Lawn Love Expands In Orange County
socalTECH
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.
Tech Coast Angels Orange County Launches The TCA OC Fund 20
socalTECH
MARCH 10, 2020
The Orange County arm of Southern California's largest, angel investment group--the Tech Coast Angels --said today that it has opened up a new fund, the TCA OC Fund 20 , the first in a set of annual funds which will go to invest in startups in the region.
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HopSkipDrive Expands To Orange County
socalTECH
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 company has raised over $14M in funding. READ MORE>>.
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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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FundingPost Orange County VCs, Angels, Crypto and ICOs Event
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 5, 2018
Thursday, October 11, 2018 -- FundingPost Orange County VCs, Angels, Crypto and ICOs Event.
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Orange County's OCTANe, OCVG Merge
socalTECH
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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Orange County Fundingpost VC and Angel Investor Conference
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 21, 2019
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 -- Orange County Fundingpost VC and Angel Investor Conference. Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Southern California? Register for the FundingPost event on Wednesday, March 27th, 2019. See [link] (more)
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Private Equity Industry Orange County Update
SoCal Tech Calendar
JULY 4, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 -- Private Equity Industry Orange County Update. Further, many OC company founders get growth capital and liquidity exits not through MandA but through private equity. Necessity is the mother of invention. that is, the opportunities associated with private equity financing. See [link] (more)
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113 J5 Infrastructure Partners Sets Up Shop In Orange County
socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2016
A new company, J5 Infrastructure Partners , has launched in Orange County, after the acquisition of two companies by private equity investor Ridgemont Equity Partners. Ridgemont said it purchase two, telecommunications infrastructure companies-- Coretel Inc.
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Toba Capital Backs Grow.com In $16M In Funding
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
Toba Capital , the venture fund run by former Quest Software founder Vinny Smith, has backed reporting and analytics dashboard software developer Grow.com in a $16M Series B funding round. Toba Capital also led Grow.com's SEries A funding. Toba Capital is based in Orange County. READ MORE>>.
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2011 Orange County Public Company Forum
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 17, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011 -- 2011 Orange County Public Company Forum. Dr. Frank Hatheway, chief economist for NASDAQ OMX Group, will be the keynote speaker June 23, at the 2011 Orange County Public Company Forum.Dr. Martin, chairman, CEO and CIO, Mont Pelerin Capital; Cary H. See [link] (more)
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Report: Venture Capital Dollars In 2017 On Way To Record
socalTECH
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Total venture capital investment dollars in 2017 are on their way to a decade high, according to a new report issued today, with $21.5 The report did not provide details on Orange County, San Diego, Ventura, or Santa Barbara counties. billion invested in the third quarter in more than 1,699 companies. READ MORE>>.
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Orange County Investor Commits $1M To Early Stage Startups
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
jason thanh merchant services group venture capital angel investor payment processing finance financial' In addition to founding Merchant Service Group, La said he is Limited Partner at Crosscut Ventures, a Venture Partner at K5 Ventures, and also an active investor in early stage tech companies. READ MORE>>.
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Macquarie Capital Provides $100M In Debt For Battery Storage Projects
socalTECH
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Macquarie Capital , the investing arm of Macquarie Group, says it has provided $100M in a debt financing, to back development of a new battery-based energy storage project in Southern California. According to Macquarie Capital, the debt funding is part of a 52.5
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TCVN Workshop Orange County
SoCal Tech Calendar
JANUARY 30, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009 -- TCVN Workshop Orange County. The process and methodologies to be outlined by Mr. Ochtel have been used to raise over $50M in early stage funding from such venture capitalists as Sequoia Capital, Brentwood Associates, Oak Investment Partners, ATandT Ventures, and Intel Corporation.
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SendGrid Gets $20M More For Email Delivery
socalTECH
DECEMBER 2, 2014
The company--which has significant operations in Orange County--said the Bain Capital Ventures, along with Bessemer Venture Partners and Foundry Group. SendGrid has a big operation in Orange, with a focus on engineering and software. sendgrid venture capital email delivery investment software orange county'
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Report: Southern California Venture Capital Totals $464M In Q3
socalTECH
OCTOBER 14, 2010
Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. billion invested in 780 venture capital deals for Q3. invested; Los Angeles had $169.7M, and Orange County $63.1M
METRIX Capital Gets $5M For Funding Efforts
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
Orange County-based investor METRIX Capital Group has announced a $5M funding round, which it says will go towards its alternative funding for small and medium sized businesses. metrix capital alternative revenue financing venture private equity' The firm says it provides funding from $50,000 to $500,000. READ MORE>>.
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Dow Jones VentureSource: Southern California Gets $2.96 Billion In VC In Q4
socalTECH
JANUARY 11, 2019
billion in venture capital in Q4 of 2018, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource , released on Friday. billion in Orange County. The region had a total of 124 deals logged by Dow Jones VentureSource, split between 75 in Los Angeles, 29 in San Diego, and 20 in Orange County. Southern California raised $2.96
Rivian Pulls In Another $2.5 Billion
socalTECH
JULY 26, 2021
Electric car maker Rivian, which has significant operations in Orange County, has raised another $2.5 The new funding came from Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund, D1 Capital Partners, Ford Motor and T. billion in funding, the company said on Friday. The funding brings the company's total raised to an astounding $10.5
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100 Venture Capital Totals $603.2M In Southern California In Q3
socalTECH
OCTOBER 18, 2011
Venture capital investments in Southern California for Q3 of 2011 are up from last year, but down from last quarter, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. invested in Orange County. was invested in the region.
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. in venture capital and publicly launched in May 2011. Based in Newport Beach, CatchFree has raised $5.5m
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Vinny Smith's Toba Capital Backs Sauce Labs
socalTECH
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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Capsule Launches Digital Pharmacy In LA
socalTECH
MARCH 9, 2021
Capsule--a well funded, venture funded startup with more than $270M in funding and backing from TCV, Thrive Capital, and Glade Brook Capital, as well as local investors M13 and Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures--has expanded into Los Angeles, part of a big expansion push by the company.
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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 is venture backed by ARCH Venture Partners, Polaris Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Mobius Venture Capital, Intel, GF Private Equity, and AllianceBernstein.
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100 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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Fernish Finds $15M For Furniture Rentals
socalTECH
MAY 27, 2020
Fernish offers up a wide variety of furniture to consumers in Los Angeles, Orange County, and Seattle. Fernish was founded by Lucas Dicket and Michael Barlow; Barlow serves as CEO of the company.
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124 With $12 million more in the bag, the furniture subscription service Feather heads to Los Angeles
TechCrunch LA
MAY 15, 2019
Furniture subscription rental service, Feather , is heading to Los Angeles and Orange County, California with $12 million in new funding and “thousands” of customers in New York and San Francisco. Deliveries to Feather’s new, LA and Orange County geographies will begin on May 20.
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126 Mavenlink Finds $48M More
socalTECH
APRIL 12, 2019
The funding came from Carrick Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs Growth Equity. Mavenlink's round brings the Orange County's total funding to more than $111.5M. The company last raised a funding round back in 2016, which also was led by Goldman Sachs.
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113 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 and $30.00 The pricing is a big bump from an earlier, $19.00 per share the company set last week. The IPO is being underwritten by Goldman Sachs & Co.
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SoCal Gets $739M In Venture Capital In Q2
socalTECH
JULY 19, 2011
Southern California companies raised $739M in venture capital in Q2 of 2011, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) based on data from Thomson Reuters. According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M
Southern California Firms Get $587.0M In Venture Capital In Q2
socalTECH
JULY 18, 2013
in venture capital investments in Q2 2013 across Southern California, spread across 80 deals. The report comes every quarter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. Orange County was second, with $161.9M READ MORE>>.
Miramar, Okapi Back Healthcare Software Developer
socalTECH
APRIL 10, 2013
Two, Orange County venture capital investors are behind a developer of socially-driven, healthcare software aimed at helping health plans encourage healthy activity by their members. Jeff Margolis, CEO of WellTok, founded TriZetto in Orange County, although the firm subsequently moved to Denver. READ MORE>>.
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SendGrid Launches Follow On Offering
socalTECH
APRIL 4, 2018
SendGrid , the provider of transactional email services which has major operations in Orange County, has filed for a follow-on public offering, the company said on Tuesday. SendGrid recently tripled its office space in Orange County , with a new office in Irvine. 600,000 shares will be offered by SendGrid. READ MORE>>.
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Feather Launches Furniture Subscriptions In LA, OC
socalTECH
MAY 15, 2019
Feather , an online, furniture rental service which lets people subscribe to gain access to fashionable furniture, said on Tuesday that is expanding its service to Los Angeles and Orange County. Feather said it will begin delivering its furniture products in LA and OC on May 20th. READ MORE>>.
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HopSkipDrive Raises $7.4M More For Ride Service For Kids
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
FirstMark Capital, Upfront Ventures, as well as new investors Skyview Capital and Halogen Ventures also participated in the funding. HopSkipDrive says it is already getting kids to and from over 2500 schools across the Los Angeles, Orange County, and Bay Area. The funding came from Student Transportation Inc.
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189 Western Digital Adds Two To Board
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
the storage and memory manufacturer which has significant operations in Orange County, said late Thursday that it has added two new members of its board of directors. Alexy is founder of private investment fund Alexy Capital Management, and also sites on the boards of Alteryx, CalAmp, FireEye, and Five9.
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113 Trio Of SoCal Investors Back Welltok
socalTECH
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 Miramar and Okapi are in Orange County, and Qualcomm is in San Diego. in healthcare software developer Welltok , which announced a big funding round this morning.
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147 TenantBase Takes $10.7M
socalTECH
JUNE 13, 2018
The funding was led by Stonecutter TenantBase Investors LLC, an affiliate of New York-based Stonecutter Capital, and also included other existing investors, including Razor's Edge Ventures. TenantBase currently allows users to search for commercial office space across Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas, Nashville, and Orange County.
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113 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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124 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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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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Shift Gets $37M More To Ramp Online Used Auto Sales
socalTECH
JULY 19, 2017
The funding came from BMW iVentures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Highland Capital, DCM, G2VP, and Goldman Sachs. The company, which has two locations here, one serving Los Angeles and Orange County, and the other in San Diego, is based in San Francisco. The company launched into San Diego in March of this year.
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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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