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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference).

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Today, we share the thoughts of Peter Cowen , Managing Director of Sutton Capital Partners (www.suttoncapitalpartners.com).

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JANUARY 7, 2011

Freebinar told socalTECH today that it is looking to help users of Dimdim, which was just acquired by Salesforce.com and stopped allowing new user signups this week. Bolstering Freebinar's efforts is new funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 4, 2013

Not only is he running his own technology conference, Launch, he''s also making angel investments, and opening up his own coworking space , he''s also created a new venture capital fund, the Launch Fund. conference launch investment jason capital venture calacanis' Jason Calacanis is busy. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2014

The startup was spawned out of Project Holodeck, a demonstration effort at an Orange County virtual reality conference. survios venture capital virtual reality oculusvr oculus hardware software holodeck' Survios is developing an immersive, 360 degree, virtual reality system. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2018

The Montgomery Summit (www.montgomerysummit.com), which kicked off on Wednesday, and continues today in Santa Monica, is one of the biggest gathering places for venture capital, private equity investors, and technology executives from around the globe. What's going on this year at the conference?

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AUGUST 28, 2015

The Siemer Summit , the invite-only conference which has been organized by technology investment banking firm Siemer & Associates for the last four years, is returning this year, according to the firm. Image: awards handed out at last year's Siemer Summit. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

newco festival conference technology startup venture capital john batelle' NewCo''s LA events last November included open houses at local startups like Rubicon Project, ZEFR, ZipRecruiter, Factual, ENPLUG, MoviePilot, Cornerstone OnDemand, Science, MomentFeed, Epoxy, and many, many others. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor GRP Partners announced this morning that it has raised a fourth fund, worth $200M, and also renamed the firm Upfront Ventures. upfront ventures partners venture capital fund startup msuster suster launchpadla' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 25, 2016

According to ViaSat, the award from the United States Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) comes as a non-competitive, fixed-price contract, and will provide broadband internet to a a fleet of VC-25s, C-17s, C-32s, C-37s, C-40s and the complete range of VIP and special air mission aircraft. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

As part of the funding, Andrew Goodenough--formerly of Summit Business Media and Thomson Media''s Banking Publishing/Conferences Group--will join the company''s board of directors. aggregage venture capital newsletter software automated content analysis aggregation publishing news blog angel tech coast angels' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

The scholarship also includes a conference call with DogVacay CEO Aaron Hirschhorn--who, aside from his experience starting DogVacay, previously spent his days vetting startup ideas as a venture capitalist.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Though the Alliance is still committed to hosting select regional convenings like First Look SoCal and our SoCal Ecosystem Leadership Conference, we recognize that the region already is filled with numerous events targeted at start-ups and entrepreneurs. This came through loud and clear at our recent regional leadership conference.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

Marlon Nichols: We are a three year old, early stage venture capital firm. When I joined Intel Capital, it was the largest and most active venture firm in the world. It was a great training ground to learn the business of venture capital. Talk about Cross Culture, what your investment areas are?

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MARCH 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based conference and digital media events operator Beautycon Media , which operates conference and events focused on fashion and beauty, has raised $9M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from A+E Networks, Live Nation, and Main Street Advisors.

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MARCH 20, 2009

Clearstone Venture Partners (www.clearstone.com). Venture Capital for Technology Innovators. Dealmaker Media www.undertheradarblog.com is presenting their 13th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA. 50% Off Conference Passes for. socalTECH readers. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. on April 24, 2009.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The round announced at the NewTeeVee Live conference. Tags: yidio television movie angel venture capital. San Diego-based Yidio , an online site for finding television shows and movies online, disclosed Thursday that it has raised around $500,000 in angel funding from angel investors, including Adam Warms. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2015

For today''s Insights and Opinions section, where we feature contributions from our readers and others in the community, we have Peter Cowen , a veteran of the technology and venture capital industry at Clear Capital Advisors. He is also the organizer of the upcoming Recurring Revenue Conference.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Elect 1-2 representatives and even invite a local VC to invest personally and sit on the investment committee or be an advisor.

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JUNE 20, 2014

What is the biggest thing you''ve learned about the startup business from running these conferences? In fact, this conference connects people who might not have met, it might connect a designer with a bizdev person with a developer. Finally, what are some of the new things at the conference this year? It goes both ways.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Los Angeles-based Clicker.com , a startup looking to index and search online television content, launched Tuesday at the TechCrunch50 conference, saying it has raised $8M in venture funding from Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures. Tags: clicker video index search venture capital techcrunch50.

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APRIL 15, 2013

the investment banking firm which got its start in Los Angeles focusing on high tech companies--and as a onetime venture capital investor--has exited the investment banking and advisory business, the firm said today. The company has been well known in recent years for its technology conferences in Santa Monica. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 5, 2011

I need to take some VC meetings. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

According to the company, it's planning on running a conference on November 10th, featuring people from the industry, former SEC attorneys, and companies planning to launch their own ICOs.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Southern California's venture capital industry isn't just content and media, but is gaining a reputation for companies who "actually know how to make money,"--or so says Highland Capital's Richard de Silva. Tags: venture capital southern california angeles alwayson onhollywood.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture investor Upfront Ventures announced on Sunday that it has backed Convoz , a new startup created by rapper Chamillionaire. Chamillionaire showed off Convoz in a celebrity-packed forum last week at Upfront's private conference, the Upfront Summit, on stage with Snoop Dogg.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Next week is the Montgomery Summit (www.montgomerysummit.com), one of the longest running technology conferences held in Los Angeles. The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. First of all, what's new with your conference this year?

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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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OCTOBER 5, 2009

Jason Calacanis , CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com and co-producer of the TechCrunch50 conference--not known for pulling his punches--publicly targeted angel group The Keiretsu Forum today for their presentation fees. Tags: jason calacanis keiretsu forum angel investment venture capital techcrunch50.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

We also got the LA VC community involved as well which was a lot of fun. My partners and I were able to plan, sell and organize the conference, but without the help of our teams and interns, it would have been a nightmare to execute. We had a ton of amazing speakers like Robert Herjavec and James Altucher come out. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

It costs anywhere from $200 to $300 a month per workstation, which is full service gross, Internet, and shared equipment and conference rooms. We put out an RFQ to all sorts of venture capital firms in California, in order to be the fiscal steward of that money. What led the City of Ventura to start an incubator?

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Xirrus develops wireless hotspot equipment which is particularly useful for high density and high performance networks, including both corporate networks, large campuses, conference centers, schools, and other locations. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 5, 2016

The company says it will be holding a "VR RAVE" this week at the VRLA conference. Arrigo says it is initially aiming its service at DJs, letting them mix tunes and modify the virtual environment while fans interact as avatars within the VR environment. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The funding round came from Eric Schmidt via TomorrowVentures, ZIG Capital, Chris Burch via JCB Investments, Moore Venture Partners, La Jolla Holding Co., BUMP Network said its customers include large shopping malls and retailers, conference companies, medical services providers, sports companies, and others.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

and FAIL Blog web sites, apparently was spawned out of an introduction at last year's Twiistup technology conference, according to investor the Foundry Group. The $30M funding deal for Seattle's Cheezburger , the web publisher best known for its LOLcats-themed I Can Has Cheezburger?

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MAY 14, 2010

However, our challenge is that there are not a lot of venture capital investors in Southern California. Let's talk a bit about VC in the OC, which is next week--what's the story there on your merger with the OCVG? VC in the OC is really the first product of that merger. Thanks for the time this morning.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

The firm has raised $7M in funding from New Enterprise Associates, GRP Partners, and First Round Capital. It's unclear if prior investor Crosscut Ventures participated in this funding. Gumgum has been hinting at the round at local conferences for the past months, but had been mum about details. READ MORE>>.

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