socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, The National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters have tallied up just under a billion dollars in venture capital investments in the Southern California region in Q1 of this year, a very significant uptick from Q2 of 2011. was invested in the region.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Avalon 221

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. raised by companies in Q4 of 2011, and less than the $701.18M raised by companies in the region in Q3 of 2012. The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2 Karlin Ventures and Siemer Ventures both made five investments each. in funding.

Southern California 237

Southern California Orange County GRP Partners San Diego 237

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

San Diego-based venture investment fund Avalon Ventures has made a seed investment in a developer of a social shopping service, LoopIt , according to the companies. Avalon's Rich Levandov was involved in the investment. Avalon's Rich Levandov was involved in the investment. READ MORE>>.

Avalon 159

Avalon San Diego Incubator Invest 159

socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Venture capital investments in Southern California for Q3 of 2011 are up from last year, but down from last quarter, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. was invested in the region. was invested in the region.

Southern California 212

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Capital 212

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , the venture capital arm of Qualcomm, has scored an exit this morning, at bring-your-own-device (BYOD) software developer Divide. seed investment in Divide back in 2011. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

Software 147

Software Google San Diego Mobile 147

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

San Diego-based GlySens , a startup developing implantable, long-term glucose monitoring sensors, has scored an investment round, according to investor West Health Investment Fund. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Funding San Diego Invest Tool 133

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2013

It all looked good at the time: oil company Exxon needed to develop a more earth-friendly way to produce oil, and San Diego startup Synthetic Genomics needed funding to get its technology off the ground. But then, ExxonMobil cut back its original investment--worth up to $600M--in Synthetic Genomics. What happened? READ MORE>>.

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Outsource Development San Diego Mobile 159

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2015

San Diego-based venture capital investor Correlation Ventures is looking to raise a second fund, Correlation Ventures II, worth $170M, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Correlation Ventures last raised a fund back in 2011, and says it currently has $165M under management. READ MORE>>.

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Funding San Diego Venture Capital Capital 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Frank Slootman , the CEO of San Diego's ServiceNow , has made an investment in a developer of data storage products. ServiceNow named Slootman as its CEO in 2011, as it began ramping up for its IPO, which happened in June of 2012. Slootman also had served at Greylock, EMC, and Data Domain, among other firms.

San Diego 153

San Diego Invest Software Product 153

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2012

San Diego-based Somaxon , a developer of treatments for insomnia, has been acquired by Pernix Therapeutics Holdings , in a deal worth $25M. The company has been looking for a buyer since December of 2011, when it drastically cut its staff and said it had hired an investment banker. as of September 30th. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 147

San Diego .Net Equity Acquisition 147

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, San Diego and the Orange County with innovative ideas, particularly in the social, mobile, local media and Internet marketplaces, can apply for the opportunity to be a part of this emerging community. Date : Nov 9, 2011 – 5:30-8:30pm. Location : The Shark Club 841 Baker St.,

San Diego 66

San Diego Southern California Orange County SoCal 66

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2012

in funding during Q2 of 2012, down from Q1, and slightly below investments in Q2 of 2011. The region saw the most investments in Los Angeles, with $329.0M in funding, followed by San Diego, with $304.7M in investment, then. The region saw the most investments in Los Angeles, with $329.0M in funding.

Southern California 145

Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Funding 145

socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2012

In terms of deals, the quarter was actually down from last year, with 79 deals completed in Q3 of this year, versus 91 in Q3 of 2011. billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. billion in investments; followed by New England, with $826.1M in investments; with Southern California taking third with it $694.5M

Southern California 210

Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 210

socalTECH

JULY 19, 2011

Southern California companies raised $739M in venture capital in Q2 of 2011, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) based on data from Thomson Reuters. in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments. Nationally, venture capitalists invested $7.5M

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 167

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, San Diego and the Orange County with innovative ideas, particularly in the social, mobile, local media and Internet marketplaces, can apply for the opportunity to be a part of this emerging community. Date : Nov 9, 2011 – 5:30-8:30pm. Location : The Shark Club 841 Baker St.,

San Diego 56

San Diego Southern California Orange County SoCal 56

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm has named the finalists in its second annual QPrize Venture Investment Competition, the firm's global venture capital competition for investment dollars.

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Competition San Diego Social Network Venture Capital 145

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2012

San Diego-based ServiceNow , the developer of cloud-based, enteprise IT automation software, filed for an IPO Friday, saying that it is looking to raise up to $150M in an IPO on the NYSE. on revenues of $73.375M for the year ended December 31, 2011. ServiceNow said has applied to trade as NOW. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 113

San Diego .Net Equity Report 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 3, 2011

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 -- Free Workshop: Evaluate Startups like a Professional Angel. Hosted by the North San Diego County Small Business Development Center (SBDC), the Business and Entrepreneurship Center and ActSeed.com. Speakers include Robert Reyes, angel seed investor and manager of San Diego's Startup Circle.

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Angel San Diego Startup Seed Funding 100

Daradiction

DECEMBER 29, 2011

2011 was a BIG year for me. 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. We’ve launched some high profile clients this year including Honolulu, San Diego, Abu Dhabi and dozens more worldwide. In December we announced we closed $1.33

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San Diego Startup Sample IBM 40

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 8, 2011

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 -- Another Free Angel Investor Tips Workshop. These free workshops have been successful enough that were now planning to host one every second Tuesday of each month in Oceanside, California - just north of San Diego and south of Orange County. Seating is limited.

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Orange County Angel San Diego Tips 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2012

In terms of deals, the quarter was actually down from last year, with 79 deals completed in Q3 of this year, versus 91 in Q3 of 2011. billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. billion in investments; followed by New England, with $826.1M in investments; with Southern California taking third with it $694.5M

Southern California 180

Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 180

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

A clear trend over the past 15-years is that many Silicon Valley venture capitalists enjoy investing within driving distance. Partners at large venture firms generally believe that Orange County is the ideal geography for medical devices, San Diego for telecom and life sciences (along with Boston) and Silicon Valley for everything else.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Technical Review 233

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 -- Venture Capital in Southern California: Catching Up and Going Beyond. Northern California gets all the attention when it comes to venture capital investment. Our panelists will discuss the state of VC in Los Angeles, Orange Country, San Diego, and elsewhere.

Southern California 100

Southern California Venture Capital Rustic Canyon Capital 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, twelve companies moved into the new downtown San Diego, EvoNexus incubator--which is run by CommNexus. Running that effort is Kevin Hell , the founder of DivX, who we caught up with to learn more about EvoNexus and how the group is trying to help grow technology startups in San Dieog.

Incubator 212

Incubator San Diego Technical Review Development Team Review 212

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 27, 2011

Thursday, June 2, 2011 -- Early Exits. San Diego Tech Coast Angeles. Early Exits describes a strategy for startup investors and entrepreneurs to build a new ventures, prove business models and exit companies in 2-3 years without the need for multi-million dollar investments.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital San Diego Pricing 100

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Last year, the FDA says, 23 drug shortages were reported , down from 26 the previous year (and 251 in 2011). After drug pricing, count drug shortages among the hot button issues sparking patient ire. But Hurricane Maria’s direct strike on Puerto Rico might put the progress made on reducing shortages to the test.

Pricing 59

Pricing Report Sites San Diego 59

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. Then in May 2011, she earned an M.B.A.

San Diego 55

San Diego Education Platform Web 55

Xconomy

AUGUST 4, 2016

The San Diego company sees many reasons why wireless charging will eventually become a robust global market, according to Steve Pazol, a Qualcomm vice president who took over the company’s wireless charging business in 2014. Lear is the latest of a handful of companies to sign a licensing deal with Qualcomm.

Technology 40

Technology San Diego Activity Design 40

Xconomy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

According to the National Venture Capital Association and PitchBook , this past quarter $15 billion was invested in 1,810 deals , which compares unfavorably to both the prior quarter ($22.1 billion, 2,559 deals), signaling perhaps a period of digestion given how much had been invested during the 2014-2015 window.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Capital Activity Invest 40

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

Shares have since eroded significantly, but Biogen has restructured and cut a number of jobs to support its risk-heavy investments, halting preclinical work in immunology and fibrosis. Here’s more on Scangos in 2011, shortly after he left Exelixis to take the Biogen job. Reprints | Share:

San Diego 40

San Diego Conference Pricing Acquisition 40

Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

What Booth didn’t say explicitly is that providing only a limited supply of drug candidates in the face of increasing demand is a key element in the venture investment model. A 2011 white paper by Kevin Lalande of Santé Ventures explains why the … Next Page » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Product 40

Product Journal Venture Capital Demand 40

Xconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Five years ago, in November 2011, a company from Princeton, NJ, called Pharmasset shared news that would have an impact on millions of people around the world with hepatitis C. It bought Pharmasset in November 2011 for $11 billion and continued PSI-7977’s stellar run of clinical data. Has Vertex has learned from its past missteps?

Startup 40

Startup Research Sales Organization 40

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The company inked a partnership with French firm Servier on a heart failure microRNA drug and a few other cardiovascular programs in 2011. In a statement, Marshall said the reverse merger and investment proceeds will help bring the company’s drugs into late-stage clinical testing.

Research 40

Research Conference Company Companies 40

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Just this year, Q2 investments in SoCal and New England were virtually the same, with $838 million and $843 million invested respectively, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report. The San Diego-based company is one of 53 California companies ranked on the Fortune 500, 22 of which are SoCal companies.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

San Diego-based Awarepoint (www.awarepoint.com) is a developer of systems for tracking hospital assets, patients, and doctors, using RFID tags. We were over 2x up on this round, and we also had a bunch of individual investors who wanted to put in--people who had invested in our competition a few years ago. Congrats on funding.

Startup 113

Startup CTO Hire Resource Venture Capital 113

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In Santa Monica, the median price of homes jumped 16% in the first eight months of 2012 compared with 2011, after a 9% decline over the same period the year before, according to Multiple Listing Service data compiled by Paul Habibi, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. 2012, compared with the same period in 2011.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

When you’re one fund and have $600 million to invest it’s easier to take that kind of risk. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of ‘swing-for-the-fences’ investment at early stages – and neither does your town. There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313