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JULY 16, 2019

Carlsbad-based Source Intelligence , which provides supply chain compliance software, has raised new funding, the company announced this morning. Amount of the new funding was not announced. The Series B funding came from Source Capital Partners and Kayne Capital Partners, as well as "local banks". READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Los Angeles-based fintech startup Vesica Technologies, a developer of a product which provides information on financial markets, including daily market movements, volatility, and major trades, has raised $2.1M in a seed funding. The funding came from Mercury Digital Assets and Miami International Holdings, Inc.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Los Angeles-based MedAnswers , a startup which runs FertilityAnswers , an app and website which provides a resource to help match people to fertility services, as well as access to clinically and scientifically validated fertility information, has raised $5M in a seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 7, 2010

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 -- Funding of Healthcare Information Technology Ventures. The tough, multi-billion healthcare-IT industry is marked with blockbuster successes and well known failures.

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JULY 19, 2022

They’ve created a marketplace, similar to eBay, where suppliers list their products with SKU information, availability, volume and descriptions. million in new funding for its predictive inventory recommendation platform, joining other similar companies, including Zippedi and Inventa. Buyers then can bid on the goods.

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JULY 16, 2020

in a seed funding round, and officially launched. The company said the funding was led by Craft Ventures, the venture firm founded by David Sacks, and also included Abstract VC and Wonder Ventures, as well as other angels, including Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff.

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MAY 19, 2018

the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever get I’m about to offer you some fund-raising advice that flies directly in the face of what most conventional wisdom will tell you. Let me start out with my premise: “Data rooms are where fund-raising processes go to die.” I mean, in a real fund-raising process?

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investor Moonshots Capital is the lead investor in a developer of wireless energy monitoring products, Copper Labs , in a $2M funding round. According to Copper Labs, the new funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Blue Bear Capital, Bull Creek Capital, Capital Factory and Service Provider Capital.

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APRIL 1, 2019

San Diego-based Reveal Biosciences , a startup applying artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to pathology, has received a round of funding from Intel Capital , the corporate venturing arm of microprocessor giant Intel. Size of the investment in Reveal Biosciences was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 20, 2019

in the first close of a new fund, Kairos Venture Opportunities I, L.P. The fund is targeted at an overall capitalization of $100M, per those regulatory documents. According to the filing, so far, 24 limited partners have signed up to the new fund. according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

In what looks to be the largest funding round for Southern California in a very long while, Los Angeles-based NantHealth , the life sciences and technology firm started by billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, said Wednesday that it has raised a total of $320M in it Series B funding. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Irvine-based Militus Cyber , a developer of cybersecurity appliances ‎itused for detecting malware and advanced persistent threats on computer networks, has raised a Series A funding round. Size of the funding was not announced. Militus is led by CEO Paul Manley. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2019

Santa Monica-based Upfront Ventures has launched an effort to raise a new fund, worth $250M, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. According to that filing, Upfront's new fund, Upfront Growth III, L.P. Upfront has not detailed any information about the fund, as is usual for venture investors in the midst of fundraising.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based fintech venture capital investor Core Innovation Capital is out looking for new investors in its third fund, with a target of $100M, according to regulatory filing by the firm on Friday. As expected, the company has not detailed any information on the new fund.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Irvine-based Bitvore , the big data, artificial intelligence, and data analytics startup, has upped its latest funding round to $14.2M, as part of what appears to be an ongoing $17.75M funding effort.

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MAY 21, 2018

I was recently with an entrepreneur and talking with him about his fund raising process. If you’re further along in the process and you have one piece of information you need for a final decision then I’d be very happy to talk with you about it then.” But confidence is CRITICAL in fund raising. This isn’t rude?—?it’s

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AUGUST 21, 2019

Santa Monica-based Tala , the fintech startup led by CEO Shivani Siroya, has raised $110M more in a Series D funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by RPS Ventures, and also included GGV Capital, IVP, Revolution Growth, Lowercase Capital, Data Collective VC, ThomVest Ventures, and PayPal. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

ParkMe , the startup provider of parking information and data founded by Sam Friedman and Alex Israel, announced this morning that it has raised a new round of funding, from Angeleno Group, Fontinalis Partners and IDG Ventures. As part of the funding, Daniel Weiss of Angelo Group has joined the company's board of directors.

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JULY 11, 2021

Every funding term sheet is followed by a set of milestone commitments, which should not be considered optional suggestions. Funding can be pulled, and future distributions withheld, if objectives are not met. Investors will expect at least one seat on the board, and expect a board report from you each month on key items.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

Modern information management tools. Having information is more than access to data; it requires knowing how to synthesize, interpret, and act it. Organizations are assigned value by how well they take advantage of the best technology, and turn information into action. Stable and friendly work environment.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

San Barbara-based HG Insights, which provides information on technology installations, IT spend, and related areas, has received an investment from private equity investment firm Riverwood Capital. Size of the investment--which the companies said was a "significant growth investment"--was not announced.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2020

They don’t realize that according to statistics from Startup.co , almost 60 percent are funded with personal savings and credit, and another 25 percent get their money from friends and family. That leaves only about fifteen percent that actually get their funding from investors, through crowdfunding, banks, angels, and venture capitalists.

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APRIL 10, 2019

Los Angeles-based drone imagery and UAV pilot network operator DroneBase has received a strategic funding round from thermal imaging camera maker FLIR Systems , the two said this morning, with FLIR becoming the exclusive provider of thermal imaging cameras for the DroneBase pilot network. Size of the investment was not announced.

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MAY 13, 2018

The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. As a result founders often meet the wrong investors, waste time on those who ask for more information. You can short-hand this as “engagement.”

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Irvine-based CoreLogic , which provides property information and data for the real estate industry, says it has committed $250,000 to the HOPE Disaster Fund , a fund run by Operation HOPE to help disaster survivors with financial recovery.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 -- Start-Up Options for Rapid Development, Funding, and Commercialization. Is VC funding the only way to develop and grow your company? Have you heard of accelerators, incubators, angles, and other resources for rapid development, funding, and growth of your start-up? LAVA Healthcare.

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MAY 14, 2018

I Know Everybody Told You to Send Your Fund-Raising Decks as a Link. Here’s Why You Should Just Send the Deck I know you have your document sending tool to send your fund-raising deck to VCs and track who read your deck, which pages they read and how much time they spend on each page. What should not be in your deck? A deck is a deck.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Del Mar-based ScoreStream , the crowdsourced local sports startup led by Derrick Oien, said last week that it has added new funding from Intel Capital. Details on the size of that funding round were not announced. ScoreStream said the funds go towards new product enhancement and extension of its platform. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2013

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. Is Funding a Worthy Announcement? There are reasons you may delay funding announcement but rarely reasons not to announce. But trust me on this.

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JULY 7, 2011

Santa Monica-based Broke Girl's Guide , a startup focusing in on daily deals and information for women, has scored a small debt funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. Broke Girl's Guide runs a daily deal newsletter with offers, online promos, and sales information. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Santa Monica-based Parkme , the developer of smartphone applications which help users find real-time parking information, has a new, funded competitor: ParkWhiz.com. ParkWhiz, based in Chicago, said Wednesday that it has raised $2M in a Series A funding. ParkMe is funded by Fontinalis Partners and IDG Ventures.

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APRIL 26, 2018

San Diego-based Mitchell International , a provider of technology and information products for the property and casualty and collision repair industries, has scored a private equity funding from Stone Point Capital. Size of the investment was not announced.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

It looks like competition is heating up in the smart parking market--and for local parking technology firm Parkme , which is based in Santa Monica--as yet another company announced Thursday more funding for giving consumers real-time information about available parking spaces.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

San Diego-based Tourmaline Labs , a startup developing location-aware smartphone software for mobile apps hsa raised a round of funding, and appointed a new CEO. Size and details of the funding were not announced. Brungger was previously CEO of Spireon, and also served as EVP & GM at Mitchell International. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year. Look to grants and strategic partners for seed funding. Marty Zwilling.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 -- Converging Technologies for Health Information: A New Venture Frontier / Entrepreneurial Opportunities: the $40 Billion Stimulus and Beyond. With billions of stimulus funding, the US government is encouraging national adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. MIT Enterprise Forum of San Diego.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Los Angeles-based Tala , the fintech startup led by Shivani Siroya, is announcing this morning that it has raised $30M more in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by IVP, and also included Ribbit Capital, along with Lowercase Capital, Data Collective, and Collaborative Fund.

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