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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. in investments.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2 in funding. in funding. in funding. Karlin Ventures and Siemer Ventures both made five investments each. billion was invested in 3,698 deals.

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APRIL 21, 2014

The latest numbers are out on venture capital investments in Southern California from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, finding that the region had nearly $762.88M invested in companies in the region during Q1 of 2014. in funding. The investment of $762.8M

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Los Angeles-based Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health , the venture investment fund focused on healthcare, which is led by John Nackel, Jay Goss, Eric Marton and Kwame Ulmer, says it has just completed its 25th investment--all made in the last 18 months. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 30, 2014

Brock Pierce , the Southern California angel investor who is one of the most active proponents and investors in Bitcoin and its startups, has made another investment in the space, leading an AngelList syndicate funding of ZipZap. in the funding, bringing its total funding to $2.7M.

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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. invested in 81 deals in the Southern California region in Q1 of 2013, down from Q4, when there was $674.2M The local drop in investment was across the board.

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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. Nationally, there was $13.0

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JANUARY 16, 2015

Venture capitalists invested more than $1.3 billion in Southern California startup, according to the latest MoneyTree Report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association last night, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in investments in San Diego. in investments in San Diego.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Are you an entrepreneur, looking for capital here in Southern California? It's turning out to be a great time for entrepreneurs looking for funding in the region, with not only high profile exits of such companies as Snap Inc., but a bunch of new, early stage investors looking to seed or fund the next big tech success story.

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

Southern California technology companies raised $709.8M Los Angeles led the region in investments, with $348.6M in investments; San Diego followed, with $205.2M in venture capital raised in Q3; Orange County had $155.96M in investments for the quarter. in investment. in investment. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2016

Southern California companies raised $2.49 The boost in funding came despite a lower overall deal count, with 89 funding deals in Q2, versus 97 in Q1. The big numbers were directly impacted by several large fundings in Southern California--most notably, a giant, $1.27

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JUNE 23, 2017

Steve Poizner , the former California gubernatorial candidate and former founder of SnapTrack (which he sold to San Diego's Qualcomm), says he has created a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation , which will focus on further developing Southern California's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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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.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Southern California startups raised $810.5M Southern California venture totals were down significantly from the $1.38 in funds invested, across 47 deals; Orange County had $158M invested across 15 deals; and San Diego had $253.5M invested across 21 deals. was invested. was invested.

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JULY 18, 2013

in venture capital investments in Q2 2013 across Southern California, spread across 80 deals. Those numbers reflected a drop from Q2 of last year, when there was $868.98M in investments across 97 deals. However, venture dollars invested were above Q1, when Southern California saw $569.1M READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

Southern California's venture capital totals dropped significantly in Q3 of 2016, to a mere $663.2M in funding, according to the latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in funding in Q3, down from the much larger, $2.5 billion funding round for Snapchat.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Santa Monica-based Wavemaker Ventures has raised a new, $66M venture capital investment fund, for its Southeast Asia efforts, the company said this week. According to Wavemaker, the fund exceeded what had been an initial $50M initial target for its investment fund.

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APRIL 12, 2017

billion in venture capital dollars were invested in the Southern California region in Q1, according to the latest MoneyTree Report , issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and CB Insights. invested across 71 deals in Q2 of 2017 in LA and Orange County, and $202.37M invested in San Diego for the quarter across 32 deals.

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MARCH 10, 2014

A new, Los Angeles-based venture capital firm-- TYLT Lab --said Monday that it has raised $20M in an initial close towards its early stage, seed investment fund. According to the new venture firm, it is focused on early stage, seed to A-round investments, with a focus on Southern California companies, and specifically Silicon Beach.

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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. raised in Q4 of 2010, and up from the $652M invested in the region last quarter. in venture funding.

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Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Southern California Gas Company the unit of Sempra Energy which supplies natural gas to Southern California, has backed the manufacturer of natural gas, fuel cell equipment. in a Series E financing round, which included Southern California Gas Company, and was led by Artis Capital Management.

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Southern California Invest Capital Funding 154

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MAY 7, 2010

A new analysis of Q1, 2010 venture capital investments finds that two Southern California companies drove a 490 percent increase in Clean Technology Industrial Products & Services for the quarter. Clean technology investments totaled $733.3M

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

In the latest fund in an unprecedented boom in local investment funds, Los Angeles-based Pontifax AgTech Management announced this morning that it has closed on its first fund, a $105M fund calld the Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund. READ MORE>>.

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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 in investment, then. The region saw the most investments in Los Angeles, with $329.0M in investment, then.

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Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Funding 145

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Santa Monica-based Arrowroot Capital Management announced today that it has raised a $177M, third fund, Arrowroot Capital II, L.P. , to invest in growth equity for enterprise software companies. Arrowroot Capital said the fund was oversubscribed. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. billion invested in 780 venture capital deals for Q3. billion invested in the region.

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APRIL 17, 2015

Southern California saw a staggering $1.9 billion in investments in Q1 of 2015, according to the latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association. MoneyTree report, which was released this evening, The quarter was the biggest, investment quarter for Southern California since the dot com era.

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Southern California Orange County SpaceX Statistics 100

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Andy Wilson , Managing Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org). While 2018 was all about better understanding the SoCal opportunity, 2019 was about honing our focus and defining our core programs. We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

Good Growth Capital , a venture capital investment firm focused on complex science and technology start-ups, says it has set up shop in Southern California, and hired a new, West Coast Venture Partner in Los Angeles. Good Growth Capital says it has just launched a third, $100M seed/Series A fund focused on deep tech startups.

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Southern California Venture Capital Capital SoCal 100

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MARCH 2, 2018

Two, Southern California venture capital investors-- Core Innovation Capital and Kairos Ventures --have backed a new, fintech startup focused on providing steady retirement income.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health , the healthcare startup investment fund led by Jay Goss, has now completed 20 early stage healthcare investments, after approximately one year of making investments, the fund said this week. READ MORE>>.

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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. where we totalled up $33.85M in funding.

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Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Los Angeles-based Bonfire Ventures said this morning that it has officially launched with its first fund, a new $60M fund aimed at early stage startups. The fund was founded by longtime Southern California technology investors Jim Andelman and Mark Mullen, who are joined by Leah Volger, formerly of Google and Santander InnoVentures.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

The USC Viterbi Startup Garage , the startup accelerator that is part of the University of Southern California, has scored backing from the Amazon Alexa Fund , the venture investment arm of Amazon that invests in startups using Amazon Alexa.

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MARCH 29, 2017

Santa Monica-based Arrowroot Capital , an investment firm focused on investing growth equity in growing software-as-a-service and internet-based businesses, has launched an effort to raise $175M in its third fund, Arrowroot Capital III, LP. The firm's second fund closed at the end of 2015, and was worth $50M.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

It's been a record year for new venture funds in the Los Angeles area, and the growth in funds continued this morning, with the announcement of Los Angeles-based GC VR Gaming Tracker Fund LP , led by Greycroft Venture Partner Jon Goldman. The fund says it invests $50,000 to $500,000 in seed stage companies.

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AUGUST 16, 2020

Over their longtime personal and professional relationship, the two Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneurs have invested in each other’s companies and investment firms, but never worked together until now. The plan, even at the time, was always to raise a larger fund. “I see two things happen.

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