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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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APRIL 14, 2016

in funds invested, across 47 deals; Orange County had $158M invested across 15 deals; and San Diego had $253.5M funding round, and $60M in Ventura-based advertising technology developer TradeDesk. Southern California venture totals were down significantly from the $1.38 Los Angeles had $399.1M

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M was invested across 48 deals; San Diego has $241.5M in 20 deals; and Orange County had $128.8M invested in that sector; Industrial/Energy firms, which includes a significant number of clean technology companies, had a total of $137.4M

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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.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

The accelerator said that it is aiming at helping entrepreneurs--particularly in the social and mobile technology space--in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County with pre-seed funding and mentoring.

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M was invested across 48 deals; San Diego has $241.5M in 20 deals; and Orange County had $128.8M invested in that sector; Industrial/Energy firms, which includes a significant number of clean technology companies, had a total of $137.4M

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JULY 19, 2011

According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments. Investments were slightly down from Q2 of 2010, when the region saw $856M in funding. raised for the quarter. Los Angeles had $222.5M

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The Orange County Chapter of the Tech Coast Angels is promoting a program to help jumpstart small companies, O.C. SeedTrack, building off of earlier efforts by the group's San Diego and other chapters. According to the O.C.

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JULY 18, 2017

The list of technology startups in Southern California who are "unicorns"--valued at more than $1 billion--surprisingly, might not be who you think, and in the sectors you might expect. and no, there aren't any entertainment-technology companies anywhere in sight). SpaceX (www.spacex.com). Cylance (www.cylance.com).

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. Exciting times in the Southern California tech community.

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APRIL 19, 2012

In terms of dollars, San Diego led the region with $357.0M in 48 deals; Orange County had $249.3M The largest deal was Sapphire Energy's $139M funding, followed by Fisker Automotive , which raised $129.72M, and Sientra , which raised $65.0M The amount was also more than in Q4 of 2011, when $780.0M in 13 deals.

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MAY 14, 2010

Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. Technology and innovation has historically been the thing that has pulled the economy out of recessions, and I think that is especially true right now. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. Exciting times in the Southern California tech community.

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JULY 15, 2010

in 45 deals, Orange County saw $279.5M in 21 deals, and San Diego saw $170.6M Southern California's venture totals were significantly boosted by clean technology, and more specifically, financing for electric car manufacturers. Nationally, venture deals in the U.S. totaled $6.5 Los Angeles saw $407.2M

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JANUARY 20, 2011

The biggest investments for the quarter went to Irvine-based Fisker Automotive , which raised $78.0M, followed by Hawthorn-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), the commercial rocket firm of Elon Musk, which raised $50.2M. in a funding round. in investments, followed by $182.7M in investments, followed by $182.7M

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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 (..)

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OCTOBER 20, 2008

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association released their Q3 2008 venture capital numbers over the weekend, finding that Southern California companies raised nearly $751 in funding during the quarter. in deals, followed by Orange County with $186.9M, then San Diego with $178.4M

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

In the region, San Diego led in Q3 deals, with $236.3M Orange County had $66.8M The biggest deals in the quarter came for San Diego's Roka Bioscience , with a $37.2M in 32 deals, followed by Los Angeles with $172.3M in 25 deals. in 8 deals.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

California's technology industry possible. venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. to San Diego. venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. to San Diego. Funding great entrepreneurs.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. What does Confident Technologies do? C can you talk about how you ended up at Confident Technologies?

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JANUARY 23, 2009

Most sectors saw drops in investment during the year, with the exception of few--including a couple of sectors where Southern California has a significant presence, in Clean Technology and Media & Entertainment. San Diego led in the report for the quarter, with $205M in 24 deals; Los Angeles had nearly $198.6M in 10 deals.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The company was founded by Bong Koh, a former EIR at Prism VentureWorks and venture capitalist at Advanced Technology Ventures; he also co-founded ibeatyou. Also, we've got a few entrepreneurs, including Kevin Chou, who is at Kabam up north, and has raised $150M in funding, and Alex Bard, who was at Goowy, which he sold to AOL.

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MAY 19, 2015

Fetch and Schlep just raised a round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. The style, the systems, the technology, the branding, the culture, and what kind of company we want to create is very simple at the core, everyone can get it, and everyone understand its. How does Schlep and Fetch work? Petersburg.

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MARCH 9, 2017

That's what we call OT, or Operational Technology. That was more than two years ago, and we exited the incubator, and are now working with another local company here in Orange County, Microsemi, in Aliso Viejo. I had seen all three of those watershed opportunities in technology, and was part of them.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

In a recent Forbes.com article , contributor Tara Brown wrote of her own misapprehension moving from San Francisco to Southern California, saying, “I’m a technologist and moving away from the tech hub of the world to the land of Botox seemed like a really bad career move. Editor’s picks. Featured stories. Cloud services. Cloud storage.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

in funding from the Pasadena Angels, for its technology which applies semiconductor processing to diamonds to create more brilliant and super-polished stones. We caught up with Paul Gloger, the firm's CEO, to learn more about the technology and company. What's the technology all about? Thanks for chatting today.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. Are you using your own technology for the virtual world, or are you leveraging technology from others?

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