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JULY 8, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm has put its weight behind a developer of software used for Big Data analysis of physical retailers, in a strategic funding. Tyco and American Express also made strategic investments in RetailNext. RetailNext''s venture backers, including Nokia Growth Partners. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 12, 2014

San Diego-based PatientSafe Solutions announced this morning that it has received $3M in a strategic investment, from TELUS Ventures. patientsafe solutions mobile healthcare software venture capital telus canada' PatientSafe is led by Joseph Condurso. PatientSafe is led by Joseph Condurso. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 25, 2014

Domain Elite , the joint venture between San Diego investor Domain Associates and China''s Elite Consulting, said today that it has made an investment in SMART Medical Systems , a developer of endoscopy and colonoscopy products. Domain Elite said it invested $6.5M READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. VC Financings: 1. So my gut says this will be a youth-oriented product.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

San Diego-based private equity investor JMI Equity has made an investment in Foster City, California-based Arena Solutions , the two said this morning. Size of thee investment was not announced. Arena said the strategic growth equity investment will further its growth. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

A clear trend over the past 15-years is that many Silicon Valley venture capitalists enjoy investing within driving distance. As an early stage investor, I recognize the importance of being accessible to your portfolio executives, so a concentration of venture funding in Silicon Valley is certainly not a surprise.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

San Diego-based Trust & Will , which operates an online estate planning service, has raised $15M in a Series B funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The company said the new funds will go towards expansion of its sales and marketing efforts, as well as for product development. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Ireland’s top agricultural exports are beef and dairy products. Arama Kukutai believes that in coming years, Ireland will send the United States and the rest of the world something different: innovative agricultural technologies that help make farms more productive and profitable. In addition to deals.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The National Venture Capital Association today released a new report detailing the impact of venture capital on the U.S. The report , compiled for the NVCA by IHS Global Insight, found that venture backed companies accounted for 11 percent of private company employment in 2008, or 12.1 in San Diego.

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JANUARY 16, 2015

Venture capitalists invested more than $1.3 billion in Southern California startup, according to the latest MoneyTree Report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association last night, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in investments in San Diego. The report tallied $1.09

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MARCH 28, 2019

San Diego-based biotech startup Biolinq , which is developing wireless-enabled biosensor patches for continuous monitoring of biomarkers, has raised $4.75M additional Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from JDRF T1D Fund, Aphelion Capital and LifeSci Venture Partners.

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DECEMBER 9, 2015

San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina has made an investment in UK-based Desktop Genetics Ltd. Financial details of the investment round were not announced. According to Desktop Genetics, the funding will go towards development and commercialization of its products. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. And covered we did.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

Wiliot , an Israel- and San Diego-based RFID technology developer, has received $30M more in a funding round, the company said on Monday. The funding, a Series B, came from Amazon Web Services, Samsung Venture Investment Corp., The company's tags are aimed at use in such products as clothing. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

San Diego-based Avelas Biosciences , which is developing cell penetrating peptides to light up cancerous tissue in patients during surgery, has raised $7.4M The second tranche of the company''s Series B came from investors Avalon Ventures, Torrey Pines Investment and WuXi PharmaTech Investments. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 23, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm , via its venture capital arm, Qualcomm Ventures, has invested in a Korean "instant delivery" startup Naldo , in a Series A funding. The funding came from both Qualcomm Ventures and Softbank Ventures Korea. Financial details of the funding were not disclosed.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

San Diego-based Sorteo Games , which develops electronic lottery systems and services, said this morning that it has received an investment round from Carolwood Games, an affiliate of Brener Group. Brener Group is an investment firm which focuses on the Hispanic market. Size of the funding was not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

San Diego-based SkySafe, which develops drone defense and airspace security systems, has raised $30M in a Series B funding round, according to the company. The round was led by Kingfisher Investment Advisors, and also included Gaingels, Castor Ventures, plus Andreessen Horowitz.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Southern California venture totals for Q3 totaled around $1.0 billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. billion invested in Q2. In terms of industries, Biopharmaceutical investments led the quarter with around $260.4M

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm , via its venture capital arm, Qualcomm Ventures , is the lead investor in a developer of software for applying cloud technologies to networks. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Prices for agricultural commodities such as corn, soy, and wheat are at their lowest levels in years, but investment in agricultural technology has never been better. They also queried 15 VC firms. Just 10 percent of corporate investments were made to build new technological capabilities, the report says.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

San Diego-based i2020 Acclerator, a startup accelerator company which is backed by Torrey Pines Investment, announced this morning that it has launched two new startups.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm has made an investment into a company developing systems-on-a-chips and processors specifically for the wearables market, Ineda Systems. Qualcomm apparently had also invested in the company''s Series A funding. Qualcomm apparently had also invested in the company''s Series A funding.

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JUNE 24, 2015

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has re-upped its investment in product database provider Indix , as part of a $15M Series B funding. The funding round came from Nokia Growth Partners, Nexus Venture Partners and Avalon Ventures.

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APRIL 15, 2016

According to Illumina, it will commit $100M over 10 years to the new fund, to be run by new venture capital firm Illumina Ventures. The new investment firm will be led by Nicholas NAclerio, Ph.D., the former Senior Vice President, Corporate and Venture Development at Illumina. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

San Diego-based biotech Kintara says it is raising $15.0M in a common stock and warrant offering from unmaned "healthcare-focused institutional investors". The company--which is novel cancer therapies for patients who are failing, or are resistant to, current treatment regimens--currently trades on the Nasdaq as KTRA.

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APRIL 7, 2021

San Diego-based Nucleix, a startup which is developing liquid biopsy technology for early detection of lung cancer, has raised $55M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The company said it will use the funding to continue advancement of its EpiCheck product for early detection of lung caner.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

San Diego-based Evofem Biosciences , a biopharmaceuticals firm which is developing products to prevent urogenital chlamydia and gonorrhea in women, and which also markets a vaginal contraceptive gel, saysi t has raised $25M in a strategic investment. The investment came from Adjuvant Capital. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

EvoFem (NASDAQ: EVFM )—and the rest of the women’s health sector—will know by midyear whether the product will be approved, making the San Diego companies one of the few biotechs to commercialize a novel prescription women’s health product in recent years.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

San Diego-based venture capital firm Domain Associates and its Russian partner, Rusnano , have put part of their $760M, late stage investment fund to work, investing a total of $93M in funding in three portfolio companies of Domain. in Lithera , $51M in Regado Biosciences as part of the funding effort.

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MARCH 14, 2013

San Diego-based Domain Associates is thinking outside the box. The venture capital box, that is. The venture capital investor said Wednesday that it has linked with Chinese advisory firm Elite Consulting , to bring advanced healthcare products and technologies to China.

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APRIL 3, 2015

San Diego-based Qualcomm said Thursday that it is doubling the size of its QPrize annual investment funding competition, and will now award $250,000 in convertible note financing to regional winners, with an additional $250,000 to grand prize winners. qualcomm ventures qprize competition prize seed investment venture capital'

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AUGUST 6, 2009

Laguna Niguel-based Symwave , a developer of USB semiconductors, has received a $4M investment from a strategic partner, SMSC. products, and will invest $4M in Symwave, with a committment of an additional $1.3M SMSC said that Symwave now has approximately 100 employees between its operations in San Diego and Shenzhen, China.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. In particular I tried to do most of the “entrepreneur advice on VC” up front so that if you don’t want to watch our views on the deals you don’t have to. They sponsor TWiVC.

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JUNE 18, 2012

San Diego-based Astute Networks , a developer of a flash-based iSCSI networking device used in the data center market, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series B funding round. Astute said the funding will go towards funding its sales, marketing, channel development, and support.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

San Diego-based Radicle Growth , a new, seed-stage investor focused on the agtech and food technology sector, said this morning that it has invested $250,000 in Leaf Agriculture , a pre-seed company developing application programming interfaces (APIs) between agtech products.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Billie, a monthly subscription service for shaving and body care products for women, has raised $25 million. The New York-based startup said Tuesday that the new funding round, which is being led by Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing group, brings its total investment to $35 million.

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