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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Are you a startup looking to find funding in Southern California? Here are the venture firms who have been most active in SoCal (Santa Babrara - Los Angeles - Orange County - San Diego) in the last twelve months, based on the number of deals: 1. Looking for more insights into the venture deal flow here in Southern California?

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Southern California Dollar Shave Club Lootcrate Orange County 100

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JANUARY 5, 2021

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, sposors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Today, we have Andy Wilson, Executive Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org). What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?

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Southern California SoCal Technical Review Startup 202

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MAY 14, 2019

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 -- Southern California Quantum Computing Meetup. A representative from quantum communications company Qubitekk in Vista, Calif. Joe Latone from IBM will discuss a quantum computing performance metric called quantum volume that they have developed.

Southern California 100

Southern California IBM IBM Metrics 100

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Southern California had a healthy showing in the latest ranking of the fastest growing companies from Deloitte''s Technology Fast 500 , which was announced last night. Of those 500, there were at least 60 Southern California companies in the rankings. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 199

Southern California Marina Del Rey El Segundo Santa Monica 199

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JANUARY 11, 2019

Southern California raised $2.96 By far, the biggest area of investment for Southern California was for software investments, where there were 29 funding deals; other areas of activity included biopharmaceuticals (13 deals), business support services (12 deals), and consumer information services (10). READ MORE>>.

Southern California 150

Southern California Orange County Venture Capital San Diego 150

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

Southern California technology companies raised $709.8M in venture capital in Q3, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data From Thomson Reuters. The amount raised in the region was up from Q2, when $627.4M

Southern California 234

Southern California Orange County Tech Coast Angels Company 234

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APRIL 3, 2017

A new report, issued by Silicon Valley Bank over the last week, has found that Southern California startups are far more focused on being acquired than on IPOs, and also on making profits, compared with most startups. and China.

Southern California 100

Southern California Report Startup SoCal 100

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A new program, run by the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, is looking to connect startups with Series A funding, according to the group. According to the two, the program recruits and selects top SoCal-based startups that have demonstrated clear market traction and provides introductions to leading venture funds.

Southern California 197

Southern California SoCal Funding Startup 197

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

As part of doing that, I've had the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of different chief technical officers from different kinds of companies over those years. This is a private group of CTOs who are responsible for software development within their companies. or focused on industry or type of company.

Southern California 150

Southern California Software Development Software Develop 150

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JULY 21, 2017

Who are the companies in Southern California that are part of this growing industry? Most of the company's drones are of the smaller, tactical variety. The company is also known for its development of the "Hummingbird", the world's smallest drone. How is the parent company of Snapchat involved in drone development?

Southern California 113

Southern California Company Companies Palmdale 113

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JULY 15, 2016

Southern California companies raised $2.49 The big numbers were directly impacted by several large fundings in Southern California--most notably, a giant, $1.27 Southern California represented almost half of the top fundraising rounds for Q2 nationally. billion round for Venice based Snapchat.

Southern California 100

Southern California Marina Del Rey Venture Capital Company 100

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JUNE 21, 2018

That was the question at the SoCal First Look Showcase , run by the Alliance for SoCal Innovation and the Los Angeles Venture Association at UCLA on Wednesday. READ MORE>>

Southern California 113

Southern California SoCal Dollar Shave Club Cornerstone OnDemand 113

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

What's going on with Southern California's innovation economy, and where is the action? Personally, I couldn't be more excited about the SoCal tech scene and burgeoning local capital market. . Personally, I couldn't be more excited about the SoCal tech scene and burgeoning local capital market. Continued.).

Southern California 113

Southern California SoCal Startup Capital 113

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JULY 18, 2017

The list of technology startups in Southern California who are "unicorns"--valued at more than $1 billion--surprisingly, might not be who you think, and in the sectors you might expect. and no, there aren't any entertainment-technology companies anywhere in sight). The company has chosen to go public in Hong Kong.

Southern California 133

Southern California Orange County SpaceX Santa Barbara 133

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MAY 19, 2014

Mobile children''s story app developer FarFaria and online parenting and education site Education.com are targeting the Southern California market, with an offer to provide 10,000 local teachers with a year of access to FarFaria''s storytime application. farfaria education southern california teachers teaching mobile books iphone'

Southern California 164

Southern California Education Mobile Sites 164

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JULY 8, 2020

Uber said on Wednesday that drivers in Southern California and Sacramento are now allowed to set their own price, as part of an effort by the company to show that its drivers are independent contractors and not employees.

Southern California 113

Southern California Pricing San Diego Company 113

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JULY 6, 2020

A very long list of Southern California's high tech companies are on the list of companies who have taken advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) put into place by the United States, in an attempt to stem job losses from the ongoing pandemic.

Southern California 113

Southern California High Tech Media Networking 113

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

Southern California has seen another, big venture capital investment quarter, with companies raising $1.46 According to the report, which was released this evening, there were 97 deals totaling $1.467 billion across the Southern California region, a rise, dollarwise, over Q3 of 2014, when there was $797.0M

Southern California 100

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Flipagram 100

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APRIL 27, 2017

Southern California Edison (SCE), which serves a significant chunk of Southern California, says it has been ranked number one in the U.S. The company said that is a 31 percent increase over the 1,258 megawatts connected in 2015. in terms of the amount of solar power connected to its grid. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 113

Southern California Company Companies 113

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APRIL 7, 2016

In what appears to be an unprecedented surge of Australian companies setting up shop in Southern California's Silicon Beach, a surprising number of Australian startups have set up operations in Southern California over the last year. Nexus eWater (www.nexusewater.com) - water recycling and saving devices.

Southern California 100

Southern California Startup Social Network Networking 100

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JUNE 29, 2017

Fund size: $60M (Okapi Ventures III) Managing Directors: Marc Averitt, Sharon Stevenson, Jeff Bocan, John Waller Investment interests: Seed and early-stage companies in the technology and healthcare IT sectors and has also invested in medical device and medical diagnostic startups. so far in investments. Okapi Ventures. Fika Ventures.

Southern California 178

Southern California Venture Capital Capital Artificial Inteligence 178

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JANUARY 27, 2014

A recent analysis by the Wall Street Journal uncovers a surprising number of Southern California startups in the billion dollar valuation -- led by Hawthorne-based SpaceX , with a $4.8 Along with SpaceX, Southern California includes Snapchat ($2.0 billion dollar valuation at its last round. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 213

Southern California Snapchat SpaceX Startup 213

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JANUARY 17, 2013

was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. raised by companies in Q4 of 2011, and less than the $701.18M raised by companies in the region in Q3 of 2012. The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2 billion into 968 companies for Q4 of 2012. in funding.

Southern California 237

Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Venture Capital 237

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JULY 19, 2018

Reali , a Silicon Valley startup which offers up a high-tech, and artificial intelligence-enabled real estate service, said this week that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round, which it specifically will use to launch in Southern California. The funding was led by Zeev Ventures, and also included Signia Venture Capital.

Southern California 100

Southern California Artificial Inteligence High Tech Pricing 100

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APRIL 21, 2014

The latest numbers are out on venture capital investments in Southern California from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, finding that the region had nearly $762.88M invested in companies in the region during Q1 of 2014. in investments in companies considered Media and Entertainment compnaies.

Southern California 165

Southern California Orange County San Diego Avalon 165

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AUGUST 6, 2012

At least six, Southern California companies -- Nimble , ParkMe , Quarterly , Beachmint , Chromatik , and Dollar Shave Club -- have been named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Brilliant Companies list today, a healthy share of the publication's annual look at the best ideas, hottest industries, and innovators.

Dollar Shave Club 231

Dollar Shave Club Southern California Entrepreneur Company 231

SoCal CTO

APRIL 1, 2009

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal.

Southern California 150

Southern California TechEmpower Technology Council Metrics 150

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

Southern California 200

Southern California Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 200

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MARCH 11, 2020

The US Marine Corp says it is looking for companies in the Southern California technology community to submit their proposals for ground sensors, to help the Marines develop "next generation" ground sensors for the battlefield. RF) using rapidly deployable sensors to provide accurate and real-time info from the field.

Southern California 124

Southern California Technical Review SoCal Design 124

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

This is our second year of creating our list of the top 50 people to watch in Southern California''s technology industry, and it was NOT an easy task. As we found last year, it''s a tough, unforgiving task to narrow down a list of the folks in Southern California''s technology industry to just fifty to watch.

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Technical Review USC 279

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

Semiconductor and electronics industry publication EETimes has identified three of Southern California's semiconductor startups among its annual list of sixty startups to watch in the industry. The magazine, in its list of startups worth watching , identified Efficient Power Conversion Corp. Efficient Power Conversion Corp.

Southern California 178

Southern California El Segundo Venture Capital Google 178

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Impossible Foods , one of the makers of plant-based burgers, will make its plant burgers available for the first time in grocery stores, in Southern California, the company said on Thursday morning. According to Impossible Foods, its plant-based burgers will be available at Gelsons markets on Friday, September 20th.

Southern California 100

Southern California El Segundo Marketing Product 100

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors. Similarly, the firm is using a Y-Combinator/TechStars model to startups, and covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

Southern California 216

Southern California Orange County Incubator Tech Coast Angels 216

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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

Southern California 240

Southern California El Segundo Culver City Orange County 240

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DECEMBER 26, 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. Our first is with Andy Wilson of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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Southern California SoCal Pasadena Riverside 113

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Friday, November 4, 2016 -- SoCal Bio Annual Conference. The 30-plus companies include many of Southern California’s most innovative biotech, medtech and digital health ventures.

Southern California 100

Southern California SoCal Conference Capital 100

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APRIL 18, 2017

GE and Southern California Edison (SCE) said this morning that the two companies have deployed the world's first battery-gas turbine hybrid system in Norwalk, as a part of Southern California Edison's renewable energy efforts. According to the two, the new system includes a 10MW/ 4.3

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Southern California Norwalk Technical Review Demand 124