer.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture investor Moonshots Capital is one of the investors in a $3.29M seed funding round for Able, a developer of financial management tools for independent workers and freelancers. According to Moonshots Capital, the funding came out of its Fund II.

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group says it has completed its acquisition of Los Angeles-based Cornerstone OnDemand, the provider of talent management software, in a deal which was worth $5.2 According to Clearlake, it has acquired the outstanding shares of Cornerstone common stock for $57.50

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Acrew Capital, the venture capital fund which recently added local Los Angeles investor Richard Wolpert as a Venture Partner, said this week that it has launched two new funds. The venture fund said it launched The Long Term View (LTV) Fund, a ~$380MM early stage fund and the Diversify Capital Fund (DCF), a $300MM late stage fund.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

Maury Microwave is backed by private equity investor Artemis Capital Partners. Financial details of the buy were not announced. Maury said the buy will help it expand its test and measurement technology portfolio. dBm is based in Oakland, NJ.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Lone View Capital said this morning that it has made an investment in Trend Health Partners, a developer of products in the credit balance management and payment accuracy market. Fnancial details of that investment were not announced.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

The funding was led by venBio Partners, along with Foresite Capital and Decheng Capital, plus Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company), OrbiMed, Novartis Venture Fund, RM Global Partners (RMGP), and Bukwang Pharmaceutical. According to the company, the new funding will go to advance its next-generation CAR T-cell therapies.

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APRIL 4, 2019

The seed funding was worth $800K, and led by Moonshots Capital, and also included individual angels from the pet industry. As part of the funding, Moonshot Capital's Kelly Perdew, along with pet industry executive Michael Baker of Pet Food Experts, both join the company's board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The funding was co-led by CMG-SDIC Capital and Sequoia Capital China, and also included Sunshine Insurance and China Merchant Bank International Capital. San Diego-based Neurophth, a gene therapy company, has raised $60M in a Series C funding round, the company said today.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The company says it has now raised $27M for its efforts.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

BICS said it paid $230M, however, March Capital Partners, one of the investors in TeleSign, said that as a result of additional cash and earn out the deal now has a total valuation of $335M. TeleSign was venture backed by Adams Street Partners, March Capital Partners, Summit Partners, and Telstra Corp. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2021

The funding was led by Bond Capital, and also included NEA, Breyer Capital, Tull Investment Group, NetEase, Dapper Labs and Coinbase Ventures. Genies' website lets you create avatars, and adorn them with characteristics, accessories, and features driven by celebrity NFTS.

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MAY 25, 2021

The funding was led by Curate Capital. Los Angeles-based Park Place Payments, a fintech startup focused on payment processing, disclosed on Tuesday that it has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. Park Place is led by founder and CEO Samantha Ettus. The company's payment processing workforce is mostly women.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The funding was led by Bain Capital Life Sciences, and also included TPG, RA Capital Management, Sanderling Ventures, plus angels. San Diego-based biotech startup ViaCyte , which is developing human cell therapy for treating diabetes, says it has raised $80M in a Series D funding round.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Pasadena-based Calibrate Ventures , a brand new venture capital firm founded by Kevin Dunlap and Jason Schoettler, announced on Tuesday morning that it has raised $80M in its very first venture capital fund, Calibrate Ventures, L.P.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

GenXComm previously also received funding from Intel Capital, Azure Capital, and Bandgap Ventures. GenXComm said it has raised $20M in its Series B funding round, which was led by Motive Companies, along with Raine Next-Gen Communications and BMW iVentures. GenXComm is based in Austin, TX.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

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

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

The funding was led by Mucker Capital. Los Angeles-based Jurny, a developer of software used by independent hotels and vacation and short-term rental property operators for property and guest management, has raised $9.5M in a funding round. According to the company, the funding will go towards global expansion of its product, Jurny Virtual.

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MARCH 28, 2019

The funding came from JDRF T1D Fund, Aphelion Capital and LifeSci Venture Partners. Prior investors in the round include M Ventures and Hikma Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Hikma Pharmaceuticals. According to the startup, the investment brings its Series A total funding to $15M.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

Los Angeles-based AmazeVR has raised $15M more in a new funding, from Partners Investment and Murex Partners, plus Smilegate Investment, Quantum Ventures Korea, ABC Partners, Everrich Group, GS Futures, We Ventures, Base Investment, Duname&Partners, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Mirae Asset Capital, Partners Investment and Timewise Investment.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Irvine-based property information provider CoreLogic said on Wednesday that its shareholders have approved the go-private, private equity acquisition of the company by Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners. The two private equity companies will pay $80.00 per share in cash for CoreLogic. The deal is worth $6 billion in total.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

FirstMark Capital, Upfront Ventures, as well as new investors Skyview Capital and Halogen Ventures also participated in the funding. The funding came from Student Transportation Inc. STI), a company in the school transportation, safety, and fleet services market.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The funding came from Sunstone Venture Capital Fund, along with Seraph Group, plus Microsoft, Intel, Amazon, Robert Bosch, Applied Materials, and Motorola, according to the company. Irvine-based Syntiant , which is developing semiconductor used for edge computing, raised $25M in its Series B funding.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Los Angeles-based Draper Goren Holm , a new venture capital fund founded by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25M in its very first fund. According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Alliance said it has launched its new SoCal Venture Pipeline program, to help bridge a key funding gap for Southern California entrepreneurs, by connecting them to relevant venture capital firms. The new program is being run in partnership with Silicon Valley Bank.

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APRIL 2, 2019

According to the startup, the new round of funding included Salem Partners, The Galaxy EOS VC Fund, Digital Currency Group, Breakaway Growth, Frontier Venture Capital, and Animoca Brands. The startup says the new funding brings its total raised to $11M.

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JULY 30, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm TenOneTen Ventures has launched a new podcast, to highlight Los Angeles area venture capital funds, the fir is announcing today.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

The publicly traded company (OTC) said the funding came from MCM Investment Partners, as well as Boardman Bay Capital Management. Goleta-based gallium nitride (GaN) power conversion semiconductor developer Transphorm says it has received $12.9M in a private placement.

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MARCH 3, 2021

According to the company, participants in its program will receive $10,000 in non-dilutive capital, technical resources to develop a minimally viable products, physical working space in Silicon Valley, business advice, as well as service provider perks and discounts. Nex Cubed, led by CEO Marlon Evans.

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MAY 15, 2020

Navy and its NavalX unit, to help reduce barriers between the Navy and non-traditional partners such as start-ups, small businesses, academia, non-profits, and private capital. A new, 60,000 square foot lab and research center in port Hueneme has been set up by the U.S.

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