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OCTOBER 28, 2010

Here are a number of Southern California startups who are making waves in the cloud computing, as mined from our subscription venture capital database. Funding: $25.5M, from Benchmark Capital, BV Capital, and New Enterprise Associates [ Profile ]. Funding: Mission Ventures [ Profile ]. Funding: Private [ Profile ].

Cloud Computing 182

Cloud Computing Southern California Manhattan Beach Startup 182

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

in a new round of funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. No details on the funding have been released by the firm. RotoHog has previously raised funding from Allen & Company, DFJ DragonFund, Mission Ventures, and SCP Worldwide. According to the filing, the round target is $2.62M.

Mission Ventures 145

Mission Ventures Venture Capital Los Angeles Funding 145

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MARCH 11, 2010

San Diego-based cloud storage provider Nirvanix has added a new customer of the firm's storage service, Nasuni , a Massachusetts startup providing virtual file server software. Nirvanix is backed by Intel Capital, Valhalla Partners, Mission Ventures, Windward Ventures, and the European Founders Fund. READ MORE>>.

Windward 145

Windward Mission Ventures San Diego Web 145

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

San Diego-based VMIX , which provides software-as-a-service for video hosting, has raised $2.0M in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Details on the funding have not been announced by the company. The funding brings the company's total raised to around $23.50M. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 124

Mission Ventures SaaS Enterprise Partners San Diego 124

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

San Diego-based cloud storage firm Nirvanix is further bolstering its focus on enterprise customers, saying today that it has partnered with enterprise storage software provider CommVault. Nirvanix said CommVault customers can select the firm's Storage Delivery Network (SDN) product via a drop-down selection within the Simpana software.

Windward 140

Windward Mission Ventures San Diego Networking 140

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based Networks In Motion , a developer of location-based, wireless navigation software, has been acquired for $170M. Networks In Motion was venture backed by Redpoint Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures, and last announced a Series C funding of $10M in early 2006.

Networking 140

Networking Redpoint Mission Ventures Software 140

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Silicon Valley had the lion's share of the venture funding dollars in Q3, with $1.75 For the quarter, San Diego County garnered the most venture capital, with $231.3M in funding raised; followed by Otonomy , a San Diego maker of treatments for hearing disorders, which raised $38.5M. in funding. in funding.

Southern California 195

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals, said today that it is targeting Caribbean resorts. The firm has been ramping up its marketing efforts since gaining $9M more in funding in November. LeisureLink is headed by Eric Hovanec. READ MORE>>.

Clearstone 160

Clearstone Mission Ventures Pasadena Funding 160

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Webtide was self-funded, and was headed by Adam Lieber, who has previously been at Gluecode and Mission Ventures. Jetty is very widely used in web servers and software applications, including HP OpenView, Zimbra, Hadoop, Google AppEngine, Oracle WebLogic, and other enterprise software. The firm was profitable.

Java 100

Java Oracle Mission Ventures Google 100

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APRIL 6, 2009

San Diego-based Nirvanix , which operates a cloud-based storage service used for storing data over the Internet, said today that it has partnered with Ocarina, a provider of data reduction software. 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

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. total funding $1.7

Venture Capital 242

Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

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JANUARY 20, 2011

in a funding round. Software investments took second place, with $102.2M The third biggest investment was for San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies , a maker of transmission systems for the electric vehicle industry, which raised nearly $39.2M In terms of the region, San Diego led in terms of total investments, with $193.1M

Venture Capital 154

Venture Capital Southern California Invest Capital 154

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APRIL 21, 2009

Foskett has previously served at Contoural, GlassHouse Technologies, and StorageNetworks; Gidwani has served at Stratoform Technologies, Drivecam, Qualcomm, Cisco, and Applied Materials; and Schwarzentruber was at Continuity Software. READ MORE>>.

Windward 100

Windward SaaS Mission Ventures San Diego 100

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Among the biggest investments in the region in the quarter were Torrance-based Amonix , which received nearly $40M in funding; among other large deals were San Diego's Zogenix with $35M raised, and Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , with $20.1M. Orange County saw $48.7M in investments for the quarter. in investments in the quarter.

Southern California 154

Southern California Venture Capital Invest Orange County 154

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Among the biggest investments in the region in the quarter were Torrance-based Amonix , which received nearly $40M in funding; among other large deals were San Diego's Zogenix with $35M raised, and Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , with $20.1M. Orange County saw $48.7M in investments for the quarter. in investments in the quarter.

Southern California 113

Southern California Invest Venture Capital Orange County 113

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JULY 20, 2009

One of the big, open source successes in both Southern California and the software world was Gluecode Software , which was based in Los Angeles and acquired by IBM in 2005. Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. Where does Webtide fit into the software world?

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

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. It’s really cool.”. Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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. We've got a software-as-a-service platform that handles all of that for them--all they have to do is hand the guest the key.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113