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in a debt funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. No details on the source of the debt funding were disclosed. Solarflare is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, Acacia Capital Partners, Intel Capital, and Miramar Venture Partners.
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in a funding round, from Anthem Venture Partners, Simon Equity Partners, Third Wave Capital, Wavemaker Partners and ZenShin Capital. Santa Monica-based VideoAmp , which operates a programmatic video advertising platform, said this morning that it has raised $2.2M
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