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APRIL 15, 2010

Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M Southern California's investment totals bucked the national trend, which found that there was a 9 percent drop in dollars to $4.7 of the total invested in Q1.

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MAY 6, 2013

In the latest Silicon-Valley-tech-mogul-buys-into-SoCal story, it looks like Oracle founder Larry Ellison has been making some big investments in Southern California--in the real estate area. The LA Times said this weekend that Ellison has spent an estimated $200M to $250M acquiring at least nine properties in Malibu.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in investments, followed by $182.7M in investments.

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MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). Naturally I’m excited about this investment or I wouldn’t have done it.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Andy Wilson , Managing Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org). While 2018 was all about better understanding the SoCal opportunity, 2019 was about honing our focus and defining our core programs. We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season.

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JULY 7, 2010

Elbaz sold Applied Semantics to Google in 2003, for pre-IPO stock, reaping first round investors more than a 100x return on their investment. Tags: entrepreneur startup venture capital investment repeat. His latest startup, Factual, is aimed at the data mashup and open data market. Let us know in the comments below!).

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MAY 19, 2010

Can you raise $750K - $1M with no future investments planned? I’m a regular reader/listener of the Frank Peters Show that talks about Angel Investing. What’s funny about this is that the reason people put in these optimistic projections is to fit the investment criteria. See investment criteria #1 from TCA.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

And while I generally agree and give similar advice, here are three anecdotes or truths about SoCal investing and startups that contradict. One of my investments doing GREAT (and I mean GREAT) is SupplyFrame in Pasadena. Read the rest of Jim's response and comments on investing and startups in LA. On associates.

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JULY 15, 2010

Investments by venture capitalists in Southern California were up, both in terms of deals and dollars in Q2, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). in 91 investments, up significantly from the $451.8M in 91 investments, up significantly from the $451.8M

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AUGUST 11, 2009

My goal is to bring in informative speakers who stretch our collectively thinking on topics that will influence our investment strategies and use it as a way for us to share our experiences in ways that I [.]. Tags: SoCal Stuff Start-up Advice VC Industry.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Alliance said it has launched its new SoCal Venture Pipeline program, to help bridge a key funding gap for Southern California entrepreneurs, by connecting them to relevant venture capital firms. The new program is being run in partnership with Silicon Valley Bank.

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APRIL 23, 2013

TenOneTen co-founder David Waxman said that SRCH2 is among the first investments for the new fund. TenOneTen Ventures hasn''t disclosed any details of the size of its fund, target investments, or LPs. The new firm hasn''t formally launched yet, but emerged in the details of a new funding for search provider SRCH2 this morning.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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APRIL 24, 2012

Lee of Legalzoom.com and ShoeDazzle, Jody Mulkey of Shopzilla, and Lawrence Ng of Oversee.net have all invested in the site. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. According to SocialAnnex, Kamran Pourzanjani of PriceGrabber.com, Brian S. Social Annex was founded in 2010.

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APRIL 18, 2011

Search engine giant Google is making another, big investment in an energy project benefiting Southern California. The firm said this morning that it is investing $100M in a new wind farm in Oregon, which will be supplying Southern California Edison with 845MW of renewable energy. The farm is expected to start producing energy in 2012.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Our first is with Andy Wilson of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation. In the Spring we publicly released the Boston Consulting Group's extremely thoughtful strategic assessment of the SoCal region. Their report crystallized the opportunity and pathways to moving SoCal forward as one of the leading global innovation ecosystem.

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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.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Private equity investment firm Blackstone said Friday that it is expanding its university entrepreneurship program, Blackstone LaunchPad , to Southern California.

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MARCH 5, 2014

auctioncom auction real estate marketplace venture capital google investment valuation spacex snapchat beats' Auction.com joins SpaceX, Snapchat, and Beats Electronics in the short list of $1 billion plus valuation, venture backed startups here. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). We feature a prominent speaker at every event. Love to hear more views! .

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AUGUST 3, 2009

In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Three, local venture capital investors -- Miramar Venture Partners , Okapi Venture Capital , and Qualcomm Ventures -- are part of a group investing $22.1M The investment is the first out of IBM''s $100M "Watson Fund", which aims to invest in companies using its Watson artificial intelligence software.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 -- Startup World Cup - SoCal Regional hosted by LAVA and Pepperdine. Startups worldwide first compete at regional events, and the regional finalists will showcase themselves at the Grand Finale event in San Francisco and compete for a $1m investment prize. Application deadline January 10th. See [link] (more)

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AUGUST 16, 2011

Maverick Angels , an angel investment group investing in Southern California companies, said today that it has named Patrick Henry as its newly elected Southern California Chapter President. Henry replaces Bill Barber, who continues as a member.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Ocean Road Partners is the consulting firm headed by venture capitalist Jon Funk, who has been investing in Southern California for over 25 years, and has been a Managing Director with Allegis Capital since its founding in 1996.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Harrison Metal's investments have included such firms as Plastic Jungle, Lumos Labs, Yummly, AdMob, and Heroku. Rannala had previously been at TripAdvisor, where he was VP of Product Management and Strategy. He also served at eBay, MVP.com, and Accenture. No details on the new fund have been announced by Rannala.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Kevin O'Connor , a longtime investor and serial entrepreneur, who is now running venture capital investment firm ScOp Venture Capital. Just this past September was a year with Amazon, when I left, and we started investing in September under the new name, ScOp Venture Capital.

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MARCH 26, 2014

Sequoia Capital''s Douglas Leone, was placed at number six for his role in funding San Diego''s ServiceNow ; Bessemer''s Byron Deeter was ranked #36 due to his role in funding Santa Monica''s Cornerstone OnDemand ; Stephen Jurveston, of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, was ranked at #59 for his investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Managing Director: Derek Norton Investment interests: Connected consumer, Internet infrastructure, next generation e-commerce, digital media, gaming, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, consumer Internet, and some ad tech. Managing Director: Ryan Blair Investment interests: Companies which leverage direct-to-consumer model.

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JUNE 2, 2011

Backers: A123 Systems, Ace Investments, Eco-Drive (Capital) Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, New Enterprise Associates, Palo Alto Investors, Qatar Investment Authority. Why: Long rumored to be seeking an IPO; has been detailing financials; Musk has had another recent IPO (Tesla) now under his belt. Business: Electric cars.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We caught up with David Siemer , both an investment banker who runs Siemer & Associates (www.siemer.com) and an early stage investor here with Siemer Ventures (www.siemervc.com), to get his thoughts on the subject. You have a unique position, being both in the investment banking as well as being an early stage investor.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

Simi Valley-based Technocel , a developer of mobile accessories--and the parent company of investment company TYLT Lab --has opened up a new headquarters in Simi Valley, and plans to hire approximately 40 new employees, the company said this morning.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

In a report, AllThingsD said that YouTube intends to re-invest in up to 40 percent of the original channels being funded through its program, but the rest--who haven't met its expectations on engageent and viewing time--will most likely not get new deals and will have to fend for themselves.

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JUNE 23, 2011

Clovis Oncology is backed by Southern California investors Domain Associates and Versant Ventures , in addition to New Enterprise Associates, Aberdare Ventures, Abingworth Bioventures, Frazier Healthcare Ventures, Pfizer, and ProQuest Investments. Clovis said it is looking to raised up to $149.5M on the public markets as CLVS.

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APRIL 23, 2013

TenOneOne co-founder David Waxman said that SRCH2 is among the first investments for the new fund. TenOneOne Ventures hasn''t disclosed any details of the size of its fund, target investments, or LPs. The new firm hasn''t formally launched yet, but emerged in the details of a new funding for search provider SRCH2 this morning.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

The two Southern California companies were Embarke , a San Diego firm which helps develops integrate with email, text messaging, Twitter, and Facebook through a single interface; and Realty Mogul , a crowdfunding platform aimed at allowing accredited investors to pool capital and invest in properties. READ MORE>>.

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