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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We thought today for our interview, that we'd get an update on the angel investment environment here in Southern California from Scott Sangster , the incoming President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Tech Coast Angels , the biggest angel investment group in Southern California.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

The Tech Coast Angels said today that it has totalled up its investments for the first half of 2012, and found that it invested $4,571,000 in direct investments--as part of $10M in funding--for 17 companies. Some, but not all of those fundings had been announced earlier. in 17 companies.

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MARCH 20, 2013

Two, Southern California investment groups have backed a developer of treatments for infections in cystic fibrosis patients, Savara Pharmaceuticals , they announced today. According to the Tech Coast Angels , it contributed $3M to the funding, the largest single funding ever raised by the group.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest angel investment group in Southern California, as well as the United States, said today that it has launched a new network which will syndicate deals between the firm and other angels. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels , the venture capital angel investment group, has launched a new "sidecar" fund, the Angel Capital Fund, according to angel investor Dave Berkus. The fund target size is around $5-6M.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Angel investing group the Tech Coast Angels has officially announced its new investment fund, the ACE Fund , as the group has begun to broaden out its investments strategy. The TCA said it will invest in a minimum of ten entrepreneurial enterprises.

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JULY 18, 2013

A new report today, from the Angel Resource Institute, Silicon Valley Bank, and CB Insights, has found that the Tech Coast Angels is again one of the most active angel investment groups in the country. The Tech Coast Angels were among a number of groups who invested the most per deal in the last 12 months.

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JUNE 28, 2012

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest angel investment group in Southern California, has backed a developer of treatments for the flu., funding round. funding round. Gemmus Pharma is based in San Francisco; the firm did not announce who at the Tech Coast Angels led the deal.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

The San Diego chapter of the Tech Coast Angels , the largest angel investment group in Southern California, as well as the United States, said today that it has established a new, memorial fund, the John G. The fund has been started by a $1M gift from the family of John G.

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MARCH 1, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels said today that the angel group invested in seven new deals, and seventeen follow-on deals in 2009, a total of $4.7M in investments. Last year, the TCA said it invested in 15 first-time fundings in firms, and 16 follow-on funding rounds.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

The Tech Coast Angels , Southern California's biggest and most active angel investing group, appears to be backing a developer of prescription drug validation systems, based in Lebanon, N.H. out of a $6M funding round, currently in progress.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest angel investment group in Southern California, officially announced that Mike Napoli has taken the position of Chairman at the firm today. Napoli has been a member since 2000, and replaces Richard Sudek. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest organized angel investment group in Southern California--and the nation--said Wednesday that it was part of $45M in funding in companies during last year, with $11M directly invested across 37 companies during 2011. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 21, 2010

Watson , a member of the San Diego Tech Coast Angels , who was found dead in June. According to authorities, Kent Thomas Keigwin , age 59, has been charged by the San Diego County District Attorney's Office with the murder of Watson, who had been found by fellow angel investors when he failed to show for a meeting.

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MAY 19, 2009

The Tech Coast Angels is reporting this morning that its members have now invested a total of $100M in Southern California companies, since it started in 1997. Tags: tech coast angels venture capital investment.

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JUNE 15, 2020

The Tech Coast Angels says it has launched a new, annual fund, and is continuing to invest--despite the pandemic. The angel group, the largest in the nation, said it invested over $19M in 2019, in part due to a similar fund created by its San Diego chapter, the TCA-San Diego, last year.

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MARCH 10, 2020

The Orange County arm of Southern California's largest, angel investment group--the Tech Coast Angels --said today that it has opened up a new fund, the TCA OC Fund 20 , the first in a set of annual funds which will go to invest in startups in the region.

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JANUARY 29, 2015

Southern California''s biggest organized, angel investment group, the Tech Coast Angels , said this morning that the group had its biggest investment year ever in 2014, investing a total of $16.37M across 61 total deals. tech coast angels venture capital investment exits totals'

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The Tech Coast Angels said this morning that the group has made an investment in Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, a drug development firm developing small molecule drugs. According to the Tech Coast Angels, it invested $289,000 in a Series A round for Amplyx, which also scored $492,000 in funding from the Life Science Angels.

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MAY 11, 2017

Irvine-based angel investment group Tech Coast Angels said this morning that it has had it's best Q1 ever, both in terms of dollars and total deals. According to the TCA, it invested $3.8M InvestED, Mobilize Solutions, OnRamp, and Tot Squad. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The Tech Coast Angels said this morning that its members said a 16x return from their investment in CaseStack , the logistics and supply chain company led by Dan Sanker, after its acquisition last year for $255M. According to the Tech Coast Angels, this is the company's sixth highest ever.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The Tech Coast Angels (TCA), Southern California's big angel network, says it has seen a successful exit in its investment in Parcel Pending , a provider of package management solutions. The Tech Coast Angels were part of the $1.25 million original funding of Parcel Pending in 2014.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The Tech Coast Angels announced this morning that it has had a first close on its Angel Capital Entrepreneurial (ACE) Fund 1, the firm's new early-stage investment fund. The angel group said that the first investment from the fund was in Vokle, an online event broadcasting service.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest organized angel investment group in Southern California--and the nation--said Wednesday that it was part of $45M in funding in companies during last year, with $11M directly invested across 37 companies during 2011. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

I’m planning on going to a Tech Coast Angels mixer tomorrow and the topic for me is whether there is angel funding out there for startups that don’t meet classic VC models. By way of background for the question, there’s a great post by Bob Aholt, a Pasadena Angel: An Angel Investor’s Thoughts on Valuation.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch. Pitches are judged on the quality of the CEOs presentation and the companys investment potential. Pitches are judged on the quality of the CEOs presentation and the companys investment potential.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- Cocktail Reception for Golden Seeds / Tech Coast Angels Partnership Fund.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest angel investment group in Southern California, is part of a syndicate funding Pittsburgh-based Cognition Therapeutics , a drug discovery firm focused on Alzheimer's. in a Series A funding, led by Golden Seeds and including the Tech Coast Angels.

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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.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Three active angel investment groups--The Tech Coast Angels , the largest and most active angel investment group in Southern California; Maverick Angels , and Keiretsu Forum , have backed a developer of transcription services, TranscribeMe. operations in Emeryville.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based Pagewoo , the mobile advertising startup founded by Holden Steinberg and Jason Crilly, has quietly scored a round of funding, which was disclosed by the Tech Coast Angels this morning. Financial details of the angel funding round, which closed earlier this year, have not been announced.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Santa Monica-based Vokle has scored an investment round from the Tech Coast Angels, the angel group formally announced Monday. Amount of the investment was not disclosed, however, a recent regulatory filing indicates that Vokle had recently raised $542,000 out of $1.0M in an ongoing funding round.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

in a funding round from the Tech Coast Angels. The lead investor in the investment was Jeff Friedman, MD, Ph.D., San Diego-based MatriSys Bioscience , which is developing treatments for treating skin and dermatologic conditions, says it has raised $1.5M who is head of the TCA's Life Sciences Committee.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. According to an analysis of socalTECH's proprietary database of venture capital deals, venture investors invested slightly more than the $966M in Q3 of 2009, but less than the $1.6 billion invested in Q2.

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JULY 9, 2010

Green Dot filed for an IPO in February, and is backed by Sequoia Capital, TTP Fund, and the Tech Coast Angeles. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Piper Jaffray, and UBS Investment Bank. The IPO is being underwritten by J.P. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2012

San Diego-based MicroPower Technologies , the developer of wireless video products used for the video surveillance market, has scored a strategic investment from Motorola Solutions Venture Capital. According to Motorola, the funding came as part of a $6.5M funding round for MicroPower, its first institutional round.

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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 billion invested in Q1, and up from $1.0 in investment), Energy ($190.2M in investments) and Medical Deviecs ($128.1M in investments in Q2). billion in Q2 of last year.

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