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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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MARCH 13, 2013

Aliso Viejo-based Arkami, one of the startups in OCTANE's Launchpad Accelerator, has just zoomed past $360,000 in funding commitments on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter, according to the firm's myIDkey project page. 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. First Data said the buy will help it offer up a fully integrated, comprehensive physical and digital gift card program.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. Magnify360 was voted the best investment opportunity by both venture capitalist audience members and panelists. READ MORE>>

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

San Diego-based cloud storage firm Nirvanix is shutting down, and has given its customers only two weeks to move their data elsewhere, in a stunning flameout for the venture backed startup. Nirvanix had started life as a competitor to Amazon S3, but in recent years had shifted its focus to supplying cloud storage to enterprises.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

La Jolla-based ProQuo , a venture-backed startup helping consumers manage and reduce junk mail, has quietly shut down, according to reports. ProQuo was venture backed by Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and had raised around $15M in funding. The shutdown was first noted by Xconomy. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Lamb was previously at American Discovery, and also was co-founder and COO of local startup Done Right! He also headed up corporate development at Overture Services. LeisureLink is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Mission Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

While having a thorough understanding of their breakthroughs in technology or science it is the routine acts of fund raising, hiring resources and managing for results rather than publications that make taking research out of the lab and into a start-up a special case.

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MARCH 11, 2010

San Diego-based cloud storage provider Nirvanix has added a new customer of the firm's storage service, Nasuni , a Massachusetts startup providing virtual file server software. Nirvanix is backed by Intel Capital, Valhalla Partners, Mission Ventures, Windward Ventures, and the European Founders Fund. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

San Diego-based KidZui , the web browser startup aiming at the children's market, said Wendesday that it has upgraded its software, launching KidZui K2. The firm, which is backed by Mission Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, First Round Capital, Maveron, and the Scholastic Corporation, said the new K2 browser is faster and simpler to use.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an editorial from Robert Kibble , who is a director of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), and Managing Partner at Mission Ventures.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

San Diego-based music startup Slacker has apparently lost its CEO, according to a report from VentureWire. Slacker is venture backed by Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds. The firm has raised around $70M in funding.

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MAY 20, 2011

This upcoming Splash will showcase 10 up-and-coming startups, prominent VCs and founders of the leading LA-based companies - Demand Media and ReachLocal. Hear Zorik Gordon, co-founder and CEO of ReachLocal, share his lessons and advice on building his startup since 2004 to become one of the hottest tech IPOs last year.

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MARCH 16, 2009

Los Angeles-based Big Stage Entertainment , a venture-backed startup developing 3D animation technology used to create avatars, said this morning that the firm has created a new application which works on the Apple iPhone. Big Stage is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures and the Tech Coast Angels.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , the venture-backed startup which is developing photo-realistic avatar technology, has exited its beta and officially launched its site. The firm had launched a beta of its site in August.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , the startup which uses photos to create animated, 3-D facial avatars of users, has added new content from a game from GGL Global Gaming. Big Stage is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2008

The firm said that it has signed on fellow Los Angeles startup VIDiGREET as its first client. Big Stage is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels; the firm's technology was developed at the University of Southern California.

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MARCH 26, 2009

We caught up with Eric Hovanec, the firm's CEO, and Steve Reich, the firm's SVP of Sales, to hear more about the funding. We started in November, and things really picked up at the beginning of January. People have recognized that, and the word has gotten out in the industry that you can fill up your property using LeisureLink.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? Here’s how to do it.

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MARCH 22, 2011

But I thought I’d take some more time here to expand on what I think are the challenges, and opportunities, of starting a tech company in LA. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists. Opportunity #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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JULY 20, 2009

Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. We caught up with Webtide to learn more about the firm's open source web server software, Jetty. It's just sign up here, so we can get them into the system. Where does Webtide fit into the software world?

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JULY 9, 2009

The funding numbers were boosted significantly by the inclusion of an unofficial $100M in funding from car startup V-Vehicle Corp. Other active investors were Prospect Venture Partners, DAG Ventures, Sevin Rosen Funds, In-Q-Tel, American River Ventures, Saints Capital, and Mission Ventures, all with two investments each.

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JANUARY 20, 2009

So here's the Hot List for 1/1/2009 - 1/15/2009 Top 5 Posts The 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web Why You Need To Lead A Tribe - Seth Godin LA Gets Dugg, Hammered, Screwed How To Get The World Excited About Your Business –The James Siminoff Interview Viral analytics and metrics - go viral young startup Top 20 Keywords SEO Metrics Marketing Social Media (..)

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OCTOBER 30, 2016

Plug and Play San Diego, established in 2013 as a satellite of the Sunnyvale, CA-based incubator, has funneled 15 local startups through the Silicon Valley program after providing some coaching and other services in San Diego.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 11, 2011

The evening gathering brings together high-profile, successful tech entrepreneurs sharing their lessons and advice alongside promising startups showcasing their innovative ideas. TechZulu is hooking you up with a special discount! Meet up-and-coming entrepreneurs with innovative ideas that could change the world. The TZ Hookups.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

Francisco Dao came up with the idea of letting 10 companies that weren’t selected for Twiistup to do a presentation the night before to a group of people and let the audience pick one company to win the final slot at Twiistup. I’ll put up the video when they post it on their website. Stories have starts, middles and ends.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Manhattan Beach-based MaestroDev , a firm developing Java build, test, and release tools for the software development community, has uncloaked at the JavaOne conference, exposing the latest firm started by GlueCode founder Winston Damarillo. He's currently heading up Morphlabs , which shares the same address as MaestroDev.

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JULY 19, 2011

Quarter to quarter, investments were up from Q1, when $585M was invested in the region. Nationally, venture capitalists invested $7.5M across 966 deals, up 19 percent from the first quarter, when there was $6.3 Los Angeles had $222.5M in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments. billion invested across 814 deals.

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