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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Ventura, California-based outdoor clothing company Patagonia is giving a big boost to the solar industry, saying today that it is investing over $13M to help create a new, $27M fund to purchase more than 1,000 rooftop solar power systems in Hawaii. Patagonia said that homeowners in Hawaii currently pay three times the U.S.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Los Angeles-based food brand Beanfields , a manufacturer of vegan, gluten-free, non-GMO, kosher chips, said this week that it has raised a Series B funding round. The funding was led by PowerPlant Ventures, and also included NRV and Western Technology Investment. Size of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2009

Maverick Angels , one of the angel investment groups in the Los Angeles area, said this afternoon that the group is launching two new chapters, expanding into the Santa Barbara and South Bay area. Tags: venture capital investment angel angels maverick. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

More than one attendee expressed worries about seed level startups having issues getting more funding; seeing too many "me-too" startups; and the importance of proving out viable business models.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

In May, the Center co-hosted the first New Venture Ventura County, a celebration of student entrepreneurs from grade school to grad school. There were so many innovative ideas and interest in entrepreneurship among students in Ventura County! That's often the best time to invest.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

A local, Ventura County biotechnology executive, Keith Leonard , has taken the helm of UNITY Biotechnology , a heavily backed San Francisco biotech startup focused on curing diseases of aging, as a result of a big $116M funding round at the company.

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APRIL 14, 2016

in funds invested, across 47 deals; Orange County had $158M invested across 15 deals; and San Diego had $253.5M invested across 21 deals. Among the bigger deals were an investment in smart doorbell company Ring, with a $61.2M funding round, and $60M in Ventura-based advertising technology developer TradeDesk.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

in funding, according to the latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in funding in Q3, down from the much larger, $2.5 billion in funding received in the region in Q2. Q2 fundings in Southern California were much higher, due to a giant $1.27 READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Orange County Report Santa Barbara 100

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MAY 12, 2016

Ventura-based outdoor apparel company Patagonia has partnered with a startup developing a high performance, synthetic silk fabric, made out of natural proteins. The investment round came from Nan Fung, Innovation Endeavors, Alafi Capital, East West Capital, Foundation Capital and Founders Fund. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

in a Series C funding. more in a Series C funding, in a funding led by ACE Group, and also including RRE Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Core Innovation Capital, Route 66 Ventures and American Family Ventures. The company now reportedly has a valuation of over $103M.

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Westlake Village Los Angeles Capital Invest 100

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MARCH 29, 2010

Last week, Ventura-based The Trade Desk (www.thetradedesk.com) announced a $2.5M funding round. What's the story behind the funding? What's the story behind the funding? He left to start his own firm, which only invests in data-based companies, who are all focused on accumulation and use of data.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

How are you funded? Jon Grishpul: We've been around for the last year, and we've been completely self funded. We only operate in Los Angeles County and parts of Ventura County, and from here, we're going to gradually build our network across other areas around Los Angeles as we expand.

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APRIL 5, 2010

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JULY 20, 2015

The latest evidence of the city’s dynamic startup ecosystem is the recent announcement by Citrix to investment significant resources in the Santa Barbara Innovator’s Program. Many of these individuals become restless in their youthful “retirement” and begin investing and advising young companies. From Lynda.com ’s recent $1.5

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