socalTECH

JULY 27, 2010

Irvine-based Enovate Corporation , which is backed by Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, said today that it has renamed itself from Carbon Micro Battery. in venture financing from such firms as Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The firm is headed by Brian Wong. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

LeisureLink , the developer of vacation rental management software which is backed by Clearstone Venture partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Worldwide, said Tuesday afternoon that it has upgraded its MarketSpan Guest Generation product.

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Software Clearstone Mission Ventures Product 153

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2012

Active Storage, which is currently headed by Steve Rizzone, develops RAID storage devices particularly targeted at the media industry; the firm's products are particularly geared toward the Apple market, where the firm's founders had worked on Apple's various storage products. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , the venture-backed provider of a vacation rental marketing system and operator of online booking travel site ABetterStay.com , has made a trio of new hires this week. The company said it has named Tom Lamb as President of the firm, Alex Hansen as CFO, and Adam Michaelson as Chief Marketing Officer.

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Clearstone Internet Brands Mission Ventures Pasadena 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Torrance-based Active Storage , which develops data storage products for the Apple and other markets, said Wednesday that it has named Jeff Lowe as Senior Director of Strategic Market Development. Active Storage is led by ex-Apple executives, and backed by Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, and Valhalla Partners.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The round came from CEC Capital, Tsing Capital, and Presidio Ventures, along with prior investors Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The company said the funds will go to bring its first products to market and to accelerate commercialization of its technology.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2012

a provider of products for the fixed and mobile data network market, Allot announced this morning. Ortiva Wireless was venture backed by Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital, and others, and had raised somewhere north of $40M for its efforts. in revenues for the second half of 2012.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals, said today that it is targeting Caribbean resorts. The firm has been ramping up its marketing efforts since gaining $9M more in funding in November. LeisureLink is headed by Eric Hovanec. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Mission Ventures Pasadena Funding 160

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2009

San Diego-based Transaction Wireless , a developer of mobile gift card and other mobile marketing products, announced this morning that it has raised an additional $2M in funding. The funding came from its existing investors, Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

Torrance-based Active Storage , a venture backed developer of storage products for the Apple market, announced a new, 32TB RAID product this morning. Active Storage is headed by ex-Apple executives, and is venture backed by Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, and Valhalla Partners.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The firm said the new round is a Series B, and comes from investors Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, Valhalla Partnes, and Windward Ventures. Genereux was most recently at Nirvanix, where he served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. READ MORE>>.

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Windward S3 Mission Ventures San Diego 153

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

The funding came from Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures. According to the firm, it is developing mobile infrastructure for relationship marketing, including mobile POS and mobile gift cards. Leo Spiegel of Mission Ventures and Marc Averitt of Okapi Ventures have joined the firm's board as part of the funding.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2009

One Recovery is headed by David Metzler, formerly a venture capitalist at Mission Ventures and investment banker at CIBC World Markets. Tags: recovery onerecovery addiction treatment healthcare lifescience venture capital. According to the filing, the funding comes as part of an ongoing, $2.5M fundraising effort.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included current investors Comcast Interactive Capital, Artiman Ventures, and Mission Ventures. Ortiva said the new funding will go towards expanding sales, marketing, and engineering resources at the company. The new funding brings the company's total raised to over $35M.

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SoCalTech Mission Ventures Mobile Resource 140

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

Carlsbad-based MaxLinear , a developer of integrated radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal circuits for the communications market, said today that it has certified the performance of its MxL241SF MPEG tuner with industry group CableLabs. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2010

The firm said the shipment numbers come as a result of its penetration into the cable and terrestrial TV markets. MaxLinear is one of the venture-backed firms which successfully reached an IPO this year, hitting the NYSE in March; the firm had been backed by USVP, Battery Ventures, Mission Ventures, UMC Capital, and others.

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Mission Ventures Capital Marketing Develop 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

San Diego-based KidZui , the web browser startup aiming at the children's market, said Wendesday that it has upgraded its software, launching KidZui K2. The firm, which is backed by Mission Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, First Round Capital, Maveron, and the Scholastic Corporation, said the new K2 browser is faster and simpler to use.

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socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2010

The firm said the list tracks pricing trends and provides recommendations on when and where to book vacation rentals, and can be used by consumers to decide when to book their vacation lodging, based on if prices are dropping or rising in a market. LeisureLink is venture backed by Clearstone Ventures, Group RCI, and Mission Ventures.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

The CommVault link is the latest in a push into the enterprise market, including the hiring of a number of enterprise and IT focused sales staff last year, links with other backup provider, and network attached storage (NAS) software connected to its service.

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Windward Mission Ventures San Diego Networking 140

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

LeisureLink, which provides online distribution and marketing of vacation lodging, said that it will offer consumer rewards and loyalty programs that can be used for vacation travel and merchandise. LeisureLink's vacation property service markets vacation rentals, timeshares and other properties through online travel sites and travel agents.

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Tech Coast Angels Clearstone Pasadena Angels Mission Ventures 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2009

According to VMIX President and CEO Mike Glickenhaus, the new funding will go towards accelerating growth plans and for expansion into new markets. The funding came from the company's existing investors, Enteprise Partners, Mission Ventures, JK&B Capital, and ATA Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Mission Ventures San Diego Capital Report 100

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2009

According to the company, the funding came from Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. The company said the new funding will go to accelerate research and development, along with sales and marketing. in a Series B funding for the firm.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2008

The round was led by Mission Ventures, and also included Bessemer Venture Partners. Access 360 media operates a content-based network of programming for physical retailers, focused on the youth market. According to Access 360, the new funding will go towards accelerating company growth.

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socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2009

BigStage said its new online effort--Big Stage Studio--is aimed at production studios, advertising, marketing agencies, and others. Big Stage is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures and the Tech Coast Angels.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. What does the market look like for IPO’s and is this likely to improve? What does the market look like for IPO’s and is this likely to improve?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

John Babcock, a Managing Director at Rustic Canyon, told us that "while panics are a regular part of free markets, we are definitely into uncharted territory here in terms of the size and speed of the government response to prevent systemic market failure. "

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

MySpace Connection : Shawn Gold , former SVP Marketing and Content at MySpace. Venture backers : Anthem Ventures, the Mailroom Fund, Rincon Venture Partners. Venture backers : Mohr Davidow Ventures, Mission Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, Ron Conway. www.cocodot.com). www.sodahead.com).

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B

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Southern California SoCalTech Technical Review Draper 100

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is based on occurrences during this time period as compared to other time periods.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. We give them options and advice on the best course to reach their goals, such as responding quickly and getting to market faster. The growth path is different, and we had to budget to make noise for ourselves in the market.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

With over 15,000 square-feet of space, the facility has room for dozens of startup teams, and already houses Industry, a Web-based professional networking and job market for the hospitality industry, and the San Diego office of OurCrowd, the Israeli crowdfunding platform.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

We handle all of the online distribution, marketing, and lots of seemingly small, but very important things that have to be done. But now, they need to be an aggressive online marketer because of the crisis. We process the transactions for them, and make it very easy for those suppliers to run their business. Our platform allows that.

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