socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

San Diego-based Transaction Wireless announced this morning that it has raised $2.25M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures. Transaction Wireless said the funding will go towards sales and marketing expansion, technology development, and customer deployment.

Mission Ventures 100

Mission Ventures San Diego Mobile Sales 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

San Diego-based Nirvanix , the provider of cloud storage services, said today that it has raised another $10M in a funding, and appointed a new CEO. The firm said the new round is a Series B, and comes from investors Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, Valhalla Partnes, and Windward Ventures.

Windward 153

Windward S3 Mission Ventures San Diego 153

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Venice Beach-based Access 360 Media, which operates an out-of-home advertising network, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Mission Ventures, and also included Bessemer Venture Partners.

Media 100

Media Mission Ventures Venice Advertising 100

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Slacker offers a personalized stream of music, which is updated via a network connection but also supports caching of music when not connected to a network. The firm is venture backed by Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 100

Mission Ventures San Diego Content Networking 100

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NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Sodahead.com, which operates a web site where users can ask and answer questions, share opinions, and network with other users, said that it has now recorded more than 5 million votes and 8 million comments on the site. in venture funding since its launch in September of 2007.

Tech Coast Angels 113

Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures Sites Web 113

socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2009

The certification covers the Nirvanix CloudNAS service, which creates a virtual network-attached-storage (NAS) device using Internet-based storage from the Nirvanix service for data storage. Nirvanix is backed by Intel Capital, Valhalla Partners, Mission Ventures, Windward Ventures, and the European Founders Fund.

Windward 100

Windward Mission Ventures San Diego Software 100

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APRIL 21, 2009

Nirvanix provides cloud-based storage which can be used by both Internet and web-based businesses, as well as enterprises; the firm recently hired a VP of Sales from Brocade, and in October rolled out CloudNAS, software which creates a network-attached-storage device based entirely on the firm's Internet-based cloud storage API. READ MORE>>.

Windward 100

Windward SaaS Mission Ventures San Diego 100

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

Slacker, which is venture backed by Centennial Ventures, Rho Ventures, Mission Ventures and Sevin Rosen Funds, said that its new Slacker G2 Personal Radio Player offers the ability for users to listen to their Slacker Radio stations, even when not connected to a Wi-Fi network.

Mission Ventures 100

Mission Ventures San Diego Networking Funding 100

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

GGL operates a video game social networking site, which provides news, communities, and online gaming tournaments and competitions. The firm is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels; the firm's technology is a result of CIA-funded research efforts at USC. READ MORE>>

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures USC Social Network 100

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OCTOBER 1, 2008

The numbers were driven by large dollar fundings in the clean technology sector, including large rounds to PowerGenix, Aptera Motors, and Pentadyne. The totals reported may differ from other venture capital surveys, due to sources of information, timing of funding events, and classification of data.

Southern California 100

Southern California SoCalTech Technical Review Draper 100

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Demand offers up a network of online, content driven web sites--plus a healthy domain name registration business--and has garnered lots of attention for specifically creating content for search engines. Venture backers : Anthem Ventures, the Mailroom Fund, Rincon Venture Partners. www.cocodot.com).

Startup 178

Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Alex Roudi, the San Diego investor backing the Plug and Play program here, has described the local effort as a bridge to Silicon Valley, by enabling the San Diego companies to make connections and raise funding in the Bay Area. The other partners are Edward Adato and Daniel Schwarzblat.). “I billion under management. It’s really cool.”.

San Diego 40

San Diego Incubator Avalon Mentor 40

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MARCH 26, 2009

funding round for the firm's travel booking service. We caught up with Eric Hovanec, the firm's CEO, and Steve Reich, the firm's SVP of Sales, to hear more about the funding. What will the funding be used for? We're expanding our distribution network, adding tools and services for our suppliers, and beefing up operations.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113