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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Our interview this morning is with Kelly Perdew of Moonshots Capital , a Los Angeles based investment firm that makes seed stage investments in early stage companies�and in particular, for this Veterans Day, in companies founded by military veterans. What kind of investments have you been making?

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AUGUST 31, 2015

Los Angeles-based Water Planet , which develops water treatment membranes, said today that it has raised a new, Series B funding round. Size of the funding was not disclosed. Water Planet said the investment came from Air Liquide's ALIAD Corporate Venture fund, Bluestem Capital and UCLA Venture Fund.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

This morning's reflections are from Kelly Perdew , managing general partner of at Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com). Raising money as a first-time VC fund is hard.In Many of my friends who are VCs (and some friends who tried to raise a fund unsuccessfully) warned me that raising for a first-time fund would be very difficult.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

As we close out our contributions for the end of 2018, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners. One company that we have mentored, invested in and serve on the board of, is in lending and has hit a very exciting tipping point. We expect some big things in 2019.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Today, we share the thoughts of Peter Cowen , Managing Director of Sutton Capital Partners (www.suttoncapitalpartners.com). Socaltech has partnered with Sutton Capital Partners with their Recurring Revenue Conference for several yars. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

This morning, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners. Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference.

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MARCH 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based Water Planet , which develops water treatment membrane technology originally developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), revealed today that its seed investor is none other than actor Kevin Costner. Water Planet's CEO and founder is Erik Hoek, who was a Professor of Engineering at UCLA.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

Gevo is using both technology from UCLA to produce next-generation biofuels through genetically modified Escherichia coli (E. The IPO is being undewritten by UBS Investment Bank, Goldman, Sachs & Co., The IPO is being undewritten by UBS Investment Bank, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Piper Jaffray. and Piper Jaffray.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Los Angeles-based Tribogenics , which is developing handheld, X-ray technology, has scored a strategic investment from Nikon , via its subsidiary, Nikon Americas Inc. Size of the investment was not announced. Tribogenics is a spinout of technology originally developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

One of the biggest complaints that local entrepreneurs have with Los Angeles has been a dearth of local sources of venture capital. However, the recent surge in startup activity has attracted a lot more capital into the area, including a significant amount of capital from LA's latest fund: Karlin Ventures (www.karlinvc.com).

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MARCH 9, 2018

Santa Monica-based Bird , which operates a network of "last mile" electric vehicles for connecting users with public transportation like buses and subways, has raised $100M in a Series B funding, the company said on Friday. As part of the funding, Bird said it has named angel and venture investment veteran Paige Craig as its new Head of U.S.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking. How did the new fund come about?

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

The funding, a Series C, will be used to continue expanding Boulevard’s product and engineering teams and to build out more tools targeting an ever-wider set of users in the bigger wellness and beauty sector (those product additions are typically big — it most recently added a whole new payments feature). Focusing on the U.S.

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DECEMBER 15, 2011

El Segundo-based NanoH2O , the UCLA spinout which is developing reverse osmosis membranes for water desalination, has raised $14.87M as part of an ongoing, $30.6M No details of the funding have been announced by the company yet. fundraising effort, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

NanoH2O is commercializing technology developed at UCLA for reverse osmosis. The company is backed by BASF Venture Capital GmbH, CalPERS Clean Energy & Technology Fund, Keytone Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund, Rusheen Capital Partners, and Total Energy Ventures International.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

TechCrunch is heading to UCLA on October 18 and we’ve assembled some of the AR/VR industry’s most prescient founders, investors and executives to chat about the startups and trends driving virtual and augmented reality in 2018. UCLA, Los Angeles // October 18. See full agenda here. Kickstarting an Industry. Reality Checks.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Los Angeles-based ImaginAb , a UCLA spinout which is developing antibody fragments for use in the diagnostic imaging market, said late last night that it has raised $12.5M The round was led by Novartis Venture Funds, and also included Merieux Developpement, Nextech Invest, Cycad Group and Momentum Biosciences. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 11, 2011

The firm, which is headed by technology vet Jeff Green, and based on research out of UCLA, said that Truby will bolster its commercial team. NanoH2O is venture backed by Khosla Ventures , Oak Investment Partners , Rusheen Capital Partners , and PCG Energy and Technology Fund. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 10, 2010

El Segundo-based NanoH2O , the water filtration technology spinout of UCLA, has raised $10M as part of an ongoing, $50M funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. No details on the funding have been announced yet by the company, which is headed by Jeff Green. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based NanoH2O , a UCLA spinout commercializing water filtering and desalination technology, has raised $5M in a equity funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Wednesday. Details on the funding have not yet been released by the company. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Los Angeles has long been in San Francisco’s shadow when it comes to life sciences investment. But a new venture capital firm led by industry veterans is trying to cast the City of Angels in a new light. Westlake Village BioPartners is launching today with $350 million in committed capital.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

in an equity funding round, according to a filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding for the company was not disclosed. The investment came from three investors, according to the filing. Tags: solarmer energy photovoltaic solar panel flexible cigs venture capital. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 22, 2009

Capital Factory , a business incubation program based in Austin, Texas, has lured away a Los Angeles startup, Homstie , which operates an online marketplace which helps people find places to store their stuff. The person-to-person marketplace was started by a number of UCLA undergraduates.

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Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2016

Balgrosky, a health information administrator and former Scripps Health chief information officer, was finishing her doctorate in health policy and management at UCLA. We started the incubator with the idea of helping people with ideas, and making some investments,” he said.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

Sandra Itkoff – Entrepeneur in Residence, UCLA Institute for Innovation and Technology Transfer. Mike Swords – Executive Director of Strategic Research Initiatives and Global Partnerships, UCLA. Tom Soto – Managing Director/Investment Committee Member, TCW/Craton. Government Funding and Cleantech.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Think about venture capital. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out. Of course if you’re already known you could put your name or location on your fund name. downtown LA]. Also East of the 405?

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Niko Bonatsos , managing director at General Catalyst , Jacob Mullins , a partner at Shasta Ventures and Catherine Ulrich , managing director at FirstMark Capital will offer a reality check on the state of AR/VR funding — and discuss where the opportunities lie. Survios co-founders Nathan Burba and James Iliff will talk VR gaming.

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From the Venture Trenches

MAY 21, 2013

I recently caught up with a classmate from UCLA Anderson and told him the exact opposite in regards to raising money for his own startup. This is particularly true if you have never raised investment capital before and do not have a record of exists like Calacanis.

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MAY 8, 2017

The company is backed by more than $67M in funding from such investors as Glynn Capital Management, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Amgen Ventures, Lux Capital, Redmile Group, dRx Capital (a Qualcomm and Novartis joint investment company), and Sanofi Ventures. Los Angeles-based Science37 (www.science37.com)

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. We've made over 30 investments in Southern California, and that's just in Redpoint, and doesn't include all of the investment we made as Brentwood Venture Capital since the late 70's.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Los Angeles-based NanoH2O is reporting that it has secured $15M in additional funding, for the firm's water desalination technology. According to the firm, the round came from Oak Investment Partners and Khosla Ventures. Brian Hinman of Oak has joined the firm's board of directors as part of the funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The venture capitalists we look at to fund our deals are certainly tightening down, there's no question about that. What is not happening, is those marginal deals that would have gotten funded a number of years ago, when things were better, are not making it. So you don't see as many people looking for funding now?

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

What they do, is accelerate that team or company to get them to the next level, and then go through and put in some investment money, help them build out the management team, and help with vendor relationships, help with overall strategy, and then help those companies riase their next round of capital. Only companies we are creating.

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MARCH 26, 2014

We''ve raised around $72 million now in equity capital. Dan Rodrigues: Yes, we''ve raised around $70M in venture funding to date. They''re a Boston-based venture capital firm which as started by some ex-VCs from Insight Venture Partners. The second firm, is Greenspring Associates, which is a fund of funds.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Middle Market Investment Banking. Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch - February 24th - UCLA. Joyent - An Enterprise Class Cloud Computing Company funded by Intel Capital, provides the most comprehensive cloud solution available today. Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Startups Made Simple.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Nikhil told us a bit about the startup,which was spawned out of Idealab, and recently raised a round of funding from CrestValue Capital, Cybernaut Westlake Partners, Leaguer Venture Investment Co., Third Wave Digital (Allen DeBevoise), Dream Maker Entertainment Ltd. Entertainment Co., READ MORE>>.

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