SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Thursday, September 24, 2009 -- Meet the VC: Accuitive Medical Ventures. OCTANe's Meet the VC series brings entrepreneurs and VCs together. Join us as we meet Gerard van Hamel Platerink from Accuitive Medical Ventures. See [link] (more).

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Venture Capital OCTANE Entrepreneur Invest 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 28, 2009

Thursday, May 28, 2009 -- Meet The VC. Join us for an informative (and informal) discussion with Dave Ryan of Mission Ventures. Dave will describe his firm's investment philosphy, investment process, and the current state of VC fundraising and investment. This event is for entrepreneurs only.

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Venture Capital OCTANE Southern California Mission Ventures 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Thursday, September 10, 2009 -- Meet the VC: Saban Ventures. Join us as we meet Craig Cooper and Richard Yen from Saban Ventures. Craig and Richard will tell us about their firm, their experience in the digital media, mobile, and consumer internet space, and their investment strategy. See [link] (more).

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Venture Capital OCTANE Southern California Mobile 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 8, 2012

Join CleanTechOC and OCTANe for the inaugural Cleantech Investor Forum on May 14. The Forum will bring together over 250 innovators and experts in the cleantech space across California. See [link] (more)

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OCTANE Venture Capital Startup Invest 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 31, 2012

The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. As a collaboration between PwC and the National Venture Capital Association, based upon data from Thomson Reuters, it is the only industry-endorsed research of its kind.

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Report OCTANE Press Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Harbor MedTech's technology was developed at Edwards Lifesciences, and the company was a part of the OCTANe LaunchPad program. The firm is headed by Jerry Mezger. Mezger was recently CEO of NeoMend.

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Orange County Technology OCTANE Venture Capital 133

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 -- Successful Medical Device Company Commercialization Without Venture Capital. A roundtable discussion will follow.

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Case Study Company Companies OCTANE 100

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2013

Although it might still be on the early side for an analysis, we''ve run our numbers again to figure out who''s having the biggest success so far in the market, where entrepreneurs are most likely to find capital providers hanging out, and where (if anywhere) are exits happening? We''ve analyzed our database of angel and. Our analysis.

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Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2011

Los Angeles-based Nexon America , the North American arm of South Korean videogame developer Nexon, said Tuesday that it has invested $5M in a Silicon Valley social games developer, A Bit Lucky. A Bit Lucky is a developer of such games as the Facebook game Lucky Train.

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OCTANE Seed Funding Google Training 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Internap , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Demand Media , Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , Oracle , Cresa Partners , UK Trade & Investment , PIXT , and many others. You can register for the event at Digital Family Reunion. event socaltech50 awards entrepreneur entrepreneurship feature dfr2013'

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Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

Virgina Lorimor There are several options for financing a start-up business that tend to follow a natural course in a business’ development: Personal Investment. Angel Investors & Venture Capital. Groups like Tech Coast Angels and Octane hold pitch sessions to hear entrepreneurs sell their businesses.

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Startup Tech Coast Angels TCVN Incubator 124

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 24, 2011

I am currently at the annual VC in the OC program held in Irvine CA by OCTANe , an organization that connects people and ideas to resources and capital in Orange County. Over 600 people came to this event to listen share and network, including entrepreneurs, VC’s and investors.

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Orange County OCTANE Technical Review Outsource Development 104

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. Quick caveats: having fewer investors (3-5) is better than many investors (10-15) and PLEASE make sure you hire a great lawyer who has experience in doing start-ups to avoid pitfalls that will make VC harder down the line. They know that the money they invest may be lost.

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Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Venture capital. Just this year, Q2 investments in SoCal and New England were virtually the same, with $838 million and $843 million invested respectively, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report. Matthew has seen hundreds of startups pitch funding though OCTANe’s LaunchPad program. Cloud services.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57