socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The company''s platform includes document sharing, collaboration, and other features, and it counts such clients as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, NextView Ventures, Edwards Lifesciences, Draper and Kramer, and Proprietary Capital. READ MORE>>.

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Software Review Funding Draper SaaS 235

socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2020

Los Angeles-based Giftz , a startup that offers up a mobile wallet and marketplace for points, miles, and gift cards, has received an investment from LA's Draper Goren Holm , the two said on Wednesday. Size of the investment was not announced.

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Draper Funding Mobile Los Angeles 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2013

According to data from the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report, the funding for Southern California's startups in Q4 of 2012 came from a total of 124 different venture groups, only 26 of which (20%) were actually based in Southern California. invested in Southern California in Q4, down from the $859.6M READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Funding Startup Draper 198

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

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. in a Series A funding.

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Draper Pasadena Angels Pasadena Venture Capital 162

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

According to the report, the investment represent a new record total in the number of quarterly clean technology investments. The report found that infrastructure and vehicle investments led the industry, with $704M in investments, including $140M in Irvine-based Fisker Automotive and $30M for Santa Monica-based Coda Automotive.

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Technology Draper Santa Monica Venture Capital 160

socalTECH

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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Invest Draper Venture Capital Capital 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2015

The Siemer Summit , the invite-only conference which has been organized by technology investment banking firm Siemer & Associates for the last four years, is returning this year, according to the firm.

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Draper Beverly Hills Conference Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

Irvine-based Miven Ventures , the venture capital arm of Victor Tsao , the founder of Linksys , has re-upped its investments in a near field communications (NFC) firm, ViVOtech. The round included new investors Singapore EDBI, SingTel Innov8, and Motorola Solutions Venture Capital.

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Draper Venture Capital Mobile Capital 154

socalTECH

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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Invest Southern California Funding Draper 113

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2011

DFJ Mercury , one of the affiliate venture firms of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, said Tuesday that it has promoted a venture partner who will be splitting his time between La Jolla and Houston, its headquarters. The firm--which invests in seed and early stage venture capital--said that it has promoted Russ Lebovitz, Ph.D.,

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San Diego Draper Monrovia Southern California 145

socalTECH

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. Curious to what Siemer has been investing in lately? in a seed funding round.

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Draper Seed Funding Commerce Social Network 164

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In it''s 10-K, Google confirmed that it invested $900M in the recent funding round for SpaceX on January 20th, saying the investment goes to help support continued innovation in the areas of space transport, reusability, and satellite manufacturing. The investment gives Google and Fidelity combined a 10 percent ownership in SpaceX.

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SpaceX Google Invest Draper 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

The filing indicates the fundraising includes both equity and debt, and appears to be the first investment in a new venture round. Siimpel is venture backed by such firms as Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DoCoMo Capital, LG Innotek, Zone Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, Motorola, Micron, Portage Ventures, and SunAmerica.

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Arcadia Zone Ventures Draper Venture Capital 145

socalTECH

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. The company said the new round brings its total raised to $14.1M.

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Mogreet Draper Mobile Los Angeles 213

socalTECH

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.

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Anthem Draper Yahoo Venture Capital 154

socalTECH

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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Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand SoCal San Diego 159

socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2020

John Nackel, says it has launched a new venture capital fund, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Fund II. According to Wavemaker 360, the fund focuses on healthcare start-ups seeking seed-stage investment, and importantly avoids biotech. Size of the new fund was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Draper Santa Monica Pasadena 133

socalTECH

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.

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Draper San Diego Equity Venture Capital 133

socalTECH

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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Draper Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

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. Halogen Ventures recently raised $10.4M as part of its first fund, Halogen Ventures LP. READ MORE>>.

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Draper Newsletter Santa Monica USC 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Siimpel said the new round of funding was led by DOCOMO Capital, and also included Qualcomm, Motorola, Micron Technology, and its existing venture investors, which includes Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Portage Venture Partners, Zone Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, and SunAmerica.

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Arcadia Zone Ventures Invest Draper 100

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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Southern California SoCalTech Technical Review Draper 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2015

The funding came from Google, Fidelity, as well as existing investors Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Valor Equity Partners and Capricorn. google spacex investment venture capital internet satellite constellation launch rocket mars aerospace goog fidelity' READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Google Draper Hawthorne 100

socalTECH

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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Draper Acquisition Entertainment Mobile 153

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2015

The new round was led by GLOBALFOUNDRIES and WD''s venture arm, Western Digital Capital, along with prior venture backers New Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Sigma Partners, Epic Ventures, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. READ MORE>>.

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Develop Development Draper Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

MAY 4, 2011

NeuroVigil has previously raised seed funding from DFJ Frontier, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Zone Ventures, which invested $250K in the firm when it won the 2008 DFJ Venture Challenge. NeuroVigil's technology is based on research from the Salk Instutute for Biological Studies. The firm was founded by Dr. Philip Low.

Funding 133

Funding Zone Ventures Draper Seed Funding 133

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

Crowdfunder is backed by such investors as Tim Draper (DFJ), Bill Quigley (Clearstone, Crypto Currency Partners), Bridge 37 Ventures, Ideas & Capital Venture Capital, Maura O'Neill, Capital Nuts, Marcus Segal (Zynga), Mark Rampolla (ZICO Coconut Water), David Wilner (Windriver Systems), and others.

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Clearstone Draper Santa Monica Venture Capital 113

socalTECH

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. Jeb Spencer: The goal at TVC Capital is to do exactly this.

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Capital Hermosa Beach El Segundo Invest 168

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Size of the investment by LG Chem was not announced. The company's other investors include Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures, CEC Capital, Samsung, and Lenovo, in addition to LG Chem. Enevate is led by President and CEO Robert A.

Funding 133

Funding Draper Mission Ventures Capital 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Pasadena-based MyShape has raised $12M in a round of venture capital, the company's CEO, Louise Wannier, confirmed Monday after reports that the firm had closed a round of funding, but said the round was still in progress. MyShape runs an online apparel store which is targeted on matching women with clothing that best fits them.

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MyShape Tech Coast Angels Draper Pasadena Angels 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The Bitcoinference served as day 1 of 2 for 500 Startups’ “Commercism” series, with an official agenda that covered industry happenings, social dynamics, and a look into the investment environment. The next portion of the discussion moves into investments into Bitcoin: the currency, technology, and in startups in the space.

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Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2020

The private school is a favorite of Sand Hill Road venture capitalists and technology executives, and has taught the children of many venture capitalists and executives, including those of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Menlo Ventures, and Goldman Sachs; the school also has ties to Draper Fisher Jurvetson, where Jesse Draper (..)

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Draper Report Capital Technology 124

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2016

Los Angeles-based venture investor Crosscut Ventures is one of the backers of a new startup, Fluent , developing blockchain technology for the financial markets. Louis Arch Angels. READ MORE>>.

Draper 100

Draper Startup Seed Funding Los Angeles 100

LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

In addition to showing the audience what the pitch process is like, the judges — Anthony Saleh (Queensbridge Ventures, NAS, The Future), Angela Benton (NewMe Accelerator), Steve Pamon, (formerly JP Morgan Chase), Derek Ferguson (Revolt TV) — each picked 2 companies to mentor. To apply to SMASHD Labs, visit [link].

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Mentor Venture Capital Draper USC 75

Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2018

percent compared to the same time last year, according to Renaissance Capital. Biotech financing is a cyclical thing. Two years ago, the IPO window was unlatched but a number of companies ended up withdrawing their stock offerings. Others that pushed their IPOs through couldn’t sell shares at the price they wanted.

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Pricing Capital Draper San Diego 49

Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The Bristol, UK-based startup, founded in 2016, has now secured a total of more than $300 million in financing from venture capital firms and other investors including Microsoft and the corporate venture arms of BMW and Dell Technologies. One of the leading contenders in the A.I.

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Technical Review Product Venture Capital Software Review 65

Xconomy

JANUARY 24, 2019

[ Updated 9:30 a.m., Roughly half of American adults have no legal document that details how their assets should be distributed when they die.

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San Diego Seed Funding Funding Startup 73