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OCTOBER 18, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. Nationally, venture capitalists invested $6.5 was raised. Image courtesy Bigstock.

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Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 210

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 14, 2019

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JULY 26, 2010

Pasadena-based Rockoco , a spinout of Caltech, has raised $1.5M in a funding round, according to lead investor the Pasadena Angels. Tags: rockoco diamond polishing semiconductor venture capital pasadena angels. Rockoco also said it has scored its first customer--for a $12M order--diamond seller Subari Bros.

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Pasadena Angels CalTech Pasadena Venture Capital 168

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APRIL 4, 2012

The funding came from Siemer Venture Capital, Rincon Venture Partners, Draper Associates, the Tech Coast Angels, and the Pasadena Angels, according to CEO Clark Benson. Los Angeles-based Ranker , the online rankings website where consumers can rank anything they like, has scored a new round of funding, in an inside round.

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Tech Coast Angels Funding Draper Pasadena Angels 197

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

According to one of Pasadena-based Metacloud ''s venture capital backers, the acquisition of the cloud services provider by Cisco on Wednesday was an "epic exit". The statement came from Jason Lemkin, a venture capitalist at Storm Ventures. metacloud venture capital merger acquisition cisco cloud private'

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Venture Capital Acquisition Ticketmaster Yahoo 113

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MARCH 6, 2014

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , which develops cloud-based collaboration software, has scored a $5.0M line of credit from SaaS Capital, SaaS Capital said Thursday morning. Saas Capital provides alternative financing to SaaS businesses. Saas Capital provides alternative financing to SaaS businesses. READ MORE>>.

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SaaS Pasadena Venture Capital Capital 174

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Pasadena-based Calibrate Ventures , a brand new venture capital firm founded by Kevin Dunlap and Jason Schoettler, announced on Tuesday morning that it has raised $80M in its very first venture capital fund, Calibrate Ventures, L.P.

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Dollar Shave Club Invest CalTech Funding 173

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Southern California venture totals for Q3 totaled around $1.0 billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association, and VentureOne will release their quarterly nationwide results of venture activity later this month.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , which operates an online marketplace and service for vacation rental booking, has raised $3.5M LeisureLink has previously raised funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Group RCI, Kodiak Ventures LP, Mission Ventures, Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. in a funding round.

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Tech Coast Angels Clearstone Pasadena Angels Mission Ventures 164

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JANUARY 5, 2015

The Pasadena Angels , one of the most active organized angel investment groups in the Los Angeles area, released some details on the groups'' 2014 performance over the holidays, saying that it saw a total of four exits--including a $100M exit over at Bluebeam --and closed 17 deals during the year. The group said it provided $4.7M READ MORE>>.

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Pasadena Angels Pasadena Angel Venture Capital 100

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

According to the Pasadena Angels, one of the investors in the firm, the round also included the Tech Coast Angels and un-named venture capital firms. The Pasadena Angels said the funding will go towards expanding and growing Ondax's optic solutions. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Pasadena Monrovia 159

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. Nationally, venture capitalists invested $6.5 was raised. Image courtesy Bigstock.

Southern California 180

Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 180

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APRIL 19, 2010

Pasadena-based eSolar , the solar thermal technology developer backed by Idealab, Google, Quercus Trust, ACME Group, NRG Energy, and Oak Investment Partners, has raised $20M in an unannounced funding round, according to numbers from the latest quarterly venture capital report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association.

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Idealab Venture Capital Google Pasadena 154

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Tim Cadogan , OpenX (Pasadena, advertising). Isaac Garcia , Central Desktop (Pasadena, software). Matthew Goldman , Wallaby Financial (Pasadena, financial). Ryan Hudson , Honey (Pasadena, apps). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising).

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Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

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MARCH 14, 2014

Pasadena-based advanced chemistry technology developer Materia has raised $14.9M materia nobel chemistry olefin metathesis venture capital' in the first part of what looks to be a $50.0M fundraising effort, according to a regulatory filing this week. Details on the funding have yet to be announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

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CalTech Pasadena Venture Capital Capital 178

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APRIL 14, 2010

Pasadena-based Cramster.com , which operates an online home help web site, is announcing today that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Primera Capital. Cramster said it will use the funding to expand its product line, including growing its Pasadena team. READ MORE>>.

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Pasadena Venture Capital Web Help 154

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

We''re honored to have the following folks helping us to pare down the hundreds of names we''ve received so far for the Socaltech 100, and we''ll be providing profiles of our selection committee in the coming weeks. Interested in sponsoring the awards?

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SoCalTech Southern California Venture Capital OCTANE 183

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AUGUST 20, 2010

The firm is headed by Rick Stollmeyer, and has also received backing from the Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Frontera Capital. Tags: mindbody software saas venture capital. The firm said it reached nearly $10M in revenues in 2009, and has over 9,300 customers in 62 countries. READ MORE>>.

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Software Tech Coast Angels SoCalTech Pasadena Angels 181

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JANUARY 23, 2018

Wilson is also well known for starting Innovate Pasadena, the local nonprofit which helps focus on Pasadena's high tech ecosystem.

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Southern California Pasadena High Tech Yahoo 170

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. In Massachusetts companies (and VCs) have migrated from out by Waltham to Back Bay (Boston) or Cambridge.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

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JULY 1, 2010

The amount of the funding, which came from Index Ventures, betaworks, Revolution LLC, First Round Capital, Jason Calacanis, and Jeff Jarvis, had not been announced in April. TweetUp is based in Pasadena. Tags: tweetup venture capital idealab twitter marketplace bill gross calacanis. READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Funding Pasadena Venture Capital 165

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MAY 14, 2018

Pasadena-based SeqOnce Biosciences , which is developing next generation sequencing technology, has raised $1M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Pasadena-based Mount Wilson Ventures (MWV), a new venture capital investment fund led by longtime Pasadena biotechnology veteran Mike Giardello, Ph.D.

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Seed Funding Funding Pasadena Venture Capital 147

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Pasadena-based MyShape , the personalized fashion retailer run by Louise Wannier, has raised $10.5M No details on the funding have yet been announced by the company, which is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, the Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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MyShape Tech Coast Angels Draper Pasadena Angels 154

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MAY 28, 2014

Pasadena-based venture capital firm California Technology Ventures has scored an exit at one of its portfolio firms, selling cardiac catheter maker AngioScore , to medical device firm Spectranetics. angioscore merger acquisition spectranetics balloon catheters surgery cardiac lifescience exit venture capital'

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Technology Venture Capital Pasadena Acquisition 147

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MAY 7, 2014

Pasadena-based managed cloud provider Metacloud has raised $15M more, in a Series B funding round, the company said this morning. metacloud private cloud service enterprise openstack venture capital' Metacloud said it will use the new funds to expand its team, and also to accelerate the evolution of its product. READ MORE>>.

Pasadena 164

Pasadena Venture Capital Capital Funding 164

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

The funding was led by Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson , and also included Rincon Venture Partners , Newport Coast Investments , Gil Elbax of Factual, the Pasadena Angels , and Siemer Venture Capital. The firm said it is looking to help provide credible answers to questions through the "wisdom of crowds".

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Draper Pasadena Angels Pasadena Venture Capital 162

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY has raised a big, $35M venture capital round this morning, led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), along with Catalyst Investors (Catalyst) and Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP).

Tech Coast Angels 173

Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Pasadena Commerce 173

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MAY 5, 2014

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the provider of mobile advertising technology, announced this morning that it has raised $8M in a funding round. The funding came from Gordon Crawford and Blue Chip Ventures, as well as others. ubermedia venture capital mobile advertising idealab bill gross gordon crawford' READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Advertising Mobile Pasadena 164

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MARCH 25, 2010

Pasadena-based Materia , which is commercializing olefin metathesis catalyst technology developed by Caltech Nobel Prize winner Robert H. Tags: materia venture capital olefin nobel prize chemistry materials. Grubbs, has raised $11.75M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. READ MORE>>.

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CalTech Pasadena Venture Capital Capital 154

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JUNE 26, 2013

In a model similar to the popular accelerator model that has spread nationwide, the three month program will aim at positioning graduates for larger rounds of funding from angel, strategic or venture capital investors. design accelerator pasadena startup incubator entrepreneur' READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Idealab Design CalTech 178

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MAY 16, 2011

Pasadena-based venture capital firm Arcturus Capital has scored an exit out of its portfolio this morning, as Milpitas, California-based Pliant Technology was acquired by SanDisk in a deal worth $327M. SanDisk is a major manufacturer of flash memory.

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Arcturus Pasadena Venture Capital Equity 150

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

All of those ideas have a pre-commited amount of capital from investors willing to back those ideas. ideamarket venture capital idealab marketplace' READ MORE>>.

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Ideas Idealab Startup Pasadena 159

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MAY 6, 2013

The Pasadena-based company said the new financing was led by RA Capital, and included new investors Camber Capital, Special Situations Fund, and Aquilo Capital. Existing investors Sabby Capital, Sphera Global Healthcare Fund, and Jim Mellon also participated in the offering. Arrowhead trades on the NASDAQ as ARWR.

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Research Pasadena Venture Capital Capital 147

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

Pasadena-based Arrowhead Research said this morning that it has raised $60M in a private offering, from RA Capital Management, LLC, plus its other existing institutional investors. arrowhead research biotherapeutics biotech lifescience venture capital pipe' READ MORE>>.

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Research Pasadena Venture Capital Capital 138

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APRIL 14, 2010

According to Allylix, the new funding came from Middleland Capital, and also included prior investors Blue Grass Angels, Life Science Angels, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Tate & Lyle Ventures. Tags: allylix fragrance venture capital food chemical chemistry. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels San Diego Pasadena 150

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JUNE 7, 2012

Look out, Pinterest -- Pasadena-based LoveIt is looking to unseat the popularity of the photo sharing site, with its new platform, and $6M in funding. LoveIt, headed by former PriceGrabber President Ron LaPierre, said today that it raised a Series A round from Juvo Capital and PG Ventures, to bolster its "visual curation and sharing platform."

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Pasadena Platform Organization Sites 235

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JANUARY 20, 2011

One of my investments doing GREAT (and I mean GREAT) is SupplyFrame in Pasadena. And while I generally agree and give similar advice, here are three anecdotes or truths about SoCal investing and startups that contradict. On associates. They were pitching in the other room and I ran right in (More.).

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Clearstone Invest Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 160