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AUGUST 21, 2017

A new bill is expected to be introduced this week by local Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara), to target incidents of sexual harassment in the venture capital industry.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Startups related to the many University of California campuses in Southern California may soon have a new source of funding: The University of California itself, via a new, $250M venture capital. Among the successes driving the creation of the fund was the IPO of Santa Monica-based Kite Pharma, which is a spinout of UCLA.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

Santa Barbara-based Beni, a startup which lets users find and buy secondhand apparel and accessories, said this morning that it has raised $5M in funding. The new seed funding was led by Bouyant Ventures, and also included Better Ventures,XYZ Venture Capital, Chingona Ventures, and Starting Line Ventures.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Invoca, which develops call tracking and other customer tracking software, says it is on the path towards $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) by the end of its fiscal year. The company has raised $116M in venture capital, from such investors as Accel, Upfront Ventures, H.I.G.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. billion invested in 780 venture capital deals for Q3. Nationwide, there was $4.8 in investments.

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APRIL 2, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Entrada Ventures, a venture capital firm led by Alexander Fang, the former co-founder of Aurrion (acquired by Juniper Networks), has raised $1.6M in a special purpose venture investment fund. The SPV was disclosed through a regulatory filing.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Santa Barbara-based WELL Health , a startup which offers up patient communications tools to healthcare providers, payers, and others, has raised $45M more in a SEries C funding round, the company said this week.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

Santa Barbara-based venture capital investment firm Rincon Ventures is part of a new funding round for quality assurance software developer Rainforest QA.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. It's the source for keeping a pulse on the dynamic world of technology, reaching venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, social media. Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Venture capital for innovators.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Eyko, a new startup focused on "data preparation, blending, and streaming", says it has raised $2.5M The company said the funding came from InReach Ventures and Taggia Investments, the personal investment vehicle of former Balderton Capital founder Barry Maloney.

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APRIL 5, 2010

A quick analysis of venture capital deals in Q1, tracked by socalTECH, finds that there was around $1.4 billion in venture activity here in Q1, up significantly from around $997M tallied in Q4. for Santa Monica electric vehicle firm Coda Automotive. Father north, in Santa Barbara, Sonos scored $25.0M

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JULY 22, 2020

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of brand protection software, has raised $5.1M in a funding round.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Santa Barbara-based Live Data Technologies said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. Source of the funding was not announced. The company says it is developing software to verify B2B contact data for people, tracking people as they move jobs.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Santa Barbara-based venture capital investor Rincon Ventures is one of the leads on an investment in rental management software developer Rentlytics , on a new $4M funding round for the company. The company also counts Cue Ball and Daher Capital as investors. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Invoca -- better known here by its prior name, RingRevenue -- said this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series C financing round. The startup, led by Jason Spievak, said the new funding was led by Accel Partners, and also included prior investors Upfront Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Lastline has raised $10M in a funding round, to go towards the development of its malware defense software, the firm announced this morning. The new funding round was led by Redpoint Ventures and e.ventures, with Redpoint''s John Walecka joining the firm''s board. Lastline is led by Jens Andreassen.

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MAY 26, 2020

The company said that Viking Global Investors, Upfront Ventures, Tao Capital Partners and Rock Creek Group also participated, along with local Santa Barbara locals Oprah Winfrey and Katy Perry.

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AUGUST 25, 2014

According to Lastline, the funding came from Dell Ventures and Presidio Ventures, as well as existing investors Redpoint Ventures and e.ventures. Santa Barbara computer science researchers. lastline venture capital malware protection ucsb university cybersecurity software' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

A report today says that Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the developer of the user-friendly wireless home audio systems, has raised $25M in a secondary funding, which will go towards buying out fully vested employees. sonos venture capital secondary buyout employee exit merger' READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Santa Barbara-based whole home music system maker Sonos has raised $130M in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. Sonos has previously raised funding from BV Capital, Elevation Partners, Index Ventures, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., and Redpoint Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Cielo24 , a developer of technology to which helps caption and make online video searchable, has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by ff Venture Capital, and also included North Base Media, Pereg Ventures, Indicator Ventures, Wavemaker Partners and others.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Santa Barbara-based AnsibleWorks announced today that it has raised $6M in a Series A round, to go towards the company''s open source, IT automation tools. The funding was led by Menlo Ventures. ansibleworks automation software tools venture capital open source' The company''s CEo is Said Ziouani. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Rincon Venture Partners , the Santa Barbara-based venture capital fund run by Jim Andelman , John Greathouse , and Brian Kelly , has led the investment in a developer of social recruiting software tools for companies, The Resumator. Rincon led a $700,000 Series A round in 2011 in The Resumator. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

Santa Barbara-based ShipHawk , the online developer of technology for helping connect users with shipping companies, has raised $5M in a funding round, the company said this morning. shiphawk shipping marketplace logistics startup venture capital dncapital' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

Santa Barbara-based AppFolio , a developer of software-as-a-service for property management, is announcing today that it has raised $8M in additional funding for the firm. The funding comes from the Investment Group of Santa Barbara (IGSB). Appfolio said the funding round brings the company's total raised to $30M.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Cognixion, a startup which says it is developing a non-invasive, wireless brain-computer interface with augmented reality display--aimed at helping those with communications and physical disabilities--has raised $12M in a funding round.

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MARCH 28, 2012

Los Angeles- and Santa Barbara-based DFJ Frontier , the venture capital firm founded by David Cremin and Scott Lenet, has scored an exit at one of its portfolio firms, ClearAccess. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

In May, the Center co-hosted the first New Venture Ventura County, a celebration of student entrepreneurs from grade school to grad school. Thanks so much to our co-hosts Aspire3, VC Innovates and RC Makes, and to lead sponsor NewCo Foundation. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Apeel Sciences, which has developed a plant-based coasting for fresh produce to extend its shelf life, has raised another big $250M funding round, a Series E for the company.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Tortuga Logic , a new startup focused on chip-level cybersecurity technology whose founders include professors from UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, has raised $2M in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Thursday. The seed funding came from Eclipse Ventures.

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JULY 24, 2013

Santa Barbara-based CALIENT Technologies said this morning that it has raised $27M in a round of venture funding, from both new and existing investors. According to Calient, it will use the funding to enhance its portfolio of optical circuit switching systems, to extend its IP portfolio, and for working capital.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Local Market Launch , a new startup founded by former ValueClick founder Brian Coryat, said Tuesday that it has raised $1.5M The round came from Rincon Venture Partners. local market launch localmarketlaunch venture capital valueclick coryat business listings search' in a Series A funding round.

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JUNE 10, 2019

Santa Barbara-based SerImmune , a company developing immune mapping technology, has raised $1.4M in new funding, as part of what appears to be an ongoing $7.0M funding effort.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies , a developer of continuous variable transmissions for the electric car and other industries, has raised $6M more in venture capital, according to an updated S-1 from the firm. Tags: fallbrook technologies electric cleantech venture capital. The updated S-1 filing came late Friday.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Hall--who is based in Santa Barbara--and who previously served at LowerMyBills.com, HomeLoanCenter.com and LeadPoint.com. The company's CEO is Donny K. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Briq , a developer of software used for financial forecasting in the construction industry, raised $10M this week, in what it says was a Series A funding round. The funding was led by existing investor Blackhorn Ventures, and also included Eniac Ventures, MetaProp Ventures, and Darling Ventures.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

As part of the funding, Apeel said it will be growing its team in Santa Barbara, out of a 105,000 square-foot facility in Santa Barbara. The company said the funding will go to meet demand from both U.S. Apeel was initially started in 2012 with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. READ MORE>>.

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