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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps multi-location, retailers and brands better understand and interact with customers, has raised $16.3M The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus and DFJ Frontier. in new funding, the company said this morning.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Irvine-based Enevate , a startup backed by Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures, and CEC Capital--says it has rolled out new technology which allows for extremely fast, 5 minute charging of electric vehicles (EVs). READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

Los Angeles-based Chippmunk said this morning that it has raised $750,000, for the company''s shopping search engine--which helps users with comparison shopping, finding coupons, and with expert shopping recommendations.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

The business attracted interest from Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Artemis Fund, Draper Dragon and Unlock Ventures initially, and the company has now added Anthos Capital to its roster of investors. “To me the investment in UNest is a great opportunity to help my community.

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MAY 8, 2017

Crowdfunder said the move will help create a "more seamless solution" for its customers. Santa Monica-based equity crowdfunding site Crowdfunder is making it easier for it to work with investors, saying on Monday that it has just received its broker-dealer license to sell securities directly to accredited investors.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Greycroft Partners, Sweet Capital, NHN, Draper Associates and other. The startup says it has created a "peer-to-peer chat bot" which helps connect people across SMS, Slack, Kik, Telegram and Facebook Messenger. in a seed funding round, according to the company.

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APRIL 4, 2011

The funding was led by Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson , and also included Rincon Venture Partners , Newport Coast Investments , Gil Elbax of Factual, the Pasadena Angels , and Siemer Venture Capital. The firm said it is looking to help provide credible answers to questions through the "wisdom of crowds".

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed , the developer of tools to help businesses manage their location data in online local search services, says it has added Google+ and Bing management to its tools. MomentFeed is venture backed by Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus, DFJ Frontier, Double M Partners, and Daher Capital, as well as others.

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Google Draper Tool Los Angeles 138

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JUNE 13, 2012

According to Activision, Flurry will help the firm to establish a new mobile publishing initiative. Flurry is venture backed by Borealis Ventures , Draper Fisher Jurvetson , Draper Richards , First Round Capital , Interwest Partners , Menlo Ventures , and Union Square Ventures. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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Activision Draper Santa Monica Mobile 124

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FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The two said the deal will help increase efficiency of the Amonix products, and help lower costs. Solar Junction, which is backed by New Enterprise Associates, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Advanced Technology Ventures, and IQE, said it is developing highly efficient solar cells specifically for CPV applications.

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Develop Development Draper Technology 147

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Prolacta has been developing processes which process human milk, and convert that into human milk fortifier which helps prevent medical issues often encountered by feeding premature babies with cow-based fortifiers. According to Prolacta, the National Milk Bank will recruit potential breast milk donors for Prolacta. READ MORE>>.

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Arcturus Draper Monrovia Capital 166

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JUNE 27, 2012

San Diego-based Eventful , the online website which helps consumers find live entertainment and local events, reported this morning that it has reached 20 million members on its site. Eventful is venture backed by Bay Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Omidyar Network, and Telefonica. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 4, 2012

The round was led by Black Diamond Ventures, and also included DFJ Frontier, Ascend Ventures, Bryant Park Ventures and Draper Associates. Mogreet launched moShare back in January, looking to help users more easily share video, pictures, songs, and other information via their mobile phone.

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Mogreet Draper Mobile Los Angeles 213

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APRIL 26, 2012

Shapiro's AnyBeat has been attempting to create an alternative to Facebook, in part by focusing on helping people network around topics they're interested in, with anyone--not just they know personally.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

The firm said it will look to help people meet others who they would not naturally meet in their day-to-day life; help people gauge the reputation of others on the service; and will avoid making the site a place for "personal branding,", instead looking as a place to socialize, converse, and enjoy. READ MORE>>.

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Veoh Draper Social Network Networking 213

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The funding was led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP), and also included Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Highland Capital Partners. Shift is unusual, in that it takes responsibility for providing on-demand test drives of vehicles--and helps prep those vehicles for sale--rather than just connecting buyers and sellers.

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Technology Draper Los Angeles Demand 100

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In it''s 10-K, Google confirmed that it invested $900M in the recent funding round for SpaceX on January 20th, saying the investment goes to help support continued innovation in the areas of space transport, reusability, and satellite manufacturing. The investment gives Google and Fidelity combined a 10 percent ownership in SpaceX.

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SpaceX Google Invest Draper 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 14, 2012

Adam Draper knows Venture Capital. The Draper Family is a dynasty in the Venture Capital world (see recent Fast Company article) like no other. The Draper Family is a dynasty in the Venture Capital world (see recent Fast Company article) like no other. He's focused on helping startups get the capital they need to succeed.

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Startup Venture Capital Draper High Tech 113

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MARCH 26, 2014

The list has been short on local investors for the last few years , even as many Southern California companies have helped place other, Silicon Valley venture capitalists high up on the investor ranking. The Forbes Midas List , which was published Wednesday, did not name a single, Southern California investor.

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Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand SoCal San Diego 159

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AUGUST 10, 2012

The use of human milk helps avoid serious side effects that can occur with premature infants if they use cow-based milk. Prolacta is venture backed by such companies as Health Evolution Partners, Alta Partners, DFJ Frontier, Arcturus Capital, DFJ Mercury, Funk Ventures, Phillip Capital, Gideon Hixon Fund, and Draper Associates.

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JUNE 15, 2010

The firm, which collects excess milk from mothers for developing its milk fortifiers for premature infants, said it will donate one dollar to Komen per ounce of qualified breast milk it collects through the Helping Hands Milk Bank. The firm said it will commit a minimum amount of $25,000 annually to fund programs at Komen.

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Arcturus Draper Monrovia Funding 221

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

MyShape had raised north of $36M in funding from such investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Tenaya Capital.

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MyShape Tech Coast Angels Draper Pasadena Angels 217

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

La Jolla-based ProQuo , a venture-backed startup helping consumers manage and reduce junk mail, has quietly shut down, according to reports. ProQuo was venture backed by Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and had raised around $15M in funding. The shutdown was first noted by Xconomy. READ MORE>>.

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Draper Mission Ventures Report Startup 133

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

The firm said that the information is being used as part of its technology for helping to improve search results and to personalize and filter content. Los Angeles-based Cognition Technologies, a provider of search engine technology, claimed Tuesday that it has created the "world's largest semantic map of the English language." READ MORE>>

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2012

My latest interview with tech entrepreneur Andrew Draper helped me realize what an important part passion plays in the whole tech entrepreneurial process.

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Draper Startup Social Media Web 77

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Savings search engine Chippmunk , that helps consumers to instantly find great deals online has raised $750,000 seed round as the peak holiday shopping season intensifies. 750,000 for Scaling & Product development. It’s a win-win.”. Smart, spam-free coupon search.

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Seed Funding Product Develop Development 79

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The firm said that it has demonstrated a proximity sensor that ithopes to use on its SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, which is being designed to help resupply the International Space Station. SpaceX--which is headed by Elon Musk--is venture backed by the Founders Fund and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Draper Outsource Development Hawthorne 133

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Prolacta is venture backed by Alta Partners, DFJ Frontier, Arcturus Capital, DFJ Mercury, Funk Ventures, Phillip Capital, Gideon Hixon Fund, and Draper Associates L.P. READ MORE>>.

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Arcturus Draper Monrovia Screening 124

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 18, 2010

Find the best and brightest next generation of entrepreneurs and help them to be more successful. Help these companies get funded and let them know that if they stayed in LA there was an ecosystem to support them. We will host “founder dating&# events to help the CEO’s gain access to technology talent and vice-versa.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Southern California Tech Coast Angels 259

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

CapLinked didn’t just raise money but announced it had acquired several new clients, including Edwards Lifesciences, Draper and Kramer, and Proprietary Capital who join a growing and impressive roster of previously disclosed CapLinked clients such as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and NextView Ventures.

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Draper Google Software Engineering Invest 68

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Jackson and Christopher Grey, CapLinked helps clients to communicate and exchange data in a secure and confidential environment, complete with flexible permission controls and powerful activity reports. The Los-Angeles based cloud-based enterprise platform has also received funds from Hercules Growth Fund, and Peter Thiel among others.

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Capital Angel Startup Draper 69

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

David Carter and Allen Hurff are two startup veterans, who believe they have a new formula to help create early stage, technology companies, through their new "startup studio", Zuma Ventures (www.zumavc.com). When that happened, I came out to LA and helped to co-found Amplify.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

And my company is hugely relevant to what they’re doing so having an advocate at senior levels there is certainly a help.” Adam played a hands-on role in helping many of our last class through funding and even took some board seats and advisory roles. million from Rincon Ventures & Tim Draper. and so much more.

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Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

Draper III, in his new book titled “ The Startup Game.” According to Draper, in addition to the above Rule Number One, there are many other questions that need to be answered before a CEO should recommend to the board that it is time for an IPO: Do you really need the money? Do you need this for recruitment and retention?

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Social Media Media Draper Startup 89

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AUGUST 28, 2017

We're focused on larger scale events, not do-it-yourself type events, and we're really for people planning large scale events, looking for ideas, and who are looking for a professional to help them. She's helping to get the word out. Why did you create PartySlate? I was at Razorfish, which has an LA office, and was in LA a lot.

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Technical Advisors Technical Review Metrics Startup 100

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It has been challenging, but we both have autonomy and even just the physical separation to help, since we're 2500 miles away from corporate. That was backed by BVP and Draper Fishre Jurvetson, A-league venture investors, before YouTube got bought by Google and all the wind got taken off the ocean.

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Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

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MARCH 30, 2011

We find these niche software firms, with very attractive financials--in this case, 92 to 93 percent gross margins-- where we can see a path to helping the firm rapidly scale their revenue run rate, to make them interesting. Being in that atmosphere of a value-based approach helped shape our thinking on technology investing.

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Capital Hermosa Beach El Segundo San Diego 168