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MARCH 12, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Impact , which develops software used for partnership automation, said this morning that it has raised $75M in an investment round. Impact is led by CEO David A.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Kevin O'Connor , a longtime investor and serial entrepreneur, who is now running venture capital investment firm ScOp Venture Capital. Kevin sold his last company, Santa Barbara-based Graphiq, in July of 2017 to Amazon, but has a long history of successful companies, including founding DoubleClick.

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JUNE 16, 2021

Santa Barbara- and New York-based Lead Edge Capital, a private equity investor which focuses on growth stage investments in technology companies, said on Wednesday that it has raised $150M in a new fund. According to the company, the new fund will be used for public equity investments. by Fastly).

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

A Santa Barbara-based firm Clairvoyant Energy , is behind a plan to revive an idled, Ford Motor Vehicle plant in Michigan, according to an announcement from Ford Thursday. Clairvoyant is headed by David Hardee, who lives in Santa Barbara, and has served as Chairman and CEO of Energy Softworx, SVP and CFO of New Energy Ventures, Inc.,

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JUNE 28, 2021

Santa Barbara-based supply chain software developer QAD has entered into a $2 billion acquisition deal with private equity investor Thoma Bravo, the company said on Monday. The company said that current CEO Anton Chilton will continue to lead the company, whcih will continue to maintain its headquarters in Santa Barbara.

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APRIL 26, 2010

The University of California, Santa Barbara and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation of Tokyo have just announced that Mitsubishi Chemical will invest $6M in the school, as part of an extension of a materials research and education alliance. Tags: mitsubishi chemical materials ucsb santa barbara grant research.

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APRIL 2, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Entrada Ventures, a venture capital firm led by Alexander Fang, the former co-founder of Aurrion (acquired by Juniper Networks), has raised $1.6M in a special purpose venture investment fund. Details on the use of that fund and any other details on any linked investment were not announced.

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JUNE 26, 2017

Santa Barbara- and New York-based clean technology investor NGEN Partners has scored an exit at Choose Energy , a startup which lets consumers comparison shop for and select electric energy providers, according to a report. The report, from Fortune, said the deal was worth less than $100M. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

A new, Santa Barbara-based private equity investment company Cuadrilla Capital says it has acquired a Mt. Cuadrilla says that the acquisition is its first investment since its launched in April. Laurel Township, New Jersey-based company, Agilence. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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JULY 27, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , which develops call tracking and analytics tools, says it has released a new version of its software. Growth Partners, Accel, and Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, and last raised a round back in October of 2019. Invoca is backed by Upfront Ventures, H.I.G. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Santa Barbara-based Live Data Technologies said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. Source of the funding was not announced. The company says it is developing software to verify B2B contact data for people, tracking people as they move jobs.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Santa Barbara-based SpectraFluidics , a developer of chemical detection systems, announced yesterday that it has received a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel , the venture capital arm of the CIA. Size of the investment was not disclosed. The technology is also being targeted at food and agricultural safety. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Total venture capital investment dollars in 2017 are on their way to a decade high, according to a new report issued today, with $21.5 billion invested in the third quarter in more than 1,699 companies. The 3Q 2017 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report said the latest quarter worths of investment brings 2017's total to $61.4

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JANUARY 24, 2018

Santa Barbara-based venture capital investment firm Rincon Ventures is part of a new funding round for quality assurance software developer Rainforest QA. Rincon invested in Rainforest QA's Series A round back in 2016. Rainforest is based in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 3, 2019

Santa Barbara-based whole home music system company Sonos has named a new CFO, saying late Wednesday that Brittany Bagley will join the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Bagley has actually been on the Sonos board since 2012, as a member of KKR's original Sonos investment team.

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MARCH 23, 2012

Appropriately enough, ­­­we gathered in the about-to-open Synergy Business and Technology Center, Santa Barbara’s latest incubator. The panel had many kind words for the incubator concept, but generated some controversy around the investments made by some accelerators. Photo: www.noozhawk.com. The takeaway?

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Canndescent an "ultra-premium" cannabis brand, announced this week that it has raised $27.5M The funding was led by cannabis investment fund Green Acre Capital, and also included Carnegie Arch Capital, Senterra, LLC., in a Series C funding round.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

Santa Barbara- and New York-based Lead Edge Capital , a growth focused, technology investment fund, announced this morning that it has raised $950M in a new fund, Lead Edge Capital V, LP. The company said the funding came from over 500 existing and new limited partners, and was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Apeel Sciences, which has developed a plant-based coasting for fresh produce to extend its shelf life, has raised another big $250M funding round, a Series E for the company.

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APRIL 24, 2020

Santa Barbara-based HG Insights , which provides data on IT spending and technology to companies, says it has used its technology to compare the amount of cloud adoption by companies, which it says might help companies better weather the economic storm brought on by COVID-19.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

Santa Barbara-based MEMs technology developer Innovative Micro Technology (IMT) said early this morning that it has received a majority equity financing from Cerium Technology. Size and terms of the majority equity investment were not announced.

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APRIL 30, 2018

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. Elizabeth Cholawsky: I never lost my ties to Santa Barbara.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

This week, Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures announced a brand new effort to provide health and wellness to the founders of companies it invests in, helping those founders with well being, mental health, stress management, coaching, and leadership development. Tell us about this new program?

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AUGUST 21, 2017

Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi said Friday that it has signed up Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as a new customer. Cortland Capital Market Services, which is based in Chicago, provides investment servicing, and is using Yardi's Investment Management software. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , which develops e-commerce software for subscription-based software businesses, has been acquired by private equity investor Accel-KKR. According to FastSpring, Accel-KKR has made a majority equity investment in the firm, to provide capital and resources for its technology and go-to-market initiatives.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Theta Lake , a developer of security and compliance software which connects with Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, Zoom and other collaboration platforms, has raised $12.7M in a Series A funding.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , the developer of call tracking and analytics tools, has raised another $56M in a new funding round, the company said on Wednesday. Growth Partners, Accel, and Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners. According to Invoca, the new round was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included H.I.G.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

A new bill is expected to be introduced this week by local Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara), to target incidents of sexual harassment in the venture capital industry.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The fund would seek to invest in companies started on campus, from University research, and from students. The University of California has ten campuses, of which half of them are in Southern California, including UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara. Image courtesy Chris Radcliff , via Flickr.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Yardi reported a customer win this week, with multifamily property development company Pennrose Management. Yardi develops software for the real estate investment and property management market. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Below is a talk on New Venture Investing from the University of California Santa Barbara’s Technology Management Program, by Jim Andelman. In this video Jim Andelman explores venture capital investing and the emergence of capital efficient businesses.

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JUNE 24, 2013

Santa Barbara-based apartment leasing software suite developer Yardi has expanded its software to handle social media marketing, according to the firm. Yardi''s software is used for real estate investment management and property management, handling operations, accounting, and other aspects for real estate mannagement.

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MAY 10, 2016

Santa Barbara-based real estate management software developer Yardi reported two international wins Monday evening, saying it has signed LSH Investment Management in London, and Al Ghandi Real Estate in Dubai. Financial details of the two separate wins were not announced.

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MARCH 20, 2017

Santa Barbara-based real estate management software developer Yardi has scored a win in Kuwait at the Kuwait Financial Centre "Markaz", the company said last week. Markaz provides asset management and investment banking in the Middle East. Financial impact of the deal was not announced. Markaz has more than $3.05 READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

Santa Barbara Dreaming. When my wife and I arrived in Santa Barbara in the early 1990''s, we did not know a single person. However, we knew we wanted to live in Santa Barbara and we were not willing to sacrifice our entrepreneurial dreams to live in paradise. My response was equally consistent, "Never.".

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JULY 12, 2010

A group of businesses and local organizations in Goleta, California, north of Santa Barbara, are looking to rally more businesses to join in their effort to spur new, direct flight support to San Jose, California, after a loss of the service in February.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

As part of the funding, Apeel said it will be growing its team in Santa Barbara, out of a 105,000 square-foot facility in Santa Barbara. The company said the funding will go to meet demand from both U.S. Apeel was initially started in 2012 with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. READ MORE>>.

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