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Dave Ryan of Mission Ventures On Exits

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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. How much involvement did Mission have in that sale? READ MORE>>.

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Swagbucks Buys Sodahead

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Los Angeles-based prodege , the parent company of Swagbucks , said this morning that it has acquired Sodahead , the online polling and discussion platform founded by Jason Feffer. Prodege is venture backed by Technology Crossover Ventures. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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LeisureLink Gets $9M In Series C

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The round came from current investors, including Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals. The company said the new funding will go towards investments in its technology platform, and also for its sales efforts.

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Rotohog Becomes FastPoint Games

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According to Perdew, FastPoint has repositioned itself as a company focused on building live, data-driven, multi-platform games for clients to engage, reward and monetize their audience. Los Angeles-based Rotohog , the online games developer headed by Kelly Perdew, has renamed itself FastPoint Games , according to the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Image Metrics Buys Big Stage

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Image Metrics said it would merge Big Stag's avatar creation platform into its existing, real-time video animation technology. Big Stage, which was once known as Clone, was venture backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures and the Tech Coast Angels. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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RotoHog Unveils Four New Games

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All of the games are based on RotoHog's SCP platform. The company is backed by Allen & Co, Mission Ventures, DFJ Dragon and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide. RotoHog is headed by Kelly Perdew, and provides white-label, fantasy sports and other games to its partners.

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Transaction Wireless Gets $2M More

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The funding came from its existing investors, Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures. Transaction Wireless develops a stored value, gift card platform which allows users to purchase products using their mobile phones. The firm's customers include AMC Theatres and Bass Pro Shops.