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DECEMBER 27, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Greg Monterrosa ,a startup community leader who is currently Startup Weekend organizer, facilitator, and mentor and was a former Founder of MyLLC.com and Hub101. The continued growth of startup communities in Los Angeles. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

In an effort to bolster startups and entrepreneurs in the San Fernando, East Ventura and Santa Clarita Valleys, a group has just started a new Center for Entrepreneurship and Growth , which will provide training, coaching, consulting, and other resources for local entrepreneurs.

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AUGUST 23, 2016

Ventura-based Trade Desk has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raised up to $86.25M on an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market. The IPO filing is a huge win for the City of Ventura, and in particular its Ventura Ventures startup incubator, where The Trade Desk got its start. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2020

A new, 60,000 square foot lab and research center in port Hueneme has been set up by the U.S. Navy and its NavalX unit, to help reduce barriers between the Navy and non-traditional partners such as start-ups, small businesses, academia, non-profits, and private capital.

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

California Lutheran University has been particularly active engaging with the startup and technology industry in Ventura County, and runs the Hub101 startup incubator and coworking space in Westlake Village, one of the most active locations for startup events and the local startup and tech community in the county.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Ventura-based The Trade Desk announced this morning that it has named Sandeep Swadia as its new Executive Vice President, Chief Data and Trust Officer. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2012

ventura-based NetPlenish , the mobile shopping service startup headed by Dave Compton , said today that it has launched with $1.9M NetPlenish is one of the firms located in the Ventura Ventures Technology Center. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 7, 2021

Ventura-based advertising technology developer The Trade Desk is launching its own venture capital arm, and has made its first investment, the company said this morning. The company said that the new investment fund, TD7, will invest in open Internet startups.

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MAY 12, 2016

Ventura-based outdoor apparel company Patagonia has partnered with a startup developing a high performance, synthetic silk fabric, made out of natural proteins.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based Shopzilla , the online comparison shopping site owned by Symphony Technology Group (STG), announced today that it has acquired Ventura-based Connexity , the programmatic media buying company led by Dave Gross. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Gross is the former founder of Internet advertising firm Fastclick.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

Ventura-based Apollo Robotics , a new startup developing autonomous drone hardware and software aimed at automated surveying, announced this morning that it has named Rob Cammack as its Chief Executive Officer. Cammack is an existing angel investor in the company.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In a sign that reception to the company's IPO is going well, Ventura-based The Trade Desk said in a regulatory filing on Monday that it now expects its initial public offering price to be between $16.00 The company had been part of the Ventura Ventures startup accelerator, the startup accelerator housed in Ventura's City Hall.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Shopzilla acquired programmatic media buying startup Connexity--which had been based in Ventura at the Ventura Ventures Incubator--back in February. Shopzilla had been best known for its cmparison shopping websites, such as Shopzilla and Bizrate. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

In May, the Center co-hosted the first New Venture Ventura County, a celebration of student entrepreneurs from grade school to grad school. There were so many innovative ideas and interest in entrepreneurship among students in Ventura County! What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? Nothing that really blew me away.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The Woka Foundation was co-founded by Barbara Karplus and her husband Rob Womer, two philanthropists from Ventura County. VertueLab says the fund is now accepting applications from cleantech startups that are innovating climate solutions technologies and in need of both financial and business support through VertueLab. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Ventura-based Apollo Robotics , a startup developing autonomous drone surveying software, announced this morning that it has named Avi Reichental as its Executive Chairman.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Ventura-based The Trade Desk , saw a huge pop in the markets this morning, with its stock trading up nearly 60 percent, at $28.66 per share--significantly above the $18.00 per share the company priced at late last night. The company was trading around $28.66 right around noon ET.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Editor's note: Our apologies to our readers who use our service for keeping up on technology and finance news for our lack of coverage on Friday, as we were evacuated at 3am on Thursday morning as flames approached Thousand Oaks, and our homes and servers have been within the mandatory evacuation zones.

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JUNE 1, 2017

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) has just received $5M to fund a new initiative, called Energize California , to help boost clean technology startups.

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MAY 30, 2014

The startup has a major presence in Ventura, and Machiraju is a Ventura County resident. reQall , the developer of smart applications for Google Glass--founded by former Apple executive Rao Machiraju--has released reqallable, its application for Google Glass which automatically handles email and text messages for users.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Quidsi, the unit of Amazon.com which owns Diapers.com , Soap.com , and Wag.com , said Wednesday that it will start offering up free, overnight delivery in Los Angeles. Amazon.com already kicked off its holiday sales and promotions earlier this week, well ahead of the traditional Black Friday holiday shopping season. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

We''re continuing to feature reflections on the last year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community, and today have thoughts from Gerhard Apfelthaler , who is Dean of California Lutheran University''s School of Management , which has been very active in Ventura County helping to promote startup and entrepreneurial activity.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

Jackson--who represents Santa Barbara the 19th Senate District, which includes all of Santa Barbara County and western Ventura County--said that she will introduce legislation when the California Legislature returns from summer recess, today, to specifically prohibit sexual harassment in the venture capital industry. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2016

QB3@953 provides lab space to life sciences startups, which Amgen says is a "key obstacle" for life sciences startups. A similar effort, the Ventura BioCenter , operates just around the corner from Amgen in the Thousand Oaks area. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Ventura-based NetPlenish , a startup which is developing a service which will provide automated replenishment of items, combined with an automatic price comparison engine, has quietly raised funding from 500 Startups. NetPlenish is part of the Ventura Ventures Technology Center. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2012

Come network with Investors, Start-ups and the SBDC Incubators can provide you with access to capital, consulting, targeted trainings, networking opportunities, access to work space, and a calendar of relevant events and our panelists are going to expand upon how this applies to your business. See [link] (more)

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

A local, Ventura County biotechnology executive, Keith Leonard , has taken the helm of UNITY Biotechnology , a heavily backed San Francisco biotech startup focused on curing diseases of aging, as a result of a big $116M funding round at the company.

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APRIL 28, 2011

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 -- Where High Tech Meets High Surf: Ventura Ventures Technology Center. ACG 101 Where are the next generation of high-tech companies getting their start? For many of them, the answer is four blocks from the beach, in the heart of downtown Ventura.

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MARCH 1, 2016

Ventura, California--despite a number of growing high tech startups--has not been known for buildling multi-million dollar Internet companies. However, The Trade Desk , the advertising software developer led by Jeff Green, has quietly pushed past $202M in revenues, to become one of the faster growing firms in the region.

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MARCH 9, 2015

CoverHound , a startup which offers up an online marketplace for auto, motorcycle, home, and renter''s insurance, said this morning that it has doubled its space in Southern California, as part of a new funding round for the company. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Ventura-based NetPlenish , the automated replenishment service headed by Dave Compton, has launched its services, launching its service to to the audience at TechCrunch Disrupt yesterday. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Southern California startups raised $810.5M funding round, and $60M in Ventura-based advertising technology developer TradeDesk. in venture capital in Q1, according to the latest MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data from Thomson Reuters. billion was raised in the region.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

For our interview today, we talked with CEO and co-founder Jon Grishpul about the startup, which offers up its services for free to homeowners in the Los Angeles area. How did you start the company? Jon Grishpul: My co-founder, Paul, had been flipping houses for ten years before starting GreatBuildz. What is GreatBuildz?

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MARCH 18, 2010

An Evening To Meet Start-Up Entrepreneurs and the Organizations That Back Them. Where are the next generation of high-tech companies getting their start? For many of them, the answer is four blocks from the beach, in the heart of downtown Ventura. Wednesday, March 24, 2010 -- ACG 101 Networking Event.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

The company said it is in the midst of selecting a headquarters locations in Ventura County and hiring. Gross started and headed up FastClick, taking it to an IPO in 2005, and eventually selling the firm to ValueClick. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

The startup--based in Moffett Field--has a significant presence in Ventura. reQall , has rolled out a new app which is aimed at making driving safer. reqallable said the new app is available for Android, and is free.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. In an attempt to help people navigate the landscape of accelerators and incubators, we've come up with a (hopefully) comprehensive list of Southern.

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