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Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures

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Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. It would be interesting to hear about where your interests are nowdays, there was a rumor Redpoint had backed off activity here lately. People can come in and have a coffee.

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Orca Security Secures $550M

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Orca Security said the funding round also included CapitalG (Alphabet's independent growth fund), Redpoint Ventures, GGV, ICONIQ Capital, Lone Pine Capital, Stripes, Adams Street Partners, Willoughby Capital, and Harmony Partners. According to the company, the new investment will help it with "rapid global deployment", including in APAC.

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Qualified.com, With LA Exec, Gets $12M

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The company--whose President and Chief Revenue Officer, Eric Sikola is located in Los Angeles--said the funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Redpoint Ventures and Salesforce Ventures. Sikola said Qualified is adding team members in Los Angeles shortly. READ MORE>>.

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Former LA VC Gets Backing For Enterprise Alerting, Micro Apps Startup

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Fouad ElNaggar , a former venture capitalist who had been responsible for the Los Angeles office of Redpoint Ventures, has scored funding for a new startup, Sapho. Sapho develops software which helps pull together information across hundreds of enterprise apps, and presents them to employees as "micro apps". Sapho is in Silicon Valley.

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Upfront Ventures Backs Tact In $15M Funding

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Tact develops artificial intelligence software for Salesforce which helps salespeople automate data entry into their CRM systems. Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures joins Tact's board as part of the funding, which also included Microsoft Ventures, Accel Partners, and Redpoint Ventures. Tact is based in Redwood City. READ MORE>>.

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Topspin In Major Layoffs, Says Report

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The startup offered up web-based apps to help artists and labels reach their fans. Topspin is venture backed by Foundry Group and Redpoint Ventures. Los Angeles-based music software startup Topspin has laid off a "significant" amount of staff, according to reports , with a majority of the company''s staff getting the pink slip.

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Sonos Sets Estimated IPO Pricing Range

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Sonos is backed by KKR, as well as Index Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. The estimated pricing range is usually set before a company's roadshow to institutional investors, and helps to provide guidance on an ultimate pricing of the IPO, which will occur the evening before the public debut of Sonos.

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