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in a funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing from the firm. No details on the funding have been announced by the company. Impact Radius is backed by Redpoint Ventures, and the firm's management team includes Per Petterson, co-founder of Commission Junction.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Lastline has raised $10M in a funding round, to go towards the development of its malware defense software, the firm announced this morning. The new funding round was led by Redpoint Ventures and e.ventures, with Redpoint''s John Walecka joining the firm''s board. Lastline is led by Jens Andreassen.

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APRIL 23, 2013

SRCH2 announced today that it has raised a round of funding, and launched its efforts to provide those next-generation search capabilities to enterprises. Size of the funding round was not announced. Waxman is the co-founder of Firefly Networks, PeoplePC and SpotRunner. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 21, 2012

When is a funding also an exit? When part of that funding is used to pay off early investors. The $135M funding for Santa Barbara-based wireless music system maker Sonos appears to be just that, rewarding such investors as Andreas von Blottnitz, and undoubtedly co-founders John MacFarlane, Craig Shelburne, Tom Cullen.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Impact Radius , a developer of multi-channel, performance advertising technology, announced today that it has raised $6M in a venture funding round. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures. As part of the funding, Redpoint's Greg Martin joins the company's board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Machinima.com , an online entertainment site focused on video gamers, has raised $9M in a investment from Redpoint Ventures, the firm said this week. The firm said the Series B funding round will go towards accelerating further growth at the company.

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JULY 22, 2010

funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding, which came from nine investors, was not disclosed. Tags: leadpoint marketplace leads venture capital funding. Los Angeles-based Leadpoint , a developer of an online marketplace for sales leads, has raised $6.5M of an ongoing, $7.0M

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APRIL 16, 2010

in its Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Friday. Source of the additional funds was not disclosed. Clicker had announced in February that it had received $11M from JAFCO Ventures, Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures. The new funding ups the Series B to $13.0M. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 22, 2009

A New York-based online learning firm with links to the University of Southern California has scored a round of funding, and added Redpoint's Greg Martin to its board, the firm said this morning. Redpoint's Martin is based in Los Angeles. That program, MAT@USC, ofers a Master of Arts in Teaching through online courses.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

2tor , a New York-based firm with strong links to the University of Southern California and a local Los Angeles office, has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Highland Capital, and also included Redpoint Ventures, Novak Biddle Venture Partners, and City Light Capital. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

Los Angeles-based BetterWorks , the employee benefits platform provider headed by Paige Craig, announced today that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by Redpoint Ventures, and will go towards hiring, expansion, and continued development of its platform.

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MAY 11, 2010

West Hollywood-based SocialVibe , an online site which combines social media with support for brands and charities, has raised $11.65M in a Series C funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Monday. No details on the funding have been announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Source of the new funds have not yet been announced by the company. Machinma is venture backed by Redpoint Ventures, MK Capital, and others. Los Angeles-based Machinima , which operates a video entertainment network for video gamers and develops associated animated content tools, has raised $3.4M as part of an ongoing, $5.0M

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APRIL 23, 2013

The startup said recently that it now has over 100 food channels, covering food, travel, cooking, and more across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and has scored some funding to grow out its network. TasteMade is backed by Redpoint Ventures, and announced $5.3M in a Series A funding round last month. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

The funding was led by GRP Partners, and also included Redpoint Ventures and August Capital. Gravity said the new funds will help it expand its operations in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, as well as scale its publishing partners and deploy its platform.

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JULY 17, 2014

The biggest investments for the quarter were for Culver City-based NantHealth , the digital health venture of billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, which raised $135M in a funding; El Segundo-based Prodege (aka Swagbucks), which raised $60.1M True Ventures and Redpoint Ventures both had 3 investments each. Nationally, there was $13.0

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AUGUST 25, 2014

Lastline , a developer of cybersecurity software for malware defense, which has its research and development headquarters in Goleta, has raised $10M more in funding. According to Lastline, the funding came from Dell Ventures and Presidio Ventures, as well as existing investors Redpoint Ventures and e.ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 26, 2014

Santa Monica-based Tastemade , a publisher of food focused, video content led by Larry Fitzgibbon, said this morning that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Scripps Networks Interactive, and also included Liberty Media, Redpoint Ventures, Raine Ventures and Comcast Ventures.

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in angel funding, according to the firm's angel investment backers. The site--which was originally a project of Namesake--gained funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Redpoint Ventures, Atlas Venture, Paul Kedrosky, and Michael Arrington of TechCrunch.

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APRIL 18, 2012

According to 2tor, the credit line comes from Comerica Bank, and will be used to fund growth and its strategic initiatives.

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APRIL 5, 2010

The information--gleaned from funding announcements, regulatory filings, and other sources--are also up significantly from Q1 of last year, when only $729.89M was invested in the region. Other big funding deals included a big, $115.3M A quick analysis of venture capital deals in Q1, tracked by socalTECH, finds that there was around $1.4

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Irvine-based WebVisible , which helps local businesses place online advertising, has scored $20M in a new funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing from the firm. The round was led by Adams Street Partners, and also included Sutter Hill Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. WebVisible is headed by Kristen Mangers.

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Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures is the lead investor in a new, $15M Series B funding round for artificial intelligence software developer Tact. Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures joins Tact's board as part of the funding, which also included Microsoft Ventures, Accel Partners, and Redpoint Ventures.

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MARCH 15, 2011

in a Series C funding. The funding came from Highland Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Novak Biddle Venture Partners, and CityLight. New York-based 2tor , the online education startup which powers online degree programs from the University of Southern California (USC) and others, has raised $32.5M 2tor also has operations near USC.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Auditude is venture backed by Granite Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, Greylock Partners, and Redpoint Ventures; the appointment of Helfand came in conjunction with a new, $11M Series B funding round for Auditude. In addition to its Palo Alto headquarters, Auditude has Los Angeles and New York offices.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Santa Monica-based YouTube food show producer Tastemade has raised $10M in new funding, the firm said Thursday, led by Raine Ventures and also including Redpoint Ventures. As part of the new funding, Tastemade also launched an iPhone app geared around local restaurant review videos.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Scripted.com , the online marketplace for freelance writers which has a number of Southern California angel investors, said Wednesday that it has raised another $150,000 in funding.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

Gravity was venture backed by August Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and Upfront Ventures, and had raised around $20.6M in total funding. According to AOL, it will use Gravity''s technology to create more engaging, relevant, and valuable experiences for its consumers, advertisers and publisher partners. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 3, 2011

Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. Hark is backed by Redpoint, and happens to be co-founded by Fouad. How is the company funded and backed? Was Fouad with Redpoint at the time? However, Redpoint still wanted to go in.

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Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures ‭is one of the participants in a new funding for online used clothing marketplace thredUP , which announced a big $81M funding today. thredUP said this morning that the $81M, Series E funding was led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP). READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Irvine-based WebVisible officially announced this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by Focus Ventures and Adams Street Partners, with existing investors Redpoint Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures also participating in the funding. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 5, 2013

San Francisco-based Scripted.com announced a funding round yesterday, saying it has raised a Series A worth $4.5M, from Crosslink Capital, Redpoint Ventures, James Currier and Stan Chudnovsky from Ooga Labs, Branchout CEO Rick Marini, Bebo co-founder Michael Birch, Military.com co-founder Chris Michel, along with Paige Craig.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

in a seed funding round, from Redpoint Ventures, Google Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, Foundation Capital, BoxGroup, Slow Ventures, Data Collective, Eniac Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures, as well as others. Luxe said Thursday that it has raised $5.5M READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures has joined in a new round for one of its portfolio firms, Tact.ai , which announced a $27M Series C funding this morning. Tact.ai, which is based in Redwood City, has now raised more than $57M in total funding.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Los Angeles-based SocialVibe , the provider of social advertising software and technology, announced today that it has raised $20M in additional equity funding. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Redpoint Ventures, Jafco Ventures, and Pinacle Ventures. SocialVibe is headed by Jay Samit.

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JUNE 30, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , the venture capital arm of Qualcomm, has put its funding behind MapR , the company behind the big data software framework called Hadoop. MapR said today that it has raised $110M in a giant funding round, which was led by Google Capital, and also included Qualcomm Ventures.

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Los Angeles-based 11 Honore , a new startup offering up online shopping of designer, runway fashion, has raised $8m in a Series A funding, the company said on Monday. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included Forerunner Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Greycroft and Canvas Ventures, all existing investors.

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