TechCrunch LA

MAY 2, 2018

The massage-on-demand service Soothe seems to be rubbing investors the right way with the close of a new $31 million round of funding. The Series C round from late stage and growth capital investment firm, The Riverside Company , caps a busy first quarter for the massage service.

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MAY 2, 2018

Soothe , which provides on-demand access to certified massage therapists, has raised $31M in a new funding, the company said on Wednesday, but has shifted its headquarters out of Los Angeles and moved to Las Vegas. According to the company, the funding came from The Riverside Company.

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MAY 2, 2018

Soothe , which provides on-demand access to certified massage therapists, has raised $31M in a new funding, the company said on Wednesday, but has shifted its headquarters out of Los Angeles and moved to Las Vegas. According to the company, the funding came from The Riverside Company.

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APRIL 24, 2018

The new company is backed by private equity funding from The Riverside Company. Lake Forest-based Netwatch said today that it has launched a new company, comprised of four visual monitoring companies in the video security area.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2015

The funding was led by The Riverside Company. Los Angeles-based Soothe has raised $10.6M for an on-demand, massage service, the company said this week. Soothe currently lets customers in the Los Angeles and a few other areas book a massage from a network of independent massage therapists. The startup is led by Merlin Kauffman.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The Port said the project has a total cost of $82,568,872, with partners providing 50.2%, or $41,446,612 in match funding. The Port of Los Angeles is working with Kenworth and Toyota on the project, which ultimately plans to extend to such locations as Riverside County and the port of Hueneme, and eventually allthe way to Merced.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

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JANUARY 31, 2013

Riverside, California- and Albuquerque, New Mexico-based TruTouch Technologies , which develops biometric, alcohol detection systems, said today that it has raised $4.3M in its Series B-1 funding round. The funding came from iTulip Community and Launchpad Venture Group.

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MARCH 10, 2016

Los Angeles-based on-demand, massage service Soothe has raised another $35M in funding to expand its service into more cities, the company said on Thursday. The funding came from the Riverside Company. Soothe is led by Merlin Kauffman, and lets users book both through a mobile app, through its website, or even a phone call.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

Five, Southern California firms are among companies who are splitting up $62M in government funding for the research, development, and demonstration of concentrating solar power systems, according to an announcement by the U.S. for a new class of solar concentrators; and Riverside-based Terrafore receiving up to $1.4M

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JUNE 23, 2017

Bill Maris recently opened up Section 32 as a new, $150M investment fund in San Diego. The Alliance for Southern California Innovation's board includes Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs, CAA's Michael Yanover, Sherry Lansing of Paramount Pictures, Thomas Gewecke of Warner Bros., READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

SolarReserve's Crescent Dune Energy Project is in Tonopah, Nevada, and its Rice Solar Energy Project is in Riverside County. SolarReserve is backed by Citi Alternative Investments, Sustainable Development Investments (SDI), Good Energies, US Renewables Group, PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund, Nimes Capital, and Credit Suisse.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon is the lead investor in a round of funding from a social shopping site out of Y Combinator. According to Mertado , a social shopping service which links users with home and kitchen products via Facebook said Wednesday that it has raised $2.3M in a Series A round. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

The firm said the approval allows the firm to continue to move forward on its Rice Solar Energy Project, a 150-megawatt solar energy project under construction in eastern Riverside County.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Instead, we will focus on helping high potential start-up communities like DTLA and Riverside gain momentum, connecting the fourteen SoCal start-up communities into a vibrant network and working with top corporations like Edison and Kaiser get more integrated into the robust and diverse SoCal innovation ecosystem.

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JUNE 25, 2017

Steve Poizner, who sold two of his startups to Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ) and served as California Insurance Commissioner a decade ago, has signed a collaboration agreement with a venture fund that Maris founded in suburban San Diego. Maris raised $160 million last month for the inaugural fund of Section 32, a new venture firm he founded.

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