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63 Articles match "Tech Coast Angels","Venture Capital"
The Latest from the Southern California Tech Central Community
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
There is no cost but you must physically be based in or move to Los Angeles for the 6 months of the program. Applications Create an ecosystem where all Southern California VC’s had the chance to work together more actively outside of the boards on which we mutually sit
Encourage the most successful LA tech entrepreneurs who had previously started companies to get involved as mentors, instructors or just informal advisors
Today we announced Launchpad LA V2 .
Full press release with more details is here . We
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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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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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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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Monday, November 10, 2008
The Tech Coast Angels talk about improving your chances for long-term success in the lead article of the November SCribe Newsletter. Lessons For Entrepreneurs From Tech Coast Angels
10 Check this out, along with our other feature articles and links to the upcoming event schedule.
Here Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue:
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Monday, November 10, 2008
The Tech Coast Angels talk about improving your chances for long-term success in the lead article of the November SCribe Newsletter. Lessons For Entrepreneurs From Tech Coast Angels
10 Tags: Company News Events Guest Article Internet Marketing Member Profiles Venture Capital business threats email is cool entrepreneurs Gideon Informatics los angeles corporate real estate Newsletter non-compete provisions Check this out, along with our other feature articles and links to the upcoming event schedule.
Here Here are quick links to the
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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 a sign
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch. Over the years, Tech Coast Angels and several venture capital firms have funded many companies that have been Fast Pitch participants. Since its inception in 1997, Tech Coast Angels has provided more than $104 million to more than 160 companies, and attracted more than $1 billion from co-investors. Our Fast Pitch Competitions are "the" place for Southern California entrepreneurs to present their ideas to investors. Each competition consists of 10-12 entrepreneurs
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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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Monday, July 20, 2009
Numira has previously raised funding from the Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels and vSpring Capital. Paul DeRidder, of Crystal Cove Capital and a member of the TCA, sits on the board, as does Dinesh Patel of vSpring.
...Tags: 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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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The Tech Coast Angels is stressing its mixer program, seed investment efforts, and a new website, as it kicks off a 2010 program, according to the angel investing group. According to the Tech Coast Angels' Richard Sudek, Chairman of the TCA, the group is looking to hold bi-monthly mixers which will help entrepreneurs connect with its angel investors, after a successful mixer in late 2009. The group also said it is focusing on its SeedTrack program, which is specifically focused on seed stage funding and extensive mentoring. The angel group
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). This morning we heard from Jamie Montgomery, CEO of the venerable Montgomery & Co investment bank who is at the heart of what is going on in M&A for venture backed companies. They Montgomery & Co Projects Deal Volume to Grow by 167% in Just 2 Years with No End to Growth in Sight
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