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JANUARY 18, 2013

If you're a Southern California startup, it's most likely you're going to find funding from local, Southern California startup funds, right? Among the top investors, some of the most active (500 Startups, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Oak Investment Partners) don't have local investment coverage.

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APRIL 21, 2010

I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Investors: Foundation Capital (lead), with existing investors: Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners. Others I have not. Online peer-to-peer lending.

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JUNE 16, 2020

UNest , a Los Angeles provider of financial planning and savings tools for parents including college savings plans and other beneficial investment vehicles for various life events, has raised $9 million in a new round of funding, the company said. .

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Glendale-based MyShape , which operates an online retailer focused on matching women to clothing based on their body type, confirmed this morning that it has raised a third round of venture funding. Amount of the funding round was not disclosed, although a regulatory filing last week placed the round target at $12.1M. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Monrovia, California-based Prolacta Bioscience , the venture backed firm developing human milk fortifiers for premature infants, announced this morning that it will be donating funds to the Susan G. The firm said it will commit a minimum amount of $25,000 annually to fund programs at Komen.

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MAY 29, 2013

First Look West also said it provided $5,000 in a "Tansformational Idea Award" funded by Draper University, the entrepreneurial education program from venture capitalist Tim Draper. firstlookwest first look business plan competition venture capital prize award cleantech university education spinout' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in a funding round. in investments, followed by $182.7M

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AUGUST 14, 2014

AuditFile , a developer of cloud-based auditing software for CPAs, has raised $3M in a funding round, the company said Thursday. The funding came from Banneker Ventures, Tim Draper, Nas Draper, as well as other angel investors. auditfile venture capital cloud software auditing accounting saas ucla dorm room student'

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

more in funding. The funding came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tenaya Capital, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth Fund. The company said the new funding will go to grow its operations, aggressively build out its product assortment, and to further develop its personalization technology.

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APRIL 4, 2011

in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson , and also included Rincon Venture Partners , Newport Coast Investments , Gil Elbax of Factual, the Pasadena Angels , and Siemer Venture Capital.

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APRIL 15, 2020

Pasadena-based Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health , a healthcare innovation fund led by Jay Goss and Dr. John Nackel, says it has launched a new venture capital fund, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Fund II. Size of the new fund was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 30, 2011

The firm's investor was San Diego-based TVC Capital , which invested only $4M in total in Accordent before it was acquired. Jeb Spencer: The goal at TVC Capital is to do exactly this. We felt we could win against extremely well funded companies by just having the best product out there, which is what Accordent was able to do.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

The startup--led by Brian Nickerson--said the funding came from both Los Angeles and Silicon Valley angels, including Richard Chino (GoTo.com, Smart.com); Dan Murray (Machinima), Derek Draper (Wildfire), Nikhil Srivastava (KKR), Andrew Schwartz, and others. The company''s founders are Brian Nickerson and Samira Mahjoub Tapia.

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APRIL 24, 2013

Silverpop , an Atlanta-based email marketing automation provider which also has operations in Irvine, said today that it has raised $25M in a venture debt funding. The funding came from Escalate Capital Partners and Silicon Valley Bank. Shaw & Co and Draper Fisher Jurveston. Silverpop is venture bcaked by D.E.

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MAY 4, 2011

La Jolla-based NeuroVigil , a firm developing non-invasive wireless brain recording technology and advanced computational analysis techniques, has raised a first round of funding, the firm said this week. Amount of the funding, and source, was not disclosed. The firm was founded by Dr. Philip Low.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

According to Enevate, LG Chem participated in its recently anounced funding round. According to Enevate, the new funding will help accelerate the development of its fast charge Li-ion battery technology for the electric vehicle market. Size of the investment by LG Chem was not announced. Enevate is led by President and CEO Robert A.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital is the lead investor in a strategic funding round this week for Cleveland, Ohio-based OnShift , a developer of human capital management software for the long-term, post-acute care market. OnShift said the new funding will go towards accelerating its growth strategy.

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JUNE 27, 2013

The starup, led by Clark Benson , said the funding came from Lowercase Capital , BullPen Ventures, Data Collective , as well as prior investors Draper Associates , Rincon Venture Partners , Siemer Ventures , TenOneTen, Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels. media social opinion voting crowd ranking capital venture ranker'

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Younity is venture backed by The funding came from Crosslink Capital, Draper Associates, PROfounders Capital, Lowercase Capital, as well as local angels like Kamran Pourzanjani and Brian Lee. Younity''s service runs on iOS and Windows desktops. READ MORE>>. storage music cloud snapchat sharing file younity'

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

in a Series A funding, the company said late Tuesday evening. capital venture finance equity crowdfunding crowdfunder' Los Angeles-based crowdfunding site Crowdfunder.com , the equity crowdfunding site led by Chance Barnett, has raised $3.5M READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Prolacta is venture backed by Alta Partners, Arcturus Capital, DFJ Frontier, DFJ Mercury Venture Partners, Draper Associates, Draper Richards, Funk Ventures, Gideon Hixon Fund, and Philip Capital. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Signia Venture Partners, along with Draper Nexus, DFJ Frontier, Double M Partners, and Daher Capital. Ed Cluss of Signia Ventures joins the company''s board as part of the funding. MomentFeed is led by Robert Blatt. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 30, 2010

venture funding round. According to EdenIQ, the Series B funding round was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and also included The Westly Group, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Cyrus Capital, Angeleno Group, Element Partners, Morgan Stanley & Company, Advanced equities, OmniNet, Nimes Capital, and others.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

MyShape had raised north of $36M in funding from such investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Tenaya Capital.

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JUNE 1, 2011

Both Howard Lindzon and Dave Samuel are joining the firm's board as part of the funding. Altly detailed its plans to create an alternative to Facebook last week, complaining in a lengthy manifesto from Shapiro that an alternative to Facebook was sorely needed due to privacy and other issues with the social networking site.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

La Jolla-based Synthetic Genomics , a developer of genomics technology for the biofuels industry, has now raised $35M of its ongoing $50M funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing from the company. Synthetic Genomics is backed by ExxonMobil, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Meteor Group, Biotechonomy LLC and Plenus, S.A.,

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APRIL 26, 2012

AnyBeat had raised funding from Freestyle Capital, Social Leverage, Arthur Bilger, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Howard Lindzon, Tom Anderson, Alex Bard, Alex Karelin, Kenny Van Zant, and Francis Costello. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

which is behind the younity personal cloud service, announced this morning that it has raised $3.545M in a seed funding round. younity entangled media venture capital personal data storage muckerlab cloud' Santa Monica-based Entangled Media Corp. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

A new report on the venture capital market was released Monday from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital association, and finds that venture capital fundraising has dropped to $1.6 billion in Q3, with only 17 venture capital funds raising money. Tags: nvca fundraising capital venture.

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APRIL 4, 2012

The round was led by Black Diamond Ventures, and also included DFJ Frontier, Ascend Ventures, Bryant Park Ventures and Draper Associates. Mogreet said the funds will go towards launching mobile sharing service moShare. in a strategic investment round. The company said the new round brings its total raised to $14.1M.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Santa Monica-based Wavemaker Ventures has raised a new, $66M venture capital investment fund, for its Southeast Asia efforts, the company said this week. According to Wavemaker, the fund exceeded what had been an initial $50M initial target for its investment fund.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

Irvine-based Enevate , a developer of rechargeable lithium ion batteries, has raised $24M in a Series B funding, the company said this morning. The round came from CEC Capital, Tsing Capital, and Presidio Ventures, along with prior investors Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 12, 2017

Los Angeles- and Singapore-based WaveMaker Partners , the venture capital firm managed here in LA by Eric Manlunas and David Siemer, with Paul Santos in Sinagpore, said over the weekend that it is finalizing its new, $50M fund. The new fund has a new focus specifically on investing in companies in Southeast Asia. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

in a new round of equity funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Wednesday. No details on the funding have yet been announced by the company, which is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, the Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2009

El Segundo-based ZADSPACE , a stealth mode firm developing advertising related products or technology, has raised an additional $500,000 in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm, bringing its total fundraising to $1.91M. Details on the funding have not been released by the firm. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Casting some additional light on the acquisition of El Segundo-based Ripple last week, acquiring firm TargetCast Networks revealed today that it has received a new round of venture capital worth $6.5M from one of Ripple's primary backers, Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Tags: capital venture targetcast ripple. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Two Los Angeles area venture capital firms have re-upped their investments in a provider of identity management software. in its new round of funding, which was led by Emergence Capital Partners. Other investors, aside form Anthem and DFJ Frontier, were RPM Ventures, Tim Draper, and Square 1 Bank. READ MORE>>.

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