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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

San Diego-based private equity investor JMI Equity has backed a developer of website security tools this morning. That funding came from both JMI Equity and existing investor Investor Growth Capital. That funding came from both JMI Equity and existing investor Investor Growth Capital. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

BigMachines , a developer of cloud-based software for product configuration, pricing, quoting, and proposals, has scored funding from San Diego private quity investor JMI Equity. The funding round came from Vista Equity Partners, JMI Equity, as well as new investors Salesforce.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Total Raised: $9.64mm. Read more: TechCrunch , ReadWriteWeb , TheNextWeb.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In addition to the equity, the company also said it received a line of credit from Square One. Tags: data impact saas software venture capital financing invoice. According to the firm, it will use the funding to fuel growth in its industry. Size of the line of credit was not announced.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Beverly Hills-based The Snowball Factory , the developer of Awe.sm , a URL shortener for domains, and tweetpo.st , software for updating Facebook from Twitter, has raised $562,600 in an equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Tuesday. Source of the funding was not disclosed. Product Manager at Yahoo!

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%. So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

Chris Bostick: We're a mid-Wilshire venture firm, with a $260M fund. We invest in life sciences, medical devices, but we're also a generalist investing in SaaS technologies and real estate, as well. On the medical device side, we're looking to be growth equity, like a company on a 510K pathway. What is OCV Partners?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The funding was led by private equity investor Level Equity. Charles Chen of Level Equity joins the company's board with the funding. Los Angeles-based Leonardo247 , which provides remote monitoring of onsite, multifamily operations, has raised $9.5M in a funding round, the company said this morning. READ MORE>>.

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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. The Los Angeles-based private equity firm provided funding from its Kayne Partners Fund Group, which invests in high-growth technology businesses.

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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

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. Warburg Pincus had an existing stake in NEOGOV.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

The new features are an outgrowth of the evolution of CapLinked from providing its services to startups and venture capital firm, to large clients like Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital Partners, AI Verified, NextView Ventures, and Equity partners CRB.

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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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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The investment came from private equity investor Bregal Sagemount. Irvine-based SurePrep , a developer of tax automation software and services for the professional tax return preparation market, has received what it calls a "significant" minority growth investment. Size and details on the financing round were not announced.

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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.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2019

The funding came from Carrick Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs Growth Equity. Irvine-based Mavenlink , a startup which develops business process management software and related tools for services businesses, has raised $48M more, in a Series E funding round.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

For starters – we all know the argument that more enterprises are buying SaaS software because it works more easily than on-premise software and that expectations set by our consumer lives to have software as easy and convenient as Amazon, Google or Facebook drives our business lives. I have to assume other investors feel the way I do.

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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.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The funding came from private equity investor Primus Capital. 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. Certona was founded in 2004.

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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

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. DoughMain provides a combination of financial education and online organizational tools for families.

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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. Levels Beyond said it raised $4.5M in a Series A from TVC, to invest in expanding sales, marketing, and business development.

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socalTECH

JULY 28, 2015

The funding was led by Montreux Equity Partners, and also included Silver Lake Partners and the company's existing investors. Irvine-based Kareo , the developer of cloud-based software used to manage medical practices, said this morning that it has raised $55.4M in a new funding round.

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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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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, Entrepreneurism, SaaS. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Pitch Session, Startups / Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital (VC) / Angels / Investors. . Funding / VC. Jusin Fishner-Wolfson, 137 Ventures.

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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. Seismic, an enterprise software company with ambitious growth plans, has raised $100 million in a Series E financing and added Microsoft chairman John W.

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socalTECH

MAY 29, 2020

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. Size and terms of the investment were not announced.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2019

Graduway , a developer of software used for alumni engagement and career services management, has scored an investment from Manhattan Beach-based investor K1 Investment Management. Size and terms of the investment were not announced. K1 Investment Management says it invests in high growth, enterprise software companies.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2019

Bellwether said it joined Navadon Capital Partners in the $20M funding round, which gives the two companies a majority interst in Clubspeed.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

What is the True Sentiment of VCs? I recently survey more than 150 VC friends from all stages and geographies what they thought about the market by asking “Which of the following statements best describes your mood heading into 2016?” But not a VC or Bill Gurley or myself would have spooked it 2 years ago.

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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. I’ll explain both below.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

and OMERS Growth Equity. Newton said his vertical SaaS company helps legal professionals be more productive, grow their firms and “make legal services more accessible.” In a written statement, OMERS Growth Equity managing director Mark Shulgan said his firm has been following Clio for a number of years. “We

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