socalTECH

MAY 3, 2012

Forbes Magazine has just published its annual Midas List , its annual ranking of the top 100 venture capitalists, and -- despite a record number of IPOs and exits last year from southern California technology companies -- Southern California's venture capital community was shut out of the list entirely.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Thursday, November 15, 2012 -- Digital Data Rooms: Beyond Due Diligence. BIO SCIENCE ALLIANCE CFO / FINANCE INTEREST GROUP MEETING. How Digital Data Rooms can make your life easier by providing a vehicle for seamlessly communicating with shareholders, investors and other strategic interests.

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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. The totals give an early look into other venture capital surveys due later this month. billion in funding.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

But what was interesting to me was that I found myself recommending that each of them should have a technical adviser. Review the code being built. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm doing as a Part-Time CTO or Technical Advisor for startups. Strategic Technical Advisor. Why do this without the right technical advisor?

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socalTECH

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.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Earlier this week, Good Growth Capital (www.goodgrowthvc.com) announced it has started looking at investments in Southern California, adding Krisztina Holly as West Coast Venture Partner for the firm. Krisztina Holly: We are an early stage fund, known for our ability to discovery and cultivate very complex science and technology deals.

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2016

There has been a lot of worry recently in the high tech industry and from venture investors about "headwinds" in the technology market, particularly with valuations of "unicorn" companies dropping, investors shying away from investing in rounds, and even employees looking for safer jobs.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's technology industry. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? We expect some big things in 2019.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

A number of Southern California inventors and companies have been recognized today by magazine Popular Mechanics , for their work on what the magazine says are "world changing" innovations. The technology is apparently being applied to diagnose diseases such as malaria, screen for parasites, and other uses. 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). We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I did a presentation this week at Coloft that looked at how Non-Technical Founders can go about getting their MVP built. And the back-end is something that a non-technical founder can manage. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? NastyGal is just one of a number of fashion-meets-technology startups to emerge in Los Angeles, which. has long been home to both technology and fashion--but, based on its trajectory, looks to be one of the fastest growing. Rubicon Project. is a good place for employees.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

The insurance industry today is one of the last industries to fully jump into adopting technology for offering up their products, says Wayne Slavin , CEO and founder of SURE (www.sureapp.com), and just needs some help in getting there. We're here to serve, as a technology distribution platform, to help those insurance carriers become digital.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2010

An analysis of Q2's venture capital deals and investment activity in Southern California find that venture capitalists invested around $1.6 The most active investors in the region, by number of investments, were the Tech Coast Angels (9 tracked deals); followed by clean tech investor Angeleno Investors (3 deals).

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. 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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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2010

In my post, Technology Roles in Startups , I described some of the different ways I engage with startup companies such as CTO Founder , CTO , Part-Time CTO , Acting CTO , Consultant, Advisor and Advisory Board Member. Now, most often technical advisors are part of a broader advisory board. In Why assemble an advisory board?

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Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 15, 2019

Due to the diversity of their assets, many telecom infrastructure companies serve both communication service providers and business or residential entities. As your individual customers and businesses are expanding in size, technology mix, and data requirements, you need to grow your capacity.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

According to numbers released recently by Ernst & Young, California led the nation in terms of companies in registration for an IPO, with eight companies seeking to raise $855 million on the markets. Tags: california merger acquisition southern market.

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JUNE 13, 2016

The company said the expansion comes due to the hiring of a new CEO, SoCal startup vet Jay Goss, to lead the company. A new, mobile app startup, Exactly --which is about to launch a mobile messaging and networking app aimed at Millenials--said it has set up shop in Silicon Beach, backed by $4.6M in funding.

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MARCH 28, 2019

Tech Coast Angels. This year will also include a segment focused on the TCA due diligence and funding process and TCA's new $2M+ Annual Fund. Wednesday, April 3, 2019 -- Angel Investing 101. It turns out that angel investing is more than art - it's also very much a science. How do we know?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

James (chairman of the Althea Foundation) and appointed Adam Sroka as Senior Vice President of Technology in a move to make business transactions simple and secure. . Jackson , “This financing round, coupled with hiring Adam Sroka as our head of technology, puts CapLinked in a position to further enhance our enterprise product offerings.”.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2011

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 -- Live Website Reviews. Live reviews by a panel of usability experts. TechBiz Connection has assembled a world-class panel of usability experts to review and critique your websites LIVE. Techbizconnection. You got them to your site, but then what? This can make or break your website. See [link] (more)

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Cal Lutheran University Center for Entrepreneurship. We invite back Benjamin Kuo, editor and founder of socalTECH.com, for another year in review. What gained the attention of investors in 2016, and what technologies and companies might be hot for next year? Keynote Speaker: Ben Kuo, socaltech.com. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Join us for this exciting forum where we will review how entrepreneurs may approach the most promising advances in healthspan biotech, how entrepreneurs may approach these opportunities, the path to financing, and the resources in Southern California. See [link] (more)

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MARCH 4, 2010

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. It depends on the business, people, technologies, etc. Each situation is just a bit different.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Clean Technology Council. patents and published over 350 technical papers. Richard reviews how graphene will improve e-vehicle performance and energy storage. Wednesday, September 13, 2017 -- Graphene Super-Capacitors -The Key to Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Keynote from Richard Kaner, Ph.D. He holds 23 U.S.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 -- Clean Technology Council Workshop. Can new water recycling technology prevent a water crisis?Carlos Reyes, PE, Director of Resource Conservation, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District reviews new technology that can create a reliable water supply to arid regions.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

IEEE San Fernando Valley Section and Entrepreneurs Consortium of Southern California. Tom O'Toole and Brandon Villery will cover issues on licensing, due diligence, NDA, different types of IP (trade secret, patent, trademark, copyright), etc. See https://www.123signup.com/event?id=jmphg. 123signup.com/event?id=jmphg.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. 1) Mobile web.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 30, 2018

Rob Vickery, Co-Founder of Stage Venture Partners, which is one of LA's leading enterprise software venture capital fund, will be exploring the core principles of venture capital and core due-diligence techniques that are adopted in this area of finance.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 21, 2009

Thursday, August 27, 2009 -- TCVN Deal Review. Attend the TCVN Deal Review and learn how to put money into your piggy bank. Is your business "starved" for capital? Need to raise funds?

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

While a large corporation may be able to offer an attractive price point due to economies of scale, a local, regional provider has specific benefits that can often outweigh the dollars saved by going with a large firm. A local or regional provider, though, can offer: 1. Local staff.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 12, 2016

Due Diligence See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/preccelerator-program-presents-the-art-of-fundraising-episode-2-setting-the-deal-tickets-26851702164. Thursday, August 18, 2016 -- The Art of Fundraising Episode II: Setting the Deal.

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MAY 27, 2009

A few months ago, Peter Lee --a venture local capitalist who has served at firms such as Prism Ventures and Clearstone Ventures Partners--joined a relatively unknown venture firm here in Southern California, Baroda Ventures (www.barodaventures.com). He made a lot of money from those deals, so in 1999 he set up Baroda Ventures.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. Technology and innovation has historically been the thing that has pulled the economy out of recessions, and I think that is especially true right now. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

There’s an article making the rounds in tech circles titled “ Growth Hacking is Bull ” written by Muhammad Saleem. they’ll flock to your channel with marketing budgets and tech prowess. I’d like to make the case that the article is wrong. I’d strongly encourage you to read it. Success begets success.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

Many companies would love to be able to get the benefits of cloud--easy configurability, low cost, scaling, and more--but, due to various reasons, can''t take advantage of public cloud services like Amazon. We spent lots of time with enterprises where technology was not their core product. Why do you imagine that''s the case?

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