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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Earlier this week, the Tech Coast Angels , the largest and most active organized angel group in Southern California, announced a new effort to create an angel group network, which will share and syndicate deals between groups--current the TCA, Golden Seeds, and Band of Angels. Why band together for an angel network?

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Technical Review Networking Angel Tech Coast Angels 145

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APRIL 26, 2018

San Diego-based Mitchell International , a provider of technology and information products for the property and casualty and collision repair industries, has scored a private equity funding from Stone Point Capital. Size of the investment was not announced. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co.

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Equity Funding Technical Review San Diego 113

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. It's been a tough year for many due to the pandemic; how have you or your company adapted to the business environment? What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021?

Capital 113

Capital Technical Review Southern California CalTech 113

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

A quick analysis of venture capital deals in Q1, tracked by socalTECH, finds that there was around $1.4 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. in deals tracked by our database.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. invested in Q3 of 2007, and down slightly from venture numbers in Q2, when there was approximately $966M in venture deals.

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Southern California SoCalTech Technical Review Draper 100

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JULY 9, 2009

A recent analysis by socalTECH, of our detailed tracking of venture capital investment activity in Southern California, finds that there was around $932M in funding raised in the area in Q2, a rise from roughly $700M in Q1. PwC/NVCA officialy reported $950M invested in Q2 of 2008.

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Venture Capital 100

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Venice, California-based Tecca , the online and mobile site providing articles, reviews, how-to articles, and other information about electronics products, said Monday that it is now reaching over one million unique visitors a month. The site says it is now the largest technology website specifically catering to women.

Fandango 140

Fandango Technical Review Venice Yahoo 140

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. That was primarily driven by the economy; when the economy is down, investments are down, and it is increasingly difficult to d a startup. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow.

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OCTANE Orange County Technical Review Southern California 174

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APRIL 13, 2021

The primary tenant in one of those buildings is the Information Sciences Institute, which is part of the Viterbi School of Engineering, and we have some of their space. We don't have the resources to do typical diligence and assessment, so we just piggyback on other deals. It's the older 11 to12 story, 1960's building.

Marina Del Rey 150

Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Tecca (www.tecca.com) launched a consumer electronics, consumer information service, backed by Fuse Capital and Best Buy. The service--currently only available on iPhone and Android--allows users to find reviews and information about consumer electronics products.

Incubator 239

Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. But now, those taking assignments have to be rated and reviewed, and have expertise in that area.

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Demand Media eHow Content 240

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

I really was part of the plan to take a year to two years of very intensely focused effort and investment, to improve our infrastructure from the ground up. DreamHost was doing around $30 million when I joined, and we''re now approaching $50 million in recurring revenue, due to hosting growth and cloud hosting growth.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

It''s very similar to flowers, in that sense that I was working on a deal selling a flower company, and got lots of background information and understanding of the industry as part of our due diligence. I have such respect for other platforms and technology. What''s the biggest lesson you''ve learned so far?

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission. We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools. We started in 2000.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

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AUGUST 15, 2014

However, I really like algorithmic content recommendation, using machine learning and other crazy geek tech stuff to help provide information to consumers. By the next morning, they asked us if we wanted them to invest. I love Scopely, and I''m a big fan of that business. They''re even one of our advertisers right now.

Mobile 124

Mobile Web Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 124

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AUGUST 4, 2015

We caught up with Mike recently to better understand the company's technology, why there's an interest in energy storage by utilities, and more about that deployment. Can you talk about your technology? We have a lot in common in terms of those air conditioners and even the technology, but our product is different in an important way.

Southern California 100

Southern California Technical Review Demand Outsource Development 100

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

Jon Grishpul: We realized that although there are lots of other services, and in an age of technology and automation where so many things can be automated, there are still some industries like home renovation and construction where you need to have a personal approach. Doesn't that kind of approach make it difficult to scale?

Startup 100

Startup Encino Los Angeles Ventura 100

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JUNE 21, 2013

I think there is something very encouraging and sustaining about getting income from an investment, and participating in a loan, and where you''re paid immediately, rather than waiting for three to five years for a startup to hopefully exit, get to an IPO, or go raise more capital. We also liked the idea that people would get repaid.

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Startup Software Review Entrepreneur Equity 247

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Tech. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. The tech industry is going south. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

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JANUARY 7, 2015

In the last few years, Southern California has been a key market in launching mobile applications and services, due to a huge, mobile-savvy consumer population. Of course, we have technology to help us with that, but we offer human intervention to make sure that transactions go smoothly. com), which offers up local, peer-to-peer sales.

San Diego 100

San Diego Mobile Marketing Sites 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Ramin Sadr is CEO of Los Angeles-based Mojix (www.mojix.com), a firm which is taking experience originally garnered by the firm's technology team in developing -- of all things -- deep space probes for NASA, and has been applying that to the RFID market. Mojix is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Red Rock Ventures, and Innocal.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Innocal Technology Software Review 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Language Weaver is backed by Palisades Ventures, the Tech Coast Angels, and The Athenaeum Fund. We've been able to harvest lots of scientific advances from Kevin Knight (editor's note: founder and Chief Scientist, and a researcher at USC's Information Sciences Institute), which we've been able to include in our business.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Once, is we've licensed content from sources, two, is companies can take control of their profile and customize their information, and three, we've harvested information off the Internet to augment the profiles. You can link profiles together, rate and review companies, and reach outside companies with links. READ MORE>>

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SEO Advertising Gogii Tech Coast Angels 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

We've basically taken advantage of all the new technology out there--especially, the web-based service model. For parents, if you're interested in how your kids are doing, you can find out what their schedule is like, what homework is due when, what their grades are, and how they are progressing, plus you can communicate with their teachers.

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

Because it's software, because it's centralized, and because the information is in a database, people can start doing reporting, and there's more automation on the simple things. They see an almost immediate payback in a month or two on the investment they make in BlackLine. Therese Tucker: My background is technology.

Startup 124

Startup Software Review CTO Hire Oracle 124

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

At some point, you've got to figure out where you draw the line, due to social network fatigue when you're at the point where you are checking 8, 9, or ten different sites every day. It's a flood, with robust amount of information. Rob Farrow: Lots of what goes on in technology happens on the West Coast. The list goes on and on.

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Social Network San Diego Sites Startup 147