article thumbnail

Southern California Sees Boom In Venture Investments In Q4

socalTECH

The PwC/NVCA MoneyTree report, which uses data from Thomson Reuters, tallied $693.17M in deals in the Los Angeles region; $276.1M in Orange County, and $334.0M in San Diego. The largest deals included $150M received by LA's Zestcash , $91.96M invested in San Diego's Sapphire Energy , and $85M invested in Irvine's Alteryx.

article thumbnail

Q3 Southern California Venture Deals Around $879M

socalTECH

In terms of venture firms, the most active firms here for Q3 were Western Technology Investment and the Tech Coast Angels, with 3 deals each; Qualcomm Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Mission Ventures, Venrock, Clearstone Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Enterprise Partners, J&J Development Corporation, and Domain Associates all had two deals each (..)

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Venture Capitalists Invest $475.5M In Southern California In Q3, Says MoneyTree

socalTECH

in 32 deals, followed by Los Angeles with $172.3M PwC/NVCA said that Mission Ventures and Enterprise Partners were the most active local VCs for the quarter, with five deals each; Clearstone Ventures had four, and DFJ Frontier and Palomar Ventures reported three deals each. In the region, San Diego led in Q3 deals, with $236.3M

article thumbnail

Southern California Investments On Uptick, Totals $686.5M For Q1

socalTECH

invested across 18 deals, followed by Los Angeles, with $224.4M The energy and clean technology sector actually helped boost investments in Los Angeles, as well, with big deals for Torrance-based Amonix , which raised $64.4M Nationally, Q4 of 2009 brought in $5.2 billion in venture deals in 832 deals. across 31 days.

article thumbnail

What Startups Can Learn From The Pizza Business: Samit Varma

socalTECH

However, for today''s interview, we''ve decided to venture a bit farther afield--talking to Samit Varma , founder of Los Angeles-based pizza franchise Pizza Studio (www.pizzastudio.com). In our interviews, we normally talk to entrepreneurs, investors, and others involved in the technology startup industry. We''re sort of set up the same way.

Startup 100