SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

What does it take for a San Diego company to raise a round of capital in today's market? Mark Suster, Partner, GRP Partners * Quinn Li, Managing Director, Qualcomm Ventures * Ralph Mayer, Past President of Tech Coast Angels * Mike Krenn, Managing Director, DLA Venture Pipeline. See [link] (more).

Capital 113

Capital Tech Coast Angels GRP Partners Southern California 113

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here's the rest. -The

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2010

invested across 18 deals, followed by Los Angeles, with $224.4M San Diego was not far behind, with $222.4M 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 across 31 days.

Southern California 208

Southern California Orange County Invest GRP Partners 208

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

Locally, San Diego led the region in terms of venture deals for the quarter, with $300M invested, followed by Los Angeles, with $239.1M invested--the vast majority of that in the San Diego area. According to PwC/NVCA, investments in 2009 were at the lowest level since 1997, with only $17.7 in investments.

Southern California 154

Southern California Venture Capital Invest Orange County 154

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2010

What does it take for a San Diego company to raise a Seed or Series A round? Mark Suster, Partner, GRP Partners * Ralph Mayer, Past President of Tech Coast Angels * Quinn Li, Managing Director, Qualcomm Ventures * Mike Krenn, Managing Director, DLA Venture Pipeline. Will investments pick up?

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Capital GRP Partners Southern California 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

Locally, San Diego led the region in terms of venture deals for the quarter, with $300M invested, followed by Los Angeles, with $239.1M invested--the vast majority of that in the San Diego area. According to PwC/NVCA, investments in 2009 were at the lowest level since 1997, with only $17.7 in investments.

Southern California 113

Southern California Invest Venture Capital Orange County 113

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

Los Angeles saw $407.2M in 21 deals, and San Diego saw $170.6M San Diego's biggest deals were for Sonexa Therapeutics , which raised $37.2M, Astute Medical , which raised $26.5M, and Nereus Pharmaceuticals , with $20.0M Quarter-to-quarter growth was also good, going from $627.4M and 80 deals in Q1. totaled $6.5

Southern California 174

Southern California Orange County Rustic Canyon SoCal 174

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Los Angeles. There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ). There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles. Let me use LA as an example.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67