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MARCH 29, 2016

Los Angeles-based Memorang , the developer of a flash-card based, study tool to help people study for such things as the MCAT, GRE, NBME, and a host of other tests, has raised $500,000 in a funding round, the company is announcing this morning.

Study

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) announced last week that it has raised a second fund, worth $300M. To learn about the new fund, we sat down with Jamie Montgomery , one of the fund's co-founders, to hear about March Capital's strategy and the new fund. We started March Capital in late 2013.

Funding

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

million from investors led by the Los Angeles investment firm March Capital Partners. Previous investors Vertex Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Moment Ventures and the Slack Fund also participated in the funding, which brings Astound’s total capital raised to $27 million.

Help

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

SetPoint is venture backed by NEA, Morgenthaler, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Topspin, Action Potential Venture Capital and others, and raised $30M in August. The company said the human trial will include a total of 15 subjects, aged 22 to 75. SetPoint's devices are implanted in the vagus nerve. READ MORE>>.

Study

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2010

venture capital investment in the clean technology sector was up in Q2. According to the study, US VC investments in cleantech hit $1.5 The study said that is a 63.8 percent increase in the amount of capital, and 4.6 Tags: clean technology energy cleantech venture capital analysis.

Invest

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Over the past month a colleague ( Chang Xu ) and I sifted through data on the venture capital industry (as we do every year) and made a bunch of calls to VCs and LPs to confirm our hypotheses. As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture. What gives?

Venture Capital

socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2011

based private, venture capital backed software, hardware, life science, and cleantech companies. The study was conducted by independent market research firm Koski Research during February 2011. SVB said its Startup Outlook 2011 survey came from the responses of 375 U.S-based

Report

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. TVC Capital has also been a big supporter of socaltech over the years. It is easy to invest capital, but very, very hard to exit, so don't.

Capital

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 22, 2019

The Los Angeles-based company’s public offering should be a nice windfall for the Chicago-based investors DNS Capital, an investment firm managing the private wealth of the Pritzker family, and Cleveland Avenue, founded by former McDonald’s executive Don Thompson; as well as the venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins and Obvious Ventures.

Pricing

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He studied the errors that other people had made and tried to improve on them. Cham studied early in his career how to hold the microphone, how to project his voice, how to watch the audience and pay attention to what interested them. Raising Capital – The VC equivalent for musicians is getting signed by a major label.

Entrepreneur

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2011

A study released this morning by the Californians for Clean Energy and Jobs Network says that Los Angeles leads the nation in green jobs. The group is co-chaired by Tom Steyer of Farallon Capital Management and former U.S. According to the CCEJ, Los Angeles had 178,500 green jobs, out of roughly 4.5 million workers in the LA region.

Study

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2019

As we close out our contributions for the end of 2018, here's Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital. 2018 was a great year for TVC Capital and we were able to get our fourth growth equity fund closed, taking our assets under management to close to $400 million. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year? Two big lessons in 2018.

Capital

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate. An example of that is we have built in daily tips, which we have put together after going through 17,000 medical studies on what to do to reduce early memory loss. We made a decision not to go for venture capital early. How is the firm funded?

Study

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2017

According to Epic Sciences, the funding was led by Hermed Capital, and also included Altos Capital Partners, Domain Associates, Genomic Health, Pagoda Investment, Reach Tone Limited, RMI Partners, Sabby Capital and VI Ventures. The company said the fund will go to accelerate clinical studies and enhance its technology.

Funding

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

The funding came from JDRF T1D Fund, Aphelion Capital and LifeSci Venture Partners. Prior investors in the round include M Ventures and Hikma Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Hikma Pharmaceuticals. The company said the new funding will go towards its technology platform, and to fund additional clinical studies.

Marketing

socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2014

Kevin--now COO--studied computer science and accounting at UCLA. auditfile venture capital cloud software auditing accounting saas ucla dorm room student' The funding came from Banneker Ventures, Tim Draper, Nas Draper, as well as other angel investors. The company now has its headquarters in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

UCLA

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The round was led by MPM Capital, and also included prior investor ProQuest Investments. As part of the funding, Aires said that it has entered into an agreement with Novartis, where Novartis will gain an exclusive option to acquire the firm completing successful completion of its Phase 2 clinical study of its lead compound, Aironite.

San Diego

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MAY 2, 2017

The company said the funding is the first close of a targeted $30M funding round, and came from existing shareholders Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Advent Life Sciences, Cormorant Asset Management, Legend Capital, NeoMed Management, and individuals. Axonics said it hopes to begin that study in the second half of the year.

Study

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Histogen said it is scheduled to begin a Phase I/II clinical trail of a hair stimulating product in Spring 2011, and is also in the process of beginning a clinical study for a compound for the treatment of carcinomatosis. Tags: histogen venture capital stem cell lifescience regenerative medicine. READ MORE>>.

San Diego

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley? First Principles.

Startup

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

According to DriveCam, Volvo Group Venture Capital made the strategic investment, and becomes a minority shareholder in the company. The companies said that Volvo Group has been studying and analyzing a large number of accidents involving trucks, as part of its design and development efforts.

Invest

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

There have been many studies done on the topic including looking at twins raised in separate families. There have been studies of adopted children to their natural parents versus the parents that raised them. I have also seen studies on “birth order.&#. There’s no question that both factors are involved.

Startup

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

Sequent said the funds will go towards its US clinical studies and to broaden its product portfolio. sequent medical aneurysm device venture capital lifescience surgery' The funding was led by Delphi Ventures, and also included Domain Associates, US Venture Partners, and Versant Ventures. The company has now raised more than $67.0M

Venture Capital

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2013

Although it might still be on the early side for an analysis, we''ve run our numbers again to figure out who''s having the biggest success so far in the market, where entrepreneurs are most likely to find capital providers hanging out, and where (if anywhere) are exits happening? We''ve analyzed our database of angel and. Our analysis.

Southern California

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. No blog post about how Tiger is crushing everybody because it’s deploying all its capital in 1-year while “suckers” are investing over 3-years can change this reality.

Venture Capital

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), and also included Deerfield Management, Frazier Healthcare Partners, Novo Holdings A/S, Pappas Capital, RiverVest Venture Partners and Rock Springs Capital. The company says it recently had a successful Phase 2b study. READ MORE>>.

San Diego

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APRIL 27, 2012

Six companies started by students at the University of Southern California's Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at USC Marshall have been awarded a total of $50,000 in seed funding, after competing in the center's New Venture Seed Competition held this week.

Seed Funding

socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2022

ONK said the new funding will go to drive multiple, pre-clinical programs through IND-enabling studies, and also go towards GMP manufacturing capability. The startup says it is developing optimally engineered natural killer (NK) cell therapies. The company's CEO is Chris Nowers.

San Diego

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I also know many people who never studied business as an undergrad who appreciated the knowledge that they gained as an MBA. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

He wants to compete to be the lead drummer in the competitive ensemble and study under Terence, an obsessive instructor who is hell bent on winning competitions for the school. The protagonist in the film, Andrew, is a drummer and the story is his experiences in his freshman year of one of the most elite music conservatories in the country.

Competition

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

In that context, I came across an old study of 27 startups featured in Inc’s annual “Anatomies of a Start-up,” done for “The Journal of Business Venturing,” and published by George Gendron in Inc Magazine. As it turned out, 17 of the 27 companies were still in business seven years later, which is at least double that of other studies.

Startup

socalTECH

MAY 4, 2018

According to Science37, it is in a strategic collaboration with UCB to improve the clinical trial experience, with initial studies in the areas of neurology and immunology. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

Study

socalTECH

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. That network effect is a subtle but has a powerful effect with all this new technology. Big ideas rule the day.

Southern California

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2013

The company said the funding will go towards technology development, clinical studies, and commercialize its system for cleaning root canals using ultrasound. lifescience healthcare endodontic canal root surgery ultrasound capital venture sonendo' READ MORE>>.

Technology

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2010

Social Proof in Action … Yesterday I wrote about the benefits of using social proof and authority in raising venture capital. These are the people who want to see ROI studies (business), read NY Times reviews by David Pogue or WSJ reviews by Walt Mossberg (consumer). It looks cool, but I can wait.

Marketing

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2012

The company said it specifically launched the scholarship since the founders of the company, Chuck Gordon and Mario Feghal, came up with the idea for the startup out of Chuck's experience looking for storage space before a study abroad program in Singapore out of UCLA. READ MORE>>.

UCLA

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. As a collaboration between PwC and the National Venture Capital Association, based upon data from Thomson Reuters, it is the only industry-endorsed research of its kind.

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