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JUNE 14, 2018

Los Angeles- and Las Vegas-based Influential , which operates a service to help match brands with influencers, has raised $12M more in a Series B funding, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Capital Zed, ECA Ventures, Paradigm Talent Agency, ROAR, the Tech Coast Angels, plus WME.

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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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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).

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

This morning, Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com), led by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings , announced its first formal fund, a $19M seed stage fund. What we would do, is we would round up ten other angel investors, get $25,000 from each of them, and then roll up our sleeves and help that entrepreneur find venture capital.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

San Diego-based Trust & Will , a startup which offers up online services to help people create trusts, wills, and guardianships, has raised $6M in a new funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The company originally raised funding as part of the San Diego Tech Coast Angels, in a "Quick Pitch" competition three years ago.

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JUNE 17, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Xavor invest through our dependable consulting services.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Santa Monica-based Vokle , the developer of an online service to show live, streamed events, has now raised $767,000 in its latest seed round of funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm yesterday. The funds include capital from the Tech Coast Angels, the Sierra Angels, and others.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Dinesh Ravishanker , CEO & Co-Founder at CallFire.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Irvine-based YouMail , the personalized voicemail service firm headed by Alex Quilici, has raised around $355,000 in new funding, adding CrunchFund--the investment fund run by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington--as a backer. Details of the funding were leaked by TechCrunch, which also said that the Tech Coast Angels ACE Fund participated.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , which operates an online marketplace and service for vacation rental booking, has raised $3.5M LeisureLink has previously raised funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Group RCI, Kodiak Ventures LP, Mission Ventures, Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

According to the firm, the new round of funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners and Catalyst Investors, and is made up of an immediate $11M initial tranche, plus an additional $3M option that may be exercised anytime within the next 36 months. Tags: mindbody software saas venture capital. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Nanoogo , an online service focused on helping encourage creativity in kids, has scored a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels, according to a report today from the group. The firm was one of a number, previously unannounced investments by the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based YouMail , which develops personalized voicemail services, has raised another $410,000 in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm on Friday. YouMail has previously raised funding from the Tech Coast Angels, VantagePoint Venture Partners, and others. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The Tech Coast Angels announced this morning that it has had a first close on its Angel Capital Entrepreneurial (ACE) Fund 1, the firm's new early-stage investment fund. The angel group said that the first investment from the fund was in Vokle, an online event broadcasting service. fundraising.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Santa Monica-based Vokle has scored an investment round from the Tech Coast Angels, the angel group formally announced Monday. Vokle is headed by Robert Kiraz, and operates an online service which allows people to host live, streamed video events. in an ongoing funding round. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 27, 2011

Source of the new funding was not disclosed, however, the firm has previously raised capital from Bessemer Venture Partners, Catalyst Investors, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, and Frontera Capital. The disclosure came via a regulatory filing from the firm.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

mSIGNIA , a developer of mobile security tools, has quietly been funded by the Tech Coast Angels and Gold Hill Capital, it was revealed by the TCA last week. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based YouMail , which develops personalized voice mail and messaging services, has raised $1.5M YouMail is venture backed by VantagePoint Venture Partners and the Tech Coast Angels. Tags: youmail venture capital debt funding voicemail communications. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 23, 2016

Irvine-based Digsy , an online search service for finding commercial office, warehouse or retail space, said today that it has launched into Silicon Valley and San Francisco.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The founders of the group, Richard Koffler and John Morris , are two well known investors in the Los Angeles area. The group includes a number of experienced CEOs with experience raising venture capital as well as bringing companies to an IPO or exit. Wedbush Morgan Securities and NewCap Partners, among other firms.

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JULY 7, 2011

Los Angeles-based HitFix , an online entertainment news site, announced today that it has closed on a $2M investment round. The new round was led by Golden Seeds, and also included prior investors the Tech Coast Angels. The company said it will use the round to accelerate growth in its service.

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JANUARY 7, 2011

Huntington Beach-based Freebinar , a provider of free, web conferencing services, is looking to fill the new hole left by free web conferencing service Dimdim , with its own ad-supported service. Bolstering Freebinar's efforts is new funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Parchment , the startup which operates Docufide, a service to help transfer high school transcripts to colleges and universities, said Monday that it has raised $6M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Frank, who podcasts every week on topics of interest to entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capitalists, talks about mixer events, such the Open Angel Forums from Jason Calacanis, and similar entrepreneur mixers from the Tech Coast Angels--and how to best take advantage of them. Know what's tired.

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JUNE 1, 2011

Irvine-based Vokle , which operates an online, live web streaming and broadcasting service, has scored $767,000 in a new round of funding, according to lead investor the Tech Coast Angels. The TCA said the new round was led by Dave Berkus. The TCA said that Vokle has now raised $1.26M in funding.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based Social Rewards , which operates an online, loyalty program which rewards users for social media activity for brands, has raised $600,000 in a seed funding round. The round came from the Tech Coast Angels, as well as Jeff Lapin (Starwood Hotels), Stuard Larkins (Performics), Kelly Perdew, Mi Ventures, and K5 Venture Partners.

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MARCH 8, 2011

Bonita, California-based Anabios , a stealth mode firm working on drug testing services for pain drugs, has scored an angel investment round from the Tech Coast Angels. The funding is the second for the ACE Fund; the first was an investment in online event broadcasting service Vokle.

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JULY 7, 2009

Santa Monica-based Zag.com , the online automobile buying service headed by Scott Painter, is reporting today that it had what is calls its "strongest sales so far this year" in June. The firm did not say what drove the growth, and did not provide any financial details on its sales or profitability.

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JUNE 1, 2009

Carlsbad-based Dayak , a VC-funded online site focused on recruiting, said recently that it has launched a new marketplace focused on temporary and contract labor. The new staffing marketplace is an expansion of the firm's existing service for matching employers with recruiters. READ MORE>>.

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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.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Maneesh’s prior investing experience includes an associate position at El Dorado Ventures. He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components. in venture capital and publicly launched in May 2011. Sean Ellis.

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504: The 504 is a fixed rate loan program serviced by local banks and guaranteed at 90% by the federal government to purchase (or construct) a new property, including its related soft costs, equipment and fixtures for your business. Angel Investors & Venture Capital. SBA Programs. WIN Opportunities, Inc.

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JULY 19, 2013

Angel Investors look for very different things than more advanced VC’s who’ve been investing for years, who are different still from those who are just getting into the investing world. Angel investors understand this which is why they invest smaller amounts, but are also first in.

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JUNE 10, 2016

Startup Week San Diego is intended to showcase local startups that are focused on innovation in such areas as Software as a Service (SaaS), consumer Internet, mobile technology, hardware, and defense technology. A Fire Side Chat with San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. —Monday 6/17 at 4:30pm.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Please join TechZulu as well as Los Angeles tech savvy elite comprised of VC’s, Angels investors, startups and your fellow entrepreneurs, as we celebrate LA’s most exciting tech creations of the moment with the brightest digital minds and engineering talents this side of Fresno.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Co-Host & Venue Sponsor.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

The White House said the legislation passed Wednesday, is intended to reduce the supply of and access to opioids and expand access to prevention, treatment, and recovery services. Watson Quick Pitch Competition to further the development of its nerve pain management device. The Centers for Disease.

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