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OCTOBER 22, 2018

CrowdStrike , the cybersecurity software developer which has major operations in Irvine, has hired an IPO banker and is eyeing an IPO before the end of the year, according to a report from Reuters. According to the report, CrowdStrike has hired Goldman Sachs to run its IPO process.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

Awe.sm's tools are used by application developers to monitor and measure social media and sharing activity through their apps. did not announce who at GRP led the investment. has raised $4M in a round which was led by Foundry Group and GRP Partners, and which also included Neu Venture Capital and kps+p Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Los Angeles-based e-commerce software developer Assembly has joined the ranks of the local unicorn startups, according to the company, after getting a "significant capital injection" from Advent International. The company did not say how much Advent International invested in the company.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

San Diego-based software developer Tealium announced on Monday that it has scored a strategic investment from Citi Ventures, as part of Series E investment round. Size of the investment from Citi Ventures was not announced.

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AUGUST 27, 2015

Santa Monica-based ,a href="[link] OnDemand , the developer of cloud-based, talent management software, said this morning that it has made investments in four companies, from the Cornerstone Innovation Fund. Size of the investments in each company were not announced.

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MAY 10, 2018

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Arrowroot Capital has invested $38M in big data and analytics software developer ClickFox , according to a regulatory filing from ClickFox this week. The funding, without financial details, was announced on April 30th. According to the filing, ClickFox is targeting a total of $41.1M

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AUGUST 26, 2019

CrowdStrike , the cloud-based cybersecurity software developer which has substantial operations in Orange County, said today that it has launched a new, early stage investment fund called the Falcon Fund. The new fund will make seed and Series A investments, according to the company.

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MAY 20, 2014

Los Angeles-based OpenX launched a new software development kit for the mobile video advertising market today, aimed at helping iOS and Android developers to add video ads to their apps. OpenX said the SDK offers up "plug-and-play" video advertising to help mobile app publishers and developers monetize their inventory.

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

Pasadena-based software developer Bluebeam Software has been acquired by German software company Nemetschek AG , the two said late Friday. According to the two, Nemetschek will pay $100M for BlueBeam, which is a developer of PDF software used for architecture, engineering, and construction. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2016

Venture investment firm Greycroft Ventures , which has an office and is very active in Los Angeles, has led the investment in Performance Horizon , a San Francisco digital marketing software developer. Performance Horizon develops digital marketing software which is used for partner and performance marketing.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

San Diego-based Qualcomm --via Qualcomm Ventures--is one of the lead strategic investors in Team8 , an Israeli cybersecurity software developer, Team8 said on Monday. The size of Qualcomm's investment was not announced.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 20, 2019

After several years of investing quietly, BAM Ventures is making some noise, generating headlines in November with its largest exit to date when Mid-Wilshire-based ecommerce software developer Honey Science Corp. was sold to Paypal Holdings Inc. for $4 billion.

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APRIL 17, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm has invested in wireless network software developer M87 , M87 announced this week, as part of a $3M, Series A funding round. M87 is a developer of wireless network infrastructure software aimed specifically at improving the coverage and capacity of current wireless networks. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Los Angeles-based e-commerce software developer Assembly said this morning that it has acquired e-commerce advertising software developer Pacvue. Assembly says it is now worth more than $1 billion following its investment last month which was led by Advent International. Pacvue is based in Seattle.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Once you build it, they will now ask you about the key metrics that they need proven in order to see if you really are a good investment. Investors my tell you that, but what they can look at your product on paper and tell what it does and they will understand if it can be built. The "Questions" post is probably the most important.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Los Angeles-based accounting software developer BlackLine Systems reported this morning that its revenues are up more than 50 percent again this year, which it says is the seventh year in a row for the company. The announcements comes only a few months after a big private equity investment for the company. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Cornerstone OnDemand, a personnel management software developer, announced on Wednesday that private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and Microsoft Corp.’s s LinkedIn plan to invest $300 million in the company.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

The surge in Southern California, cloud-based software investments continues today, as Irvine-based Kareo said this morning that it has raised $29.5M The company--which develops cloud-based, medical office software--said the funding was led by Greenspring Associates, and also included OpenView Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.

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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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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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JULY 7, 2010

Elbaz sold Applied Semantics to Google in 2003, for pre-IPO stock, reaping first round investors more than a 100x return on their investment. Blackline is signing up customers who need the firm's financial close software to streamline their end of quarter closing processes. Let us know in the comments below!).

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APRIL 17, 2018

San Diego-based business intelligence software developer VizExplorer announced this morning that it has raised a round of strategic funding from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. Size of the new investment was not announced. The company's software is currently used primarily by casinos.

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JULY 3, 2014

The San Francisco company also said it received investments from Pelion, Amplify Partners, and Rincon Ventures, along with Cloud Power Capital and angel Morris Wheeler. keenio venture capital mobile analytics software developer rincon ventures' Jim Andelman of Rincon is on the board of Keen IO. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Three, local venture capital investors -- Miramar Venture Partners , Okapi Venture Capital , and Qualcomm Ventures -- are part of a group investing $22.1M in healthcare software developer Welltok , which announced a big funding round this morning. Miramar and Okapi are in Orange County, and Qualcomm is in San Diego.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Irvine-based security software developer SecureAuth has launched a new, cloud-based two-factor authentication service, according to the company. According to SecureAuth, its new service allows companies to implement two-factor access control to their applications, without having to invest in on-premise hardware.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

San Diego-based Rio SEO , the local search software development arm of Covario, said Wednesday that it has raised a new round of funding to take the company independent. Voyager Capital, and Stratim Capital, to allow it to pursue further development and sales of its technology platform. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 20, 2017

Our defensible infrastructure comes from the fact that we now have huge volumes of customer storage earning the equivalent of SaaS revenue and any new entrant would have to invest in the fleet of cars, bins, drivers and warehouses that we now have not to mention 4.5 years of software development.

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JULY 9, 2014

Santa Monica-based talent management software developer Cornerstone OnDemand said Wednesday that it has added Kristana Salen, the Chief Financial Officer of Etsy, to its board of directors. Salen has been CFO of Etsy since January of 2013; she previously also served at Fidelity Investments.

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MARCH 21, 2013

A new, San Diego-based startup, Apmetrix , said yesterday that it has launched a new, software-development kit aimed at providing analytics to videogame developers. Apmetrix said it is developing a real-time, game analytics platform aimed at Android, iOS, and Windows, and eventually consoles.

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AUGUST 29, 2017

Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary 's Sound Ventures, which is based in Los Angeles, has made an investment in the Series B funding round for San Francisco-based software development provider Gigster , in a round that also included basketball legend Michael Jordan. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2014

In an unsurprising--albeit, still painful--move, San Diego-based fleet management software developer Omnitracs is moving its headquarters, and a significant number of jobs, to Dallas, Texas. in an investment in Omnitracs to spur the move, which takes 450 jobs out of San Diego. Omnitracs was formerly part of Qualcomm.

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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. San Francisco-based Rentlytics disclosed today that the new funding was led by Trinity Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners.

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MAY 19, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , the venture capital arm of Qualcomm, has scored an exit this morning, at bring-your-own-device (BYOD) software developer Divide. seed investment in Divide back in 2011. qcom qualcomm mobility management software enterprise byod mobile android enterproid divide google' READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 14, 2017

Irvine-based SmartLabs , the parent company of smart home controller brand Insteon and home automation e-commerce site Smarthome , has been acquired by private investment firm Richmond Capital Partners. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced, however, Richmond Capital Partners said it is investing $7.3M

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

San Diego-based Solekai Systems , a software development firm focused on the smart grid industry, said today that it has named Marco Thompson as its Chief Technology Officer. Express Ventures has invested in eight San Diego companies, including MaintenanceNet, Certona, and Benchmark Revenue Management. 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 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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