Xconomy

AUGUST 28, 2018

Puls Technologies , whose on-demand technicians repair broken smartphones and install connected home devices, announced today it has raised $50 million to expand its reach as a unified source of device maintenance and consumer support. To fix a broken screen on an iPhone, for example, a customer would pay $69, according to the Puls website.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

San Diego-based ZeaKal (www.zeakal.com) recently announced a $15M, Series C funding round for its efforts to develop plant traits which increase the efficiency of photosynthesis. The company is backed by Canopy Rivers, Finistere Ventures, and Middleland Capital. Han Chen: As you know,we are facing a lot of climate issues today.

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2013

One of the companies that has taken advantage of that is OneRoof Energy (www.oneroofenergy.com), a San Diego company headed by David Field. OneRoof--which is backed by Black Coral Capital and others--has been supplying solar leases, financing and installing solar panels to residences to the market. Let me give you an example.

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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 made over 30 investments in Southern California, and that's just in Redpoint, and doesn't include all of the investment we made as Brentwood Venture Capital since the late 70's.

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MARCH 9, 2017

Veracity, which is backed by Microsemi and Frost Data Capital, recently inked a contract with the U.S. However, in the last ten years-- especially with the power grid--regulatory agencies have started to demand that those systems be able to be monitored for compliance. We raised money from Frost Data Capital.

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Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

Zingle, a Carlsbad, CA-based tech startup targeting the service industry and consumer-facing businesses with its messaging app technology, has raised $3 million in venture capital, according to a regulatory filing earlier this month. or forward the query to an appropriate hotel staffer to respond. Hate2Wait #H8toW8 pic.twitter.com/KcMuKvoqRZ.

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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. Our whole model from beginning was to run ourselves, and run the fund in a capital efficient manner.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

It's another big week for startup launches, this time in San Diego at DEMOfall. An example might be Demand Media, which as a ton of corporate portals and content sites, and would be an ideal target to target customers in global markets. You could use it to break down language silos in those social networks.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 5, 2016

Even when faced with examples of incredibly successful entrepreneurs who started their billion-dollar businesses during their college years or after dropping out of college—think Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs—many remain skeptical about high school students and their entrepreneurial capabilities.

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