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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. Nationally, venture capital investors invested $21.8

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Venture Capital Southern California Invest Capital 154

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Zui was venture backed by Emergence Capital, Mission Ventures, Maveron and the Scholastic Corporation. As a part of the acquisition, Saban said it will establish a new physical presence in San Diego, and add 12 employees to its organization. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Mission Ventures Entertainment Acquisition 223

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The firm appears to be the company Damarillo told socalTECH in July which had just received venture funding. MaestroDev lists venture capitalist Leo Spiegel, of Mission Ventures, as a board member; Damarillo serves as Chairman. READ MORE>>.

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Java Manhattan Beach SoCalTech Mission Ventures 242

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MAY 21, 2012

Fastpoint Games was venture backed by Allen & Co., Mission Ventures, DFJ Dragon and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide, but had begun shopping around its assets in October. Fastpoint had originally been known as Rotohog, and was able to sign up fantasy sports for such brands as NBA, NASCAR, FOX Sports TV and Sony.

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Santa Monica Mission Ventures Coach Sites 220

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 3, 2011

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 -- Annual Venture Capital Panel. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. Meet the top VCs who are investing in Southern California. Find out what they are looking to invest in. Learn about the hottest trends and the mistakes NOT to make. See [link] (more)

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Venture Capital LAVA Rustic Canyon Capital 100

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JULY 6, 2010

The acquisition is the end of a long road for Greenplum--originally based in Sherman Oaks--and its investors, which includes San Diego's Mission Ventures. The firm appears to have gone through at least one recapitalization, and multiple executive team changes, and moved to Silicon Valley in the meantime.

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Sherman Oaks Mission Ventures San Diego Acquisition 153

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 13, 2009

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 -- Obamanomics: What it means for Venture Capital. Featured speakers include four of the nation's top public policy experts in the venture community: Mark Heesen, Washington, D.C.-based See [link] (more).

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Venture Capital Capital Mission Ventures 100

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MARCH 14, 2012

San Diego-based ID Analytics , the developer of risk and identification management services, which is venture backed by Canaan Partners, Investor Growth Capital, Mission Ventures, and Trinity Ventures, has been acquired by LifeLock , the firms said today.

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Mission Ventures San Diego Acquisition Equity 174

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

LeisureLink has previously raised funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Group RCI, Kodiak Ventures LP, Mission Ventures, Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Tags: leisurelink vacation rental travel venture capital. Details on the funding have not been announced by the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Clearstone Pasadena Angels Mission Ventures 164

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AUGUST 11, 2011

The firm said the funding included Mission Ventures, Maveron, and Emergence Capital. San Diego-based KidZui , the developer of a kid-friendly Internet browser, said this week that it has raised another $2M in funding, and launched a new effort called ZUI.com. READ MORE>>.

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Mission Ventures Services San Diego Capital 154

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MARCH 24, 2010

The round was led by new investor Mission Ventures, and also included prior backers First Round Capital, Emergence Capital Partners and Maveron. Tags: kidzui browser venture capital. San Diego-based Kidzui , which develops a kid-friendly web browsers, has raised $4M in a funding, according to reports.

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Mission Ventures San Diego Venture Capital Web 140

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The firm counts Us Magazine, Bloomberg Sports, Sports Illustrated, NASCAR, The Los Angeles Times, hi5, LG, and the NBA, as customers.Fastpoint Games is venture backed by Allen & Co, Mission Ventures, DFJ Dragon and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide. READ MORE>>.

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Mission Ventures Los Angeles Platform Capital 172

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MARCH 13, 2009

What's going on in venture capital in San Diego? And how will the changing venture economy affect angel investors? Mission Ventures' Dave Ryan talks with Frank Peters, and offers advice for angel investors. More Insights and Opinions on socalTECH.com.

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San Diego Venture Capital Capital Mission Ventures 100

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

The firm--which is backed by Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital, among others--indicated it had raised $2.0M La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless has added another $2.0M in what looks like an inside, convertible debt round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week.

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Mission Ventures Funding Capital Software 160

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The round came from current investors, including Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals. Tags: travel capital venture rental vacation leisurelink. The company said the new funding will go towards investments in its technology platform, and also for its sales efforts.

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Clearstone Mission Ventures Pasadena Platform 160

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APRIL 24, 2012

Zui is backed by Emergence Capital, Mission Ventures, Maveron and the Scholastic Corporation. Zui.com, which is based in San Diego and headed by Cliff Boro, said the new featuers allow users to create their own avatars, "like" and "favorite" features, ability to make friends with others, and to share content with others.

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Social Network Networking Screening Mission Ventures 186

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JANUARY 5, 2011

The round was led by Columbia Capital, and also included prior investor Mission Ventures. Access 360 Media , a New York-based digital advertising firm with operations in Los Angeles, said Wednesday that it has raised $12M more in a Series C funding round.

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Media Screening Mission Ventures Advertising 159

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

said the funding was led by Intel Capital, and also included Mission Ventures and Valhalla Partners. Tags: macintosh raid apple capital venture data storage active. The company--which was founded by former executives at Apple, Inc.--said Amount of the funding was not disclosed. The firm is headed by Alex Grossman.

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Activity Torrance Funding Mission Ventures 145

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

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Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

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JANUARY 28, 2011

Nexiant is venture backed by InnoCal Venture Capital, Argentum Group, Forrest Binkley & Brown, Inverness Capital Partners, and Mission Ventures, among others. Sickler has previously served as Network Computing, Gadzoox Networks, Arzoon, Arcwave, and Ungermann-Bass.

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Innocal Mission Ventures Venture Capital Networking 140

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

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

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Technology Draper Mission Ventures Capital 153

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

Here are a number of Southern California startups who are making waves in the cloud computing, as mined from our subscription venture capital database. Funding: $25.5M, from Benchmark Capital, BV Capital, and New Enterprise Associates [ Profile ]. Funding: Mission Ventures [ Profile ]. Eucalyptus Systems.

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Cloud Computing Southern California Manhattan Beach Startup 182

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AUGUST 11, 2010

The company is backed by Allen & Co, Mission Ventures, DFJ Dragon and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide. All of the games are based on RotoHog's SCP platform. RotoHog is headed by Kelly Perdew, and provides white-label, fantasy sports and other games to its partners. READ MORE>>.

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Mission Ventures Los Angeles Entertainment Platform 167

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JUNE 20, 2011

Representatives from Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital continue to have seats on the company's board of directors. The filing indicates the funding is part of a $3.786M fundraising effort still in progress by the company. Source of the new funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Mission Ventures Funding Software Capital 150

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

San Diego-based Slacker , the personalized Internet radio service backed by Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds, has raised $2.0M Tags: slacker personal internet radio service venture capital. The filing indicates the firm has a target of $6.0M

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Funding Mission Ventures San Diego Venture Capital 145

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

RotoHog has previously raised funding from Allen & Company, DFJ DragonFund, Mission Ventures, and SCP Worldwide. Tags: rotohog venture capital online fantasy sports software. No details on the funding have been released by the firm. The firm last raised a round of funding, also worth $2.0M, in March. READ MORE>>.

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Mission Ventures Venture Capital Los Angeles Funding 145

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MARCH 8, 2010

MaxLinear is venture backed by USVP, Battery Ventures, Mission Ventures, UMC Capital, and others. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank Securities, UBS Investment Bank, Thomas Weisel Partners, and Needham & Company. READ MORE>>.

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Mission Ventures Pricing Invest Capital 150

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MARCH 2, 2010

Active Storage is headed by ex-Apple executives, and is venture backed by Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, and Valhalla Partners. The firm said the new product starts at $19,999.

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Activity Product Torrance Mission Ventures 150

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included current investors Comcast Interactive Capital, Artiman Ventures, and Mission Ventures. Tags: transcoding video mobile intel capital venture wireless ortiva. The new funding brings the company's total raised to over $35M. READ MORE>>.

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SoCalTech Mission Ventures Mobile Resource 140

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

One Recovery is headed by David Metzler, formerly a venture capitalist at Mission Ventures and investment banker at CIBC World Markets. Tags: recovery onerecovery addiction treatment healthcare lifescience venture capital. According to the filing, the funding comes as part of an ongoing, $2.5M fundraising effort.

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Mission Ventures Venture Capital Sites Capital 140

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APRIL 16, 2012

Active Storage is backed by Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, and Valhalla Partners. READ MORE>>.

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Activity Torrance Mission Ventures IBM 147

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MARCH 11, 2010

Nirvanix is backed by Intel Capital, Valhalla Partners, Mission Ventures, Windward Ventures, and the European Founders Fund. Nirvanix is a provider of a cloud storage service targeted at enterprises and web application developers; Nasuni develops a virtual network attached storage (NAS) file server that runs on VMware.

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Windward Mission Ventures San Diego Web 145

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MARCH 10, 2010

MaxLinear is one of the Southern California companies in the midst of an IPO effort, hoping to list on the NYSE; the firm is venture backed by USVP, Battery Ventures, Mission Ventures, and UMC Capital. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Mission Ventures Networking Capital 145

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

Irvine-based Enevate , a venture-backed battery technology startup focused on advanced, rechargeable Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, said this morning that it has rolled out some new battery technology.

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Technology Draper Mission Ventures Capital 138

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The firm said the new round is a Series B, and comes from investors Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, Valhalla Partnes, and Windward Ventures. Tags: nirvanix venture capital executive storage data cloud. Nirvanix also said it has named Scott Genereux as its President and Chief Executive Officer. READ MORE>>.

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Windward S3 Mission Ventures San Diego 153

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

The funding included prior investors Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital. Tags: ortiva wireless venture capital convertible video streaming software mobile telecom. out of a $10.0M funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Mission Ventures Venture Capital Mobile Software 133

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MAY 1, 2012

Ortiva Wireless was venture backed by Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital, and others, and had raised somewhere north of $40M for its efforts. The company said that the acquisition will be accretive on a quarterly basis by the end of 2012, contributing between $3.0 READ MORE>>.

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Mission Ventures Acquisition Mobile Networking 145