SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 3, 2011

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 -- Annual Venture Capital Panel. Meet the top VCs who are investing in Southern California. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. 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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JANUARY 22, 2010

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M Tags: venture capital investment quarterly moneytree thomson reuters. was invested in the region.

Southern California 154

Southern California Venture Capital Invest Orange County 154

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

in a funding round. Details on the funding have not been announced by the firm. LeisureLink has previously raised funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Group RCI, Kodiak Ventures LP, Mission Ventures, Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

Tech Coast Angels 164

Tech Coast Angels Clearstone Pasadena Angels Mission Ventures 164

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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. The biggest are for venture activity in the quarter was Biopharmaceuticals, which was $299.13M of the quarterly total.

Southern California 140

Southern California Venture Capital Northridge Tech Coast Angels 140

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

in a new round of funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. No details on the funding have been released by the firm. RotoHog has previously raised funding from Allen & Company, DFJ DragonFund, Mission Ventures, and SCP Worldwide. According to the filing, the round target is $2.62M.

Mission Ventures 145

Mission Ventures Venture Capital Los Angeles Funding 145

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MARCH 24, 2010

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

Mission Ventures 140

Mission Ventures San Diego Venture Capital Web 140

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

Del Mar-based One Recovery , an online community site providing support for people recovering from addiction, has raised $1.49M in a funding round, according to a filing from the firm this week. According to the filing, the funding comes as part of an ongoing, $2.5M fundraising effort.

Mission Ventures 140

Mission Ventures Venture Capital Sites Capital 140

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Los Angeles-based RotoHog , developer of online fantasy sports games headed by Kelly Perdew, has confirmed that the firm's recently $2M funding came from Mission Ventures. In an open letter to customers earlier this week, Perdew said the funding from Mission will help the company grow as a brand. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 133

Mission Ventures Venture Capital Los Angeles News 133

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

San Diego-based Transaction Wireless , a developer of mobile gift card and other mobile marketing products, announced this morning that it has raised an additional $2M in funding. The funding came from its existing investors, Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 133

Mission Ventures San Diego Mobile Venture Capital 133

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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 ].

Cloud Computing 182

Cloud Computing Southern California Manhattan Beach Startup 182

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

According to Enevate, LG Chem participated in its recently anounced funding round. According to Enevate, the new funding will help accelerate the development of its fast charge Li-ion battery technology for the electric vehicle market. Size of the investment by LG Chem was not announced. Enevate is led by President and CEO Robert A.

Funding 133

Funding Draper Mission Ventures Capital 133

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. The funding included prior investors Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital. No details on the funding have yet been released. out of a $10.0M The firm is headed by Marc Zionts. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 133

Mission Ventures Venture Capital Mobile Software 133

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JANUARY 22, 2010

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M Tags: reuters thomson moneytree quarterly investment capital venture. was invested in the region.

Southern California 113

Southern California Invest Venture Capital Orange County 113

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Details on the funding have not been announced by the company. The filing shows representatives from JK&B Capital, Mission Ventures, ATA Ventures, and Enterprise Partners--all prior investors in the firm--remain on the board of directors.

Mission Ventures 124

Mission Ventures SaaS Enterprise Partners San Diego 124

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

San Diego-based Nirvanix , the provider of cloud storage services, said today that it has raised another $10M in a funding, and appointed a new CEO. The firm said the new round is a Series B, and comes from investors Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, Valhalla Partnes, and Windward Ventures. READ MORE>>.

Windward 153

Windward S3 Mission Ventures San Diego 153

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an editorial from Robert Kibble , who is a director of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), and Managing Partner at Mission Ventures.

Venture Capital 145

Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Startup 145

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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 out of a $2.15M funding effort, in a combination of debt and warrants. No details on the new funding have been announced by the company.

Mission Ventures 160

Mission Ventures Funding Capital Software 160

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AUGUST 11, 2011

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. The firm said the funding included Mission Ventures, Maveron, and Emergence Capital. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 154

Mission Ventures Services San Diego Capital 154

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APRIL 10, 2009

San Diego-based Nirvanix , a provider of Internet-based storage services, has raised $5M out of a $6M venture capital funding round, according to a regulatory filing. The filing, which was filed Friday, said that the funding came April 3rd. Details of the funding were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Windward 100

Windward Mission Ventures Venture Capital San Diego 100

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

NIM, which was acquired last week for $170M, had been backed by venture firms Redpoint Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures. OVP is known for its list of "missed deals" in its portfolio, and recently added Networks In Motion to its missed deal for its 2001-era Fund 6. READ MORE>>.

Networking 133

Networking Orange County Redpoint Mission Ventures 133

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JANUARY 28, 2009

Slacker is venture backed by Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds, and had previously raised $53.5M in funding. Tags: personal radio slacker venture capital. VentureWire cited a regulatory filing in reporting the news. READ MORE>>.

Report 100

Report Mission Ventures San Diego Venture Capital 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

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Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I spotted my fellow VC Leo Spiegel (from Mission Ventures) who had spoken previously to the same group and asked about his experiences. I walked around to a few tables and I asked students what would interest them. I can then change my focus based on the results. But ONLY do this if you plan to adjust your approach.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362

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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

Southern California 100

Southern California SoCalTech Technical Review Draper 100

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

in new funding, and will start creating its own, original video content. The new funding comes from existing investors Mission Ventures and Costella Kirsch. San Diego-based KidZui , the developer of a service which provides kid-safe content via a search engine and browser, announced this morning that it has raised $2.4M

Mission Ventures 140

Mission Ventures San Diego Content Funding 140

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JULY 9, 2009

A recent analysis by socalTECH, of our detailed tracking of venture capital investment activity in Southern California, finds that there was around $932M in funding raised in the area in Q2, a rise from roughly $700M in Q1. Tags: venture capital investment southern california 2009.

Southern California 100

Southern California Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Venture Capital 100

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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. Plus, Babcock says the new money in investments will demand more process, and/or lower valuations.

Rustic Canyon 124

Rustic Canyon Invest Technology Southern California 124

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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

Southern California 100

Southern California Invest Orange County Palomar 100

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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.

Technology 100

Technology Mission Ventures Funding Capital 100

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Venice Beach-based Access 360 Media, which operates an out-of-home advertising network, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Mission Ventures, and also included Bessemer Venture Partners. According to Access 360, the new funding will go towards accelerating company growth.

Media 100

Media Mission Ventures Venice Advertising 100

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JULY 20, 2009

Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. I see you were at Gluecode, and also were in the venture world at Mission Ventures--can you talk about how you've bootstrapped this firm and how it compares? Where does Webtide fit into the software world?

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California. If there were more great companies coming out of LA then it would create more demand for high quality VC firms. But there are also less great companies in LA, BECAUSE there is less access to sophisticated capital.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

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MARCH 26, 2009

funding round for the firm's travel booking service. We caught up with Eric Hovanec, the firm's CEO, and Steve Reich, the firm's SVP of Sales, to hear more about the funding. What will the funding be used for? Yesterday, Pasadena-based LeisureLink (www.leisurelink.com) announced a $6.2M We closed in the middle of March.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

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?

Venture Capital 242

Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242