socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Irvine-based Enevate , which is developing Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology, said this morning that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Infinite Potential Technologies, Tsing Capital and Mission Ventures along with Presidio Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The round came from current investors, including Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals. The company said the new funding will go towards investments in its technology platform, and also for its sales efforts. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless , a developer of mobile video optimization technology, confirmed Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $8M in its Series C funding. The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included current investors Comcast Interactive Capital, Artiman Ventures, and Mission Ventures.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

One of the most active areas of interest and growth in the technology industry today is cloud computing--the use of computing resources on the Internet, to accomplish tasks that normally would have taken a server farm or local systems. Funding: $25.5M, from Benchmark Capital, BV Capital, and New Enterprise Associates [ Profile ].

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2012

Ramakrishnan was most recently at Promise Technology, and also has served at Cisco and IBM. Active Storage is backed by Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, and Valhalla Partners. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Irvine-based Enevate , which develops lithium-ion battery technology, said today that it has added South Korean battery manufacturer LG Chem as an investor. According to Enevate, the new funding will help accelerate the development of its fast charge Li-ion battery technology for the electric vehicle market. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

Los Angeles LA Tech 101: The Company We Keep A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA Los Angeles Startup Networking Here are some guides to many of the different networking events around startups, technology, etc.:

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2012

Allot said it will integrate Ortiva's technology into its Allot Service Gateway product. 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. in revenues for the second half of 2012.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Lowe is the former managing director for Media & Broadcast Technology at NASCAR Media Group. Active Storage is led by ex-Apple executives, and backed by Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, and Valhalla Partners. Lowe also previously was at Apple for nearly a decade. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2010

Still on tap for an IPO are Pasadena-based Green Dot , Pasadena-based Genmark Diagnostics , Westlake Village-based Inphi , San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies , Los Angeles-based GameFly , San Diego-based Trius Therapeutics , City of Industry-based NewEgg , and Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2009

The funding came from its existing investors, Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures. The company said the new funds will go towards ongoing technology and customer deployment and sales and marketing. Tags: transaction wireless venture capital mobile gift card marketing. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

Los Angeles LA Tech 101: The Company We Keep A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA Los Angeles Startup Networking Here are some guides to many of the different networking events around startups, technology, etc.:

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Kibble, who was returning from a board meeting of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) Friday, said the topic was definitely on the minds of other venture capitalists on the board of the NVCA.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2016

Irvine-based battery technology developer Enevate announced this morning that it has appointed John B. Kennedy was previously CFO at Sprocket Media and SolarBridge Technologies, and also has served at Primarion, ValueClick, and other companies. Kennedy as its new Chief Financial Officer. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2021

According to the company, EnerTech International will commercialize its battery technology in the transportation, mobility, and reserve power markets. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2013

Debra Chrapaty, who formerly was CIO of Zynga, also served at Cisco as SVP of its Collaboration Software Group, in addition to working at Microsoft and E*TRADE Technologies. Nirvanix is venture backed by Khosla Ventures, Valhalla Partners, Intel Capital, Mission Ventures and Windward Ventures.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2008

San Diego-based Nirvanix, a provider of storage-as-a-service, said Tuesday that the firm's technology is being used by video delivery firm Ooyala. Nirvanix is backed by European Founders Fund, Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, Valhalla Partners, and Windward Ventures. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2009

A quick analysis by socalTECH of our tracking of venture capital deals in Southern California finds that there was around $879M in venture funding activity here in Q3. PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association, and VentureOne will release their quarterly nationwide results of venture activity later this month.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

-The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009 Proliferate - Aggregate - Integrate Startups Uncensored #4 - “Finding and Working with Partners” SoCal VC’s absent from Forbes Midas List Top Five Best Uses of an Entrepreneur's Legal Dollars What Data Crunchers Did for Obama An Evaluation of Web Strategy (..)

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Enevate is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures/Sumitomo, and CEC Capital. He got his start in the engineering side of the business at Rockwell International and Conexant Systems, according to Enevate.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2016

Enevate said that Altman had been at Qualcomm since 1989, and served as General Counsel, President of Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL), President of Qualcomm and Vice Chairman. Enevate is venture backed by Infinite Potential Technologies, Tsing Capital and Mission Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2009

According to the company, the funding came from Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. Big Stage Entertainment develops technology which takes user photos and creates 3-D, facial avatars. Tags: capital venture entertainment stage. in a Series B funding for the firm. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2009

Nirvanix described Russell as a longtime technology executive with more than 20 years of hands-on experience. Nirvanix said Russell hails from NextEngine, where he was vice president of technology. Before that, Nirvanix noted, he was chief technology officer and a general manager for DivX Inc. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

The funding came from Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures. Transaction Wireless said the funding will go towards sales and marketing expansion, technology development, and customer deployment. Leo Spiegel of Mission Ventures and Marc Averitt of Okapi Ventures have joined the firm's board as part of the funding.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association have weighed in on Q3 venture capital totals, saying that $475.5M Nationally, the MoneyTree report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data from Thomson Reuters, found that there was $4.8

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2009

Foskett has previously served at Contoural, GlassHouse Technologies, and StorageNetworks; Gidwani has served at Stratoform Technologies, Drivecam, Qualcomm, Cisco, and Applied Materials; and Schwarzentruber was at Continuity Software. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. Magnify360 was voted the best investment opportunity by both venture capitalist audience members and panelists. READ MORE>>

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Talk us through how the person using your product is benefiting through your technology. I spotted my fellow VC Leo Spiegel (from Mission Ventures) who had spoken previously to the same group and asked about his experiences. Don’t: show us every single feature – we don’t care. They had more advanced degrees.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. Because we've really hit a strong note, with Jetty used in thousands and thousands of domains out there, our technology is our calling card, and our service is sold to people who value them. So far so good.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

1 of a product up and running in a few months weeks getting thousands of users for next to no capital, in Los Angeles many folks will take over a year and spend a million dollars just to get a beta product ready. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Downtown Works is a co-working space for technology startups that opened last month in a completely renovated office building at the corner of India and West B streets. The co-working space occupies the top floor and mezzanine of the building, and includes shared desks, offices, conference rooms, kitchen, and rooftop deck. It’s really cool.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice).

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