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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The firm appears to be the company Damarillo told socalTECH in July which had just received venture funding. MaestroDev lists venture capitalist Leo Spiegel, of Mission Ventures, as a board member; Damarillo serves as Chairman.

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JULY 27, 2010

Irvine-based Enovate Corporation , which is backed by Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, said today that it has renamed itself from Carbon Micro Battery. in venture financing from such firms as Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The firm is headed by Brian Wong. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 21, 2012

Fastpoint Games was venture backed by Allen & Co., Mission Ventures, DFJ Dragon and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide, but had begun shopping around its assets in October. Fastpoint had originally been known as Rotohog, and was able to sign up fantasy sports for such brands as NBA, NASCAR, FOX Sports TV and Sony.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

The publicly held firm said it will repurchase 1.65M shares of its own stock, including 1,152,338 shares of its Class C common stock from Mission Ventures, and 500,000 shares of Class B common stock from US Venture Partners. USVP will continue to hold 2,396,571 shares of MaxLinear's Class B stock.

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JULY 6, 2010

The acquisition is the end of a long road for Greenplum--originally based in Sherman Oaks--and its investors, which includes San Diego's Mission Ventures. The firm appears to have gone through at least one recapitalization, and multiple executive team changes, and moved to Silicon Valley in the meantime.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Feffer was previously an executive at MySpace, and SodaHead is backed by MDV Mohr, Davidow Ventures, Mission Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. The site did not say exactly when the changes will go live on the site. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 31, 2014

Prodege is venture backed by Technology Crossover Ventures. Sodahead was venture backed by Mission Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>. sodahead swagbucks merger acquisitoin exit polling opinion'

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MARCH 14, 2012

San Diego-based ID Analytics , the developer of risk and identification management services, which is venture backed by Canaan Partners, Investor Growth Capital, Mission Ventures, and Trinity Ventures, has been acquired by LifeLock , the firms said today.

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MARCH 13, 2013

Risheq was the founder of Celllynx, Thacker was a co-founder at Datallegro; the firm has some notable advisors, including Mission Ventures' Leo Spiegel and Michael Dunn, the former CTO of Hearst, Time Warner, Dell Online. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

The company is backed by Mohr Davidow, Mission Ventures, The Tech Coast Angels, Ron Conway, and others. SodaHead offers up its polling software for free, and also has a revenue-sharing program for publishers which splits advertising revenues from those polls with publishers, a no-ad version on a per-poll basis, and more. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 29, 2011

The company is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners , Kodiak Ventures, Mission Ventures , the Pasadena Angels , the Tech Coast Angels , as well as others. LeisureLink said that InnQuest's system is used in more than 4,500 properties in more than 90 countries. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

LeisureLink has previously raised funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Group RCI, Kodiak Ventures LP, Mission Ventures, Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Tags: leisurelink vacation rental travel venture capital. The round came to light through last week's PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The firm counts Us Magazine, Bloomberg Sports, Sports Illustrated, NASCAR, The Los Angeles Times, hi5, LG, and the NBA, as customers.Fastpoint Games is venture backed by Allen & Co, Mission Ventures, DFJ Dragon and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 11, 2011

The firm said the funding included Mission Ventures, Maveron, and Emergence Capital. 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. Zui.com is a new, search engine focused on kids aged 3 to 12 years old.

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APRIL 24, 2012

Zui is backed by Emergence Capital, Mission Ventures, Maveron and the Scholastic Corporation. Zui.com, which is based in San Diego and headed by Cliff Boro, said the new featuers allow users to create their own avatars, "like" and "favorite" features, ability to make friends with others, and to share content with others.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

San Diego-based Slacker , the personalized Internet radio service backed by Mission Ventures, Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds, reported Thursday that it has expanded its service into Canada.

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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 La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless has added another $2.0M in what looks like an inside, convertible debt round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The round came from current investors, including Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals. Pasadena-based LeisureLink , a provider of distribution services for specialty lodging and vacation rentals, announced today that it has raised $9M in a Series C funding round.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

The round was led by Columbia Capital, and also included prior investor Mission Ventures. Access 360 Media , a New York-based digital advertising firm with operations in Los Angeles, said Wednesday that it has raised $12M more in a Series C funding round.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The venture backed firm, which has investments from Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is tripling its office space to 22,000 square feet, according to the Orange County Register. Irvine-based Enevate , a developer of rechargeable battery technology, is expanding in Irvine, according to reports today.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals, said today that it is targeting Caribbean resorts. Pasadena-based LeisureLink , the travel distribution firm focused on specialty lodging suppliers backed by.

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MARCH 24, 2010

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

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AUGUST 11, 2010

The company is backed by Allen & Co, Mission Ventures, DFJ Dragon and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide. All of the games are based on RotoHog's SCP platform. RotoHog is headed by Kelly Perdew, and provides white-label, fantasy sports and other games to its partners. No financial details of the deals were announced by the company.

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JUNE 20, 2011

Representatives from Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital continue to have seats on the company's board of directors. The filing indicates the funding is part of a $3.786M fundraising effort still in progress by the company. Source of the new funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2011

Slacker is headed by Jim Cady, and is venture backed by such firms as Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

LeisureLink , the developer of vacation rental management software which is backed by Clearstone Venture partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Worldwide, said Tuesday afternoon that it has upgraded its MarketSpan Guest Generation product.

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MARCH 8, 2010

MaxLinear is venture backed by USVP, Battery Ventures, Mission Ventures, UMC Capital, and others. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank Securities, UBS Investment Bank, Thomas Weisel Partners, and Needham & Company. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 2, 2010

Active Storage is headed by ex-Apple executives, and is venture backed by Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, and Valhalla Partners. The firm said the new product starts at $19,999.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

said the funding was led by Intel Capital, and also included Mission Ventures and Valhalla Partners. Torrance-based Active Storage a developer of RAID products for Apple computers, has raised a Series A funding round, the firm said Tuesday afternoon. The company--which was founded by former executives at Apple, Inc.--said

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JANUARY 28, 2011

Nexiant is venture backed by InnoCal Venture Capital, Argentum Group, Forrest Binkley & Brown, Inverness Capital Partners, and Mission Ventures, among others. Sickler has previously served as Network Computing, Gadzoox Networks, Arzoon, Arcwave, and Ungermann-Bass.

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JANUARY 8, 2010

San Diego-based Slacker , the online personalized radio service backed by Mission Ventures, Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds, said Thursday that it is adding ABC News to its Slacker personal radio service.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

San Diego-based Slacker , the personalized Internet radio service backed by Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds, has raised $2.0M in a debt funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. The filing indicates the firm has a target of $6.0M

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

RotoHog has previously raised funding from Allen & Company, DFJ DragonFund, Mission Ventures, and SCP Worldwide. Tags: rotohog venture capital online fantasy sports software. According to the filing, the round target is $2.62M. No details on the funding have been released by the firm. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2012

LeisureLink is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Mission Ventures, along with strategic investment from Wyndham Worldwide. The two said that the move adds more than 1,000 properties from LeisureLink into Tourico Holidays real-time inventory. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 16, 2012

Active Storage is backed by Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, and Valhalla Partners. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

One Recovery is headed by David Metzler, formerly a venture capitalist at Mission Ventures and investment banker at CIBC World Markets. Tags: recovery onerecovery addiction treatment healthcare lifescience venture capital. According to the filing, the funding comes as part of an ongoing, $2.5M fundraising effort.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

La Jolla-based ProQuo , a venture-backed startup helping consumers manage and reduce junk mail, has quietly shut down, according to reports. ProQuo was venture backed by Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and had raised around $15M in funding. The shutdown was first noted by Xconomy. READ MORE>>.

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