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JANUARY 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based ranking and polling website Ranker , the startup led by Clark Benson and backed by Draper Associates, Rincon Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Lowercase Capital, BullPen Capital, Data Collective, TenOneTen Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, and Pasadena Angels, said today that it hit 11.5

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Melanoma Diagnostics is headed by Dr. Kevin Scanlon, who is known in the technology community for his work with both the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels.

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Steve Reich

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The Pasadena Angels have redesigned our site with a new focus on Entrepreneurs and LA Basin tech resources. Angel Investing Bluebeam Pasadena Angels Raising Captial' We took a lesson from successful companies we have funded–we talked to the market first. Let me know what you think!

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2011

Bolstering Freebinar's efforts is new funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Freebinar told socalTECH today that it is looking to help users of Dimdim, which was just acquired by Salesforce.com and stopped allowing new user signups this week.

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

Bluebeam was a spun out of Alliance Spacesystems, and has received investments from both the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. The companies said that Bluebeam will continue with its current management team, operating as an independent brand company. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based Atlas Powered , a developer of software for managing calendar, task, and contact data on iOS and Android, has raised $700,000 in a funding round, the firm said today. The investment in Atlas Powered by the TCA was led by Yuri Pikover.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2010

According to the Pasadena Angels, one of the investors in the firm, the round also included the Tech Coast Angels and un-named venture capital firms. The Pasadena Angels said the funding will go towards expanding and growing Ondax's optic solutions. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 1, 2014

George Collado: We worked with the Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Siemer Ventures, and in January we raised a $300,000 seed round. angel siemer pasadena angels coast tech startup interview enterpreneur raker staff staffranker collado george' Could be restaurants, could be hotels, could be retail.

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APRIL 3, 2013

AnyMeeting, which is headed by Costin Tuculescu, says it offers six-way video conferencing, VoIP support, conference calling, screen sharing, and many other tools important to small businesses; the firm is backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Maverick Angels, Sand Hill Angels and Keiretsu Forum.

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2012

The company, which is backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Maverick Angels, said its new "Quick Start" program will provide those network marketers with a free, company-branded web conferencing tool, which can be made available to all of those firms' distributors at no cost.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2010

MINDBODY is venture backed by Frontera Capital, the Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. The firm said MINDBODY Finder will display fitness classes and wellness appointments which consumers can book online, and allow consumers to handle all of the scheduling and booking of those services. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2010

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we're sharing a piece from Joe Platnick , a member of the Pasadena Angels, who addresses the issue of those--ahem--as le angels. In partial support of this, Frank Peters wrote a recent post on the Top10 Lies Angels Tell that contains a few chards of truth.

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APRIL 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based Ranker , the online rankings website where consumers can rank anything they like, has scored a new round of funding, in an inside round. The funding came from Siemer Venture Capital, Rincon Venture Partners, Draper Associates, the Tech Coast Angels, and the Pasadena Angels, according to CEO Clark Benson.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2011

AnyMeeting is headed by Costin Tuculescu, and is backed by both the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. The new service also includes a 6-way video conferencing feature specifically aimed at hosting mall video conferences. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2012

AnyMeeting, headed by Costin Tuculescu, is backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, and the Maverick Angels. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 11, 2012

AnyMeeting, which is headed by Coston Tuculescu, also said it will offer up two months of its premium ad-free conference service to Tech Coast Angels members. The firm's investors include those same Tech Coast Angels, the Pasadena Angels, and Maverick Angels. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

MyShape had raised north of $36M in funding from such investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Tenaya Capital.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2013

The ACA said the new SEC rules require either pay stubs for the two most recent years for an angel, or review of IRS forms that report income (include a W-2, 1099, or 1040)--which it says its angels would be unwilling to provide. investor investors accredited rules capital venture investment angel' Image courtesy Bigstock.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

The firm, which recently completed a $2.0M, Series E funding round from the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels, said Belz will represent both of those angel groups on its board. Belz was the lead investor on the funding round.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2012

In terms of venture capital, the most active investors in Southern California companies were the Pasadena Angels with 8 deals, Siemer Ventures (7 deals); Versant Ventures (5 deals); and GRP Partners (5 deals).

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2012

AnyMeeting is venture backed by the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. AnyMeeting said its new AnyMeeting Zimlet product allows Zimbra users to schedule, launch, and manage AnyMeeting online meetings from within Zimbra. Zimbra is an email and collaboration software product which acquired by VMware in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 27, 2013

The starup, led by Clark Benson , said the funding came from Lowercase Capital , BullPen Ventures, Data Collective , as well as prior investors Draper Associates , Rincon Venture Partners , Siemer Ventures , TenOneTen, Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 17, 2014

The most active venture and angel investment groups investing in the region were the Tech Coast Angels , with 8 investments; the Pasadena Angels (5 investments); followed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (4 investments); Avalon Ventures (4 investments); Upfront Ventures (4 investments).

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Ranker , which is backed by Draper Associates, Rincon Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Data Collective, Gil Elbaz, Tech Coast Angels, and the Pasadena Angels, has hit 1 million votes on its site in January, the company said last week.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based Zubican , an online business-to-business marketplace, has been acquired by Inuvo, a Florida-based provider of performance-based online marketing services, Inuvo announced Monday. in seed funding from the Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The firm--which has previously raised funding from the Tech Coast Angels and the Pasadena Angels--said that Brady will also become spokesperson for the company. , a developer of mobile coupon applications, said today that it has signed on comedian Wayne Brady as a co-owner of the company.

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MARCH 29, 2011

The company is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners , Kodiak Ventures, Mission Ventures , the Pasadena Angels , the Tech Coast Angels , as well as others. LeisureLink said that InnQuest's system is used in more than 4,500 properties in more than 90 countries. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

LeisureLink has previously raised funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Group RCI, Kodiak Ventures LP, Mission Ventures, Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Details on the funding have not been announced by the firm. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

MINDBODY, which is headed by Rick Stollmeyer, is also backed by the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels, which were first to put their backing behind the company. As part of the funding, MINDBODY said that Norm Fogelsong of IVP has joined the company's board of directors.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2011

The round was led by Prospector Equity Capital and Arcturus Capital, and also included the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. Andrea Belz joins the firm's board as part of the funding, representing both the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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Steve Reich

DECEMBER 31, 2014

2014 Pasadena Angels Performance. • 20 New Angels joined. I have never seen such energy at the Pasadena Angels in my decade+ as a member. Pasadena Angels Raising Captial angel investing fundraising pasadena angels' 17 Deals closed, 10 new and 7 follow-on rounds. •

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Voivoda says that Babajov has ties to the Band of Angels, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Keiretsu Forum Angel networks. Voivoda Labs--headed by Val Babajov, the former CEO of WebMessenger--said it is looking to vet around 15 startups via a pitch event later this month, to help secure investment for the winner.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

The firm is headed by Rick Stollmeyer, and has also received backing from the Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Frontera Capital. Mindbody develops scheduling and business management, software-as-a-service for the wellness, health, spa, and related businesses.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based Gridtest Systems , a developer of measurement tools for the electric vehicle (EV) market, said this morning that it has raised a seed round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Financial terms of the investment were not announced.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

Los Angeles-based Ranker , the startup headed by Clark Benson which allows users to rank anything they want in a list, has raised $1.3M The funding was led by Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson , and also included Rincon Venture Partners , Newport Coast Investments , Gil Elbax of Factual, the Pasadena Angels , and Siemer Venture Capital.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2011

AnyMeeting, which was previously known as Freebinar, is angel backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. The company said the new feature is idea for trainers, educators, speakers and professional webinar hosts. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2011

The firm is headed by Aigerim Duiseneyeva, and its advisers include Ken Hayes, former President at Nami Media and member of the Pasadena Angels. The firm is housed in the Los Angeles Business Technology Center. Details on the funding, and size, have not yet been announced by the startup.

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