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MARCH 27, 2021

ServiceTitan’s backers are a veritable who’s who of the venture industry, with longtime white shoe investors like Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and Index Ventures joining the later stage investment funds like T. Rowe Price, Dragoneer Investment Group, and ICONIQ Growth. Based in Glendale, Calif.,

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Glendale-based ServiceTitan , the developer of home service business management software, says this morning that it has named David Burt, former NetFlix Vice President of Content Planning & Analysis and Co-Head of Corporate Development as its new Chief Financial Officer--as the appears poised for an IPO. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

Glendale-based Beyond Limits , a venture-backed developer of artificial intelligence software, has named Meghan Sharp, Ph.D., Sharp most recently led BP Ventures/Americas investment in Beyond Limits in 2017, leading the company's $25M Series B funding round and joining its board.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

The city of Glendale, Calif. Both programmers, the two reconnected after doing stints as custom developers during and after college, and then when they were developing tools for their families’ businesses as residential contractors in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale. “Silicon Beach” this ain’t.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Glendale-based startup incubator, accelerator, and investment fund VoiVoda is one of the investors in mobile optimization firm Leanplum , Leanplum said today. VoiVoda Labs is a Glendale-based startup accelerator, incubator, and co-working space which also has operations in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 31, 2018

Glendale-based LegalZoom , which provides legal services and documents for the small business and family market, announced on Tuesday that it has sold a $500M secondary stake in the company to a set of private equity investors. The secondary stock sale reportedly values LegalZoom at more than $2 billion.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Glendale-based Walt Disney Co. Walt Disney apparently is working with an un-named investment bank to evaluate the deal. is looking at a possible acquisition of Twitter , according to reports. Twitter had been rumored to be looking to sell itself to Salesforce.com on Friday.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The company said the big investment round was led by TPG Growth. Philz Coffee is about to open its first location in Glendale this week, just opened a location in Huntington Beach , and opened a location in Hollywood in June. As part of the funding, Jim COulter and Sanjay Banker, both of TPG, join the company's board.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Venice, California-based Snapchat has begun discussing an IPO with bankers, but has yet to select an investment bank to lead the effort, according to a report on Wednesday. Snapchat reportedly is looking at an IPO towards the end of this year or in early 2017. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The firm invests in mid-market, profitable companies. Clearlight has previously invested in such companies as FutureLogic, a Glendale developer of thermal printers, and Switchcraft Holdings, a electronic connector and cable assembly company, but technology companies have not been a focus for the company's most recent investments.

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MAY 4, 2011

Glendale-based LegalZoom said last week that it has added Institutional Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as investors in the firm. No details on the investment were disclosed.

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MARCH 12, 2010

The City of Glendale (www.thinkglendale.com). Think Glendale. Middle Market Investment Banking. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Need office or Tech Space? Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

How do you turn your software application into a fully operational, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), without investing a lot of time, programming resources, and money into the effort? 1 and IBM Glendale office Nov 7, both from 8:30-10:00.

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

How do you turn your software application into a fully operational, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), without investing a lot of time, programming resources, and money into the effort? 1 and IBM Glendale office Nov 7, both from 8:30-10:00.

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

The City of Glendale (www.thinkglendale.com). Think Glendale. Middle Market Investment Banking. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Need office or Tech Space? Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies.

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MARCH 19, 2017

After the adhesive products maker Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY ) recently made a $3 million investment in San Diego-based Wrapify , we tracked down Wrapify CEO James Heller, and stuck him with a few questions about the deal. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The City of Glendale (www.thinkglendale.com). Think Glendale. Middle Market Investment Banking. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Need office or Tech Space? Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The City of Glendale (www.thinkglendale.com). Think Glendale. Middle Market Investment Banking. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Need office or Tech Space? Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Amanda MacNaughton , PromoJam (Glendale, marketing software). Internap , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Demand Media , Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , Oracle , Cresa Partners , UK Trade & Investment , PIXT , and many others. David Lokshin , ActiveReplay (Los Angeles, quantified health).

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StartUp Beat

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Mikayelyan returned home in 2015 having had dinner at a Sushi restaurant in Glendale, California – the experience had gifted him his next business idea. Mikayelyan was determined to test the idea properly before investing “a penny” in it. And saving up an investment fund, to boot.

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

I was an investment banker, and happened to meet a Tibetin Buddhist Lama on how to meditate. At the time, there happened to have been a lot of gang violence where I lived in Glendale. How did you start the company? Jamie Price: The app originated when I was at a nonprofit back in 2000.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

I’m reminded of LegalZoom who was founded in LA but moved it’s headquarters to Glendale and much of its operations to Austin, Texas. We need to help create local venture capital funds who may be national in investment strategy (as we are) but who will do more than their fair share of fundings locally (for us that’s 50%).

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