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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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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Santa Barbara-based real estate management software developer Yardi Systems has acquired a German company, iMS Immobilien Management Systeme GmbH , a developer of commercial property management software, the companies said very late last night. Financial terms ofthe acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 13, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , the developer of real estate investment management and property management software, has launched a new product, aimed at the military housing market. Pricing on the new product was not announced. 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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JANUARY 9, 2023

Santa Barbara-based Live Data Technologies said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The company says it is developing software to verify B2B contact data for people, tracking people as they move jobs. Source of the funding was 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 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 4, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , which develops real estate investment and property management software, said today that it has acquired Lead Tracking Solutions , developer of the PopCard lead tracking and lead management software products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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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.

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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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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. FastSpring had been backed by Los Angeles-based investment firm Pylon Capital, and counts such customers as Adobe and Microsoft. READ MORE>>.

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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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DECEMBER 31, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Yardi reported a customer win this week, with multifamily property development company Pennrose Management. Yardi said Pennrose is using its software to handle HUD compliance, online leasing, and check scanning, among other functions. yardi property development multifamily software realestate real estate'

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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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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. Yardi said that Markaz will use its Yardi Voyager 7S software for its real estate portfolio management. Financial impact of the deal was not announced.

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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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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Santa Barbara-based venture capital investor Rincon Ventures is one of the leads on an investment in rental management software developer Rentlytics , on a new $4M funding round for the company. rentlytics venture capital rental real estate management software rentals apartme rustic canyon' READ MORE>>.

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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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MAY 26, 2015

Santa Barbara-based real estate investment and property management software developer Yardi said over the weekend that it has been selected by a client in the United Arab Emirates. Dubai-based H&H Investment and Development said it will adopt Yardi's software for its property management efforts.

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JULY 17, 2015

Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardia>> has been selected by a Singapore-based, real estate investment trust, the companies said late Thursday. it has selected Yardi's Voyager software-as-a-service platform to help it manage its office properties. According to IREIT Global Group Pte.

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AUGUST 14, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , which develops property management software, has signed up a new customer. The firm said that real estate investment trust (REIT) Gramercy Property Trust Inc. will use the company''s flagship software, Yardi Voyager, as part of its business strategy. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 27, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , which develops real estate investment management and property management software, reported a win in North Carolina today. Yardi said that Raleigh, North Carolina-based 10 Federal is using its software, and has seen "significant" rental income growth due to using its software.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , the developer of real estate management software, reported another win Thursday, this time with real estate investment trust BRE Properties. Yardi said that BRE is using its Yardi PopCard software for improving its apartment leasing process. Financial impact of the win was not announced.

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MARCH 29, 2016

Santa Barbara-based real estate software management developer Yardi said this morning that it has signed up real estate professional services firm CliftonLarsonAllen as a customer. CliftonLarsonAllen apparently is replacing a spreadsheet based system it has been using for investment accounting. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

Santa Barbara-based real estate and property management software developer Yardi said MOnday that it has updated its mobile software, Yardi Maintenance Mobile. The firm's app, which runs on Android, Apple iOS, and BlackBerry, allows maintenance workers to create, update, and close work orders in Yardi's Voyager software.

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JUNE 29, 2016

Santa Barbara-based venture investor Rincon Ventures has backed portfolio company Keen IO , in a followup investment in that company's Series B. Keen IO develops software APIs used for data analytics and data visualization. Keen IO, which is based in San Francisco, said it raised $14.7M 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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JANUARY 24, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Yardi reported another customer win this week, with Washington state property manager Pillar Properties. Yardi develops a large portfolio of real estate investment and property management software. Yardi develops a large portfolio of real estate investment and property management software.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , which develops call intelligence software used to match affiliate marketers with phone leads and automate call marketing, has named Gregg Johnson as CEO. Johnson was previously head of Salesforce Marketing CLoud's social marketing product line, and also worked on Salesforce Chatter. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi reported a win Thursday with The Presidio Trust , the federal agency in charge of the Presidio in San Francisco. Yardi develops a wide range of real estate investment and property management software products. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

Santa Barbara-based AppFolio , a developer of software-as-a-service for property management, is announcing today that it has raised $8M in additional funding for the firm. The funding comes from the Investment Group of Santa Barbara (IGSB). The company said the new funding will go to accelerate its growth.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

Here, we feature the contribution of John Greathouse , an investor with Rincon Venture Partners and Professor Of Practice at UC Santa Barbara, where he teaches courses on New Venture Creation and Entrepreneurial Sales. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017?

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MARCH 31, 2016

Santa Barbara-based real estate management software developer Yardi Software said late Wednesday that it has scored a win in Singapore, with real estate investor ZACD Group. Financial details of the win were not disclosed. ZACD Group manages 32 development projects in Singapore. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , the developer of call tracking software used by marketers, has raised $30M more in a Series D funding, the company said this morning. Incova said it has now raised a total of $60M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Rincon Venture Partners , the Santa Barbara-based venture capital fund run by Jim Andelman , John Greathouse , and Brian Kelly , has led the investment in a developer of social recruiting software tools for companies, The Resumator. Rincon led a $700,000 Series A round in 2011 in The Resumator. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. That used to be called A-round investing. The biggest change for us in early-stage investing is that we now need to commit earlier. However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. of the fund.

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AUGUST 16, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , which develops real estate investment management and property management software, said Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired Multifamily Insurance Group , a provider of renters insurance products. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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