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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

San Diego-based Alyllix , which produces flavors, fragrances, and other ingredients using yeast fermentation, has been acquired by Swiss company Evolva Holdings SA. Evolva said it will acquire Allylix in return for 46 million shares of the company. allylix evolva flavors fragrances merger acquisition tech coast angels'

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JULY 22, 2019

Los Angeles-based Ready Set Food , a startup developing a system which introduces babies to peanut, egg, and milk--potential allergens--has raised $2.2M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Amplify.LA, Wavemaker 360, PLG Ventures, Adam Miller, David Rogier, the Pasadena Angels, and John Burry.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2014

The latest venture capital totals from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association''s MoneyTree Report was released this evening, tallying up $761.12M in investments in Q2 of 2014 in Southern California, up from Q2 of 2013, when $616.83M was invested in the region. Nationally, there was $13.0

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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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socalTECH

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 billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. In Los Angeles, near $324.2M was raised. invested, in 11 different investments.

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

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 billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. In Los Angeles, near $324.2M was raised. invested, in 11 different investments.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY has raised a big, $35M venture capital round this morning, led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), along with Catalyst Investors (Catalyst) and Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP). As part of the funding, MINDBODY said that Norm Fogelsong of IVP has joined the company's board of directors.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2015

iPourIt , which develops computer-controlled, self-serve, beer- and wine-dispensing systems, has raised $2M more in a Series A-1 funding, according to the company. The startup, which is based in Orange County, said that the funding round came from the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA), which supports local startups and emerging-growth companies, has named entrepreneur Kimberly Kovacs as the group's new President, according to the group. LAVA's day to day operations are managed by Executive Director Len Lanzai.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t. The Angel funding process can be arduous. We know we’re short of capital, particularly in LA.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Southern California venture totals for Q3 totaled around $1.0 billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. Interestingly enough, that area of perpetual interest for the Los Angeles area--Content and Media--only garnered $10.68M in funding during the quarter.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

No details on the funding have yet been announced by the company, which is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, the Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. Tags: myshape fashion ecommerce venture capital. READ MORE>>.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 15, 2015

How many Angels do you want in your cap table? Mark Suster wrote a great piece in July giving his answer: “If all else fails, angel-load away! If you can’t raise from a few strong angels, from seed funds or from a VC then raising from a ton (let’s say 20+) angels is a perfectly acceptable strategy.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Please join LAVA, PwC and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q3 2010 PwC/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. See [link] (more).

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Steve Reich

JANUARY 20, 2013

Your VCs and lenders will likely impose onerous terms, and your ownership will get badly diluted. The one group of investors you can count on to support you in a crisis are your Angels, and I saw two examples over the Holidays. Emergency cash is never free, even from Angels. A Christmas miracle, indeed.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

No details on the funding have been announced by the company. Numira has previously raised funding from the Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels and vSpring Capital. Paul DeRidder, of Crystal Cove Capital and a member of the TCA, sits on the board, as does Dinesh Patel of vSpring.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Los Angeles-based Docufide , which develops educational software and services used to transfer high school transcripts to colleges, said today that it has raised $4.5M The firm said the funding came from Novak Biddle Venture Partners. Docufide said it will maintain its Los Angeles offices. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B

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OCTOBER 6, 2008

Pasadena-based MyShape has raised $12M in a round of venture capital, the company's CEO, Louise Wannier, confirmed Monday after reports that the firm had closed a round of funding, but said the round was still in progress. Wannier said the round remains open, as the firm is still in active discussions with investors.

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Steve Reich

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

was launched with nearly $2mm in Angel funding from the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. We had an advocate in each Angel group who aggressively lead the effort. It’s critical to identify a lead investor who is truly excited about your company. How do you find that Angel partner?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. The company’s CEO, Brendon McQueen, graduated from Columbia with 12 loans that totaled over $120,000.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2012

What is happening in the electric vehicle market, is there are lots of new models coming out, and lots of companies building charging stations for both residential, commercial, and public charging stations. How did the company start? That was the genesis for the idea for the company, which was to build tools for that new market.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

In today''s electronic world, there is an immense number of data sources creating millions of data points that companies are hoping to make sense of. Bitvore is based in Irvine, and is backed by serial entrepreneur Yuri Pikover, as well as other angels. What companies are looking for, and what they care about, are material events.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

It's a story you hear too many times: a venture or angel funded firm just can't figure out its business, runs low on cash, can't get another round of funding, and soon all that's left is a few chairs and servers. The original company found that getting IVR deployed was actually very hard. How did you end up at Unified Dispatch?

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