Report: Los Angeles, San Diego Among Top Startup Markets
socalTECH
OCTOBER 20, 2017
Los Angeles and San Diego are among the metro areas with the highest startup activity, based on a new report from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
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socalTECH
OCTOBER 20, 2017
Los Angeles and San Diego are among the metro areas with the highest startup activity, based on a new report from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
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socalTECH
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According to the report, Los Angeles garnered the lion's share of the local funding, with $1.77 billion in San Diego and $0.42 The region had a total of 124 deals logged by Dow Jones VentureSource, split between 75 in Los Angeles, 29 in San Diego, and 20 in Orange County. READ MORE>>.
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socalTECH
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socalTECH
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Venture capitalists invested more than $1.3 billion in investments in Los Angeles, near $125M in Orange County, and $106.6M in investments in San Diego. billion in investments in Los Angeles, near $125M in Orange County, and $106.6M in investments in San Diego.
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socalTECH
OCTOBER 18, 2013
Los Angeles led the region in investments, with $348.6M in investments; San Diego followed, with $205.2M in venture capital raised in Q3; Orange County had $155.96M in investments for the quarter. The industry with the largest amount of investment was in Software, with $229.6M in investment.
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in investments in Q1 of the year, across 54 deals. Investments were down from $625.4M invested in Q1 of 2010. The largest investment was $111.92M invested in Irvine-based Fisker Automotive , followed by $76.4M invested in Santa Monica-based Coda Automotive. in San Diego. billion a year ago.
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socalTECH
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invested in Southern California in Q4. was invested in Southern California, as well as Q4 of last year, when $508.2M was invested in the region. However, nationally, venture capital numbers were much worse, with venture investments dropping to the lowest level in more than a decade. in investments. in investments.
socalTECH
JANUARY 17, 2013
was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. 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 billion was invested in 3,698 deals.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 17, 2014
Southern California''s venture capital investments totaled a little more than $598.4M The investments were a drop from Q4 of 2012, $711.8M was invested in the region. billion was invested across Southern California''s technology industry. billion was invested in 1,077 deals nationally. For the year, a total of $2.51
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socalTECH
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Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in investments, followed by $182.7M in investments.
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socalTECH
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billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. According to an analysis of socalTECH's proprietary database of venture capital deals, venture investors invested slightly more than the $966M in Q3 of 2009, but less than the $1.6 billion invested in Q2.
socalTECH
APRIL 19, 2013
Venture capital investments saw a sharp drop in Q1 in Southern California, according to the latest venture numbers from the MoneyTree report. invested in 81 deals in the Southern California region in Q1 of 2013, down from Q4, when there was $674.2M The local drop in investment was across the board. was invested in 55 deals.
socalTECH
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The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture capital Association MoneyTree survey, which is based on data from Thomson Reuters, tallies $738.34M invested in Southern California in Q4 of 2011. raised in Q4 of 2010, and up from the $652M invested in the region last quarter. The amount is up from $528.0M
socalTECH
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socalTECH
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Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M Southern California's investment totals bucked the national trend, which found that there was a 9 percent drop in dollars to $4.7 San Diego was not far behind, with $222.4M
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socalTECH
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invested in Southern California in Q4. was invested in Southern California, as well as Q4 of last year, when $508.2M was invested in the region. However, nationally, venture capital numbers were much worse, with venture investments dropping to the lowest level in more than a decade. in investments. in investments.
socalTECH
JULY 18, 2013
in venture capital investments in Q2 2013 across Southern California, spread across 80 deals. Those numbers reflected a drop from Q2 of last year, when there was $868.98M in investments across 97 deals. However, venture dollars invested were above Q1, when Southern California saw $569.1M in investments across 90 deals.
socalTECH
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Venture capital investments in Southern California for Q3 of 2011 are up from last year, but down from last quarter, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. was invested in the region. was invested in the region.
socalTECH
JULY 31, 2012
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