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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Here's Marc Averitt of Okapi Venture Capital (www.okapivc.com). The biggest news this year for Okapi, Southern Californias original seed stage venture capital fund, is that we ramped up the deployment of our 3rd fund and saw its portfolio grow by another 10 companies! What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

For my partner, Craig Cummings, and I - 2019 was our first full year as Venture Capitalists! Our 2019 investment in Backtracks, a developer of podcast analytics software, has shown fantastic traction and continues to provide value to podcast creators helping them to better understand their listeners and monetize their content.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 -- FundingPost San Diego VC and Angel Investor Event/ Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Southern California? Register for the FundingPost event on Wednesday, November 6th, 2019.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

Monday, November 4, 2019 -- FundingPost Orange County VC and Angel Investor Event. Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Southern California? Register for the FundingPost event on Tuesday, November 5th, 2019.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

Monday, November 4, 2019 -- FundingPost Los Angeles VC and Angel Investor Event. Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Southern California? Register for the FundingPost event on Monday, November 4th, 2019.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 28, 2019

Venture capital firms invest in potentially disruptive technologies with the hope of profit, then keep watch for further advances that could overtake their existing portfolio companies. All this is done while they guide startups through other external challenges such as fundraising droughts and overall market downturns.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 22, 2019

Thursday, March 28, 2019 -- Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Southern California? Register for the FundingPost event on Thursday, March 28th, 2019. FundingPost has hosted 400 sold-out venture events in 22 cities over the past 17 years. See [link] (more)

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MARCH 20, 2019

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 -- San Diego Fundingpost VC and Angel Investor Conference. Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Southern California? Register for the FundingPost event on Tuesday, March 26th, 2019.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2019

Upfront Ventures , a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, has filed paperwork with the U.S. Though the firm typically invests at the seed and Series A, capital from Upfront Growth III will be used for follow-on or late-stage deals. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise its third growth-stage investment fund.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 21, 2019

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 -- Orange County Fundingpost VC and Angel Investor Conference. Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Southern California? Register for the FundingPost event on Wednesday, March 27th, 2019.

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

In 2019 we have begun to see it actually affecting us, with voice assistants, and navigational devices, calendaring assisting, suggestive actions, etc. Scott is also co-chair of the Firms Venture Capital and Emerging Growth practice group. AI, hands down.

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Xconomy

JULY 31, 2019

We at Xconomy are excited to announce that we are honoring Mark Levin, co-founder and partner at Third Rock Ventures, with our 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award in Boston. The award recognizes Levin’s extensive contributions to the biotech industry and to the Boston life sciences ecosystem.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? billion fund.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

While 2018 was all about better understanding the SoCal opportunity, 2019 was about honing our focus and defining our core programs. The Alliance engages the full set of ecosystem players; from start-ups, to VCs, to universities, to local governments and more. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year? READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 5, 2019

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -- San Diego FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. At this San Diego Event, we will be showcasing some of the newest early-stage venture funds and angel groups in the San Diego area! We're doing it again! There are only 15 spaces left in the Workshop.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Aaron Fyke , the founder and Managing Director of Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com), a venture capital firm in the energy and sustainability space. We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?

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JUNE 7, 2019

Thursday, June 13, 2019 -- Orange County FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. At this OC Event, we will be showcasing some of the newest early-stage venture funds and angel groups in the San Diego area! We're doing it again! There are only 15 spaces left in the Workshop.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The sector saw more big venture capital deals and acquisitions , while researchers kept plugging away on technology advances. software startups to reflect on the trends that defined the sector in 2018—and where things might be headed in 2019. It was an eventful year for the artificial intelligence industry.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Are there any technology innovations, gadgets/devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2019? I love the Whisper Synch feature on Audible so I can read books and then seamlessly listen where I left off. Previously he co-founded 3 tech companies, one in computer networks, one in logistics and one in biometric security.

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Xconomy

MAY 29, 2019

2019 WINNERS Big Idea Gene Yeo, University of California, San Diego. After much discussion and debate, we decided that these winners represent the best of the San Diego life sciences and healthtech community. The award winners (listed below) were announced and presented with their trophies tonight at our sold-out awards gala in San Diego.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 --.

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MAY 8, 2019

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 --.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 15, 2020

As coronavirus keeps offices closed, wealthy venture capitalists are moving out of apartments in San Francisco and New York and decamping to other vacation-friendly zip codes. In San Francisco, a city known for high housing costs, rates for a one-bedroom apartment have dropped 9% from a year ago.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a newsletter published every Saturday that dives into the week’s most noteworthy venture deals, fundraises, M&A transactions and trends. Haus, like any good consumer startup in 2019, is shipped directly to your door. — Kate Clark (@KateClarkTweets) May 21, 2019.

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JUNE 24, 2020

The company said the equity and asset financing is an extension of its seed funding round, and was led by Fin VC, and also included new investors Tribe Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures, Lachy Groom, Anthemis, along with prior investors Craft Ventures, Fika Ventures, and MaC Ventures.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2021

Builders VC led the round, which included participation from Celtic, Newfund and Wish co-founder Danny Zhang. So in 2019 she founded Eano , a San Francisco-based startup that aims to walk a homeowner through a renovation and help connect individual contractors with new clients. They were not reliable and bad at communication.”.

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JUNE 17, 2020

in total; details on the timing and source of those funds were not outlined, however, the company said in 2019 that it had raised #8.35M in funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Greycroft Partners, Vaizra Investments, Compound, FJ Labs, SMRK VC Fund, as well as angel Alexandr Chernyak. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 -- Start-Up Options for Rapid Development, Funding, and Commercialization. Is VC funding the only way to develop and grow your company? Have you heard of accelerators, incubators, angles, and other resources for rapid development, funding, and growth of your start-up?

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Xconomy

JULY 17, 2020

In the second quarter, 16 of the top 25 largest early-stage venture capital deals were investments in life science companies. The figures come from the National Venture Capital Association and financial research firm Pitchbook.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 -- Start-Up Options for Rapid Development, Funding, and Commercialization. Is VC funding the only way to develop and grow your company? LAVA Healthcare. Have you heard of accelerators, incubators, angles, and other resources for rapid development, funding, and growth of your start-up?

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JUNE 23, 2020

Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures has just kicked off an effort to raise a new, $280M venture capital fund, Upfront VII, L.P. Upfront Ventures started raising $250M in a growth fund, Upfront Growth II, back in June of 2019, and raised its last core fund, Upfront VI, back in June of 2017.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Today, we share the thoughts of Mike Jones , Co-founder and CEO of Science, Inc.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

So, you might imagine that his outlook on data protection for 2019 would be more optimistic than in past years, because businesses now take advantage of a broad choice of security services to protect themselves.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Today, we share the thoughts of Brett Brewer , co-foudner and Managing Director of Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscut.vc).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Based on the best evidence I can find, the genesis of this trend and the advantages come from several evolutionary changes in the startup investment industry, and some innovations driven by the recession several years ago: Venture capital funds are still regaining momentum. Some VC firms are bogged down by their own weight.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Others may not have the experience you want and they fill up a seat that makes retaining founder control more difficult if you ultimately raise large rounds of venture capital in the future. What happens at the A-round of venture capital? With that said, no venture capital firm really wants to replace a CEO.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 17, 2019

Saturday, June 22, 2019 -- LAVA First Time Entrepreneur Workshop. The program is open to entrepreneurs that are starting companies in areas that are likely to draw venture capital investment. LAVA is extremely pleased to announce its next First Time Entrepreneur training program. The program is not open to service providers.

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