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147 Articles match "2009","Tech Coast Angels"
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Monday, 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 The group said that as part of those deals, its portfolio companies raised an additional $57M in funding from venture capital groups and other angel investors. The group--the largest angel group in Southern California, and one of the largest 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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Friday, February 26, 2010
Green Dot is venture backed by Sequoia Capital, TTP Fund, as well as a significant number of Tech Coast Angels. in 2009. Tags: green financial prepaid merger acquisition tech coast angel Monrovia-based Green Dot , a provider of pre-paid VISA and Mastercard cards, has filed for an IPO, saying this morning that it is looking to raise up to $150M in an IPO on the NYSE. The firm's IPO is being undewritten by J.P.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
No updates for Other & Indirect Job Networking Opportunities SoCal Networking Event Organizations Name: Networking For Professionals (NFP) Sites: www.networkingforprofessionals.com , Industry Insights Blog , Success Square/Coaching Blog , Events Blog , City Chat Blog , twitter.com/nfp_biznetwork Updated 2/22/10 by Todd Zebert Name: (Los Angeles) Geek Dinner Frequency/Location: From Heather "I officially closed it down at the end of last year for a variety of reasons: I was burned out on organizing and the LA geek community had changed." Updated
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office Citrix Cuts 10 Percent; Santa Barbara Hit And it's also interesting to see what geographies are being associated with "Layoffs" more often than others: Layoffs Woodland Hills Layoffs San Diego Layoffs Santa Monica Layoffs Los Angeles I guess this is
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Tuesday, 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. The angel investing group said the $100M was invested in more than 150 California-based companies, and included firms in the life sciences, software, Internet, biotechnology, media, business services, and consumer products areas. In addition to the lifetime total, the TCA released stats on its recent investing activity, and said it invested in 15 first-time financing and 16 follow-on funding rounds in 2008.
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Wednesday, 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. Scott sat down with us last week and gave us some hints and tips about finding angel investment nowadays, and how the economy has affected local angel investors.
It It seems that the economy hit angel investors pretty badly over the last couple of years, along
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Luis Villalobos , the founder of the Tech Coast Angels , the largest and arguably the most influential angel group in Southern California, has passed away. Villalobos was instrumental in creating the Tech Coast Angels, which has been one of the most active groups in both investing, as well as mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs across Southern California. "His His passing Villalobos was 72, and had been in the intensive care unit at St. Joseph's in Orange for treatment of a lung infection.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009 -- Tech Coast Angels Happy Hour. The Tech Coast Angels is having its first ever "entrepreneur happy hour", and I would like to invite you to attend - something new for Orange County. Come down and hang with us, the Angels at TCA, and let's chat about your business plan or anything you want to know about Tech Coast Angels at our newly formed "TCA Entrepreneur Happy Hours". The goal is to create an open forum in which local Orange County entrepreneurs can have easy and informal access to TCA angels.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 -- Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch. VCs and angels are still investing. This is a unique opportunity for you to present to the leading local VCs and nation's largest angel investing group at the fourth annual TCA Fast Pitch at Korn Hall at the Anderson Business School at UCLA. Last year the event attracted over 350 people. See [link] (mor
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The Orange County Chapter of the Tech Coast Angels is promoting a program to help jumpstart small companies, O.C. Tech Coast Angels, the new program will provide seed funding, strategic planning, and execution of day-to-day functions of startups. The San Diego branch of the Tech Coast Angels launched their own TCA Seed Track effort way back in December of 2006, initially focused on both technology and biomedical firms; SeedTrack, building off of earlier efforts by the group's San Diego and other chapters. According to the O.C.
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Monday, July 6, 2009
What's the state of one of the largest angel groups in the world, the Tech Coast Angels ? Ralph sees parallels between life science and clean tech, too, but his assessment of venture capital in San Diego surprises me.
Tags: Angel Investin How has deal flow been affected by the downturn? And what about membership; how soon will it rebound?
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
A new endowed fellowship fund, which will be awarded to a graduate MBA student at the Paul Merage School of Business at University of California, Irvine, has been established to honor the Tech Coast Angels' Luis Villalobos. According to the Tech Coast Angels, the new fellowship--the Luis Villalobos Endowed Fellowship in Entrepreneurship--will be awarded to a student with an interest in entrepreneurship and/or starting or being part of a new business. Villalobos, founder of the Tech Coast Angels, passed away on October first. The Tech
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Numira has previously raised funding from the Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels and vSpring Capital. Tags: numira biosciences tech coast angels venture capital contract research lifescienc Irvine-based Numira Biosciences , a contract research organization focused on high resolution imaging, has raised $3.2M in a funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm.
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