K5 aims to create a network of support and mentorship along with access to capital where people can build on creative ideas with the help of successful business people, and connect with investors to get their concepts off the ground. Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. The Deets. Date : Nov 9, 2011 – 5:30-8:30pm. MORE >>

Prolific San Diego angel investor Howard Lindzon , the CEO and founder of Stocktwits , has re-upped in Ticketfly , a social event ticketing service. howard lindzon angel investor stocktwits ticketfly venture capitalLindzon was an investor in Ticketfly's earlier, May 2010 round. MORE >>

MORE Cheaper LEDs from Breakthrough in Nanowire Research " SAN DIEGO, Jan. Created with the free version of Terapad, ads can be removed from $14.15 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Prometheus Laboratories Inc. announced the issuance of U.S. Patent #7,138,237 for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of Crohns disease using the OmpC antigen. MORE >>

Venture capital investments in Southern California for Q3 of 2011 are up from last year, but down from last quarter, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. in San Diego, and $141.4M was invested in the region. MORE >>

Partners at large venture firms generally believe that Orange County is the ideal geography for medical devices, San Diego for telecom and life sciences (along with Boston) and Silicon Valley for everything else. The Founders of such a startup would be well served to invest their time pursuing non-venture capital funding. MORE >>