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JUNE 8, 2021

San Diego-based Emerged, a new startup which provides qualified leads to healthcare organizations, says it has raised a seed round of funding. The funding came from Round One Capital. According to Emerged, Jay Love, the co-founder of Round One Capital, will join its board of directors.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

San Diego-based GoSite , which develops an online platform to help small businesses put up online and mobile websites, has raised $16M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Longley Capital, and also included Stage 2 Capital, Ankona Capital, Serra Ventures and SaaS Ventures, and angels.

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JUNE 28, 2019

Irvine-based Restaurant365 , a developer of cloud-based accounting software specifically aimed at the restaurant industry, has raised $88M in a Series C funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by ICONIQ Capital, and also included Tiger Global Management and Bessemer Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Irvine-based Kajabi , which develops a platform that helps both individuals, as well as small- and mid-sized businesses monetize online courses, training materials, and other content, has receive an investment from private equity investor Spectrum Equity. Kajabi said the funding is its first institutional funding since it launched in 2010.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. 4 key areas SaaS startups must address to scale infrastructure for the enterprise. Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

The company said the funding was led by Boston Millenia Partners, and also included existing investor Upfront Ventures. The company said that its platform helps those payers and MCOs with dealing with the challenges of compliance with government programs.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

GoDocs is a provider of web-based legal document generation solutions for commercial lending, which provides automated loan closing document generation platform for commercial real estate, multifamily, and multiunit investment loans.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 11, 2013

Experience has shown that a strong emotional tie to a deal will help more than any other factor when raising venture funding. Just because you do not personally know any of the partners at a fund does not prevent you from accessing their extended network. The VC did not see the necessity of such a move.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 11, 2013

Experience has shown that a strong emotional tie to a deal will help more than any other factor when raising venture funding. Just because you do not personally know any of the partners at a fund does not prevent you from accessing their extended network. The VC did not see the necessity of such a move.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

“Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

San Diego-based Hone, a provider of a corporate learning platform, has raised $16M in a Series A funding round. The funding was F-Prime Capital and also included Cowboy Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Slack Fund, Gaingels, Swift Ventures, and SemperVirens.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Newport Beach-based Givsum, a developer of an online platform to help charitable organizations with fundraising, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by SteelBridge Labs. According to the company, it will use the funding to accelerate its growth.

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MAY 19, 2017

Walnut, California-based Guesty , which develops software for professional property managers, says it has raised $3M in a Series A funding. According to Guesty, the round was led by Buran Venture Capital, and also included Magma Venture Partners and AltaIR Capital.

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JULY 9, 2019

in Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences from West Virginia University, and told us a bit about the fund, its investments, and his advice to entrepreneurs looking for investment from the company. Chris Bostick: We're a mid-Wilshire venture firm, with a $260M fund. Bostick obtained his Ph.D. What is OCV Partners?

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

in a funding led by Orange County's Okapi Venture Capitalis looking to help direct to consumer brands use better data to direct their marketing and other efforts. The challenge a lot of those businesses have, is likely have built their sites and are using a lot of different software-as-a-service platforms.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Los Angeles-based Boulevard , which develops software to help salons manage their business operations, has raised $27M more in a Series B funding, the company announced on Monday. The funding was co-led by Index Ventures and Toba Capital, and also include VMG Partners, Bonfire Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, and BoxGroup.

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JULY 27, 2021

Culver City-based Replicated, a developer of a container-based platform which makes it easier for software vendors to deploy cloud native applications inside customers'​ environments, has raised $50M in its Series C funding, the company said Tuesday.

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JUNE 28, 2021

Santa Monica-based Tapcart, a startup focused on helping Shopify-powered e-commerce brands with mobile apps, has raised $50M in a Series B funding round, the company announed Monday afternoon. According to Tapcart, the funding was led by Left Lane Capital, and also included Shopify, SignalFire, Greycroft, Act One Ventures, and Amplify LA.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

The new features are an outgrowth of the evolution of CapLinked from providing its services to startups and venture capital firm, to large clients like Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital Partners, AI Verified, NextView Ventures, and Equity partners CRB. CapLinked is headed by Eric M. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Glendale-based Reveleer (www.reveleer.com) is a developer of cloud-based software used for managing medical data, and recently announced a Series C funding round from investors Boston Millenia Partners and Upfront Ventures. We're backed by Upfront Ventures, which is a well known venture capital firm here in SoCal.

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Xconomy

MAY 16, 2018

After establishing a partnership with the Google Cloud Platform, Zesty.io The three-year-old company already provides its content management system on a software-as-a-service basis (SaaS) for such customers as Sony, Acorns.com, and Rocket League, said Widmer, who took over as CEO from Zesty.io

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Carpinteria-based software developer Procore has raised $75M more in a funding round, bringing its valuation to a heady $3 billion, in a round led by Tiger Global Management, the firm said Thursday. According to Procore, the funding will go towards product development, partner platform expansion, plus hiring.

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JULY 11, 2018

in seed funding. The funding came from Alphabit Fund, Translunar One, Kenetic Capital, NextProtocol Ventures, and BKCM. The new funding comes as CapLinked has started focusing on developing a software platform for managing "token" securities, called TransitNet. CapLinked's founders are CEO Eric M.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

My cofounder and I know how hard it is to get a company up and running, and funded, to keep your investors in the loop. Jackson: CapLinked is actually a collaborative platform, a social platform that connects entrepreneurs and investors. Finally, for CapLinked, how has the firm been funded? How do you do that?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

When Roger Ehrenberg & I agreed to fund Nick’s first institutional VC round we agreed it knowing that he was staying in the UK, that he was building out product & engineering in the UK and that he was the CEO of the company. But we have to acknowledge that the industry has changed.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Health Data Vision , a new startup based in Burbank, said this week that it has raised a Series A funding round, to go towards its software-as-a-service platform for medical records analysis. Size of the funding was not announced, however, a regulatory filing indicates the funding was worth $2.8M.

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JUNE 2, 2017

My side was really the publishing business, the technology, and monetization, the technology platform itself. Talk a bit about your funding? We also looked at people who had great mobile portfolios, media and content, and Saas, which included Karlin Ventures and Rincon in Los Angeles. That was Walter's job.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. Our Panelist Include.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2016

Upon the platform of the new Machine Shop, they have brought both their Creative Team and Management in-house to effectively drive innovation. More recently in 2015, Kiel helped launch Machine Shop Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in early-to-growth stage companies with a global scope.

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Xconomy

MAY 15, 2017

The company, which operates a network of online markets for outsourcing biomedical research services and supplies, has raised $24 million in a new round of venture funding. Founding CEO Kevin Lustig said Scientist.com will use the additional cash to expand its operations.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

It's a pretty diverse set of customers, who are all driven of our SaaS-based, contact engine we have created. We took the best pieces of that marketing platform, and really built upon it the elements for healthcare communications. How was the reception looking for funding for a mobile healthcare company?

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

As a fourteen-year veteran of the venture industry I have often heard the phrase, “value added investors”, which is usually touted by certain VC’s as their biggest differentiating quality. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

There have been a lot of entrepreneurs here in software and other industries, and interestingly enough there seem to be more self-funded, bootstrapped firms here, rather than those looking for venture capital to get off the group. You are self funded too, we recall. About 30 to 45 percent of our business is international.

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Steve Reich

JUNE 6, 2012

I was very impressed, since their SaaS platform is what might politely be termed pre-Alpha. It’s a great start and will get the company up and running without pitching 20 VC firms, but it wasn’t the $3-5 million “A” round that I had been imagining. As usual, the truth is a little murkier. .

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AUGUST 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , which operates an online platform for managing fundraising by startups, has linked with the Startup America Partnership. According to CapLinked, it will make its premium capital raising and investor reporting tools available to the more than 8,500 startups enrolled with Startup America. READ MORE>>.

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