Xconomy

MAY 8, 2017

Austin —Dell Technologies is publicly unveiling a venture capital investment arm that has been quietly investing in startups since the operation was run by EMC, the data storage giant that Dell agreed to acquire for $67 billion in 2015. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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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. Other News: 1. Read more: PEHub. OpenCandy.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 11, 2017

If you’re looking for a counterpoint to the recent flurry of news stories about sexual harassment and gender bias in the tech sector, the Kauffman Fellows program isn’t a bad place to start.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2014

San Diego-based Sophiris Bio said this morning that it has raised $2M in funding from Aspire Capital Fund, and received commitments of up to $13M more, to help fund its efforts to develop a treatment for localized prostate cancer. The company said the news fund will provide additional "financial flexibility" for the company.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2013

Broadcom Powering New Mac Wireless. In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health).

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socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2015

San Diego-based ScoreStream said today that it has raised $2M in a seed financing round, to bring scores, pictures, and other information about high school and local sports online. The startup--led by technology startup vet Derrick Oien--said the funding was led by Sinclair Digital Ventures, a division of Sinclair Broadcast Group.

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2015

San Diego-based stock messaging service Stocktwits has just raised a new funding, which the company said came from its existing investors, plus strategic Asian financial technology investors, and strategic investors in the fund and ETF business in North America. funding round. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? Given SVBs market position, that is great news. But its even better news for the regional SoCal innovation ecosystem. In December, the San Diego company added one of softwares biggest names, Microsoft Chairman John Thompson, to its board of directors.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2010

Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M San Diego was not far behind, with $222.4M in 29 venture capital deals for Q1. Tags: venture capital financing investment quarterly moneytree nvca. received in the region in Q1 of 2009. across 31 days.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2010

San Diego-based Chumby , the maker of the Internet-connected, Linux-based clock radio, has upped its Series B funding to $8.78M, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. Tags: chumby venture capital linux internet electronic device consumer. READ MORE>>.

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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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Xconomy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

According to the National Venture Capital Association and PitchBook , this past quarter $15 billion was invested in 1,810 deals , which compares unfavorably to both the prior quarter ($22.1 Source: National Venture Capital Association. Isolating just the United Kingdom, the news is even more disturbing: U.K.

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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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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The funding comes as Magnolia and San Diego-based competitor Kurin battle each other in court. RTW Investments, a New York-based firm that backs healthcare ventures, led the Series C funding round, Magnolia says.

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Xconomy

JUNE 14, 2019

Is one of the bigger biopharma acquisitions of the year in trouble? This past week, antitrust regulators once again delayed Roche’s planned $4.8 billion buyout of gene therapy developer Spark Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ONCE ).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

San Diego-based Slacker , which operates an Internet radio service, along with selling a music player linked to it service, has reportedly scored a $5M bridge financing round, according to industry publication VentureWire. VentureWire cited a regulatory filing in reporting the news. in funding. in funding. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Six years ago, a biotech called Amarin won FDA approval of a prescription fish-oil pill, Vascepa, because it could lower triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood. But Amarin didn’t have the evidence that lowering triglycerides with fish oil would really help people. Sales lagged. Amarin’s shares sank.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 7, 2019

The flow of biotech news is particularly heavy today, and for good reason. Morgan Healthcare Conference, one of the biggest gatherings for the biopharmaceutical industry, kicked off today in San Francisco, and many companies, whether they’re speaking at the event or not, use this time to get their news out. The annual J.P.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. to San Diego. It's the source for keeping a pulse on the dynamic world of technology, reaching venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, social media. Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com).

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socalTECH

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. It wouldn''t be covered in the Los Angeles Times, and not by the San Diego papers.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Every month, there’s news of another partnership among carmakers like GM and tech companies such as Uber, as they vie for dominant roles in a transportation future where individual car ownership may largely give way to rides-on-demand from fleets of autonomous and tech-enabled vehicles. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Xconomy

APRIL 9, 2018

As readers know, we strive to cover a wide range of innovation sectors, from tech and life sciences to healthcare and education—all with a mix of on-the-ground reporting, daily news stories, in-depth features and analysis, and events and conferences.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Confident Technologies / Curtis Staker / San Diego - Staker is the former President of Websense, and has pulled together an experienced team with a depth of experience from the firm.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The rising death toll from opioids has prompted policymakers to try various ways to take on the problem. President Trump’s opioid commission released its final report this week, calling for expansion of drug courts, better physician training, and penalties for insurers that don’t cover treatment.

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Xconomy

MAY 9, 2019

billion in new capital late Thursday as it priced an initial public offering that set its market capitalization at $82.4 billion , according to calculations by The New York Times and other news outlets. Ride-hailing giant Uber secured $8.1

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Xconomy

JULY 12, 2019

We had terrible news this week of the deaths of two people whose lives and work touched many people. It seems at times we’re never far removed from any one person, through their published papers, social media connections, friends, colleagues, or people they’ve mentored.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 20, 2019

As national politics dominates the news in the final days of the decade, we at Xconomy are wrapping up the year with some big moves by the FDA, including an approval of the first drug OK’d reduce heart risk in patients with high triglycerides who are already taking statins.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 27, 2017

A new study showed it may take another 40 years to achieve gender diversity in life sciences. It was a wild week in biotech and on Capitol Hill. Tensions continued to mount between drugmakers and payers over the rising costs of rare disease drugs.

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Xconomy

MARCH 5, 2019

Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, said on Twitter that Gottlieb’s resignation was “ terrible news for public health. Gottlieb’s remit extended beyond drugs, of course, to food safety and tobacco regulation, and his legacy may well rest in his efforts to curtail teenage vaping and smoking.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

Howard is based in San Diego, and spoke to us about StockTwits. Howard Lindzon: In 2007, Fred Wilson had offered me some share in Twitter, when they were putting together their first round of venture capital investments. Through Howards investment in betaworks, he also owns early shares in Twitter.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 24, 2020

Company news slowed somewhat this week, perhaps as some took the federal Martin Luther King Jr. However, a new coronavirus believed to stem from Wuhan, China, captured the attention of the world healthcare community.

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Xconomy

MAY 12, 2017

On a day dominated by news about President Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey, and its impact on the ongoing investigation of Russian hacking of the 2016 presidential election, two significant developments for the cybersecurity industry also emerged Thursday.

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Xconomy

APRIL 19, 2017

But it can be hard to keep up with the latest news in fields as disparate as cybersecurity, food tech, and cancer therapeutics—let alone understand the context around these developments and how they might relate to each other.

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Xconomy

APRIL 20, 2018

The biggest news this week was in oncology, hands down. Merck showed that its immunotherapy pembrolizumab (Keytruda) might become a common option for many patients newly diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, but the bigger picture is that the field is moving fast.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 11, 2018

Self-driving tech was well-represented in the CES innovation awards , and news announcements from the sector were plentiful. This year, the mobility sector had its largest presence at CES yet. Here, we’ve rounded up five of the most significant mobility advances from. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Xconomy

JUNE 29, 2018

That’s great news for early stage life sciences investors and the overall health of the startup biotech ecosystem. Clinical data already in hand or not, biotechs have charged to Wall Street at a record pace over the past two weeks, raising more than $1 billion in offerings that all met or exceeded their projected valuations.

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