SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 27, 2011

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Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital San Diego Pricing 100

Xconomy

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Founders of a company considering the various available fundraising options often ask the challenging question: Why take venture capital money, which may significantly dilute the founders and might result in a loss of control of the company?

Pricing 40

Pricing Venture Capital Capital Networking 40

Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The venture investment, which the San Diego startup announced Tuesday, is one of only a few so-called mega-rounds—$100 million or more—recorded this year in the region. (In Thompson to its board of directors. In Southern California, rounds that large are more often raised by life sciences companies.)

Southern California 110

Southern California San Diego Software Invest 110

Xconomy

JULY 13, 2018

Drug price changes typically happen either at the start of the calendar year or the beginning of the third quarter. Such changes are routine for many companies, but Pfizer took an unusual step this week by rolling back scheduled price increases on 40 of its drugs. In May, Trump and. Read more » Reprints | Share:

Pricing 56

Pricing Guide News Services 56

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Think USV is only invested around Union Square in NYC? The key it to have “realistic capital.”

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Drug pricing debates and uncertainty associated with Brexit are the issues most likely to keep biopharmaceutical executives awake at night. These are among the major findings of a survey of 500 industry leaders and investors conducted by investment bank Jefferies. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Pricing 78

Pricing Invest Develop Development 78

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Being first to market with a new type of drug brings advantages. The first mover sets the bar for what physicians, payers, and patients can expect of that medicine and how much it costs. It grabs market share that followers have to steal away. But the first mover isn’t infallible if someone else has something better. is counting on.

Pricing 84

Pricing Class Study Marketing 84

Xconomy

JANUARY 29, 2019

The New York-based startup said Tuesday that the new funding round, which is being led by Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing group, brings its total investment to $35 million. Billie, a monthly subscription service for shaving and body care products for women, has raised $25 million.

Product 90

Product Services Invest Pricing 90

Xconomy

JULY 19, 2019

Soaring prices of Bitcoin and other so-called digital tokens were attracting investments from speculators hoping to get rich quick—but these virtual coin values were also known to drop just as suddenly, the US Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council noted.

Pricing 89

Pricing Report Invest Venture Capital 89

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

Try to imagine if you *didn’t* already know Amazon and the company walking into VC meetings telling people they were going to disrupt the selling of all goods starting with books but then extending into electronics, apparel, toys and so forth. The reason as consumers we buy repeatedly on Amazon.com is both price AND service.

Ideas 150

Ideas Startup Technical Review Pricing 150

Xconomy

MAY 24, 2019

Patients, doctors, family members, and drug-price watchdogs continued to wait for the expected approval of Zolgensma , a Novartis (NYSE: NVS ) gene therapy for the rare inherited disease spinal muscular atrophy. Originally developed at a children’s hospital in Ohio , Zolgensma will be a litmus test for the nascent field.

Pricing 86

Pricing Marketing Develop Development 86

Xconomy

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Pharmaceutical industry critics lament the cost of rare disease drugs, but some of the steepest price hikes have come on widely used insulin. But the university also allowed them to patent the improvements they made, which enabled them to slap higher prices on each new version. to offer competitive pricing pressure.

Patents 77

Patents Pricing Competition San Diego 77

Xconomy

DECEMBER 13, 2019

If you’re keeping track, FDA drug approvals have been on a tear in the past month with several decisions coming well ahead of their targeted dates. And then there’s Sarepta Therapeutics. Late Thursday, the FDA announced approval of the Cambridge, MA, biotech’s drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in patients who have a specific mutation.

Pricing 49

Pricing Southern California USC San Diego 49

Xconomy

MAY 2, 2019

Beyond Meat priced its IPO Wednesday evening at $25 per share, which was the high end of its revised range. million shares at that price. The food technology company’s upsized IPO has raised $241 million to finance plans to bring its plant-based “meat” to more grocery stores and restaurants across the country.

El Segundo 82

El Segundo Pricing Technology Venture Capital 82

Xconomy

JUNE 4, 2018

Inventory management is crucial to operating a successful retail operation. And as hard as it may be to believe, retailers “don’t really know what’s on the shelves,” says Sarjoun Skaff, founder and CTO of Bossa Nova Robotics.

Artificial Inteligence 69

Artificial Inteligence Pricing Product San Diego 69

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

MedCrypt, a healthtech cybersecurity startup founded near San Diego, has raised $750,000 in a seed financing round led by Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE ), a private equity fund in suburban Philadelphia that invests in healthcare, fintech, and digital media. Jude’s stock price.

San Diego 40

San Diego Startup Software Capital 40

Xconomy

JULY 12, 2016

— 5D Robotics , founded in 2009 in Carlsbad, CA, (about 30 miles north of San Diego), has developed a device that integrates GPS, inertial guidance, optical positioning, and other technologies. SlantRange, a San Diego company founded almost three years ago, is a drone-related startup already generating sales.

San Diego 40

San Diego Seed Funding Guide Technology 40

Xconomy

JULY 25, 2019

On Wednesday evening, Castle priced its offering of 4 million shares at $16 apiece, which was the high end of its targeted price range. Castle Biosciences is joining the public markets through a $64 million IPO that will support cancer tests that help doctors make treatment decisions. million shares in the range of $14 to $16 each.

Training 60

Training Pricing Activity Help 60

Xconomy

MAY 1, 2019

Amazon’s stock price rose by 2.5 percent the day after it announced financial results and changes to the Prime program, while rivals Walmart (NYSE: WMT ) and Target (NYSE: TGT saw their stock prices. The Seattle e-commerce giant told analysts the move would cost around $800 million but that didn’t appear to concern investors.

Commerce 84

Commerce Pricing Startup Demand 84

Xconomy

MAY 17, 2019

During his tenure as FDA commissioner, Scott Gottlieb often spoke about generics as a market force that could help tame climbing drug prices. Generic drugs are supposed to give consumers more choices and a counterweight to more costly branded medications. But such tools only work when companies play fair.

Pricing 79

Pricing Competition Tool Marketing 79

Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

The industry can only go so far with growth through hyper-inflated pricing and mega-M&As. At some point pharma has to figure out how to make more drugs more efficiently, or face major dislocations like business-destroying price controls. The increasing need for new drugs is intense.

Product 40

Product Journal Venture Capital Demand 40

Xconomy

APRIL 5, 2019

Perhaps it’s drug prices. Or maybe it’s regulation. While Gottlieb remained mindful of the FDA’s oversight role, he also tried to streamline the process for reviewing new drugs and medical devices. On numerous occasions, Gottlieb argued that generics would. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Pricing 69

Pricing San Diego Research Blogging 69

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

For this morning's interview, we talked with Noah Auerhahn , President of San Diego-based Extrabux (www.extrabux.com), an online site focused on providing consumers with comparison shopping combined with discount offers. Noah, thanks for the interview. For people who haven't heard of ExtraBux, what is the site all about?

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USC CPC Sites Startup 207

Xconomy

APRIL 6, 2018

There were plenty of policy and drug-price headlines, Read more » Reprints | Share: The FDA didn’t smile upon a big submission of depression studies from Alkermes, while those fighting liver disease got a mixed slate of data as a big medical conference looms.

Study 55

Study Pricing Conference Marketing 55

Xconomy

APRIL 20, 2018

The price of drugs is certainly on a lot of minds these days, including the mind of President Trump, as he reportedly will make a. While pembrolizumab notched the headline-grabbing data, others are also working to develop options for various subsets of patients. Who will be able to afford all these options?

Pricing 52

Pricing News Report Develop 52

Xconomy

JUNE 11, 2018

Rockwell Automation is investing $1 billion in PTC, as the two companies team up to advance their vision of software-driven factories and industrial operations. As of this writing, it was trading at nearly $92 per share, up more than 5 percent from Friday’s closing price. Read more » Reprints | Share:

Yahoo 45

Yahoo Writing News Pricing 45

Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2018

San Francisco-based Anaplan , one of five companies planning to close initial public offerings this week, raised the expected price range for its shares in an SEC filing Wednesday, signaling an IPO that could be richer than it had anticipated. If the shares price at $16—the midpoint of the new range—Anaplan.

Pricing 46

Pricing Software Venture Capital Company 46

Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2018

Others that pushed their IPOs through couldn’t sell shares at the price they wanted. A total of 93 IPOs have priced as of Thursday, up 36.8 percent compared to the same time last year, according to Renaissance Capital. Seven biotech IPOs priced just this week. This year, the IPO window is wide open.

Pricing 49

Pricing Capital Draper San Diego 49

Xconomy

JULY 31, 2018

Co-founder Maria Markina says her New York-based startup gives women the convenience of a subscription service but at lower prices compared to other similar services. We’re not sacrificing quality, but we are bringing the price [down] so that many more women can afford” to purchase the subscription, Markina says.

Commerce 52

Commerce Pricing Organization Funding 52

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

You might look at higher quality / higher price solutions like BMW or Mercedes or you try to see if you can find a bargain with the similar features like a Kia. Let me give you another simple example from my experience as a VC at Upfront Ventures. I think that’s where many startups and even VC funds go wrong.

Sales 150

Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150

Xconomy

AUGUST 11, 2017

The FDA reported that generic drug approvals are set to hit a record ; the agency under Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has moved this summer to increase generic competition and lower the nation’s high drug prices. Meanwhile, drug-price hawks can sharpen their talons on a report this week from The New York Times and ProPublica.

Pricing 52

Pricing News Report Competition 52

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools. Some of the biggest school districts, including LA Unified, San Diego, and Oakland all use our software. Now, despite bootstrapping, you actually have some connections to the venture capital world, don't you? We're at $499, they are at $999.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2017

Private equity investors have more capital at their disposal than at any time in more than a decade, which could boost prices for companies seeking acquisitions. As of Aug. 1, private equity firms in North America and Europe had secured $212.6

Equity 69

Equity Pricing Acquisition Report 69

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Convoy , an online marketplace that connects shippers with freight truck fleets and independent drivers, announced today it raised $185 million in a Series C fundraising round led by CapitalG, the growth equity investment fund of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. regions, CEO Dan Lewis says.

Equity 54

Equity Networking Funding Artificial Inteligence 54

Xconomy

JANUARY 19, 2017

Capital fronted by these folks might be the quickest, easiest cash you’ll ever collect—but you could end up paying a crippling price for it. Obtaining capital from friends and family can be a lose-lose proposition for entrepreneurs. You’d probably turn first to them for financial support.

Startup 40

Startup Funding Pricing Capital 40

Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2019

You might be camping, barbecuing, or sleeping on Monday. It’s Labor Day, after all. But in Paris, this cardiologist will be in a conference center, walking an audience through a slide deck packed with Phase 3 data for a new cholesterol-lowering drug, inclisiran. Inclisiran’s owner, the Medicines Co.,

Slides 80

Slides Conference Venture Capital San Diego 80

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. In fact, 90% of our investments are either Seed or A-round investments (10% are B-round). We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150