socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

The filing of an IPO by Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless on Friday seems to indicate the interest in public markets by venture-backed, Southern California firms has not abated. The filing comes on the heels of Demand Media 's kickoff of its roadshow to Wall Street on Wednesday, after it set an initial pricing range on its own IPO offering.

Southern California 162

Southern California Santa Monica Legalzoom ReachLocal 162

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Other firms currently in registration include Santa Monica-based Demand Media ; San Diego-based Zogenix ; Inphi Corp. which has most of its employees in Westlake Village; Los Angeles-based Gamefly ; City of Industry-based NewEgg ; San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies ; and Thousand Oaks-basd Nexsan.

Southern California 154

Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Westlake Village Woodland Hills 154

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

Internet Brands 190

Internet Brands Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 190

socalTECH

JULY 19, 2011

Los Angeles had $222.5M in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments. active firms (all with three deals each) being Rustic Canyon Partners , DFJ Frontier , the Tech Coast Angels , Amgen , GRP Partners , and Mission Ventures. raised for the quarter.

Southern California 167

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 167

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. Actually, there is tons of wealth in San Diego but it isn’t organized well to support them. San Diego has Qualcomm. San Antonio has RackSpace.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

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.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313