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MAY 13, 2010

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MARCH 24, 2021

Los Angeles-based Orca Security, a developer of cloud security software, has joined Southern California's unicorns, raising $210M in a Series C funding. the company said the funding gives it a valuation of $1.2 The funding was led by CapitalG, the growth fund of Alphabet, and Redpoint Ventures.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

Southern California Gas Co. , the primary supplier of natural gas to customers in Southern California, reports that it has received over $7M in funding from the U.S. in funding from the DOE will go towards projects led by Cummins, Inc., The company said $7.1M The company said $7.1M

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

In one more example of why Southern California has become a hotbed for new, technology-based startups, a group of local Benedictine monks in Valyermo--just north of Los Angeles near Palmdale--apparently has its own, hot e-commerce startup, MonksInk.com. Monks are better known for selling things like beer , cheese , and honey.

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MARCH 17, 2016

However, if history is any lesson, downturns actually have created some of Southern California's most successful technology companies, whether through forcing those companies to swizzle their business models, by removing competition from the market, or even spurring customers to more readily adopt their products to save money.

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MARCH 12, 2020

in a funding round, to go towards its remote learning systems, the company said this week. The company--formerly known as GradeSlam--said the funding was led by Reach Capital, and also included Bullpen Capital, along with Birchmere Ventures, BDC Capital, Real Ventures, Google, Red House Education, Edovate Capital, and Anges Quebec.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

According to Flo, the new pilot program--which is being funded by the Metropolitan Water District's Innovative Conservation Program--Flo said it will provide up to 150 of its devices, plus professional installation, to qualified Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) owners free of charge. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based electronics e-commerce giant Newegg says it is pitching in to help raise funds for California fire relief. According to Newegg, it is giving its customers the option to make small, individual donations to the Los Angeles Fire Department in $1, $5, $10, $25 and $100 increments.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

The company estimates that it saves its customers roughly half the cost of deploying an in-house fleet for delivery. . ” After graduating from Y Combinator in the summer of 2019, the company tested its services in the Southern California region. . “ We provide a solution for them to flex up or down and save money.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2021

Like any enterprise sale, you want to think from the perspective of the buyer and what they need to feel confident about the decision to buy a stake or ownership in your fund. So I encourage first-time fundraisers to qualify, qualify, qualify. Research everyone who has raised a comparably-sized fund and find out who backed them?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. But I’m no longer an entrepreneur – I’m a VC at a $200 million fund called GRP Ventures , the largest active fund in Southern California. I think they definitely qualify as a VC and not a seed fund.

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JUNE 23, 2017

We're doing that ina way that they can learn how to do this, be very fast about it, experiment with it, and help them figure out new ways of selling insurance, so that when that inevitable shift happens, they are prepared for that change. Wayne Slavin: I have been in tech my entire career, mainly in Southern California.

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AUGUST 23, 2018

According to TaskUs, it expects to create nearly 700 jobs in downtown Albuquerque, for a new Technical Operations and Customer Experience Center. TaskUs has been rapidly expanding outside of Southern California, including hiring nearly 2,000 people at three locations in Texas--not to mention its vast overseas operations in the Philippines.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. He is the co-founder of the Recurring Revenue Conference, the largest SoCal tech event focused on innovative business models.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Cylance says it now has over 3,800 enterprise customers using its product. Cylance is backed by such investors as Dell Technologies Capital, Insight Venture Partners and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, along with In-Q-Tel, Capital One, Dell Ventures, DFJ Growth Fund, FairHaven Capital Partners, Khosla Ventures, KKR, and TenEleven Ventures.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Aliso Viejo-based UST Global , which provides global IT and digital services, has received $250M in a funding from Temasek, the state investment firm of the country of Singapore. UST Global is relatively unknown in Southern California, however, has a very large operation in India, with its flagship campus located in Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

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JULY 28, 2017

The company specifically said it has launched a new, malware search component within the tool, CrowdStrike Falcon MalQuery, which it says gives its customers access to more than 560TB of malware for use in malware research. The company is one of Southern California's unicorn companies , worth more than $1 billion at its last funding.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2016

in a seed funding round. The funding came from Aristos Ventures, private angel investors and investment from serial entrepreneurs, founders and executives from several high tech companies, according to the company. Army Research Office. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

However, the recent surge in startup activity has attracted a lot more capital into the area, including a significant amount of capital from LA's latest fund: Karlin Ventures (www.karlinvc.com). TX Zhuo: Karlin Ventures is an early stage venture fund based in LA. We're a very new fund, but are aggressive and like to hustle.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The startup, which offers up dockless, electric bicycles to customers, said the funding round came from Tenaya Capital, Bullpen Capital, Crosscut Capital, 3L Capital, Naval Ravikant, and a number of strategic investors from the entertainment and sports communities.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 6, 2017

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 -- Funding your Innovation. This course is about selling your innovation to investors, grant proposal reviewers, potential strategic partners, and to your intended customers. Are your target customers not buying-in? Santa Ana District SBDC. Do you need to build better market traction?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Clean, safe and reliable natural gas company Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has established $1 million innovation fund in partnership with Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) , to speed the development of clean technologies to meet current global energy needs and become a sustainable energy source. Win-win model.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Los Angeles-based Signal Sciences (www.signalsciences.com), which develops web application firewall software, just inked a big, $35M series C funding round a few weeks ago, and now has plans to dramatically expand its hiring in Los Angeles. We also included existing investors we have locally in Southern California.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

TechZulu is helping the Southern California tech community out by listing all the great panels. If you do not see your panel listed and are from SoCal let us know in the comments below and I’ll get it listed. Funding: The New Indie: BONA FIDE film. Scaling thru Outsourcing. Moral Psychology and Big Data Singularity.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I now observes the fund raising process as a profession. This is the fund raising perspective from both sides of the table. Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. Every company is different so it’s hard to listen to advice from the uber-successful fund raisers. Executive Summary.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). A day might include a discussion with a finance partner, an investor, a customer or a fusion partner. Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

With customer acquisition costs (CAC) rising significantly across most products, one company experimented with a few low-cost initiatives. Meanwhile the number of quality SoCal companies continues to grow at an impressive rate that reflects more strong executive talent, resources and a vibrant ecosystem.

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APRIL 11, 2018

The companies said also said the deal will allow Southern California dealers who are using Ally's digital financing platform, Ally Clearlane, to use Fair's mobile application to help consumers who don't qualify for traditional financing or want more flexibility. Fair recently raised nearly $1 billion in strategic funding.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

In this kind of economy, it's more important than ever to find and locate customers. How do you find customers who are still going strong--and are expanding and hiring? One way is to figure out what companies have strong financial backing, have cash in the bank, or have recently raised funding--despite the economy.

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MARCH 30, 2017

The new set of offerings also includes a public API for plugging in third-party applications and custom integrations, and more. The company recently joined the list of unicorns in Southern California after a big funding round from Iconiq Capital. Pricing on the new offerings was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

So you need to do one and have it in your back pocket ready to whip out your presentation or your laptop at any moment and go through it in case you’re asked or in case you’re not building the rapport you hope to just verbally. Very few people fund individuals. It is also the best thing to send in advance see here.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's technology industry. We are so excited to have done 25 deals, many in the SoCal area, with many more to come. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Pitching app developers with a new way to convert app browsers into actual customers, AppOnboard has raised $15 million in a new round of funding, the company said. Company co-founder Jonathan Zweig has already had one hit as a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur.

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MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. It provides consumer rewards, and on the merchant side, it allows them to identify local customers and reacquire them by pushing them offers and incentives to come back. What is Punchcard?

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MAY 13, 2011

Los Angeles-based ShoeDazzle.com , the online shoe buying club headed by Brian Lee, the founder of LegalZoom, has raised $40M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Andreessen-Horowitz, and also included the firm's prior investors. The new round brings ShoeDazzle's total funding to $60M. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 24, 2013

MySocialCloud was funded by Richard Branson and Jerry Murdock , who made an investment in the startup while Scott Ferreira was still a student at the University of Southern California. According to Reputation.com, the strategic acquisition adds a valued platform, team, and new capability and customers to its portfolio.

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