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DECEMBER 22, 2015

Wolpert is also a longtime angel investor in Southern California's technology industry, helping to run technology accelerator Amplify, investing in countless startups, working with Accel Partners, and having been Chief Strategy Officer of RealNetworks, President of Disney Online, among other positions.

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DECEMBER 22, 2015

Wolpert is also a longtime angel investor in Southern California's technology industry, helping to run technology accelerator Amplify, investing in countless startups, working with Accel Partners, and having been Chief Strategy Officer of RealNetworks, President of Disney Online, among other positions.

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AUGUST 28, 2015

The Siemer Summit , the invite-only conference which has been organized by technology investment banking firm Siemer & Associates for the last four years, is returning this year, according to the firm. Image: awards handed out at last year's Siemer Summit. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

The flow of venture capital dollars invested into Los Angeles-area companies fell 16.3 billion in 2015 to $3.49 percent from a high of $4.17 billion last year, according to a report by Dow Jones Venture Source.

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DECEMBER 28, 2015

Arteen Arabshahi: While Karlin Ventures has had an excellent first few years as a firm seeing over 6 exits and making 40+ investments within 3 years, what was most exciting in 2015 was the addition of our third team member, Erin Shipley. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015?

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MARCH 29, 2017

Santa Monica-based Arrowroot Capital , an investment firm focused on investing growth equity in growing software-as-a-service and internet-based businesses, has launched an effort to raise $175M in its third fund, Arrowroot Capital III, LP. The firm's second fund closed at the end of 2015, and was worth $50M. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 4, 2016

Irvine-based mobile accessory maker Incipio has scored an investment from private equity investor Goode Partners, the company announced this morning, via a minority investment. Incipio did not disclose the size of the investment. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 29, 2020

While Desai’s bluster may be wishful thinking, the doctor’s office is certainly changing, and that’s thanks in part to companies like Heal, which offer in-home and telemedical consultations — and health insurance providers like Humana that are backing them. “We want all payers to be this strategic. .

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JANUARY 19, 2016

Think there is a technology investment slowdown? billion invested in venture capital in Q4 of 2015, according to the latest numbers released over the weekend by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. billion invested in Q4 matched the $1.3 billion invested in Q4 matched the $1.3

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Los Angeles-based 3D theater projection company RealD said late Monday that it has started a process to review "strategic alternatives" for the company, and hired investment banking firm Moelis & Company LLC as a financial advisor. The announcement ccame as the company reported a loss of $11.3M READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 29, 2015

Based in Los Angeles and Taipei, Taiwan, it's a $10 million incubator that invests in early stage startups. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? What was the biggest news for you or your firm this year? Lawrence Ng: The big news for us was the launch of OnRamp Fund. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 19, 2016

San Diego-based life sciences maker Illumina has participated in another investment round for San Francisco-based DNA synthesis startup Twist Bioscience , in a new Series D funding for that company. Nick and Joby Pritzker (via Tao Invest), Paladin Capital Group, Yuri Milner, Boris Nikolic, plus others. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

Some companies turned to cutbacks over boosting financial reserves; others focused on reducing overhead and expenses. A healthy manufacturing sector, likely to gain even more strength in 2015, is creating an impetus to invest. 2015 business optimism entrepreneur strategy' Marty Zwilling.

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MARCH 29, 2019

The fund--led by Carmen Palafox, Noramay Cadena, and Shaun Arora--says it has so far made investments into 16 companies since 2015. The investment fund is making investments globally, not just in Los Angeles. Size of the fund was not announced. That accelerator program is expected to run through December.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

According to Halogen Ventures, the fund will continue to invest in women and diversity. Halogen Ventures was founded in 2015, and so far has invested in over 60 female founded companies, and says it now has ten exits out of its portfolio. Halogen's investments including Squad App (acquired by Twitter), ThisisL.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

We've attempted to do that for the last three years, trying to ferret out exactly who the people--not companies--are to watch in the region's technology industry. Here are this year's winners, along with the companies they are associated with: Brett Bouttier , AwesomenessTV. Joe Huff and Bridget Hilton , LSTN Sound Company.

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JANUARY 12, 2015

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2015 Startup and Entrepreneur Forecast taking place Thursday, January 29 from 7 p.m. We will have amazing panelists from March Capital, Greycroft, Machinima, Silicon Valley Bank and Amplify who will share their insights and forecast for start-ups in 2015. YouTube, Microsoft and SyFy.

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JULY 15, 2016

Southern California companies raised $2.49 The big investment dollars for Southern California in Q2 is more than the region brought in during the dot com boom, and exceed the prior recent record of $1.9 billion raised in the region just a year ago in Q1 of 2015. Nationally, venture capitalists invested $15.3

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The new Series D round of financing announced Wednesday boosts the San Diego-based company’s valuation to land it on the growing list of “unicorns”—the tech-world term coined for companies valued at $1 billion or above. TuSimple, founded in 2015 in San Diego and Beijing, raised its Series C round of $55 million in late 2017.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Dave’s note: This is a reprint of a 2015 insight that seems to have struck a chord with investors and entrepreneurs. Some relatives believe that a family bond is an insurance policy, and that all investments or notes will always be repaid, no matter what the circumstance. The problem, of course, comes if the business fails.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

According to the company, it paid $165M to acquire Ludia from Fremantle. Jam City said the new, $350M funding round was a combination of equity and debt, and included Netmarble, Kabam, and affiliates of funds managed by Fortress Investment Group. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Chris DeWolfe.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Kara said “no” because she wanted to start her own company, which she did and I backed. The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested. So What Does All This Mean? Just you watch.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

According to the company, the move also will include exclusive shopping opportunities and joint efforts in Foot Locker's physical stores. New York-based Foot Locker said the strategic minority investment came through its subsidiary in 1661, Inc. in total since it was founded in 2015. GOAT has now raised $197.6M READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Los Angeles-based Fisker , the new developer of electric vehicle and solid state battery technology which was crated by Fisker Automotive founder's Henrik Fisker, has received a strategic investment from Caterpillar Venture Capital. Caterpillar Venture Capital is the investment arm of industrial equipment and vehicle maker Catepillar.

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MAY 14, 2019

According to L Squared, since its investment in Virtium in July of 2015, Virtium saw its organic revenues more than double, and a tripling of its EBITDA. the company provides customized, ruggedized, and highly engineered industrial grade embedded solid state drive (SSD) and memory products. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 30, 2018

in a new investment round. The company, which has an office in Camarillo, said the funding was led by Agustn Coppel and North Bridge Venture Partners, its two largest existing investors. Cool Planet said the new investment is an extension of its previously announced Series A funding. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 14, 2016

billion raised in Q4, and even lower than Q1 of 2015, when $2.01 in funds invested, across 47 deals; Orange County had $158M invested across 15 deals; and San Diego had $253.5M invested across 21 deals. Among the bigger deals were an investment in smart doorbell company Ring, with a $61.2M was invested.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Los Angeles-based NantCell , one of the biotech companies run by billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, has raissed another $30M from Celgene , according to the two companies. The new investment was made on December 19th. percent ownership of the company. According to NantCell, Celgene now has 2.8 READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2017

San Diego-based Lightpost Digital , a digital agency which provides online marketing services to local businesses, has raised a round of funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Canal Partners and DWP Investments. The company is a spinout of Deal Current, and was founded in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Costa Mesa-based venture capital investor CerraCap Ventures says it has seen an exit out of its investment portfolio, saying that the sale of digital gifting and exchange company Swych resulted in a 4.3X return for the firm in less than two years. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Representative, Richard (Dick) Gephardt as an advisor to the company. Gephardt, who previously was a member of the board of Ford Motor Company, has been a consultant to Fisker over the last five months, according to the firm.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

According to UC President Janet Napolitano, the UC Board of Regents is voting this week on approving the $250M fund, UC Ventures , which is expected to launch in 2015. The fund would seek to invest in companies started on campus, from University research, and from students. Image courtesy Chris Radcliff , via Flickr.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Santa Monica-based Forge Platform , which is developing software development kits used for Ethereum, has raised $1M in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Wednesday. The company was founded by Chris Lorenz, Geoffrey Anderson, and James Borow. The funding came from Manta Ray Ventures and Upfront Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 31, 2016

Innovium said the funding included both undisclosed Series A and Series B funding rounds, both completed in 2015. The Series A came in the first quarter of 2015, from Walden Riverwood Ventures and Capricorn Investment Group, with participation from S-Cubed Capital and Qualcomm Incorporated (via Qualcomm Ventures).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

We recently released the video sharing app Ferris and announced that Upfront Ventures led the funding in the company in our seed round of $2 million and I personally joined the board. So Why Did We Invest? Imagine if your friends could all contribute the Burning Man 2015 album and create a group story. L1I6RUWYJu.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Qualcomm said it will invest a total of $1M in funding to support program participants, and will initially select 10 companies to participate in the program. Qualcom said that the deadline for applications is February 22nd, and the class will start in May of 2015 and end in September of 2015. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Culver City-based Clutter , which offers up "on-demand" self storage of your extra stuff, has raised $200M in a Series D funding, the company announced on Wednesday morning. Clutter has now raised nearly $300M in total funding since 2015. The company's co-founder and CEO is Ari Mir. READ MORE>>.

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