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AUGUST 21, 2012

OCTANe , the Orange County-based organization helping to bolster the high tech industry and entrepreneurs, reported this morning that in the first half of 2012, companies participating in its startup accelerator have raised a total of $26.8M in funding.

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OCTANE Orange County High Tech Mentor 150

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Amir Banifatemi: K5Launch supports our larger vision, the K5 initiative, which was promoted last year to provide a more stable and vibrant community of entrepreneurship in Southern California, but mostly Orange County. We are in Orange County, but we're also focused more largely on Southern California.

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Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

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JULY 20, 2012

The latest MoneyTree Survey, from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters, tabulated. in funding during Q2 of 2012, down from Q1, and slightly below investments in Q2 of 2011. Orange County, with $203.6M County and San Diego seeing slightly less funding that the prior quarter.

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Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Funding 145

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MAY 9, 2012

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 -- VC in the OC. Where people and ideas come together with capital and resources to fuel Orange County's venture and innovation industries. Even more VCs have been added to VC in the OC 2012! The Largest Gathering of VC's in Southern California this Year.

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Venture Capital Orange County Southern California Resource 100

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JULY 15, 2016

Vinny Smith , the founder of Orange County's Quest Software , has put his backing behind a new data integration sofware startup, Grow. Grow said this week that it has raised $11M in a Series A funding, which came from Toba Capital, the investment funding company run by Smith. Grow is based in Utah. Grow is based in Utah.

Orange County 100

Orange County Software Funding Capital 100

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APRIL 19, 2013

Venture capital investments saw a sharp drop in Q1 in Southern California, according to the latest venture numbers from the MoneyTree report. The report, released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association over the weekend, tallied up $534.3M Orange County also was down, racking up $158.9M

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Southern California Invest Orange County Venture Capital 140

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Monday, September 24, 2012 -- Tech Coast Angels Open Forum. Block is a member of the Tech Coast Angels, serving on the Executive Committee of the Orange County Network, and a Managing Director of Venture Farm, LLC, which provides early stage venture capital to entrepreneurs and Trenchant Ventures, LLC. See [link] (more)

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Tech Coast Angels Orange County Angel Venture Capital 100

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AUGUST 28, 2012

Venture capital. August 24, 2012 10:24 AM. Orange County alone is home to more than 300 medical device companies with world-renowned leadership in ophthalmic and cardiovascular devices – a far cry from the “silicone” valley that Ms. Editor’s picks. Featured stories. Cloud services. Cloud storage. Enterprise.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57