socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

in investments in Q1 of the year, across 54 deals. Investments were down from $625.4M invested in Q1 of 2010. The largest investment was $111.92M invested in Irvine-based Fisker Automotive , followed by $76.4M invested in Santa Monica-based Coda Automotive. in San Diego. billion a year ago.

Southern California 186

Southern California Invest Orange County Tech Coast Angels 186

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2017

San Diego-based Miva , the developer of e-commerce shopping cart software, has received a growth capital funding from private equity investor Bison Capital Partners, the companies said this week. Size of the minority investment was not announced. Carroll remains on the company's board and will also advise Wilson. READ MORE>>.

Capital 113

Capital San Diego Commerce Equity 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 23, 2009

Thursday, January 29, 2009 -- Venture Capital Outlook 2009. San Diego Venture Group.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Capital San Diego Invest 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. 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 billion invested in Q2.

Southern California 196

Southern California Invest Westlake Village SoCal 196

socalTECH

JULY 2, 2013

San Diego-based startup EcoATM , the developer of automated kiosks used for recycling cell phones and other electronics, has been acquired by newly renamed Coinstar (now known as Outerwall). Tao Venture Capital Partners is the investment firm led by Tom Clancy, who had formerly been at Enterprise Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

Claremont 174

Claremont San Diego Venture Capital Acquisition 174

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 16, 2009

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 -- The Future of Successful Investment in Biotech. The hope for biotech is well understood and, with a few fits and starts, has delivered - with exceptional and substantial contributions from San Diego. SD Venture Group. However, the situation for the US biotech industry is changing radically.

Invest 100

Invest San Diego Activity 100

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association are reporting today that venture capitalists invested $3.7B According to the report, financing nationally was essentially flat from Q1 of 2009, when $3.2B was invested in 603 deals. in 12 deals; and San Diego $172.2M in 52 venture deals.

Southern California 100

Southern California Invest Orange County Report 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2012

EvoNexus , the San Diego-based startup incubator, has opened up application for its next program, with a deadline of January 23rd. CommNexus, which is led by Rory Moore, said that it has admitted 39 companies since 2009 to the incubator, with five new companies admitted to the last cycle of the program. READ MORE>>.

Incubator 180

Incubator San Diego Resource Startup 180

socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2010

San Diego-based ecoATM , a developer of automated kiosks for recycling cell phones and other electronics, has scored a strategic investment from kiosk maker COinstar. ecoATM was the winner of a contest run by Coinstar in 2009 focused on finding innovative ideas for kiosks. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

Funding 150

Funding San Diego Venture Capital Invest 150

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2010

San Diego-based DR Technologies , a firm which designs, engineers, and manufactures composites for commercial, military, and scientific satellites and other space systems, has raised $4.5M in a follow-on investment. The investment came from Los Angeles private equity firm Nogales Investors.

Equity 171

Equity Technology San Diego Invest 171

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The speaks to the continued confidence in the venture capital markets and as I had predicted some time ago the VC markets right now are a great place to invest – especially relative to other places to put one’s money. Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. But that’s it.

Venture Capital 396

Venture Capital Funding Technical Review Startup 396

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

San Diego-based Solekai Systems , a software development firm focused on the smart grid industry, said today that it has named Marco Thompson as its Chief Technology Officer. Thompson also co-founded CommNexus San Diego. READ MORE>>.

Chief Technology Officer 145

Chief Technology Officer San Diego Software Development Design 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels is stressing its mixer program, seed investment efforts, and a new website, as it kicks off a 2010 program, according to the angel investing group. The TCA is the biggest angel investment group in Southern California, and is among the largest nationally. READ MORE>>.

Tech Coast Angels 157

Tech Coast Angels Orange County Seed Funding Santa Barbara 157

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

Sales 282

Sales Demand San Diego Funding 282

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The Next 10 report found that California accounted for 24 percent of total global investment in clean technology, with a total of $11.6 billion invested in cleantech venture capital in the state since 2006. Tags: next10 southern california clean cleantech energy power solar investment jobs employment.

Southern California 165

Southern California Report Orange County Patents 165

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2009

in deals, Orange County seeing $92.1M, and San Diego with $87.4M in venture investments during the quarter. PwC found the largest funding deals were for San Diego's Mpex Pharmaceuticals, with $27.5M invested in local companies; Biotechnology firms raised $59.35M, and Industrial/Energy was third with $40.7M.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Orange County Capital Southern California 100

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.

Southern California 100

Southern California Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital Technical Review 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2009

In the report--which evaluated current and historical job postings, early stage and public market investment activity, clean tech patents, and other factors--The LA-Riverside-OC Metro ranked just behind San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, nationwide, in clean tech jobs. San Diego ranked at number 11.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Orange County Riverside Angel 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2010

What does it take for a San Diego company to raise a Seed or Series A round? With 2009 finally behind us, what can we expect in 2010? Will investments pick up? Tuesday, June 8, 2010 -- Raising the First Round of Capital. Where will the funding come from? What exactly will it take to get funded? Just how high is the bar?

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Capital GRP Partners Southern California 100

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

Custom 40

Custom Customer San Diego JavaScript 40

Xconomy

AUGUST 17, 2016

San Diego’s Avelas Biosciences , founded in 2009 to advance a fluorescing biologic agent intended to help surgeons differentiate cancerous tissue from healthy tissue, has completed a $20 million Series C round of venture funding. and San Diego’s Avalon Ventures. He is the CEO and managing partner at Inbio Ventures.

Avalon 40

Avalon San Diego Study Invest 40

Xconomy

JULY 19, 2017

San Diego’s Brain Corp., founded in 2009 as a Qualcomm-incubated startup to develop software and computer systems that emulate the human brain, seems to have found a new path forward. SoftBank’s new Vision Fund has led a $114 million investment to advance the company’s artificial intelligence technology.

Artificial Inteligence 75

Artificial Inteligence Incubator Funding Invest 75

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2009

However, Southern California's IT industry actually saw an increase in investments, bucking a national downturn in IT industry investments. According to the report, investments in Southern California total $421.80M across 51 deals, down from $902.16M and 58 deals in Q3. Locally, San Diego led the region with $182.5M

Southern California 100

Southern California SoCal Orange County Venture Capital 100

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

The financing includes both new investment funding and a conversion of debt to equity, according to a notation in the filing. Adding to the confusion, the most-recent MoneyTree Report on San Diego venture capital activity shows that Ostendo raised almost $10 million in VC funding during the second quarter.

Technology 40

Technology Venture Capital Beverly Hills Funding 40

Xconomy

JULY 12, 2016

— 5D Robotics , founded in 2009 in Carlsbad, CA, (about 30 miles north of San Diego), has developed a device that integrates GPS, inertial guidance, optical positioning, and other technologies. SlantRange, a San Diego company founded almost three years ago, is a drone-related startup already generating sales.

San Diego 40

San Diego Seed Funding Guide Technology 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem. Discussion: Had a long chat about PicClick , a company founded by Ryan Sit in San Diego. Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Estimated 15mm downloads to date. Total raised: $5.3mm Read more: TechCrunch. __.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Right now, we have developers in Belgium, Texas, New York, San Diego, Florida, and in the Bahamas. Jonathan LaCour: I studied finance in law school, and did lots of structured finance and investments. It was a videogame startup, but I had a bit of a creative difference with the CEO. What is the idea behind that effort?

Startup 217

Startup Mobile Venture Capital Resource 217

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The two biggest acquisitions were Whole Foods last year and Zappos in 2009, according to Statista.) That would make Amazon’s purchase of Ring the third largest in the Seattle e-commerce giant’s history. Santa Monica, CA-based Ring makes smart doorbells connected to cameras that alert homeowners when someone is at their door.

Santa Monica 62

Santa Monica Commerce Report Acquisition 62

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. That was primarily driven by the economy; when the economy is down, investments are down, and it is increasingly difficult to d a startup. Matthew Jenusaitis: In the year going forward, clearly the biggest issues is investment dollars.

OCTANE 174

OCTANE Orange County Technical Review Southern California 174

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

28 year old Allison Carmen’s Material Mix began operations in June and she says its helping waste and recycling professionals reduce operating expenses and recover investment on inventory via a dynamic, web-based, customer regulated exchange platform with supply chain management tools. Recycling Waste Platform.

San Diego 55

San Diego Education Platform Web 55

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. By December of 2009, with our little portfolio of simple games such as Snowball Fight, we were at 27 million monthly user son Facebook, and we were one of the top 10 developers on Facebook in terms of pure reach.

IP 217

IP PHP Design Startup 217

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

The funding, provided by Santa Barbara, CA-based Rincon Venture Partners and Venice, CA-based CrossCut Ventures, represents the first institutional investment for Zingle. The company raised $1 million last year, according to a 2015 regulatory filing. Happy #TBT from our fearless Founder & CEO @fordblakely !

Technology 40

Technology Santa Barbara Venture Capital Venice 40

Daradiction

DECEMBER 29, 2011

My business partner and I launched CitySourced Sept 2009, so we’ve been at it for just over two years now. million series A investment round, which has helped us scale the team to over 15 people, up from just Jason and I when we started. In December we announced we closed $1.33 What do you think?

San Diego 40

San Diego Startup Sample IBM 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. I did programming for the career center at UC San Diego, trying to build programs for the career center.

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Each company is investing untold billions of dollars in developing AI technologies, betting on a future defined by computer systems that can perceive, reason, advise, and decide. We find that discussion of AI has increased sharply since 2009, and that these discussions have been consistently more optimistic than pessimistic.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Technical Advisors Research 40