SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

LA Tech Survival Guide A Tale of Two Tech Cities – Silicon Valley vs. Los Angeles Guide to the LA Startup Community Why You Should Start a Company in. Venture Capital As long as I'm pulling this together, here are some venture capital firms in Los Angeles that can help get you wired in.

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Los Angeles Southern California Startup Angel 188

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The company's other investors include Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures, CEC Capital, Samsung, and Lenovo, in addition to LG Chem. Enevate is led by President and CEO Robert A.

Funding 133

Funding Draper Mission Ventures Capital 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The company said deployments will begin in early 2012. Nexiant is venture backed by The Argentum Group, InnoCal Venture Capital, Inverness Graham Investments and Mission Ventures. The entire software will deploy on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud. READ MORE>>.

Innocal 124

Innocal Mission Ventures Venture Capital Software 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

RotoHog has previously raised funding from Allen & Company, DFJ DragonFund, Mission Ventures, and SCP Worldwide. Tags: rotohog venture capital online fantasy sports software. No details on the funding have been released by the firm. The firm last raised a round of funding, also worth $2.0M, in March.

Mission Ventures 145

Mission Ventures Venture Capital Los Angeles Funding 145

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Los Angeles-based RotoHog , developer of online fantasy sports games headed by Kelly Perdew, has confirmed that the firm's recently $2M funding came from Mission Ventures. In an open letter to customers earlier this week, Perdew said the funding from Mission will help the company grow as a brand. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 133

Mission Ventures Venture Capital Los Angeles News 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2009

The funding came from its existing investors, Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures. The company said the new funds will go towards ongoing technology and customer deployment and sales and marketing. Tags: transaction wireless venture capital mobile gift card marketing. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 133

Mission Ventures San Diego Mobile Venture Capital 133

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Details on the funding have not been announced by the company. The filing shows representatives from JK&B Capital, Mission Ventures, ATA Ventures, and Enterprise Partners--all prior investors in the firm--remain on the board of directors. The funding brings the company's total raised to around $23.50M.

Mission Ventures 124

Mission Ventures SaaS Enterprise Partners San Diego 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The firm said the new round is a Series B, and comes from investors Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, Valhalla Partnes, and Windward Ventures. The company said that current President and CEO Jim Zierick will continue to serve on its advisory council. READ MORE>>.

Windward 153

Windward S3 Mission Ventures San Diego 153

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

The funding came from Infinite Potential Technologies, Tsing Capital and Mission Ventures along with Presidio Ventures. Enevate, led by Brian Wong, is developing Li-iion batteries which the company says have "significantly higher" energy density than existing batteries.

Technology 100

Technology Mission Ventures Funding Capital 100

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.

Company 111

Company Companies Rustic Canyon Startup 111

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

NIM, which was acquired last week for $170M, had been backed by venture firms Redpoint Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures. According to OVP's site, it was approached in 2005 by the CFO of a former portfolio company, who had made money for the firm twice before, begging the firm to invest.

Networking 133

Networking Orange County Redpoint Mission Ventures 133

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rotohog , which develops fantasy sports games for sports leagues and others, has raised $2M in an inside round led by Mission Ventures and DFJ DragonFund. Perdew said the firm is providing its fantasy sports games to sports leagues, networks like FOX, and large media companies. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 100

Mission Ventures SoCalTech Venture Capital Los Angeles 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 20, 2011

This upcoming Splash will showcase 10 up-and-coming startups, prominent VCs and founders of the leading LA-based companies - Demand Media and ReachLocal. On the evening of May 26, Vator will be holding its inaugural Vator Splash LA event at The Highlands Hollywood. Use "SocalTech30" for a 30 0iscount on tickets. See [link] (more)

Rustic Canyon 100

Rustic Canyon ReachLocal Anthem Mission Ventures 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The firm--which is backed by Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Comcast Interactive Capital, among others--indicated it had raised $2.0M No details on the new funding have been announced by the company. La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless has added another $2.0M

Mission Ventures 160

Mission Ventures Funding Capital Software 160

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2009

A recent analysis by socalTECH, of our detailed tracking of venture capital investment activity in Southern California, finds that there was around $932M in funding raised in the area in Q2, a rise from roughly $700M in Q1. in San Diego; actual investment amounts into the firm have not been confirmed by the company.

Southern California 100

Southern California Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital Technical Review 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B

Southern California 100

Southern California SoCalTech Technical Review Draper 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 11, 2011

If have a company and are interested in being part of this event there is still time for you to enter the competition. Go here to enter your company. Not ready to submit your company or just want to take part of this event? You still have 2 days left! The TZ Hookups. TechZulu is hooking you up with a special discount!

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Rustic Canyon Venture Capital ReachLocal Anthem 61

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times.

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Kibble, who was returning from a board meeting of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) Friday, said the topic was definitely on the minds of other venture capitalists on the board of the NVCA. The question is, what does this mean for entrepreneurs and companies looking for investments? "I

Rustic Canyon 124

Rustic Canyon Invest Technology Southern California 124

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. Webtide is designed to be a company which is the expert on using Jetty in companies. Adam Lieber: I think the business model for any particular open source company depends on the open source.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2008

The round was led by Mission Ventures, and also included Bessemer Venture Partners. According to Access 360, the new funding will go towards accelerating company growth. Venice Beach-based Access 360 Media, which operates an out-of-home advertising network, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round.

Media 100

Media Mission Ventures Venice Advertising 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The conference, held at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, featured pitches by eight different companies vying for the attention--and pocketbooks--of venture capitalists. Magnify360 was voted the best investment opportunity by both venture capitalist audience members and panelists. READ MORE>>

Southern California 100

Southern California Conference SoCal Startup 100

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

We saw that the company was starting to have some potential to take venture capital, and got a little more involved, recognizing the need to step up management. The board asked me to jump in, and I did, working with Ted Alexander and Jim Armstrong, of Mission Ventures and Clearstone Ventures, respectively.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. Francisco Dao came up with the idea of letting 10 companies that weren’t selected for Twiistup to do a presentation the night before to a group of people and let the audience pick one company to win the final slot at Twiistup. I was the judge.

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Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362