socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2014

San Diego-based stock tip messaging service Stocktwits said last week that it has raised a new round of funding, and named a new CEO. The company said the new funding brings its total raised to $10M. stocktwits stock messaging services venture capital executive finance twitter' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2015

San Diego-based stock messaging service Stocktwits has just raised a new funding, which the company said came from its existing investors, plus strategic Asian financial technology investors, and strategic investors in the fund and ETF business in North America. funding round. funding round. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2017

A look at the companies who are private, backed by venture capital, and are valued at more than $1 billion across Southern California -- from San Diego to Los Angeles to Santa Barbara -- is an interesting contrast in the wide range of types of technology companies across the region. Honest Company (www.honest.com).

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

It seemed like the perfect match: A scientist founder from a top-tier academic institution; A technological innovation based on years and millions of dollars of federally-funded research in a university lab; And a successful entrepreneur and industry veteran named as the CEO of the startup that would take the work forward.

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Xconomy

JULY 20, 2016

First came Inception Sciences , a holding company for spinning out biotech startups established by Versant Ventures and Peppi Prasit, the veteran San Diego drug developer. All of the company’s funding so far has come from Sofinnova Ventures, and Mike Powell, a Sofinnova general partner in San Francisco, is board chairman.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 19, 2017

StockTwits, the Twitter-like social media platform for sharing stock market tips and ideas, has acquired San Diego’s SparkFin, a fintech mobile app for discovering and sharing stocks and other investment ideas. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009. Her health and lifestyle tips appear in Health Magazine, Shape magazine, and many other national publications. She just spoke at TED EX in San Diego. The site has since grown to nearly 7.5 Brian Norgard – Co-founder of Chill.

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