socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2009

The latest venture capital numbers from both PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA based on data from Thomson Financial, and numbers also released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource, finds that venture capital is at a twelve year low. in 54 venture capital deals, with Los Angeles reporting $115.6M in deals from Q1 of 2008.

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Xconomy

MARCH 13, 2018

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals , a San Diego biotech focused on developing new drugs for endocrine disorders and endocrine-related cancers, said today it has raised $63.5 Two new investors, RA Capital and OrbiMed, joined the round, along with existing investors 5AM Ventures, Versant Ventures, and Vivo Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Blippy (and their competitor Swipely – which was founded by Angus Davis , who has a great track record from both Netscape and TellMe, both aim to capitalize on the era of consumers living more openly ala Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. Read more: PEHub. 7mm in Series B. Read more: PEHub.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

San Diego-based Mabvax Pharmaceuticals , which is developing vaccines and human antibodies targeted at treating cancer, has gained $500,000 out of a $4M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. Mabvax had previously raised $8M in Series A funds from GBP Capital in February of 2008.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2017

Although designed to address abuses in the financial system that led to the 2008 recession, the far-reaching legislation had problems from the start.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies , a developer of continuous variable transmissions aimed at the electric vehicle market, has filed for an IPO, saying Tuesday evening in a filing that it is looking to raise up to $50M in an offering. The IPO is being underwritten by CIBC and Mackie Research Capital. on revenues of $2.28M.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

A new report released today by Next 10 , a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy group, says that Southern California--and California, as a whole--leads the green innovation, cleantech venture capital, and energy market. billion invested in cleantech venture capital in the state since 2006.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion. The new machine was first fired up in the summer of 2017.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2009

San Diego-based Semtek , a developer of security technology for protecting magnetic stripe data on credit cards, has announced more details of the firm's Series B funding round. VeriFone and Semtek have bee working together on a VeriFone branded product since April of 2008. of the fully diluted shares of Semtek. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7

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socalTECH

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). billion, the strongest quarter since the third quarter of 2008. in 21 deals, and San Diego saw $170.6M

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2009

San Diego-based H2O Audio has apparently raised around $1M in funding, according to a recent regulatory filing. According to a filing filed April 13th, the capital came as part of a round first started in May of 2008. According to a filing filed April 13th, the capital came as part of a round first started in May of 2008.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2008

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association released their Q3 2008 venture capital numbers over the weekend, finding that Southern California companies raised nearly $751 in funding during the quarter. in deals, followed by Orange County with $186.9M, then San Diego with $178.4M

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. Will our strategy change now that we have 40% more capital? . Why do they invest in venture capital?

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socalTECH

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. However, venture funding totals were still well off the first quarter of 2008's nearly $1.2 billion in funding. billion in funding.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

A report on venture capital fundraising released this morning reveals that Domain Associates , which has its west coast offices located in San Diego, was the biggest venture capital fundraise in Q2, with a $371.1M However, overall venture capital fundraising in the industry dropped to only $1.7 was raised.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 19, 2017

The common denominator in both companies is Howard Lindzon, the Wall Street trader and hedge fund manager who founded StockTwits in San Diego in 2008. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Lindzon led StockTwits as CEO until last year, and continues as chairman.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 23, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 -- "Funding Your Campaign: Company Financing Alternatives in Challenging Times" San Diego Venture Group. Your company is promising, but it needs capital to win its "campaign for success." True venture capital is favoring later stage companies. The IPO market is sluggish.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2009

A recent analysis by socalTECH, of our detailed tracking of venture capital investment activity in Southern California, finds that there was around $932M in funding raised in the area in Q2, a rise from roughly $700M in Q1. PwC/NVCA officialy reported $950M invested in Q2 of 2008.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2010

Some years there is an excitement about the hot economy, more recently it's been shock and awe over the 2008-09 financial meltdown. What's more remarkable is that three of them have been in Los Angeles, the oft-overlooked poor stepchild to San Francisco, Silicon Valley and even San Diego when it comes to California tech hotspots.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2009

San Diego-based Cymer, a developer of light sources used for semiconductor manufacturing, said late Thursday that the firm has laid off 100 people, or 10 percent of its personnel. Cymer announced the move in conjunction with reduced earnings estimates for Q4 2008. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

MedCrypt, a healthtech cybersecurity startup founded near San Diego, has raised $750,000 in a seed financing round led by Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE ), a private equity fund in suburban Philadelphia that invests in healthcare, fintech, and digital media. A San Francisco investment firm, Muddy Waters Capital, announced on Sept.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. billion and 407 deals in 2008. billion in 818 deals, down from $7.3 billion in the third quarter.

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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. Raised angel money from Rob Lord, Reid Hoffman, Benchmark Capital and others. Discussion: Had a long chat about PicClick , a company founded by Ryan Sit in San Diego.

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Xconomy

JULY 10, 2016

When I told Larry Bock in an email about four months ago that I had been diagnosed with cancer, the renowned San Diego life sciences investor asked if he might see me at UC San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center. Maybe we can share an infusion room,” he replied. “I will be sending good thoughts your way.”.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 17, 2016

and San Diego’s Avalon Ventures. Inbio Ventures, a venture capital management company, represented Pharmstandard in the deal. Avalon Ventures founded Avelas, and has housed the startup with other Avalon biotech startups at its COI Pharmaceuticals R&D facility in San Diego.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. We’ve been fairly capital-efficient in this fast-growth e-commerce space,” Sheik said. “It

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2012

For San Diego-based Mob Science (www.mobscience.com), an injection of cash, some key advisors--and a deal with Zynga. Michael Witz: We've been building smaller, lightweight games on the Facebook platform since early 2008. What does it take to take a social gaming firm to the next level? READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. We closed our fund in August of 2008. Let's start with an overview of the fund. What do you invest in?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We were now set to close at $46 million in new capital. I flew from San Diego (where I was visiting for Thanksgiving) to New York to persuade investors to stick with us. We were based in London.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Shivani Siroya is the CEO and Founder of InVenture , which helps to expand small businesses around the world by providing access to growth capital and business tracking tools via the Internet and mobile technology. He began developing the business model for scoreAscore.com in October of 2008. She just spoke at TED EX in San Diego.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million. raise capital and move up north as soon as they got successful. Investing Tools.

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