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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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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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DECEMBER 28, 2011

Former WebVisible employees had been telling socalTECH over the last few months that the firm was looking for a buyer. The company has not yet confirmed the shutdown, however, founder and CEO Kristen Mangers had left the firm in January in 2011.

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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. The amount is up from $528.0M raised in Q4 of 2010, and up from the $652M invested in the region last quarter.

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APRIL 7, 2017

Venture capital investments in the U.S. 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. According to the report, there was $16.5

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JANUARY 18, 2013

In the second set of venture capital numbers released today, Dow Jones VentureSource has released its tabulation of Q4 2012 venture capital financings, reporting similar numbers to those from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters released earlier this morning.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

The funding was led by Triangle Peak Partners, and also included Siemer Ventures, Crosslink Capital, and SoftTech VC, among others. TakeLessons raised $6M in a funding round back in August of 2011. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Venture Capital Funding Capital 214

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JUNE 17, 2016

ElNaggar was in Redpoint's LA offices from 2005 until 2011, and had stints on the boards of Machinima and Hark, among other companies. ElNaggar was most recently serving as Chief Strategy Officer at CBS Interactive; he co-founded Sapho with fellow CBS Interactive alum Peter Yared, who was CBSi's CTO and CIO. Sapho is in Silicon Valley.

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Redpoint CIO Venture Capital Startup 100

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

clean technology deals were up in Q3 of 2011, according to a new analysis published by Ernst & Young this week. venture capital investment in cleantech companies increased by 73%, to $1.1 California led the nation in cleantech investment in 2011 with $1,738.2 Investments in U.S., billion nationally, compared to 2010.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Rincon Venture Partners , the Santa Barbara-based venture capital fund run by Jim Andelman , John Greathouse , and Brian Kelly , has led the investment in a developer of social recruiting software tools for companies, The Resumator. Rincon led a $700,000 Series A round in 2011 in The Resumator. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara Southern California Social Media Venture Capital 157

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The incubator-- which launched in 2011> --said it has now incubated 25 companies here, who have collectively received $24M in investments. angeles cleantech incubator laci jpmorgan chase venture capital sustainable clean technology energy' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 22, 2014

The name change for SocialVibe is at least the fourth rebranding/renaming/refocusing of the company since inception, having swapped its name from Archetype Media to SocialVibe, then switching to become SVNetwork, then back to SocialVibe again in 2011. truex media socialcibe svnetwork venture capital online advertising technology'

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Media Redpoint Advertising Venture Capital 147

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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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APRIL 22, 2011

SVB said its Startup Outlook 2011 survey came from the responses of 375 U.S-based based private, venture capital backed software, hardware, life science, and cleantech companies. The study was conducted by independent market research firm Koski Research during February 2011.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Waldorf left eHarmony back in 2011 to become CEO-in-Residence for Accel. invoice2go eharmony venture capital mobile invoicing expense management accel' Waldorf had most recently been CEO-in-Residence for Accel Partners. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

Datasift said it raised $42M Tuesday morning, led by Insight Venture Partners and also including prior investors Scale Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, IA Ventures, Northgate Capital, Daher Capital and Cendana Capital. datasift upfront venture capital twitter facebook social data stream firehose'

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GRP Partners Venture Capital Los Angeles Capital 138

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report were released today, finding that a total of $683.7M raised by companies in Q4 of 2011, and less than the $701.18M raised by companies in the region in Q3 of 2012. billion in venture capital. in funding.

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Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Venture Capital 237

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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. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Funding Venture Capital Invest 100

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APRIL 20, 2015

The company was founded in 2011, and is led by. inauth venture capital multifactory security banking finance financial' InAuth says its customers include large global banks, payment processors, e-commerce merchants, and health insurance companies. Lisa Stanton. READ MORE>>.

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Tool Venice Commerce Venture Capital 100

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JUNE 11, 2014

Laroia was a VP at Qualcomm from 2006 until 2011. qualcomm paul jacobs light venture capital flarion photography digital photo hardware' Rajiv Laroia, who was previously the CTO of Flarion Technologies--whose base technology became LTE. Flarion had been acquired by Qualcomm in 2006 for $805M. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , the venture capital arm of Qualcomm, has scored an exit this morning, at bring-your-own-device (BYOD) software developer Divide. Qualcomm Ventures was an early investor in Divide, back when it was known as Enterproid. seed investment in Divide back in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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Software Google San Diego Mobile 147

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JANUARY 18, 2013

raised in Q4 of 2011, against the backdrop of an overall lull in venture capital activity for the year nationally. The stats are just some of the interesting data to emerge in the report, which was issued Friday morning. The report found that there was $683.7M invested in Southern California in Q4, down from the $859.6M

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Southern California Funding Startup Draper 198

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners has scored a quick exit at Redwood City-based Mertado , after Mertado said Friday that it has been acquired by daily deals site Groupon. in a round from Rustic canyon, Redpoint Ventures, Y Combinator, and Blumberg Capital. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Redpoint Venture Capital Acquisition 140

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

Exits Down in 2011 - One of the most popular stories to be read on the site--perhaps. venture capital exits in. 2011, showing a reduced number of exits--but more IPOs--in venture backed companies. Virgin Galactic Gets FAA Launch Permit - In May, Virgin Galactic was.

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Southern California Thousand Oaks Incubator SpaceX 211

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MARCH 31, 2015

San Diego-based venture capital investor Correlation Ventures is looking to raise a second fund, Correlation Ventures II, worth $170M, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. According to the filing, the venture firm has yet to ink any limited partner commitments on the new fund.

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Funding San Diego Venture Capital Capital 100

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JUNE 15, 2021

Although this is the company's Series A, the company was actually founded back in 2011. The new funding round brings the company's funding up to around $77M. Formative's founders are Craig Jones (CEO) and kevin McFarland (COO).

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Santa Monica Education Funding Software 124

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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 terms of deals, the quarter was actually down from last year, with 79 deals completed in Q3 of this year, versus 91 in Q3 of 2011. was raised.

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Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 180

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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 terms of deals, the quarter was actually down from last year, with 79 deals completed in Q3 of this year, versus 91 in Q3 of 2011. was raised.

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Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 210

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MAY 21, 2012

The firm said the new funding came from IDM Venture Capital, and is expected to be part of a larger funding round. The company said the new funds bring its total raised to $7M, including a 2011 round from Intel Capital. Xfire said the funding will go to fund its expansion into Asia. Xfire is headed by Malcom CasSelle.

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Santa Monica Venture Capital Capital Funding 124

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APRIL 25, 2011

The company expects Greystripe to add $24 to $26M in revenues for the remainder of 2011. Greystripe was venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, Monitor Ventures, Peacock Equity, and Incubic Venture Capital, and was based in San Francisco. Greystripe was advised by Montgomery & Co. in the deal.

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Westlake Village Steamboat Ventures Advertising Incubator 170

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JUNE 19, 2013

But, it looks like being a seed investor has paid off for at least one local investor, Baroda Ventures , the venture capital investment fund owned by GeoCities founder David Bohnett. Fab.com pivoted into an e-commerce site in February of 2011, after nearly shutting down and returning its money to its seed investors.

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Invest Social Network Commerce Venture Capital 170

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JULY 20, 2012

The latest MoneyTree Survey, from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters, tabulated. in funding during Q2 of 2012, down from Q1, and slightly below investments in Q2 of 2011. Fisker Automotive actually topped the nation as the biggest, venture capital funding in the quarter.

Southern California 145

Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Funding 145

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JANUARY 31, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm has named the finalists in its second annual QPrize Venture Investment Competition, the firm's global venture capital competition for investment dollars.

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San Diego Competition Social Network Venture Capital 145

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MARCH 24, 2011

A student team from the University of Southern California is one of forty two teams heading to the 2011 Rice University Business Plan Competition in April. The competition--which is one of the largest in the world--also includes a new $100,000 prize from venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, focused on clean technology.

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USC Competition Southern California Venture Capital 145

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JULY 26, 2012

ARCH Venture Partners, GF Private Equity Group, Intel Corporation, Madrona Venture Group, Mobius Venture Capital and Polaris Venture Partners. The firm had filed for an IPO in April 2011. Impinj said the funding came from AllianceBernstein L.P., READ MORE>>.

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Orange County CalTech Equity Venture Capital 140

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Histogen said it is scheduled to begin a Phase I/II clinical trail of a hair stimulating product in Spring 2011, and is also in the process of beginning a clinical study for a compound for the treatment of carcinomatosis. Tags: histogen venture capital stem cell lifescience regenerative medicine. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Study Venture Capital Product 173

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

The firm said the funding will fully finance the firm into 2011. Tags: accumetrics diagnostics biotech venture capital lifescience heart disease antiplatelet.

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