SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011 -- OCTANe Capital Connections - Inside Fjord Ventures.Get an inside look at Fjord Ventures, meet the team, and hear from the portfolio companies at this unique Orange County firm. The focus of the Firm is to partner with entrepreneurs to maximize value creation.

Orange County 100

Orange County OCTANE Entrepreneur Capital 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

According to OVP's site, it was approached in 2005 by the CFO of a former portfolio company, who had made money for the firm twice before, begging the firm to invest. Networks In Motion's CFO is Gregg Marston, who was also CFO of Foundstone and Intek Global; he also is a board member of the Orange County Venture Group.

Networking 133

Networking Orange County Redpoint Mission Ventures 133

Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

TCVN, a nonprofit technology group, was founded in 1984 to educate and assist entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies in Orange County and to connect them with money, advice and other resources to help their businesses grow.

TCVN 113

TCVN Orange County Southern California Equity 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2009

billion in 554 deals, invested -- the lowest quarter since 2005. invested in the quarter across 14 deals; Los Angeles had $105.78M in 22 deals; and Orange County had $94.89M in 10 deals. Nationally, venture capital investments slipped 30%, to only $5.5 Locally, San Diego led the region with $182.5M

Southern California 100

Southern California SoCal Orange County Venture Capital 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 24, 2011

I am currently at the annual VC in the OC program held in Irvine CA by OCTANe , an organization that connects people and ideas to resources and capital in Orange County. In 2003, Vizio launched in Costco and then in Sams Club in 2005. The keynote speech was delivered by Vizio CEO William Wong and VP & Co-Founder Ken Lowe.

Orange County 104

Orange County OCTANE Technical Review Outsource Development 104

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

One of Southern California's successful, serial entrepreneurs is Winston Damarillo , who founded Gluecode, which he sold to IBM in 2005. Morphlabs is a cloud computing company, part of a good cluster of firms that we now have in Southern California, including 3Tera in Orange County, and Eucalyptus in Santa Barbara.

Southern California 242

Southern California Startup Cloud Computing El Segundo 242

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

In 2005/2006, I really saw that the trend was shifting from television to the Internet. We were able to present at the screenings in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego, and met lots of very interesting people who asked lots of great questions. How did you get into this - looks like you came from the entertainment world?

Media 150

Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150