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OCTOBER 4, 2010

According to an analysis of socalTECH's proprietary database of venture capital deals, venture investors invested slightly more than the $966M in Q3 of 2009, but less than the $1.6 Interestingly enough, that area of perpetual interest for the Los Angeles area--Content and Media--only garnered $10.68M in funding during the quarter.

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Southern California Invest Westlake Village SoCal 196

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based Social Rewards , which operates an online, loyalty program which rewards users for social media activity for brands, has raised $600,000 in a seed funding round. Social Rewards was founded by Joseph Morin and Mike Uesugi.

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Tech Coast Angels Seed Funding Social Media Los Angeles 164

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Adding to the ways that startups can help fund their ventures, a local, Santa Monica firm, UsedCardboardBoxes.com --which has previously raised funding from Funk Ventures and the Tech Coast Angels--has scored $250,000 in a contest run by credit card issuer Chase and daily deals provider LivingSocial.

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Tech Coast Angels Santa Monica Social Media Media 182

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MAY 8, 2013

Los Angeles-based GetAtlas has launched its mobile apps for iOS and Android into beta this week, looking to make it easier for users to track and schedule their appointments and calendar.

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JANUARY 17, 2014

in the quarter and social media darling Snapchat raised $50.0M. Los Angeles led the region with $309.79M in total investments for Q4 of 2013, with San Diego ($145.0M) and Orange County ($143.6M) with nearly the same venture investment toal. For the year, a total of $2.51

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Tech Coast Angels 246

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JUNE 15, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home computer and electronics service and help firm headed by Eric David Greenspan, said this week that it has launched a new web and social media services arm. The firm is backed by The Tech Coast Angels, Frontera Capital, Somera Ventures, and others. READ MORE>>.

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Web Tech Coast Angels Services Social Media 154

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. Plus, exposure through USC led me to the Tech Coast Angels.

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Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

socalTECH has mined our proprietary database of startups and other tech companies to find some of the firms spawned by former MySpace executives. Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. Venture backers : Mohr Davidow Ventures, Mission Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, Ron Conway.

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Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Jones, who is CEO of Santa Monica-based Science, was formerly CEO of MySpace, and also founded Tsavo Media and Userplane. Ranker is venture backed by Draper Associates, Rincon Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. Ranker said it is now getting around 4.5 READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Tsavo Userplane Draper 154

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Here's the rest. Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? Here’s how to do it.

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Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

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JANUARY 23, 2013

We dropped in recently, and found a screening session for the Tech Coast Angels; a number of former StartEngine, MuckerLab, and LaunchpadLA startups in residence; not more than a few startup founders wandering the halls; and a long list of upcoming technology networking events on the calendar.

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Google Tech Coast Angels Screening Santa Monica 253

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APRIL 30, 2010

The firm said the new office will help solidify existing partnerships with digital and media partners in the Bay Area. Mobile-XL is backed by the Tech Coast Angels, and headed by Guy Kamgaing-Kouam. The firm's service is particularly popular in areas with limited Internet access.

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Mobile Tech Coast Angels Los Angeles Media 140

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Green Dot's backers included Sequoia Capital, Total Technology Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. The report also tallied six companies having IPOs, the most since 2005; those firms included RealD, Cornerstone OnDemand, Demand Media, ReachLocal and Inphi Corp. billion in liquidity was generated in the sector.

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Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Report Riot Games 187

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MAY 5, 2009

Santa Ana-based Teresis Media Management revealed Tuesday that the firm has tapped B. Teresis is angel backed by the Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels. Tags: teresis media management executive. Hawkins, President and CEO of technology services firm OFS, for its board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Skype, Green Dot (Tech Coast Angels get 110X return), Tesla Motors, Demand Media, Linked In, Zynga, Glam Media, Gilt Groupe and Yelp all have very disruptive business models.

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Venture Capital Capital Tech Coast Angels Angel 145

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JUNE 11, 2009

Among changes to the site to support the shift in focus, the company said it has changed its layout to prominently display breaking news and news-based polls and discussions; added social media features to make news discussions more user-friendly; and more features to find and connect to people with similar opinions. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference). READ MORE>>

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Southern California Conference SoCal Startup 100

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Media and Entertainment came in second, with $70.1M--but only because San Diego's SkinIt boosted totals by $60M. In Orange County, the biggest deals were for Irvine-based WaterHealth International , a developer of water purification products with $22.1M raised, and Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies , a. in funding.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

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APRIL 21, 2009

The firm's software allows users to upload photos to create their own, 3-D avatars, which can then be inserted into online greeting cards, scenes from movies, photos, and other media. Big Stage is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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Content Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures USC 100

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MARCH 14, 2011

But, venues are becoming savvier, and want to connect with fans via social media and email, so that they can allow customers to continue the buying experience on their site, and repurpose customer data for their own usage. Scot Richardson: We've done two rounds of funding, both angel rounds. How is the company backed?

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Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

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MARCH 24, 2010

There's a convergence between the paradigm of the music business, and the business of social media. It wasn't through the Tech Coast Angels, although most of the investors are members of the Tech Coast Angels or CVAN, the Coachella Valley Angel Network. It represents a tremendous opportunity.

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Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

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AUGUST 2, 2013

Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests. We caught up with CEO Phil Kelly to better understand what the company is working on.

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Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

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MARCH 31, 2014

We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. That''s the problem with everyone doing anything which isn''t sexy in Silicon Valley.

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Orange County Startup News IBM 245

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FEBRUARY 9, 2009

We brought together Peter Cowen of Groundwork Equity , Mark Suster of GRP Partners , Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures , and Richard Yen of Saban Ventures -- all of who will be on the judging panel for the Tech Coast Angel's Fast Pitch on February 24th, to give us a their hints and tips about pitching to venture capitalists.

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Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100