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MARCH 25, 2014

San Diego-based TakeLessons , the online private lessons marketplace startup led by Steven Cox, said this morning that it has raised $7M in a venture funding round. The funding was led by Lightbank, and also included Crosslink Capital, SoftTech VC, Triangle Peak Partners, and Moore Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 31, 2014

San Diego-based Portfolium , a startup developing an online platform to share a students'' academic portfolio, has raised $900,000 in a seed funding, according to startup incubator EvoNexus. portfolium seed funding academic venture capital evonexus accelerator incubator school education portfolio' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 24, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm said late Wednesday that it has launched a new, $150M strategic venture fund in China, which will invest in Chinese companies working on mobile technology. qualcomm venture capital china international asia investment strategic' Qualcomm says it has been investing in China for more than 10 years.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

San Diego-based Global Village Concerns , which provides an online service which helps school with their branding and marketing--via online e-commerce shops with branded merchandise and gear--has raised ar round of debt funding. The funding came from Agility Capital, a provider of venture debt to startups and other high tech companies.

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

San Diego-based residential solar power installer OneRoof Energy said late Friday that it has "significantlyr educed" its work force, and has begun winding down its operations, after it said it was unable to secure financing necessary to continue sales, marketing, and development.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The software of Portfolium, a San Diego startup that hosts online portfolios for students trying to showcase their achievements to potential employers, is set to join the portfolio of Utah educational software company Instructure. Instructure (NYSE: INST ) has agreed to acquire privately held Portfolium.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

San Diego-based crowdsourced local sports information provider ScoreStream , led by technology vet Derrick Oien, says it has connected its information into Amazon Alexa. ScoreStream's venture backers include Intel Capital, Avalon Ventures, Sinclair Broadcasting, R/GA and Verizon Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 16, 2012

San Diego-based Essential Learning , which develops interactive education and learning software for behavioral and community health, substance abuse, corrections, developmental disability and child welfare organizations, has been acquird by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. CHarles Capital on the transaction.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

San Diego-based Skylight Healthcare Systems , a developer of interactive patient care systems, said today that it has raised $5.0M The Series D round came from Duchossois Capital Partners. Skylight's interactive systems are used for education and health literacy for patients, both before and after health care procedures.

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MARCH 31, 2017

San Diego-based Echo , a startup which is developing a new "hybrid" microscope aimed at replacing both upright and inverted microscopes, has raised $7.5M The company is targeting its microscope for use both in the scientific and education community. in a Series A funding. Echo's CEO and founder is Eugene Cho. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

But underlying all that, in a sense, is education. We have long run stories about STEM education, educational technology, and more—and even put out a special Xconomist report on the future of education. Now we are bringing that coverage even more front and center with the launch of a national Education channel.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 16, 2019

CommonGrounds Workspace, a San Diego, CA-based company that operates flexible office spaces in California and Colorado today, announced Wednesday that it had raised $100 million in a Series A financing to expand its lineup to roughly 50 sites during the next two years. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 -- The San Diego Tech Coast Angels present Early-Stage Valuation. Program Overview: This interactive workshop educates and empowers angel investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in access to capital on a variety of ways to value pre-revenue companies.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

San Diego-based KidZui , the web browser startup aiming at the children's market, said Wendesday that it has upgraded its software, launching KidZui K2. Tags: kidzui children education school browser safety. The software also provides access and email reports on what kids are using online. KidZui is headed by Cliff Boro.

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JULY 31, 2012

San Diego-based Borrego Solar Systems , the venture-backed financier and installer of solar power systems, announced this morning that it has close a new, $64.4M Bank (Minneapolis) and National Cooperative Bank (Washington, DC), and will go to finance solar energy projects for corporate, education, and municipal customers.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

San Diego-based Take Lessons , an online marketplace which helps people find local teachers for music and singing lessons, disclosed today that it has raised $4M in a Series A follow on funding. The funding was led by Triangle Peak Partners, and also included Siemer Ventures, Crosslink Capital, and SoftTech VC, among others.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

San Diego-based Zeebo , a developer of a wireless, digital entertainment and education system, initially targeted at the global market, has raised $17M in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. Zeebo has previously raised funding from Qualcomm.

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APRIL 2, 2013

San Diego-based TakeLessons , the online marketplace for music lessons, said that it is seeing a jump in interest in the firm's marketplace for online music lessons. Need to find a ukulele or blues harmonica teacher?

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Xconomy

APRIL 23, 2019

We’ll tackle big trends, challenges, and opportunities in areas like venture capital, software, genomics, digital medicine, education, and diversity. This is our most special event of the year—the eighth year we’ve held it—and it’s limited to about 100 VIP guests.

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Xconomy

MAY 21, 2019

These days, Thrun seems just as excited by another imprint he’s made on the still-forming AV industry—not as a researcher, but as an entrepreneur in online education. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Similarly, the firm is using a Y-Combinator/TechStars model to startups, and covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

San Diego-based Portfolium , a startup which develops a service to help college students provide portfolio of their work to employers, has raised $6.6M in a funding round, the company disclosed on Monday. The funding was led by SFJ Ventures, and also included University Ventures and USA Funds. Portfolium is led by Adam Markowitz.

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Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2019

San Francisco-based Degreed is among the educational technology companies now classified as “learning experience platforms,’’ because they organize staff participation in skills development training and coordinate it with the goals of employers, who are their clients.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

The Palo Alto, CA-based program, a spinoff of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, has been a gateway into the venture capital industry for women and other under-represented groups for nearly two decades.

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APRIL 9, 2018

As readers know, we strive to cover a wide range of innovation sectors, from tech and life sciences to healthcare and education—all with a mix of on-the-ground reporting, daily news stories, in-depth features and analysis, and events and conferences.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

View the Slideshow On November 4-6, Xconomy organized a meeting of the minds—an elite gathering of leaders in technology, business, healthcare, education, and energy—to discuss and demonstrate the key trends in their fields, heading into next year.

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APRIL 26, 2017

Eugene Cho is CEO of San Diego-based Echo Laboratories (www.discover-echo.com), a startup which is developing a new kind of microscope. So we had to raise capital to meet orders. The startup is backed by the Tech Coast Angels and Dolby Ventures. Explain what's special about Echo's microscopes, and what's your background?

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Educational technology companies are augmenting the traditional educational system with their online coursework offerings, but they’re also creating a competing universe where students can find alternate learning experiences that may qualify them for a job, even if they don’t have an academic degree.

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MAY 10, 2017

in a funding from Mucker Capital, Social Capital, Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital), E-Merge, and GAN Ventures. Interestingly enough, though, we've also had education. The company recently raised $1.1M What does Work Today do? I think that's cool, and we're proud of that. How are you funded?

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Carmen says Material Mix is a Capital Innovators and Arch Grants partner, and Clean Tech Open Semifinalist. She adds that in San Diego, she was responsible for commenting on Environmental Impact Reports, coordinating with city planners, and drafting specs for best practices in C&D recovery/diversion. Regional Traction.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

We never took a dollar of outside capital, from the founding until this round a couple of months ago. Out of 41 companies who submitted their software for approval, only three were accepted--us, McGraw Hill, and Peoples Education. Some of the biggest school districts, including LA Unified, San Diego, and Oakland all use our software.

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Xconomy

APRIL 19, 2017

At the same time, government policy issues ranging from drug pricing to education to immigration have never been more urgently tied to business concerns. To help our readers sort through an increasingly complex. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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APRIL 26, 2017

Eugene Cho is CEO of San Diego-based Echo (www.discover-echo.com), a startup which is developing a new kind of microscope. So we had to raise capital to meet orders. The startup is backed by the Tech Coast Angels and Dolby Ventures. Explain what's special about Echo's microscopes, and what's your background? but internationally.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

Maybe innovation goes faster when wealthy investors are allowed to keep more of their income and capital gains and reinvest the money. Or maybe it’s healthier in the long run when the government imposes more progressive taxation and puts the funds into education, social programs, and R&D. Education and Workforce Development.

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Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

Investing in affordable education and training at all levels of society would prepare people for meaningful work, and provide compensation that could help reduce social inequities and divisiveness. In Sweden, citizens and entrepreneurs gladly pay taxes because of all the personal and social benefits those taxes produce. Need more convincing?

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JANUARY 11, 2017

While we’re looking at venture deal numbers from the past year , let’s consider the education technology industry, which isn’t broken out by sector in the general reports I’ve seen. education tech companies totaled $1.03 A recent study by EdSurge , an edtech information firm, shows venture funding for U.S.

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MAY 14, 2010

Last year, we did fifty different educational programs, talking to on the order of 10,000 people in those fifty programs. However, our challenge is that there are not a lot of venture capital investors in Southern California. You see that it's pretty high here in Orange County, as it is in San Diego.

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