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MARCH 19, 2013

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management software developer Nimble has hired Eric Quanstrom as its new Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing and Sales, the company announced today. Quanstrom joins the company from Sorenson Media, where he was Chief Operating Officer.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

In a sign of how large of an effect Santa Monica-based TrueCar has had on the automotive industry, the company said Tuesday afternoon that its dealer partners have just surpassed 700,000 new and used vehicles sold using its sites. TrueCar had announced it 500,000th vehicle in March of 2012.

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MAY 23, 2016

Santa Monica-based TrueCar is continuing to bolster its links to automotive dealers, as it looks to improve its relationship with the auto dealer industry, saying this morning that it has named Paul Edmonds as Senior Vice President of Dealer Marketing and Opeartions.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

Santa Monica-based CODA Automotive , the maker of electric cars, said late Tuesday evening that its Vice President of Global Sales, Marketing and Distribution, Michael A. Jackson had previously been General Motors VP of Marketing and Advertising. Jackson, has resigned. Reason for the departure was not given.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Santa Monica-based Focused Labs , which provides social media marketing services, said Thursday that it has renamed itself GraphEffect , and raised $2M in funding. GraphEffect said the new funding will go towards sales and technology. The firm was founded by Clark Landry and James Borow. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Santa Monica-based TigerText has hired on two new healthcare veterans to its executive team, the company said this week. Castellano was SVP of Marketing and Communications for NextGen Healthcare, and also served at Affiliated Computer Services and Companion Technologies.

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MAY 13, 2010

Santa Monica-based CODA Automotive , the heavily backed electric car manufacturer, said today that it has hired David Funston as its Vice President, Fleet and Commercial Sales. CODA said that Funston will market the firm's sedan to commercial fleet customers. Funston has also served at Isuzu, Hyundai Motor, and Chevrolet.

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JUNE 14, 2016

We spoke with co-founder Ryan Costello about Santa Monica-based Event Farm (www.eventfarm.com), on how its software technology is being used to power high end, VIP events for large companies. We're in Santa Monica, and sometime people think we're a venue or rental space for events, but what we are, is a 100 percent software company.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Santa Monica-based CODA Automotive , a startup manufacturer of electric cars, announced today that it has hired on a GM vet, Michael A. Jackson, as its Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Distribution. According to CODA, Jackson was most recently at Sarkissian Mason, and also served as CEO of SPEEDSHAPE. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Santa Monica-based Super League Gaming , which operates its own e-sports competition site and community, is headed for the public markets, hoping to raise as much as $31.36M for the company, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Super League Gaming is led by President and CEO Ann Hand. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 14, 2020

According to Prodoscore, the funding goes towards sales and product development. Carter--best known for his work in the music industry--also is now well known for early positions in such companies as Uber, Lyft, Dropbox, Spotify, and Warby Parker, among other companies, including Santa Monica's Thrive Market.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Arrowroot Capital is the lead investor in a funding round for parking technology developer ParkHub , in ParkHub's first instituional funding. According to the company, the funding is its first institutional funding round.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Santa Monica-based Super League Gaming had its IPO on Tuesday, debuting at $11.00 Super League Gaming's IPO was underwritten by Northland Capital Markets, Lake Street, and National Securities Corporation. Super League Gaming's IPO was underwritten by Northland Capital Markets, Lake Street, and National Securities Corporation.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

According to the company, it is hiring across marketing, sales, engineering, and product. The company--which currently has offices at ROC in Santa Monica--says it is in the mist to moving to a new office in Santa Monica in order to accomodate that growth in Q1 of 2015. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Santa Monica-based Quid , which offers up a way for private company employees to gain liquidity even before their startups are purchased or have an initial public offering, said on Monday that it has raised $320M in a second fund. Quid's service is an alternative to secondary market sales. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2017

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software provider Nimble said today that it has linked its software into Microsoft Edge , Microsoft's web browser, to provide access to information on people and businesses within that browser. Nimble already links into Chrome, Safari and Firefox. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Santa Monica-based Tuition.io , which helps employers offer up student loan repayment assistance as part of their employee benefits, has raised $7M in a Series B funding round, the company said today. says so far that it has signed up such clients as Live Nation, Staples and Fidelity Investments to its programs. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Santa Monica-based voice and text-platform provider CallFire is bolstering its executive ranks today with a new hire, saying that it has named Barbara Palmer as the company''s new Chief Revenue Officer. Palmer will head up business development, marketing, and sales for CallFire. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Santa Monica- and Irvine-based Onica , a provider of IT services focused on cloud-based platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), has raised $20M in a funding round, the company announced this week. The company--formerly known as CorpInfo--said the funding came from Sunstone Partners. Onica is led by CEO Stephen Garden. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 21, 2018

Santa Monica-based sales and marketing customer relationship management (CRM) tools developer Nimble is further integrating its tools with partner Microsoft, and its Office 365 software, as well as Google's G Suite, with a new business dashboarding tool. The new feature is free to all Nimble users.

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JULY 18, 2018

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Nimble said today that it has signed a global distribution agreement with Microsoft , which will create a bundle of Nimble's CRM tools with Microsoft's Office 365. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 16, 2018

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , which provides online services to help connect people looking for cars with auto dealers, said on Thursday that it has linked up with a charity, DAV , which helps disabled veterans gain access to vehicles, as part of its own program for injured veterans, DrivenToDrive. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 13, 2018

Santa Monica-based sales and marketing CRM software developer Nimble , which is led by longtime CRM vet Jon Ferrara, has added a new reseller, the company said today. According to Nimble, Velosio, a "Microsoft Master VAR", will offer up its software through Microsoft's Partner Center Third Party Software Offers pilot.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

SpyCloud , a startup which develops cybersecurity products used to prevent account takeovers and which is backed by Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , has raised $21M more in a Series B funding round, the company announced this morning. March Capital Partners co-led the Series A funding round for SpyCloud in 2018.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site headed by Scott Painter, has scored a new, equity investment and partnership with direct marketing firm Guthy-Renker , the firm announced today. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 9, 2014

Santa Monica-based advertising technology provider Convertro said this morning that it has expanded into Europe and the Middle East. Convertro has hired Quinn Collins as Senior Vice President of Global Sales, and David Curran as Vice President of EMEA Sales as part of the expansion.

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MAY 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based marketing and advertising technology developer GumGum has named a new VP today, saying it has named Sirious Wadia as its Vice President of Social Strategy. GumGum also develops technology for in-image advertising. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2013

Santa Monica-based Convertro , the developer of marketing analytics software headed by startup veteran Jeff Zwelling, has bolstered its executive talent base today, announcing the hiring of new new VPs. convertro executive marketing analytics attribution saas software' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management and contact management software developer Nimble said today that it has connected into Google Apps for Work, via the Google for Work Partner Program. Nimble is led by longtime CRM veteran Jon Ferrara. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 9, 2012

Santa Monica-based Kuapay , a new startup aiming at the mobile payments and loyalty markets, has scored $2M in funding, the firm has disclosed. The startup is headed by Joaquin Ayuso de Paul, one of the angel investors in Border Stylo and co-founder of Spanish social network Tuenti.com (acquired by Telefonica). READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

According to a job listing from Lime seeking a “Retail Store Manager,” the startup plans to open a “lifestyle brand store in Santa Monica” that “will place heavy importance on brand experience and customer engagement.” There will be demos, tutorials, and presentations on how to be safe.”

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. One example is Santa Monica-based hardware company, Ring, who transitioned to a hybrid business model that now includes recurring revenue. In the interest of full disclosure, Headspace is a client of SVB Santa Monica.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of contact management and social selling tools aimed at the business professional market, said today that it has launched a new app that works with Google''s Chrome browser. Nimble is led by Jon Ferrara. READ MORE>>. nimble google chrome browser contact management'

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MAY 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based Sixgill , a developer of location awareness software aimed at the enterprise market, has raised $6M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The startup also said the new funds will go towards sales, marketing, and accelerating product development at its new Los Angeles area office.

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JUNE 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based private equity firm Clearlake Capital said this week that it has acquired the Retail Solutions Group of Agilisys , a provider of technology and managed services for the retail market. Clearlake Capital said it will rename the group as Kyrus Solutions. The new company remains in Greenville, South Carolina.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

Santa Monica-based Convertro , the venture backed, advertising analytics and optimization firm run by Jeff Zwelling, said today that it has hired Armen Avedissian as its Chief Operating Officer. Convertro's offers up technology to track marketing conversions, helping companies to optimize their marketing efforts to drive sales.

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JULY 7, 2011

Santa Monica-based Broke Girl's Guide , a startup focusing in on daily deals and information for women, has scored a small debt funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. Broke Girl's Guide runs a daily deal newsletter with offers, online promos, and sales information. READ MORE>>.

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