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JULY 4, 2012

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 -- Private Equity Industry Orange County Update. While going public is an increasingly difficult option for start-up companies, going private is an increasingly attractive possibility ? Did you know that more OC companies have gone private in the last few years than have gone public?

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Orange County Equity OCTANE Class 113

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Toba Capital , the venture fund run by former Quest Software founder Vinny Smith, has backed reporting and analytics dashboard software developer Grow.com in a $16M Series B funding round. Toba Capital also led Grow.com's SEries A funding. According to the company, it has now raised $26M in total. READ MORE>>.

Orange County 157

Orange County Capital Funding Seed Funding 157

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Total venture capital investment dollars in 2017 are on their way to a decade high, according to a new report issued today, with $21.5 billion invested in the third quarter in more than 1,699 companies. The report did not provide details on Orange County, San Diego, Ventura, or Santa Barbara counties.

Venture Capital 147

Venture Capital Orange County Report Santa Barbara 147

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Jason Thanh La , the co-founder and CEO of payment processing company Merchant Services Group , said this week that he has committed to personally fund $1M to early stage companies in Southern California. La said he is specifically seeking early stage companies who are developing better payment processing technology.

Orange County 197

Orange County Southern California Venture Capital Startup 197

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

SendGrid , the developer of email delivery platform used heavily by app developers, has raised $20M more in a Series C, venture funding round, the company said this morning. The company--which has significant operations in Orange County--said the Bain Capital Ventures, along with Bessemer Venture Partners and Foundry Group.

Orange County 173

Orange County Email Venture Capital Platform 173

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 30, 2009

Thursday, February 5, 2009 -- TCVN Workshop Orange County. This workshop is specifically designed to address key issues in the formation, organization and execution of any early stage company. See [link] (more).

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Orange County TCVN Brentwood Examples 100

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

Southern California technology companies raised $709.8M in venture capital in Q3, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data From Thomson Reuters. was raised in venture capital. was raised in venture capital.

Southern California 234

Southern California Orange County Tech Coast Angels Company 234

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JULY 26, 2021

Electric car maker Rivian, which has significant operations in Orange County, has raised another $2.5 billion in funding, the company said on Friday. The funding brings the company's total raised to an astounding $10.5 The new funding came from Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund, D1 Capital Partners, Ford Motor and T.

Orange County 100

Orange County Research Pricing Funding 100

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Orange County-based investor METRIX Capital Group has announced a $5M funding round, which it says will go towards its alternative funding for small and medium sized businesses. metrix capital alternative revenue financing venture private equity' The firm says it provides funding from $50,000 to $500,000. READ MORE>>.

Orange County 147

Orange County Capital Funding Equity 147

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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. billion invested in 780 venture capital deals for Q3. invested; Los Angeles had $169.7M, and Orange County $63.1M

Southern California 195

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

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JANUARY 11, 2019

billion in venture capital in Q4 of 2018, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource , released on Friday. billion in Orange County. The region had a total of 124 deals logged by Dow Jones VentureSource, split between 75 in Los Angeles, 29 in San Diego, and 20 in Orange County. Southern California raised $2.96

Southern California 150

Southern California Orange County Venture Capital San Diego 150

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MARCH 9, 2021

Capsule--a well funded, venture funded startup with more than $270M in funding and backing from TCV, Thrive Capital, and Glade Brook Capital, as well as local investors M13 and Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures--has expanded into Los Angeles, part of a big expansion push by the company.

Orange County 113

Orange County West Hollywood Hollywood Los Angeles 113

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FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Vinny Smith , the former CEO of Orange County''s Quest Software, has backed a developer of web and mobile application development, via his investment firm, Toba Capital. software quest smith vinny toba integration continuous mobile capital venture labs sauce' READ MORE>>.

Orange County 100

Orange County Capital Mobile Web 100

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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. Currently, Maneesh serves on the board of the following Miramar portfolio companies: Genomera(observer), RealPractice, Welltok(observer).

Orange County 106

Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

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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. invested in Orange County. was invested in the region.

Southern California 212

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Capital 212

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MAY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based Fernish , a direct-to-consumer furniture rental company, said on Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. Fernish offers up a wide variety of furniture to consumers in Los Angeles, Orange County, and Seattle. READ MORE>>.

Orange County 124

Orange County Los Angeles Capital Funding 124

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

SendGrid , the email infrastructure and back-end services provider which has offices and was founded in Orange County, had its IPO debut this morning, and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange today as SEND. The company priced its IPO at $16.00 The company is now trading up around $18.50

Orange County 113

Orange County Email Pricing Capital 113

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JULY 21, 2016

Impinj , the developer of RFID chips and products which has operations in Orange County, saw a surge in its IPO this morning, and was trading around $17.24 The company now trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as PI. The company now trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as PI. per share debut. per share last nigh.

Orange County 100

Orange County Venture Capital Startup Equity 100

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MAY 15, 2019

Furniture subscription rental service, Feather , is heading to Los Angeles and Orange County, California with $12 million in new funding and “thousands” of customers in New York and San Francisco. Deliveries to Feather’s new, LA and Orange County geographies will begin on May 20.

Los Angeles 126

Los Angeles Orange County Services Angel 126

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APRIL 12, 2019

The funding came from Carrick Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs Growth Equity. Mavenlink's round brings the Orange County's total funding to more than $111.5M. The company last raised a funding round back in 2016, which also was led by Goldman Sachs.

Orange County 113

Orange County Tool Equity Resource 113

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JUNE 6, 2019

In an indication of strong demand, CrowdStrike , the cybersecurity software developer which was founded in Orange County, has bumped its IPO pricing range to between $23.00 per share the company set last week. and $30.00 The pricing is a big bump from an earlier, $19.00 The IPO is being underwritten by Goldman Sachs & Co.

Orange County 113

Orange County Pricing Demand Software Development 113

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APRIL 4, 2018

SendGrid , the provider of transactional email services which has major operations in Orange County, has filed for a follow-on public offering, the company said on Tuesday. SendGrid recently tripled its office space in Orange County , with a new office in Irvine. 600,000 shares will be offered by SendGrid.

Orange County 100

Orange County Email Services Capital 100

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It seems, however, that the company has found plenty of opportunity for growth while remaining focused on the San Francisco Bay Area. Hall also noted that the company opened a new, larger warehouse in Oakland just a few days before shelter-in-place orders took effect last March. ” Good Eggs CEO Bentley Hall.

Southern California 318

Southern California Orange County San Diego Commerce 318

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

the storage and memory manufacturer which has significant operations in Orange County, said late Thursday that it has added two new members of its board of directors. According to the company, it added both Kimberly Alexy and Stephanie Streeter to its board. Western Digital Corp. , READ MORE>>.

Orange County 113

Orange County Sites Invest Capital 113

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JULY 19, 2011

Southern California companies raised $739M in venture capital in Q2 of 2011, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) based on data from Thomson Reuters. According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M

Southern California 167

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 167

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MAY 15, 2019

Feather , an online, furniture rental service which lets people subscribe to gain access to fashionable furniture, said on Tuesday that is expanding its service to Los Angeles and Orange County. Feather said it will begin delivering its furniture products in LA and OC on May 20th. READ MORE>>.

Orange County 113

Orange County LAMP Examples Los Angeles 113

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

STI), a company in the school transportation, safety, and fleet services market. FirstMark Capital, Upfront Ventures, as well as new investors Skyview Capital and Halogen Ventures also participated in the funding. in a new funding round. The funding came from Student Transportation Inc. As part of the funding, Denis J.

Orange County 189

Orange County Services Education Los Angeles 189

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JUNE 13, 2019

Crowdstrike , the cybersecurity software developer which was founded in Orange County, and which continues to have a healthy presence in Irvine, saw a huge surge in its IPO debut on Wednesday, making Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz a billionaire. The company priced its IPO at $34.00 The company priced its IPO at $34.00

Orange County 113

Orange County Software Development Pricing Capital 113

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

It's often tough to figure exactly who the venture capital funds are who are funding startups in the area. 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. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 100

Southern California Dollar Shave Club Lootcrate Orange County 100

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MAY 11, 2017

Fountain Valley-based Kingston Technology is one of the backers of a company developing adaptable, datacenter computing technology based on PCI-express fabrics. Liqid said Wednesday that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding, in a round from Market Hill Capital, and also included Phison Electronics Corporation. READ MORE>>.

Orange County 124

Orange County Technology Startup Capital 124

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JULY 18, 2013

in venture capital investments in Q2 2013 across Southern California, spread across 80 deals. The report comes every quarter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. invested across 45 companies. Orange County was second, with $161.9M

Southern California 187

Southern California Venture Capital Tech Coast Angels Capital 187

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Three, local venture capital investors -- Miramar Venture Partners , Okapi Venture Capital , and Qualcomm Ventures -- are part of a group investing $22.1M Miramar and Okapi are in Orange County, and Qualcomm is in San Diego. in healthcare software developer Welltok , which announced a big funding round this morning.

Orange County 147

Orange County Miramar Artificial Inteligence SoCal 147

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JUNE 13, 2018

The funding was led by Stonecutter TenantBase Investors LLC, an affiliate of New York-based Stonecutter Capital, and also included other existing investors, including Razor's Edge Ventures. The company said it will use the funding to accelerate technology and brokerage hires, plus for nationwide expansion. in a funding round.

Orange County 113

Orange County Santa Monica Los Angeles Funding 113

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JULY 19, 2017

Online used car marketplace Shift , which has two offices‌ in Southern California--its biggest market--has raised $37M more in funding, the company said today. The funding came from BMW iVentures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Highland Capital, DCM, G2VP, and Goldman Sachs. The company launched into San Diego in March of this year.

Orange County 113

Orange County Draper Southern California San Diego 113

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

SendGrid , the provider of back-end email delivery services which has a big office in Orange County, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is hoping to raise up to $100M in an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. The company has applied to list as SEND. READ MORE>>.

Orange County 113

Orange County Email Services Capital 113

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JUNE 13, 2017

Laguna Hills-based See Jane Go , a startup which operates a ridesharing service driven by, and which serves just women, has raised $2.47M in an angel funding, the company said Tuesday. Name of the investors in the company were not announced. SeeJane Go says it is specifically a "ride-hail option designed just for women."

Southern California 172

Southern California Orange County Long Beach SoCal 172

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The company has been approved to list on the NYSE as SEND. The company's co-founder, Isaac Saldana, is based in Orange County and the company currently has substantial operations in Irvine. SendGrid is venture backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Bessmer Venture Partners, Foundry Group, and Highway 12 Ventures.

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Pricing Orange County Email Tool 113