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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. Most recent investments: Zingle, Thrive Market, Fluent, Comparably. Looking for more insights into the venture deal flow here in Southern California?

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JULY 19, 2018

Reali , a Silicon Valley startup which offers up a high-tech, and artificial intelligence-enabled real estate service, said this week that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round, which it specifically will use to launch in Southern California. The funding was led by Zeev Ventures, and also included Signia Venture Capital.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Friday, November 4, 2016 -- SoCal Bio Annual Conference. The 30-plus companies include many of Southern California’s most innovative biotech, medtech and digital health ventures. They focus on market segments ranging from regenerative medicine and bio-pharmaceuticals to molecular imaging, biosensors and personalized medicine.

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JULY 15, 2016

Southern California companies raised $2.49 billion in venture capital in Q2 of 2016, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters. billion round for Venice based Snapchat. Nationally, venture capitalists invested $15.3

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MARCH 31, 2009

The Technology Council of Southern California and TechEmpower are happy to announce the launch of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Andy Wilson , Managing Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org). While 2018 was all about better understanding the SoCal opportunity, 2019 was about honing our focus and defining our core programs. We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season.

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JUNE 29, 2010

On the heels of the much heralded IPO of Silicon Valley electric car darling Tesla Motors today on the NASDAQ, investors are now looking to what other firms might benefit from the electric vehicle market--and what appears to be a growing appetite for IPOs.

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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 billion in 863 deals. for its medical devices.

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JULY 21, 2017

Who are the companies in Southern California that are part of this growing industry? We've combed through our database of companies to figure out which companies are involved in this industry here, ranging from key developers of military UAS/UAV platforms, to startups developing the software behind the growing consumer drone market.

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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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AUGUST 23, 2011

Southern California Gas Company the unit of Sempra Energy which supplies natural gas to Southern California, has backed the manufacturer of natural gas, fuel cell equipment. in a Series E financing round, which included Southern California Gas Company, and was led by Artis Capital Management.

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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?

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

What was Southern California's technology community most interested in 2012? venture capital exits in. BetterWorks--headed by prolific angel investor Paige Craig--apparently was not able to sustain a large enough market, relative to its high costs of customer acquisition. As part of our. generation of startups.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

We''re proud to announce the Socaltech 50 , our list of the 50, up-and-coming people in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. Josef Gorowitz , Swagbucks (Torrance, online marketing/rewards). Amanda MacNaughton , PromoJam (Glendale, marketing software). Matthew Goldman , Wallaby Financial (Pasadena, financial).

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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.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have the third and final article on Southern California IPOs and returns from Jon Funk. Funk is a venture capitalist who founded OceanRoad Partners and has been a Managing Director with Allegis Capital, where he invested in Sandpiper Networks, Rent.com and Shopzilla. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 -- Fundraising in Today’s Startup Market. Are you looking for guidance on raising capital for your venture? We invite you to our upcoming in-person Founder’s event in Santa Barbara, “Fundraising in Today’s Startup Market."

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. This morning, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's technology industry. 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.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Thursday, November 10, 2011 -- First Annual SoCal Capital Expo. First Look at Latest National Research on the State of Private Capital Markets Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 10, when groundbreaking researcher and financial expert John Paglia, Ph.D., The panelists are:  Fred C.

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MAY 19, 2014

Action sports camera maker GoPro , which has a few Southern California connections, has filed for an IPO, saying Monday in a regulatory filing that it is looking to raise $100M on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as GPRO. In addition, a number of GoPro''s employees came from Cineform, which was based in San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 25, 2018

Lynwood, California-based NEXT Trucking , which operates an online marketplace which connects carriers to shippers, says it is planning a big hiring push in Southern California, after a big $21M funding round from Sequoia Capital.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, and Allen & Company. The firm reported net income of $1 billion on revenues of $3.7 billion in 2011 in its S-1, which is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs & Co., READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Santa Monica-based Arrowroot Capital Management announced today that it has raised a $177M, third fund, Arrowroot Capital II, L.P. , According to the firm, led by founder and managing partner Matthew Safaii, it is focused on growth capital for healthy, recurring revenue enterprise software companies in the lower-middle market.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

Think Southern California''s tech industry is all about fashion, Hollywood, and content? Before that, expense management and invoice processing vendor Chrome River raised $17.0M , and right before that Invoca brought in a big $20M funding round for its call marketing automation tools. Image courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 16, 2013

In the latest positive move for the Los Angeles venture capital market, a new investor has moved into town, to take advantage of the area''s growing startup market. core innovation capital venture investment fund' The firm''s efforts here are headed by Arjun Schutte. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Southern California venture capital investors Domain Associates and Versant Venture saw a public exit of one of their portfolio companies this morning, molecular diagnostics equipment maker Veracyte. Veracyte debuted on the NASDAQ Global Market this morning at $13.00 per share, and was trading slightly down at $12.95

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JUNE 6, 2018

Santa Monica-based Headspace , which develops mindfulness and meditation apps, says it is targeting the medical market with the launch of a new, digital medicine subsidiary it calls "Headspace Health". Headspace is venture backed by Spectrum Equity, The Chernin Group, Advancit Capital, Allen & Co.,

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Today, we have Kelly Perdew , Co-founder and General Partner of Moonshots Capital. Kelly Perdew is the managing general partner of at Moonshots Capital. Contact our editors for details.

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MAY 13, 2010

Dear readers: Like keeping up to date on Southern California's latest venture funding, high tech deals, and more? Information is key to understanding how to get funded, and socalTECH is the best source for this information in Southern California. Join socalTECH.com as a premium member! Interested in joining? Join today!

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JANUARY 3, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's technology industry. As we close out our contributions for the end of 2018, here's Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Howard Morgan , the venture capitalist who helped found Idealab back in 1996, and has since been Founding Partner at seed stage investment fund First Round Capital , is returning to angel investing and will not participate in First Round Capital's new fund. First Round Capital just filed paperwork on a new, $175M fund.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Here, we have Greg Martin, Founder and Managing Partner of Archer Venture Capital (www.archervc.com). Greg Martin is Founder and Manging Director of Archer Venture Capital (www.archervc.com).

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen , Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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APRIL 3, 2014

The startup, lets consumers order flowers from local florists and designers, instead of generic mass marketers, and is one of the companies out of MuckerLab. BloomNation other backers include Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Chicago Ventures, and CrunchFund.

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JULY 7, 2010

One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. His latest startup, Factual, is aimed at the data mashup and open data market. Tags: entrepreneur startup venture capital investment repeat.

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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. Southern California, in particular, has a lot of talent in ad tech. Big ideas rule the day.

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