socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Irvine-based Enevate , a developer of rechargeable lithium ion batteries, has raised $24M in a Series B funding, the company said this morning. The round came from CEC Capital, Tsing Capital, and Presidio Ventures, along with prior investors Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2010

Monrovia, California-based Prolacta Bioscience , the venture backed firm developing human milk fortifiers for premature infants, announced this morning that it will be donating funds to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure as part of its milk donation program. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 9, 2012

EdenIQ , the spinout of San Diego-based Altra Biofuels , the developer of biofuels processing technology, has scored $30M in new venture capital funding, the company said today. Both KPCB and Angeleno Group are also investors in Altra Biofuels.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2011

San Diego-based Genomatica , a developer of sustainable chemical technology, announced today that it has raised another $45M in funding. The firm said the funding was led by VantagePoint Venture Partners; Bright Capital, a Russian venture investment firm; and Waste Management. The new funding brings the company's total raised to $84M.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2011

Last week, El Segundo-based Accordent Technologies , a developer of webcasting and presentation services and software, was acquired by Polycom, in a $50M deal. The firm's investor was San Diego-based TVC Capital , which invested only $4M in total in Accordent before it was acquired. Talk more about your philosophy of investments?

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2011

Visalia-based EdeniQ , a developer of biofuels technology and a spinout of Los Angeles-based Altra Biofuels , said Wednesday that it has linked with German firm IKA Works on supplying biomass mixing and milling technology for the biofuels and biochemical markets. EdeniQ's product is used at US, corn-based ethanol plants for increasing yields.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2010

Culver City-based Fonality , which develops business phone systems based on open source software, is claiming today that it has seen "rapid growth" in the first half of the year, and has doubled its customer sales compared to the prior year. Actual financials from the privately held firm were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2010

Culver City-based Fonality , which develops business phone systems based on open source software, is claiming today that it has seen "rapid growth" in the first half of the year, and has doubled its customer sales compared to the prior year. Actual financials from the privately held firm were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

According to a message on the firm's site, it is "temporarily suspending its retail operations" and is no longer offering products. MyShape had raised north of $36M in funding from such investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Tenaya Capital.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2011

San Diego-based Genomatica , a firm developing sustainable chemical products using renewable feedstocks, has raised $21.25M in additional funding, according to numbers released in the recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report. Genomatica develops technology to replace fossil fuel based chemicals with renewable products.

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Draper San Diego Web Report 164

socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2010

San Diego-based Genomatica , a developer of chemical processes based on bio-manufacturing, has raised $15M in a Series C funding round, the firm announced today. According to the firm, the new funding was led by TPG Biotech, and also included prior investors Mohr Davidow Ventures, Alloy Ventures, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

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Draper San Diego Venture Capital Funding 150

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2009

Arcadia-based Siimpel Corporation , which is developing MEMs-based components for mobile cameras, announced Monday afternoon that the firm has raised an additional round of investment from LG Innotek. Siimpel develops MEMs modules which are used to design higher quality, mobile phone cameras. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2009

Arcadia-based Siimpel , a developer of micro-electro-mechanical optical technology, hauled in $8.78M in its November funding, according to figures released in this week's PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report. Siimpel's MEMs-based products provide autofocus, and very small form factors. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2009

El Segundo-based ZADSPACE , a stealth mode firm developing advertising related products or technology, has raised an additional $500,000 in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm, bringing its total fundraising to $1.91M. Tags: zadspace advertising venture capital wunderman lester. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Jackson added that the firm was proud of its product, and even uses its own software to manage their capital raised from investors. CapLinked’s new investors include Conversion Capital , Inflection Ventures,The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA).

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

To give visibility to these companies to: Sources of funding (angels / VCs), business development partners, mentors who have themselves built successful companies, the press and potential employees to hire. Jackson, Tumblr, and Dick Clark Productions. TechForward – Raises $7 million from NEA & First Round Capital.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Internally, we look very similar to a tech company, in that we have a development team, go-to-market team, and product people, and the ultimate goal of what we want to accomplish is to create companies that can run independently, with their own management teams. We created a product that would allow you to print barcodes.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

The Medicines Company exited the infectious disease business last year when it sold three bacteria-fighting products to Melinta Therapeutics. That company was developing. But Melinta didn’t get all of the company’s bug-fighting drugs, and what’s left has become a new company—Qpex Biopharma.

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MARCH 21, 2014

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. He then dove into a keynote Q&A with Dan Held , developer of recently acquired Zeroblock LLC.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

VentureDea l - VentureDeal is a venture capital database that provides the latest information about venture-backed technology companies, venture capital firms and transactions in the United States. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. Justin.tv - Founded in October 2006, Justin.tv

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A few sponsorship spots still available for early 2010 events: TechZulu still has a few slots open for our early 2010 events for our large diverse audience — social media users, venture capitalist, PR people, developers, bloggers, Hollywood entertainment and many more. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 29, 2010

VentureDea l - VentureDeal is a venture capital database that provides the latest information about venture-backed technology companies, venture capital firms and transactions in the United States. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. Justin.tv - Founded in October 2006, Justin.tv

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2010

TechZulu is heading out to CES and we got tons of products/gadgets/games/companies to review and interview. VentureDea l - VentureDeal is a venture capital database that provides the latest information about venture-backed technology companies, venture capital firms and transactions in the United States. Today is the day!

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

CEA represents more than 2,000 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products. Discover stuff (maps, deals, videos, etc) that help make your days more productive. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. PERSON Timothy Draper PERSON|Timothy Draper. NAME Timothy Draper. In March of last year, Matt Jacobson, head of market development at Facebook, paid $10.9 In February, Googles YouTube signed a lease for about 40,000 square feet of production space in Playa Vista. » More. Real Estate.

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