socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2016

Marina Del Rey-based, online healthy foods grover Thrive Market has raised $111M in a new, venture funding round, the company disclosed this morning. The new funding was led by Invus Group, and also included Greycroft Partners, E-Ventures and Crosscut Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Marina del Rey-based Cooking.com has raised $13.5M in a debt and preferred equity round of funding, according to investment firm BIA Digital Partners II, LP. The funding will go towards growth of the company's flagship site, as well as build out of its e-commerce and enterprise products.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Marina Del Rey-based Twenty20 is taking aim at the stock photography market, announcing this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series A funding and launched its commercial image catalog out of beta. Twenty20 said that existing, stock image sites have left a vacuum due to their "staged, dated photos".

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2010

Marina del Rey-based AuctionPoint , which operates an online auction service for commercial real estate, said today that it has received a strategic investment from Tom Anderson, co-founder of MySpace. The company said the new funding will go towards accelerating the firm's nationwide expansion. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd catch up with two of the co-founders of Marina Del Rey-based Telesign (www.telesign.com), Ryan Disraeli and Stacy Stubblefield. So you were able to fund your growth just from customer? We were quite profitable, quite quickly, which enabled us to self fund and grow.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve is now in charge of Marina Del Rey-based TeleSign (www.telesign.com), which has quietly become a huge force in providing authentication services to nearly every major Internet service out there. What we do, is we help companies identify who is accessing their sites, and registering for their services.

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MAY 15, 2006

Liquidation After developing one of the most popular sites on the Internet and inventing a technology platform that enabled companies to grow their user base and generate revenue through online advertising, I felt it was time to take these experiences to market on a much larger scale. Acquirer 9. Leaving 10. Acquired 12.

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