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MARCH 29, 2017

Santa Monica-based Arrowroot Capital , an investment firm focused on investing growth equity in growing software-as-a-service and internet-based businesses, has launched an effort to raise $175M in its third fund, Arrowroot Capital III, LP. The firm's second fund closed at the end of 2015, and was worth $50M.

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MAY 14, 2019

NetDocuments , the developer of a cloud-based platform for managing the documents of law firms and corporate legal and compliance departments which is backed by Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital , has scored a new, strategic funding. Clearlake acquired NetDocuments in 2017. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Santa Monica-based Bird , which operates a network of "last mile" electric vehicles for connecting users with public transportation like buses and subways, has raised $100M in a Series B funding, the company said on Friday. City Operations. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

Santa Monica-based business outsourcing service provider TaskUs , founded by Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir, said this morning that it has raised $250M in an investment round. The investment came from private equity investor Blackstone Group. According to TaskUs, the funding round values the company at $500M.

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APRIL 9, 2018

The alternative-transportation services segment occupied by new Santa Monica startup Bird suddenly heated up today, after car sharing service Uber said that it has acquired JUMP Bikes --the provider of a electric bike sharing service in San Francisco. Bird just raised a big $100M funding round.

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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 in new funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus and DFJ Frontier.

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APRIL 4, 2014

Santa Monica-based buyout fund HandsOn3 said Thursday that it has acquired BancTec , a business process outsourcing (BPO) company based in Dallas, Texas. HandsOn3 said it invests in business process services, big data mining, and industrial services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2013

Santa Monica-based content delivery network EdgeCast has just filled up its warchest, announcing Thursday that it has raised $54M in a big funding round. The new funding was led by Performance Equity Management, and also included existing investors Menlo Ventures and Steamboat Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

The fight between Los Angeles taxicab drivers and services like Lyft and Uber haas just gotten even more interesting, as mobile app developer Flywheel said it has launched in Los Angeles. Flywheel''s service is available across LA except Santa Monica and Beverly Hills.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

Santa Monica-based utility scale solar power developer SolarReserve announced Tuesday that it has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer. He also co-founded wind developer First Wind/UPC Wind, and served at a Nomura-backed private equity fund, GE Capital Market Services, and Lehman Brothers. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2013

A Santa Monica startup, Famous Birthdays , looks to have carved out quite a niche in the area, with its online list of (you guessed it), famous birthdays. The service says it has more than 30,000 profiles of famous people, with quick facts about them. The design just went live in the last couple of weeks. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project , the online ad network optimization firm, told its customers today that it has just optimized its one trillionth display ad. Rubicon Project's services are used by web publishers to pick the best ad networks to run on a specific page of their site, based on the return predicted from that ad network.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. In 2018, many of them sold their companies or raised massive equity rounds. ServiceTitan, based in Glendale, created a software platform for home services businesses like HVAC installers, and vaulted to unicorn status this year with a $165M growth round.

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APRIL 6, 2020

metro area, San Diego and Santa Monica. This week, we’ll highlight Via’s Series E funding round that was led by Exor. Via gets the “deal of the week” designation not just because its post-funding valuation is now $2.25 Via isn’t the only company shifting its attention to emergency services.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project said this morning that it has raised $18M in additional funding, and acquired the Fox Audience Network (FAN) from New Corporation. The new funding brings Rubicon's total funding to $60M. The new funding brings Rubicon's total funding to $60M.

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MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. What is the investment focus for this fund? All of that represents opportunity, as well.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I often advise startup companies not to try and pin all of your brand equity into an announcement. Build platform services that provide more value to our startups than just money (putting our fees into our ecosystem and not just our pockets). We have also hired Kyle Taylor to run platform services as his full-time job.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

ParkMe todayannounced that it has raised a new round of investment from LA based private equity firm Angeleno Group in a move that will fuel its expansion. The firm says it will use the new funds to expand its international footprint and continue to grow its existing U.S. Expand Its International Footprint. Problems ParkMe Solves.

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MARCH 4, 2021

How did you go from running a venture fund to starting Miso? Buck Jordan: The story is, I was at the tail end of my last fund, Canyon Creek Capital, and I wanted to try something different. We were sitting at Huckleberry Cafe in Santa Monica, and I asked him if labor was a big problem for his business.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Santa Monica-based Tala , backed by Google Ventures and Lowercase Capital, has developed a tool that allows anyone with a cell phone to build a financial track record, specially for people in emerging markets. billion people lack access to formal financial services, because they don't have a history, and don't have a credit score.

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MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? For those who don't know about EdgeCast, CDN services, who/what kind of clients you serve? One, is the businesses we service are mission critical.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

They have partnered with Cross Campus to bring education and offline matchmaking events to Santa Monica quarterly. s first accelerator called The Fort and raised VC funding. It provides tools like the Equity Calculator and curates and vets vendors that service startups.

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APRIL 12, 2017

Wallach on investments out of a new fund, Inevitable Ventures. Unlike Hollywood, which is all about sharp elbows, about "my script", "my talent", "my private equity", "my deal", venture is all about community. Hollod is now joined up with Burkle and recording artist D.A. How did you end up here in Los Angeles doing investments?

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services.

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JUNE 18, 2009

Our interview today is with Santa Monica-based OneCubicle (www.onecubicle.com), a new startup we ran across recently, which is looking to provide a more professional social networking site for younger people. You can also use the service to network to your next job. It was Pop.com, back in 1999, 2000.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. I then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica.

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