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JANUARY 25, 2019

San Diego-based Trust & Will , a startup which operates an online software tool to help people create their own estate plans, has raised $2M in a funding round, the company disclosed this week. Thec ompany was also part of the Techstars Anywhere startup accelerator. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 13, 2019

San Diego-based Atlazo , a startup developing systems-on-a-chip (SoC) semiconductors aimed at used in healthcare and Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications, has raised $3.4M in a seed funding round. The funding round was led by the Tech Coast Angels, and the TCA's San Diego chapter. in the round.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. VC Financings: 1. Obviously they see big things in Wildfire.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

San Diego-based Trust & Will , a startup which offers up online services to help people create trusts, wills, and guardianships, has raised $6M in a new funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The startup had announced $2M in an earlier funding in January of 2019. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels San Diego Seed Funding Competition 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. And covered we did.

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JULY 16, 2013

San Diego-based CyberFlow Analytics has raised $2M in a seed round of funding, to go towards its software for protecting corporate IP from corporate espionage and malware. The firm said the seed round of funding came from Toshiba America Electronics Components. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

San Diego-based Molecular Assemblies , a startup developing enzymatic DNA synthesis technology, has raised $2.3M in a seed funding, the company announced this morning. Molecular Assemblies--led by Michael J. Kamdar--said its technology is being targeted at use in the next generation of DNA-based products. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

San Diego-based Qualcomm said Tuesday that it is launching its second annual venture investment competition, the Qualcomm Ventures QPrize competition. According to the firm, this year's competition will provide up to $750,000 in seed funding to entrepreneurs working on mobile ventures.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels is stressing its mixer program, seed investment efforts, and a new website, as it kicks off a 2010 program, according to the angel investing group. The TCA is the biggest angel investment group in Southern California, and is among the largest nationally. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 26, 2012

San Diego angel investor Howard Lindzon , via his Social Leverage fund, has backed a provider of SMS messaging services, SendHub as part of an angel funding round for the company. Lindzon runs stock messaging service StockTwits , and is a fairly active angel investor in Silicon Valley and other startups. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The team at Trust & Will, a San Diego-based startup founded in October of 2017, is betting that a good chunk of those people would shell out some money to outline an estate plan if the process were cheaper and easier. million in seed—in 2018 to advance its growing suite of products, digitized.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

K5 aims to create a network of support and mentorship along with access to capital where people can build on creative ideas with the help of successful business people, and connect with investors to get their concepts off the ground. We designed K5Launch to fill the void left behind by local angel and VC investors.

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MARCH 27, 2012

San Diego-based Mob Science , a developer of social Facebook games, said this morning that it has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The round came from David Young, the CEO of Joyent, Mark Surfas of GameSpy Industries, along with other angels. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

“More dollars, fewer deals” has been a prevailing trend in venture funding over the past couple of years, and it was evident again in the three months that ended September 30, according to the latest Venture Monitor report. Venture firms invested $21.5

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

K5 aims to create a network of support and mentorship along with access to capital where people can build on creative ideas with the help of successful business people, and connect with investors to get their concepts off the ground. We designed K5Launch to fill the void left behind by local angel and VC investors.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Author, investor, and AOL co-founder Steve Case today announced a new $150 million venture fund aimed at pumping investment capital into tech companies in so-called flyover states. Contributing to the fund is an impressive group of some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 15, 2018

The funding was led by Spark Capital and includes investors such as Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, Rent the Runway co-founder Jenny Fleiss, and John Scherr, head of strategic partnerships at CircleUp. Full Harvest raised $2 million in seed funding last year.

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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.

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San Diego Seed Funding Guide Technology 40

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. Let's start with an overview of the fund. What do you invest in? We closed our fund in August of 2008.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The Pasadena, CA-based urban office real estate investment trust (REIT), founded in 1994, has grown into one of the country’s largest developers of world-class collaborative science and technology campuses. from San Francisco, San Diego, and Seattle on the west coast to Boston, New York, and Research Triangle Park out east.

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