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DECEMBER 20, 2019

The Los Angeles-based dental hygiene company, which has raised at least $20 million in financing from the growth capital investment firm Volition Capital, takes a different approach to reaching consumers than competitors like Quip.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

A new infographic, released this week, has summarized some of the local startup incubators and accelerators in Los Angeles, plus detailed some of the terms of their investments in companies. We''ve reprinted it below. READ MORE>>. angeles incubator accelerator startup infographic begreat startengine laci science idealab'

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MAY 12, 2016

Bolt Threads , which says it is creating high performance, sustainable fabrics created from natural proteins rather than hydrocarbons, announced the partnership along with a $50M, Series C investment on Thursday. Details of the partnership with Patagonia were not announced, however, the two said they would.

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MAY 1, 2013

is the both fastest funding-to-exit in Silicon Beach, as well as one of the exits with best multiple on dollars invested, according to a new analysis of our extensive database of venture deals. It also had one of the best ratios on money invested in the company to potential total exit size (33.4x), based on a total value of $117M.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

According to the WSJ--citing "people briefed on the matter"--Snapchat turned down the offer after Chinese e-commerce firm Tencent offered to lead an investment valuing the company at $4 billion.

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MAY 15, 2013

Peter Csathy , the CEO of San Diego''s Sorenson Media , and digital media veteran, has departed the company, and will head up a new legal and investment group formed by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Hale Boggs, who is well known to local entrepreneurs as one of the digital media- and tech-focused attorneys here. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

For our Insights and Opinions section today--where we feature the thoughts and opinions of the local high tech community--we have an article from Jeff Grabow , of Ernst & Young, talking about the changing world of venture capital : The VC environment isn''t what it used to be. invest opinions investments insights capital venture'

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APRIL 23, 2013

Because of that, the local high tech industry here has welcomed any and all new capital. TenOneTen co-founder David Waxman said that SRCH2 is among the first investments for the new fund. TenOneTen Ventures hasn''t disclosed any details of the size of its fund, target investments, or LPs. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

The White House is announcing a new effort today to spur high tech innovation and growth, called the Startup America Partnership. According to the partnership effort, it is looking to "dramatically increase the development, prevalence and success of innovative, high-growth U.S.

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JULY 18, 2013

in venture capital investments in Q2 2013 across Southern California, spread across 80 deals. Those numbers reflected a drop from Q2 of last year, when there was $868.98M in investments across 97 deals. However, venture dollars invested were above Q1, when Southern California saw $569.1M in investments across 90 deals.

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MARCH 7, 2014

The new funding was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and also included GSV Capital, Rethink Education, Maveron, and Western Technology Investment. IVP''s Todd Chaffee joins the company''s board. READ MORE>>. general assembly angeles venture capital learning digital school technology'

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Howard Morgan , the venture capitalist who helped found Idealab back in 1996, and has since been Founding Partner at seed stage investment fund First Round Capital , is returning to angel investing and will not participate in First Round Capital's new fund. First Round Capital just filed paperwork on a new, $175M fund.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Accoding to Bonfire, it invests in early stage startups with a software-based product and a business buyer, and will make seed state investments with a typical initial check size of $1M, with initial investments as low as $250,000 and as high as $1.5M.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

OCTANe , the Orange County-based organization helping to bolster the high tech industry and entrepreneurs, reported this morning that in the first half of 2012, companies participating in its startup accelerator have raised a total of $26.8M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 27, 2014

The airport is a popular destination for private flights by Silicon Valley venture capitalists to visit and invest in Santa Monica''s growing technology industry, dramatically shortening the time required by those executives to visit local startups and other high tech businesses.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Kutcher has been a very active investor in high tech companies via his investment company, A-Grade Investments, and has made investments in such companies as Airbnb, Fab, Foursquare, Uber, and others. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. In 2007, we started to put some policy attached to the money, and created a jobs investment fund. We recently matched a $180K investment in Lottay.

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We very quietly went live with our second fund, Okapi Ventures II, LP, back in March and have already made 4 investments. I think "enterprise 2.0" READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Two people associated with Southern California's high tech investment and startup industry have been named as part of the far reaching investigation into a college admissions scandal , which named Hollywood actresses, CEOs, coaches at USC, UCLA, and UCSD, as well as many others. According to a complaint filed by the U.S.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. The firm said the funding came from high tech execs Vahid Manian and Massoud Dabir. Santa Ana-based ICanBuy , which develops online tools for helping consumers determine what they can afford on their mortgage, said this week that it has raised a Series A funding round.

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MARCH 5, 2013

One of the hottest sectors in Southern California's high tech world in the last couple of years has been video--namely, Internet video and content creation. Other investors in the funding include Greycroft Partners , Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , Advancit Capital, Allen DeBevoise, Ynon Kreiz , among others.

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AUGUST 14, 2013

The coworking trend--which started in part in Southern California and its high tech startup ecosystem--looks to be spreading East, with news this week that NextSpace has raised $500,000 and acquired a Chicago company, to establish its first coworking site outside of California.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Do you have some valuable insights entrepreneurs or others in the high tech industry here in Southern California might find valuable to hear about? Tags: investment fundraising capital startup opinions insights. Read the full article on our Insights and Opinions section. Would you like to share your opinions or knowledge?

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JULY 7, 2010

socalTECH.com has mined its proprietary database of high tech companies and entrepreneurs and identified just a few of the repeat entrepreneurs to watch in the region. Elbaz sold Applied Semantics to Google in 2003, for pre-IPO stock, reaping first round investors more than a 100x return on their investment.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

LaughStub joins local companies such as Fandango (LA - movie tickets), RazorGator (LA - sports tickets), Paciolan (Irvine - ticketing systems), not to mention ticket giant Ticketmaster (West Hollywood) in the high tech-meets-ticketing area. No details on the angel funding for LaughStub have been announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2010

per month, and gives you access to our complete database of high tech companies in Southern California, investors who invest in Southern California firms, service providers, and much more. Get the scoop on Southern California's technology firms, investors, jobs, and more by becoming a member of socalTECH.com.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

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JUNE 1, 2009

Israeli high tech executives heading to the Israel Conference in Los Angeles this Thursday told us that there was a strong link, in general, between Israeli high tech firms and California in general--usually as an entree into the North American market--but do not differentiate much between Southern or Northern California as a base for operations.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

For some, it seemed like they--like the investing public--are burnt out on too many bubbles over the past decade, and are determined not to create or participate in another one. Local angel and venture investors seemed determined to avoid a repeat of the past, by being more selective on their investments, and not following the crowd.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Wellington Financial , a provider of venture debt and growth capital to high tech startups and other companies, said yesterday that it has closed on a $177.5M, fourth fund. The company said that 20 of its last 25 investment were in U.S.-based, Wellington is based in Canada, but has its U.S. offices in Santa Monica.

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APRIL 4, 2011

Maybe at the time I was thinking I had to get tougher with my investment decisions; I hadn't made any money investing in high-tech startups, how could I invest in a company focused on society's transportation challenges with an emphasis on bicycles, of all things?

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APRIL 15, 2013

the investment banking firm which got its start in Los Angeles focusing on high tech companies--and as a onetime venture capital investor--has exited the investment banking and advisory business, the firm said today. s roots as an investment firm. montgomery monty angeles investment banking' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2013

Because of that, the local high tech industry here has welcomed any and all new capital. TenOneOne co-founder David Waxman said that SRCH2 is among the first investments for the new fund. TenOneOne Ventures hasn''t disclosed any details of the size of its fund, target investments, or LPs. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 12, 2010

Middle Market Investment Banking. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. Deloitte (www.deloitte.com/us/technology). Startups Made Simple.

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

Middle Market Investment Banking. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP portfolio management - U.S. Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com).

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Browse our job postings , and navigate our (new) extensive map of Southern California high tech companies in your neighborhood. Or, sign up for our database of high tech companies ($24.95 What are your high tech, business related New Year's resolutions? Get new customers. Find funding for your startup.

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MAY 5, 2010

It's our pleasure today to feature an interview with Yossi Vardi , one of Israel's best known high tech entrepreneurs. What is it about Israel that has made it such a center of high tech and startups? Yossi Vardi: Israel has what a lot of countries have--good universities, well educated people, a high literacy rate, etc.

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