Lawn Love Expands In Orange County
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APRIL 8, 2019
San Diego-based Lawn Love , which provides on-demand, lawn mowing and care services, says it has launched its services in Orange County, as part of an expansion effort.
HopSkipDrive Expands To Orange County
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APRIL 5, 2016
Los Angeles-based on-demand, ride service for kids, HopSkipDrive said this morning that it has expanded its service into Orange County. Orange County is the second market for the service, which background checks and fingerprints all of its drivers. The service previously was only available in Los Angeles.
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Brighter Expands Dental Care Marketplace Into Orange County
socalTECH
MARCH 13, 2014
Brighter.com , the online marketplace for dentists which is looking to bring upfront pricing to the dental market, said Thursday that it has expanded beyond Los Angeles and into Orange County. Brighter said the expansion adds about 350 dentists in Orange County to the service. READ MORE>>.
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Orange County's OCTANe, OCVG Merge
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MARCH 25, 2010
Two major orange county technology advocacy and business groups, OCTANe and the Orange County Venture Group (OCVG) said today that they have merged their organizations. Both groups have regularly run events geared toward the high tech market in Orange County.
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First Ever Startup Weekend Orange County Live!
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 20, 2011
As you all know TechZulu is a huge supporter of Startup Weekend, and when we had the chance to be part of the very first Orange County (my home town) Startup Weekend we jumped on board. Maneesh focuses on the medical information technology markets. in venture capital and publicly launched in May 2011. Sean Ellis.
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Vinny Smith's Toba Capital Backs Sauce Labs
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FEBRUARY 9, 2015
Vinny Smith , the former CEO of Orange County''s Quest Software, has backed a developer of web and mobile application development, via his investment firm, Toba Capital. software quest smith vinny toba integration continuous mobile capital venture labs sauce' READ MORE>>.
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Good Eggs raises $100M and plans to launch in Southern California
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
And while the grocery delivery market has become increasingly competitive, Hall argued that Good Eggs stands out thanks to the quality and breadth of its products — 70% of its products are locally sourced, and it often delivers them within 48 hours of harvesting. And it sounds like he isn’t in a rush to launch in a bunch of new markets.
SendGrid Sees Pop In IPO Debut
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
SendGrid , the email infrastructure and back-end services provider which has offices and was founded in Orange County, had its IPO debut this morning, and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange today as SEND. SendGrid is venture backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Foundry Group, and Highway 12 Ventures.
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Impinj Sees Surge In IPO
socalTECH
JULY 21, 2016
Impinj , the developer of RFID chips and products which has operations in Orange County, saw a surge in its IPO this morning, and was trading around $17.24 The company now trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as PI. The company was initially started by founders split between Orange County and Seattle.
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Crowdstrike Bumps Estimated Initial IPO Range
socalTECH
JUNE 6, 2019
In an indication of strong demand, CrowdStrike , the cybersecurity software developer which was founded in Orange County, has bumped its IPO pricing range to between $23.00 CrowdStrike has applied to list as CRWD on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. and $30.00 The pricing is a big bump from an earlier, $19.00 READ MORE>>.
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HopSkipDrive Raises $7.4M More For Ride Service For Kids
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
(STI), a company in the school transportation, safety, and fleet services market. FirstMark Capital, Upfront Ventures, as well as new investors Skyview Capital and Halogen Ventures also participated in the funding. As part of the funding, Denis J. Gallagher, Chairman and CEO of Student Transportation Inc., READ MORE>>.
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Shift Gets $37M More To Ramp Online Used Auto Sales
socalTECH
JULY 19, 2017
Online used car marketplace Shift , which has two offices in Southern California--its biggest market--has raised $37M more in funding, the company said today. The funding came from BMW iVentures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Highland Capital, DCM, G2VP, and Goldman Sachs.
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113 Crowdstrike Surges In IPO Debut; CEO Kurtz Now A Billionaire
socalTECH
JUNE 13, 2019
Crowdstrike , the cybersecurity software developer which was founded in Orange County, and which continues to have a healthy presence in Irvine, saw a huge surge in its IPO debut on Wednesday, making Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz a billionaire. The company now trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as CRWD.
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EvoNexus, UC San Diego Team On FinTech Efforts
socalTECH
JUNE 11, 2019
San Diego- and Orange County-based startup incubator EvoNexus and the University of California San Diego's Rady School of Management announced this morning that the two are in a new partnership, aimed at creating a new generation of FinTech startups. Financial details of the link between EvoNexus and UCSD were not announced.
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Kingston Backs PCI-Express Data Center Technology Startup
socalTECH
MAY 11, 2017
Liqid said Wednesday that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding, in a round from Market Hill Capital, and also included Phison Electronics Corporation. The company said its prior seed investment came from Kingston Technology, Phison Electronics, ABR Capital Management and DH Capital, and that it has now raised $20M in total.
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Focal Therapeutics Acquired For $125M
socalTECH
OCTOBER 1, 2018
Aliso Viejo-based Focal Therapeutics , a developer of implantable medical devices used by surgeons in lumpectomy procedures, which is backed by Orange County-based Okapi Ventures, along with Emergent Capital Partners, has been acquired by Hologic , in a deal worth $125M in cash. Hologic is based in Marlborough, Mass.
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Sendgrid Files For IPO
socalTECH
OCTOBER 19, 2017
SendGrid , the provider of back-end email delivery services which has a big office in Orange County, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is hoping to raise up to $100M in an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, illiam Blair, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Piper Jaffray, and Stifel.
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SendGrid Sets Estimated IPO Pricing Range
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
The company's co-founder, Isaac Saldana, is based in Orange County and the company currently has substantial operations in Irvine. SendGrid is venture backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Bessmer Venture Partners, Foundry Group, and Highway 12 Ventures.
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113 Impinj, With Offices In OC, Sets IPO Pricing Range
socalTECH
JULY 11, 2016
Impinj is selling 4,600,000 shares of its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as "PI", is venture backed by ARCH Venture Partners, Polaris Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Mobius Venture Capital, Intel, GF Private Equity, and AllianceBernstein. READ MORE>>.
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SendGrid IPO Expected Next Week
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
According to the upcoming market IPO calendar, SendGrid is planning on its IPO on Wednesday. SendGrid is venture backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Foundry Group, and Highway 12 Ventures. SendGrid has major operations in Orange County, where one of its co-founders lives, and also has a big office in Irvine.
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Atlazo Finds $3.4M For Healthcare IoT Technology
socalTECH
JUNE 13, 2019
Atlazo is developing systems-on-a-chip technology specifically aimed at use in the hearing aid, wearable, and healthcare IoT market, with ability to provide AI and machine learning support for bio-sensing and other applications. According to the TCA, its angel network members invested $2.5M in the round. READ MORE>>.
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124 TextPower Finds $525,0000 For Text Messaging Handling
socalTECH
OCTOBER 17, 2013
San Juan Capistrano-based TextPower , a developer of text messaging products aimed at enterprise alerts and the security and authentication market, said today that it has raised $525,000 in a Series A financing round. The financing came from the Tech Coast Angel''s ACE Fund, as well as angel investors from Orange County.
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Interview with Amir Banifatemi and Kai Tao, K5Launch
socalTECH
OCTOBER 27, 2011
Amir Banifatemi: K5Launch supports our larger vision, the K5 initiative, which was promoted last year to provide a more stable and vibrant community of entrepreneurship in Southern California, but mostly Orange County. We are in Orange County, but we're also focused more largely on Southern California.
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Clutter Collects $200M More For On-Demand Storage
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
According to Clutter, it plans to expand into Philadelphia, Portland and Sacramento, among other markets, in 2019, and also will "double down" on its efforts in its current service areas of New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, San Diego, Orange County and northern New Jersey.
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Former YouBet Execs Sproule, Champion Form Digital Strategy Firm
socalTECH
JANUARY 27, 2011
Chuck Champion, the former CEO of ProElite, and Gary Sproule, the former CFO of Mobile Messenger, said today that they have formed a new consulting and digital marketing strategy firm called Paladin Capital Partners. Paladin Capital Partners is separate and different from investment firm Paladin Capital Group, based in Washington D.C.,
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Impinj Raises $21M, But Drops IPO Effort
socalTECH
JULY 26, 2012
Impinj , a developer of UHF, radio frequency identification (RFID) chips which has linked to Caltech, and an office in Orange County, said today that it has raised $21M in an equity funding round, as well as dropped its plans for an IPO. Impinj said the funding came from AllianceBernstein L.P.,
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Impinj Files For IPO
socalTECH
APRIL 21, 2011
The firm said it is raising up to $100M on the markets. Impinj opened up its Orange County offices in January of 2004; the firm was co-founded in May 2000 by Caltech professor Carver Mead , currently Gordon and Betty Moore Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at Caltech. READ MORE>>.
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165 Here's Who Is Funding Companies In Southern California Today
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. Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers 7 deals.
Harbor MedTech Raises $600K For Wound Healing Technology
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
Orange County-based Harbor MedTech , a developer of wound healing technology, has raised $600,000 in a funding round from private investors, the firm disclosed today, to help the firm grow and further develop its products. Mezger was recently CEO of NeoMend. READ MORE>>.
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133 Illumina Buys Helixis
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JULY 27, 2010
San Diego-based Illumina said today it has launched a new, real-time PCR system for the genetic analysis market, and also revealed that it acquired Carlsbad-based Helixis , a developer of those real-time PCR systems. Helixis was venture backed by Domain Associates and Okapi Venture Capital, and has raised somewhere north of $17M in funding.
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OCTOBER 1, 2010
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Southern California Venture Investments See Big Drop In Q1
socalTECH
APRIL 19, 2013
Venture capital investments saw a sharp drop in Q1 in Southern California, according to the latest venture numbers from the MoneyTree report. The report, released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association over the weekend, tallied up $534.3M Orange County also was down, racking up $158.9M
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Anticipate changes in the global market and stay ahead of your competition. Sustain business growth in an economic downturn * Access capital through government programs to expand your business * Understand the influence of Orange County in the global economy. Monday, November 17, 2008 -- 2008 Global Strategies Conference.
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Southern California Accelerator Report Card: Q1 2013
socalTECH
APRIL 12, 2013
There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. But, how successful have they been? Our analysis.
Interview With HopSkipDrive's Joanna McFarland
socalTECH
DECEMBER 4, 2017
If you are in Los Angeles, Orange County, or the Bay Area, Los Angeles-based HopSkipDriv e runs a service which uses certified caregivers to offload the shuttling of kids between those activities. STI), FirstMark Capital, Upfront Ventures, Skyview Capital and Halogen Ventures. Student Transportation inc.
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Southern California Leads In Green Businesses, Says Report
socalTECH
OCTOBER 7, 2010
A new report released today by Next 10 , a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy group, says that Southern California--and California, as a whole--leads the green innovation, cleantech venture capital, and energy market. billion invested in cleantech venture capital in the state since 2006.
Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Capital
socalTECH
DECEMBER 1, 2008
In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. For those not familiar with Saban Capital, tell us about the fund?
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100 SoCal Venture Totals Slip, But IT Shines
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 billion in deals.
Interview with Jonathan Kohn, Fitspot
socalTECH
OCTOBER 26, 2015
Los Angeles is the capital of on-demand apps, for just about anything you want. Jonathan Kohn: We've been out now in the LA market for four and a half months, we've done close to 1500 sessions in that time, very strong retention, and our average customer works out six times a month. I started Fitspot about a year ago.
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Decoding Signal From Noise For Wall Street, With Bitvore
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MARCH 31, 2014
That data--if you could just find the right piece--could be useful in a number of areas, particularly in the financial markets. Whether that''s for competitive analysis or market analysis, our product is basically able to monitor--on a very large scale--things that are important to your particular company.
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How Work Today Is Connecting Blue Collar Workers With Jobs, with Joe Nigro
socalTECH
MAY 10, 2017
in a funding from Mucker Capital, Social Capital, Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital), E-Merge, and GAN Ventures. As a marketplace, it's always an issue to get both buyers and sellers on the market, how have you accomplished that? Organic referrals are the major driver of growth for us in the market.
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socalTECH
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
in a funding led by Orange County's Okapi Venture Capitalis looking to help direct to consumer brands use better data to direct their marketing and other efforts. In 2014, there were a few hundred stores running on Shopify, as the e-commerce market was quite fragmented. Do we want to raise capital?
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Southern California Companies Raise $751M In Funding in Q3, Says Report
socalTECH
OCTOBER 20, 2008
PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association released their Q3 2008 venture capital numbers over the weekend, finding that Southern California companies raised nearly $751 in funding during the quarter. in deals, followed by Orange County with $186.9M, then San Diego with $178.4M READ MORE>>
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