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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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DECEMBER 31, 2012

What was Southern California's technology community most interested in 2012? venture capital exits in. 2011, showing a reduced number of exits--but more IPOs--in venture backed companies. Ten of Southern California's Top Software Companies - Also in November, we published. As part of our.

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JUNE 5, 2013

There''s been a constant drumbeat from both local entrepreneurs and investors on the lack of venture capital sources in Southern California. So, anytime a new, Southern California venture capital investor show ups, technology entrepreneurs usually flock to their doorstep. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2015

Venture capitalists invested more than $1.3 billion in Southern California startup, according to the latest MoneyTree Report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association last night, based on data from Thomson Reuters. The report tallied $1.09 in investments in San Diego.

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MAY 7, 2010

A new analysis of Q1, 2010 venture capital investments finds that two Southern California companies drove a 490 percent increase in Clean Technology Industrial Products & Services for the quarter. Clean technology investments totaled $733.3M

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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. Congrats on the new name for your venture capital firm. It's always hard with venture capital. I was blown away.

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JUNE 7, 2013

Need to find a top legal company in Southern California? How do you sort through the thousands of attorneys and firms here, and figure out who really knows venture capital, angel investments, how to deal with a term sheet, how to negotiate a business agreement, how to incorporate, and much more? link] READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

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). per year.

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MARCH 10, 2014

A new, Los Angeles-based venture capital firm-- TYLT Lab --said Monday that it has raised $20M in an initial close towards its early stage, seed investment fund. According to the new venture firm, it is focused on early stage, seed to A-round investments, with a focus on Southern California companies, and specifically Silicon Beach.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature insights and analysis from the local technology community, we have an article from Jeff Cohn , an entrepreneur and veteran of the angel and VC investment community here in Southern California. However (More.).

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JUNE 25, 2015

On-demand pickup service Curbside , which develops a mobile, on-demand app and associated service that lets users buy products from retailers such as Target and Best Buy, and pick them up later that day, is planning to expand to Southern California. Qualcomm Ventures is the venture arm of San Diego's Qualcomm.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

Surf Air ($2.6M, Los Angeles, subscription aircraft service). Southern California's Most Popular Tech Stories. LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Acquisition of note: Nexsan Acquired For $120M, by Imation. TapIt Media acquired for $23M by Phunware. In our features section: Interview with Blair Harrison of Frequency.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Laguna Hills-based See Jane Go , a startup which operates a ridesharing service driven by, and which serves just women, has raised $2.47M in an angel funding, the company said Tuesday. See Jane Go currently offers it service in Orange County and Long Beach, with plans to expand to the rest of Southern California using the funding.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Congratulations Southern California Gelsons store shoppers, you’re getting Impossible Foods on your grocery shelves. The meatless ground meat substitute will be appearing in stores across the Southern California as the first step in a phased nationwide rollout on Friday. late-night delivery item in the U.S.

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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). billion has gone into Southern California companies, second only to the $4.48

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MARCH 16, 2017

Are you an entrepreneur, looking for capital here in Southern California? Here's a rundown of some of the venture capital investors who have set up shop in Southern California, plus those with big new funds, which have been announced so far since January of this year. Watertower Ventures.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures is one of the investors in a new, luxury valet service launching in San Francisco, called Luxe. luxe valet parking services smartphone iphone luxury upfront ventures' Luxe said Thursday that it has raised $5.5M READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 22, 2019

Thursday, March 28, 2019 -- 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. Register for the FundingPost event on Thursday, March 28th, 2019. See [link] (more)

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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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JUNE 25, 2010

Get the scoop on Southern California's technology firms, investors, jobs, and more by becoming a member of socalTECH.com. per month, and gives you access to our complete database of high tech companies in Southern California, investors who invest in Southern California firms, service providers, and much more.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 21, 2019

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 -- Orange County 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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From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 29, 2013

Over the past several years there have been a plethora of incubators and accelerators springing up all over southern California and particularly on the west side of Los Angeles. SoCal Tech. LAVA (Los Angeles Venture Association). Here is a list of useful resources to help you in your search: News & Resources.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science.

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MAY 13, 2010

Dear readers: Like keeping up to date on Southern California's latest venture funding, high tech deals, and more? Information is key to understanding how to get funded, and socalTECH is the best source for this information in Southern California. Join socalTECH.com as a premium member!

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JUNE 25, 2010

A little known Southern California venture capital investor is benefiting from the IPO of Silicon Valley-based Fabrinet today, after Fabrinet said it has priced its IPO and will list on the New York Stock Exchange. Fabrinet lists Shea Ventures as one of the bigger investors in the firm, with 6.5 Shea web site.

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JUNE 26, 2013

Metacloud , a provider of managed, Openstack-based private cloud services, announced this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Canaan Partners, and also included Storm Ventures and AME Cloud. The companies said the funding will go towards growth and global expansion of its services.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. SoCal tech and life science companies are scaling faster than at any point in history.

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MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Jason Thanh La , the co-founder and CEO of payment processing company Merchant Services Group , said this week that he has committed to personally fund $1M to early stage companies in Southern California. jason thanh merchant services group venture capital angel investor payment processing finance financial'

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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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JANUARY 23, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 The only other sector seeing an increase was IT Services, up 17 percent to $1.8 billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. billion in the third quarter.

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AUGUST 16, 2020

Norton’s latest fund is the only the most recent act in a career that has seen the investor traverse the financial services digital media and the early days of the internet. Norton built Digital Boardwalk, a pioneering internet service provider and the second commercial partner for the trailblazing browser service, Netscape.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

According to the firm, it believes its pace of investments makes it one of the most active healthcare venture investors in the country. The fund--which is associated with Wavemaker--invests in early-stage healthcare service and product companies, both in Southern California as well as elsewhere. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 21, 2012

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 -- 2012 Venture Capital and New Media Summit. Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. See [link] (more)

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Aaron Fyke , the founder and Managing Director of Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com), a venture capital firm in the energy and sustainability space. With support from prior backers of mine, Thin Line Capital was launched. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?

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AUGUST 28, 2012

Cloud services. Venture capital. 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.

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JUNE 7, 2013

Venice-based photo messaging service Snapchat is reportedly raising $100M in funding, at a valuation of half a billion dollars, according to a report Friday. Snapchat--which operates a mobile photo messaging service which is very popular with the teenage set--is backed by Benchmark Capital, and had previously raised $12.5M

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