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OCTOBER 23, 2018

The company's other investors include Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures, CEC Capital, Samsung, and Lenovo, in addition to LG Chem. Enevate is led by President and CEO Robert A. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 31, 2014

Prodege is venture backed by Technology Crossover Ventures. Sodahead was venture backed by Mission Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>. sodahead swagbucks merger acquisitoin exit polling opinion'

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Zui was venture backed by Emergence Capital, Mission Ventures, Maveron and the Scholastic Corporation. As a part of the acquisition, Saban said it will establish a new physical presence in San Diego, and add 12 employees to its organization. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Irvine-based Enevate , a startup backed by Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures, and CEC Capital--says it has rolled out new technology which allows for extremely fast, 5 minute charging of electric vehicles (EVs).

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MAY 17, 2016

Enevate is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures, and CEC Capital, and is targeting its Lithium ion battery technology at the smartphone and mobile device market.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Slacker was founded in 2006, and was venture backed by Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds. LiveXLive said it will combine the content programming teams of both companies. LiveXLive is based in Beverly Hills, and is led by CEO Robert Ellin.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Enevate is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures/Sumitomo, and CEC Capital. Rao was previously at MaxLinear, serving as an executive in the finance area, and also has served at Broadcom and PRTM. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2011

SodaHead is venture backed by Mission Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures, and was founded by former MySpace exec Jason Feffer and friend Michael Glazer. SodaHead did not disclose details of the win, but said the campaign includes a poll question, skinned homepage, email newsletter and banner ads. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2016

Enevate is venture backed by Infinite Potential Technologies, Tsing Capital and Mission Ventures. Enevate specifically said that Altman was responsible for developing the Intellectual Property (IP) licensing strategy around CDMA. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 6, 2010

The acquisition is the end of a long road for Greenplum--originally based in Sherman Oaks--and its investors, which includes San Diego's Mission Ventures. The firm appears to have gone through at least one recapitalization, and multiple executive team changes, and moved to Silicon Valley in the meantime.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

Irvine-based Enevate , a venture-backed battery technology startup focused on advanced, rechargeable Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, said this morning that it has rolled out some new battery technology.

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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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MARCH 13, 2013

Risheq was the founder of Celllynx, Thacker was a co-founder at Datallegro; the firm has some notable advisors, including Mission Ventures' Leo Spiegel and Michael Dunn, the former CTO of Hearst, Time Warner, Dell Online. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2015

San Diego-based Transaction Wireless , the digital gift card startup backed by Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures, has been acquired by First Data , First Data said this week. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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MARCH 10, 2014

LeisureLink was venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Mission Ventures, and also had received a strategic investment from Wyndham Worldwide. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. The company was led by Tom Lamb.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

The company is backed by Mohr Davidow, Mission Ventures, The Tech Coast Angels, Ron Conway, and others. SodaHead offers up its polling software for free, and also has a revenue-sharing program for publishers which splits advertising revenues from those polls with publishers, a no-ad version on a per-poll basis, and more. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

The funding came from Infinite Potential Technologies, Tsing Capital and Mission Ventures along with Presidio Ventures. Irvine-based Enevate , which is developing Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology, said this morning that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding.

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MAY 21, 2012

Fastpoint Games was venture backed by Allen & Co., Mission Ventures, DFJ Dragon and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide, but had begun shopping around its assets in October. Fastpoint had originally been known as Rotohog, and was able to sign up fantasy sports for such brands as NBA, NASCAR, FOX Sports TV and Sony.

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MARCH 14, 2012

San Diego-based ID Analytics , the developer of risk and identification management services, which is venture backed by Canaan Partners, Investor Growth Capital, Mission Ventures, and Trinity Ventures, has been acquired by LifeLock , the firms said today.

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AUGUST 11, 2011

The firm said the funding included Mission Ventures, Maveron, and Emergence Capital. San Diego-based KidZui , the developer of a kid-friendly Internet browser, said this week that it has raised another $2M in funding, and launched a new effort called ZUI.com. Zui.com is a new, search engine focused on kids aged 3 to 12 years old.

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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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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The venture backed firm, which has investments from Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is tripling its office space to 22,000 square feet, according to the Orange County Register. Irvine-based Enevate , a developer of rechargeable battery technology, is expanding in Irvine, according to reports today.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

The firm--which is backed by Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital, among others--indicated it had raised $2.0M La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless has added another $2.0M in what looks like an inside, convertible debt round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week.

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JULY 18, 2012

LeisureLink is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Mission Ventures, along with strategic investment from Wyndham Worldwide. The two said that the move adds more than 1,000 properties from LeisureLink into Tourico Holidays real-time inventory. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Nirvanix had last raised funding in May of 2012, when it took $25M in funding from such backers as Khosla Ventures, Valhalla Partners, Intel Capital, Mission Ventures and Windward Ventures.

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APRIL 24, 2012

Zui is backed by Emergence Capital, Mission Ventures, Maveron and the Scholastic Corporation. Zui.com, which is based in San Diego and headed by Cliff Boro, said the new featuers allow users to create their own avatars, "like" and "favorite" features, ability to make friends with others, and to share content with others.

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Social Network Networking Screening Mission Ventures 186

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JUNE 20, 2011

Representatives from Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital continue to have seats on the company's board of directors. The filing indicates the funding is part of a $3.786M fundraising effort still in progress by the company. Source of the new funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 29, 2011

The company is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners , Kodiak Ventures, Mission Ventures , the Pasadena Angels , the Tech Coast Angels , as well as others. LeisureLink said that InnQuest's system is used in more than 4,500 properties in more than 90 countries. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

Source of the new funding was not announced by the company, however, the firm's board continues to include representatives from Mission Ventures and Valhalla Partners. Torrance-based Active Storage , the developer of RAID storage products for the Apple Macintosh, has raised $7.0M READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

The round came from CEC Capital, Tsing Capital, and Presidio Ventures, along with prior investors Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Irvine-based Enevate , a developer of rechargeable lithium ion batteries, has raised $24M in a Series B funding, the company said this morning.

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MAY 1, 2012

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. The company said that the acquisition will be accretive on a quarterly basis by the end of 2012, contributing between $3.0 READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Fastpoint had been venture backed by Mission Ventures and DFJ Dragon Fund, Allen & Co. Los Angeles-bsaed Fastpoint Games , the online fantasy game development shop headed by Kelly Perdew, has shut down, according to a notice on the firm's site. The company was originally known as Rotohog.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

Nexiant is venture backed by InnoCal Venture Capital, Argentum Group, Forrest Binkley & Brown, Inverness Capital Partners, and Mission Ventures, among others. Sickler has previously served as Network Computing, Gadzoox Networks, Arzoon, Arcwave, and Ungermann-Bass.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

The round was led by Columbia Capital, and also included prior investor Mission Ventures. Access 360 Media , a New York-based digital advertising firm with operations in Los Angeles, said Wednesday that it has raised $12M more in a Series C funding round.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Feffer was previously an executive at MySpace, and SodaHead is backed by MDV Mohr, Davidow Ventures, Mission Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. The site did not say exactly when the changes will go live on the site. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The round came from current investors, including Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals. Pasadena-based LeisureLink , a provider of distribution services for specialty lodging and vacation rentals, announced today that it has raised $9M in a Series C funding round.

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MARCH 24, 2010

The round was led by new investor Mission Ventures, and also included prior backers First Round Capital, Emergence Capital Partners and Maveron. Tags: kidzui browser venture capital. San Diego-based Kidzui , which develops a kid-friendly web browsers, has raised $4M in a funding, according to reports.

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