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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. Size and timing of the round was not announced.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2019

Thursday, June 13, 2019 -- Orange County FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in Orange County, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one!

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In an attempt to boost diversity and inclusion efforts and civic engagement between the growing technology industry in Los Angeles and the community that surrounds it, over 80 venture capitalists and entrepreneurs joined the city’s mayor, Eric Garcetti, and the non-profit Annenberg Foundation to announce PledgeLA. The landmark.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M In Los Angeles, near $324.2M in 20 deals; and Orange County had $128.8M Finally, the third biggest area for funding was Retailing/Distribution, which had a total of $105.7M was raised. New York followed Southern California with $512.8M

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Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 210

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Grocery delivery startup Good Eggs is announcing that it has raised $100 million in new funding, and that it’s planning to launch in Southern California in either the summer or fall of this year. “There’s the LA region, northern San Diego, Orange County — those areas collectively are the size of two or three Bay Areas. .

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Southern California Orange County San Diego Commerce 318

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JULY 20, 2012

in funding during Q2 of 2012, down from Q1, and slightly below investments in Q2 of 2011. The region saw the most investments in Los Angeles, with $329.0M in funding, followed by San Diego, with $304.7M The region saw the most investments in Los Angeles, with $329.0M in funding, followed by San Diego, with $304.7M

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Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Funding 145

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

Irvine-based K5Launch , a new venture accelerator started by angel investors Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, is looking to spawn the growth of startups in Southern California, saying today that it has launched its efforts in the area.

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Orange County Southern California Seed Funding Mentor 208

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2 Los Angeles had a total of $311.25M in deals for the quarter, followed by Orange County with $197.8M, then San Diego, with $174.6M in funding. in funding. That total was less than the $859.6M billion in venture capital. or the year, $26.5

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Southern California Orange County GRP Partners San Diego 237

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Last week, a group of four angel investors here announced their plans to create a new, accelerator program to spur the creation of an entrepreneurial community in the area around new startups. We are in Orange County, but we're also focused more largely on Southern California. But, Orange County is a wonderful place to live.

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Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

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JULY 17, 2014

According to the report, there was $472.15M invested in Los Angeles, $222.4M invested in San Diego, and $66.53M invested in Orange County during the period. Patrick Soon-Shiong, which raised $135M in a funding; El Segundo-based Prodege (aka Swagbucks), which raised $60.1M

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APRIL 21, 2014

Preact , a developer of software to help software companies reduce churn in their subscription customers which came out of Los Angeles-based startup incubator/accelerator Launchpad LA , has raised $4.6M in a funding round. The company said the funding came from Trinity Ventures. The company is now based in San Francisco.

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Orange County Incubator Venture Capital Software 197

socalTECH

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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Southern California Orange County Long Beach SoCal 172

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

Los Angeles led the region in investments, with $348.6M in venture capital raised in Q3; Orange County had $155.96M in investments for the quarter. in funding for its location-based intelligence software. The amount raised in the region was up from Q2, when $627.4M was raised in venture capital. in investment.

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Southern California Orange County Tech Coast Angels Companies 234

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based HopSkipDrive , the ridesharing service which helps deliver kids to and from school, after-school activities, and home, said this morning that it has raised $7.4M in a new funding round. The funding came from Student Transportation Inc. As part of the funding, Denis J. will join HopSkipDrive's board.

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Orange County Services Education Los Angeles 189

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2012

in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M In Los Angeles, near $324.2M in 20 deals; and Orange County had $128.8M Finally, the third biggest area for funding was Retailing/Distribution, which had a total of $105.7M was raised. New York followed Southern California with $512.8M

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Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 180

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

Irvine-based Pivotshare , a new startup offering up a service to help content creators publish and monetize their video or audio via subscription or pay-per-view, said today that it has raised $1M in a Series A funding.

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Content Orange County Coach Media 182

socalTECH

JULY 19, 2011

According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M Los Angeles had $222.5M in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments. Investments were slightly down from Q2 of 2010, when the region saw $856M in funding. raised for the quarter.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 167

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels is stressing its mixer program, seed investment efforts, and a new website, as it kicks off a 2010 program, according to the angel investing group. The group also said it is focusing on its SeedTrack program, which is specifically focused on seed stage funding and extensive mentoring. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Orange County Seed Funding Santa Barbara 157

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JANUARY 19, 2012

In Southern California, San Diego County took the lead in investment totals, raising $262.1M in venture funding. Orange County--boosted in a large part by a funding for Fisker Automotive--racked up $242.45M in funding. Los Angeles had $226.75M invested in companies.

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Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2013

Technology veterans Tareq Risheq and Mark Thacker are no strangers to the world of high tech startups and angel and venture capital--Risheq was formerly CEO of Celllynx, Thacker was co-founder at Datallegro--but the way they're funding their newest startup is unusual, and a testament to the growing popularity of crowdfunding.

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Orange County OCTANE High Tech Venture Capital 196

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APRIL 19, 2012

in investments across 21 deals, boosted significantly by a $139M investment in Sapphire Energy ; Los Angeles was second with $$317.8M in 48 deals; Orange County had $249.3M The largest deal was Sapphire Energy's $139M funding, followed by Fisker Automotive , which raised $129.72M, and Sientra , which raised $65.0M

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Avalon 221

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The Orange County Chapter of the Tech Coast Angels is promoting a program to help jumpstart small companies, O.C. Tech Coast Angels, the new program will provide seed funding, strategic planning, and execution of day-to-day functions of startups. Tags: tech coast angels angel investors seedtrack.

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Tech Coast Angels Orange County San Diego Seed Funding 157

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APRIL 16, 2010

One of those startups is Orange County-based DealPerk.com (www.dealperk.com), which is headed by Albert Ko. Albert Ko: At DealPerk, we cater toward Orange County, here in Southern California. Is this more than just a local Orange County site, or do you have plans to expand the idea elsewhere? READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Startup Sites Southern California 170

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JANUARY 11, 2019

According to the report, Los Angeles garnered the lion's share of the local funding, with $1.77 billion in Orange County. The region had a total of 124 deals logged by Dow Jones VentureSource, split between 75 in Los Angeles, 29 in San Diego, and 20 in Orange County. billion in deals, followed by $0.77

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Southern California Orange County Venture Capital San Diego 150

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MAY 20, 2014

Los Angeles-based Survios , a developer of virtual reality technology, announced Monday that it has raised $4M in a Series A venture funding round. The round was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included Felicis Ventures and angel investor Gen Isayama (World Innovation Lab). READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Venture Capital Conference Los Angeles 153

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Karlin Ventures , one of the newest venture capital funds to emerge in the Los Angeles area, said today that it has launched a new "community hour" with Santa Monica's ROC, where the venture capital investment will help provide feedback on startup ideas and chat with companies. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Tech Coast Angels Santa Monica Southern California 180

TechCrunch LA

MAY 15, 2019

Furniture subscription rental service, Feather , is heading to Los Angeles and Orange County, California with $12 million in new funding and “thousands” of customers in New York and San Francisco. Deliveries to Feather’s new, LA and Orange County geographies will begin on May 20.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2013

The financing came from the Tech Coast Angel''s ACE Fund, as well as angel investors from Orange County. The startup--led by Mark Nielsen--it targeting utilities, municipalities, and academic institutions with its product.

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Orange County Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital Report 153

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

I think the biggest challenge we have, is to get these investors to see that the startup world is not totally based in the Bay Area, that we have a whole, West-coast ecosystem, which Orange County is a part of. If you were to tell investors about Orange County's strengths, what would you say?

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OCTANE Orange County Technical Review Southern California 174

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2017

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) has just received $5M to fund a new initiative, called Energize California , to help boost clean technology startups. READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Orange County Santa Barbara Ventura 133

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 20, 2019

Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Phoenix, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Orange County, Calif. Earlier this year, Postmates raised an additional $100 million in equity funding at a $1.85 For now, the company’s party feature will only be offered in a handful of the nearly 3,000 U.S. and Philadelphia.

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Orange County Long Beach San Diego Los Angeles 200

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

Los Angeles saw $407.2M in 45 deals, Orange County saw $279.5M In Orange County, the biggest deals were for Tri Alpha Energy , which raised $50.0M, Fisker Automotive , which raised $43.0M, and AqueSys , which raised $35.0M. Quarter-to-quarter growth was also good, going from $627.4M and 80 deals in Q1. totaled $6.5

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Southern California Orange County Rustic Canyon SoCal 174

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APRIL 7, 2009

Irvine-based Bikestation , a developer of facilities for bicycle commuting, has scored an investment from the Tech Coast Angels angel investment group, the TCA said this morning. According to the Orange County arm of the Tech Coast Angels, the investment was led by Raulee Marcus.

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Tech Coast Angels Orange County Claremont Santa Barbara 100

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JULY 18, 2013

Across the region, Los Angeles led in terms of dollars and deals, with $277.4M Orange County was second, with $161.9M The biggest deal for the quarter was for Venice-based photo messaging app developer Snapchat , which raised a huge, $60M funding round in the quarter. invested across 45 companies.

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Southern California Venture Capital Tech Coast Angels Capital 187

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DECEMBER 4, 2014

Sherman Oaks-based SERVIZ , a new, on-demand home services startup led by ReachLocal founder Zorik Gordon, said Wednesday that it is connecting consumers with holiday lighting installation services--and also revealed a funding round from Groupon. in a funding round, led by Groupon, along with other investors.

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Sherman Oaks Orange County ReachLocal Demand 138

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MAY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based Fernish , a direct-to-consumer furniture rental company, said on Wednesday that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. Fernish offers up a wide variety of furniture to consumers in Los Angeles, Orange County, and Seattle. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Los Angeles Capital Funding 124

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APRIL 12, 2013

There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. We''ve analyzed our database of angel and.

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Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222