Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

Startup Week San Diego, like a lot of other places that host similar events, has been billed as a weeklong celebration of entrepreneurship. But while Startup Week San Diego has always collaborated with UP Global, San Diego entrepreneur and Startup Week organizer Austin Neudecker said, “We’ve always been an independent entity.”.

San Diego 74

San Diego Guide Tech Coast Angels Startup 74

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. According to an analysis of socalTECH's proprietary database of venture capital deals, venture investors invested slightly more than the $966M in Q3 of 2009, but less than the $1.6 billion invested in Q2.

Southern California 196

Southern California Invest Westlake Village SoCal 196

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2018

San Diego-based Mitchell International , a provider of technology and information products for the property and casualty and collision repair industries, has scored a private equity funding from Stone Point Capital. Size of the investment was not announced.

Equity 113

Equity Funding Technical Review San Diego 113

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Section 32, a venture capital firm headquartered near San Diego that launched in 2017 with a $151 million fund, has had a big month. In an interview with Xconomy last year , the former Googler said his firm planned to focus most of its attention on investments at the juncture of life sciences and information technology.

San Diego 78

San Diego Funding Venture Capital Google 78

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. They were originally founded inside of Times Mirror and had a huge string of major investment success before spinning out as a fully independent fund. Do you really want that level of information about your family exposed?

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder of AngelList and Venture Hacks, details a variety of factors that influence your chances of raising venture funding in this informative interview. A clear trend over the past 15-years is that many Silicon Valley venture capitalists enjoy investing within driving distance. Thanks Mr. Big Firm VC.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Technical Review 233

socalTECH

MAY 1, 2013

San Diego-based Qualcomm has backed a developer of advanced photo and camera array technology, Pelican Imaging , with a strategic investment today. Other investors in the round included Nokia Growth Partners, Globespan Capital Partners, Granite Ventures, InterWest Partners and In-Q-Tel. READ MORE>>.

Technology 133

Technology San Diego Venture Capital Mobile 133

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

San Diego-based Tourmaline Labs , a startup developing location-aware smartphone software for mobile apps hsa raised a round of funding, and appointed a new CEO. According to Torumaline Labs, it has received an investment from ClearVision Equity Partners, and appointed Marc Brungger as its new CEO. READ MORE>>.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Funding San Diego Equity 113

socalTECH

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. Greycroft Partners - 10 deals.

Southern California 100

Southern California Dollar Shave Club Lootcrate Orange County 100

socalTECH

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. PIPE in Cadence Pharmaceuticals , a $50M PIPE in Clarient , as well as venture investments in Sangart ($50M) and Victory Pharma ($45M).

Southern California 113

Southern California SoCal Invest SoCalTech 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2009

A quick analysis by socalTECH of our tracking of venture capital deals in Southern California finds that there was around $879M in venture funding activity here in Q3. San Diego led investment activity in Q3, with a large number of the biggest VC deals all located in the area.

Southern California 140

Southern California Venture Capital Northridge Tech Coast Angels 140

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

San Diego-based MeLLmo , the developer of the Roambi mobile business apps, said today that it has launched a new iPad App, Roambi Flow. The firm--which is fresh off a $30M funding from Sequoia Capital--said the new software allows users to view "magazine-style" reports and publications on the iPad. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 140

San Diego Report Research Mobile 140

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

A quick analysis of venture capital deals in Q1, tracked by socalTECH, finds that there was around $1.4 The information--gleaned from funding announcements, regulatory filings, and other sources--are also up significantly from Q1 of last year, when only $729.89M was invested in the region. in deals tracked by our database.

Southern California 160

Southern California Santa Barbara Anthem Redpoint 160

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

For too long, however, the industry’s narrative has been dominated and defined by partisans with a specific agenda who do not always provide the broader public with the context needed to be fully informed on key issues.

Pricing 85

Pricing Invest News Media 85

Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2016

Healthtech entrepreneur Parker Hinshaw and his wife Jean Balgrosky said they intended to take a step back when they founded Bootstrap Incubation near San Diego in the fall of 2012. They came to San Diego in 1996, when Scripps Health hired Balgrosky as CIO and senior vice president. He founded MaxIT Healthcare in 2001.

San Diego 67

San Diego CIO Incubator Startup 67

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm is putting its money behind one of the winners of its second annual QPrize Venture Investment Competition, New York-based Enterproid , Enterproid revealed Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Competition Google Mobile 159

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2009

A recent analysis by socalTECH, of our detailed tracking of venture capital investment activity in Southern California, finds that there was around $932M in funding raised in the area in Q2, a rise from roughly $700M in Q1. PwC/NVCA officialy reported $950M invested in Q2 of 2008.

Southern California 100

Southern California Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2015

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has re-upped its investment in product database provider Indix , as part of a $15M Series B funding. The funding round came from Nokia Growth Partners, Nexus Venture Partners and Avalon Ventures.

Avalon 100

Avalon Commerce Product San Diego 100

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2009

San Diego-based ID Analytics , a developer of identity and risk management software for the financial and other industries, said Monday that it has hired on Jim Pathman as the firm's new Chief Information Officer. ID Analytics is backed by Canaan Partners, Investor Growth Capital Ltd.,

CIO 100

CIO Mission Ventures San Diego Software 100

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

million in a Series D investment round led by Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek. Other investors in the firm include Mayfield , Menlo Ventures , GGV Capital , Inventus Capital , SoftTech VC , Union Grove Venture Partners , and Cross Creek Advisors. Poshmark , a social media e-retail company, has raised $87.5

Social Media 57

Social Media Venture Capital Media Capital 57

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In my new role as the first executive director for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, I spent a lot of time outside of my home turf of Pasadena -- visiting innovation nodes such as San Diego, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Venice, Santa Monica, and others.

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Southern California SoCal Pasadena Startup 113

Xconomy

JUNE 28, 2018

The Series D round included investments from previous BitSight backers Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital, and Singtel Innov8. The new funding brings BitSight’s total venture capital haul to $155. Read more » Reprints | Share:

Venture Capital 55

Venture Capital Equity Research Capital 55

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2009

Southern California's venture capital numbers for Q4 slipped, as did numbers nationally, according to numbers released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource. According to the report, Southern California's venture capital totals slipped for the first time since 2003, down more than 18 percent annually, to $3.2

Southern California 100

Southern California SoCal Orange County Venture Capital 100

Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2016

Petco, the privately held pet supplies company based in San Diego, said today it led a $10 million Series A financing in Los Angeles-based Petnet, a three-year-old startup developing technology-enabled pet feeders and pet food delivery service. The deal also reflects Petco’s expanding interests in technology following the company’s $4.6-billion

San Diego 52

San Diego Los Angeles Mobile Equity 52

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

San Diego-based Eventful announced late last night that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round, led by Telefonica. According to Eventful, the investment round also included existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Bay Partners.

Draper 100

Draper San Diego Web Mobile 100

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

Through Howards investment in betaworks, he also owns early shares in Twitter. Howard is based in San Diego, and spoke to us about StockTwits. Howard Lindzon: In 2007, Fred Wilson had offered me some share in Twitter, when they were putting together their first round of venture capital investments.

Ideas 248

Ideas Web Startup Content 248

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies.

Southern California 153

Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2017

in a funding from Mucker Capital, Social Capital, Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital), E-Merge, and GAN Ventures. Joe Nigro: Right now, we're focused on the Greater Los Angeles area, and we'll be adding Orange County and San Diego over the next few months. The company recently raised $1.1M

Startup 100

Startup Orange County Platform Capital 100

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

That was primarily driven by the economy; when the economy is down, investments are down, and it is increasingly difficult to d a startup. Matthew Jenusaitis: In the year going forward, clearly the biggest issues is investment dollars. You see that it's pretty high here in Orange County, as it is in San Diego.

OCTANE 174

OCTANE Orange County Technical Review Southern California 174

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Bitvore (www.bitvore.com) has created a system which takes thousands of sources of data, and extracts intelligence out of it to create actionable information out of that vast stream of real time data. It wouldn''t be covered in the Los Angeles Times, and not by the San Diego papers.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Xconomy

JULY 31, 2019

Levin built Millennium Pharmaceuticals—inspiring a generation of future executives/entrepreneurs along the way—and also helped reinvent the venture capital market for early stage biotechs by founding Third Rock, where his work has helped bring a slew of important new companies and new drugs to market.

Venture Capital 97

Venture Capital Capital Entrepreneur Help 97

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. It was about three years from investment to exit, which we were really thrilled about. Is there a market?

Startup 185

Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2013

The San Diego firm is headed by Ethan Senturia , who sat down with us to tell us how Dealstruck is trying to help build small businesses and jobs--and also tells us a bit about what it''s like to come from a family full of very successful, and high profile entrepreneurs, and how that has influenced his experience as an entrepreneur himself.

Startup 247

Startup Software Review Entrepreneur Equity 247

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This San Diego-based distillery incubator provides space to 10 entrepreneurial spirit makers, helping the craft distillers swap talent and resources as they working towards building successful distilleries. More information is available through a FAQ on 1776’s site. Outlyer Technologies, and Your Village.

Incubator 70

Incubator Santa Clarita Technical Advisors FAQ 70

Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Companies should be concerned about more than attacks on their actual information systems. Deliberate, malicious hacks aimed at compromising sensitive information are a huge problem—but so is user error that takes systems offline. What information absolutely cannot fall into the wrong hands or be made public?

Organization 40

Organization Framework Startup Software Engineering 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). I don’t plan to write the authoritative venture capital blog, just some anecdotes. Thus is venture capital.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

We never took a dollar of outside capital, from the founding until this round a couple of months ago. We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools. Some of the biggest school districts, including LA Unified, San Diego, and Oakland all use our software. It's at a more granular level.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178