socalTECH

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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socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2019

Pasadena-based venture capital investment firm Thin Line Capital , a new venture capital firm led by venture veteran Aaron Fyke, has made its first investment, in a developer of solar technology. Size of the investment was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

I’m planning on going to a Tech Coast Angels mixer tomorrow and the topic for me is whether there is angel funding out there for startups that don’t meet classic VC models. By way of background for the question, there’s a great post by Bob Aholt, a Pasadena Angel: An Angel Investor’s Thoughts on Valuation.

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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. billion invested in Q2. In terms of industries, Biopharmaceutical investments led the quarter with around $260.4M

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Pasadena-based Wavemaker Three Sixty Health, LP , the healthcare startup investment fund led by Jay Goss, has teamed up with the University of Southern California's MESH (Medicine, Engineering, Science, Humanities) Academy at the USC Keck School of Medicine.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2014

The latest venture capital totals from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association''s MoneyTree Report was released this evening, tallying up $761.12M in investments in Q2 of 2014 in Southern California, up from Q2 of 2013, when $616.83M was invested in the region. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2020

Pasadena-based Calibrate Ventures , a venture capital firm that says it invests in advanced technologies, has added two Venture Partners to the company. She also is a board member at Broadly, and Calibrate says she is also an angel investor in a number of companies.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Aaron Fyke , the founder and Managing Director of Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com), a venture capital firm in the energy and sustainability space. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2015

Local angel groups have hit the jackpot again with an investment, this time with the October acquisition of Pasadena-based Bluebeam in a $100M deal by German software company Nemetschek AG. pasadena angels exits venture capital angel investment bluebeam tech coast investors greendot gdot' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report were released today, finding that a total of $683.7M was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. raised by companies in Q4 of 2011, and less than the $701.18M raised by companies in the region in Q3 of 2012.

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socalTECH

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. billion in investments; followed by New England, with $826.1M

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socalTECH

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. According to the company, Central Desktop wlil use the financing to accelerate time to market for its products, and also to invest in further growth.

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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. billion in investments; followed by New England, with $826.1M

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. Speaking onstage at the Upfront Summit, an event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2020

Pasadena-based Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health , the seed-stage healthcare investment fund run by John Nackel, Jay Goss, Eric Marton and Kwame Ulmer, says it had the sixth and final close on its fund on December 31st. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2020

Pasadena-based Miso Robotics , which is developing robots for the quick serve restaurant industry, says it has launched a new Series C crowdfunding campaign, where it hopes to raise a total of $30M in funding. According to the company, it has over $2.6M According to the company, it has over $2.6M

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

San Diego-based Alyllix , which produces flavors, fragrances, and other ingredients using yeast fermentation, has been acquired by Swiss company Evolva Holdings SA. Evolva said it will acquire Allylix in return for 46 million shares of the company. READ MORE>>. allylix evolva flavors fragrances merger acquisition tech coast angels'

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2018

If investors at some of the biggest technology companies are right, the next big restaurant chain could have no kitchens of its own. These venture capitalists think the same forces that have transformed transportation, media, retail and logistics will also work their way through prepared food businesses.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

In one of the largest rounds for a Central Coast company in recent years--and the largest venture investment in San Luis Obispo ever--cloud software maker MindBody has raised $50M in a funding round. The company, led by Rick Stollmeyer, says it now has over 33,000 businesses using its service. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2019

Minnie Ingersoll: I grew up here in Southern California, in Pasadena, and have been in the Bay Area for a number of years, and just became a new partner at TenOneTen Ventures. TenOneTen Ventures is an early stage, seed investor here in Southern California. Why did you decide to move to venture capital?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Pasadena-based MobLab , a new startup which develops personalized learning software for the education market, has scored a round of funding, the company said today. Nikou is the founder, managing partner, and CEO of private equity investment firm OpenGate Capital. Size of the investment in MobLab was not announced.

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socalTECH

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). There are also many movers and shakers here in the industry -- Jason Nazar at. Greg Cohn , Burner (Los Angeles, mobile app).

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2012

Southern California has the one of the largest gathering of organized angel investment groups, and a huge crop of startup accelerators: there's only one problem, which is they don't naturally work together. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasnt. The Angel funding process can be arduous. The conflict is built in.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Pasadena-based New Matter , which is developing consumer focused, 3D printers, said today that it has raised $6.5M The funding was led by Alsop Louie Partners, and also included Arden Road Investments, Biotechonomy, Dolby Family Ventures, First Round Capital, Idealab and frogVentures. in a Series A funding round.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Pasadena-based Coronal Energy , a provider of solar photovoltaic (PV) project development, financing, and operation services for the utility, municipal and corporate market, has scored a strategic investment from Panasonic , the two said this morning. Financial terms of the funding were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2016

Pasadena-based Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals , a biopharmaceuticals developer aiming at treating hepatitis and other diseases has raised $45M in a private offering, the company said today. The company said the private offering was managed by Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

Pasadena-based advertising technology firm OpenX has raised $22.5M more in a round of funding, the company announced today, via a Series E funding round. The new round was led by Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, and also included Accel Partners, Index Ventures, SAP Ventures, Mitsui & Co.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

This contribution is from Jay Goss , General Partner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health , based in Pasadena. We learned early on this year that one of our key success factors was efficiently harnessing this group to create value for our portfolio companies, nearly all of whom benefit in one way or another from our investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Whatever you’re trying to brand – your company, your community or yourself – this is the first exercise I would recommend that you start with. We’ll work our asses off and build huge companies that will define the next generation of American’s lives.” Think about venture capital.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

How did you go from running a venture fund to starting Miso? Buck Jordan: The story is, I was at the tail end of my last fund, Canyon Creek Capital, and I wanted to try something different. It's equalized finance, and it's equalized an elite, walled-off section of finance, venture capital. What is Miso Robotics?

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. I have some pretty specific thoughts on the differences between companies in the two cities, as I wrote about in my previous post A Tale of Two Tech Cities. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

I’m often asked about the differences between being at a VC and being an entrepreneur and whether I prefer one or the other. The biggest difference I cite is that Venture Capital often feels like an “individual sport” while startups are a “team sport.” It was more hedge fund than venture capital.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2018

Pasadena-based WaveMaker Three-Sixty Healthcare (www.wavemaker360.com) com) recently , announced a new healthcare focused venture capital fund, worth $25M. We caught up with one of the co-founders, Jay Goss, about what the new investment fund is looking for in a startup, and the types of investments it makes.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2015

Pasadena-based venture investor California Technology Ventures has put its funding behind a medical device maker, which is trying to prevent muscle atrophy after orthopedic surgery. The company's system provides high intensity electrical muscle stimulation for preventing quadriceps muscle atrophy. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2012

According to Cadence Biomedical , the Tech Coast Angels are among a number of new investors in a $1.1M, Series A2 funding for the company. The funding was led by HealthTech Capital, and also included the Sand Hill Angels, Tech Coast Angels, ACE Fund, Frontier Angel Fund, WINGS, Alliance of Angels, and Keiretsu Forum Northwest.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Pasadena-based California Insitute of Technology said this week that it has tapped a venture capitalist for its Board of Trustees. Gupta, cofounder and managing director of Nexus Venture Partners and an alumnus of the school, has been elected to its board. According to Caltech, Narendra K. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/).

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