Forward Slope Gets Investment
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DECEMBER 1, 2022
San Diego-based Forward Slope, a provider of software for the defense industry, has received an investment from private equity investor Trive Capital. Size of the investment was not announced.
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Health IQ Finds $34.6M, Plans San Diego Hiring
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NOVEMBER 15, 2017
in a Series C funding round, which it said partially go to expanding hiring at its San Diego offices, the company announced on Wednesday. Health IQ plans to use the funding to fuel hiring in its Mountain View and San Diego offices, continue product development and accelerate customer growth, according to the company.
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Report: Southern California Venture Capital Totals $464M In Q3
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OCTOBER 14, 2010
Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. billion invested in 780 venture capital deals for Q3. billion invested in the region.
EDF Renewable Energy Gets Investment From TIAA-CREF
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MAY 20, 2014
San Diego-based EDF Renewable Energy , the developer of solar power projects, said Monday that TIAA-CREF has made an investment in the firm. EDF explained that its Catalina Solar project generates enough electricity to power approximately 35,000 homes, and is supplying power to customers of San Diego Gas & Electric.
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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4
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APRIL 28, 2010
This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. VC Financings: 1. I keep meaning to get him drunk to spill the stories.
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Porch.com Gets Investment, Strategic Partnership With Lowe's
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JANUARY 14, 2014
Porch.com , the online site focused on home improvement information which has operations and one of its founders in San Diego , has inked a big strategic deal today with Lowe''s , the companies said today. As part of the deal, Lowe''s is making an undisclosed strategic investment in Porch. READ MORE>>.
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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC
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OCTOBER 19, 2009
I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill.
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Mercato, Grocery Delivery Startup For “Indie” Retailers, Gets $4M
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JULY 2, 2019
Delivery services such as Shipt and Instacart deliver groceries to customers’ doorsteps daily. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN ) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT ) also offer the service, albeit only for their own stores. Large-scale chain stores are the focus of most grocery delivery services. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.
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EDF Renewables Buys Half Of EnterSolar
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
San Diego-based EDF Renewables North America , which develops and manages renewable energy projects, said this morning that it has acquired 50 percent of EnterSolar , a provider of distributed solar generation to commercial and industrial customers.
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113 This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit
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JUNE 3, 2010
This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. In particular I tried to do most of the “entrepreneur advice on VC” up front so that if you don’t want to watch our views on the deals you don’t have to. They sponsor TWiVC.
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Perspectium Finds $8M For Service Management Integration Tools
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APRIL 24, 2019
San Diego-based Perspectium , which develops software for service management integration, has raised $8M in its Series B funding round, according to the firm. The investment came from TVC Capital. The company says its customers include Fortune 500 companies, software-as-a-service vendors, and global service providers.
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Dvele Picks Up $14M For New Home Building Startup
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MARCH 28, 2019
San Diego-based Dvele , a new, technology startup which is using technology that allows people to order up, custom-febricated homes, and handles everything from design to on-site construction, has raised $14M in a funding round, the company announced on Thursday.
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Trovata Gets Seed Funding From J.P. Morgan
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DECEMBER 11, 2018
San Diego-based Trovata , a company developing cash automation software for the treasury management market, has raised a round of seed funding, led by J.P. Size of the investment round was not announced. Morgan, according to the company. Trovata's founder and CEO is Brett Turner. READ MORE>>.
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113 TVC Capital Backs Wellness Software Firm
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NOVEMBER 8, 2012
San Diego's TVC Capital has made another investment in a growing software firm, this time in Washington State. TVC invests in software companies with an eye on growing their revenues and making them an appealing acquisition candidate. Steven Hammerslag of TVC has joined Limeade's board of directors. READ MORE>>.
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IntraStage Raises Angel Funding
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AUGUST 26, 2010
San Diego-based IntraStage , a developer of quality management software for companies who design and manufacture electronic products, including statistical process control (SPC) and other testing and data analytics tools, has raised a round of angel funding. IntraStage's customers include Motorola, Panasonic and Northrop Grumman.
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BioSurplus Gets $1.5M For Boston Expansion
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MAY 10, 2012
San Diego-based BioSurplus , a provider of pre-owned, laboratory instruments for the life sciences industry, said today that it has raised $1.5M in a capital raise for an expansion into Boston. The firm said the funding came from KI Investment Holdings. The firm is headed by Preston "Cinco" Plumb. READ MORE>>.
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145 Skinit Snags $60M
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JULY 21, 2010
San Diego-based Skinit , a developer of customized "skins" for consumer electronics products, has raised $60M in a funding, the firm said Tuesday. Skinit said the investment was led by ABS Capital Partners and Norwest Equity Partners.
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140 Ginkgo Bioworks Pulls In $275M as Synthetic Biology Funding Soars
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DECEMBER 14, 2017
Companies sometimes raise big venture capital rounds to invest in equipment, people, and other tools for growth. And sometimes it’s about giving potential customers and partners more confidence in the fledgling company. Other times they do it to provide the business a cash cushion.
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78 TYLT Labs' New Seed Fund And The Promise Of Silicon Beach
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APRIL 8, 2014
There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here.
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Avalon Ventures Backs Indix For E-Commerce Product Data
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JUNE 24, 2015
San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has re-upped its investment in product database provider Indix , as part of a $15M Series B funding. The funding round came from Nokia Growth Partners, Nexus Venture Partners and Avalon Ventures.
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Interview with Dan LeBlanc, CEO and Co-founder, Daasity
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NOVEMBER 14, 2019
San Diego-based Daasity (www.daasity.com) which just raised $2.3M in a funding led by Orange County's Okapi Venture Capitalis looking to help direct to consumer brands use better data to direct their marketing and other efforts. Dan LeBlanc: I used to run customer analytics for a brand called ProFlowers.
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BUMP Network Raises $2.3M
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NOVEMBER 6, 2012
San Diego-based BUMP Network , a developer of online software used by membership programs to manage registrations and partnership programs, has raised $2.3M The funding round came from Eric Schmidt via TomorrowVentures, ZIG Capital, Chris Burch via JCB Investments, Moore Venture Partners, La Jolla Holding Co.,
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Advanced Telemetry Raises Series B
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JULY 21, 2009
San Diego-based Advanced Telemetry , a developer of energy monitoring systems, said today that it has closed a Series B investment round for the company. The firm's customers include Taco Bell, Burger King, Arby's, and others. Tags: advanced telemetry energy venture capital software monitoring. READ MORE>>.
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113 Cisco to Pay $660M for Luxtera, Maker of Advanced Data Center Chips
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DECEMBER 18, 2018
The semiconductor company, founded in 2001, is based in Carlsbad, CA, a San Diego suburb. Cisco, the San Jose, CA-based tech giant (NASDAQ: CSCO ), said Tuesday that Luxtera’s advanced chips will help it offer its customers faster and better network service performance.
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JMI Equity Backs BrightLine
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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. READ MORE>>.
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145 AI Chip Startup Mythic Reaps $40M from SoftBank, Lockheed Venture Arms
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MARCH 20, 2018
Mythic , which last year unveiled its novel computer chip designed for artificial intelligence, announced today that it has raised $40 million in a Series B fundraising round led by the venture capital arm of Japanese telecom and tech giant SoftBank. The boxes Mythic wants to break customers out of are their big.
SmartDrive Systems Raises $47M For Better Driving
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JUNE 18, 2012
San Diego-based SmartDrive Systems , which develops driving safety systems for managing driving fleets, said Monday afternoon that it has raised $47m in a new funding round. The firm said the round was led by Oak Investment Partners and New Enterprise Associates, and also included Stanford University. READ MORE>>.
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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …
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APRIL 13, 2011
I owe ya’ a 20 minute call (or in person next time I’m in San Diego). I decided well if I am going to be investing in this stuff at least I need to understand what it’s like to have a blog, to be generating content, and it was quite interesting at the very, very beginning.“. we are not going to invest.
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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal
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JULY 7, 2010
One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. Elbaz sold Applied Semantics to Google in 2003, for pre-IPO stock, reaping first round investors more than a 100x return on their investment.
Interview with Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital
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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. Jeb Spencer: The goal at TVC Capital is to do exactly this.
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HouseCall Gets $6M For Mobile Services Booking Software
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
San Diego-based HouseCall , which develops mobile software to let consumers book home services appointments, along with offering up home services contractors with scheduling and related tools, has raised $6M in a funding round. The company disclosed the funding on Tuesday, saying that August Capital led the funding.
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100 Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?
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FEBRUARY 15, 2011
Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. The VC partner, somebody I greatly respect said, “Yeah, we like Gil and what they’re doing. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check.
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313 PacketSled Raises $5M for Automated Cybersecurity Monitoring System
Xconomy
AUGUST 1, 2016
PacketSled, a cybersecurity startup based in suburban San Diego, has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Keshif Ventures, a local angel investment fund that has put money into dozens of tech startups in the San Diego area. The company also has an office in Seattle.
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On Ramp Wireless: Connecting The Smart Grid
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JULY 31, 2013
One of the companies that has recently is On Ramp Wireless (www.onrampwireless.com), a San Diego company in the M2M market headed by Kevin Hell. The firm recently raised a $15M series C funding, and we caught up with Kevin to learn more about why its customers, and investors, are interested in its technology.
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Here is Why Non-Obvious Startup Ideas Can Yield the Largest Results
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MAY 4, 2015
Try to imagine if you *didn’t* already know Amazon and the company walking into VC meetings telling people they were going to disrupt the selling of all goods starting with books but then extending into electronics, apparel, toys and so forth. Many, many markets use storage and in totally different use-cases than you’d imagine.
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150 Why Taking Some Risks in the Sales Process Can Improve Results
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JULY 6, 2015
The first of question is about qualifying your potential customers aka leads. One thing I observed was that many customers wanted an “on premise” version of our software and were willing to pay extra money for it. We said to customers, “We only sell SaaS and we think that’s the right solution for you.
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As Drone Navigation Advances, SlantRange Focuses on Farm Analytics
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JULY 12, 2016
— 5D Robotics , founded in 2009 in Carlsbad, CA, (about 30 miles north of San Diego), has developed a device that integrates GPS, inertial guidance, optical positioning, and other technologies. SlantRange, a San Diego company founded almost three years ago, is a drone-related startup already generating sales.
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Zingle Raises $3M to Expand and Improve Messaging App Technology
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JULY 21, 2016
Zingle, a Carlsbad, CA-based tech startup targeting the service industry and consumer-facing businesses with its messaging app technology, has raised $3 million in venture capital, according to a regulatory filing earlier this month. The company raised $1 million last year, according to a 2015 regulatory filing.
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Interview with Noah Auerhahn, Extrabux
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FEBRUARY 16, 2010
For this morning's interview, we talked with Noah Auerhahn , President of San Diego-based Extrabux (www.extrabux.com), an online site focused on providing consumers with comparison shopping combined with discount offers. Noah Auerhahn: Our difference, is we're customer centric.
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How Work Today Is Connecting Blue Collar Workers With Jobs, with Joe Nigro
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MAY 10, 2017
in a funding from Mucker Capital, Social Capital, Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital), E-Merge, and GAN Ventures. We've built this business for our customers, on both side of the marketplace. We did that instead of building an , which doesn't allow our customers to take action like text.
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Convoy Reloads With $185M For Its Freight Shipment Marketplace
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
Convoy , an online marketplace that connects shippers with freight truck fleets and independent drivers, announced today it raised $185 million in a Series C fundraising round led by CapitalG, the growth equity investment fund of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. regions, CEO Dan Lewis says.
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54 Interview with Marc Averitt and Sharon Stevenson, Okapi Ventures
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AUGUST 24, 2010
It's been a good summer for Laguna Beach-based venture capital firm Okapi Ventures (www.okapivc.com), which recently saw its first portfolio firm exit last month in Carlsbad-based Helixis , which was acquired by Illumina for $105M. It was about three years from investment to exit, which we were really thrilled about.
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Decoding Signal From Noise For Wall Street, With Bitvore
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MARCH 31, 2014
We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. It wouldn''t be covered in the Los Angeles Times, and not by the San Diego papers.
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245 Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016
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JANUARY 1, 2016
We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. In fact, 90% of our investments are either Seed or A-round investments (10% are B-round). We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles.
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