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APRIL 23, 2013

Despite the level of venture capital activity in Southern California, the region--according to informal discussions with venture capitalists over the years--continues to suffer from a dearth of local, indigenous capital--at least, compared with the hundreds of investors along Sand Hill Road. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture investor Bonfire Ventures , the venture capital fund led by SoCal VC veterans Jim Andelman and Mark Mullen, has launched a fundraising effort for a new fund, Bonfire Ventures Select I , according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Today, we share the thoughts of Peter Cowen , Managing Director of Sutton Capital Partners (www.suttoncapitalpartners.com). Socaltech has partnered with Sutton Capital Partners with their Recurring Revenue Conference for several yars. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Earlier this week, Good Growth Capital (www.goodgrowthvc.com) announced it has started looking at investments in Southern California, adding Krisztina Holly as West Coast Venture Partner for the firm. What kinds of areas does the fund make investments in? It looks like there's some link to MIT with the fund?

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MARCH 2, 2018

Two, Southern California venture capital investors-- Core Innovation Capital and Kairos Ventures --have backed a new, fintech startup focused on providing steady retirement income.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2018

Los Angeles is becoming one of the more interesting destinations for startups and the investors that provide money for venture capital firms to place bets on young companies are increasingly starting to take notice. New funds are launching in Los Angeles at a pretty feverish clip, and the latest to plant its flag in the […].

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AUGUST 16, 2020

Milken is taking the plunge into institutional investing, joining Norton as a partner in Watertower Ventures just as the firm prepares to close on a $50 million new fund. With that in mind, the Watertower Ventures group, which launched in 2017 with a small, $5 million fund, is a return to those roots. “I see two things happen.

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APRIL 23, 2013

Despite the level of venture capital activity in Southern California, the region--according to informal discussions with venture capitalists over the years--continues to suffer from a dearth of local, indigenous capital--at least, compared with the hundreds of investors along Sand Hill Road. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. What is the investment focus for this fund? Jim Armstrong: That's a really good question.

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MARCH 25, 2011

The firm said yesterday that it raised $41M in funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Silicon Valley Bank, and garnered overwhelming coverage in a frenzy by the technology press. The firm's SoCal connection? Pham was lured north to become the CEO of BillShrink.com two years ago.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

As we close out our contributions for the end of 2018, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners. I remain VERY bullish on SoCal's tech community. He is the co-founder of the Recurring Revenue Conference, the largest SoCal tech event focused on innovative business models.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

This morning, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners. Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 6, 2017

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 -- Fierce, Funded, and Female: A Discussion On Capital Raising. What are the pros and cons of equity funding from angels, VC firms, crowdfunding and bank lending? What are the pros and cons of equity funding from angels, VC firms, crowdfunding and bank lending? General Assembly.

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MARCH 23, 2016

A new survey, released this week by Silicon Valley Bank, finds that even as the availability of venture capital in Southern California is tightening, and lofty unicorn valuations are declining, startup entrepreneurs are still optimistic about the future of technology in the region. and China for their opinions.

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JULY 30, 2014

Brock Pierce , the Southern California angel investor who is one of the most active proponents and investors in Bitcoin and its startups, has made another investment in the space, leading an AngelList syndicate funding of ZipZap. in the funding, bringing its total funding to $2.7M. ZipZap said it raised $1.1M READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2018

Los Angeles is becoming one of the more interesting destinations for startups and the investors that provide money for venture capital firms to place bets on young companies are increasingly starting to take notice.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Drivetime , a developer of interactive, voice-driven audio entertainment apps for drivers, has raised $11M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. According to the startup, the funding was led by Makers Fund and also included the Amazon Alexa Fund and Google.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Kevin O'Connor , a longtime investor and serial entrepreneur, who is now running venture capital investment firm ScOp Venture Capital. Congrats on the new name for your venture capital firm. It's always hard with venture capital. Kevin O'Connor: It's 100 percent our own funds.

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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 in healthcare software developer Welltok , which announced a big funding round this morning. Miramar and Okapi are in Orange County, and Qualcomm is in San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in a funding round. in investments, followed by $182.7M

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JANUARY 7, 2013

In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Broadcom Powering New Mac Wireless. Surf Air Gets First Aircraft. Solarflare ($22M, San Diego, high speed networking). Ignyta ($6M, San Diego, personalized medicine).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

San Diego-based growth and private equity investor TVC Capital is the lead backer of cloud services company BitTitan , which announced a $15M, Series A financing this morning. According to BitTitan, the funding was led by TVC Capital, and also included Tao Capital Partners, and was the company's first funding since it was foundedi n 2007.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Are you a startup looking to find funding in Southern California? It's often tough to figure exactly who the venture capital funds are who are funding startups in the area. However, for members of socaltech.com, it's a click away with our real time analysis of venture funding flows.

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MARCH 10, 2014

A new, Los Angeles-based venture capital firm-- TYLT Lab --said Monday that it has raised $20M in an initial close towards its early stage, seed investment fund. The venture capital fund was founded by Rami Rostami and Gerard Casale. tylt labs venture capital tyltlabs investment silicon beach santa monica'

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MARCH 5, 2014

Auction.com said this morning that it has raised $50M in a funding from Google Capital, at a $1.2 auctioncom auction real estate marketplace venture capital google investment valuation spacex snapchat beats' Add another, Southern California company to the exclusive list of billion-dollar plus startups here. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 27, 2012

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature contributions, opinions, and editorials from members of the Southern California technology community, we have an advice piece from venture capital veteran Jon Funk , who gives five things entrepreneurs ought to think about before raising capital. Continued.). READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

Yesterday, TigerText , a developer of enterprise, secure texting tools, raised a big $21M funding and last week, the big funding round was for Kareo , which raised $29.5M enterprise software tigertext invoca chromeriver venture capital feature saas cloud' for its cloud-based medical offices software. Image courtesy Bigstock.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Here, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund, and has had some great success in the market. TVC Capital has also been a big supporter and sponsor of socaltech over the years. You can see all of our holiday reflections here. Risk taking yields innovation.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

billion funding round, the company said on Monday. The funding was a fourth round for the company, which has now raised a total of more than $2.85 billion in funding. The new funding was led by T. Rivian , the electric truck maker which has offices in both Irvine and Carson, California, has raised a huge, $1.3

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MARCH 5, 2019

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 -- How to Raise Capital for your Start Up. This will be an opportunity to learn about the fundraising process from our expert panel and to learn about their real life experiences starting and funding their companies. Are you a Founder or Entrepreneur looking to raise money for your startup? See [link] (more)

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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. See Jane Go currently offers it service in Orange County and Long Beach, with plans to expand to the rest of Southern California using the funding.

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JUNE 7, 2016

Murrieta-based Forentis Partners , a new venture capital investment fund, said Monday that it has launched the Forentis Fund , a new, $50M special purpose venture fund specifically focused on bringing personalized medical solutions to market.

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APRIL 2, 2009

Southern California Venture capital totals were up slightly in Q1 of this year from last quarter, to around $718M in deals, according to an analysis of socalTECH.com's proprietary venture database. However, venture funding totals were still well off the first quarter of 2008's nearly $1.2 billion in funding.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. TVC Capital has also been a big supporter of socaltech over the years. What was the biggest news for you or your firm this year?

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Founded in 2011 by chief executive officer and former Stanford biochemistry professor Pat Brown, Impossible Foods has raised nearly $700 million from investors including Bill Gates, Khosla Ventures, the slew of celebrities, the Singaporean government’s investment fund, and Hong Kong billionaire Li Kashing (along with his venture capital fund).

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

SoCal tech and life science companies are scaling faster than at any point in history. But its even better news for the regional SoCal innovation ecosystem. These data points provide yet more evidence that SoCal has become one of the most profound technology ecosystems in the United States.

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