Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

As you all know TechZulu is a huge supporter of Startup Weekend, and when we had the chance to be part of the very first Orange County (my home town) Startup Weekend we jumped on board. Maneesh focuses on the medical information technology markets. Amir Banifatemi.

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Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

I recently posted about the Increase in Early-Stage Startup Activity in Los Angeles. I realized that it has been a little while since I posted about the Los Angeles Startup Community and so needed to update my list of startup events that will be out of date almost before I finish publishing it.

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Los Angeles Southern California Angel Enterprise Forum 198

TechCrunch LA

JULY 17, 2020

“3D bioprinting technologies, initially widely recognized in medicine, are nowadays gaining popularity in producing foods such as meat,” said Yusef Khesuani, co-founder and Managing Partner of 3D Bioprinting Solutions, in a statement. ” Image: Beyond Meat. . ” Image: Beyond Meat. ”

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Southern California Orange County Los Angeles San Diego 307

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2017

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) has just received $5M to fund a new initiative, called Energize California , to help boost clean technology startups. READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Orange County Santa Barbara Ventura 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2015

The company said the new location in Orange County will help it tap into the talent residing in southern Los Angeles, Orange County and northern San Diego Counties. Energous develops WattUp, a wireless charging technology aimed at mobile electronic devices.

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Orange County San Diego Los Angeles Mobile 100

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Sharp Display Company , a unit of Sharp Eectronics Corporation which develops TFT-LCD products, plus Flying Eagle Sytsems , a new company created by Foxconn crated to "drive innovation in the display industry", announced today that they have set up shop in downtown Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Company Companies Design 133

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JUNE 13, 2018

Santa Monica-based TenantBase , which is developing a technology-enabled, commercial real estate brokerage firm, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $10.7M The company said it will use the funding to accelerate technology and brokerage hires, plus for nationwide expansion. in a funding round. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Santa Monica Los Angeles Funding 113

socalTECH

MAY 31, 2017

Lulic is also the president and co-founder of LoanNow, and previously had served at Swagsy as co-founder, Specific Media/MySpace, founded Frugalytics, and also has served elsewhere in the finance and technology space in Los Angeles and Orange County. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Los Angeles Sites Media 138

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MAY 20, 2014

Los Angeles-based Survios , a developer of virtual reality technology, announced Monday that it has raised $4M in a Series A venture funding round. The round was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included Felicis Ventures and angel investor Gen Isayama (World Innovation Lab). READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Venture Capital Conference Los Angeles 153

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Los Angeles-based homebuilder KB Home , in another move to boost the technology features of its homes, said this morning that it has linked up with Google , to integrate its homes with Google Assistant. Image: KB Home's showcase community in the Denver area, which now features Google Assistant.

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Google Orange County Los Angeles Technology 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

For the quarter, San Diego County garnered the most venture capital, with $231.3M invested; Los Angeles had $169.7M, and Orange County $63.1M In Orange County, the biggest deals were for Irvine-based WaterHealth International , a developer of water purification products with $22.1M in investments.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2016

Dacor is based in Industry, California, which encompasses parts of Los Angeles, Orange County, and the Inland Empire. Samsung Electronics--known in the technology industry for its smartphones and tablets--also is a big player in the home appliance market. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Orange County Southern California Acquisition Los Angeles 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. VentureNet – Great annual event by the Technology Council. TechBizConnection – Orange County monthly events. Great post by John Shiple. They put on great events. AITP-LA – Monthly events.

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Southern California Los Angeles Technology Council Stirrers and Shakers 243

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2009

finds that the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County metro is number two on the list of geographies with the most clean-tech job activity. Tags: angeles clean technology cleantech green jobs. A report released this week from analyst firm Clean Edge, Inc., San Diego ranked at number 11.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Orange County Riverside Angel 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Connectifier's angel investors also included Sean Ellis, Andrew Chen, Jonathan Downey, and James Hong. In a loss for Orange County's technology industry, Connectifier said that much of its team is relocating to the Bay Area as part of the acquisition. READ MORE>>.

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Artificial Inteligence Orange County Downey Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Last week, a group of four angel investors here announced their plans to create a new, accelerator program to spur the creation of an entrepreneurial community in the area around new startups. We are in Orange County, but we're also focused more largely on Southern California. But, Orange County is a wonderful place to live.

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Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2014

billion was invested across Southern California''s technology industry. Los Angeles led the region with $309.79M in total investments for Q4 of 2013, with San Diego ($145.0M) and Orange County ($143.6M) with nearly the same venture investment toal. The investments were a drop from Q4 of 2012, $711.8M

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Tech Coast Angels 246

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2016

Honor , a startup that operates a marketplace for senior home care professionals and is backed by Marc Andreessen, said it has expanded to Los Angeles and Orange County, and rounded up a local executive to head up its expansion efforts here. He previously also was at hedge fund Tiedemann Investment Group, and JP Morgan.

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Orange County Los Angeles Invest Angel 100

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

Los Angeles received $260.0M invested in Orange County. The largest deals for Los Angeles were Coda Automotive in Santa Monica, which raised $40.375M, KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals in Calabasas, which raised $37.425M, and JustFabulous in El Segundo, which raised $33.1M. was invested in the region. in San Diego, and $141.4M

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Capital 212

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors. Similarly, the firm is using a Y-Combinator/TechStars model to startups, and covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

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Southern California Orange County Incubator Tech Coast Angels 216

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2016

Los Angeles-based HelloTech , the on-demand, in-home technical services company founded by serial entrepreneur and tech investor Richard Wolpert, said it is expanding into San Diego, and has begun offering up its services in the city. The company now offers up its services in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

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San Diego Orange County Services UCSD 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Irvine-based K5Launch , a new venture accelerator started by angel investors Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, is looking to spawn the growth of startups in Southern California, saying today that it has launched its efforts in the area.

Orange County 208

Orange County Southern California Seed Funding Mentor 208

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based HelloTech , the in-home, IT and technology help service founded by tech veteran Richard Wolpert, has raised $12.5M The company said its expansion will start with adding services in Orange County, and eventually to a number of other, major metropolitan areas. in a new funding round.

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Orange County Technical Support Los Angeles Services 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Southern California technology companies raised $709.8M Los Angeles led the region in investments, with $348.6M in venture capital raised in Q3; Orange County had $155.96M in investments for the quarter. The amount raised in the region was up from Q2, when $627.4M was raised in venture capital. in investment.

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Southern California Orange County Tech Coast Angels Company 234

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

The funding came from Townsgate Media, which the company said is an investment fund focused on early stage technology and media in Orange County and Los Angeles.

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Content Orange County Coach Media 182

socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2013

For venture capital investors and entrepreneurs, used to making the commute between Silicon Beach and Silicon Valley, the distance--and time--between the two technology centers has just dropped, thanks to the launch of Surf Air , an all-you-can-fly membership airline.

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Burbank Orange County Anthem Los Angeles 246

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2016

Los Angeles had $399.1M in funds invested, across 47 deals; Orange County had $158M invested across 15 deals; and San Diego had $253.5M funding round, and $60M in Ventura-based advertising technology developer TradeDesk. Southern California venture totals were down significantly from the $1.38 invested across 21 deals.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Ventura 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the provider of a technology based, employee fringe benefits programs, said today that it is planning to expand to Orange County, San Diego, Austin, and New York in the next month. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Orange County Redpoint Santa Monica 159

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2013

Technology veterans Tareq Risheq and Mark Thacker are no strangers to the world of high tech startups and angel and venture capital--Risheq was formerly CEO of Celllynx, Thacker was co-founder at Datallegro--but the way they're funding their newest startup is unusual, and a testament to the growing popularity of crowdfunding.

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Orange County OCTANE High Tech Venture Capital 196

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2012

In Southern California, San Diego County took the lead in investment totals, raising $262.1M Orange County--boosted in a large part by a funding for Fisker Automotive--racked up $242.45M in funding. Los Angeles had $226.75M invested in companies. The biggest Los Angeles deal was a funding for SolarReserve , for $27.0M.

Southern California 157

Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The most amount of investment came for the Los Angeles-Long Beach MSA, which saw $247.6M in funding in Orange County. Carlsbad-based Ostendo Technologies , a developer of solid state lighting raised $41.8M Q2 fundings in Southern California were much higher, due to a giant $1.27 billion funding round for Snapchat.

Southern California 100

Southern California Orange County Report Santa Barbara 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

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 and Cardiaq valve Technologies in Irvine, a developer of mitral heart valve replacements, which raised $37.3M. That total was less than the $859.6M billion in venture capital. in funding.

Southern California 237

Southern California Orange County GRP Partners San Diego 237

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. Technology and innovation has historically been the thing that has pulled the economy out of recessions, and I think that is especially true right now. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow.

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OCTANE Orange County Technical Review Southern California 174

socalTECH

JULY 19, 2011

According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M Los Angeles had $222.5M Both of those fundings significantly boosted the totals for Orange County. raised for the quarter. in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments.

Southern California 167

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 167

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Here are the venture firms who have been most active in SoCal (Santa Babrara - Los Angeles - Orange County - San Diego) in the last twelve months, based on the number of deals: 1. However, for members of socaltech.com, it's a click away with our real time analysis of venture funding flows. Upfront Partners - 11 deals.

Southern California 100

Southern California Dollar Shave Club Lootcrate Orange County 100

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APRIL 15, 2010

For Southern California, Orange County actually had the most dollars invested, with $239.6M invested across 18 deals, followed by Los Angeles, with $224.4M For Orange County, the investments were significantly higher than the Q4 investments of $48M in the area, boosted significantly by $115.3M across 31 days.

Southern California 208

Southern California Orange County Invest GRP Partners 208

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2016

Think there is a technology investment slowdown? The PwC/NVCA MoneyTree report, which uses data from Thomson Reuters, tallied $693.17M in deals in the Los Angeles region; $276.1M in Orange County, and $334.0M That's definitely not the case in Southern California, which saw a massive, $1.3 in San Diego.

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Southern California Invest Orange County San Diego 100