socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2012

In Southern California, San Diego County took the lead in investment totals, raising $262.1M in venture funding. Orange County--boosted in a large part by a funding for Fisker Automotive--racked up $242.45M in funding. The biggest Los Angeles deal was a funding for SolarReserve , for $27.0M.

Southern California 157

Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2010

San Diego-based Kyriba , a provider of software-as-a-service used for cash management by companies, said today that it has raised $10.6M The funding came from Iris Capital, along with prior investor BRED Banque Populaire. According to Kyriba, the new funding will go towards growth in both the U.S. and Europe. READ MORE>>.

GRP Partners 124

GRP Partners SaaS San Diego Venture Capital 124

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2010

San Diego-based b>EMN8 , a developer of order taking kiosks for the fast food industry, has raised $14.4M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. The funding has not been announced by the company. EMN8 is backed by GRP Partners, Sid R.

Steamboat Ventures 147

Steamboat Ventures Allegis GRP Partners San Diego 147

socalTECH

JULY 19, 2011

in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments. Investments were slightly down from Q2 of 2010, when the region saw $856M in funding. The largest investments for the quarter in Southern California were for Fisker Automotive , which raised $115M in the quarter; and Cameron Health , which raised $107M in funding.

Southern California 167

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 167

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

Locally, San Diego led the region in terms of venture deals for the quarter, with $300M invested, followed by Los Angeles, with $239.1M invested--the vast majority of that in the San Diego area. That was a drop of 37 percent in terms of dollars, and 30 percent in terms of deal volume for the year. in investments.

Southern California 154

Southern California Venture Capital Invest Orange County 154

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office Citrix Cuts 10 Percent; Santa Barbara Hit And it's also interesting to see what geographies are being associated with "Layoffs" more often than others: Layoffs Woodland Hills Layoffs (..)

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2010

What does it take for a San Diego company to raise a Seed or Series A round? Where will the funding come from? What exactly will it take to get funded? Tuesday, June 8, 2010 -- Raising the First Round of Capital. With 2009 finally behind us, what can we expect in 2010? Will investments pick up? Just how high is the bar?

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Capital GRP Partners Southern California 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

Locally, San Diego led the region in terms of venture deals for the quarter, with $300M invested, followed by Los Angeles, with $239.1M invested--the vast majority of that in the San Diego area. That was a drop of 37 percent in terms of dollars, and 30 percent in terms of deal volume for the year. in investments.

Southern California 113

Southern California Invest Venture Capital Orange County 113

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

in 21 deals, and San Diego saw $170.6M San Diego's biggest deals were for Sonexa Therapeutics , which raised $37.2M, Astute Medical , which raised $26.5M, and Nereus Pharmaceuticals , with $20.0M Nationally, venture deals in the U.S. totaled $6.5 billion, the strongest quarter since the third quarter of 2008.

Southern California 174

Southern California Orange County Rustic Canyon SoCal 174

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I’ve heard it many founders of VC backed companies in LA who tell me that in their NorCal VC meetings they are told, “we might be interested but we’d want you to relocate to the Bay Area if we funded you.&#. Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313