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AUGUST 25, 2014

Lastline , a developer of cybersecurity software for malware defense, which has its research and development headquarters in Goleta, has raised $10M more in funding. According to Lastline, the funding came from Dell Ventures and Presidio Ventures, as well as existing investors Redpoint Ventures and e.ventures. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Los Angeles-based Topspin , the developer of online marketing and commerce software for musicians and music labels, announced this morning that it is now providing discounted, multiple account software for record labels, marketing agencies, and others. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Los Angeles-based Topspin Media , the music marketing and software firm headed by Ian Rogers, has opened up general signups for its service, the firm said Wednesday in Austin. Topspin is venture backed by Foundry Group and Redpoint Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2011

Venice, California-based Topspin Media , the venture backed developer of music marketing software and applications, has released its venue ticketing software to the Apple App store. The app allows music venues to scan paper and smart-phone tickets sold through Topspin's software using their iPhone.

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JUNE 30, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , the venture capital arm of Qualcomm, has put its funding behind MapR , the company behind the big data software framework called Hadoop. Existing investors, including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, NEA and Redpoint Ventures, also participated. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2014

Los Angeles-based music software startup Topspin has laid off a "significant" amount of staff, according to reports , with a majority of the company''s staff getting the pink slip. Topspin is venture backed by Foundry Group and Redpoint Ventures. topspin music media layoff jobs employment software' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Santa Monica-based Gravity , the developer of real-time personalization software headed by former MySpace COO Amit Kapur, is making a big push today with the launch of a new set of free APIs for publishers. Gravity is backed by GRP Partners, Redpoint Ventures and August Capital, having most recently raise d$10.6M

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Venice, California-based Topspin , the online music marketing software firm headed by Ian Rogers, said today that it is prepping an update to the firm's iPhone application for ticketing. The software is used by Topspin's customers to scan tickets sold through Topspin's software. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 19, 2009

Venice, California-based Topspin , a developer of software focused on helping musicians market and distribute their work, launched an upgrade to its product Wednesday at the SXSW festival. The company has previously rolled out the software in a limited released with David Byrne and Brian Eno, among others. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Santa Monica-based Topspin Media , the developer of music and band marketing software headed by former Yahoo Music GM Ian Rogers, said over the weekend that it has added Andrew Mains as its new VP Artist Relations and Services. Topspin is developing software tools to help musicians market and distribute their music. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Jaunt , a developer of virtual reality technology, software, and apps--which previously had its virtual reality content development efforts based here in Los Angeles--has been acquired by Verizon , the companies said today. According to Jaunt, Verizon has acquired Jaunt's software and technology, among other assets. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Security software developer Lastline announced this morning that it has named two new executives, to bolster its leadership team. The Santa Barbara-based company--which is backed by Redpoint Ventures and e.ventures--said it has named Thomas Miller as its Executive Vice President of Sales, and Brian Laing as its Vice President of Products.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Venice-based Topspin , the music marketing and software firm headed by Ian Rogers, said today that it has inked a deal with Technicolor to distribute its music catalog in a new, high definition, MP3 format. Rogers was the former GM of Yahoo Music, and Topspin has raised funding from the Foundry Group and Redpoint Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 5, 2010

Biopharmaceuticals continues to drive the investment totals in Southern California, with $222M in investments; followed by Medical Devices, with $120M in investments, and Software, with $119M. Interestingly, only Redpoint, Domain, Anthem, and DFJ Frontier have local offices in Southern California. in deals tracked by our database.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based OneLogin , a developer of single sign-on software, is powering the login capabilities for wealth management site Wealthfront , the firms said today. OneLogin is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Frank Slootman , the CEO of San Diego-based ServiceNow , headed up the software developer''s very successful IPO last year. Rowe Price, Fidelity, Tiger Global, and Sutter Hill, Greylock, Redpoint, and Index Ventures. Now, a data storage provider, Pure Storage , is hoping to take advantage of Slootman''s expertise for its own IPO.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Los Angeles-based SocialVibe , the provider of social advertising software and technology, announced today that it has raised $20M in additional equity funding. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Redpoint Ventures, Jafco Ventures, and Pinacle Ventures.

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MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software. He is the author of “ Joel on Software ” and I was a reader nearly 10 years ago when I had never heard of Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and VentureHacks didn’t exist. Rumored to be appox. Primarily targets SMBs.

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based Networks In Motion , a developer of location-based, wireless navigation software, has been acquired for $170M. Networks In Motion was venture backed by Redpoint Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures, and last announced a Series C funding of $10M in early 2006. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2013

To do that, it has snagged the funding of Data Collective, Brad Jones of Redpoint Ventures, Horizon Ventures, and TenOneTen Ventures, a new Southern California venture capital firm headed by Gil Elbaz and David Waxman. enterprise software technology google instant search capital venture srch2' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 21, 2021

Los Angeles-based accounting software developer FloQast said this morning that it has raised $110M in its Series D funding round, with its latest valuation putting the company into unicorn territory, at $1.2 The company develops financial close management software, used for financial reporting.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Fouad ElNaggar , a former venture capitalist who had been responsible for the Los Angeles office of Redpoint Ventures, has scored funding for a new startup, Sapho. Sapho develops software which helps pull together information across hundreds of enterprise apps, and presents them to employees as "micro apps". Sapho is in Silicon Valley.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

The other large sector for investments was Software, with $54.8M The most active Southern California investors, including all of their investments both inside and outside of the region, were the Tech Coast Angels (7 investments), and Rustic Canyon Partners (6 investments); Redpoint , Mission Ventures , and GRP all had 4 investments total.

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AUGUST 29, 2017

Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary 's Sound Ventures, which is based in Los Angeles, has made an investment in the Series B funding round for San Francisco-based software development provider Gigster , in a round that also included basketball legend Michael Jordan. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 24, 2021

Los Angeles-based Orca Security, a developer of cloud security software, has joined Southern California's unicorns, raising $210M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by CapitalG, the growth fund of Alphabet, and Redpoint Ventures. the company said the funding gives it a valuation of $1.2

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MAY 17, 2011

Rustic Canyon GRP Parners Clearstone Venture Partners Redpoint Ventures Mission Ventures Anthem Venture Partners Greycroft Crosscut Palomar Ventures Rincon Ventures Los Angeles Startup People Some people to meet in the Los Angeles Startup Community in order to get wired in: Tony Karrer (me) - organizes LA CTO Forum private group of over 150 web/software (..)

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Qualified , a startup developing conversational marketing software for companies that use Salesforce, said on Tuesday that it has raised $12M in its Series A funding. Sikola said Qualified is adding team members in Los Angeles shortly. Scott Beechuk, a partner at Norwest Venture Partners, joins the company's baord of directors.

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MAY 17, 2011

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures is the lead investor in a new, $15M Series B funding round for artificial intelligence software developer Tact. Tact develops artificial intelligence software for Salesforce which helps salespeople automate data entry into their CRM systems. Tact is based in Redwood City.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

Testifying to the rapid growth rate at which local startups operate, Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the online employee benefits and perks firm headed by Paige Craig, revealed Tuesday that it is expecting to expand its team to over 80 people, after inking a round of funding from Redpoint Ventures.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

The Industrial/Energy sector ranked second, with $95.16M in investments, followed by Software, with $63M in investments, and Medical Devices and Equipment, with $60.3M in investments in the quarter.

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JUNE 25, 2018

According to Tact.ai, the new funding came from Amazon Alexa Fund, Comcast Ventures and Salesforce Ventures, with existing investors Accel Partners, M12 (formerly Microsoft Ventures), Redpoint Ventures and Upfront Ventures. Tact.ai, which is based in Redwood City, has now raised more than $57M in total funding. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. As we go into Halloween this weekend, we want to thank all of our sponsors, advertisers, and members, who make it possible for us to exist. Thanks in particular to: Sponsors. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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JULY 21, 2009

INgrooves and Topspin said that Topspin will provide its marketing software to INgrooves' artists and labels, as part of an enterprise marketing service deals. Topspin is venture backed by Redpoint Ventures and The Foundry Group. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2008

NIM said tha Hakam was senior director of product engineering at Kyocera, managing its global software engineering team. He has also served at Motorola.

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JULY 10, 2009

Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. They include: Sponsors. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Startups Made Simple.

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