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JANUARY 2, 2020

Socaltech has partnered with Sutton Capital Partners with their Recurring Revenue Conference for several yars. While it was a good year for our merger and acquisition practice in the SaaS and fintech space, our most exciting news is in our merchant banking sector where we invest in and advise growth companies often for several years.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Amplify LA said it found that software-as-a-service (SaaS) was the most funded sector, with a decline in investments in such areas as e-commerce and mobile technology. The group says its tracking found that the average seed round size was $2.2M for the quarter.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , which operates a cloud-based, e-commerce merchandising and fulfillment service aimed at software and SaaS companies, said it has joined a new group called the ServiceSource Recurring Revenue Alliance. The group--led by ServiceSource--is developing best practices for recurring revenue businesses.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Miles was previously at Symantec, most recently serving as Senior Vice President for Symantec's Norton business, Latin America, Global Strategic Accounts, and IoT, Cloud & SaaS Partnerships. Miles also served at GM and ForgeRock.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Epicor , the big enterprise software developer which has extensive operations in Orange County, said Monday that it has completed its acquisition of ShopVisible , the developer of e-commerce and order management software. epicor shopvisible merger acquisition retail order saas software ecommerce' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , the e-commerce and payment processing software firm headed by Dan Engel, said this week that it has launched a new online subscription management and payment service called SaaSy. Engel said that the service is aimed at SaaS and Web 2.0

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JULY 1, 2020

Los Angeles-based Scalefast , a developer of direct-to-consumer, e-commerce software, has raised $22M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from Xplorer Capital, Stereo Capital, FJLabs, Benhamou Global Venture and Credit Mutuel Equity. Scalefast's software is specifically used by brands to scale direct-to-consumer sales.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

San Luis Obispo-based Shopatron , a developer of e-commerce software platforms, said this week that it now has over 200 clients using the firm's products. Tags: shopatron ecommerce software clients saas. READ MORE>>.

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SaaS Commerce Platform Software 133

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MARCH 16, 2017

Managing Director: Derek Norton Investment interests: Connected consumer, Internet infrastructure, next generation e-commerce, digital media, gaming, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, consumer Internet, and some ad tech. Watertower Ventures. www.watertowerventures.com) Fund size: $5M. Fika Ventures. Fund size: $40M. greycroft.com.

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Southern California Artificial Inteligence Funding SoCal 138

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring, which develops e-commerce software used by software-as-a-service companies to manage sales and VAT taxes, prevent fraud, and more, says it has opened up new operations in Belfast, Ireland. The company also said it has appointed Mansoor Bajowala as the VP of Global Customer Operations to manage those operations.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

That product right now is on 2,000 publisher websites, it's sold under the SaaS model, and a lot of people on the free, ad-supported version. E-commerce has become a huge factor. Prior to the pandemic, about 1/3 was e-commerce. We're able to do that by the traffic we tap into. What does that mean specifically?

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Advertising Startup Google Commerce 203

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JUNE 1, 2021

Santa Barbara-based software developer FastSpring--best known for its e-commerce software tools--says it is expanding its offerings, and will offer up support to B2B, software-as-a-service and downloadable software companies with sales team.

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JUNE 29, 2017

Managing Director: Kelly Perdew Investment interests: Direct to consumer and consumer focused Internet, Saas, video, mobile, mobility, transportation, and in particular founders with a military background. Watertower Ventures. www.watertowerventures.com) Fund size: $5M.

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Southern California Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Capital 178

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. What is TrackStreet? We evolved and expanded from there.

Artificial Inteligence 140

Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Sales 140

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JUNE 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based DRINKS, a startup which is developing software which helps companies sell alcoholic beverages online via e-commerce, has named two executives, according to the company. According to the company, it has named Amber Roberts as Vice President of Enterprise, and Blake Hunter as Senior Director of Data Science.

Activision 113

Activision Commerce Los Angeles Platform 113

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Digital Motors develops software which is used by car dealerships to create their own, online e-commerce sites. As part of the funding, Alexei Andreev, manging director of Autotech Ventures, joins the board of Digital Motors. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 9, 2019

Rakuten Super Logistics provides third party logistics and e-commerce order fulfillment to others. Financial impact of the win was not announced. inVia Robotics had initially deployed its robots at Rakuten Super Logistics in 2018. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 19, 2014

Mark Faggiano: Our typical customers are e-commerce merchants, folks that sell online for a living, or have an e-commerce presence as part of their current business. mark faggiano taxjar software small business saas magento facebook interview startup' We spent a lot of time researching this, and came out officially in June.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

A lot of those brands, on the e-commerce side, are becoming more data driven. That platform allows small businesses to use our processes and platform to extract all of that data out of the different SaaS platforms they are using, combine it, and provide some really useful analytics to answer questions and make faster, and better decisions.

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JUNE 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based Magento , the developer of e-commerce software headed by Roy Rubin, has been acquired by eBay , eBay said this morning. Magento's open-source, e-commerce software will become part of X.Commerce, eBay's newly created integrated open commerce platform group. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Commerce Acquisition Los Angeles Platform 153

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

MINDBODY provides online, software-as-a-service which lets health, wellness, and beauty businesses manage their businesses, including everything from e-commerce, payment processing, marketing, to staffing and scheduling.

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Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Pasadena Commerce 173

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

ACTIVE NTEwork said that it will power ticketing, point-of-sale, and other zoo operation efforts via its RTP|ONE commerce engine. San Diego-based ACTIVE Network , the provider of online, activity, ticketing, and registration services for sports and other recreation providers, reported today that it has been selected by the Philadelphia Zoo.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

San Luis Obispo-based Shopatron , which develops e-commerce software for retailers, said today that it has made a major upgrade to its software. The firm said that Shopatron 3.0 provides an upgraded customer experience, targeted at increasing sales for its customers.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Active Network said the city is automating everything from facility reservations, park permitting, payment processing, and e-commerce with its products, replacing a paper based system. Financial impact of the win was not announced.

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San Diego Activity Networking Commerce 160

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Albers was most recently at Direct EDI, a firm provideing e-commerce software, and also has previously served at MySpace, New Momentum, and AMG-SIU. SendGrid said it opened up the new office to tap the local talent pool in the greater Los Angeles Area and to centralize R&D there.

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Email Commerce Venture Capital Los Angeles 189

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MAY 25, 2012

San Luis Obispo-based Shopatron , a provider of e-commerce software and services, reported Thursday that it has signed on VSI Products , which manufactures a range of products for cycling brands. Shopatron said it will be launching seven online stores for VSI, including sites for brands Intense BMX, THE, Sinz, Speedco, Vigor, EYE and ITS.

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Product Commerce Software Report 124

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Also, because of the internal dynamics of the talent pool, it effectively lead to more companies in the preponderant areas, which at the time were e-commerce, ad-tech, and disruptive media or media-related companies�such as game companies, companies that were in music, or companies related to the distribution of content.

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JULY 13, 2009

As a result, I'm looking at a lot of software-as-a-service companies, and have run a number of SaaS companies. You've got lots of experience in the SaaS market with Salesforce.com, what's your opinion on where that market is today--and how do SoCal's Software startups stack up? Why do I say that?

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