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DECEMBER 7, 2022

The company said its new Techtrak software enables field service technicians to manage work orders, assets, create proposals, communicate with customers and send invoices. Irvine-based Ecotrak announced this morning that it has launched a new mobile application, which it says connects service technicians with business customers.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Is there a way to use software to ensure your employees are properly washing their hands? The company is targeting health care, hospitality, food services, and other industries with its software; the company also said it provides contact tracing, nurse rounding compliance monitoring, and more.

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JULY 14, 2021

Los Angeles-based Endgame, a developer of software that links user behavior with sales opportunities, has raised $17M in funding, according to the company. The funding was split between a $12.25M, Series A funding round led by Menlo Ventures, and an earlier $5M Series Seed funding which was led by Upfront Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Los Angeles- and Nashville-based Clovers, a developer of interviewing and recruiting software, has raised $15M in a funding round, the company said this week. According to Clovers, the funding was led by Greycroft and Alpha Edison, and also included Crosslink Capital, Acadian Ventures, Fika Ventures and Act One Ventures.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Los Angeles-based Skyryse, a startup which is developing software to automate piloting of aircraft, has raised $200M in a Series B funding round, according to the company. The company is working with Robinson Helicopters, along with four other aviation manufacturers, to developing pilot automation software for aircraft.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

San Diego-based Tiled, which develops "no code" software to allow sales, marketing, creative, and HR teams to create interactive content without software development, has raised $13.7M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Signal Peak Ventures, and also included Seismic, Adobe, and University Growth Fund, among others.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based Sugar, which develops software to help manage apartment and residential living, has raised $2.5M The company develops software for residential communities, handling rent payment and other tasks. in a seed funding round, according to the company. The company is led by foudner and CEO Fatima Dicko.

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MARCH 31, 2021

San Diego-based K2 Insurance Services, which owns a number of insurance services companies, said it has acquired software developer Loss Run Pro. Loss Run Pro develops subscription-based software that helps request, track, and manage loss runs. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

San Diego-based ExamRoom Live, a startup developing medical practice software, said on Monday that it has launched a new app, which lets medical offices handle telehealth, payment, text messaging, Efax, and time tracking. The company says its service starts at $10 per month, is compliant with HIPAA regulations, among other.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

Irvine-based Vizio has been sued over its use of open source software, with a group saying that Vizio should be required to share the source code underlying its televisions, due to their use of General Public License (GPL) software for its Smartcast televisions.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Levine Leichtman announced this morning that one of its portfolio companies, BigHand Ltd, has acquired legal software developer Iridium Technology from private equity investor Polaris Growth Fund. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The company said it is building software "to expand creativity and redefine virtual production and immersive entertainment". DGene, a content creation company which has a team in Los Angeles, but is based in San Jose, says it has raised $20M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Alibaba Group.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

The company said it offers up access to secondhand products through its own browser extension software. The new seed funding was led by Bouyant Ventures, and also included Better Ventures,XYZ Venture Capital, Chingona Ventures, and Starting Line Ventures. Beni is led by CEO Sarah Pinner, and was co-founded by CTO Celine Mol.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

Los Angeles-based Greenfly, a developer of marketing software for brand ambassadors, athletes, and sponsors, said on Tuesday that it has raised $8.4M in a strategic growth round.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

Los Angeles-based Vendorflow, a new startup developing communications infrastructure for trucking and logistics providers, has raised $1.3M in a funding round, the company said today.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Los Angeles-based software company QualityWorks said this week that it is offering up a free, bootcamp for people in the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) community, to learn about software testing.

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MAY 22, 2019

For our interview this morning, we talked with David Wood , the Founder and CEO of Eventene (www.eventene.com), an early stage startup, bootstrapped startup developing event management software. David Wood: We make event planning software for social organizations. What does Eventene do?

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Los Angeles-based HiveWatch, a developer of "multi-sensor" data collection tools being applied to physical security, has raised $20M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by former Twitter executives Dick Costolo and Adam Bain.

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MARCH 24, 2021

Los Angeles-based Worth Network, a new software startup, is aiming to help marketers reach more consumers via organic Instagram posts, the company said today. The company says it has built software that identifies a brand's best customers on social media and converts them to marketers by paying them to post organic Instagram stories.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Los Angeles-based Jurny, a developer of software used by independent hotels and vacation and short-term rental property operators for property and guest management, has raised $9.5M in a funding round. The funding was led by Mucker Capital. According to the company, the funding will go towards global expansion of its product, Jurny Virtual.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Neohire South is a recruiting company with offices in Santa Monica and Tarzana, RockIT Recruiting is a tech recruiting company based in San Francisco, and Hero.jobs is a recuiting software company based in Santa Monica. Financial details of the acquisitions were not announced. TS2 Holdings is led by CEO Yoshii Iyadomi.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Two, San Diego-based software development and integration companies-- Solekai Systems and Fairway Technologies --said this morning that they have merged into a new company. Financial details of the merger were not announced. According to both companies, they will continue to operate under their respective names. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Aliso Viejo-based artificial intelligence software developer BrainChip says it is opening up a new software development center in Hyderabad, India, which it says will provide software and firmware development for its systems-on-a-chip technology. READ MORE>>.

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Seattle has GeekWire , LA has SoCalTech and so on. Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers. ” that is right around the corner. Local press matters. Alumni Outreach – I always tell communities to find out who their famous city alumni are and seek them out.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Goleta-based property management and real estate software developer Yardi said this week that it has been selected by investor services provider IQ-EQ as its international real estate fund management platform. Financial terms of the win were not announced. Yardi said it will be used across IQ-EQ's global operations.

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MAY 18, 2021

For today's interview, we sat down and chatted with >Zeb Evans, the founder and CEO of San Diego-based ClickUp (www.clickup.com), the developer of a workplace productivity software platform which is based by such companies as Google, Airbnb, and Nike. ClickUp has raised $135M in venture capital so far. What is ClickUp?

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

San Diego-based software developer ClickUp , which develop workplace apps, says it has raised $100M in its Series B funding round. The funding was led by Georgian, and also included Craft Ventures. ClickUp says it has now raised $135M in total.

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JUNE 25, 2020

San Diego-based ClickUp , a startup which develops "remote work" software aimed at helping organizations collaborate on projects, has raised $35M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Craft Ventures, and also included Georgian Partners. As part of the funding, David Sacks has joined the board.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Irvine-based NextGen Healthcare , a provider of software for the medical, behavioral and dental provider market, has acquired Medfusion , a developer of "patient experience" software, in a deal worth $43M in cash, the company announced this morning. NextGen Healthcare said it expects the acquisition to close in early December 2019.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

San Diego-based Seqster , which develops software used f[link] health data management, said today that it has received an investment from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. The company's software is used during clinical trials for health records, and for patient clinical trial onboarding, monitoring and post-trial follow-ups. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Los Angeles-based e-commerce software developer Assembly said this morning that it has acquired e-commerce advertising software developer Pacvue. Financial details of the buy were not announced. Pacvue is based in Seattle. Assembly s is led by co-founder and CEO Sandeep Kella.

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JULY 30, 2020

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software used by retail brands for optimizing mobile and proximity searches, has raised $10M more in funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus, and DFJ Frontier, all prior investors.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Embark's website says it is focused on pre-seed and seed stage investments in Internet and software companies. The filing says the firm has so far raised $45M out of a $50M target in the fund, from six limited partners. Lee was previously at investor at Baroda Ventures, and Zhao was at ZMYX Global Investment, a Chinese equity investor.

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JANUARY 6, 2022

San Diego-based nonprofit fundraising software developer Classy says that more than $1.1 billion was raised by its nonprofit customers on its platform in 2021. The company--which helps nonprofits reach out to donors--said about $30.8 million of that was in recurring donations on its platform.

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JULY 6, 2021

Smales previously was CEO of KnuEdge (formerly Intellisis), company in the machine learning hardware and software area. Kelly Smales to the board of the gallium nitride (GaN) power conversion device maker. Smales previously also served at Motorola, Advanced Micro Devices, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES.

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JULY 14, 2021

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle (EV) charging network operator EVgo said this morning that it has acquired Recargo, a developer of e-mobility software. According to EVgo, it paid $25M in an all-cash transaction for Recargo, including a $3M loan repayment.

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JUNE 28, 2021

The company says it invests between $5M to $10M in early, growth-stage B2B software companies which are already generating $5M to $15M in recurring revenues. Ankona says its portfolio companies already include several companies, including Canopy, Cordial, GoSite, SOCi, VideoAmp, and Zingle.

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