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DECEMBER 31, 2018

What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? In May, the Center co-hosted the first New Venture Ventura County, a celebration of student entrepreneurs from grade school to grad school. There were so many innovative ideas and interest in entrepreneurship among students in Ventura County! Nothing that really blew me away.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Amount of the funding was not announced. The company said that its platform is "for professional journalists only", and that it requires that freelancers have a track record in order to gain access to the site. The firm said it is backed by un-named Los Angeles angel investors, and was founded by former Los Angeles Times journalists.

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Angel Funding Paramount Journal 149

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MAY 11, 2016

Ventura, California-based The Trade Desk , the advertising technology developer led by Jeff Green, has raised $125M in a credit facility, according to the company. The companysaid that it will use the new funding for global expansion initiatives and for working capital. The revolving credit facility was led by Citibank N.A.,

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Ventura Advertising Equity Capital 100

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

According to Amgen, $200,000 of that funding will go to the United Way of Ventura County, for immediate relief efforts; in addition, $300,000 more will go to support victims of the Southern California wildfires. The funds come from Amgen's nonprofit arm, the Amgen Foundation.

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Thousand Oaks Southern California Ventura Funding 100

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

Camarillo-based Connexity , a new Internet advertising firm headed by former Fastclick CEO Dave Gross, said today that it has raised a seed funding round. The funding round came from Persistence Partners, which is also headed by Gross. Amount of the round was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Seed Funding Ventura Funding Advertising 113

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? Many jobs have been created and companies have received funding through our efforts of supporting and bringing value to founders. I am now working towards the expansion of my startup community-building efforts in other parts of Los Angeles and Ventura County.

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MARCH 9, 2015

CoverHound , a startup which offers up an online marketplace for auto, motorcycle, home, and renter''s insurance, said this morning that it has doubled its space in Southern California, as part of a new funding round for the company. READ MORE>>.

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Westlake Village Ventura Southern California Venture Capital 100

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MAY 12, 2016

Ventura-based outdoor apparel company Patagonia has partnered with a startup developing a high performance, synthetic silk fabric, made out of natural proteins. The investment round came from Nan Fung, Innovation Endeavors, Alafi Capital, East West Capital, Foundation Capital and Founders Fund. READ MORE>>.

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High Tech East West Capital Ventura Startup 100

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MARCH 1, 2016

Ventura, California--despite a number of growing high tech startups--has not been known for buildling multi-million dollar Internet companies. The company--which quietly disclosed the $202M in 2014 revenues in the 2015 Inc. 100M in annual revenues has generally been considered a major milestone for companies in their growth.

Ventura 100

Ventura High Tech Advertising Software Development 100

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APRIL 14, 2016

in funds invested, across 47 deals; Orange County had $158M invested across 15 deals; and San Diego had $253.5M Among the bigger deals were an investment in smart doorbell company Ring, with a $61.2M funding round, and $60M in Ventura-based advertising technology developer TradeDesk. billion was raised in the region.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Ventura 100

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Ventura-based NetPlenish , the automated replenishment service headed by Dave Compton, has launched its services, launching its service to to the audience at TechCrunch Disrupt yesterday. READ MORE>>.

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Compton Services Ventura Pricing 138

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

in a new equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. According to the filing, a single investor participated in the funding. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. Ebyline has previously raised funding from E.W. Scripps Company. READ MORE>>.

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Sherman Oaks Ventura Equity Advertising 138

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 28, 2011

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 -- Where High Tech Meets High Surf: Ventura Ventures Technology Center. ACG 101 Where are the next generation of high-tech companies getting their start? For many of them, the answer is four blocks from the beach, in the heart of downtown Ventura. See [link] (more)

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High Tech Ventura ACG Incubator 100

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

in a first round of funding. Scripps Company. The funding comes on top of an angel funding round the firm announced in September. eByline's founders are Bill Momary and Allen Narcisse, who have had experience both at the Los Angeles Times and the Ventura County Star. The round came from E.W. READ MORE>>.

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Ventura Writing Venture Capital Los Angeles 133

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MAY 24, 2011

Momary was at the Ventura County Star and LA Times; Narcisse had been at Paramount Pictures and the LA Times. Scripps Company, which provided initial funding for the company in November of last year. Ebyline was co-founded by former newspaper execs Bill Momary and Allen Narcisse. Ebyline is backed by the E.W.

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Paramount Ventura Content Los Angeles 140

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. Representative companies: AdventureLink, OnGreen, Unified Dispatch, Graphight. Representative companies: Ventura Ventures Technology Center.

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Southern California Incubator Guide Ventura 159

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The SBIR is a funding program which provides research and development dollars to small businesses and startups. Aerius Photonics in Ventura; Opto-Knowledge Systems of Torrance, Space Micro, Inc. Aerius Photonics in Ventura; Opto-Knowledge Systems of Torrance, Space Micro, Inc.

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SoCal Southern California Torrance Santa Barbara 133

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 29, 2012

Multiples for middle market companies remained relatively strong in 2011, at an average of 8.2x Total merger and acquisition deal volume in 2011 increased 24% from 2010, with over 16,000 transactions aggregating to $1.1 trillion in value. Moderator: Richard Maire, Partner, Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP. See [link] (more)

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ACG Santa Barbara Ventura Equity 113

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Ventura-based Lottay , an online social gifting firm, has raised $200K more, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. No details on the funding have been announced by the company, which is backed by DFJ Frontier. READ MORE>>.

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Ventura Venture Capital Media Capital 124

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JANUARY 29, 2009

Ventura-based Aquea Scientific, which develops a UVA/UVB sunscreen which can be washed on or applied in the shower, has quietly raised $10.955M in funding. The funding was first disclosed in the PricewaterhouseCOopers/NVCA MoneyTree venture capital report over the weekend.

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Ventura Venture Capital Report Funding 124

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Southern California technology companies are hiring aggressively, and the high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. socalTECH's Job Board helps companies, and potential empoyees, connect.

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Southern California Malibu Oversee.net High Tech 160

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 18, 2010

Where are the next generation of high-tech companies getting their start? For many of them, the answer is four blocks from the beach, in the heart of downtown Ventura. An Evening To Meet Start-Up Entrepreneurs and the Organizations That Back Them.

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ACG Networking High Tech Ventura 100

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

How did you start the company? What we did, is start a company to remedy that problem. How are you funded? Jon Grishpul: We've been around for the last year, and we've been completely self funded. Jon Grishpul: My co-founder, Paul, had been flipping houses for ten years before starting GreatBuildz.

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Startup Encino Los Angeles Ventura 100

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

We recently ran into Dave Compton , Chairman and CEO of Ventura-based NetPlenish.com (www.netplenish.com), a early stage startup working on a service which will automatically re-order items for consumers. Are you funded yet? We're in the midst of a $700,000 seed round, and we're up in the Ventura Technology Center.

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Compton Ventura Startup IP 138

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

in a Series C funding. The company now reportedly has a valuation of over $103M. more in a Series C funding, in a funding led by ACE Group, and also including RRE Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Core Innovation Capital, Route 66 Ventures and American Family Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Westlake Village Los Angeles Capital Invest 100

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APRIL 4, 2013

We spoke with co-founder Brenton Sullivan about the company''s platform, and how it''s hoping to transform the athletic recruiting process. We''re not the company which tells athletes to jump on our site, and we''ll spam you to schools and find you a place. How''d you start the company? What''s the idea behind FieldLevel?

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Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

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MARCH 29, 2010

Last week, Ventura-based The Trade Desk (www.thetradedesk.com) announced a $2.5M funding round. What's the story behind the funding? What's the story behind the funding? He left to start his own firm, which only invests in data-based companies, who are all focused on accumulation and use of data.

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Advertising Startup Media Marketing 157

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The young company has been heavily promoting its “all-you-can-fly” private flight service that can be booked in 30 seconds or less on a mobile device now that it has secured the necessary licenses from the United States government to operate its flights. I’m grateful we went through it, but glad we’re flying planes now.”.

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Social Media Startup Santa Monica Santa Barbara 89

InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2015

Many of these individuals become restless in their youthful “retirement” and begin investing and advising young companies. Doug morphed this Hawaiian slang and christened his company “ Deckers.”. To fund his passion, he began shaping and selling surfboards in 1968 from a small shop. Share and Enjoy.

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Santa Barbara Startup Sales Entrepreneur 100

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AUGUST 4, 2010

in funding from the Pasadena Angels, for its technology which applies semiconductor processing to diamonds to create more brilliant and super-polished stones. We caught up with Paul Gloger, the firm's CEO, to learn more about the technology and company. Where are you, in terms of status, as a company? Thanks for chatting today.

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CalTech Startup Pasadena Angels Pasadena 149