SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Thursday, November 10, 2011 -- Funding and Guiding Your Company's Growth. Despite the current economic gloom, companies are growing, expanding and developing strategically. How should CEO's and company leaders look at these strategic opportunities and make the right decisions?

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Guide Technology Council TCOSC Company 100

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

Thursday, October 27, 2011 -- IEEE 2011 Energy Efficiency Symposium. Keynote speaker Dr. David Auston, Exec. Learn how to pitch to investor groups.See [link] (more)

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Tips Entrepreneur Invest Custom 100

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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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Tech Coast Angels Angel Southern California Venture Capital 113

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JANUARY 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture capital Association MoneyTree survey, which is based on data from Thomson Reuters, tallies $738.34M invested in Southern California in Q4 of 2011. in venture funding. Los Angeles had $226.75M invested in companies. The amount is up from $528.0M

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Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Thursday, February 24, 2011 -- Tech Coast Angels LA Fast Pitch 2011. The 6th Annual LA Fast Pitch will feature 8-10 early stage companies, chosen from more than 100 applicants. CEOs will have 90 seconds to pitch their companies on stage. Don't miss TCA LA Fast Pitch 2011!! See [link] (more)

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Tech Coast Angels Angel Southern California Startup 100

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JUNE 15, 2021

Santa Monica-based Formative, a developer of software used by K-12 teachers to assign and track homework assignments, has raised $70M in a Series A funding, the company said today. The funding was led by Summit Partners, and also included Emerson Collective, Fika Ventures, Mac Ventures and Rethink Education.

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Santa Monica Education Funding Software 124

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The incubator effort looking to make Los Angeles a key part of the clean technology industry, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) , announced this morning that it has received a $200,000 grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, to help advance its program--and may even start its own investment fund. READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Los Angeles Invest Angel 190

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JUNE 13, 2011

Thursday, June 16, 2011 -- Financing Lessons from Entrepreneurs Who Funded Their Early-Stage Companies. If you're planning to grow faster than your company is generating returns-and what early stage company isn't-your company will need outside funding.

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Tech Coast Angels Technology Council TCOSC Entrepreneur 100

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APRIL 22, 2013

FastSpring , the fast growing Santa Barbara-based e-commerce payment services provider headed by Dan Engel, said today it has scored a funding round from Pylon Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment firm. Size of the funding round was not disclosed. READ MORE>>. acquisition merger capital venture pylon fastspring'

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Funding Santa Barbara Commerce Acquisition 153

Tech Coast Venture Network

MAY 15, 2011

April 25, 2011, Irvine, Calif — Tech Coast Venture Network (www.tcvn.org) is hosting the OC Technology Influencer Mixer & Summit 2011, an historic two-day event with partners CompTIA, the world’s largest technology association, the Technology Leadership Political Action Committee and Ingram Micro.

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TCVN Technology AeA Press 113

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MAY 28, 2015

round this morning, from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, along with NEA, Upfrot Ventures, First Round Capital, and the company's other exiting ivnestors. According to the firm, the funding will go towards expansion into international markets, to strengthen its R&D, and continue development of its products. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Santa Monica Advertising Platform 100

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JULY 16, 2014

Santa Monica-based Siemer Ventures said Wednesday that the venture capital fund has launched a new, $45M third fund, and rebranded itself as Wavemaker Partners. The new fund is larger than the company''s second fund, which was raised in 2011 and was worth $28M.

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Santa Monica Funding Venture Capital Invest 100

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JULY 22, 2013

or your ran Goldmine, and the two companies competed head to head in managing every salesperson''s contact list. So far, Nimble has the edge, as the Santa Monica company has been offering up its products to the market since 2011, and Contatta just announced the company and has yet to launch its own software.

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Funding SaaS Santa Monica Customer 222

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MAY 3, 2011

El Segundo-based satellite TV operator DIRECTV and consumer electronics firm Panasonic said Tuesday that the two will be funding six 3D films, as part of an effort to train filmmakers on 3D equipment. Apparently, the companies have already selected the filmmakers based on input from their programming partners.

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El Segundo Funding Training Product 145

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OCTOBER 5, 2011

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 -- Funding the Big Idea! TriTechs 3rd annual funding conference where businesses and entrepreneurs interact with investors and also get a chance to look into the mind of investors in order to find out what it takes to become investor ready. See [link].

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Ideas Funding Conference Equity 124

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M was raised. Biotechnology firms raised the most amount of money, with $146.0M

Southern California 210

Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 210

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

This morning we heard from Jamie Montgomery, CEO of the venerable Montgomery & Co investment bank who is at the heart of what is going on in M&A for venture backed companies. I have to admit that I was greatly encouraged by Jamie’s outlook for venture backed companies, which if true will be a welcome relief for our industry.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Southern California Company 241

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AUGUST 25, 2011

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 -- How to Prepare for Seed Funding. In the current economic environment, founders and executives need to take steps to prepare their company for receiving outside investment long before approaching potential investors. See [link] (more)

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Seed Funding Tech Coast Angels Funding Invest 113

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OCTOBER 5, 2011

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 -- TriTech's 3rd Annual Funding Forum. Funding the Big Idea! TriTech's 3rd annual funding conference where businesses and entrepreneurs interact with investors and also get a chance to look into the mind of investors in order to find out what it takes to become "investor ready".

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Funding Conference Ideas Startup 124

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Transitions do happen in VC funds but many fail to make the move in a timely fashion and lose key younger personnel who break off and do their own funds or else the strong personalities of senior partners make it harder for new partners to flourish. Fred & Brad aren’t leaving but wanted Andy & Albert to take over management.

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Venture Capital Funding Capital Startup 161

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JULY 20, 2012

in funding during Q2 of 2012, down from Q1, and slightly below investments in Q2 of 2011. in funding, followed by San Diego, with $304.7M in funding. County and San Diego seeing slightly less funding that the prior quarter. raised, also were among the top fundings. in investment, then. Viddy , with $30.7.M

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Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Funding 145

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MARCH 23, 2017

The company said that Costner and his business partner, Rod Lake, were actually the company's founding investors back in 2011. Water Planet's CEO and founder is Erik Hoek, who was a Professor of Engineering at UCLA.

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UCLA Los Angeles Funding Invest 157

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

The Three Enthralling Factors Of Venture Funding. Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder of AngelList and Venture Hacks, details a variety of factors that influence your chances of raising venture funding in this informative interview. LOCATION: I Wish They All Could Be California Companies.

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Venture Capital Funding Capital Technical Review 233

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M was raised. Biotechnology firms raised the most amount of money, with $146.0M

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Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 180

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

I’ve become fond of saying “if I had a dollar for every person who told me just how much they loooooved Kara Nortman, I’d have a 10x fund.” Kara said “no” because she wanted to start her own company, which she did and I backed. and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed. So What Does All This Mean? I’m only 52!

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Venture Capital Startup Invest CitySearch 361

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MAY 14, 2021

Lawson Endowment Fund, which will support Back and Indigenous students in game design and engineering. According to USC, the new endowment is being supported by game company Take-Two Interactive. Lawson died in 2011.

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USC Southern California Design Funding 100

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MAY 29, 2018

Los Angeles-based Surkus , a developer of a platform to help connect people with local events, has raised $10M in a Series B funding, according to the comapny. The funding was led by Capital Union investments and EOS Global. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Platform Invest Funding 100

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APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds. VC’s often talk about this term as in the total amount of funds EVER raised by that VC. What is a VC fund? What is total assets under management? -

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Venture Capital Funding Invest GRP Partners 269

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APRIL 7, 2017

have dropped to the lowest rate of activity since Q4 of 2011, as venture capital investors continue to be shy about investing in startups, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report. billion deployed to 1,797 companies nationaly in the first quarter of the year. billion raised by venture funds in 2016.

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Invest Venture Capital Activity Report 147

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MARCH 16, 2011

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 -- The Employee-Ownership Alternative: Building the Company You Want. Entrepreneurs have choices about the kind of company they want to create. By sharing equity ownership with the rest of your team, you can gain critical advantages that help the company grow  and on your own terms.

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Company Companies Venture Capital Equity 100

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Irvine-based Restaurant365 , a developer of cloud-based tools for accounting, back office, and reporting for restaurants, has raised $20M in a Series A funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners.

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Software Tool Report Funding 113

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The privately held firm did not disclose its revenues, however, the firm has previously been reported to have had revenues of between $50-100M in revenues in 2011, and $15-20M in revenues in 2009. EdgeCast has announced only a total of$20M in funding, from Menlo Ventures and Steamboat Ventures.

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Steamboat Ventures Santa Monica Hulu Content 240

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JULY 16, 2014

Santa Monica-based Siemer Ventures said Wednesday that the venture capital fund has launched a new, $45M third fund, and rebranded itself as Wavemaker Partners. The new fund is larger than the company''s second fund, which was raised in 2011 and was worth $28M.

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Santa Monica Venture Capital Invest Mobile 168

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MARCH 27, 2013

in a new funding, part of an ongoing $30M funding for the company, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The funding--which included at least two prior investors, including Oak Investment Partners--is still in progress. Idealab-based solar energy startup eSolar has just raised $12.8M

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Burbank Idealab Technical Review Competition 178

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MAY 22, 2014

Los Angeles-based True(X) Media --which was most recently known as SocialVibe--disclosed this week that it has raised $6M in a new funding round. The online advertising technology provider said the funding came from prior backers Jafco Ventures, Pinnacle Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Redpoint Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Media Redpoint Advertising Venture Capital 147

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Its next stop is going to be another store chain on the East Coast later this month, the company said. Gelsons and Los Angeles are something of a natural first stop for the company, given LA’s place in the nation’s food, environmental, and entertainment cultures. late-night delivery item in the U.S.

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Southern California SoCal Los Angeles Sample 195

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APRIL 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, The National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters have tallied up just under a billion dollars in venture capital investments in the Southern California region in Q1 of this year, a very significant uptick from Q2 of 2011. was invested in the region.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Avalon 221