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JANUARY 17, 2014

Southern California''s venture capital investments totaled a little more than $598.4M billion was invested across Southern California''s technology industry. southern california venture capital investment moneytree quarterly q42013 2013' The investments were a drop from Q4 of 2012, $711.8M For Q4, $8.4

Southern California 246

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Tech Coast Angels 246

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A group of San Diego angel and venture capital investors have launched their very own television show--which is airing on local cable channels--focused on investments in Southern California--called VCs in a Van , which will air on local Cox, Time Warner, and Spectrum channels. Who needs Shark Tank?

San Diego 157

San Diego Southern California Startup Venture Capital 157

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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 That total was less than the $859.6M

Southern California 237

Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Venture Capital 237

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JULY 18, 2017

The list of technology startups in Southern California who are "unicorns"--valued at more than $1 billion--surprisingly, might not be who you think, and in the sectors you might expect. Did we miss your favorite Southern California unicorn? Send tips our way at info@socaltech.com! READ MORE>>.

Southern California 133

Southern California Orange County SpaceX Santa Barbara 133

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JULY 27, 2011

Washington, DC-based TroopSwap.com , an online site offering daily deals to military families, has scored a new round of funding from a number of Southern California investors, the firm said this week. The firm said the funding will go towards expansion of its operations, to both Washington, DC and San Diego.

San Diego 174

San Diego Southern California SoCal Angel 174

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Are you a startup looking to find funding in Southern California? 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. Upfront Partners - 11 deals. Greycroft Partners - 10 deals.

Southern California 100

Southern California Dollar Shave Club Lootcrate Orange County 100

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APRIL 21, 2014

The latest numbers are out on venture capital investments in Southern California from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, finding that the region had nearly $762.88M invested in companies in the region during Q1 of 2014. tally investment survey nvca moneytree capital venture california southern'

Southern California 165

Southern California Orange County San Diego Avalon 165

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

We''re proud to announce the Socaltech 50 , our list of the 50, up-and-coming people in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

Southern California 200

Southern California Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 200

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

Southern California technology companies raised $709.8M Los Angeles led the region in investments, with $348.6M in investments; San Diego followed, with $205.2M for San Diego-based Otonomy , and $39.7M The amount raised in the region was up from Q2, when $627.4M was raised in venture capital.

Southern California 234

Southern California Orange County Tech Coast Angels Company 234

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JUNE 5, 2019

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -- San Diego FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in San Diego, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! We're doing it again!

San Diego 100

San Diego Venture Capital Angel Summary 100

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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.

Southern California 216

Southern California Orange County Incubator Tech Coast Angels 216

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JULY 18, 2012

Startups interested in pitching to the San Diego arm of the Tech Coast Angels can now submit their applications to the group, the TCA announced Tuesday evening. READ MORE>>.

Tech Coast Angels 150

Tech Coast Angels San Diego Angel Southern California 150

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

A very healthy list of Southern California companies made the list, with a total of 64 companies in the region ranked in the list. 6225% San Diego Kevin C. 6225% San Diego Kevin C. 33 ServiceNow Software 4873% San Diego Frank Slootman 42 Trius Therapeutics 3420% San Diego Jeffrey Stein, Ph.D.

Southern California 242

Southern California Marina Del Rey El Segundo San Diego 242

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JULY 18, 2013

in venture capital investments in Q2 2013 across Southern California, spread across 80 deals. However, venture dollars invested were above Q1, when Southern California saw $569.1M Across the region, Los Angeles led in terms of dollars and deals, with $277.4M in investments across 90 deals.

Southern California 187

Southern California Venture Capital Tech Coast Angels Capital 187

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APRIL 19, 2017

Validated , a new startup which offers up a mobile app which lets consumers earn transportation credits for parking, ridesharing, mass transit, and more for dining and shopping at stores, is in an expansion to Southern California today.

Southern California 173

Southern California SoCal Santa Monica San Diego 173

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JANUARY 19, 2016

That's definitely not the case in Southern California, which saw a massive, $1.3 Southern California bucked the national trend, where venture investing dollars were down 32 percent in Q4 compared with Q3. in San Diego. Think there is a technology investment slowdown? billion invested in Q4 matched the $1.3

Southern California 100

Southern California Invest Orange County San Diego 100

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JULY 21, 2017

Who are the companies in Southern California that are part of this growing industry? General Atomics - San Diego - (www.generalatomics.com). Slantrange - San Diego - (www.slantrange.com). Skysafe - San Diego - (www.skysafe.com). 5D Robotics - San Diego - (www.5drobotics.com).

Southern California 113

Southern California Company Companies Palmdale 113

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. For the quarter, San Diego County garnered the most venture capital, with $231.3M in investments.

Southern California 195

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

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JULY 7, 2016

Another, on-demand car washing app-- Washe , says it has started offering up on-demand, car washes to Southern California drivers. Washe said it has begun offering up support to users between Los Angeles and San Diego, connecting drivers to a network of mobile car washers.

San Diego 113

San Diego Los Angeles Demand Mobile 113

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Amazon.com is launching a new game studio in San Diego, according to reports , in an effort being led by former Sony Online Entertainment chief John Smedley. Southern California is already home to Amazon Studios, the television, movie, and content development arm of Amazon, which operates out of Los Angeles.

San Diego 124

San Diego Orange County Report Southern California 124

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JANUARY 19, 2012

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. Southern California fundraising matched a similar increase nationally, where $28.4 in venture funding.

Southern California 157

Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

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APRIL 14, 2016

Southern California startups raised $810.5M Southern California venture totals were down significantly from the $1.38 Southern California venture totals were down significantly from the $1.38 Los Angeles had $399.1M billion raised in Q4, and even lower than Q1 of 2015, when $2.01 was invested.

Southern California 100

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Ventura 100

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APRIL 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, The National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters have tallied up just under a billion dollars in venture capital investments in the Southern California region in Q1 of this year, a very significant uptick from Q2 of 2011. was invested in the region.

Southern California 221

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Avalon 221

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Our first is with Andy Wilson of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

Southern California 113

Southern California SoCal Pasadena Riverside 113

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JUNE 18, 2010

The death earlier this month of a San Diego Tech Coast Angel, John G. Watson , who organized San Diego's Tech Coast Angels QuickPitch event, is now being investigated as a possible homicide, according to unconfirmed reports sourced by the Frank Peters Show.

San Diego 160

San Diego Tech Coast Angels Angel Southern California 160

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M The MoneyTree report--which is compiled with data from Thomson Reuters--found that so far in 2012, $2.5 New York followed Southern California with $512.8M

Southern California 210

Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 210

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

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. Los Angeles received $260.0M in San Diego, and $141.4M

Southern California 212

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Capital 212

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M The MoneyTree report--which is compiled with data from Thomson Reuters--found that so far in 2012, $2.5 New York followed Southern California with $512.8M

Southern California 180

Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 180

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

Southern California's venture capital totals dropped significantly in Q3 of 2016, to a mere $663.2M Q2 fundings in Southern California were much higher, due to a giant $1.27 The most amount of investment came for the Los Angeles-Long Beach MSA, which saw $247.6M for San Diego, then $189.0M

Southern California 100

Southern California Orange County Report Santa Barbara 100

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JANUARY 5, 2012

The San Diego chapter of the Tech Coast Angels , the largest angel investment group in Southern California, as well as the United States, said today that it has established a new, memorial fund, the John G. Watson Foundation , which will support entrepreneurism in the San Diego region.

Tech Coast Angels 159

Tech Coast Angels San Diego Angel Funding 159

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MARCH 12, 2014

There''s also a similar argument, that if Southern California could only attract more of the students who go to school in the region''s many top universities , we''d have more of our share of the next generation of technology startups. Aaron Levie. CEO and co-founder of Box. Photo of Kalanick via JDLasica. Nick Woodman.

Southern California 165

Southern California Startup UCLA UCSD 165

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 -- Venture Capital in Southern California: Catching Up and Going Beyond. Northern California gets all the attention when it comes to venture capital investment. But Southern California does VC, too, just not at quite the same scale as Silicon Valley.

Southern California 100

Southern California Venture Capital Rustic Canyon Capital 100

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JANUARY 16, 2015

billion in Southern California startup, according to the latest MoneyTree Report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association last night, based on data from Thomson Reuters. billion in investments in Los Angeles, near $125M in Orange County, and $106.6M in investments in San Diego.

Southern California 100

Southern California Invest Orange County San Diego 100

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APRIL 17, 2015

Southern California saw a staggering $1.9 MoneyTree report, which was released this evening, The quarter was the biggest, investment quarter for Southern California since the dot com era. Other large funding deals in the quarter included $186M invested in Lynda , $76.28M invested in San Diego''s aTyr Pharma , and $50.0M

Southern California 100

Southern California Orange County SpaceX San Diego 100

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JUNE 8, 2012

Uber , the technology-enabled, private car service which uses smartphones to allow users to summon a private car, is further expanding its Southern California efforts, saying today that it has launched in San Diego.

San Diego 150

San Diego Southern California Los Angeles Services 150

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MARCH 27, 2014

A number of Southern California angel investors, and one of its venture firms, have scored an exit over at social media influence measurement startup Klout , as the San Francsco company said Thursday that it is being acquired by Lithium Technologies. The deal is reportedly worth $200M. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 182

Southern California Acquisition SoCal Social Media 182