socalTECH
JUNE 15, 2020
The Tech Coast Angels says it has launched a new, annual fund, and is continuing to invest--despite the pandemic. The angel group, the largest in the nation, said it invested over $19M in 2019, in part due to a similar fund created by its San Diego chapter, the TCA-San Diego, last year. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 3, 2018
Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully launched yet another payload into space on Monday morning, carrying 64 satellites into space on the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission. Among the 64 satellites on the flight is one of the more unusual payloads for SpaceX: an art project for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
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socalTECH
JANUARY 20, 2015
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , the Los Angeles area commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by Elon Musk, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has raised a billion dollars in a financing round. SpaceX said the deal gives Google and Fidelity just under 10 percent ownership of the company. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MARCH 10, 2016
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) is led by Dirk Ahlborn, and was originally funded by crowdfunding site JumpStarter. HTT said the deal will make it the first company to work on plans for a Hyperloop system in Europe.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 29, 2012
According to NASA, the Dragon is now returning to a port near Los Angeles in preparation for being returned to NASA in the next 48 hours, to process research samples from the ISS. Hawthorne-based SpaceX is a venture funded startup, headed by tech mogul Elon Musk. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
APRIL 17, 2015
More than half of this quarter''s investment due to a single, nearly $1 billion investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX. Other large funding deals in the quarter included $186M invested in Lynda , $76.28M invested in San Diego''s aTyr Pharma , and $50.0M in investments, and Orange County saw $172.81M in funding. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
JULY 18, 2017
A look at the companies who are private, backed by venture capital, and are valued at more than $1 billion across Southern California -- from San Diego to Los Angeles to Santa Barbara -- is an interesting contrast in the wide range of types of technology companies across the region. SpaceX (www.spacex.com). Razer (www.razerzone.com).
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