Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Not long after ViaSat (NASDAQ: VSAT ) acquired San Diego-based LonoCloud in 2013 , former LonoCloud executives Tom Caldwell and Hossein Eslambolchi met for coffee at the Specialty’s Café and Bakery in University City. Webroot also plans to expand in San Diego, and Caldwell said he plans to stay on.

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MAY 19, 2014

The firm''s founder, Nicholas Woodman, is a graduate of UC San Diego, and came up with the idea for the company while surfing off of San Diego; the company''s investors also include Steamboat Ventures--the venture arm of Walt Disney--which looks to own something around 3 percent of the company. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2018

As the Xconomy Forum on Big Data Meets Big Biology draws near, one of the best arguments for understanding the significance of the convergence of data science and the life sciences may lie in what came out of the 2013 sale of San Diego’s EcoATM.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

San Diego’s innovation clusters continued to grow in 2015, as local startups, funding deals, and job growth extended an economic growth spurt that began in 2013. The Connect Innovation Report found that 405 software, technology, and life sciences startups were created last year in San Diego County.

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OCTOBER 30, 2016

Plug and Play San Diego has formed a partnership with Downtown Works, a new co-working space in downtown San Diego, which will give the local Plug and Play program a place to call home. We would like to launch an accelerator based here, and bring in additional resources from the Bay Area.”. billion under management.

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APRIL 21, 2014

The latest numbers are out on venture capital investments in Southern California from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, finding that the region had nearly $762.88M invested in companies in the region during Q1 of 2014. was a significant increase from Q1 of 2013, when only $571.0M in funding.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2016

The idea was to feature early stage companies in the region that have not attracted much attention or raised a substantial amount of startup capital. I started with a list of companies already screened by the San Diego Venture Group’s annual venture summit, and consulted with investors and startup mentors to refine the list. .

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

San Diego-based cell phone recycling kiosk operator ecoATM , which is owned by Outerwall, is being targeted by an investor group which wants Outerwall to sell of ecoATM--as well as other assets. ecoATM, which is still based in San Diego, was acquired by Outerwall in July of 2013 for $350M, by Outerwall subsidiary Coinstar.

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Xconomy

JULY 27, 2020

The San Diego-based telehealth company’s software links primary care physicians and medical specialists through virtual consultations, communication that is intended to reduce healthcare costs by slimming down the number of referrals made to specialty care providers. Telemedicine isn’t just another way to connect patients with doctors.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2014

San Diego-based ViaCyte , a biopharmaceuticals startup developing stem-cell based treatments for diabetes, said late Friday that it has raised $5.4M The funding comes on top of an existing, Series C-1 financing which occurred in July of 2013, bringing that total round to $16.5M. in a Series C-1 funding round. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

San Diego-based online auto parts retailer BuyAutoParts.com has raised $18.6M The funding round came from Gladstone Investment Corporation and Gladstone Capital Corporation. from Gladstone Investment, with the remainder from Gladstone Capital, giving it an ownership of a portion of BuyAutoParts.com. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 25, 2016

Outerwall , the parent company of San Diego's EcoATM , has agreed to a private equity buyout by Apollo Global Management , about five months after Outerwall launched an effort to find a buyer. EcoATM had laid of 107 people in San Diego, as it responded to those threats and was attempted to cut its costs. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

San Diego-based venture capital investor Avalon Ventures and biopharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline said Monday that the two have teamed up to fund and launch up to 10, early stage life science companies. coipharma sandiego capital venture lifescience biopharma biotech glaxosmithkline ventures avalon' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Zoom Video Communications , a provider of cloud-based video conferencing and online meeting software which is backed by San Diego-based Qualcomm , has has raised $100M in a Series D funding. Qualcomm Ventures was the first non-angel investor in Zoom Video back in 2013. in total.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Steven Cox , TakeLessons (San Diego, marketplace). Tim Cadogan , OpenX (Pasadena, advertising).

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JANUARY 23, 2013

San Diego-based OneRoof Energy , an operator of residential solar finance programs, said Wednesday that it has raised an additional $30M in a funding round. OneRoof said it expects to supply solar power to more than 10,000 homes in 2013. The round came from current investor Hanwha Group, which is based in South Korea.

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APRIL 25, 2013

In a bid to help bring its products to market, San Diego-based Topera Medical said Thursday that it has raised $25M in a Series C financing, which will go towards its 3D analysis and mapping system for treating atrial fibrillation. and europe. NEA''s Justin Klein joins the company''s board. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

San Diego-based Elevation Pharmaceuticals , which is developing treatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), said this morning that it has closed on a $30M, Series B funding round. The firm said the funds will help the firm complete all activities to reach Phase 3 studies by the end of 2013.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

San Diego-based Qualcomm has invested in a home healthcare startup based in Bangalore, India, via its venture arm, Qualcomm Ventures. The company had received its $9M, Series A from Accel, Qualcomm Ventures, and Ventureast in December of 2013. According to Portea Medical on Sunday, it raised $37.5M READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

Today, we're featuring Rory Moore , CEO of CommNexus in San Diego, the non-profit technology industry association that works to accelerate the formation, growth, and success of the technology industry in San Diego, and co-founder of Peregrine Semiconductor and Silicon Wave. Lots of little ones. Little ones matter.

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APRIL 19, 2013

Venture capital investments saw a sharp drop in Q1 in Southern California, according to the latest venture numbers from the MoneyTree report. The report, released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association over the weekend, tallied up $534.3M San Diego had $178.3M billion in 863 deals.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

PacketSled, a cybersecurity startup based in suburban San Diego, has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Keshif Ventures, a local angel investment fund that has put money into dozens of tech startups in the San Diego area. The company raised $3 million in a 2013 seed round.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 5, 2018

He was accused of diverting more than $18 million from the $283 million Burrill Life Sciences Capital Fund III under the guise of management fees. Those amounts, siphoned away during the period between December 2007 and September 2013, were not owed to him, according to a Department of Justice account. Burrill was also charged.

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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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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

GlaxoSmithKline is acquiring a startup it helped launch in 2013 as part of an alliance with life sciences venture capital firm Avalon Ventures. Avalon said Tuesday that GSK (NYSE: GSK ) has agreed to buy the company, Sitari Pharmaceuticals, which has been developing a treatment for celiac disease.

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Xconomy

APRIL 25, 2019

Katelyn O’Shaughnessy already had a solid track record, selling TripScope , a travel startup she co-founded in 2013, to Travefy two years ago. Women, finding themselves outside of the club, are now creating their own networks to do the same.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Founded in 2013 by de Haaff and Chris Waters in the Bay Area, the company announced in July it had surpassed $40 million in annual recurring revenue from the subscribers to its software-as-a-service. Brian de Haaff wonders this sometimes, especially as compared to his own tech business, Aha. Instead, Aha is a bootstrapped startup.

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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 million this year versus $3 million in 2013. Source: National Venture Capital Association. history (admittedly, at 2.1 The projected $43.2

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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.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 7, 2020

Rob Williamson, a longtime biotech entrepreneur, joined PharmAkea as CEO in 2013 after the company formed its “build-to-buy”-style. But the partnership fizzled, and this week PharmAkea sold the last of the two drug candidates it developed for fibrotic disease to Galecto, a clinical-stage biotech in Denmark. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

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Xconomy

JUNE 13, 2019

The new Series B round will give San Francisco-based BlackThorn—a startup spun out of the Scripps Research Institute in 2013—the backing to run human tests of two experimental treatments. One, headed for Phase 2 testing by next year, is being developed for mood or anxiety disorders.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Morris did go on to co-found an aerial imagery company for agriculture in 2013, but he scrapped the idea of using drones. Companies such as San Diego-based SlantRange are betting that drones, flying lower and slower, can deliver images at higher resolution than either planes or satellites.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

On the day after Intel announced its acquisition of San Diego machine learning startup Nervana Systems, investor Steve Jurvetson told me he was feeling a sense of satisfaction about a call he made three years ago, and how it has been playing out. In the 2-1/2 years since it was founded, Nervana raised roughly $25 million.

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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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Xconomy

JULY 21, 2017

Adam Riggs-Zeigen has come a long way since 2013, when he co-founded San Diego’s Rock My World and introduced the mobile app RockMyRun to provide upbeat music playlists to motivate smartphone-equipped runners. “We We found that it expanded into other avenues, like fitness studios,” Riggs-Zeigen recalled in a recent interview.

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Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

San Francisco-based Webpass has spent the past 13 years working to bring ultra-fast wireless Internet access to homes (primarily large apartment complexes) and businesses around the country. But getting to this point has been a painstaking slog filled with logistical and political challenges.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

San Diego-based ZeaKal (www.zeakal.com) recently announced a $15M, Series C funding round for its efforts to develop plant traits which increase the efficiency of photosynthesis. The company is backed by Canopy Rivers, Finistere Ventures, and Middleland Capital. We raised our first round in 2013.

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