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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. Of these 19 have received funding (10 have received significant amounts of VC funding) and 5 have been acquired (2 for more than $30 million).

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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. READ MORE>>.

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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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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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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 a funding round. in investments.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

The City of Los Angeles and investment firm Goren Holm Ventures --the new Blockchain investment firm of Alon Goren and Josef Holm--said they will be funding a blockchain pitch contest at the upcoming CIS blockchain conference. According to the two, judges for the event include billionaire investor Tim Draper.

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APRIL 4, 2012

in a strategic investment round. 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. The company said the new round brings its total raised to $14.1M.

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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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MARCH 2, 2009

Arcadia-based Siimpel Corporation , which is developing MEMs-based components for mobile cameras, announced Monday afternoon that the firm has raised an additional round of investment from LG Innotek. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Siimpel was formerly known as SiWave, and is backed by DOCOMO Capital Inc.,

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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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JUNE 25, 2020

The Creative Artists Agency and venture investor New Enterprise Associates (NEA) have launched a new, investment partnership to invest in early-stage, consumer focused businesses, the two said on Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

According to Enevate, LG Chem participated in its recently anounced funding round. Size of the investment by LG Chem was not announced. 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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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

MyShape apparently had run out of money three times between April and November of last year, was unable to garner enough support from its existing investors for more cash, and had hired an investment bank to sell the company, unsuccessfully.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based Ranker , the online site which lets users rank, view, vote, and share their opinions on a wide range of topics, announced today that it has raised $2M in a follow on investment round.

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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. Financial details of that strategic investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Mountain View-based Google confirmed in its quarterly earnings report this week that it was the biggest investor in the recent, $1 billion funding round for Hawthorne-based SpaceX. The remainder of the funding round came from Fidelity, Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Valor Equity Partners and Capricorn.

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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. . “To me the investment in UNest is a great opportunity to help my community.

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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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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Los Angeles-based Siemer Ventures , the venture capital arm of investment bank Siemer & Associates, has been one of the most active local investors lately--and is continuing that trend, with the investment in Ribbon. in a seed funding round. in a seed funding round. Curious to what Siemer has been investing in lately?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Arcadia-based Siimpel Corporation, a developer of micro-electrical-mechanical optical technology, announced today that it has scored another round of funding. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. Siimpel has previously raised more than $52M in funding. 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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MARCH 1, 2011

San Diego-based Genomatica , a developer of sustainable chemical technology, announced today that it has raised another $45M in funding. The firm said the funding was led by VantagePoint Venture Partners; Bright Capital, a Russian venture investment firm; and Waste Management. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 26, 2014

Sequoia Capital''s Douglas Leone, was placed at number six for his role in funding San Diego''s ServiceNow ; Bessemer''s Byron Deeter was ranked #36 due to his role in funding Santa Monica''s Cornerstone OnDemand ; Stephen Jurveston, of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, was ranked at #59 for his investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Phunware, based in Austin, Texas, is backed by Wavemaker Partners (Draper Network Fund), Fraser McCombs Ventures, Maxima Ventures, Samsung, Cisco Investments, World Wrestling Entertainment, PLDT Capital, Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN), Baylor Angel Network (BAN) and others. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 9, 2012

EdenIQ , the spinout of San Diego-based Altra Biofuels , the developer of biofuels processing technology, has scored $30M in new venture capital funding, the company said today. EdenIQ, which is taking biomaterials technology being applied to sustainable chemical and fuel production, said it has raised both equity and debt in the funding.

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Draper San Diego Equity Venture Capital 133

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MAY 22, 2018

Santa Monica-based Halogen Ventures , the female-focused venture capital fund run by Jesse Draper, has made an investment in email newsletter and millennial women's news source TheSkimm. as part of its first fund, Halogen Ventures LP. Halogen specifically invests in female founders. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2020

Los Angeles-based UNest , which develops a mobile app to help parents with financial planning as well as college savings, has raised $9M in a funding round, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from Anthos Capital, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Artemis Fund, Draper Dragon and Unlock Ventures.

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Draper Los Angeles Mobile Funding 113

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FEBRUARY 11, 2015

in funding. The funding included $4.4M in a Series A funding, along with $1.1M in seed funding. The Series A came from Charles River Ventures, Karlin Ventures, Upside Partnership, and Draper & Associates. kleinman brandon fine leura investment karlin capital venture marketplace design interior wolf laurel'

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

San Diego-based Eventful announced late last night that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round, led by Telefonica. According to Eventful, the investment round also included existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Bay Partners. The funding round brings the company's total raised to around $19.6M.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

The funding came from Google, Fidelity, as well as existing investors Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Valor Equity Partners and Capricorn. SpaceX said the new funds will go towards continued innovation in the areas of space transport, reusability, and satellite manufacturing. 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. We chatted with Jeb Spencer , Managing Partner at TVC, to understand the firm's strategy and how the investment worked out. When did you invest in the firm? Talk more about your philosophy of investments?

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JULY 8, 2010

Funding: Around $4.0M. Funding: $12.8M. Funding: Over $41.0M. Funding: $50.0M. Funding: $150.0M. Backers: ACME Group, Google, Idealab, NRG, Oak Investment Partners, The Quercus Trust of California. Funding: $300.0M. In the other corner: Scribd - Profile. Backers: Insight Venture Partners.

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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. Xobni’s main competitor that I know about is Gist, funded by Brad Feld at Foundry Group. Others I have not. Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Shift Technologies , the online marketplace for used cars which has major operations in Los Angeles, has raised $50M in new funding for the startup, the company said today. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP), and also included Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Highland Capital Partners.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

What they do, is accelerate that team or company to get them to the next level, and then go through and put in some investment money, help them build out the management team, and help with vendor relationships, help with overall strategy, and then help those companies riase their next round of capital. We actually are ideating internally.

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OCTOBER 1, 2008

invested in Q3 of 2007, and down slightly from venture numbers in Q2, when there was approximately $966M in venture deals. The numbers were driven by large dollar fundings in the clean technology sector, including large rounds to PowerGenix, Aptera Motors, and Pentadyne.

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JANUARY 26, 2015

Irvine-based Western Digital has backed the developer of semiconductor memory technology, as part of a strategic funding round. Everspin Technologies , which develops "magnetoresistive RAM"--aimed at use in such things at solid state storage--said this morning that it has raised $29M in a Series B funding round. READ MORE>>.

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