article thumbnail

Venture Capital Totals $603.2M In Southern California In Q3

socalTECH

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. The latest MoneyTree report from the three find that $603.2M

article thumbnail

Labrador Systems Raises $3.1M For Assistive Robots

socalTECH

Calabasas-based Labrador Systems, a startup developing assistive robots for the disabled, has raised $3.1M in a seed funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Amazon's Alexa Fund and iRobot Ventures, and also included SOV and Grep VC.

Calabasas 113
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

LA tech industry mourns Kobe Bryant

TechCrunch LA

The Los Angeles startup community is joining the rest of the world in mourning the death of NBA superstar, entrepreneur and investor Kobe Bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., shortly before 10 a.m. Last year, the investment firm expanded with a $1.7

article thumbnail

IDrive Launches New, $10M Startup Fund

socalTECH

Calabasas-based IDrive , the provider of online backup storage led by Raghu Kulkarni, has launched a new, $10M startup fund called IDrive Ventures , the company said Friday. The company said it has already investe in four different companies out of the fund.

Funding 100
article thumbnail

IDrives Launches New, $10M Startup Fund

socalTECH

Calabasas-based IDrive , the provider of online backup storage led by Raghu Kulkarni, has launched a new, $10M startup fund called IDrive Ventures , the company said Friday. The company said it has already investe in four different companies out of the fund.

Funding 100
article thumbnail

GreenPark Sports, Founded By Former YouTube, Zappos, Blitz Founders, Finds $8.5M

socalTECH

Calabasas-based GreenPark Sports --a new startup founded by Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube; Nick Swinmurn, founder of Zappos; and Ken Martin, co-founder of Blitz--has raised $8.5M Hurley--who co-founded YouTube--serves as Chairman of the new startup. in a seed funding round. Ken Martin serves as CEO.

Calabasas 100
article thumbnail

Spotlight Ticket Management Becomes TicketManager, Plans Hiring

socalTECH

Calabasas-based Spotlight Ticket Management , the venture-backed startup which helps companies manage their corporate sports and entertainment tickets for big brands like Coca Cola, Google, Comcast, and many others, has renamed itself Ticketmanager , the company said today. TicketManager is led by Tony Knopp. READ MORE>>.

Calabasas 100