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DECEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, we asked with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Ventures about his opinions, and today, we're featuring the thoughts of Bruce Hallett , a venture capitalist at Miramar Venture Partners. In each technology company in which Miramar invests, we are focused on supporting the management teams successful execution of its plan.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

Maneesh Goyal , formerly a venture capitalist at Corona Del Mar-based Miramar Venture Partners, is now officially head of his own fund--a $50M, healthcare IT fund called MergerTech Capital. Goyal had told contacts in Southern California in early November that he had decided to depart Miramar for the chance to run his own fund.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Holmen, Managing Director, Miramar Venture Partners. Tuesday, February 8, 2011 -- 2011 Entrepreneurship Speaker Series. UCI CalIt2. Speaker: Robert R. Contact Goran Matijasevic at goran@uci.edu.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Holmen, Managing Director, Miramar Venture Partners Entrepreneurship Course, 2012 Guest Speaker Lectures, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine. Tuesday, February 7, 2012 -- Robert R. Free and open to the public.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Miramax and DVD rental and streaming firm Netflix announced this morning that the two have inked a streaming deal, covering the United Kingdom and Ireland. According to the two, the multi-year, digital licensing covers Miramax films, and will allow Netflix members in the UK and Ireland to stream titles starting in early 2012.

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Netflix Miramar Hollywood 133

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Venture Partners and Miramar Venture Partners. Financial details of the funding from USVP and Miramar were not announced, however, Winston Fu of USVP and Heiner Sussner of Miramar Venture Partners now sit on the company's board of directors. The new startup is led by Stuart Berman, the former SVP and CTO of Emulex.

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Networking Miramar Software Startup 174

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MARCH 5, 2014

In another sign that Southern California--and particularly, Santa Monica--is gaining further credibility as a recognized technology center: Philz Coffee , a coffee chain which is synonymous with being at the tech epicenters of Silicon Valley and San Francisco, is getting set to open up a new location in Santa Monica.

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MAY 14, 2012

That seemed to be the mood running through the cloud at the more-than-sellout crowd at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica Thursday at the first LA Demo Day. Ben Kuo just posted on SoCalTech: Are the good times for startups back? At the event, the enthusiasm for startups was palpable.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Three, local venture capital investors -- Miramar Venture Partners , Okapi Venture Capital , and Qualcomm Ventures -- are part of a group investing $22.1M Miramar and Okapi are in Orange County, and Qualcomm is in San Diego. Miramar and Okapi are prior investors in Welltok, having backed the company last year in its Series B.

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Orange County Miramar Artificial Inteligence SoCal 147

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Predixion's board includes Bob Holmen of Miramar Venture Partners and Jim Schraith of DFJ Frontier, as well as former DatAllegro CEO Stuart Frost. Predixion is developing data mining and analytics software, and is headed by Simon Arkell, formerly of Triton Pacific Capital Partners and Gramercy Ventures.

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Software Palomar Miramar Venture Capital 185

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JANUARY 3, 2013

SolarFlare's current investors include Oak Investment Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, Acacia Capital Partners, and Miramar Venture Partners. No details have been announced by the company yet on the new funding. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The round came from Miramar Venture Partners. Bruce Hallett of Miramar joins the firm's board as part of the funding. San Juan Capistrano-based OptionEase , a developer of software-as-a-service for managing stock options and fair value accounting and compliance, announced today that it has raised another $1.0M

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MAY 11, 2012

That seemed to be the mood running through the cloud at the more-than-sellout crowd at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica Thursday at the first LA Demo Day , organized by Docstoc's Jason Nazar. Are the good times for startups back? At the event, the enthusiasm for startups was palpable.

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JULY 8, 2013

Prior investors DFJ Frontier, EMC, Miramar Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures also participated. The new funding came from Accenture and GE Ventures, two strategic investors in the company, along with new investor Frost Venture Partners.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Independa has also previously raised funding from such investors as City Hill Ventures and Miramar Venture Partners. The funding was first publicly disclosed in a regulatory filing last week. According to reports , angels were the source of the new funding.

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Angel Funding Miramar San Diego 187

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APRIL 7, 2011

RealPractice is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners and Miramar Venture Partners. The firm said its new My RealPractice app allows legal professionals to manage and respond to client leads, track their online and offline marketing campaigns, and track hours and billing, among other features. The nwe app is free.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

The new, strategic investment came from an un-named investor, and also included prior investors DFJ Frontier, Miramar Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures. Aliso Viejo-based Predixion Software , the developer of predictive analytics software which is headed by Simon Arkell, announced today that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding round.

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Software Palomar Miramar Sales 168

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JUNE 15, 2010

RealPractice is venture backed by Miramar Venture Partners and Rustic Canyon Partners. Practice Technologies , a developer of software for attorneys and law firms, is announcing today that it has renamed itself RealPractice , moved its headquarters to Santa Ana, and also hired Carey Ransom as its new CEO.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The firm is venture backed by DFJ Frontier, Miramar Venture Partners, and Palomar Ventures. Predixion's software allows users to crunch data and run business intelligence tasks from within Microsoft Excel and SharePoint. READ MORE>>.

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CTO Coach Palomar Miramar Software 172

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NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Predixion is headed by Simon Arkell, and is backed by DFJ Frontier, Miramar Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures. Predixion said the software can be used until organizations put the software into use in a production environment. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

The data startup--which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Founder Collective, Index Ventures, Miramar Venture Partners, and others-- just posted a data scientists''s view of holiday shopping, using the company''s vast trove of location-based data to pinpoint where to go shopping for certain items in Los Angeles, by crunching the numbers.

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APRIL 28, 2011

Coradiant was venture backed by DCM- Doll Capital Management , Desjardins Capital Management , GrandeBanks Capital, and Miramar Venture Partners. Coradiant 's software will help to bolster BMC's software products, via a new offering, BMC End User Experience Management. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 13, 2012

OptionEase is headed by Kim Kovacs, and is venture backed by GADS Option Fund, Miramar Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Financial impact of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Elbaz was founder of Applied Semantics, which was acquired by pre-IPO Google for its AdSense technology, which became Google AdSense.

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Software Review Rustic Canyon Miramar Google 206

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MARCH 23, 2010

OptionEase is venture backed by Miramar Venture Partners, GADS Options Fund, and others. OptionEase said that Booomi is using the firm to manage FAS123(R) compliance for the firm. Boomi previously was using Excel spreadsheets for equity accounting and reporting. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

The round was led by Toba Capital, and also included Frost Venture Partners and Miramar Venture Partners. San Juan Capistrano-based Cirro , a developer of software for data access, exploration, and analysis, announced this morning that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. Cirro''s CEO is Mark Theissen.

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Software Miramar Venture Capital Incubator 153

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JANUARY 19, 2010

OptoinEase is venture backed by GADS Option Fund, Miramar Venture Partners, and others. According to OptionEase, the growth came because of "strong market demand" for its software for streamlining equity administration and compliance. READ MORE>>.

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Miramar SaaS Demand Equity 145

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

San Juan Capistrano-based Predixion Software , which is venture backed by DFJ Frontier, Miramar Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures, said today that it has upgraded its flagship predictive analytics software. The firm said its updated Predixion Insight 2.0

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Software Palomar Product Miramar 159

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

OptionEase, which was headed by Kim Kovacs, was venture backed by the GADS Option Fund, Miramar Venture Partners , Pasadena Angels , and Tech Coast Angels. Solium Capital is a developer of cloud software for equity administration, financial reporting and compliance. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Capital Miramar Pasadena Angels 140

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JANUARY 6, 2012

The firm has previously raised funding from ad pepper media international, CGI Opportunity Fund, Fulcrum Venture Capital, Miramar Venture Partners, Newport Coast Investments, and RimLight Capital. as part of an ongoing, $7.0M funding round, according to a filing from the firm this week.

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Technology Miramar Venture Capital Google 150

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AUGUST 17, 2010

The firm is venture backed by Miramar Venture Partners. FastSoft develops software which optimized the TCP/IP protocol to accelerate page downloads. The firm said its software speeds up page downloads by 30% to 500%. FastSoft's technology was originally developed for the Internet2. READ MORE>>.

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Web Miramar CalTech IP 150

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

FastSoft was venture backed by Miramar Venture Partners, Caltech, ICCP Venture Partners, and others. FastSoft's technology is based out of Caltech, and was originally developed to accelerate traffic on the next generation Internet, Internet2. READ MORE>>.

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CalTech Miramar Pasadena Mobile 140

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

DOMAINfest Global is an annual domain name convention held by Los Angeles-based Oversee.net, and was held at the Fairmont Miramar. The outbreak is believed to be linked to the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills, and potentially to a fog machine at the party.

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Conference Oversee.net Miramar Santa Monica 168

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MAY 2, 2012

BAT said the new round was led by Matthew Pritzker Company , and also included existing investors Miramar Venture Partners , Newport Coast Investments , RimLight, LLC, Fulcrum Venture Capital , and ad pepper media International. in a Series D funding round.

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Technology Miramar Metrics Venture Capital 159

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AUGUST 9, 2010

RealPractice, which is backed by Rustic Canyon Partners and Miramar Venture Partners, is headed by Carey Ransom. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Tool Sites Miramar 154

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The firm has previously raised funding from Oak Investment Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, Acacia Capital Partners, Intel Capital, and Miramar Venture Partners. SolarFlare is led by Russell Stern, and in the last year has been expanding from the silicon area to also providing branded adapters. READ MORE>>.

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Miramar Anthem Capital Funding 140

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Burner is backed by Founder Collective, Venrock, Miramar Digital Ventures, TenOneTen Ventures, 500 Startups, David Cohen, and led by Greg Cohn and Will Carter. The company said its app is popular with users of online marketplaces, allowing users to create temporary phone numbers to protect their privacy. READ MORE>>.

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