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JANUARY 6, 2011

Altadena-based TripTrotting , an online community that helps world travelers find hosts, has scored a Series A round of funding, according to sources close to the firm. The funding came from Idealab's New Ventures Group. Details on the funding, and size, have not yet been announced by the startup. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M In Los Angeles, near $324.2M Finally, the third biggest area for funding was Retailing/Distribution, which had a total of $105.7M was raised. billion in investments; followed by New England, with $826.1M in investments. in investments. in investments.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

The Pasadena Angels , one of the most active organized angel investment groups in the Los Angeles area, released some details on the groups'' 2014 performance over the holidays, saying that it saw a total of four exits--including a $100M exit over at Bluebeam --and closed 17 deals during the year. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme , a new startup looking to connect restaurants with diners, has scored new funding from Idealab's New Venture Group. Size of the funding round was not disclosed. Delacruz said that the firm is one of the first investments from a new effort at Idealab to invest in outside ideas. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Southern California has the one of the largest gathering of organized angel investment groups, and a huge crop of startup accelerators: there's only one problem, which is they don't naturally work together. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasnt. The Angel funding process can be arduous.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based Atlas Powered , a developer of software for managing calendar, task, and contact data on iOS and Android, has raised $700,000 in a funding round, the firm said today. According to Atlas Powered, the funding will go towards development and commercialization of its app for iOS and Android.

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M In Los Angeles, near $324.2M Finally, the third biggest area for funding was Retailing/Distribution, which had a total of $105.7M was raised. billion in investments; followed by New England, with $826.1M in investments. in investments. in investments.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

This morning, Pasadena-based Perfect Market (www.perfectmarket.com) announced a new, $9M round of funding for the firm's technology, which is used to help publishers monetize their content. Congrats on funding. Julie Schoenfeld: Intersting, the Los Angeles Times was one of our first customers.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Glendale-based MyShape , which operates an online retailer focused on matching women to clothing based on their body type, confirmed this morning that it has raised a third round of venture funding. Amount of the funding round was not disclosed, although a regulatory filing last week placed the round target at $12.1M.

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JANUARY 7, 2011

Bolstering Freebinar's efforts is new funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Financial details of that funding were not disclosed, however, CEO Costin Tuculescu confirmed that it just saw a first close on its Series A.

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JULY 26, 2010

Pasadena-based Rockoco , a spinout of Caltech, has raised $1.5M in a funding round, according to lead investor the Pasadena Angels. According to the firm, it will use the funding to move the firm out of its current home at Caltech into its own facility.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

According to the Pasadena Angels, one of the investors in the firm, the round also included the Tech Coast Angels and un-named venture capital firms. The Pasadena Angels said the funding will go towards expanding and growing Ondax's optic solutions. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 28, 2014

A new, Pasadena-based startup out of Idealab , the startup incubator headed by Bill Gross, is hoping to bring 3D printing to the masses for $149. Financial details of the new funding for New Matter was not announced.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

Pasadena-based Ocular Data Systems , a startup that develops a high resolution camera which is used by law enforcement to document signs of drug and alcohol impairment and other issues with drivers, has raised a round of investment from the Pasadena Angels. Ocular, led by CEO Marcus O. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2 Los Angeles had a total of $311.25M in deals for the quarter, followed by Orange County with $197.8M, then San Diego, with $174.6M in funding. in funding. That total was less than the $859.6M billion in venture capital. or the year, $26.5

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JANUARY 7, 2015

Local angel groups have hit the jackpot again with an investment, this time with the October acquisition of Pasadena-based Bluebeam in a $100M deal by German software company Nemetschek AG. The Tech Coast Angels and the Pasadena Angels revealed today that their return on Bluebeam was 20x for angels who participated in funding Bluebeam.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Pasadena-based Idealab has led a round into LA-spawned Mingly , a developer of software which connects Gmail with a user's social networks. Mingly said it raised $500,000 in a seed round of financing from Idealab, Allen Morgan, Alex Karelin, and other angels Wednesday. and Startup Nights here in LOs Angeles.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , which operates an online marketplace and service for vacation rental booking, has raised $3.5M in a funding round. Details on the funding have not been announced by the firm. The round came to light through last week's PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 12, 2015

Local angel investors--including the Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels --might just have another big hit on their hands, with the news today that San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody has filed for an IPO. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Thursday, October 19, 2017 -- How I Got Funded. Pasadena Angels. A successful start-up requires funding, mentoring and strong community partnerships. Engage in our panel discussion with Pasadena Angels' portfolio companies and network with our angel investors. See [link] (more)

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme (www.foodme.com) is one of the first, external startups funded out of Idealab's New Venture Group, and is looking to help connect restaurants with customers using a CPA model. The firm so far has signed up a number of restaurants in the Pasadena area. What is Foodme all about? How do users do that?

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MARCH 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based Gridtest Systems , a developer of measurement tools for the electric vehicle (EV) market, said this morning that it has raised a seed round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Financial terms of the investment were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

Gevo--which is now based in Englewood, Colorado--was started in Pasadena, and has licensed technology from both the University of California, Los Angeles, and Caltech. Gevo , a startup which is developing renewable chemicals and biofuels technology, has filed for an IPO, according to an S-1 filing by the firm Thursday afternoon.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Adhesive Games , the Alhambra-based, independent game publishing studio which is part of Meteor Entertainment has just scored a big, $18M funding round from Rustic Canyon Partners , Chinese game publisher KongZhong, and others to help bring its first title to market, Hawken. Alhambra is a suburb of Los Angeles, just south of Pasadena.

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JULY 17, 2014

According to the report, there was $472.15M invested in Los Angeles, $222.4M The biggest investments for the quarter were for Culver City-based NantHealth , the digital health venture of billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, which raised $135M in a funding; El Segundo-based Prodege (aka Swagbucks), which raised $60.1M

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Los Angeles-based MyShape , the online personalized fashion and women's clothing firm, has shut down. MyShape had raised north of $36M in funding from such investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Tenaya Capital.

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AUGUST 1, 2014

Talk about your funding? George Collado: We worked with the Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Siemer Ventures, and in January we raised a $300,000 seed round. angel siemer pasadena angels coast tech startup interview enterpreneur raker staff staffranker collado george' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The Pasadena Angels have redesigned our site with a new focus on Entrepreneurs and LA Basin tech resources. We took a lesson from successful companies we have funded–we talked to the market first. You’ll see a long list of companies we’ve funded. We rebuilt the site with that in mind.

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MARCH 13, 2018

Presented by the Pasadena Angels in partnership with LAVA and Expert Dojo Launching a successful start-up requires more than grit, caffeine and an innovative idea. A successful start-up requires funding, mentoring, and smart connections.

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MARCH 6, 2011

Saturday, March 12, 2011 -- Angel Investing and Technology Trends. He will also touch on the technology trends that angels are currently interested in funding. Bootstrap2+2. See [link] (more)

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MARCH 17, 2012

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 -- Start-Up Funding In Southern California. Panel includes Ray Chan, Managing Partner at K5 Venture Partners; Anil Tammineedi, Vice President at Angeleno Group; Kiran Rao, Associate at Vicente Capital Partners; Al Schneider, Co-Founder and Past Chairman of Pasadena Angels.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Pasadena-based Cramster.com , which operates an online home help web site, is announcing today that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Primera Capital. As part of the funding, Ori Sasson of Primera is joining the firm's board of directosr. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Pasadena-based MyShape , the personalized fashion retailer run by Louise Wannier, has raised $10.5M in a new round of equity funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Wednesday. The filing says the fundraising is part of a nearly $12.1M READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

The firm, which recently completed a $2.0M, Series E funding round from the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels, said Belz will represent both of those angel groups on its board. Belz was the lead investor on the funding round.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody Software has confirmed that it has raised $14M in a new funding round for the firm's health and wellness business management software. The firm is headed by Rick Stollmeyer, and has also received backing from the Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Frontera Capital. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based Ranker , the online site which lets users rank, view, vote, and share their opinions on a wide range of topics, announced today that it has raised $2M in a follow on investment round. The company said the proceeds will go towards hiring, platform expansion, and marketing. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

A new startup incubator and coworking space in the Los Angeles area-- Voivoda Labs --said this week that it is looking to looking to vet new startups in the area to join its newly built incubator in Glendale. Voivoda says that Babajov has ties to the Band of Angels, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Keiretsu Forum Angel networks.

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