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AUGUST 21, 2017

A new bill is expected to be introduced this week by local Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara), to target incidents of sexual harassment in the venture capital industry. Hanna-Beth Jackson is looking to use Senate Bill 224 to amend the Unrah Act, to clarify that the law applies to women entrepreneurs. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alon Goren , Invested.in (Los Angeles/Ventura, crowdfunding). Rob Reed , MomentFeed (Los Angeles/Ventura, analytics). Getting to this list was not easy: we received over 700 nominations for people to be considered on the list, and it took a lot of work by our selection committee to whittle down the list to the finalists.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Ventura-based Connexity , a developer of Internet advertising and targeting technology, announced today that it has secured $2M in a debt financing. Connexity said the line will go towards additional working capital, to accelerate its growth. The financing came from Silicon Valley Bank.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Ventura-based The Trade Desk , the online advertising ad exchange headed by AdECN vet Jeff Green, has added another investor to its recent funding. Tags: angel capital venture startup green jeff adecn tradedesk desk trade. seed investment round. Wider Wake Networks is headed by Paul Olliver. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Ventura-based NetPlenish , the automated replenishment service headed by Dave Compton, has launched its services, launching its service to to the audience at TechCrunch Disrupt yesterday. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2009

According to a note from John Dilts, the angel group's founder and President, the move comes due to the increase in entrepreneurs coming to angel groups, given the retracting availability of funding from banks and venture capital firms. Tags: venture capital investment angel angels maverick. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Ventura-based Lottay , an online social gifting firm, has raised $200K more, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. Tags: lottay online social gifts facebook gifting media venture capital. No details on the funding have been announced by the company, which is backed by DFJ Frontier. READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2016

Ventura-based Trade Desk has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raised up to $86.25M on an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market. The IPO is being underwritten by Citigroup, Jefferies, RBC Capital Markets, Needham & Company, and Raymond James. The company says it has filed to trade as TTD. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

eByline's founders are Bill Momary and Allen Narcisse, who have had experience both at the Los Angeles Times and the Ventura County Star. Tags: ebyline startup marketplace freelance publishing writing writers freelancer venture capital scripps newspaper. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

Ventura-based Aquea Scientific, which develops a UVA/UVB sunscreen which can be washed on or applied in the shower, has quietly raised $10.955M in funding. The funding was first disclosed in the PricewaterhouseCOopers/NVCA MoneyTree venture capital report over the weekend.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In this presentation, Benjamin Kuo, Founder and Editor of socaltech.com, Southern California's leading online resource for information on startups, venture capital, and the technology industry all across Southern California, talks about some hints and tips on pitching to investors. What works? What doesn't?

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MARCH 23, 2010

Ventura-based The Trade Desk , a new online Internet advertising exchange firm headed by AdECN co-founder Jeff Green, has raised $2.5M Tags: marketplace exchange advertising internet capital venture green jeff adecn thetradedesk. in a venture funding round.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

According to his LinkedIn profile, Momary was previously VP of Multimedia Advertising at the Ventura County Star, and a Regional Advertising Manager at the Los Angeles Times, as well as serving as an Account Executive at Cars.com. Tags: publish market journalism content publishing marketplace capital venture ebyline. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Ventura-based NetPlenish , a startup which is developing a service which will provide automated replenishment of items, combined with an automatic price comparison engine, has quietly raised funding from 500 Startups. NetPlenish is part of the Ventura Ventures Technology Center. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Ventura, California-based outdoor clothing manufacturer Patagonia said Monday that it has made an investment in Teas-based AeonClad Coatings , a developer of water-repellent coatings and other specialty coatings technology.

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MARCH 22, 2012

Come network with Investors, Start-ups and the SBDC Incubators can provide you with access to capital, consulting, targeted trainings, networking opportunities, access to work space, and a calendar of relevant events and our panelists are going to expand upon how this applies to your business. See [link] (more)

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

The company said it is in the midst of selecting a headquarters locations in Ventura County and hiring. Tags: advertising internet fastclick gross dave capital venture connexity. Gross started and headed up FastClick, taking it to an IPO in 2005, and eventually selling the firm to ValueClick. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2015

jobs hiring county ventura village westlake coreinnovation marketplace auto capital venture insurance coverhound' Core Innovation''s Arjun Schutte joins the company''s board with the new funding, which brings its total raised to over $20M. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Beanfields' CEO is Arnulfo Ventura. The funding was led by PowerPlant Ventures, and also included NRV and Western Technology Investment. Size of the funding was not announced. PowerPlant Ventures acquired the majority ownership of Beanfields back in 2017. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

For today's Insights and Opinions piece, we have an article from John Dilts , founder of the Maverick Angels and one of the co-founders of The BioTech Forum , the effort to jump start biotech startup activity in Ventura County. Tags: insights opinions venture capital angel investment maverick angels dilts john. Continued.).

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MARCH 29, 2012

With capital gains taxes expected to increase, corporate profits at all-time highs, and private equity firms sitting on a lot of cash, what will the MandA environment look like throughout 2012? Multiples for middle market companies remained relatively strong in 2011, at an average of 8.2x See [link] (more)

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

but also speculated on if there's enough capital to fund follow on investments for graduates of those accelerators. Participants hailed the work that the many accelerators in town have done to spur startups and innovation here: Amplify, LaunchpadLA, MuckerLab, io/LA, StartEngine, et al.--but

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

Ventura-based Vivometrics, maker of medical monitoring technology, has raised $19.917M in funding, according to numbers released by this week's PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA venture capital report. Details of the funding were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Ebyline was founded by Bill Momary, a former Advertising VP at the Ventura County Star, and Allen Narcisse, who has previously served at the LA Times, among other companies. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. Ebyline has previously raised funding from E.W. Scripps Company. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

Ventura-based Apollo Robotics , a new startup developing autonomous drone hardware and software aimed at automated surveying, announced this morning that it has named Rob Cammack as its Chief Executive Officer. Cammack is an existing angel investor in the company.

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MAY 12, 2016

Ventura-based outdoor apparel company Patagonia has partnered with a startup developing a high performance, synthetic silk fabric, made out of natural proteins. The investment round came from Nan Fung, Innovation Endeavors, Alafi Capital, East West Capital, Foundation Capital and Founders Fund. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2016

Ventura, California-based The Trade Desk , the advertising technology developer led by Jeff Green, has raised $125M in a credit facility, according to the company. The companysaid that it will use the new funding for global expansion initiatives and for working capital. The revolving credit facility was led by Citibank N.A.,

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OCTOBER 12, 2008

Friday, October 17, 2008 -- "Critical Factors to Consider When Advising Early Stage and Emerging Companies" Ventura County CPA/Law Society. It will include discussions relating to choice of entity, capital structure, equity incentive plans and protecting intellectual property rights and trade secrets. Email cpalaw@hemming.com.

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APRIL 14, 2016

in venture capital in Q1, according to the latest MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data from Thomson Reuters. funding round, and $60M in Ventura-based advertising technology developer TradeDesk. Southern California startups raised $810.5M Los Angeles had $399.1M

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Ventura, California-based outdoor clothing company Patagonia is giving a big boost to the solar industry, saying today that it is investing over $13M to help create a new, $27M fund to purchase more than 1,000 rooftop solar power systems in Hawaii.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The Woka Foundation was co-founded by Barbara Karplus and her husband Rob Womer, two philanthropists from Ventura County. Portland-based VertueLab said it launched its $5M, Climate Impact Fund with the first close of $525,000 from the Woka Foundation, ImpactAssets, Vanguard Charitable and a number of individuals.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

We recently ran into Dave Compton , Chairman and CEO of Ventura-based NetPlenish.com (www.netplenish.com), a early stage startup working on a service which will automatically re-order items for consumers. We're in the midst of a $700,000 seed round, and we're up in the Ventura Technology Center. What is NetPlenish?

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

Southern California's venture capital totals dropped significantly in Q3 of 2016, to a mere $663.2M Another $28.68M was invested in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, plus Ventura. in funding, according to the latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report, based on data from Thomson Reuters.

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MARCH 1, 2016

Ventura, California--despite a number of growing high tech startups--has not been known for buildling multi-million dollar Internet companies. However, The Trade Desk , the advertising software developer led by Jeff Green, has quietly pushed past $202M in revenues, to become one of the faster growing firms in the region.

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APRIL 4, 2013

They were very small shcools--he went to Cate, which is inland from Ventura in the Santa Barbara area, and I went to The Thacher School, and we both ended up at the University of Southern California. Form there, we got interest from incubators, angel investors, and venture capital. How''d you start the company?

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

A local, Ventura County biotechnology executive, Keith Leonard , has taken the helm of UNITY Biotechnology , a heavily backed San Francisco biotech startup focused on curing diseases of aging, as a result of a big $116M funding round at the company.

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MAY 15, 2020

Navy and its NavalX unit, to help reduce barriers between the Navy and non-traditional partners such as start-ups, small businesses, academia, non-profits, and private capital. A new, 60,000 square foot lab and research center in port Hueneme has been set up by the U.S.

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