socalTECH

JULY 19, 2017

The funding came from BMW iVentures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Highland Capital, DCM, G2VP, and Goldman Sachs. Online used car marketplace Shift , which has two offices‌ in Southern California--its biggest market--has raised $37M more in funding, the company said today.

Orange County 113

Orange County Draper Southern California San Diego 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Ribbon, the developer of a social commerce platform which lets users list items for sale, distribute that through their social networks like Facebook , and accept credit card payments--said today that it has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round.

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Draper Seed Funding Commerce Social Network 164

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2010

Culver City-based Fonality , a developer of Voice-over-IP, business PBX phone software, said late last week that it served its one-billionth cloud-based call recently, and had "record sales" during Q4. Fonality is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Intel Capital, and Azure Capital Partners, and is headed by Chris Lyman.

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Culver City Draper IP Sales 145

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 127

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2012

Those investors include ICG Holdings, TPG Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, TL Ventures, as well as others. The sales come around 9 months after Active Networks May 2011 IPO. In the filing, Active said it is planning to sell 1.5 per share.

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Activity Networking Draper San Diego 140

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus and DFJ Frontier. The startup, led by CEO Robert Blatt, said the funding will go towards operations, and to add new products, features, and services for its customers, along with additional sales executives. READ MORE>>.

Draper 113

Draper Santa Monica Equity Sales 113

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

MomentFeed is venture backed by Level Equity, Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus and DFJ Frontier. READ MORE>>.

Draper 124

Draper Southern California Santa Monica Social Media 124

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 18, 2010

He was able to raise money from a VC in Minneapolis called Split Rock , grow the business to over $200 million in sales and sell to Experian for nearly $380 million. The rest is history. I hope he’s OK with my telling this wonderful story as he told it publicly.

Technical Review 260

Technical Review Venture Capital Southern California Tech Coast Angels 260

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2015

Los Angeles-based StackSocial , which offers up online technology sales and deals on software and other products, is in a major expansion, saying yesterday that it has launched a new Health & Fitness category. READ MORE>>.

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Draper Sales Los Angeles Software 100

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2021

Uberall said it will continue to have a significant sales, service and engineering footprint in California. MomentFeed was venture backed by Level Equity, Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus, and DFJ Frontier.

Draper 113

Draper Equity Acquisition Los Angeles 113

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 Mobile 100

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

HauteLook, one of the first firms to capitalize on the sample/private sales market, is already profitable and is growing rapidly. The firm is headed by Adam Bernhard , a veteran of the fashion sales industry. HauteLook vs. Gilt Groupe. HauteLook - Profile. Funding: Over $41.0M. Backers: Insight Venture Partners. Funding: $50.0M.

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Southern California Rustic Canyon SoCal Startup 124

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2009

Fonality claimed that it has seen an increase in sales of applications, call center software, and larger customers purchasing multi-site systems. Fonality is venture backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Intel Capital, and Azure Capital Partners.

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Culver City Draper Software Sales 100

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 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.

Technology 100

Technology Draper Los Angeles Demand 100

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

Crowdfunder is backed by such investors as Tim Draper (DFJ), Bill Quigley (Clearstone, Crypto Currency Partners), Bridge 37 Ventures, Ideas & Capital Venture Capital, Maura O'Neill, Capital Nuts, Marcus Segal (Zynga), Mark Rampolla (ZICO Coconut Water), David Wilner (Windriver Systems), and others.

Clearstone 113

Clearstone Draper Santa Monica Venture Capital 113

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2011

Though we saw lots of noise from the well-funded folks coming into the market with a ton of enterprise sales reps, and even though that slowed down the sales cycle time, ultimately, when the buyer makes a decision, they choose the app with the best functionality and the one with 99 percent customer satisfaction.

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Capital Hermosa Beach El Segundo Invest 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? Do you need this for your image? Do you have the horses?

Social Media 89

Social Media Media Draper Startup 89

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

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. That includes the head of data science, technology, the head of marketing, the head of membership, and sales. It's been through years and years of building relationships.

Startup 113

Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

socalTECH

MAY 9, 2013

CapLinked develops an online deal room and deal management platform, which allows companies to manage business transactions and financing via the cloud; the company is now targeting its platform for use in mergers & acquisitions, financings, asset sales, and investor reporting. READ MORE>>.

Draper 178

Draper Software Engineering Platform Google 178

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.

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Seed Funding Product Draper Develop 79

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Jackson said, “We’re using the proceeds from our financing round to invest in our technology, build new features, and increase sales and support.”. Jackson and Christopher Grey, CapLinked empowers its clients to manage complex business transactions such as mergers & acquisitions, financings, asset sales, and investor reporting.

Draper 68

Draper Google Software Engineering Invest 68

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. There is nothing to download and Stickam is 100% free. AudioMicro - Are you a composer, publisher, songwriter, musician, independent band, sound designer, or audio engineer?

Stickam 71

Stickam Technical Review Draper SoCal 71

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. There is nothing to download and Stickam is 100% free. AudioMicro - Are you a composer, publisher, songwriter, musician, independent band, sound designer, or audio engineer?

Stickam 60

Stickam Content Draper Web 60

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 29, 2010

Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. There is nothing to download and Stickam is 100% free. AudioMicro - Are you a composer, publisher, songwriter, musician, independent band, sound designer, or audio engineer?

Stickam 40

Stickam Draper Technical Review Sample 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2010

Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. There is nothing to download and Stickam is 100% free. AudioMicro - Are you a composer, publisher, songwriter, musician, independent band, sound designer, or audio engineer?

Stickam 40

Stickam Technical Review Draper Venture Capital 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. There is nothing to download and Stickam is 100% free. AudioMicro - Are you a composer, publisher, songwriter, musician, independent band, sound designer, or audio engineer?

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

PERSON Timothy Draper PERSON|Timothy Draper. NAME Timothy Draper. Last November, the Web-search giant opened a flashy new office in Venice to focus on engineering, sales and advertising; the company will lease close to a quarter-million square feet in the neighborhood by 2014. Community Home Loans: FOR SALE.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44