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JANUARY 17, 2013

was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2 in funding. in funding. and Cardiaq valve Technologies in Irvine, a developer of mitral heart valve replacements, which raised $37.3M. in funding.

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JUNE 23, 2017

Steve Poizner , the former California gubernatorial candidate and former founder of SnapTrack (which he sold to San Diego's Qualcomm), says he has created a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation , which will focus on further developing Southern California's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Southern California is the center of the entertainment industry, which not only includes the world of Hollywood, movies and film, and television, but is also the home of the music industry. intersection of technology and music. The firm has picked up funding from YCombinator, Charles River Ventures , Start Fund , and angels.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2015

One of Southern California's very, very early technology pioneers, Gordon Marshall , whose name now graces the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business , has passed away at the age of 95 in Pasadena. Marshall Industries was sold to Avnet in 1999. Marshall Industries grew to $1.8

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MAY 18, 2010

Anyone looking for signs that the economy is turning around, might want to look at what appears to be happening in Southern California's technology jobs market. Tags: angeles employment jobs technology california southern. However, she confirms that potential employees are harder to find. Why the disconnect?

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Southern California Technical Review Playa Del Rey Technology 246

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MARCH 16, 2017

Are you an entrepreneur, looking for capital here in Southern California? It's turning out to be a great time for entrepreneurs looking for funding in the region, with not only high profile exits of such companies as Snap Inc., but a bunch of new, early stage investors looking to seed or fund the next big tech success story.

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Southern California Artificial Inteligence Funding SoCal 138

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Not in Southern California's technology market! Southern California technology companies are hiring aggressively, and the high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. Slow job market?

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

Southern California's venture capital totals dropped significantly in Q3 of 2016, to a mere $663.2M 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 funding round for Snapchat.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Today, we share the thoughts of Andy Wilson , Managing Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org).

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APRIL 14, 2016

Southern California startups raised $810.5M Southern California venture totals were down significantly from the $1.38 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.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Ventura 100

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

Southern California technology companies raised $709.8M in funding for its location-based intelligence software. in venture capital in Q3, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data From Thomson Reuters.

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Southern California Orange County Tech Coast Angels Company 234

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, The National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters have tallied up just under a billion dollars in venture capital investments in the Southern California region in Q1 of this year, a very significant uptick from Q2 of 2011. in 13 deals. in the quarter.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Avalon 221

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2013

In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). Southern California's Most Popular Tech Stories. LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Broadcom Powering New Mac Wireless. Surf Air Gets First Aircraft. How to find a startup mentor.

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Southern California Technical Review SoCal San Diego 168

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In a move which adds some additional capital to the Los Angeles clean technology market, utility company Southern California Gas Company said Thursday that it has created a new, $1M innovation fund to help companies develop clean technology. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Technology Incubator Southern California 214

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture capital Association MoneyTree survey, which is based on data from Thomson Reuters, tallies $738.34M invested in Southern California in Q4 of 2011. Southern California fundraising matched a similar increase nationally, where $28.4 in venture funding.

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Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

Good Growth Capital , a venture capital investment firm focused on complex science and technology start-ups, says it has set up shop in Southern California, and hired a new, West Coast Venture Partner in Los Angeles. Good Growth Capital says it has just launched a third, $100M seed/Series A fund focused on deep tech startups.

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Southern California Venture Capital Capital SoCal 100

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MARCH 25, 2011

Palo Alto-based Color , the new Silicon Valley startup developing mobile photo sharing and social networking software which appears to have gained unprecedented attention from the press this week at its launch, has a Southern California connection. The firm's SoCal connection? READ MORE>>.

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Southern California SoCal Technology Council Orange County 153

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Silicon Valley had the lion's share of the venture funding dollars in Q3, with $1.75 in funding.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. Funding: Yes. Representative companies: Funding: No. Representative companies: Funding: Yes. Funding: Yes.

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Southern California Incubator Guide Startup 246

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APRIL 12, 2013

There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. where we totalled up $33.85M in funding.

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Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222

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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. Department of Energy (DOE), to advance its work on zero- and near-zero emissiosn vehicle technology. The company said $7.1M

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Research Southern California Technology Report 124

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AUGUST 29, 2019

The USC Viterbi Startup Garage , the startup accelerator that is part of the University of Southern California, has scored backing from the Amazon Alexa Fund , the venture investment arm of Amazon that invests in startups using Amazon Alexa. Financial details of the investment by the Amazon Alexa Fund were not announced.

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Marina Del Rey USC Southern California Funding 124

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JULY 21, 2017

Who are the companies in Southern California that are part of this growing industry? Skysafe is a developer of technology to disable--and take over--rogue consumer drones, and just announced a Series A funding from Andreessen Horowitz and Founder Collective. Skysafe - San Diego - (www.skysafe.com). 5drobotics.com).

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Southern California Company Companies Palmdale 113

socalTECH

MAY 26, 2020

Goleta-based Apeel Sciencs , a startup developing technology which coats fresh fruit and vegetables with what it calls an "extra peel" to help preserve fruit for longer, has raised a huge, $250M funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by GIC.

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Santa Barbara Funding Southern California Capital 124

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MAY 7, 2010

A new analysis of Q1, 2010 venture capital investments finds that two Southern California companies drove a 490 percent increase in Clean Technology Industrial Products & Services for the quarter. Clean technology investments totaled $733.3M

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Southern California Invest Santa Monica Venture Capital 167

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Los Angeles-based NXCR, a new, subscription car startup led by automotive startup veteran Scott Painter, has raised $30M in a seed funding, based on an internal employee email obtained by socaltech. According to the email from Painter, the funding is the company's first external equity financing.

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Seed Funding Truecar Funding Southern California 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 9, 2012

Monday, August 13, 2012 -- Tech Coast Angels (TCA) - Southern California Tech Company Screening. Tech Coast Angels is the largest angel investor network in the United States and one of the leading sources of funding to early-stage companies in Southern California.

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Tech Coast Angels Southern California Screening Angel 113

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Los Angeles-based Bonfire Ventures said this morning that it has officially launched with its first fund, a new $60M fund aimed at early stage startups. The fund was founded by longtime Southern California technology investors Jim Andelman and Mark Mullen, who are joined by Leah Volger, formerly of Google and Santander InnoVentures.

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Venture Capital Southern California Funding Capital 157

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APRIL 5, 2010

The information--gleaned from funding announcements, regulatory filings, and other sources--are also up significantly from Q1 of last year, when only $729.89M was invested in the region. The growing clean technology sector also helped numbers, with $74.0M Other big funding deals included a big, $115.3M in a March deal.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. California's various startup accelerators and incubators. Los Angeles Business Technology Center. VoiVoda Labs.

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Southern California Incubator Guide Ventura 159

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Los Angeles-based Flo Technologies , which develops technology to help monitor water usage and help prevent water damage in homes, has launched a pilot program in Los Angeles. Flo did not say how much the grant from the MWD is worth. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

Ernst & Young LLP released an analysis of clean technology fundings for Q3, finding that there were $363.5M in clean technology investments in Southern California for the quarter, a significant chunk of an overall $1.6 billion in fundings. invested across Southern California beating $255.6M

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

One of the most active areas of interest and growth in the technology industry today is cloud computing--the use of computing resources on the Internet, to accomplish tasks that normally would have taken a server farm or local systems. Funding: $25.5M, from Benchmark Capital, BV Capital, and New Enterprise Associates [ Profile ].

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Cloud Computing Southern California Manhattan Beach Startup 182

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 16, 2020

Milken is taking the plunge into institutional investing, joining Norton as a partner in Watertower Ventures just as the firm prepares to close on a $50 million new fund. With that in mind, the Watertower Ventures group, which launched in 2017 with a small, $5 million fund, is a return to those roots. “I see two things happen.

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Funding Southern California Los Angeles Invest 230

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2009

A quick analysis by socalTECH of our tracking of venture capital deals in Southern California finds that there was around $879M in venture funding activity here in Q3. Numbers from those firms will differ--sometimes drastically--due to sources of information, timing of funding events, and classification of data.

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Southern California Venture Capital Northridge Tech Coast Angels 140

socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2010

On the automobile side, there are at least six Southern California companies also working on their own, electric or other alternative vehicles, competing against Tesla and the traditional carmakers. Boone Pickens; Aptera Motors , in Carlsbad, which has funding from Google and Idealab; and Phoenix MC , based in Ontario.

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Southern California Rustic Canyon Marketing San Diego 176

TechEmpower

AUGUST 7, 2023

Exploring new technologies? Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product. Getting something to market and getting funding override any other concerns. Increasing competitive advantage? The answer is: it depends.

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