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OCTOBER 28, 2015

Santa Ana-based Secure Technology Company , a developer of ruggedized computers for the military and other markets, has been sold to Benchmark Electronics in a deal worth $230M in cash. Secure Technolgoy Company was owned by private equity investor Vance Street Capital. Secure Technology was advised by Harris Williams & Co.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened?

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc.

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JUNE 28, 2011

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5 That little online book company. Enter Amazon.

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APRIL 5, 2010

On March 10, socaltech.com profiled a study of the financial outcomes of 700+ southern California IT startups from 1995-2009 completed by Jon Funk of OceanRoad Partners and others. We have applied this methodology to the 67 IPO's completed from 1995-2009 by southern California venture capital-backed and self-financed IT companies.

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MARCH 1, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels said today that the angel group invested in seven new deals, and seventeen follow-on deals in 2009, a total of $4.7M The group said that as part of those deals, its portfolio companies raised an additional $57M in funding from venture capital groups and other angel investors. in investments.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Rock Solid is owned by private equity investor Strattam Capital. CitySourced was founded in 2009, and is led by CEO Jason Kiesel. The company's app lets residents of citizens report issues, including things like potholes, graffiti, broken street lights, and more. Financial terms of the merger were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Hsieh had made investments in such local Southern California companies as Combatant Gentleman, uBeam, Stir, Quarterly Co., Ecomom, JetSuite, and many others, and was well known among Southern California's high tech, venture capital, and angel community.

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JULY 27, 2020

Match Group , the parent company of Los Angeles-based online dating app developer Tinder , said on Monday that it has named Jim Lanzone--former President and CEO of CBS Interactive, and also Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Benchmark Capital--as CEO of Tinder. He also has been on the board of Los Angeles-based Edmunds.com since 2014.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

This morning, we're sharing the insights of Greg Martin , a venture capitalist at Archer Venture Capital. I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital. These companies have all experienced growth and we're expecting substantial value creation in 2011.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

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MAY 24, 2011

Today's Insights and Opinions article comes from Megan Lisa Jones , an investment banker and investor, who says: yes, it's a bubble, and gives her top ten reason to start a company, and ten reasons not to. Rich valuations and venture capitalists throwing money at early stage companies. So not 2009. Are we seeing a bubble?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. Should SaaS companies trade at a 24x Enterprise Value (EV) to Next Twelve Month (NTM) Revenue multiple as they did in November 2021? But rest assured valuations get reset.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 -- CommNexus Capital Markets SIG presents: 409A RegulationsandGuidelines. Come listen to a distinguished panel, Jeffrey Kinderman, Director of Oracle Capital Advisors, Ralph J.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 -- Raising the First Round of Capital. What does it take for a San Diego company to raise a Seed or Series A round? With 2009 finally behind us, what can we expect in 2010? What can an entrepreneur do to improve his or her company's chances of raising money in this environment?

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APRIL 20, 2009

The latest venture capital numbers from both PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA based on data from Thomson Financial, and numbers also released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource, finds that venture capital is at a twelve year low. in 54 venture capital deals, with Los Angeles reporting $115.6M billion across 477 deals.

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MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. But we have a great city for building technology companies.

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MAY 24, 2021

It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. Imagine if, say, Autodesk had purchased it in 2009 for $100 million? The abundance of late-stage capital is good for us all.

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JANUARY 16, 2009

Thursday, January 22, 2009 -- How to Fund Your Business When Venture Capital Has Said No. Capital - CASH -- is a key ingredient for any business. Especially for entrepreneurial and fast-growing technology companies. Venture funding isn't available to everyone, and-newsflash-isn't right for every company.

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MARCH 9, 2011

Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report. “Most have a strong desire to mentor and help build companies.”

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DECEMBER 7, 2015

Shoes Of Prey , a fashion startup which allows women to custom order shoes to their specifications, has raised $15M in a Series B funding, and set up shop in Santa Monica, according to the company. The startup--which was started in Australia--said the funding came from Blue Sky Capital, Greycroft Partners, Nordstrom, and Khosla Ventures.

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JULY 15, 2013

Newport Beach-based venture capital investor Versant Ventures has named former Advanced Medical Optics CEO Jim Mazzo as an Operating Partner. Mazzo headed up Advanced Medical Optics when it was sold to Abbott Labs in 2009, for $2.8 versant ventures mazzo operating partner technology executive venture capital' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 29, 2015

The funding came from Carrick Capital Partners. The company was founded in 2009, and is led by Shiva Rajagopalan. Jim Madden and Steve Unterberger of Carrick Capital both join the company's board. Jim Madden and Steve Unterberger of Carrick Capital both join the company's board. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2014

In one of the largest rounds for a Central Coast company in recent years--and the largest venture investment in San Luis Obispo ever--cloud software maker MindBody has raised $50M in a funding round. The company, led by Rick Stollmeyer, says it now has over 33,000 businesses using its service. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 16, 2015

The Angel Capital Association , a national association for angel investors, said Wednesday that it has awarded the Luis Villalobos Award to a company, for being the most innovative angel backed company from its members. The ACA''s award is named after Tech Coast Angels founder Luis Villalobos, who passed away in 2009.

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MARCH 20, 2007

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MARCH 28, 2014

2U , an online education company which has significant operations in Los Angeles, has had a successful IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market, debuting Friday morning as TWOU. 2U was previously known as 2tor, and first raised funding back in 2009 , when Redpoint was a very active Los Angeles area investment firm. Redpoint Ventures owned 23.2

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. Will our strategy change now that we have 40% more capital? . Insurance Companies.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The company said it has been adding more dental offices to its platform than any other period in its nine-year history, despite the pandemic, with its strongest quarter in Q2. YAPI is led by co-founder and CEO Dr. Gina Dorfman; the company was founded in 2009. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 10, 2019

Chatmeter is led by founder and CEO Collin Holmes, and was founded in 2009. The company says it helps enterprise retail brands and agencies managing multiple locations increase their revenue. Providence Strategic Growth is the growth equity fund of Providence Equity Partners. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

The Melt is venture backed by top tier Silicon Valley firm Sequoia Capital, which is quite unusual for a restaurant chain. The Melt's Kaplan sold his last company, which developed the Flip video camera, to Cisco back in 2009, which shut down the entire product line in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2010

Advertising Age reported that The Search Agency's 2009 revenues were $20.4M, and Covario's 2009 revenues were $8.8M. The Search Agency is backed by private equity firm JMI Equity; Covario is venture backed by Dubilier & Company, FTV Capital, and Voyager Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

One of the companies recognized in Qualcomm's QPrize annual business plan competition has scored a series A funding, four years after being named a finalist in the Qualcomm effort. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital, and also included Qualcomm Ventures, an existing investor in the company.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M for the quarter, up from both Q4 of last year as well as the comparable Q1 quarter in 2009, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the NVCA. in Q1, up from $588.033M tallied by the report in Q4 of 2009, and up significantly from the $320.2M

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JANUARY 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based online live entertainment marketplace ScoreBig.com has promoted David Goldberg to CEO, and shifted co-founder and CEO Adam Kanner to the role of executive Chairman, the company said Thursday afternoon. ScoreBig is venture backed by Bain Capital Ventures, U.S. ScoreBig is venture backed by Bain Capital Ventures, U.S.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The IPO is being underwritten by BofA Merrill Lynch, Piper Jaffray, Cowen and Company, and William Blair & Company. GameFly is venture backed by Sequoia Capital, Tenaya Capital, and a number of individuals, with Sequoia owning around 51.5 For its fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, it had net income of $4.0M

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest organized angel investment group in Southern California--and the nation--said Wednesday that it was part of $45M in funding in companies during last year, with $11M directly invested across 37 companies during 2011. READ MORE>>.

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