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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

in a Serie A funding, to go towards its app management, single sign-on, and analytics tools. The startup--which was founded by Scott Kriz and Erik Gustavson--said the round came from Polar Partners, Amplify, Resolute VC, Double M Partners, Social Leverage, Karlin Ventures, Lazerow Ventures and Rob Glaser. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 3, 2012

Manhattan Beach-based CapLinked said this morning that it has enhanced its online service for helping startups to manage their fundraising efforts, with a new tool to help find people. The firm said the new tool is aimed at helping users find investors, broker-dealers, or companies.

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MAY 29, 2019

San Diego-based eSub Construction Software , a startup developing construction project management tools, has raised $12M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Catalyst Investors, and also included Revolution Ventures.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The Indianapolis -based company is one of the latest spinouts from High Alpha Studio, an accelerator and venture capital studio formed by Scott Dorsey, the former chief executive officer of ExactTarget. If customers are doing the things i want them to be doing through my product.

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MAY 29, 2013

According to Numecent, the funding was led by T-Venture, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom. The firm is targeting independent software vendors (ISVs), managed service providers, enterprise customers, and telcos with its tools. Numecent is also backed by Endeavor Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Total Raised: $9.64mm. Read more: TechCrunch , ReadWriteWeb , TheNextWeb.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. “Why do founders want to take the VCs’ money? .” After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital!

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Newport Beach-based Givsum, a developer of an online platform to help charitable organizations with fundraising, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by SteelBridge Labs. According to the company, it will use the funding to accelerate its growth.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld’s Dave Linthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA’s most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. Paths to SaaS and cloud computing that will work for your enterprise. Scott Kriz.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The funding came from angels Taner Halicioglu (Facebook), Doug Hecht (Digitaria), and venture company GrowthX, along with Trevor and David Klein (AutoAnything) and Asaf Benhaim (iMatrix). SOCi is taking aim at competitors such as Hootsuite, with what it says is a "next-generation" social media content discovery and marketing product.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the developer of software-as-a-service tools for managing investors communications and exchanges between startups and their investors, told its users today that it has added a number of new features to the site. Tags: caplinked saas software investor venture capital financial. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2019

The investment came from TVC Capital. San Diego-based Perspectium , which develops software for service management integration, has raised $8M in its Series B funding round, according to the firm. According to Perspectium, the new funding will help it continue expansion to global markets, and launch new products.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2016

My venture firm, Rincon Venture Partners recently teamed with Jason Lemkin, Founder of SaaStr , to host the first SaaStrX event. We had a spirited discussion regarding a number of issues related to blowing past $10M in annual recurring SaaS revenue, in front of a sold-out crowd of about 400 entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

4 key areas SaaS startups must address to scale infrastructure for the enterprise. SpotOn’s goal is to be a “one-stop shop” by incorporating tools that include things such as custom website development, scheduling software, marketing, appointment scheduling, review management, analytics and digital loyalty.

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JUNE 2, 2017

is literally built out of what my co-founders and I, and a bunch of investors in first generation mobile, first games and tools like Burstly and Testflight had seen firsthand. We didn't see any tools that were built for this process, only marketing tools for attribution and analytics, or for reactive, feature-based analysis.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 15, 2018

It was from their hometown Los Angeles exurb, that Kim and Lee first began plotting how they would turn their experience working for PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young (respectively) into the software business that just managed to rake in $40 million in financing led by one of venture capital’s most-respected firms, Battery Ventures.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Manhattan Beach-based CapLinked , the developer of a software-as-a-service tool for managing venture capital and angel fundraising efforts for companies, said today that it has launched a free library of document templates covering the startup process. CapLinked, which is headed by PayPal alum Eric M. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Two local venture capital funds here in Southern California have backed Janrain , a developer of user management software tools used by websites to better manage registration and site visitors.

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

Pasadena-based 17hats , a startup that develops business management software aimed specifically at solo entrepreneurs (solopreneurs), has raised $4M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Wavemaer Partners, and also included Talmadge O'Neill and Harry Tsao of Mezi Media and Tamim Mourad of PriceGrabber. 17hats is led by Donovan Janus.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

the developer of private investment and fundraising tools headed by Eric Jackson and Christopher Grey, said today that it has linked with Microsoft Bizspark, Microsoft's startup support effort. According to the firm, Microsoft BizSpark has launched Deal Rocket, a new tool to help startups enrolled in the program to help raise capital.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investor Wavemaker Partners is one of the lead investors in San Francisco-based Balloon , a developer of tools used by companies for collaboration and sharing. Balloon says that its tools help companies share, collaborate, and vote on input anonymously. Baloon said it raised $2.1M

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APRIL 12, 2019

Irvine-based Mavenlink , a startup which develops business process management software and related tools for services businesses, has raised $48M more, in a Series E funding round. The funding came from Carrick Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs Growth Equity. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Jackson, CEO and co-founder of CapLinked (www.caplinked.com), which is developing tools to help entrepreneurs and investors connect. For entrepreneurs raising capital, the tool makes it easier to be transparent and share information. Today's interview is with Eric M. Who would find this most useful? Thanks, and good luck!

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APRIL 24, 2019

Bellwether said it joined Navadon Capital Partners in the $20M funding round, which gives the two companies a majority interst in Clubspeed. Clubspeed's software is used to manage both racing facilities and trampoline parks, handling everything from receipts and payments to offering up reporting tools and monile app. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

WurkNow focuses on managing large, hourly workforces, and says it has clients using its tools to manage over 125,000 active employees. The company said the round was led by Newport Hayseed Group, which is based in Newport Beach.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

The firm said it MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) software will include ability to control material usage at multiple inventory locations, better visibility and analysis across sites, tools to set up business rules, and more. The entire software will deploy on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 1, 2012

The company said that they will link Box's content sharing tools with Gobbler's infrastructure, to specifically address the needs of media creators. Gobbler is venture backed by ff Venture Capital, Black Ocean Group, Mike Jones, Matt Coffin, along with a number of other angels. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Right now, outside entities do it on their behalf with their proprietary technology, and we're trying to give them tools to do it on their own, in a highly efficient manner. Jay Ackerman: I have a tech background, and have worked at a number of software and SaaS companies, primarily in go-to-market. What's your background?

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JUNE 28, 2021

Tapcart says its platform allows cusomers to create apps using drag-and-drop, codeless tools which merchants can customize for their customers. The company said it power the mobile apps for such brands as Fashion Nova, Pier One Imports, The Hundreds, Patta, Culture Kings and thousands of other companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

. “the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. We live in heady times. But can sensible management team even do anything about it?

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JANUARY 25, 2019

San Diego-based Trust & Will , a startup which operates an online software tool to help people create their own estate plans, has raised $2M in a funding round, the company disclosed this week.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The company offers up monthly subscription plans for its software, starting at $175 a month for its "Essential" package, which offers such features as a booking engine, business dashboard, point-of-sale features, text and email confirmation tools, and more. Both Danna and Stavropoulos were previously at Fullscreen. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. What is TrackStreet? It makes you rethink things.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

in a funding led by Orange County's Okapi Venture Capitalis looking to help direct to consumer brands use better data to direct their marketing and other efforts. That was very helpful, in that it got us on the radar for a lot of Southern California venture capital firms.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

San Diego-based MindTouch , a developer of software-as-a-service tools to help companies create self-service, customer support sites, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding came from PeakSpan Capital, along with SK Ventures and SAP SE. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Irvine-based Restaurant365 , a developer of cloud-based tools for accounting, back office, and reporting for restaurants, has raised $20M in a Series A funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Divshot, a tool for web designers and developers, won a national pitch competition and one of it’s founders Michael Bleigh created a popular open source library now included in Ruby on Rails. The product integrates with Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk and many other popular SaaS products.

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