Steamboat Ventures Seeks New $100M Fund
socalTECH
JANUARY 28, 2016
Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital firm linked to The Walt Disney Company, is seeking to raised $100M for its latest fund, Steamboat Ventures V.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 28, 2016
Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital firm linked to The Walt Disney Company, is seeking to raised $100M for its latest fund, Steamboat Ventures V.
socalTECH
JANUARY 18, 2011
Scrapblog , an online scrapbooking service backed by Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , has been sold to personal photo publishing firm Mixbook. Scrapblog as venture backed by Steamboat Ventures and Longworth Venture Partners, and allowed users to create a digital scrapbook of personal photos and other information.
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socalTECH
JUNE 22, 2010
Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital firm funded by Walt Disney Co., According to Playdom, Steamboat--along with Bessemer Venture Partners and New World Ventures--have invested in the firm as part of a new, $33M venture capital funding round.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
In yet more attrition from Southern California's venture capital ranks, Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of the Walt Disney Company, looks to have sharply pulled back on its U.S. investment efforts. According to the firm's website, it has trimmed its list of Managing Directors in the U.S.
socalTECH
JULY 27, 2010
Los Angeles-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of the Walt Disney Company, has backed a firm developing massively parallel video processing technology, Elemental Technologies. According to Elemental, which is based in Portland, Steamboat was a new investor in its $7.5M, Series B funding round.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
If success, the IPO is a win for Southern California''s tech community--despite the company being based up North--since one of its major backers is Steamboat Ventures, and many of the company''s employees were previously at San Diego-based Cineform. gopro camera action sports merger acquisition exit steamboat ventures'
socalTECH
JULY 14, 2011
Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of Walt Disney, has re-upped its investment in a provider of mobile and Internet usage analytics and measurement tools.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital firm backed by Walt Disney Co., According to Beijing-based Yoyi Media , it received a Series A investment on undisclosed size from Steamboat Ventures and Gobi Partners. Steamboat has offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong in addition to Los Angeles.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 18, 2010
Los Angeles-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of The Walt Disney Company, has invested in a Chinese startup which provides web, video, and search analytics, Gridsum Technology. According to Gridsum, Steamboat led its Series A. Size of the funding round was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
JULY 21, 2010
On the heels of the announcement this morning by Facebook that it has officially hit 500 million users, socalTECH has mined its database of high tech companies , and identified a few of the firms here in Southern California hoping to ride Facebook's coat-tails to success and fortune. Headed by Ian Swanson.
socalTECH
JANUARY 12, 2011
Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of the Walt Disney Company, has re-upped its investment in San Jose-based Baynote , a developer of personalization and marketing software for the enterprise market.
socalTECH
JULY 31, 2012
GoPro--although based in the Bay Area--has a number of Southern California ties, including staff in San Diego, an investment from Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures, plus a group in San Diego it acquired when it bought Cineform.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 4, 2013
The company is venture backed by such investors as Steamboat Ventures, Greycroft Partners, DFJ Mercury, DFJ Frontier, and ff Asset Management. GameSalad's tools allow developers to drag and drop components, and wire those together to create iOS, Android, Windows 8, and other games. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 26, 2012
GameSalad is venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, Greycroft Partners, DFJ Mercury, DFJ Frontier, and ff Asset Management. The startup--which has been supporting Windows development since May--said its latest version, 0.10.0 supports Windows 8 and a number of the features of the Windows 8 environment. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MAY 19, 2014
The firm''s founder, Nicholas Woodman, is a graduate of UC San Diego, and came up with the idea for the company while surfing off of San Diego; the company''s investors also include Steamboat Ventures--the venture arm of Walt Disney--which looks to own something around 3 percent of the company.
socalTECH
MAY 5, 2011
GoPro , the maker of wearable, action sports cameras, which has operations in San Diego, has scored a strategic investment which includes the involvement of Burbank Steamboat Ventures , GoPro said today. Venture Partners. Amount of that funding was not announced.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 28, 2013
EdgeCast has announced only a total of$20M in funding, from Menlo Ventures and Steamboat Ventures. Those data points, along with revenue range figures reported elsewhere, implies that the company now has revenues of perhaps between $100M and $200M. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
JUNE 26, 2014
The company--although based in San Mateo--has a number of Southern California ties, including founder Nicholas Woodman, who founded the company at UC San Diego, operations in San Diego (thanks to the acquisition of Cineform), and investors via Steamboat Ventures (the venture arm of Walt Disney). and $24.00 per share.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
GameSalad is venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, Greycroft Partners, DFJ Mercury, DFJ Frontier, and ff Asset Management. GameSalad is best known for the many games developed on the iPhone using its tools, which do not require complex programming skills to develop. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
JULY 18, 2013
The new funding was led by Performance Equity Management, and also included existing investors Menlo Ventures and Steamboat Ventures. Santa Monica-based content delivery network EdgeCast has just filled up its warchest, announcing Thursday that it has raised $54M in a big funding round.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
Sometrics had raised over $5.25M in funding from Big Sky Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Mailroom Fund, and Steamboat Ventures. The value of the deal was $30M, according to the report from TechCrunch. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MAY 27, 2010
Source of the funding was not disclosed, however, Dan Beldy, a venture capitalist at Steamboat Ventures, remains listed as a board member. Comcast Interactive Capital, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Microsoft Corp., and Steamboat Ventures.
socalTECH
MARCH 11, 2009
Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of Disney, is one of the investors in Bay Area-based mobile games advertising firm Greystripe , which raised a $5.5M Greystripe said the funding round was led by Incubic Venture Capital, and also included Monitor Ventures, in addition to Steamboat Ventures.
socalTECH
AUGUST 1, 2013
Kapow''s investors included Steamboat Ventures and Morgan Stanley, among others. Kofax said that Kapow''s customers include such companies as Astra Zeneca, Audi, Commerzbank, Deutsche Telekom, Fiserv, Thomson Reuters and Zurich Insurance Group. Kapow has around 72 employees, and was located in Palo Alto. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MAY 27, 2011
Two Southern California venture capital firms have benefited from an acquisition yesterday of Mountain View-based MerchantCircle , an online local business advertising and networking site, by fellow online advertising firm Reply! MerchantCircle's other backers are Scale Venture Partners and IAC.
socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2011
EdgeCast is venture backed by Menlo Ventures and Steamboat Ventures. The firm said those customers include AdColony, Dreamstime, SlashGear, StreamCity, and Tumblr. The firm did not say what that customer count equaled in terms of financial performance. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MARCH 31, 2011
The round was led by Steamboat Ventures, and also included Greycroft Partners, DFJ Mercury, DFJ Frontier, and ff Asset Management. As part of the funding, Beau Laskey of Steamboat joins the board, and Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners have joined the company's board of directors.
socalTECH
APRIL 25, 2011
Greystripe was venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, Monitor Ventures, Peacock Equity, and Incubic Venture Capital, and was based in San Francisco. According to ValueClick, it has hired Greystripe's management team and employee base, and will run Greystripe as a wholly owned subsidiary of ValueClick Media.
socalTECH
MAY 11, 2011
GameSalad is backed by venture firms DFJ Frontier, DFJ Mercury Venture Partners, ff Asset Management, and Steamboat Ventures. The company's software, which runs on the Mac, allows anyone to create an iPhone game without having to be a software developer and learn the iPhone SDK. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
APRIL 6, 2011
Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of the Walt Disney Company, has backed Woodman Labs the parent firm of sports camera maker GoPro. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. The WSJ first reported the investment Wednesday.
socalTECH
JANUARY 6, 2011
Move Networks , the venture backed developer of high definition streaming technology for Internet video, has been acquired by Echostar , the firms said Thursday afternoon. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
GameSalad is backed by Steamboat Ventures, the venture capital arm of Disney, Greycroft Partners, DFJ Mercury, DFJ Frontier, and ff Asset Management. GameSalad also has improved its contact forms and customer support and bug handling. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
Sometrics is headed by Ian Swanson, and venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, the Mail Room Fund, and Greycroft Partners. GameCoins.com allows users to both earn virtual currency, and spend it on various items for online games and virtual worlds. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 27, 2010
Bass Associates, and Steamboat Ventures. San Diego-based EMN8 , a developer of fast food ordering kiosks for restaurants, has raised $12.2M out of an ongoing, $18.186M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm last week. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. The filing indicates Sid R. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MARCH 9, 2011
GameSalad is venture backed by DFJ Frontier, DFJ Mercury Venture Partners, ff Asset Management, Steamboat Ventures, as well as angels Mark Suster, Tom McInerney, Paige Craig, and others. Felter previously was COO and CFO of DigiSynd, before it was acquired by The Walt Disney Company. Felter has also served at Warner Bros.
socalTECH
JULY 1, 2010
Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Oak Investment Partners, and Steamboat Ventures. The firm said that Elshareef will provide oversight of the firm's technology group. Razorgator is backed by. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 11, 2010
GameSalad is venture backed by DFJ Mercury, Steamboat Ventures, DFJ Frontier, and ff Asset Management. Coppersmith has previously served as VP, Finance and Administration for Challenge Online Games, and also General Counsel of Toppan Photomasks. The firm is one of the startups in the LaunchpadLA effort. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MARCH 11, 2009
Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of Disney, is one of the investors in Bay Area-based mobile games advertising firm Greystripe , which raised a $5.5M Greystripe said the funding round was led by Incubic Venture Capital, and also included Monitor Ventures, in addition to Steamboat Ventures.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 1, 2009
Sometrics is venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, The Mail Room Fund, AT&T, and Greycroft Partners. Sometrics said that it is optimizing the way that the gaming website presents advertising offers to members, increasing offer-based revenues at Ijji by more than 30 percent. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MARCH 17, 2010
The firm no longer lists former investor Steamboat Ventures on its web site as an investor. Tags: emn8 kiosk fast food retail hardware venture capital. Bass Associates, and Fort Washington Capital. According to the filing, representatives from RMT Family Partners and Allegis Capital are now on its board.
socalTECH
MARCH 9, 2010
Sometrics is headed by Ian Swanson, and venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, Greycroft Partners, AT&T, and The Mail Room Fund. The company explained that the new site will allow gamers to earn virtual currently on massively multipler online games, virtual worlds, and social games by completing advertiser offers.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 8, 2009
The firm is venture backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Oak Investment Partners, and Steamboat Ventures. RazorGator operates a service which helps consumers get access to high-demand events. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 5, 2009
The firm is backed by Shelter Capital Partners, StarVest Partners and Steamboat Ventures. Passenger's software allows brands to develop communities with discussion boards, surveys, and polls. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MARCH 11, 2010
Sometrics is venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, Greycroft Partners, AT&T, and The Mail Room Fund. Financial details of the deal between Sometrics and IGG were not disclosed. IGG operates a number of free, massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs). READ MORE>>.
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