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OCTOBER 4, 2010

billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. According to an analysis of socalTECH's proprietary database of venture capital deals, venture investors invested slightly more than the $966M in Q3 of 2009, but less than the $1.6 billion invested in Q2.

Southern California 196

Southern California Invest Westlake Village SoCal 196

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APRIL 3, 2014

San Diego-based growth equity investor TVC Capital has boosted portfolio company Levels Byond , and invested an additional $2.5M Levels Beyond, which develops a content management software platform called ReachEngine, said the $2.5M more in Series A funding in the company. Levels Beyond is based in Denver. READ MORE>>.

Capital 124

Capital San Diego Content Venture Capital 124

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MARCH 23, 2017

San Diego-based TVPage , a startup developing cloud-based technology for monetizing video content, said on Thursday that it has added Greg Silverman as an investor in a recent $3M funding round. Silverman is the former president of Warner Bros. READ MORE>>.

Funding 124

Funding San Diego Commerce Content 124

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

San Diego-based Cordial , a developer of marketing software which automatically tracks the actions of consumers, which triggers personalized messaging to those consumers, has raised 6M in a Series A funding round. The investment was led by Upfront's Kobie Fuller. The funding came from Upfront Ventures. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 100

San Diego Commerce Content Platform 100

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

San Diego-based Rio SEO , the local search software development arm of Covario, said Wednesday that it has raised a new round of funding to take the company independent. Size and details of that investment were not disclosed. local automated software content marketing rioseo search funding investment capital venture'

SEO 138

SEO Funding San Diego Content 138

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Steven Cox , TakeLessons (San Diego, marketplace). Melani Gordon , Taphunter (San Diego, mobile apps).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

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APRIL 6, 2020

Content includes: Regeneron, Moderna, and J&J’s ongoing battle against COVID-19 How governments and the private sector must step up funding coronavirus R&D efforts Lessons learned from China two months on The need to rapidly ramp-up pandemic vaccine production capacity. Download the report here.

Report 63

Report Invest News Content 63

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2011

San Diego-based KidZui , the developer of a service which provides kid-safe content via a search engine and browser, announced this morning that it has raised $2.4M in new funding, and will start creating its own, original video content. The new funding comes from existing investors Mission Ventures and Costella Kirsch.

Mission Ventures 140

Mission Ventures San Diego Content Funding 140

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2013

San Diego-based online gaming startup Molten Games has raised a round of initial funding from NCSOFT, in a Series A round, the company said Wednesday. According to Molten Games, it received a multimillion dollar investment from NCSOFT, the Korean gaming company, to help form the company to develop online games. READ MORE>>.

Funding 124

Funding San Diego Entertainment Content 124

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JULY 20, 2012

in funding during Q2 of 2012, down from Q1, and slightly below investments in Q2 of 2011. The region saw the most investments in Los Angeles, with $329.0M in funding, followed by San Diego, with $304.7M in investment, then. County and San Diego seeing slightly less funding that the prior quarter.

Southern California 145

Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Funding 145

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JUNE 10, 2011

Howard Lindzon , the CEO of San Diego-based StockTwits , has made another angel investment, this time in Embed.ly , a developer of tools that make it easier for web sites to embed content from other web sites.

San Diego 140

San Diego Web Sites Tool 140

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JANUARY 17, 2013

San Diego-based TVC Capital , the growth equity investor which specializes in software companies, is the lead investor in a round of funding for Levels Beyond , the two announced today. in a Series A from TVC, to invest in expanding sales, marketing, and business development. Levels Beyond said it raised $4.5M

Capital 157

Capital San Diego Equity Software 157

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DECEMBER 9, 2015

Los Angeles-based SGN said today that it has acquired two, new game development studios, as a result of its recent $130M strategic investment round. SGN, led by Chris DeWolfe, now has studios in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Seattle and Buenos Aires. in Palo Alto. READ MORE>>.

Develop 100

Develop Development San Diego Los Angeles 100

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JULY 19, 2011

San Diego-based private equity firm JMI Equity has backed a provider of marketing services for the interactive TV market. According to New York-based BrightLine , it has scored a strategic growth investment from JMI Equity, with JMI Equity's General Partner Brad Woloson joining the company's board of directors.

Equity 145

Equity San Diego Invest Customer 145

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

San Diego-based RoyaltyShare , a provider of digital royalty accounting for music publishers, said today that it has expanded its royalty services for Canadian music labels. The firm is venture backed by William Morris, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments and Trident Capital. READ MORE>>.

Trident Capital 124

Trident Capital Services Bertelsmann San Diego 124

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MARCH 27, 2012

San Diego-based Mob Science , a developer of social Facebook games, said this morning that it has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The firm said it will use the funding to invest aggressively in product development, including hiring game designers, product managers, engineers and others at its new office space in Carlsbad.

Seed Funding 162

Seed Funding San Diego Design Funding 162

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APRIL 14, 2011

Through Howards investment in betaworks, he also owns early shares in Twitter. Howard is based in San Diego, and spoke to us about StockTwits. Howard Lindzon: In 2007, Fred Wilson had offered me some share in Twitter, when they were putting together their first round of venture capital investments. It's fun, I guess.

Ideas 248

Ideas Web Startup Content 248

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APRIL 22, 2009

Los Angeles-based ZAM , and San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment announced Wednesday that the two companies have tied on a new online site focused on information from Sony's EverQuest II massively multiplayer online game. Tags: sony online entertainment everqued mmog content.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment San Diego Content Sites 100

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

San Diego-based Legend3d , a developer of 2D to 3D movie conversion technology, has raised $19M in a Series E funding round. The firm said the round was led by Northwater Capital Management, and also included prior investors PAR Investment Partners and Augustus Ventures.

San Diego 145

San Diego Capital Invest Funding 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2011

San Diego-based venture capital firm Avalon Ventures has boosted an Internet web site publisher known for its humorous, captioned pictures of cats and use of Internet memes, Cheezburger. Avalon's Levandov is also on the board and led the venture firm's investment in hot Internet social gaming firm Zynga.

Avalon 160

Avalon Sites Funding San Diego 160

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The round include Sequoia Capital, Greylock Discovery Fund, Battery Ventures, Formation 8, Advance/Newhouse Investment Partnership an affiliate of Conde Nast, along with Google Ventures, Founders Fund Angel, Menlo Ventures, SV Angel, i/o Ventures and other angels.

San Diego 150

San Diego Google Los Angeles Funding 150

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APRIL 1, 2009

San Diego- and Los Angeles-based online video site Veoh is reportedly in the midst of a "major restructuring," according to a report from VentureBeat. The firm is venture backed by Intel Capital, Adobe, Shelter Capital, Spark Capital, Goldman Sachs, Michael Eisners Tornante Company, Time Warner Investments, among others.

Veoh 100

Veoh Layoffs Report San Diego 100

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Rustic Canyon's investment in Trion World Network is managed by Nate Redmond; the firm also has part of its game studio in San Diego. According to an interview with CEO Lars Butler, the online game maker is planning an IPO, although no timeframes were given. READ MORE>>.

Rustic Canyon 140

Rustic Canyon Report San Diego Venture Capital 140

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based provider of web content classification and security services developer BrightCloud was acquired by Webroot , and we thought it would be a great opportunity to talk to founder Quinn Curtis about how the acquisition of his firm came about. How big was the team in San Diego? READ MORE>>.

San Diego 145

San Diego IP Acquisition Web 145

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JUNE 15, 2009

San Diego-based RoyaltyShare , a developer of software-as-a-service for tracking online music royalties, said today that the firm has expanded its service to handle tracking of royalties in the UK. RoyaltyShare is backed by Trident Capital, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), and the William Morris Agency. READ MORE>>.

Trident Capital 100

Trident Capital Bertelsmann Services San Diego 100

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. Confident Technologies / Curtis Staker / San Diego - Staker is the former President of Websense, and has pulled together an experienced team with a depth of experience from the firm.

Southern California 228

Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

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JANUARY 15, 2018

is still in its infancy, with nearly every industry investing in the space and many companies already benefiting from automation and business intelligence use cases today. Although, in many ways, A.I.

Artificial Inteligence 94

Artificial Inteligence Content Invest Marketing 94

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Last week, San Diego-based Kidzui --the kid's website and kid-friendly browser developer, announced another round of funding, and also launched Zui Studios, a new effort to create original content for the portal. It looks like you now have a search engine, a browser, and now a content studio? That's been our mainstay.

Content 165

Content Startup Web Technical Review 165

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MARCH 30, 2011

The firm's investor was San Diego-based TVC Capital , which invested only $4M in total in Accordent before it was acquired. We chatted with Jeb Spencer , Managing Partner at TVC, to understand the firm's strategy and how the investment worked out. When did you invest in the firm? Jeb, thanks for the time today.

Capital 168

Capital Hermosa Beach El Segundo Invest 168

Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2016

In downtown San Diego, a private real estate company best known for its master-planned communities in suburban Southern California has posed some existential questions for regional tech hubs looking to build their own startup ecosystems. 101 West Broadway tower in downtown San Diego. John “J.T.”

Develop 40

Develop Development San Diego Startup 40

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

San Diego-based Legend Films, a provider of film restoration services and owner of the web site RiffTrax.com, said Thursday that it has closed on $5M in a Series E funding. The round was led by Augustus Ventures Limited, and also included Par Investment Partners.

San Diego 100

San Diego Entertainment Web Sites 100

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

San Diego-based RoyaltyShare said this morning it will be developing a new system for tracking limited downloads and interactive streaming. RoyaltyShare is backed by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Trident Capital, and the William Morris Agency. READ MORE>>

Trident Capital 138

Trident Capital Bertelsmann Services San Diego 138

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

As you start to see what''s going on in social, who''s most active, and who is creating and sharing content, you find that it''s the entertainment industry and music. Phil Kelly: Before Yapert, I was angel investing. The appetite for content from the younger demographic, from 13-17, from 17-25, is ridiculous. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 159

Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Through screen mirroring, users have greater flexibility over how they view – and share – content. Meeting demands for content how, when, and where customers want it, and in the format they expect, means hyper-tailored content, along with mobile-enabled experiences and context-sensitive notifications.

Artificial Inteligence 106

Artificial Inteligence Screening Google Customer 106

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

San Diego-based RoyaltyShare has signed a set of distribution deals for the firm's digital media management and royalty tracking software. The firm is venture backed by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Trident Capital, and William Morris Agency. wireless carriers. Financial arrangements of the deals were not disclosed.

Trident Capital 100

Trident Capital Bertelsmann San Diego Mobile 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

San Diego-based RoyaltyShare has inked a set of distribution deals for the firm's digital media management and royalty tracking software. The firm is venture backed by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Trident Capital, and William Morris Agency. wireless carriers. Financial arrangements of the deals were not disclosed.

Trident Capital 100

Trident Capital Bertelsmann San Diego Mobile 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

To hear about the firm's interest in Los Angeles, and Southern California investments in general, we spoke with Fouad ElNaggar , Principal at the firm, to hear about where the firm is nowadays and what kind of investments it is making locally. Thanks for the time today. We really believe in the market.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154