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MARCH 16, 2012

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting is trying to make it easier for people to try out its free webconferencing service with a new feature called "AnyMeeting Now". The newly launched feature allows users to instantly start a free web conference session, even without creating an account on the service. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 17, 2020

San Diego-based startup Trust & Will , which offers up online estate planning, says it has hit 100,000 members to its service. According to the company, the recent pandemic doubled the volume of individuals seeking its estate planning services. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

San Diego-based Trust & Will , a startup which offers up online services to help people create trusts, wills, and guardianships, has raised $6M in a new funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The company originally raised funding as part of the San Diego Tech Coast Angels, in a "Quick Pitch" competition three years ago.

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JUNE 17, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Xavor invest through our dependable consulting services.

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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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JUNE 14, 2018

Los Angeles- and Las Vegas-based Influential , which operates a service to help match brands with influencers, has raised $12M more in a Series B funding, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Capital Zed, ECA Ventures, Paradigm Talent Agency, ROAR, the Tech Coast Angels, plus WME.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , which operates an online meeting service, has been acquired by another company, according to insiders and investors at the company. AnyMeeting offers up an online service which lets users run webinars, run online meetings, share screens and slides, and much more. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 11, 2012

Local startup AnyMeeting is looking to help fellow Southern California startups out, saying this morning that it will provide free, one-year accounts to its premium, ad-free service to any employee of companies within select Los Angeles area incubators and accelerators. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 3, 2013

YouMail , the provider of the personalized, advanced voicemail service, has inked a deal to bring its cloud-based visual voicemail service to contract-free wireless service provider Red Pocket Mobile , the firms announced Thursday. Financial details of the link were not announced. Red Pocket Mobile is based in Thousand Oaks.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Nanoogo , an online service focused on helping encourage creativity in kids, has scored a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels, according to a report today from the group. The firm was one of a number, previously unannounced investments by the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Three active angel investment groups--The Tech Coast Angels , the largest and most active angel investment group in Southern California; Maverick Angels , and Keiretsu Forum , have backed a developer of transcription services, TranscribeMe. operations in Emeryville. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Santa Monica-based Vokle , the developer of an online service to show live, streamed events, has now raised $767,000 in its latest seed round of funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm yesterday. The funds include capital from the Tech Coast Angels, the Sierra Angels, and others. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 13, 2012

YouMail , the developer of personalized voicemail applications and services, said today that it has added complete, Spanish-language support to its platform, including supporting automatic Spanish-language voicemail greetings and transcriptions. The service also says it now supports transcription of Spanish-speaking voice messages.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Irvine-based YouMail , the provider of enhanced voicemail apps and other telecommunications services, said Thursday that it has now answered two billion calls. YouMail provides a set of enhanced voicemail services, including personalized voicemail messages for different callers, transcription of voicemails, voicemail recipts, and much more.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Exhibitor passes include: - 3 tickets - Table top to display product / service - 4-minute speaking slot at the end of the normal 60- second pitches. The Investors will vote and the winner will get meetings with the Investors. We will have a sign up sheet at the registration table.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Irvine-based YouMail , the personalized voicemail service firm headed by Alex Quilici, has raised around $355,000 in new funding, adding CrunchFund--the investment fund run by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington--as a backer. Details of the funding were leaked by TechCrunch, which also said that the Tech Coast Angels ACE Fund participated.

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APRIL 3, 2013

Online web conferencing provider AnyMeeting has a challenge: it believes its services are better suited for small business than both WebEx and GoToMeeting, the incumbents in the web conferencing space. To prove it? READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

AnyMeeting , the small business web conferencing service which is backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Maverick Angels, Sand Hill Angels and Keiretsu Forum, has linked with Comcast Business, the company said Thursday. anymeeting free conference call meeting service comcast business'

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JANUARY 19, 2012

Irvine-based YouMail , the developer of advanced voicemail services and smartphone apps, and online phone retailer LetsTalk.com , have tied together in a partnership agreement. According to the firms, they will offer their services to each other's customers. Financial details of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 10, 2013

Los Angeles-based Payvia , which is developing mobile payment technology, and Mobile-XL , which develops software for providing access to digital services to people in Africa and India, are in a partnership, the companies said this morning. Financial arrangements between the companies were not announced. and Trinity Ventures.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

in a venture capital funding, to launch its social platform for trading goods and services. The funding came from angel investors, including Chris Hameetman (Tech Coast Angels) and Joe Addiego (Alsop Louie Partners). Santa Monica-based TradeYa said Wednesday that it has raised $1.1M

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JANUARY 3, 2013

YouMail , the provider of the personalized, advanced voicemail service, has inked a deal to bring its cloud-based visual voicemail service to contract-free wireless service provider Red Pocket Mobile , the firms announced Thursday. Financial details of the link were not announced. Red Pocket Mobile is based in Thousand Oaks.

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MARCH 16, 2012

YouMail explains that its new feature allows users to click on "Ditch" when they receive an unwanted call, whether that's from a telemarketer or debt collector, or other unwanted caller, and it will then automatically send those callers to an "out of service" message whenever they call, automatically. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 21, 2013

It''s always a challenge with freemium services--how much do you give away, and how much do you charge for? AnyMeeting told its free users today that, starting June 1st, the recording feature of its service will only be available to its "Pro" plan users. anymeeting free conference call meeting service premium plan freemium'

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The Tech Coast Angels announced this morning that it has had a first close on its Angel Capital Entrepreneurial (ACE) Fund 1, the firm's new early-stage investment fund. The angel group said that the first investment from the fund was in Vokle, an online event broadcasting service. fundraising.

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MARCH 17, 2010

Los Angeles-based Mobile-XL , the international mobile information services firm backed by the Tech Coast Angels, said this week that it has linked a deal with Oberthur Technologies to include its XLBrowser Content Platform on Oberthur's line of SIM cards. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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JULY 10, 2012

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , which provides free web conferencing and online meeting services, is announcing this morning that it is aiming at large "network marketing" firms with a new program.

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MARCH 23, 2016

Irvine-based Digsy , an online search service for finding commercial office, warehouse or retail space, said today that it has launched into Silicon Valley and San Francisco.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based Yowza , the developer of a mobile coupon and deals app, which was backed by comedian Wayne Brady, the Tech Coast Angels, the Pasadena Angels, and others, has been acqurieed by mobile commerce software provider Spindle , Spindle said today.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Streit was named the 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year in the Financial Services sector by Ernst & Young this week, joining other entrepreneurs like Reid Hoffman d Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn, and Andrew Mason of Groupon in being recognized in the awards. Streit and Green Dot have been recognized widely in the local tech community.

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JULY 15, 2015

The company said it has made its SOLVEIL surveillance solution available through technology and service provider Western Advance. The company's investors include Karmel Capital, Motorola, and the Tech Coast Angels. MicroPower Technologies is one of the companies which came out of the EvoNexus business incubator.

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JULY 7, 2011

Los Angeles-based HitFix , an online entertainment news site, announced today that it has closed on a $2M investment round. The new round was led by Golden Seeds, and also included prior investors the Tech Coast Angels. The company said it will use the round to accelerate growth in its service.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home technical support and services firm headed by Eric Greenspan, told its customers Monday that it has launched a brand new, membership program called MIW Digital Advantage. Make It Work provides IT and computer help to home users, dispatched in the company's signature red Mini Cooper cars.

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JUNE 7, 2012

Irvine-based YouMail , which provides a cloud-based, replacement voicemail service packed with a number of big enhancements over the usual standard voicemail features, said today that it has just released a major upgrade of its Android app--and also released new customer numbers. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 4, 2012

The funding came from Siemer Venture Capital, Rincon Venture Partners, Draper Associates, the Tech Coast Angels, and the Pasadena Angels, according to CEO Clark Benson. Size of the round was not disclosed.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

The site--which uses advertising to offset providing web conferencing services at no charge--said the new YouTube video feature lets users copy and paste the URL of any YouTube video into a conference, including allowing for pausing or skipping ahead in videos.

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