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Surf Air Expands To San Diego

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Los Angeles-based all-you-can-fly subscription airline Surf Air made a major expansion this week, saying that it has begun flying out of the San Diego Area--or more specifically, the om McClellan-Palomar Airport (CRQ) in Carlsbad--earlier this week. surfair surf diego airline airplane' READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Los Angeles Launches New Members Only Fund

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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>>.

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Surf Air Extends To OC, Via Helicopter

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Los Angeles-based subscription airline Surf Air is extending its service into Orange County, with a new partnership with helicopter charter firm BLADE , the company said on Wednesday. The connecting flights will cost $199 per shuttle flight, and are not included as part of Surf Air's existing membership. READ MORE>>.

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Falcon 9 Launch Attempt Still Set For Wednesday Morning

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX says that it is still set for another attempt to launch the PAZ satellite mission into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, on Wednesday, 6:17 a.m. SpaceX said that the weather is "90% favorable" for tomorrow's launch window. Image: the Falcon 9 and PAZ on the launchpad at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Tuesday.

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Southern California Sees $1.9 Billion In Q1 Deals, Biggest Since Dot Com Boom

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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 invested in SmartDrive Systems. Image courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>.

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Who's In Southern California's Unicorn Club?

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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).

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SoCal Venture Capital Investments Total $497.8M In Q4

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The biggest investments for the quarter went to Irvine-based Fisker Automotive , which raised $78.0M, followed by Hawthorn-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), the commercial rocket firm of Elon Musk, which raised $50.2M. In terms of the region, San Diego led in terms of total investments, with $193.1M