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JANUARY 30, 2009

Thursday, February 5, 2009 -- TCVN Workshop Orange County. Mr. Robert Ochtel, founder of the Traverse Angels, will be presenting business planning processes and methodologies from his recently published book: Business Planning, Business Plans and Venture Funding.

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JULY 19, 2011

Southern California companies raised $739M in venture capital in Q2 of 2011, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) based on data from Thomson Reuters. According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M

Southern California 167

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 167

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

SendGrid , the developer of email delivery platform used heavily by app developers, has raised $20M more in a Series C, venture funding round, the company said this morning. The company--which has significant operations in Orange County--said the Bain Capital Ventures, along with Bessemer Venture Partners and Foundry Group.

Orange County 173

Orange County Email Venture Capital Platform 173

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

The Three Enthralling Factors Of Venture Funding. Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder of AngelList and Venture Hacks, details a variety of factors that influence your chances of raising venture funding in this informative interview. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. was raised.

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Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 210

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JULY 18, 2013

in venture capital investments in Q2 2013 across Southern California, spread across 80 deals. The report comes every quarter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. Orange County was second, with $161.9M READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Venture Capital Tech Coast Angels Capital 187

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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

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. in funding, followed by San Diego, with $304.7M Orange County, with $203.6M in funding.

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Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Funding 145

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report were released today, finding that a total of $683.7M The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2 billion in venture capital. The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2

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Southern California Orange County GRP Partners San Diego 237

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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. Nanoogo has been working with K5 Launch, the business accelerator which has been focused on funding companies in Orange County.

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Tech Coast Angels Orange County Funding Report 166

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

in venture capital in Q3, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data From Thomson Reuters. was raised in venture capital. was raised in venture capital. in funding for its location-based intelligence software.

Southern California 234

Southern California Orange County Tech Coast Angels Companies 234

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The National Venture Capital Association today released a new report detailing the impact of venture capital on the U.S. The report tallies up near $200 billion in venture capital invested in California since 1970, with $29.2 billion invested in LA/Orange County, and $16.3M in San Diego.

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Venture Capital Capital Orange County San Diego 138

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JULY 17, 2014

The latest venture capital totals from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association''s MoneyTree Report was released this evening, tallying up $761.12M in investments in Q2 of 2014 in Southern California, up from Q2 of 2013, when $616.83M was invested in the region. Image courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 10, 2013

Two, Orange County venture capital investors are behind a developer of socially-driven, healthcare software aimed at helping health plans encourage healthy activity by their members. Jeff Margolis, CEO of WellTok, founded TriZetto in Orange County, although the firm subsequently moved to Denver. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2014

in a funding round. The company said the funding came from Trinity Ventures. Gooley was at Earbits, and Watilo is an Orange County native who has consulted for Kelley Blue Book, Zillow, and others. preact venture capital launchpadla launchpad accelerator software churn subscription' READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Incubator Venture Capital Software 197

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. was raised.

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Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 180

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Three, local venture capital investors -- Miramar Venture Partners , Okapi Venture Capital , and Qualcomm Ventures -- are part of a group investing $22.1M in healthcare software developer Welltok , which announced a big funding round this morning. Miramar and Okapi are in Orange County, and Qualcomm is in San Diego.

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Orange County Miramar Artificial Inteligence SoCal 147

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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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JANUARY 20, 2011

Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in a funding round. in investments, followed by $182.7M

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Venture Capital Southern California Invest Capital 154

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

in a new funding round. The funding came from Student Transportation Inc. FirstMark Capital, Upfront Ventures, as well as new investors Skyview Capital and Halogen Ventures also participated in the funding. As part of the funding, Denis J. Gallagher, Chairman and CEO of Student Transportation Inc.,

Orange County 189

Orange County Services Education Los Angeles 189

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APRIL 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, The National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters have tallied up just under a billion dollars in venture capital investments in the Southern California region in Q1 of this year, a very significant uptick from Q2 of 2011. in 13 deals. in the quarter.

Southern California 221

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Avalon 221

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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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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.

Orange County 196

Orange County OCTANE High Tech Venture Capital 196

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JANUARY 11, 2019

billion in venture capital in Q4 of 2018, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource , released on Friday. According to the report, Los Angeles garnered the lion's share of the local funding, with $1.77 billion in Orange County. Southern California raised $2.96 billion in deals, followed by $0.77 READ MORE>>.

Southern California 150

Southern California Orange County Venture Capital San Diego 150

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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

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

In what looks to be one of the largest, venture capital deals in Orange County so far this year, Aliso Viejo-based Telogis said Tuesday that it has raised $93M in a funding round, for the company''s location-based intelligence technology. telogis venture capital location based services enterprise' READ MORE>>.

Orange County 153

Orange County Venture Capital Equity Platform 153

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

The accelerator said that it is aiming at helping entrepreneurs--particularly in the social and mobile technology space--in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County with pre-seed funding and mentoring.

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Orange County Southern California Seed Funding Mentor 208

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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 startup was spawned out of Project Holodeck, a demonstration effort at an Orange County virtual reality conference. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Venture Capital Conference Los Angeles 153

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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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Southern California Orange County Long Beach SoCal 172

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Cylance , a new security startup based in Irvine, said this morning that it has raised $15M in a funding round. The round came from Khosla Ventures and Fairhaven Capital. Fallon, U.S. Fallon, U.S. Navy (Retired), and Alex Doll (co-founder of PGP).

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Orange County Software Capital Startup 171

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

Macquarie Capital , the investing arm of Macquarie Group, says it has provided $100M in a debt financing, to back development of a new battery-based energy storage project in Southern California. According to Macquarie Capital, the debt funding is part of a 52.5 According to Macquarie Capital, the debt funding is part of a 52.5

Orange County 113

Orange County Southern California Capital West Los Angeles 113

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MARCH 27, 2015

Orange County-based water disinfection equipment and services company Superior Water Technologies has received a funding round from venture capital investor METRIX Capital Group , the two said Thursday. Size of the equity funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Funding Venture Capital Equity 100

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JANUARY 27, 2010

The group also said it is focusing on its SeedTrack program, which is specifically focused on seed stage funding and extensive mentoring. Tags: tech coast angels funding venture capital seed fund. The angel group also mentioned a web site design as part of its initiatives this year. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Orange County Seed Funding Santa Barbara 157

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MARCH 1, 2012

Shea Ventures , the venture capital arm of Orange County homebuilder Shea Homes , has boosted its solar installation partner SolarCity , as part of an $81M equity investment in SolarCity. Pritzker, partner at Tao Ventures and senior development advisor for Hyatt Hotels Corp., in addition to Shea Ventures.

Silver Lake 150

Silver Lake Orange County Equity Venture Capital 150

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JANUARY 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture capital Association MoneyTree survey, which is based on data from Thomson Reuters, tallies $738.34M invested in Southern California in Q4 of 2011. In Southern California, San Diego County took the lead in investment totals, raising $262.1M in venture funding.

Southern California 157

Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

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APRIL 20, 2009

The latest venture capital numbers from both PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA based on data from Thomson Financial, and numbers also released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource, finds that venture capital is at a twelve year low. in 54 venture capital deals, with Los Angeles reporting $115.6M billion across 477 deals.

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Venture Capital Orange County Capital Southern California 100

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MARCH 5, 2013

Vinny Smith , the former CEO of Aliso Viejo-based Quest Software , appears to have become one of the most active investors in recent months in enterprise software, after starting up a new venture capital firm, Toba Capital. Vinny Smith formed Toba Capital from his gains for selling Quest Software to Dell in September, for $2.4

Orange County 159

Orange County Southern California Startup Venture Capital 159