socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The funding was led by Draper Frontier Opp & Tech Fund. The company said the funding goes towards sales and marketing. San Diego-based TicketSauce , a developer of private label event management software, has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding, the company announced this morning.

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Software Draper San Diego Organization 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2019

Westlake Village-based Avinew , a new startup looking at developing auto insurance for the autonomous vehicle market, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Crosscut Ventures, and also included American Family Ventures, Draper Frontier, and RPM Ventures.

Westlake Village 113

Westlake Village Draper Seed Funding Activity 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2018

According to Enevate, the new funding will help accelerate the development of its fast charge Li-ion battery technology for the electric vehicle market. Enevate says its technology allows Li-ion batteries to be charged up to 75 percent of capacity in just five minutes, or approximately the same time as it takes for a gasoline fillup.

Funding 133

Funding Draper Mission Ventures Capital 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital is the lead investor in a strategic funding round this week for Cleveland, Ohio-based OnShift , a developer of human capital management software for the long-term, post-acute care market. Financial details of that strategic investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Capital Invest Draper 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops mobile marketing software which lets marketers understand correlate the activities of mobile users with the physical locations of those consumers, said this morning that it has raised $5.5M momentfeed venture capital location analytics software retail marketing social media'

Draper 167

Draper Social Media Santa Monica Venture Capital 167

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based Mogreet , the provider of mobile video marketing services which is run by James Citron, said this morning that it has raised $4.1M The round was led by Black Diamond Ventures, and also included DFJ Frontier, Ascend Ventures, Bryant Park Ventures and Draper Associates. in a strategic investment round. READ MORE>>.

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Mogreet Draper Mobile Los Angeles 213

socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Limited Partners in the new fund include Temasek Holdings, Tim Draper, and the World Bank's International Finance Corp. The company has been applying its experience investing in startups in Southern California in the more nascent Southeast Asian market.

Invest 113

Invest Southern California Funding Draper 113

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2016

Enevate is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures, and CEC Capital, and is targeting its Lithium ion battery technology at the smartphone and mobile device market. READ MORE>>.

Draper 113

Draper Mission Ventures Mobile Media 113

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2016

Los Angeles-based venture investor Crosscut Ventures is one of the backers of a new startup, Fluent , developing blockchain technology for the financial markets. Louis Arch Angels. READ MORE>>.

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Draper Startup Seed Funding Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

MAY 20, 2013

According to payvia, the deal will allow it to offer a solution which includes mobile payments, user targeting and mobile marketing. Mogreet was venture backed by Ascend Venture Group, Black Diamond Ventures, DFJ Frontier, Draper Associates, and Spyglass Ventures. Payvia is venture backed by Silver Lake Sumeru, Montgomery & Co.,

Mogreet 164

Mogreet Silver Lake Draper Mobile 164

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

The starup, led by Clark Benson , said the funding came from Lowercase Capital , BullPen Ventures, Data Collective , as well as prior investors Draper Associates , Rincon Venture Partners , Siemer Ventures , TenOneTen, Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels. READ MORE>>. media social opinion voting crowd ranking capital venture ranker'

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Tech Coast Angels Draper Pasadena Angels Pasadena 176

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

a publication that is run by Jesse Draper, the daughter of venture capitalist Tim Draper. Sean Percival is VP of Online Marketing at MySpace. Jesse Draper's Valley Girl show is a web-based, talk show which has featured the CEOs of major corporations and startups, interviewed about their businesses on a very pink set.

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Draper Blogging Web Los Angeles 166

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2012

in a new round, from Black Diamond Ventures, DFJ Frontier, Ascend Ventures, Bryant Park Ventures and Draper Associates. The firm offer up video-based, mobile marketing services and products. Mogreet said it has opened up a new office headed by Joshua Pyne, who the firm snagged from ChaCha, the mobile questions and answers service.

Mogreet 157

Mogreet Sales Draper Mobile 157

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2010

Irvine-based Enovate Corporation , which is backed by Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, said today that it has renamed itself from Carbon Micro Battery. in venture financing from such firms as Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. in venture financing from such firms as Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

Draper 170

Draper Mission Ventures Marketing Technology 170

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2012

The firm, which had filed for a $100M IPO in August of 2011, said in a withdrawal of its registration, that it has determined not to proceed with its IPO, "in light of current market conditions." The firm announced that instead, the company has raised $41.5M The firm announced that instead, the company has raised $41.5M READ MORE>>.

Draper 113

Draper San Diego Organization Capital 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The round came from CEC Capital, Tsing Capital, and Presidio Ventures, along with prior investors Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The company said the funds will go to bring its first products to market and to accelerate commercialization of its technology.

Technology 153

Technology Draper Mission Ventures Capital 153

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2011

San Diego-based Genomatica , a developer of renewable chemicals technology, has filed for an IPO, saying today that it is looking to raise up to $100M in an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Market. Genomatica said it has applied to list under the symbol "GENO". The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, J.P. READ MORE>>.

Draper 153

Draper San Diego Organization Marketing 153

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2011

Visalia-based EdeniQ , a developer of biofuels technology and a spinout of Los Angeles-based Altra Biofuels , said Wednesday that it has linked with German firm IKA Works on supplying biomass mixing and milling technology for the biofuels and biochemical markets. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

Draper 140

Draper Los Angeles Technology Capital 140

socalTECH

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 Technologies , the online marketplace for used cars which has major operations in Los Angeles, has raised $50M in new funding for the startup, the company said today.

Technology 100

Technology Draper Los Angeles Demand 100

socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2010

According to the firm, the new funding was led by TPG Biotech, and also included prior investors Mohr Davidow Ventures, Alloy Ventures, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The company said the funding will go to expand its product pipeline, as well as to hire additional chemical industry veterans to its executive team.

Draper 150

Draper San Diego Venture Capital Funding 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Arcadia-based Siimpel , a developer of MEMs-based, optical microsystems being applied to the cell phone camera market, has raised raised $813K as part of a new, $8.0M fundraising effort, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today.

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Arcadia Zone Ventures Draper Venture Capital 145

socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2009

A new report on the venture capital market was released Monday from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital association, and finds that venture capital fundraising has dropped to $1.6 According to the report, the largest fund raised was for Khosla Ventures III, worth $750M, followed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson X, worth $196M.

Venture Capital 147

Venture Capital Draper Report Capital 147

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The seed round was led by investments from Richard Chino, a key early member of GoTo.com and Smarter.com; Dan Murray, CFO of Machinima ; Derek Draper of Wildfire by Google; Nikhil Srivastava of KKR ; Angel Investor Andrew Schwartz and other angles from LA and Silicon Valley. 750,000 for Scaling & Product development.

Seed Funding 79

Seed Funding Product Develop Development 79

socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish , a provider of social media marketing and advertising services, said Tuesday that Nike is using the firm as part of a user-generated photo contest. Brickfish runs social media campaigns and social media advertising for companies, and is venture backed by DCM, Draper Richards L.P., READ MORE>>.

Social Media 100

Social Media Draper Advertising San Diego 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2010

In addition to De Luca, the company said it has appointed Rocky Hansler as Senior Vice President of Marketing, and Loree Lash-Valencia as Senior Vice President of Business Development. De Luca was most recently the company's Chief Technology Officer, and had previously served as Vice President and Chief Information Executive at Yahoo!

MyShape 133

MyShape Tech Coast Angels Chief Technology Officer Draper 133

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2009

According to the filing, Frank Foster of Draper Fisher Jurvetson has joined the board, which also included direct marketing advertising's Lester Wunderman, as well as Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures. Details on the funding have not been released by the firm.

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Funding Draper Advertising 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

According to Eventful, the investment round also included existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Bay Partners. Eventful, which operate an online web site for promoting and sharing information about events, said it will use the new funding to expand sales and marketing, its mobile channel, and international expansion.

Draper 100

Draper San Diego Web Sales 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2009

Carroll will head up the firm's social media marketing. The firm is venture backed by DCM, Draper Richards L.P., Carroll has also served at Peppers and Rogers Group, Hewlett Packard, and NASA/Ames Research Center. Mangrove Capital Partners, and OCA Ventures.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Draper San Diego 100

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

Whoever wins, these are some of the local firms in interesting markets--and their tough, well-backed head-to-head competition--worth watching. HauteLook, one of the first firms to capitalize on the sample/private sales market, is already profitable and is growing rapidly. DocStoc vs. Scribd. DocStoc - Profile. HauteLook - Profile.

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Southern California Rustic Canyon SoCal Startup 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B

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Southern California SoCalTech Technical Review Draper 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Futuredontics is the consumer marketing division, and inside that is Dentistry.com. I ran Bugleboy.com for a couple of years, and then I moved into purely online marketing. 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.

Startup 113

Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2011

We invest in and acquire software companies who are in somewhat niche markets, which often times the big venture capital firms have passed over, because the total available market for those companies is only $100 to $200 million. The market was probably $100 million or less when we first looked at Accordent.

Capital 168

Capital Hermosa Beach El Segundo San Diego 168

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? The market is moving back up, but slowly.

Social Media 89

Social Media Media Draper Startup 89

socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2017

I tapped my co-founder, John Haro, who I worked for at Agency.com, and at another mobile marketing company, and we talked about the idea, ideated, and I brought him on as co-founder. He introduced me to Wavemaker, also in LA, and also Halogen Ventures, which is led by Jessie Draper, which invests in women-run technology companies.

Technical Advisors 100

Technical Advisors Technical Review Metrics Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. The panel discuss the fast emerging alt coin industry (cryptocurrencies that differ from the original Bitcoin protocol), and note that in one years time, we’ll see hundreds more specialty coins in the market place, if not thousands.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

Xconomy

JANUARY 29, 2019

By creating a secondary market for private shareholders, companies like Forge Global can. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Venture Capital 58

Venture Capital Platform Capital Funding 58

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. Clark Benson: We raised money from Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Palo Alto, Rincon Ventures, and a number of angels. Right now, we are running targeted ads using ad networks or whatnot.

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195