socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2011

Last month, San Diego-based venture capital firm Mission Ventures (www.missionventures.com) sold its portfolio firm, Carlsbad-based 3E , just the latest in a string of exits for the firm, which also included an IPO in Maxlinear earlier in the year. We've been the beneficiary of that in at least a few instances. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 140

Mission Ventures Acquisition San Diego Invest 140

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

Irvine-based location-based services (LBS) firm Networks in Motion said this week that it has hired on a new Vice President of Engineering at the firm. Networks In Motion said that M. NIM said tha Hakam was senior director of product engineering at Kyocera, managing its global software engineering team. READ MORE>>

Networking 100

Networking Redpoint Mission Ventures Software Engineering 100

socalTECH

MAY 1, 2012

La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless , a developer of wireless video optimization and streaming hardware and software, has been acquired by Allot Communications Ltd. , a provider of products for the fixed and mobile data network market, Allot announced this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 145

Mission Ventures Acquisition Mobile Networking 145

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2010

La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless , a developer of wireless software used for handling video streaming over mobile networks, has raised $8.0M The funding included prior investors Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital. out of a $10.0M The firm is headed by Marc Zionts. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 133

Mission Ventures Venture Capital Mobile Software 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2008

According to the firm, it will make its technology available via a program called PortableYou, to enable third parties to integrate the technology into video games, virtual worlds, web sites, mobile applications, and more. Big Stage is backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Venture, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures Sample Pasadena 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

David Sacks, one of the co-founders of PayPal, pitched Geni.com, an online site focused on both family trees and social networking. The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users.

Southern California 100

Southern California Conference SoCal Startup 100