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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.

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MAY 29, 2013

First Look West also said it provided $5,000 in a "Tansformational Idea Award" funded by Draper University, the entrepreneurial education program from venture capitalist Tim Draper. Pyro-E is out of UC Berkeley; Chai Energy is from Caltech; and Dragonfly Systems is from Stanford. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2013

Los Angeles-based mobile carrier billing service Payvia has acquired fellow Los Angeles firm Mogreet , the two companies said this morning. According to payvia, the deal will allow it to offer a solution which includes mobile payments, user targeting and mobile marketing. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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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>>.

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JUNE 13, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision , via its subsidiary Activision Publishing, said today that it is in a strategic relationship with Flurry , a provider of mobile application, advertising, and analytics software. According to Activision, Flurry will help the firm to establish a new mobile publishing initiative. READ MORE>>.

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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 in a Series A funding round.

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APRIL 19, 2012

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. 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.

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APRIL 19, 2012

San Diego-based Qualcomm is backing a developer of mobile video chat services, Tango , via its Qualcomm Ventures arm, the two companies announced today.

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JUNE 27, 2011

Prior investors include Miven Ventures, Alloy Ventures , Citi Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurveston, DFJ Gotham, First Data Corporation, Motorola Mobility, Nokia Growth Partners and NCR. The round included new investors Singapore EDBI, SingTel Innov8, and Motorola Solutions Venture Capital.

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MARCH 13, 2015

Favor , a on-demand, mobile delivery app developer, said today that it will be expanding into San Diego in the coming months, thanks to a new, $13M funding round.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

The company, headed by Clark Benson, said that Dhillon was most recently the GM of Urbanspoon, and has also served at EA Mobile and Cisco. Ranker is venture backed by Draper Associates, Rincon Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. Ranker said it is now getting around 4.5

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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. Snapable is a mobile app that makes it easy for your guests to take and share photos of every moment at your wedding.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The Bouqs said the funding came from Quest Venture Partners, Azure Capital Partners and KEC Ventures, along with Enspire Capital and Draper Associates. The funding brings the company's total raised to $20M. The startup recently started working with local florists, offering up not just flowers but also custom-designed floral arrangements.

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MARCH 2, 2009

Arcadia-based Siimpel Corporation , which is developing MEMs-based components for mobile cameras, announced Monday afternoon that the firm has raised an additional round of investment from LG Innotek. Siimpel develops MEMs modules which are used to design higher quality, mobile phone cameras.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

The firm--which disclosed the funding in November, but did not released financial terms of the round--is developing MEM-based optical systems which are targeted at enabling digital cameras in mobile phones and other mobile hardware. Siimpel's MEMs-based products provide autofocus, and very small form factors.

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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.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Siimpel said the new round of funding was led by DOCOMO Capital, and also included Qualcomm, Motorola, Micron Technology, and its existing venture investors, which includes Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Portage Venture Partners, Zone Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, and SunAmerica.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

Synthetic Genomics is backed by ExxonMobil, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Meteor Group, Biotechonomy LLC and Plenus, S.A., La Jolla-based Synthetic Genomics , a developer of genomics technology for the biofuels industry, has now raised $35M of its ongoing $50M funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing from the company.

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MARCH 21, 2014

Zeroblock , the highly successful mobile and web app was recently acquired by the world’s most popular Bitcoin site and online wallet, Blockchain.info. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Sean kicked off the festivities by going over house rules to maintain an open, supportive environment.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

People are all now using their mobile devices to find products and services. 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. We had a fine business in 1-800-DENTIST, our phone-based referral service.

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MAY 13, 2016

SMASHD’s first Cohort brought four early-stage + one mature company into the fold: Sidestep : Mobile platform for live events that allows fans to order merchandise before, during and after an event for VIP pickup and delivery, who has relationships in place with Ticketmaster, and is a merch partner on Beyonce’s latest tour.

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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.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Our valued sponsors are: Mobile Roadie, BuzzVoice, Will You Trend?, Mobile Roadie is a simple and inexpensive way for anyone to build and manage their own iPhone App. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. We want to also give thanks to our sponsors for making TechZulu possible. In Minutes.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Our valued sponsors are: Mobile Roadie, GDP Wealth, Will You Trend?, Mobile Roadie is a simple and inexpensive way for anyone to build and manage their own iPhone App. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. We want to give a huge thanks to our sponsors for making TechZulu possible. In Minutes.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

Our valued sponsors: Mobile Roadie, GDP Wealth, Will You Trend?, Mobile Roadie is a simple and inexpensive way for anyone to build and manage their own iPhone App. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. We want to give a huge thanks to our sponsors for making TechZulu and CES possible.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2014

Others like John “ Captain Crunch ” Draper tuned in remotely via social outlets. I’ve been advised to go as far as to take the battery out of my mobile-phone for fear that “hackers” are going to steal my information.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

PERSON Timothy Draper PERSON|Timothy Draper. NAME Timothy Draper. After years of traveling to Los Angeles once every few months, Timothy Draper, founder and a managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, says he now flies down to L.A. NAME Mark Zuckerberg. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. TOPICID 408.

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