socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2017

We've summarized the funds that have announced new funds in the last nine months or so, or that are in the midst of raising funds--a total of more than $1086 million in total funds. List ordered by fund size). Fund size: $230M fund. Fund size: $100M fund. Fund size: $100M fund.

Southern California 178

Southern California Venture Capital Capital Artificial Inteligence 178

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Size of the funding was not disclosed. NanHealth said it will use the funding to "accelerate innovation" at the company. NantHealth is looking to provide advanced, next-generation healthcare services by using fiber networks, cloud computing, and wireless technology.

Funding 159

Funding Cloud Computing Incubator Los Angeles 159

socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2013

According to the company, the funding was structured as a $25M term loan and $5M revolving line, and will go towards buying back the stake of one of the company''s founders, to pay down equipment financing, and to make cash available for growth and working capital. The company was advised by DH Capital in the funding. READ MORE>>.

Cloud Computing 250

Cloud Computing Web Acquisition Funding 250

socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

Solarflare's network interface cards are used in cloud computing, fintech, and other data center applications, where applications require low latency network access. Xilinx was a strategic investor in the last funding announced by Solarflare, and Solarflare's other investors have included Oak Investment Partners. READ MORE>>.

Cloud Computing 113

Cloud Computing Anthem Networking Acquisition 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Redpoint Ventures , said late Monday evening that the firm has closed on Redpoint IV,a $400M, early stage venture capital fund specifically aimed at the social and mobile Internet, cloud computing, and clean technology. The firm said it now has over $2B in management.

Redpoint 145

Redpoint Cloud Computing Funding Southern California 145

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Amplify , the startup accelerator program being run by Paul Bricault in Venice Beach, has tied with a cloud computing provider, Joyent , the two said this morning. The two said they are in a partnership, where Joyent will provide free cloud computing resources and marketing services to Amplify's portfolio companies.

Cloud Computing 160

Cloud Computing Venice Resource Services 160

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2012

MetaCloud's fully managed services helps companies deploy their own, OpenStack cloud computing systems. OpenStack is an emerging standard which lets developers create cloud computing applications which are portable across different Internte service providers, private clouds, and more. READ MORE>>.

Cloud Computing 174

Cloud Computing Services Ticketmaster Yahoo 174

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

million from LA’s own venture fund, Upfront Ventures and a clutch of security experts. Now, he and Gudanis are trying to solve the issues of identity access management that the new, ubiquitous cloud computing model presents for security officers and developers.

Los Angeles 308

Los Angeles Chief Technology Officer Culver City Angel 308

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Seed investments are down by any measure (funds, deals, dollars) over the past 3 years in deals < $1 million AND in deals between $1–5 million. As you can see below the number of seed funds shot up dramatically between 2006 and 2014. It’s very noticeable in terms of funds raised, dollars invested and deals completed.

Venture Capital 328

Venture Capital Invest Seed Funding Startup 328

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Irvine-based Numecent , a stealth-mode, cloud computing firm run by Osman Kent, said yesterday that it has raised $2M as part of a Series A financing round. The firm said the tranche is part of a $10M, Series A funding round. Numecent said the new funding comes on top of an earlier, $7.5M READ MORE>>.

Cloud Computing 124

Cloud Computing Seed Funding Funding Technology 124

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2012

in funding during Q2 of 2012, down from Q1, and slightly below investments in Q2 of 2011. in funding, followed by San Diego, with $304.7M in funding. County and San Diego seeing slightly less funding that the prior quarter. M raised, and cloud computing provider Eucalyptus , with $30.0M in investment, then.

Southern California 145

Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Funding 145

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Santa Barbara-based RightScale , the developer of cloud computing management software headed by Michael Crandell, has raised $15.6M in a new round of funding, according to a regulatory filing by the company. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. The firm has now raise $58.10M in funding.

Cloud Computing 187

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Software Capital 187

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Santa Monica-based ServiceMesh , a developer of cloud computing management software, announced today that it has raised $15M in a funding round. ServiceMesh provides software to help enterprise business units self-provision cloud infrastructure and enterprise apps. The round came from Ignition Partners. READ MORE>>.

Cloud Computing 150

Cloud Computing Santa Monica Software Funding 150

socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2013

Metacloud , a provider of managed, Openstack-based private cloud services, announced this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Canaan Partners, and also included Storm Ventures and AME Cloud. The companies said the funding will go towards growth and global expansion of its services.

Services 187

Services Cloud Computing Ticketmaster Southern California 187

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. I think they definitely qualify as a VC and not a seed fund.

Seed Funding 283

Seed Funding Venture Capital Funding Software Review 283

Xconomy

MAY 31, 2016

Microsoft plans to invest more in early stage startup companies through a new corporate venture fund, headed by former Qualcomm executives. With a formalized venture fund, Microsoft now has a seat at the table. Microsoft did not outline a specific pace of investments to be made from the fund, or its size.

Funding 62

Funding Artificial Inteligence Cloud Computing Writing 62

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2013

in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Monday. The filing indicates the funding is part of an ongoing $9.197M funding for the company. Details on investors and the funding have not been announced by the company. The company's existing investors include Verizon Investments. READ MORE>>.

Cloud Computing 147

Cloud Computing Incubator Los Angeles Funding 147

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Manhattan Beach-based Morphlabs , the developer of cloud computing products headed by Winston Damarillo, announced this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series C funding round. The firm said the funding will go toward deployment in the ASEAN and North American area.

Manhattan Beach 154

Manhattan Beach Cloud Computing IBM IBM 154

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Calient said its new funding will go towards expanding its products to the data center and cloud computing markets. Santa Barbara-based CALIENT Technologies , a developer of photonic switching equipment, said this morning that it has raised $19.4M in a round of venture financing. Names of those investors were not disclosed.

Technology 168

Technology Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Funding 168

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

in a funding round, to bring its social analytics engine for gaming companies to market. in funding came from the Harvard Business School Angels and Tech Coast Angels. Los Angeles-based Ninja Metrics announced this morning that it has raised $2.8M

Metrics 147

Metrics Tech Coast Angels Software Cloud Computing 147

socalTECH

JULY 19, 2013

Irvine-based Netlist , a publicly listed developer of memory for the cloud computing and storage market, announced Thursday that it has raised $15M in credit financing. The funding came from Fortress Investment Group.

Patents 147

Patents Cloud Computing Activity Invest 147

socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems , the cloud computing software developer headed by Marten Mickos , has raised $30M in a Series C round of funding, the firm announced this morning. The firm will use the new funds for product innovation, sales, and customer support. IVP's Steve Harrick joins the company's board.

Cloud Computing 154

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara News Software 154

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And as a result of this there are now very robust secondary markets where founders and seed-funds alike are selling down their ownership long before an ultimate exit. If we wanted to we could have sold > 2x the fund easily in the secondary markets with significant upside remaining. of the fund. dot-com bonanza.

Venture Capital 471

Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems , a developer of software for managing cloud computing infrastructure, has scored $5.5M in a Series A funding round. The firm said the funding was led by Benchmark Capital, along with participation by BV Capital.

Cloud Computing 100

Cloud Computing CTO Coach Santa Barbara Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

For all of the consumer adoption of the cloud, enterprise users are still not as bought into the vision of cloud computing as one might think they would be. So, how do you help ease enterprise customers into the cloud--or at least, help them use cloud technology to help them with their business goals?

Cloud Computing 217

Cloud Computing Outsource Development Outsource Startup 217

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Carlsbad-based Luxtera , the chip developer backed by August Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Sevin Rosen Funds and Lux Capital, said today that it has launched the industry's first, 100Gbps optical transceiver chip. The firm said the chip is targeted at next generation cloud computing data centers and high performance computing.

Cloud Computing 140

Cloud Computing Capital Funding Develop 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2021

One of the business ironies that many entrepreneurs have learned the hard way in the past is that ideas which are truly disruptive carry the highest risk of failure, take the longest to gain traction, and thus are the least likely to get external funding. John Sculley, in his classic book “ Moonshot!:

Startup 174

Startup Cloud Computing Ideas Entrepreneur 174

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Eucalpytus Systems , the venture funded startup developing open source, private cloud management software, said Thursday that it has released its first major update of its software. Tags: eucalyptus systems cloud computing softare. READ MORE>>.

Software 140

Software Santa Barbara Cloud Computing Capital 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2010

San Diego-based venture capital firm Avalon Ventures has led an investment in a cloud computing company, Standing Cloud , based in Boulder, Colorado. According to Standing Cloud, it received a $3M, Series B financing from Avalon, which also included the firm's prior investor, The Foundry Group.

Avalon 154

Avalon Invest Cloud Computing San Diego 154

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems , a developer of private cloud management software, said this morning that it has raised $20M in new funding. Eucalyptus said the funding will go to scale development, marketing, and sales of its commercial open source private cloud management software. READ MORE>>.

Cloud Computing 154

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Software Web 154

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Manhattan Beach-based Morphlabs , the provider of software for managing private and public cloud infrastructure, has raised $1M in funding from a strategic partner, the firm said this week. According to Morphlabs, the investment came from BroadBand Tower, a provider of Internet services, hosting, and other services in Japan.

Manhattan Beach 157

Manhattan Beach Cloud Computing Platform Invest 157

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The word “cloud”—as in cloud computing, and cloud storage—has served as a handy shorthand term, but it has always been inherently vague and a little misleading.

Cloud Computing 56

Cloud Computing Web Course Services 56

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

If you're a large, enterprise company, in recent years, cloud computing has become an increasingly large--and expensive--piece of your information technology (IT) mix. Enterprise cloud budgets are growing astronomically as companies adopt many cloud techniques. Explain what Kazuhm does? It's been, honestly, amazing.

Cloud Computing 133

Cloud Computing Resource Startup Software 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Santa Barbara-based RightScale said today that it has raised $13M, in a second round for the cloud computing software firm. Danny Rimer of Index joins the board as part of the funding. The new round brings the company's total funding raised to $17.5M, including an earlier round this year led by Benchmark. READ MORE>>

Cloud Computing 100

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Web Software 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We very quietly went live with our second fund, Okapi Ventures II, LP, back in March and have already made 4 investments. becomes a reality in 2013 with the consumerization of enterprise software and cloud computing leading the charge. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? I think "enterprise 2.0"

Venture Capital 164

Venture Capital Capital Southern California High Tech 164

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2014

Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloud” computing, meaning big servers have left the building. c-level entrepreneur funding startup titles' All the IT work in most startups is done by a college intern, or the owner’s son. Chief Legal Officer. Marty Zwilling.

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Funding Cloud Computing CIO 100

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2009

Nirvanix is a privately held company backed by more than $23 million in venture funding. Its backers include Intel Capital, Valhalla Partners, Mission Ventures, Windward Ventures and the European Founders Fund. Tags: nirvanix executive engineering storage cloud computing. READ MORE>>.

Windward 100

Windward Cloud Computing Chief Technology Officer Mission Ventures 100