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OCTOBER 28, 2016

A local, Ventura County biotechnology executive, Keith Leonard , has taken the helm of UNITY Biotechnology , a heavily backed San Francisco biotech startup focused on curing diseases of aging, as a result of a big $116M funding round at the company.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

In May, the Center co-hosted the first New Venture Ventura County, a celebration of student entrepreneurs from grade school to grad school. There were so many innovative ideas and interest in entrepreneurship among students in Ventura County! That's often the best time to invest.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Southern California startups raised $810.5M in funds invested, across 47 deals; Orange County had $158M invested across 15 deals; and San Diego had $253.5M invested across 21 deals. Among the bigger deals were an investment in smart doorbell company Ring, with a $61.2M was invested. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Ventura 100

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

From the conversation gathered around the pool from the movers and shakers of the industry, it seems that--despite the buzz, energy, and activity in the region around startups, there's still some wariness by investors that the industry not over-hype and over-promote what's happening in the area.

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Ventura Santa Monica Idealab High Tech 182

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APRIL 22, 2010

Ventura-based The Trade Desk , the online advertising ad exchange headed by AdECN vet Jeff Green, has added another investor to its recent funding. According to New York-based Wider Wake Networks , it invested more than a half a million dollars in The Trade Desk, as part of the firm's recent $2.5M seed investment round.

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Ventura Advertising Networking Invest 145

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

For our interview today, we talked with CEO and co-founder Jon Grishpul about the startup, which offers up its services for free to homeowners in the Los Angeles area. How did you start the company? Jon Grishpul: My co-founder, Paul, had been flipping houses for ten years before starting GreatBuildz. How are you funded?

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JUNE 18, 2009

Maverick Angels , one of the angel investment groups in the Los Angeles area, said this afternoon that the group is launching two new chapters, expanding into the Santa Barbara and South Bay area. Tags: venture capital investment angel angels maverick. READ MORE>>.

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Angel Santa Barbara Networking Ventura 140

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

in a Series C funding. more in a Series C funding, in a funding led by ACE Group, and also including RRE Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Core Innovation Capital, Route 66 Ventures and American Family Ventures. The company now reportedly has a valuation of over $103M.

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Westlake Village Los Angeles Capital Invest 100

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MARCH 29, 2010

Last week, Ventura-based The Trade Desk (www.thetradedesk.com) announced a $2.5M funding round. We talked with Jeff about his new startup, and where it fits into the Internet ad market. What's the story behind the funding? What's the story behind the funding? The last time I started a company, was AdECN.

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JULY 20, 2015

Santa Barbara has become a high-tech startup mecca, rivaling cities many times its size. The latest evidence of the city’s dynamic startup ecosystem is the recent announcement by Citrix to investment significant resources in the Santa Barbara Innovator’s Program. From Lynda.com ’s recent $1.5 UCSB alum Doug Otto had two.

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