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DECEMBER 28, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. This morning, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners.

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MARCH 25, 2011

The firm said yesterday that it raised $41M in funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Silicon Valley Bank, and garnered overwhelming coverage in a frenzy by the technology press. The firm's SoCal connection? Photo: Pham at a Technology Council of Southern California event in Irvine).

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MARCH 23, 2016

A new survey, released this week by Silicon Valley Bank, finds that even as the availability of venture capital in Southern California is tightening, and lofty unicorn valuations are declining, startup entrepreneurs are still optimistic about the future of technology in the region. and China for their opinions.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's technology industry. As we close out our contributions for the end of 2018, here's Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital. Things seem to be moving faster in technology than ever before.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Nationally, venture capital investors invested $21.8

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JULY 19, 2011

Southern California companies raised $739M in venture capital in Q2 of 2011, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) based on data from Thomson Reuters. According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M

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MARCH 16, 2017

Are you an entrepreneur, looking for capital here in Southern California? Here's a rundown of some of the venture capital investors who have set up shop in Southern California, plus those with big new funds, which have been announced so far since January of this year. Moonshots Capital. Core Innovation Capital.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Kevin O'Connor , a longtime investor and serial entrepreneur, who is now running venture capital investment firm ScOp Venture Capital. Congrats on the new name for your venture capital firm. It's always hard with venture capital. Tell us a little bit about the firm? I was blown away.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

A report released today by Ernst & Young finds that Southern California was number two in the nation in terms of clean technology investments for the year. According to the analysis of 2009 venture capital, based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource, Southern California had annual investments of $329.5M That compares with $1.2

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the movers and shakers in Southern California's technology ecosystem. Here, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund, and has had some great success in the market.

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MARCH 27, 2012

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature contributions, opinions, and editorials from members of the Southern California technology community, we have an advice piece from venture capital veteran Jon Funk , who gives five things entrepreneurs ought to think about before raising capital. Continued.).

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. SoCal tech and life science companies are scaling faster than at any point in history. Given SVBs market position, that is great news.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture investor Bonfire Ventures , the venture capital fund led by SoCal VC veterans Jim Andelman and Mark Mullen, has launched a fundraising effort for a new fund, Bonfire Ventures Select I , according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 12, 2018

How can we harness technology to impact homelessness? Should the SoCal tech community engage in conversations around innovation and disruption of the deepening homeless crisis? Sutton Capital Partners is proud to sponsor an evening focused on solutions. Thursday, October 18, 2018 -- TECH+HOMELESSNESS: A Conversation.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Los Angeles was always more than a one-industry town, even when it comes to technology startups, as media and entertainment (and social networking) were always the big draws in Tinseltown. We’re thrilled to help lead the way for the broader tech community in Los Angeles.”

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. TVC Capital has also been a big supporter of socaltech over the years. It is easy to invest capital, but very, very hard to exit, so don't.

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APRIL 2, 2009

Southern California Venture capital totals were up slightly in Q1 of this year from last quarter, to around $718M in deals, according to an analysis of socalTECH.com's proprietary venture database. The totals give an early look into other venture capital surveys due later this month. billion in funding.

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MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. That network effect is a subtle but has a powerful effect with all this new technology.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 31, 2016

Irvine-based Infinite RF Holdings , the parent company of Pasternack Enterprises and Fairview Microwave, has been acquired by private equity investor Genstar Capital. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The report--compiled by Ocean Road Partners--included both venture-backed and self-financed information technology companies. Green Dot's backers included Sequoia Capital, Total Technology Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. The exit was the eighth highest in the database, according to Ocean Road Partners.

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MAY 3, 2012

Forbes Magazine has just published its annual Midas List , its annual ranking of the top 100 venture capitalists, and -- despite a record number of IPOs and exits last year from southern California technology companies -- Southern California's venture capital community was shut out of the list entirely.

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JULY 7, 2010

Confident Technologies / Curtis Staker / San Diego - Staker is the former President of Websense, and has pulled together an experienced team with a depth of experience from the firm. His new site, Mahalo, is focused on people-based, online search, with backing from Seuqoia Capital and Elon Musk, among others. which he sold to AOL.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 16, 2020

It’s an auspicious time for both Los Angeles-based businessmen, as the LA venture community sees a wave of technology talent relocating from New York and San Francisco in the newly remote work culture created by the COVID-19 epidemic. With the new capital coming in, Norton expects to back some 30 to 35 companies, he said.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. But we have a great city for building technology companies. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. You don’t.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

What do you think will take Southern California''s technology community to the next level? I think we have lots of great companies, lots of technology, we''re producing more engineers, and we''re seeing companies go from B-to-C and relatively low tech, to deeper technology companies and companies with more differentiation.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Everbridge , a developer of emergency notification tools which was founded and still has major operations in both Glendale and Pasadena, has had an IPO, raising $90M for the company and marking another major, SoCal linked technology startup exit in what has been a busy year for deals.

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JANUARY 19, 2009

Southern California's venture capital numbers for Q4 slipped, as did numbers nationally, according to numbers released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource. According to the report, Southern California's venture capital totals slipped for the first time since 2003, down more than 18 percent annually, to $3.2 billion in deals.

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JULY 15, 2010

Investments by venture capitalists in Southern California were up, both in terms of deals and dollars in Q2, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Tags: venture capital pricewaterhousecoopers nvca finance moneytree thomson reuters. Los Angeles saw $407.2M

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

SoCal has had a long history of tech innovation and Los Angeles is undeniably the creative capital. Wednesday, September 12, 2012 -- Silicon Beach @ USC. USC, with a strong entrepreneurial tradition and home to the leading school for cinematic arts, is pushing the Silicon Beach movement forward with an upcoming forum. See [link].

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The firms were ranked by how fundable they are, with the top 20 appearing to have a better shot at raising capital after interviews with Forbes. Six Southern California firms have made Forbes.com's list of 20 of "America's Most Promising Companies 2009", which was released Wednesday.

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JUNE 2, 2011

Interest in technology IPOs appears to have hit a new high Thursday, as daily deals firm Groupon filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raised up to $750M in an IPO. Backers: Fayez Sarofim & Co, Sequoia Capital, and Technology Crossover Ventures. Those firms are: 1. eHarmony [ profile ]. Business: Electric cars.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2010

In my post, Technology Roles in Startups , I described some of the different ways I engage with startup companies such as CTO Founder , CTO , Part-Time CTO , Acting CTO , Consultant, Advisor and Advisory Board Member. Before engaging a Technology Advisor for the purpose of accessing their network – make sure it’s the right network.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

SoCal has had a long history of tech innovation and Los Angeles is undeniably the creative capital. Thursday, September 13, 2012 -- Silicon Beach @ USC. USC, with a strong entrepreneurial tradition and home to the leading school for cinematic arts, is pushing the Silicon Beach movement forward with an upcoming forum. See [link].

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -- Venture Capitalist David Hornik of August Capital - Startups Uncensored #31. This Month's Startups Uncensored will feature a Fireside Chat with Venture Capitalist of August Capital, David Hornik and Docstoc CEO, Jason Nazar. See [link] (more)

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APRIL 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based SocialAnnex , a startup helping online retailers to use social media to spur sales, has scored a round of funding from a who's who of Southern California technology angels, the firm said Tuesday. According to SocialAnnex, Kamran Pourzanjani of PriceGrabber.com, Brian S.

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