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APRIL 4, 2014

It hasn''t been a great few months for San Diego''s software and technology industry, as the city has seen three, big software companies move their operations, and thousands of jobs, to Texas. growth investment industry software diego swarm' READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Software Equity Invest 185

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

A clear trend over the past 15-years is that many Silicon Valley venture capitalists enjoy investing within driving distance. As an early stage investor, I recognize the importance of being accessible to your portfolio executives, so a concentration of venture funding in Silicon Valley is certainly not a surprise.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Technical Review 233

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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 READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Venture Capital Tech Coast Angels Capital 187

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A group of San Diego angel and venture capital investors have launched their very own television show--which is airing on local cable channels--focused on investments in Southern California--called VCs in a Van , which will air on local Cox, Time Warner, and Spectrum channels. Who needs Shark Tank?

San Diego 157

San Diego Southern California Startup Venture Capital 157

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

Illumina Ventures , the early-stage venture capital investor which was founded by San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina , says it has raised $230M for its first fund. The venture investment fund was founded by Nicholas Naclerio, Ph.D., READ MORE>>.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding San Diego 138

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

in venture capital in Q3, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data From Thomson Reuters. was raised in venture capital. was raised in venture capital. in investment. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Orange County Tech Coast Angels Company 234

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MARCH 17, 2014

San Diego-based healthcare staffing firm AMN Healthcare Services said this morning that it has made a strategic investment in PipelineRx , a developer of clinical, telepharmacy medication management services. READ MORE>>.

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Invest Outsource Development Outsource San Diego 164

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Anzu Partners , a venture capital and private equity investors focused on industrial technology with offices in the San Diego area, has quietly raised $128.4M in its first venture capital fund. The company--which has offices in La Jolla, plus Massachusetts, Florida, and Washington, DC.--revealed

San Diego 133

San Diego Funding Enterprise Partners Venture Capital 133

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JULY 17, 2014

The latest venture capital totals from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association''s MoneyTree Report was released this evening, tallying up $761.12M in investments in Q2 of 2014 in Southern California, up from Q2 of 2013, when $616.83M was invested in the region. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California El Segundo Culver City Orange County 240

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Total venture capital investment dollars in 2017 are on their way to a decade high, according to a new report issued today, with $21.5 billion invested in the third quarter in more than 1,699 companies. The report did not provide details on Orange County, San Diego, Ventura, or Santa Barbara counties.

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Venture Capital Orange County Report Santa Barbara 147

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

San Diego-based Dexcom, which develops equipment for continuous glucose monitoring for people with diabetes, has launched its own venture capital fund, Dexcom Ventures. The company said its venture capital arm will be led by Steve Pacelli.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding San Diego 124

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APRIL 12, 2017

billion in venture capital dollars were invested in the Southern California region in Q1, according to the latest MoneyTree Report , issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and CB Insights. invested across 71 deals in Q2 of 2017 in LA and Orange County, and $202.37M invested in San Diego for the quarter across 32 deals.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Southern California Orange County Invest 113

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm has invested $7M in a new, Internet-of-Things startup called Qterics , as part of a strategic investment, according to Qterics'' parent Silicon Image. Silicon Image said the investment provides a 7% ownership interest to Qualcomm in its spinout. READ MORE>>.

Invest 159

Invest San Diego Venture Capital Software 159

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report were released today, finding that a total of $683.7M was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2 billion in venture capital.

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Southern California Orange County GRP Partners San Diego 237

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 -- FundingPost San Diego VC and Angel Investor Event/ Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Southern California? FundingPost has hosted 400 sold-out venture events in 22 cities over the past 17 years. Interested in pitching?

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San Diego Venture Capital Angel Southern California 100

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JANUARY 26, 2021

ServiceNow, the digital workflow and service management software developer which has operations in San Diego, said today that it has launched a new $100M investment fund, part of which will look at investments in San Diego.

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San Diego Invest Funding Equity 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 20, 2019

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 -- San Diego Fundingpost VC and Angel Investor Conference. Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Southern California? FundingPost has hosted 400 sold-out venture events in 22 cities over the past 18 years.

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San Diego Venture Capital Conference Angel 100

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm said Thursday that it has committed to investing $40M in China, investing in four different Chinese companies and one venture capital fund. China Walden Ventures Investment is a venture capital fund focused on investing in semiconductor and semiconductor-related businesses in China.

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Invest Venture Capital San Diego Entertainment 138

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 5, 2019

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -- San Diego FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in San Diego, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! We're doing it again!

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San Diego Venture Capital Angel Summary 100

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Biotech venture capital investor Sofinnova , which has offices in San Diego, announced that it has raised $650M in its newest fund, Sofinnova Venture Partners X. Sofinnova says it invests in biotechnology companies that are developing drugs that address high unmet medical needs and improve the lives of patients.

San Diego 100

San Diego Invest Venture Capital Funding 100

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

San Diego-based Apmetrix , which provides software for video game and mobile game analytics, said Friday that it has raised a round of funding. The round came from Analytics Ventures, La Costa Investment Group, and KI Investment Holdings. apmetrix venture capital videogame mobile analytics smartphone software'

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Mobile Invest San Diego Venture Capital 164

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JANUARY 11, 2019

billion in venture capital in Q4 of 2018, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource , released on Friday. billion in San Diego and $0.42 The region had a total of 124 deals logged by Dow Jones VentureSource, split between 75 in Los Angeles, 29 in San Diego, and 20 in Orange County. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Orange County Venture Capital San Diego 150

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JANUARY 2, 2019

San Diego venture investor and entrepreneur Barbara Bry , who co-founded Proflowers.com and several other local technology companies, said on Wednesday that she is running for Mayor of San Diego , in a move to further extend her experience in the technology industry into politics. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Organization Entrepreneur Invest 133

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JULY 8, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm has put its weight behind a developer of software used for Big Data analysis of physical retailers, in a strategic funding. Tyco and American Express also made strategic investments in RetailNext. RetailNext''s venture backers, including Nokia Growth Partners. READ MORE>>.

Invest 153

Invest San Diego Commerce Venture Capital 153

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MARCH 14, 2013

San Diego-based Qualcomm has named the winner of its annual, Qualcomm Ventures QPrize Venture Investment Competition, the company said this morning. iOnRoad had previously won $100,000 from Qualcomm for winning the Israeli region competition of Qualcomm's QPrize competition.

Invest 193

Invest Seed Funding Competition San Diego 193

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

The Tech Coast Angels San Diego (TCA-SD) angel investment network, the San Diego arm of the Tech Coast Angels, has seen a big growth in the number of angel investors who are members of the group this year, the group said this week. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels San Diego Angel Invest 124

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

San Diego-based oncology drug developer Sorrento Therapeutics has scored a strategic investment from NantWorks , the biotech research company led by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. sorrento therapeutics nantworks biotech lifescience venture capital strategic investment cancer immunotherapy' READ MORE>>.

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Invest San Diego Venture Capital Research 147

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.”

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Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm announced this morning that it has created a new, wholly owned subsidiary called Qualcomm Life , which will focus on wireless solutions for the medical devices market. Qualcomm said investments in the are currently include Sotera Wireless, Telcare, AliveCor, Cambridge Temperature Concepts and WorkSmart Labs.

Funding 210

Funding San Diego Venture Capital Invest 210

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. We have invested $17.3 And then the world changed. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. Welcome to the future.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

San Diego-based Qualcomm announced on Wednesday that it has launched a brand new, venture capital investment fund, which will focus only an artificial intelligence. The first investment out of the fund is in AnyVision , a startup working on face, body, and object recognition.

Artificial Inteligence 133

Artificial Inteligence Invest Funding IP 133

Xconomy

MARCH 29, 2019

In the eyes of the San Diego Venture Group, the key element is readiness for venture capital backing. What does it take for a tech startup to be considered “cool?”

San Diego 104

San Diego Company Companies Startup 104

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

in a Series C funding round, which it said partially go to expanding hiring at its San Diego offices, the company announced on Wednesday. Health IQ plans to use the funding to fuel hiring in its Mountain View and San Diego offices, continue product development and accelerate customer growth, according to the company.

San Diego 113

San Diego Capital Sales Funding 113

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Frank Slootman , the CEO of San Diego-based ServiceNow , has invested in a big data startup, as he continues to expand out his angel funding activity. That round was led by Ignition Partners, and also included Atlantic Bridge Ventures, Intel Capital, Amplify Partners and Data Collective. READ MORE>>.

SaaS 202

SaaS Startup San Diego Venture Capital 202

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

San Diego-based wireless technology giant Qualcomm has made a strategic investment in Macheen , a provider of services and technology to provide always-on, connected devices. Financial details of that strategic investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 185

San Diego Venture Capital Mobile Invest 185

socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. billion in investments; followed by New England, with $826.1M in investments.

Southern California 210

Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 210

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Steven Cox , TakeLessons (San Diego, marketplace). Melani Gordon , Taphunter (San Diego, mobile apps).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279