socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Size of the investment by LG Chem was not announced. The company's other investors include Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures, CEC Capital, Samsung, and Lenovo, in addition to LG Chem. Enevate is led by President and CEO Robert A. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Draper Mission Ventures Capital 133

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M invested in Southern California in Q4. was invested in the region. in investments. in investments.

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Southern California Invest Venture Capital Orange County 113

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2014

LeisureLink was venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Mission Ventures, and also had received a strategic investment from Wyndham Worldwide. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. The company was led by Tom Lamb.

Clearstone 147

Clearstone Software Engineering Mission Ventures Pasadena 147

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

How is the instability on Wall Street affecting local venture capitalists? According to some local Southern California venture investors, it absolutely is affecting how they are thinking about the investment environment. The question is, what does this mean for entrepreneurs and companies looking for investments? "I

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Rustic Canyon Invest Technology Southern California 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association have weighed in on Q3 venture capital totals, saying that $475.5M was invested in 65 Southern California deals in Q3, compared to $773.3M billion invested in 637 deals in Q3, up 17 percent quarter-to-quarter, but down three percent in deals.

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Southern California Invest Orange County Palomar 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The venture backed firm, which has investments from Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is tripling its office space to 22,000 square feet, according to the Orange County Register. Irvine-based Enevate , a developer of rechargeable battery technology, is expanding in Irvine, according to reports today.

Orange County 150

Orange County Draper Mission Ventures Report 150

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

LeisureLink is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Mission Ventures, along with strategic investment from Wyndham Worldwide. The two said that the move adds more than 1,000 properties from LeisureLink into Tourico Holidays real-time inventory. READ MORE>>.

Clearstone 147

Clearstone Mission Ventures Pasadena Invest 147

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The round came from current investors, including Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals. The company said the new funding will go towards investments in its technology platform, and also for its sales efforts.

Clearstone 160

Clearstone Mission Ventures Pasadena Platform 160

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The new funding comes from existing investors Mission Ventures and Costella Kirsch. KidZui--which is led by Cliff Boro--said it will invest those new funds in a studio division, Zui Studios, which will create original video content for Zui.com and KidZui. in new funding, and will start creating its own, original video content.

Mission Ventures 140

Mission Ventures San Diego Content Funding 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Nexiant is venture backed by The Argentum Group, InnoCal Venture Capital, Inverness Graham Investments and Mission Ventures. The entire software will deploy on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud. The company said deployments will begin in early 2012. READ MORE>>.

Innocal 124

Innocal Mission Ventures Venture Capital Software 124

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2010

The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank Securities, UBS Investment Bank, Thomas Weisel Partners, and Needham & Company. MaxLinear is venture backed by USVP, Battery Ventures, Mission Ventures, UMC Capital, and others. The firm is looking to trade on the NYSE as MXL. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 150

Mission Ventures Pricing Invest Capital 150

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. billion invested in 780 venture capital deals for Q3. billion invested in the region.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 3, 2011

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 -- Annual Venture Capital Panel. Meet the top VCs who are investing in Southern California. Find out what they are looking to invest in. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. Learn about the hottest trends and the mistakes NOT to make.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital LAVA Rustic Canyon Capital 100

socalTECH

JULY 19, 2011

in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments. Quarter to quarter, investments were up from Q1, when $585M was invested in the region. Investments were slightly down from Q2 of 2010, when the region saw $856M in funding. Nationally, venture capitalists invested $7.5M billion invested across 814 deals.

Southern California 167

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 167

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2009

One Recovery is headed by David Metzler, formerly a venture capitalist at Mission Ventures and investment banker at CIBC World Markets. Tags: recovery onerecovery addiction treatment healthcare lifescience venture capital. According to the filing, the funding comes as part of an ongoing, $2.5M fundraising effort.

Mission Ventures 140

Mission Ventures Venture Capital Sites Capital 140

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 28, 2009

Join us for an informative (and informal) discussion with Dave Ryan of Mission Ventures. Dave will describe his firm's investment philosphy, investment process, and the current state of VC fundraising and investment. Thursday, May 28, 2009 -- Meet The VC. This event is for entrepreneurs only.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital OCTANE Southern California Mission Ventures 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 2, 2011

Please join LAVA, PwC and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q4 2010 PwC/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States.

LAVA 124

LAVA Rustic Canyon Mission Ventures Venture Capital 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The information--gleaned from funding announcements, regulatory filings, and other sources--are not far off from socalTECH's totals from last quarter, which totaled up around $932M in investment activity. The biggest are for venture activity in the quarter was Biopharmaceuticals, which was $299.13M of the quarterly total.

Southern California 140

Southern California Venture Capital Northridge Tech Coast Angels 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

OVP Venture Partners , a venture firm in Oregon and Washington, is highlighting its latest "missed deal" in Aliso Viejo-based Networks In Motion. NIM, which was acquired last week for $170M, had been backed by venture firms Redpoint Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures.

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Networking Orange County Redpoint Mission Ventures 133

socalTECH

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.

Southern California 100

Southern California Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital Technical Review 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2009

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an editorial from Robert Kibble , who is a director of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), and Managing Partner at Mission Ventures.

Venture Capital 145

Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Startup 145

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2009

Pathman joins the firm from Lehman Brothers, where he was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the investment bank's Small Business Finance Division. Mission Ventures, and Trinity Ventures READ MORE>>. ID Analytics is backed by Canaan Partners, Investor Growth Capital Ltd.,

CIO 100

CIO Mission Ventures San Diego Software 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Not only are the founders deeply invested in the research, but their chosen profession is academia rather than the business world. Getting research out of the university lab and into a growing business poses a unique set of challenges - especially when the scientist is assumed to be the entrepreneur. See [link] (more).

Pepperdine 100

Pepperdine LAVA Mission Ventures CalTech 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital? This is often in the 5-7% range. TechCrunch.

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Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Venture backers : Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., Venture backers : Mohr Davidow Ventures, Mission Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, Ron Conway. Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. www.demandmedia.com). Generation Partners.

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Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

The numbers, which were drawn from venture deals tracked and reported in socalTECH's proprietary venture capital database, found that there was $719.7M in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B

Southern California 100

Southern California SoCalTech Technical Review Draper 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Magnify360 was voted the best investment opportunity by both venture capitalist audience members and panelists. The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users.

Southern California 100

Southern California Conference SoCal Startup 100

Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

In the Bay Area, Roudi said about 180 companies pay Plug and Play an annual fee to get an inside track on incubating startups, and in some cases could be making investments in San Diego companies as well. billion under management. Cohen described Downtown Works as a “hyper-connector.”. Downtown Works Interior. It’s really cool.”.

San Diego 40

San Diego Incubator Avalon Mentor 40

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

We're investing pretty heavily in people and upgrading systems and tools those folks use to do their job. So, we're happy to make those investments in our operations. I left, and one thing I started doing was angel investing. I invested along with some other people in LeisureLink, and I was sitting on the board, as was Steve.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments. They’re the ones that rise to the cream of the crop and get the attention of the folks that are investing in LA, and they often have Bay Area or East Coast suitors who want to invest in their companies.

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Company Companies Rustic Canyon Startup 111

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I spotted my fellow VC Leo Spiegel (from Mission Ventures) who had spoken previously to the same group and asked about his experiences. They had more advanced degrees. 50% of them were interested in life sciences, 50% in tech (e.g. much more focused on life sciences than most audiences where I present).

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Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362