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DECEMBER 1, 2011

Maneesh Goyal , formerly a venture capitalist at Corona Del Mar-based Miramar Venture Partners, is now officially head of his own fund--a $50M, healthcare IT fund called MergerTech Capital. Goyal had told contacts in Southern California in early November that he had decided to depart Miramar for the chance to run his own fund.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Holmen, Managing Director, Miramar Venture Partners Entrepreneurship Course, 2012 Guest Speaker Lectures, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine. Tuesday, February 7, 2012 -- Robert R. Free and open to the public.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Holmen, Managing Director, Miramar Venture Partners. Tuesday, February 8, 2011 -- 2011 Entrepreneurship Speaker Series. UCI CalIt2. Speaker: Robert R. Contact Goran Matijasevic at goran@uci.edu.

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Miramar UCI 100

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, we asked with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Ventures about his opinions, and today, we're featuring the thoughts of Bruce Hallett , a venture capitalist at Miramar Venture Partners. In each technology company in which Miramar invests, we are focused on supporting the management teams successful execution of its plan.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Miramax and DVD rental and streaming firm Netflix announced this morning that the two have inked a streaming deal, covering the United Kingdom and Ireland. According to the two, the multi-year, digital licensing covers Miramax films, and will allow Netflix members in the UK and Ireland to stream titles starting in early 2012.

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Netflix Miramar Hollywood 133

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JANUARY 10, 2022

The company is venture backed by Alpha Edison, Bonfire Ventures, Ten-One-Ten, Greycroft, Omega, and Miramar Ventures. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. Thankful says its customers include Zendesk, Kustomer and Gladly.

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Miramar Venice Software Development Customer 113

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The funding was led by Alpha Edison, and also included Bonfire Ventures, Ten-One-Ten, Greycroft, Omega, and Miramar Ventures. Venice, California-based Thankful, a new artificial intelligence software startup focused on customer service, announced this morning that it has raised $12M in its Series A funding round.

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Artificial Inteligence Miramar Venice Customer 113

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AUGUST 4, 2020

The round was led M12, the venture capital investment arm of Microsoft, and Applied Ventures, the venture arm of Applied Materials, and also included Atlantic Bridge Capital, Alpha Edison and Miramar Digital Ventures. The company's chips are used for smartphones, smart speakers, laptops and earbuds.

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Artificial Inteligence Miramar Venture Capital Capital 113

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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 Miramar and Okapi are in Orange County, and Qualcomm is in San Diego. Miramar and Okapi are prior investors in Welltok, having backed the company last year in its Series B.

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Orange County Miramar Artificial Inteligence SoCal 147

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Venture Partners and Miramar Venture Partners. Financial details of the funding from USVP and Miramar were not announced, however, Winston Fu of USVP and Heiner Sussner of Miramar Venture Partners now sit on the company's board of directors. The new startup is led by Stuart Berman, the former SVP and CTO of Emulex.

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Networking Miramar Software Startup 174

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 2, 2018

The event features two days of presentations, keynotes, panels, and salons at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif. The Montgomery Summit gathers an invited group of entrepreneurs, senior investors, and leading executives to discover the most important innovations in business and technology. See [link] (more)

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MARCH 1, 2018

The event features two days of presentations, keynotes, panels, and salons at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif. The Montgomery Summit gathers an invited group of entrepreneurs, senior investors, and leading executives to discover the most important innovations in business and technology. See [link] (more)

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Miramar Santa Monica Entrepreneur Technology 100

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Details on that funding have not been announced by the company, whose investors include Oak Investment Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, Acacia Capital Partners, and Miramar Venture Partners. Irvine-based Gigabit Ethernet semiconductor developer Solarflare Communications has raised $22.2M READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

Williams is also on the board of Miramar Labs. Williams replaces Matthew Pigeon, who the company says is leaving to "pursue other opportunities". Williams has previously served as SVP and CFO of ZELTIQ, and previously served at NuVasive. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2014

In another sign that Southern California--and particularly, Santa Monica--is gaining further credibility as a recognized technology center: Philz Coffee , a coffee chain which is synonymous with being at the tech epicenters of Silicon Valley and San Francisco, is getting set to open up a new location in Santa Monica.

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Santa Monica Miramar Southern California Conference 271

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JANUARY 3, 2013

SolarFlare's current investors include Oak Investment Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, Acacia Capital Partners, and Miramar Venture Partners. No details have been announced by the company yet on the new funding. READ MORE>>.

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Miramar Anthem Networking Funding 185

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JULY 8, 2013

Prior investors DFJ Frontier, EMC, Miramar Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures also participated. The new funding came from Accenture and GE Ventures, two strategic investors in the company, along with new investor Frost Venture Partners.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

Holmen, Managing Director, Miramar Venture Partners on "Venture Capital Process and Trends". Thursday, January 24, 2013 -- Venture Capital Process and Trends. UCI Chief Executive Roundtable. See [link] (more)

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APRIL 27, 2015

Predixion Software is led by Simon Arkell, and has previously also raised capital from Accenture, Frost Venture Partners, DFJ Frontier, EMC, Miramar Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Software Palomar Miramar Capital 100

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

The data startup--which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Founder Collective, Index Ventures, Miramar Venture Partners, and others-- just posted a data scientists''s view of holiday shopping, using the company''s vast trove of location-based data to pinpoint where to go shopping for certain items in Los Angeles, by crunching the numbers.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

The round was led by Toba Capital, and also included Frost Venture Partners and Miramar Venture Partners. San Juan Capistrano-based Cirro , a developer of software for data access, exploration, and analysis, announced this morning that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. Cirro''s CEO is Mark Theissen.

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Software Miramar Venture Capital Incubator 153

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Independa has also previously raised funding from such investors as City Hill Ventures and Miramar Venture Partners. The funding was first publicly disclosed in a regulatory filing last week. According to reports , angels were the source of the new funding.

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Angel Funding Miramar San Diego 187

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NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Predixion is headed by Simon Arkell, and is backed by DFJ Frontier, Miramar Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures. Predixion said the software can be used until organizations put the software into use in a production environment. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Predixion Software was venture backed by GE Software Ventures, Accenture, Frost Venture Partners, DFJ Frontier, EMC, Miramar Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures, and had raised somewhere north of $33M in funding. Greenwave said that the acquisition will bring it to a headcount of over 280 employees worldwide.

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JUNE 13, 2012

OptionEase is headed by Kim Kovacs, and is venture backed by GADS Option Fund, Miramar Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Financial impact of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

The funding came from Altpoint Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Data Collective, Haystack Partners, Heritage Group, Index Ventures, Miramar Ventures, Tamarisk Global, and Upfront Ventures, plus Saif Mansour, Michael Ovitz and Tom Unterman. Factual said the funding brings its total raised to $62M.

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Miramar Google Los Angeles Sales 100

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

OptionEase, which was headed by Kim Kovacs, was venture backed by the GADS Option Fund, Miramar Venture Partners , Pasadena Angels , and Tech Coast Angels. Solium Capital is a developer of cloud software for equity administration, financial reporting and compliance. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Capital Miramar Pasadena Angels 140

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Independa is backed by City Hill Ventures, LG Electronics, and Miramar Venture Partners. The firm, which is headed by Kian Saneii, develops the tool to help the elderly communicate, track things like medication and appointments, and more. READ MORE>>.

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Miramar San Diego Tool Mobile 133

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Cirro is one of the companies out of the big data incubator headed by Stuart Frost, Frost Venture Partners; the company''s venture backers include Toba Capital (the venture fund of former Quest Software CEO Vinny Smith) and Miramar Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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Miramar Incubator Software Report 138

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

FastSoft was venture backed by Miramar Venture Partners, Caltech, ICCP Venture Partners, and others. FastSoft's technology is based out of Caltech, and was originally developed to accelerate traffic on the next generation Internet, Internet2. READ MORE>>.

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CalTech Miramar Pasadena Mobile 140

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

The new, strategic investment came from an un-named investor, and also included prior investors DFJ Frontier, Miramar Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures. Aliso Viejo-based Predixion Software , the developer of predictive analytics software which is headed by Simon Arkell, announced today that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding round.

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Software Palomar Miramar Sales 168

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The round came from Miramar Venture Partners. Bruce Hallett of Miramar joins the firm's board as part of the funding. San Juan Capistrano-based OptionEase , a developer of software-as-a-service for managing stock options and fair value accounting and compliance, announced today that it has raised another $1.0M

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MAY 14, 2012

That seemed to be the mood running through the cloud at the more-than-sellout crowd at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica Thursday at the first LA Demo Day. Ben Kuo just posted on SoCalTech: Are the good times for startups back? At the event, the enthusiasm for startups was palpable.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Miramar 254

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Predixion's board includes Bob Holmen of Miramar Venture Partners and Jim Schraith of DFJ Frontier, as well as former DatAllegro CEO Stuart Frost. Predixion is developing data mining and analytics software, and is headed by Simon Arkell, formerly of Triton Pacific Capital Partners and Gramercy Ventures.

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Software Palomar Miramar Venture Capital 185

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APRIL 24, 2013

Venture Partners and Miramar Venture Partners. Jeda says its software installs as a virtual appliance for VMware ESX, and uses Ethernet switching and FcoE servers and storage arrays to define a storage network in software. Jeda said its product sill start shipping to early customers in May, with general availability in summer. READ MORE>>.

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Networking Product Miramar Software 147

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MAY 11, 2012

That seemed to be the mood running through the cloud at the more-than-sellout crowd at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica Thursday at the first LA Demo Day , organized by Docstoc's Jason Nazar. Are the good times for startups back? At the event, the enthusiasm for startups was palpable.

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Miramar Incubator Santa Monica Idealab 215

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MARCH 25, 2013

BAT is headed by Ryan and Chad Steelberg, and venture backed by Matthew Pritzker Company,Miramar Venture Partners, Newport Coast Investments, RimLight, LLC, Fulcrum Venture Capital, and ad pepper media International. The new deal comes thanks to the acquisition last year of the fan photography business of Printroom. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Angel Technology Miramar 147