socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Pasadena-based California Insitute of Technology said this week that it has tapped a venture capitalist for its Board of Trustees. According to Caltech, Narendra K. Gupta, cofounder and managing director of Nexus Venture Partners and an alumnus of the school, has been elected to its board.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. Explain what kinds of investments TenOneTen makes or hopes to make? David Waxman: We''ve been making investments since the beginning of the year.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2021

The thesis is that before investing in an early-stage startup it is close to impossible to know which of the deals you did will break out to the upside. This is Venture Capital. You’ll find engineers out of MIT, Stanford, Harvard, UCSD, Caltech or execs out of UCLA, Spelman, NYU, etc. Venture is a numbers game.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The company said the funding was led by Westlake Village BioPartners and included participation from Corner Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments, and Caltech. Dantari has appointed Richard A. Markus, M.D., a co-founding managing director at Westlake.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2009

A analysis released by Ernst & Young this week finds that clean technology investments are up significantly this quarter, rising 73% to $572M from last quarter. Tags: clean technology venture capital cleantech green energy.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 22, 2017

This technology preview is geared for Serial Entrepreneurs, Angel Investors, and Venture Capital Investors.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2009

CFX, a spinout of Caltech, is developing both primary and secondary batteries. Joseph Fisher, the firm's CEO, said on a panel that the investment was led by an unnamed strategic investor. Tags: battery materials venture capital. READ MORE>>.

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Azusa CalTech Venture Capital Los Angeles 153

socalTECH

JULY 28, 2010

Laguna Beach-based venture capital firm Okapi Ventures , which is run by Sharon Stevenson and Marc Averitt , has seen its first portfolio exit, in Carlsbad-based Helixis. Okapi's other investments include RF Nano, My Damn Channel, Transaction Wireless, OrthAlign, SecondVoice, and Obalon Therapeutics.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 5, 2011

The CalTech Enterprise Forum presents Renewable Energy & The Smarter Grid: Opportunities for the Entrepreneur this Saturday May 7th. As aggressive policies and vigorous investments take hold, newer and smarter technology is rolling out. Caltech students can now register online. Venture Capital Outlook on Cleantech.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Los Angeles has long been in San Francisco’s shadow when it comes to life sciences investment. But a new venture capital firm led by industry veterans is trying to cast the City of Angels in a new light. Westlake Village BioPartners is launching today with $350 million in committed capital.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 31, 2016

The Series A came in the first quarter of 2015, from Walden Riverwood Ventures and Capricorn Investment Group, with participation from S-Cubed Capital and Qualcomm Incorporated (via Qualcomm Ventures). Specific breakdown of the two investments was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Think about venture capital. Those that were around 30+ years ago never had to think about branding – there were hardly any other VCs. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out. downtown LA].

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. The Caltech Entrepreneurship Club is the hub for innovators in the Caltech community who want to learn how to make their idea a reality. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

Contour said last week that it had raised a Series C funding round from Singapore Investment fund EDBI, CMEA Capital, Harris & Harris, Schlumberger, and U.S. Venture Partners, but had not disclosed details of the funding. It's unclear what portion of that $20M was included in the announcement.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Communication and growth will bring more capital and investors to start new businesses and ideas to create more opportunities, thus continuing the circle of startup life. Venture capital is also affected by the fragmented locations of startups in LA. Compared to Silicon Valley, LA only has only about one-tenth of VC investments.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 8, 2009

Saturday, March 14, 2009 -- Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Investment, intellectual property, RandD and innovation are starting to flow in both directions: almost every blue chip venture capital partnership now has an Indian operation.

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Marketing Enterprise Forum Southern California CalTech 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Cisco has agreed to pay $660 million for Luxtera, a Caltech spinout that makes optical chips for data centers. The semiconductor company, founded in 2001, is based in Carlsbad, CA, a San Diego suburb. David Goeckeler, executive vice president and. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Monrovia-based Ondax , a developer of optical filters and laser sources based on research out of the California Institute of Technology, has raised $2M in a Series E investment. According to the Pasadena Angels, one of the investors in the firm, the round also included the Tech Coast Angels and un-named venture capital firms.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. We've created over a billion dollars in public market capital created by our investments here. Thanks for the time today. We really believe in the market.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. Quick caveats: having fewer investors (3-5) is better than many investors (10-15) and PLEASE make sure you hire a great lawyer who has experience in doing start-ups to avoid pitfalls that will make VC harder down the line. They know that the money they invest may be lost.

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Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

It's been a good summer for Laguna Beach-based venture capital firm Okapi Ventures (www.okapivc.com), which recently saw its first portfolio firm exit last month in Carlsbad-based Helixis , which was acquired by Illumina for $105M. It was about three years from investment to exit, which we were really thrilled about.

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Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. We then spoke about startups.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. Jamie is currently also co-founder of March Capital Partners, in addition to running the summit. Some people don't sit and think about what they are trying to accomplish when they are raising capital.

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Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

Today, the conversation on Cleantech with a panel of entreprenurs, doing work as local VC’s, university, incubators, and startups. Tom Soto – Managing Director/Investment Committee Member, TCW/Craton. Tom comments on the state of affairs as someone in the trenches, investing real dollars.

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UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

Semiconductor advances are infamous for costing millions of dollars and requiring very significant investment in infrastructure. How did a startup like yours go from that research to a product without millions and millions invested in semiconductor infrastructure? So those resources have been fantastic.

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Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. But we have a great city for building technology companies.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Xavor invest through our dependable consulting services. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m. Price: $15 (Early Bird).

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. The VC partner, somebody I greatly respect said, “Yeah, we like Gil and what they’re doing. We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Venture capital. Just this year, Q2 investments in SoCal and New England were virtually the same, with $838 million and $843 million invested respectively, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report. Amid criticism, Uber’s CEO fights back: ‘On bad days, I look at our revenue graph’ channels.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. He sold so many that after Caltech he decided to open a retail store.

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