InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California. Semick: They are.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2021

Irvine-based GoDocs, a developer of legal document preparation software, said today that it has raised round of investment from private equity investor M33 Growth, and appointed a new CEO. Size of the investment round was not announced. According to the company, it has appointed Steve Butler as CEO of the company.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

in Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences from West Virginia University, and told us a bit about the fund, its investments, and his advice to entrepreneurs looking for investment from the company. Chris Bostick: We're a mid-Wilshire venture firm, with a $260M fund. Bostick obtained his Ph.D. What is OCV Partners?

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2021

El Segundo-based human capital and policy management software developer NEOGOV, which is led by Shane Evangelist, has scored a round of funding from private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Warburg Pincus. The size of the investment--described as "significant"--was not announced. The company was founded in 2000.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). Plus, most early-stage M&A fails so this isn’t likely a good use of capital for a young company). ” Stay lean and only raise a big round if you DO find product / market fit and which point you want to loosen the belt quickly and raise the capital to do so. .”

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2021

According to ServiceTitan, the acquisition came alongside a new, $200M investment from private equity investor Thoma Bravo. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Aspire Software is based in St. Louis, Missouri. The Series G funding values ServiceTitan at $9.5 billion, according to the company.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Proficio, a Carlsbad, CA-based startup providing cybersecurity protection services for middle market companies, has raised $12 million in an investment round led by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Santa Monica-based enterprise software developer Cornerstone OnDemand has raised $300M in a strategic investment from private equity investor Silver Lake, according to the company. In conjunction with the investment, publicly held Cornerstone OnDemand said it will launch a $100M share repurchase program.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

So why invest in that period of uncertainty unless it’s early-stage and thus valuation matters less. If the next 30 days stays calm then investment will pick up. So, too, investments. As a result I’ve heard many growth-round VCs tell me that market prices are starting to compress for rational investors.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

San Diego-based Certona , a developer of personalization software which uses machine learning and predictive algorithms, has raised $30M in a combined growth investment and minority recapitalization. The funding came from private equity investor Primus Capital.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

in a funding led by Orange County's Okapi Venture Capitalis looking to help direct to consumer brands use better data to direct their marketing and other efforts. That was very helpful, in that it got us on the radar for a lot of Southern California venture capital firms. Thanks, and good luck!

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. Our Panelist Include.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

San Diego-based TVC Capital , the growth equity investor which specializes in software companies, is the lead investor in a round of funding for Levels Beyond , the two announced today. in a Series A from TVC, to invest in expanding sales, marketing, and business development. Levels Beyond said it raised $4.5M

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2012

A new, financial education and family organization website, DoughMain , said yetserday that it has raised funding from a private equity fund managed out of Los Angeles and Boston. The firm said it has added Ned Hentz, the son-in-law of Iacocca, as its Chief Creative Officer and board member of the firm as part of the investment.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Irvine-based Kareo , a developer of cloud-based practice management and medical billing software, announced today that it has raised $10M in an equity investment round. The round was led by Greenspring Associates, and also included OpenView Venture Partners, Western Technology Investment, and angel investor Travis Kalanick.

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socalTECH

MAY 29, 2020

Size and terms of the investment were not announced. According to Workspace, the additional capital also comes as it has hired a new President, Chief Operating Officer, VP of Sales, and VP of Engineering.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The venture investment, which the San Diego startup announced Tuesday, is one of only a few so-called mega-rounds—$100 million or more—recorded this year in the region. (In Thompson to its board of directors. In Southern California, rounds that large are more often raised by life sciences companies.)

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, Entrepreneurism, SaaS. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc. . It's generally thought that investment banking and management consulting are terrible backgrounds fo. Entrepreneurism / Monetization investment, latin america, startups. . Funding / VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most venture capitalists who have been in this business for a long time foresaw this correction and have been talking about it privately for the better part of the last year or two. What is the True Sentiment of VCs? Brad was openly writing about this and it felt like he was giving the VC playbook away for free!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

When an entrepreneur takes on investors who take equity (i.e. The board is where large equity investors get their representation. This is important because when you have too many VCs on a board you only bring one kind of thinking to the board. Independents are critical to avoiding “VC group think.” Yes, this is a thing.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Please don’t also confuse this with whether a VC should invest in a CEO who’s done it before – that’s a given. He’s joining you because your company offers him/her the hope of the big equity package but likely the step forward in his career that he’s been looking for. To the contrary.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

and OMERS Growth Equity. The investment also brings its total capital raised since its 2008 inception to $386 million. Newton said his vertical SaaS company helps legal professionals be more productive, grow their firms and “make legal services more accessible.” Rowe Price Associates Inc.

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