Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

As you all know TechZulu is a huge supporter of Startup Weekend, and when we had the chance to be part of the very first Orange County (my home town) Startup Weekend we jumped on board. Maneesh focuses on the medical information technology markets. He joined Miramar in 2006. Amir Banifatemi.

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Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

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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 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 billion was invested in 3,698 deals. in funding.

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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 investments, followed by $182.7M in investments.

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Venture Capital Southern California Invest Capital 154

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MAY 14, 2010

Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. That was primarily driven by the economy; when the economy is down, investments are down, and it is increasingly difficult to d a startup. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow.

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OCTANE Orange County Technical Review Southern California 174

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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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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. was invested in the region.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Avalon 221

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

K5Launch (www.k5launch.com) is modeled after the successful Y-Combinator and TechStars acceleration programs, and invests equity, provides mentors, and runs a three month program to get very early stage startups off the ground. 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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MARCH 2, 2018

Aliso Viejo-based semiconductor maker Microsemi is being acquired by fellow chip maker Microchip Technology , in a deal worth a massive, $8.35 billion after accounting for Microsemi's cash and investments, net of debt. The two did not say how the acquisition will affect Microsemi's large workforce in Orange County.

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Orange County Technology .Net Acquisition 124

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MAY 11, 2017

Fountain Valley-based Kingston Technology is one of the backers of a company developing adaptable, datacenter computing technology based on PCI-express fabrics. The company said its prior seed investment came from Kingston Technology, Phison Electronics, ABR Capital Management and DH Capital, and that it has now raised $20M in total.

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Orange County Technology Startup Capital 124

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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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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Orange County-based Harbor MedTech , a developer of wound healing technology, has raised $600,000 in a funding round from private investors, the firm disclosed today, to help the firm grow and further develop its products. The firm is headed by Jerry Mezger.

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Orange County Technology OCTANE Venture Capital 133

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AUGUST 8, 2012

The funding came from Townsgate Media, which the company said is an investment fund focused on early stage technology and media in Orange County and Los Angeles.

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Content Orange County Coach Media 182

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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. The amount is up from $528.0M

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Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. billion in investments; followed by New England, with $826.1M in investments; with Southern California taking third with it $694.5M in investments. was invested across 48 deals; San Diego has $241.5M in 20 deals; and Orange County had $128.8M

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Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 210

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JUNE 13, 2019

According to the TCA, its angel network members invested $2.5M Atlazo is developing systems-on-a-chip technology specifically aimed at use in the hearing aid, wearable, and healthcare IoT market, with ability to provide AI and machine learning support for bio-sensing and other applications. in a seed funding round. in the round.

Orange County 124

Orange County Tech Coast Angels Artificial Inteligence Technology 124

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Irvine-based Enevate , a developer of rechargeable battery technology, is expanding in Irvine, according to reports today. The venture backed firm, which has investments from Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is tripling its office space to 22,000 square feet, according to the Orange County Register.

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Orange County Draper Mission Ventures Report 150

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JULY 19, 2011

According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments. Quarter to quarter, investments were up from Q1, when $585M was invested in the region. Nationally, venture capitalists invested $7.5M raised for the quarter.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 167

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JULY 15, 2010

Investments by venture capitalists in Southern California were up, both in terms of deals and dollars in Q2, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). in 91 investments, up significantly from the $451.8M in 91 investments, up significantly from the $451.8M

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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.

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Los Angeles Angel Entrepreneur Orange County 249

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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. Shea's clean technology investments also include Camarillo-based Cool Planet Biofuels. in addition to Shea Ventures.

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Silver Lake Orange County Equity Venture Capital 150

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Orange County-based investor METRIX Capital Group has announced a $5M funding round, which it says will go towards its alternative funding for small and medium sized businesses. METRIX recently made an investment in Newlight, a developer of technology to turn greenhouse gases into plastic. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Capital Funding Equity 147

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 4, 2011

Thursday, March 10, 2011 -- OCTANe Capital Connections - Strategic Investments in the Life Sciences Industry. OCTANe connects people and ideas with capital and resources to fuel technology industry growth in Orange County.

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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. TCA said it would invest no more than $100,000 in companies applying to the program, which it said it just launched. SeedTrack, building off of earlier efforts by the group's San Diego and other chapters.

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Tech Coast Angels Orange County San Diego Seed Funding 157

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

The Next 10 report found that California accounted for 24 percent of total global investment in clean technology, with a total of $11.6 billion invested in cleantech venture capital in the state since 2006. Tags: next10 southern california clean cleantech energy power solar investment jobs employment.

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Southern California Report Orange County Patents 165

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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. KPCB''s Ryan Popple joins the company''s board of directors as part of the investment.

Orange County 153

Orange County Venture Capital Equity Platform 153

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Irvine-based SAIL Venture Partners , the clean technology venture capital firm headed by Walter Schindler, said today that it has added two members of its team. SAIL said it has added Christopher Brown as a Senior Associate in the firm's Orange County office, and Stefan Zylik as Controller out of its New York offices.

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Orange County Venture Capital Capital Media 145

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. billion in investments; followed by New England, with $826.1M in investments; with Southern California taking third with it $694.5M in investments. was invested across 48 deals; San Diego has $241.5M in 20 deals; and Orange County had $128.8M

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Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 180

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MARCH 12, 2010

It's time again for us to thanks all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Technology.

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Orange County Glendale Southern California SoCalTech 145

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JANUARY 19, 2016

Think there is a technology investment slowdown? billion invested in venture capital in Q4 of 2015, according to the latest numbers released over the weekend by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. billion invested in Q4 matched the $1.3 billion invested in Q4 matched the $1.3

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Southern California Invest Orange County San Diego 100

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A quick message on a very busy funding day, to thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Deloitte (www.deloitte.com/us/technology).

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Orange County Southern California IP Glendale 113

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

was invested in 65 Southern California deals in Q3, compared to $773.3M billion invested in 637 deals in Q3, up 17 percent quarter-to-quarter, but down three percent in deals. Orange County had $66.8M Tags: reuters thomson moneytree financing investment nvca pricewaterhousecooper capital venture. in 25 deals.

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Southern California Invest Orange County Palomar 100

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JUNE 13, 2019

Costa Mesa-based CerraCap Ventures , a venture capital firm which invests in early stage technology companies, announced this morning that it has received a strategic investment, from a unit of IIFL Wealth Management Limited (IIFL Wealth), a large Indian private wealth management company. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 18, 2011

Join OCTANe for this unique conference to get the inside view on cutting edge technologies, hot start-ups, venture investments, and industry leaders. This is the conference to connect with the Orange County marketplace. Success Magazine calls Wang "the slayer of Costco, the titan of TV, the visionary of Vizio.

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Venture Capital Orange County OCTANE Conference 113

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MAY 12, 2010

The premier venture and technology organizations in Orange County, OCVG and OCTANe, have teamed up to produce a one-of-a-kind business event. Tuesday, May 18, 2010 -- VC in the OC - OCTANe Innovation Showcase. VC in the OC and the OCTANe Innovation Showcase will be held back-to-back on May 18, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Irvine.

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OCTANE Venture Capital Orange County Startup 100

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Technology.

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Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

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APRIL 12, 2013

On top was OCTANe Launchpad , the Orange County-based accerator for startups in the technology, life science, and clean technology industries. Tied for second, were LaunchpadLA and MuckerLab , where we tallied 15 investments each in their portfolio companies over the last year.

Southern California 222

Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

finds that the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County metro is number two on the list of geographies with the most clean-tech job activity. Tags: angeles clean technology cleantech green jobs. A report released this week from analyst firm Clean Edge, Inc., San Diego ranked at number 11.

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