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OCTOBER 12, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have a piece from Megan Jones , an investment banker from Hadley Partners Incorporated: As I often say, I grew up in and out of Silicon Valley with a dad in high-tech. Read more of Megan's article on changing Exit Strategies for 2010. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

San Diego-based renewable energy developer EDF Renewable Energy gained a big new partner Wednesday: Google , after Google said it invested $200M in equity in a wind farm in West Texas. Google said it made the investment in the Spinning Spur Wind Project, in Oldham County, Texas, which was built by EDF Renewable Energy.

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APRIL 6, 2011

According to Arrowhead Research, it invested $1.3M Arrowhead launched Ablaris in December of 2010. in a second close of a Series A financing round for Ablaris. The total amount of the round was $2.9M. As part of the funding, Arrowhead now owns 64 percent of Ablaris. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2010

A new analysis of Q1, 2010 venture capital investments finds that two Southern California companies drove a 490 percent increase in Clean Technology Industrial Products & Services for the quarter. Clean technology investments totaled $733.3M

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MAY 2, 2011

Disclosure: Clearstone is a sponsor of socalTECH). The report also argues that more value is going to the private, venture investors in firms, rather than to public shareholders after an IPO. The report also argues that more value is going to the private, venture investors in firms, rather than to public shareholders after an IPO.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

In each technology company in which Miramar invests, we are focused on supporting the management teams successful execution of its plan. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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APRIL 15, 2010

Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M Southern California's investment totals bucked the national trend, which found that there was a 9 percent drop in dollars to $4.7 of the total invested in Q1.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online ad optimization firm headed by Frank Addante , announced this morning that it has hired investment banker Allen & Company. Tags: rubicon project merger acquisition investment banker advertising software technology server. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in investments, followed by $182.7M in investments.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Irvine-based Kajabi , which develops a platform that helps both individuals, as well as small- and mid-sized businesses monetize online courses, training materials, and other content, has receive an investment from private equity investor Spectrum Equity. Financial details of the minority growth investment were not announced.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The Tech Coast Angels (TCA), Southern California's big angel network, says it has seen a successful exit in its investment in Parcel Pending , a provider of package management solutions. According to the TCA, its members realized an 80 percent IRR on their investment in Parcel Pending, after its $100M acquisition on January 22nd by Neopost.

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MAY 11, 2011

Los Angeles-based Momentum Ventures , the venture acceleration and funding firm, is no longer making investments and is winding down, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Momentum had not maintained a major investment fund, only a small bridge fund to help its portfolio companies to their next venture round.

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MAY 8, 2012

Amgen has been an investor in Sutro since at least 2010. Sutro said it has raised $16.5M in a second tranche of its Series C funding, which was led by Skyline Ventures, and also included Lilly Ventures, Amgen Ventures, SV Life Sciences and Alta Partners. Sutro is based in South San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 30, 2018

in a new investment round. Cool Planet said the new investment is an extension of its previously announced Series A funding. Cool Planet , which is developing agricultural technology centered around "biochar", which is used to boost the fertility of soil while also sequestering carbon, has raised $20.3M READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Permira is now Seismic's second largest shareholder, and according to Seismic the firm also made a "significant secondary investment" in the firm. The company says that it now has over 900 employees spread across 14 offices; the company was founded in 2010. Seismic did not say which of its existing investors sold that stake to Permira.

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JULY 2, 2018

The funding was led by Ambrosia Investments, and also included Sun Pacific and Stripes Group. The company was founded in 2010. Los Angeles-based Califia Farms , a maker of non-GMO, natural plant-based milks, coffee, creamers, and other beverages, has raised $50M in a new funding round, the company said on Monday. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

The company claimed the exit provides 11 times invested capital for the firm. OpenGate Capital had acquired Getronics LATAM in 2010. Financial details of the sale were not annouced. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2012

Lee of Legalzoom.com and ShoeDazzle, Jody Mulkey of Shopzilla, and Lawrence Ng of Oversee.net have all invested in the site. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. Social Annex was founded in 2010. As part of the funding, the firm said that Pourzanjani has joined the company's advisory board. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 3, 2014

Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity had acquired Internet Brands back in 2010, paying $640M for the company. KKR said its investment came out of its North America XI private equity fund. READ MORE>>. internet brands merger acquisition internetbrands private equity jmiequity hellman friedman'

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest organized angel investment group in Southern California--and the nation--said Wednesday that it was part of $45M in funding in companies during last year, with $11M directly invested across 37 companies during 2011. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

It looks like the annual TCVN Survivor event is heating up this year, as the group said it will be offering up a new $25,000 cash investment for startups looking to pitch their company in front of an audience. TCVN has been running its Survivor events for a number of years, with the last event being held in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The new system would impose only a 10% corporation tax rate on revenue after 2013 derived from patents filed after 2010. In the last 12 months since Prime Minister David Cameron set out his commitment in Tech City, the British Government has passed a number of policies to help encourage foreign investment and entrepreneurship in the UK.

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MAY 3, 2016

Two, Los Angeles area investors--venture investment firm Greycroft Pratners , and angel investor Paige Craig --are among the investors seeing an exit today, as Adobe said acquired blog commenting tools maker LiveFyre. Paige Craig--as well as a number of other angels--originally seeded LiveFyre back in 2010.

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APRIL 22, 2011

Momentum Ventures became involved with iChange in 2009 as an advisor, and made an investment at the beginning of 2010 in the company and placed MacFarlane in the CEO role. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. MVM said that MacFarlane will be joining Herbalife along with the rest of iChange's team. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

San Diego-based venture capital investor Mission Ventures has re-upped its investment in San Francisco-based Alpine Data Labs , a developer of Hadoop software for the big data market. Greenplum was acquired by EMC in 2010. READ MORE>>. mission ventures alpine data hadoop bigdata venture capital metapa greenplum'

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Bevo Media, which is led and was founded by Ryan Bukevicz, said that Vize Capital plans to invest "significant resources" into growing the company and improving its platform. Bevo Media was founded in 2010, and plays in the performance marketing area. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

In the end of a sad saga for the startup investment community in Southern California, a San Diego man has been convicted in the murder of a Tech Coast Angels member last year. Keigwin had been found by local Tech Coast Angel members, after failing to show for an event he was organizing in June of 2010.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

Local angel groups have hit the jackpot again with an investment, this time with the October acquisition of Pasadena-based Bluebeam in a $100M deal by German software company Nemetschek AG. Bluebeam joins Green Dot among the trophy returns for the local angel groups; Green Dot IPO in 2010 resulted in a 100x return for the Tech Coast Angels.

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AUGUST 16, 2011

Maverick Angels , an angel investment group investing in Southern California companies, said today that it has named Patrick Henry as its newly elected Southern California Chapter President. Barber had served as Southern California Chapter President from February 2010 through July 2011.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest organized angel investment group in Southern California--and the nation--said Wednesday that it was part of $45M in funding in companies during last year, with $11M directly invested across 37 companies during 2011. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Amazon.com , which has been investing in developing content out of its Los Angeles-based Amazon Studios arm, has scored five Emmy awards for its original content series, Transparent.

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MARCH 3, 2016

The funding was led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), and also included Upfront Ventures, Karlin Ventures, Baroda Ventures, Double M Partners, Daher Capital, plus Wavemaker Partners and Manatt Venture Fund. Pathmatics is led by Gabe Gottlieb, and was founded in 2010.

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JANUARY 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture capital Association MoneyTree survey, which is based on data from Thomson Reuters, tallies $738.34M invested in Southern California in Q4 of 2011. raised in Q4 of 2010, and up from the $652M invested in the region last quarter. The amount is up from $528.0M

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

On the invitation of UK Trade and Investment, socalTECH Contributing Editor Travis Oberlander has traveled this week to London for us, to compare and contrast the efforts in the UK to establish their own technology center with our own efforts in Southern California.). What is the Tech City Investment Organization?

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JULY 2, 2013

Tao Venture Capital Partners is the investment firm led by Tom Clancy, who had formerly been at Enterprise Venture Partners. EcoATM had only launched its automated kiosks in 2010, and was a winner of the San Diego Venture Group''s Pitchfest in 2009. EcoATM had announced only around $31.4M in funding to date. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Irvine-based plug-in hybrid automobile developer Fisker Automotive has scored $23M in an investment, as part of a deal with lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems , the firms said Thursday morning. A123 said the investment would include $13M in cash, plus $10M in A123 common stock. Fisker is looking to launch its Karma in late 2010.

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