SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 -- Venture Capital in Southern California: Catching Up and Going Beyond. Northern California gets all the attention when it comes to venture capital investment. But Southern California does VC, too, just not at quite the same scale as Silicon Valley.

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MARCH 21, 2019

A new report, issued this week by EY, says that the number of IPOs have dropped across both international markets and the US. The report--which examined IPOs in Q1--said that ongoing geopolitical uncertainties and trade issues continue to dampen investor enthusiasm for the public offerings.

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Southern California Activity SoCal San Diego 113

L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Tesla Motors to build 20MW battery storage facility for SoCal Edison, Citi Ventures backs FastPay, first Hyperloop One likely to be built overseas, and more.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

A new report released today tallies up $7.7 billion in IT exits in 2011, the highest since 2000, for Southern California IT firms. The report--compiled by Ocean Road Partners--included both venture-backed and self-financed information technology companies. billion in liquidity was generated in the sector.

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Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Report Riot Games 187

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

A report today from CNN's Term Sheet says that a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Erik Rannala , is leaving Harrison Metal Venture Capital to set up a new venture capital fund in Southern California. According to the report, Rannala is setting up a separate fund to focus on opportunities in Southern California.

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Southern California Venture Capital Report SoCal 154

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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 in Q1, up from $588.033M tallied by the report in Q4 of 2009, and up significantly from the $320.2M received in the region in Q1 of 2009. across 31 days.

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Southern California Orange County Invest GRP Partners 208

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MAY 19, 2014

Action sports camera maker GoPro , which has a few Southern California connections, has filed for an IPO, saying Monday in a regulatory filing that it is looking to raise $100M on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as GPRO. The company reported $985.73M in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2013. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Steamboat Ventures SoCal San Diego 196

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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. The report tallied up $926.4M Investments in LA/OC were up slightly from the $898.3M

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Venture Capital Southern California Orange County Invest 113

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Based on a trio of recent, cloud technology acquisitions by major, Silicon Valley technology powerhouses, that would be Southern California. Where is the future of the cloud being developed? the acquisition of Santa Barbara-based Eucalpytus by HP last week; and the acquisition earlier this year of Los Angeles-based Inktank by Red Hat.

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MARCH 23, 2016

A new survey, released this week by Silicon Valley Bank, finds that even as the availability of venture capital in Southern California is tightening, and lofty unicorn valuations are declining, startup entrepreneurs are still optimistic about the future of technology in the region. and China for their opinions. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 20, 2011

10 of the 44 venture-backed companies currently filed to go public are from Southern California, according to an analysis today from the Wall Street Journal. According to the report, there are 44 U.S., venture-backed companies currently filed for an IPO, with 10 from Southern California and 13 from Silicon Valley.

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Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand NewEgg SoCal 167

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Two, Southern California tech companies-- The Trade Desk , based in Ventura, and Everbridge , which has major operations and was founded in Glendale--are on tap for IPOs this month, according to the NASDAQ's upcoming IPO calendar. The two companies are the only tech companies currently on the upcoming IPO list.

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Southern California Temple City SoCal Ventura 100

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JULY 19, 2011

Southern California companies raised $739M in venture capital in Q2 of 2011, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) based on data from Thomson Reuters. According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M

Southern California 167

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 167

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Based on recent figures from a number of Southern California's online video companies, anything from $870,000 to $1.7M. Both reports are unusual, in sourcing payout rates on YouTube channels, which have been notoriously hard to get on record from any YouTube channel partner.

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Southern California Mahalo SoCal Company 197

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Despite the announcement this week that Google has plans to hire more than 30,000 employees by the beginning of next year, and reports today that it was overwhelmed with over 75,000 job applications this week, those plans do not appear to have yet impacted Google's jobs listings in Southern California.

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Southern California Google Santa Monica SoCal 170

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APRIL 2, 2009

Southern California Venture capital totals were up slightly in Q1 of this year from last quarter, to around $718M in deals, according to an analysis of socalTECH.com's proprietary venture database. Tags: moneytree ventureone database analysis total capital venture california southern socal. billion in funding.

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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). The numbers released by PwC and the NVCA seem to back that statement, showing that so far this year, $1.48

Southern California 174

Southern California Orange County Rustic Canyon SoCal 174

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

It looks like Google's YouTube intends to pull at least 60 percent of its programming deals for online content providers, a move that may have a huge impact on Southern California's emerging video content startups. Those companies include Maker Studios , My Damn Channel , Big Frame , DECA , Katalyst , Machinima , ZEFR , and others.

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Southern California Google SoCal Startup 168

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APRIL 3, 2020

The effort is called the Fight COVID-19: SoCal Tech for SoCal Hospitals (which is unrelated to this publication). N-95 respirators, which are used by medical teams to prevent getting infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, are in extremely short supply in the United States.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Southern California venture totals for Q3 totaled around $1.0 Q3 has traditionally been a slower, venture funding quarter in Southern California, due to summer vacations and a slower work schedule for both high tech companies and venture firms during the summer months. billion invested in Q2. billion invested in Q2.

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Southern California Invest Westlake Village SoCal 196

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat might be the darling of the technology startup scene, but there are at least three, privately held startups--and maybe, more--in Southern California who recently passed $100M in revenues, according to a look through recent announcements.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Internet portal Yahoo is continuing its makeover back into a Silicon Valley style workplace, and apparently has extended its free food offer to employees at two of the company's New York locations, according to reports today. However, it looks like--so far--that revolution has skipped Yahoo's Southern California operations.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

An unconfirmed report Thursday afternoon, from TechCrunch, says that Unilever is in early talks to acquire the company, founded by Jessica Alba and SoCal serial entrepreneur Brian Lee. Is another, Los Angeles consumer startup-- The Honest Company --about to be acquired by Unilever ?

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. You''ve got to do your report every month.

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

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JANUARY 19, 2009

Southern California's venture capital numbers for Q4 slipped, as did numbers nationally, according to numbers released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource. According to the report, Southern California's venture capital totals slipped for the first time since 2003, down more than 18 percent annually, to $3.2

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Southern California SoCal Orange County Venture Capital 100

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JULY 21, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association are reporting today that venture capitalists invested $3.7B in 612 deals in Q2 of the year, according to data from Thomson Reuters, with Southern California seeing $331.2M in 52 venture deals. was invested in 603 deals. Locally, Los Angeles saw $74.8M

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Southern California Invest Orange County Report 100

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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. Software investments took second place, with $102.2M

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Venture Capital Southern California Invest Capital 154

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Collectible sneaker reseller Goat raises $25 million, SpaceX plans to launch rockets every 2 weeks, and Virtual reality firm Upland expands into SoCal.

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SoCal Southern California SpaceX Report 100

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

A report released today by Ernst & Young finds that Southern California was number two in the nation in terms of clean technology investments for the year. According to the analysis of 2009 venture capital, based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource, Southern California had annual investments of $329.5M

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Southern California Invest Technology SoCal 140

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California. For anyone from California, you know there are vast differences between the northern and southern parts of the state – so vast in fact that, to us, they could just as easily stand alone as two separate states. Social networking. Social games.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M invested in Southern California in Q4. Those numbers were up from both Q3, when $506.9M

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Southern California Venture Capital Invest Orange County 154

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AUGUST 27, 2018

He reports to another department. The started looking at the Carlsbad group of engineers, who were working at Yahoo, in order to jump start something in Southern California. What was it you told your higher ups at Walmart which convinced them to give Southern California a chance? Things have evolved since then.

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San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

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AUGUST 27, 2018

He reports to another department. The started looking at the Carlsbad group of engineers, who were working at Yahoo, in order to jump start something in Southern California. What was it you told your higher ups at Walmart which convinced them to give Southern California a chance? Things have evolved since then.

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San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Meanwhile the number of quality SoCal companies continues to grow at an impressive rate that reflects more strong executive talent, resources and a vibrant ecosystem. I predict SoCal will continue to grow, but in 2020 more companies nationwideand herewill not get the funding they need. READ MORE>>.

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Capital SoCal Southern California SaaS 100

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JANUARY 22, 2010

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M invested in Southern California in Q4. Those numbers were up from both Q3, when $506.9M

Southern California 113

Southern California Invest Venture Capital Orange County 113

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

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