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JANUARY 2, 2013

Browse our job postings , and navigate our (new) extensive map of Southern California high tech companies in your neighborhood. Or, sign up for our database of high tech companies ($24.95 Find funding for your startup. What are your high tech, business related New Year's resolutions? READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2018

A new, $20M venture capital fund, TAU Ventures , based out of Tel Aviv, Israel, and Tel Aviv University (TAU), says it is specifically looking to link with the Los Angeles technology community--thanks to its link with Los Angeles investor Behzad Kianmahd--co-founder of Cross Campus. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

Welcome to Tech Scenes where we explore what makes tech founders and the cities they live in thrive. Media Sponsor: SOCALTECH - High Tech News and Information for Southern California. Produced by: Jeff Martin CEO and Founder of Collective Genius and Lead by Change. www.collective-genius.com). www.socaltech.com).

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

One way is to figure out what companies have strong financial backing, have cash in the bank, or have recently raised funding--despite the economy. How do you find customers who are still going strong--and are expanding and hiring?

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Southern California technology companies are hiring aggressively, and the high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. socalTECH's Job Board helps companies, and potential empoyees, connect. per month monthly membership.

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MARCH 7, 2014

General Assembly , which conducts classes on web development, Photoshop, Javascript, digital marketing, and all kinds of other topics through its location in Los Angeles, has just scored a $35M funding round, a Series C for the company. READ MORE>>. general assembly angeles venture capital learning digital school technology'

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MAY 15, 2013

According to Manatt, Csathy will head up a new effort called Manatt Digital Media Ventures , which will both make new digital media investments in companies, as well as provide professional services to the high tech industry. The new digital media venture from Manatt was created by Los Angeles partner T. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 8, 2015

Santa Monica-based TaskUs , the startup led by Bryce Maddock which is the secret weapon behind the rising tide of on-demand and Internet startups, has raised $15M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Phillipnes-based private equity investor Navegar.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Philz Coffee , the Silicon Valley coffee chain which has been in a massive expansion in Southern California in the last few months, announced on Tuesday a $45M Series C funding round. As part of the funding, Jim COulter and Sanjay Banker, both of TPG, join the company's board. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

San Diego-based Global Village Concerns , which provides an online service which helps school with their branding and marketing--via online e-commerce shops with branded merchandise and gear--has raised ar round of debt funding. Size of the funding was not announced. Details on the terms of the debt were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Looking for a high tech job in Southern California? Despite the economy, Southern California's high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. Tech Lead Adserving Engineer , Santa Monica, Adconion Media Group.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Wellington Financial , a provider of venture debt and growth capital to high tech startups and other companies, said yesterday that it has closed on a $177.5M, fourth fund. The fund, Wellington Financial Fund IV, came from Canadian institutional investors, pension plans and family offices. offices in Santa Monica.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

San Diego-based Avalon Ventures , a venture capital firm focused on early stage high tech, digital media, and life sciences firms, said today that it has closed on $200M in capital commitments for its latest fund. Avalon said that the fund, Avalon Ventures IX, LP, is the ninth and largest fund for the company.

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MARCH 4, 2021

Red 6 said Roper was responsible software, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital engineering, and initiated high-tech programs for hypersonic weapons, autonomous drones, advanced satellites and rockets, and a militarized Internet of Things (IoT).

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MAY 19, 2021

in a funding from the Government of Canada, to modernize and expand its Ontario, Canada biomanufacturing site. Resilience was founded during the pandemic, in 2020, and says it is building a network of high-tech, end-to-end manufacturing solutions to ensure medicines can be made quickly, safely, and at scale.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

According to an analysis of socalTECH's proprietary database of venture capital deals, venture investors invested slightly more than the $966M in Q3 of 2009, but less than the $1.6 based in Malibu, which secured around $100M in funding to acquired the North American Credit-on-Self division of D&B in July. billion invested in Q2.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Santa Ana-based ICanBuy , which develops online tools for helping consumers determine what they can afford on their mortgage, said this week that it has raised a Series A funding round. The firm said the funding came from high tech execs Vahid Manian and Massoud Dabir. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

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JULY 26, 2019

the underground, high tech transportation company run by Elon Musk, has raised $120M in a funding, which reportedly came from 8VC, Vy Capital, and Future Ventures. According to the report from Bloomberg, the new funding values Boring. The funding is the first outside investment for the company. Co at $920M.

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JULY 21, 2010

On the heels of the announcement this morning by Facebook that it has officially hit 500 million users, socalTECH has mined its database of high tech companies , and identified a few of the firms here in Southern California hoping to ride Facebook's coat-tails to success and fortune. Headed by Ian Swanson. Let us know!

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JULY 10, 2013

In what could help Santa Barbara further increase its influence in the high tech world, Surf Air , the subscription-membership based, all-you-can-fly airline headed by Wade Eyerly, said today that it has added Santa Barbara to its daily schedule. Surf Air launched its service between Burbank and San Francisco in June.

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AUGUST 14, 2013

The coworking trend--which started in part in Southern California and its high tech startup ecosystem--looks to be spreading East, with news this week that NextSpace has raised $500,000 and acquired a Chicago company, to establish its first coworking site outside of California.

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JULY 1, 2019

RealWear , a developer of helmet-mounted, wearable Android computers, has scored backing from San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , in a $80M funding, the company said this morning. Qualcomm was already a strategic partner of RealWear, whose high-tech products include an eye-mounted projection display with voice control.

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MARCH 13, 2013

Aliso Viejo-based Arkami, one of the startups in OCTANE's Launchpad Accelerator, has just zoomed past $360,000 in funding commitments on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter, according to the firm's myIDkey project page.

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APRIL 3, 2019

San Diego- and Irvine-based startup incubator EvoNexus announced today that it has started accepting applications to a new startup incubation effort it is running with high tech material company EMD Performance Materials. EMD is owned by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Howard Morgan , the venture capitalist who helped found Idealab back in 1996, and has since been Founding Partner at seed stage investment fund First Round Capital , is returning to angel investing and will not participate in First Round Capital's new fund. First Round Capital just filed paperwork on a new, $175M fund.

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MAY 15, 2019

CareerArc recently raised $30M in a funding round from PeakEquity Partners. Richards has a number of high tech startups under his belt, most recently Internships.com. The company--led by longtime technology startup veteran Robin D. Richards--said the new executive hires will help it drive expansion of its business.

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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.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

For our Insights and Opinions section today--where we feature the thoughts and opinions of the local high tech community--we have an article from Jeff Grabow , of Ernst & Young, talking about the changing world of venture capital : The VC environment isn''t what it used to be. Guess what? That''s not a bad thing. Continued.).

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The Port of Los Angeles reported late Friday that it has received a preliminary award of $41M, from the California Air Resource Board (CARB), for a high tech hydrogen fuel cell freight project. The Port said the project has a total cost of $82,568,872, with partners providing 50.2%, or $41,446,612 in match funding.

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OCTOBER 28, 2015

in a Series A funding. The funding came from Techstars Ventures, Foundry Group, and Intel Capital. Los Angeles-based Two Bit Circus , the producer of STEM-related, experiential entertainment led by Brent Bushnell, has raised $6.5M

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APRIL 23, 2013

Because of that, the local high tech industry here has welcomed any and all new capital. The new firm hasn''t formally launched yet, but emerged in the details of a new funding for search provider SRCH2 this morning. TenOneTen co-founder David Waxman said that SRCH2 is among the first investments for the new fund.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The crash site where Bryant and the others crashed is within view of a cluster of business parks, which houses some of the high tech companies along the 101 corridor. The crash site where Bryant and the others crashed is within view of a cluster of business parks, which houses some of the high tech companies along the 101 corridor.

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MAY 17, 2018

EAT Club , a startup which provides delivery of food to employees of high tech and other companies, said today that they've acquired Farm Hill and its personal meal business. EAT Club is venture backed by August Capital, Trinity Ventures and First Round Capital, and has raised around $50M in funding.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A quick message on a very busy funding day, to thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Sponsoring socalTECH's Executive Moves section. PricewaterhouseCoopers' Vision To Reality Program for Emerging Tech Companies. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. See more insights from the Southern California high tech community in our continued series this whole week! What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. See more insights from the Southern California high tech community in our continued series this whole week! What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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