THE FRESH SQUEEZE
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Hey OC friends!
As I'm busy putting away all my white clothes after Labor Day, I'm excited to see all the funding and M&A activity hitting. This has been such a weird year. With pauses on funding/acquisitions in March/April, then some switches turn back on and some still paused. Usually July-August is quiet with summer vacations, and now everyone is home and look at all of these deals down below like ZUUM and Cuddly. And the SPACs come to OC with Advantage Solutions going public in a reverse merger.
While we are still working to bring a full OC Startup Week (let's go 2021!), I'd welcome you to join the virtual SD Startup Month, with bite-size amounts of content daily for everyone, from founder skills to sales and people management and thoughtful virtual networking.
Hope you can join in!
Cheers,
Neal
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Local Podcast - Accelerate OC |
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Listen to Carey Ransom interview Per Welinder, General Partner at Welinder Shi Capital, investor in lifestyle and culture technologies.
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ORANGE COUNTY TECH ECOSYSTEM NEWS
Despite pandemic, Premier Workspaces thriving with innovation in difficult shared space sector
StretchLab uses technology and savvy operations to add locations during Covid-19
Major investments coming to John Wayne Airport to upgrade OC infrastructure
CoreLogic of Irvine receives an acquisition proposal at a $66 per share offering
HyperX of Fountain Valley introduces line of blue light blocking eyewear to help reduce eyestrain for gamers and professionals
Eight local startups seeking funding from $500k to $1.6M
Innovation advisor Parisa Khosropour helps local startups succeed
UCI's Chris Barty is working with laser technology to defeat COVID-19
Wayfinder startup VolunteerCrowd helps students give back through community service |
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DEALS
Fvndit closes on a $30M round led by Accial Capital and Variant Investments
Newport Beach-based Aeon Biopharma hauls in $25M from Daewoong Pharmaceutical in a convertible note
Irvine's ZUUM Transportation raises total of $12.58M with 2nd seed round
LensGen of Irvine closes $10M in bridge financing led by HOYA Group
Aqua Medical of Santa Ana gets $8.2M in Series A-3 round led by ShangBay Capital
Seal Beach-based Cuddly raises $4M in Series A funding led by Lead Edge Capital
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ACQUISITIONS
Advantage Solutions of Irvine to go public in a reverse merger with SPAC Conyers Park II at a $5.2B enterprise value
Newport Beach-based Kadenwood snaps up EcoGen Laboratories for undisclosed terms
Irvine's briteCITY acquires NIXSYS IT Services for undisclosed terms
Remita Health of Irvine acquired by Bristol Hospice of Salt Lake City for undisclosed terms
Novus Therapeutics of Irvine acquires Anelixis Therapeutics in a stock-for-stock transaction
BayWa r.e., with US office in Irvine, acquires Enable Energy for undisclosed terms
PhoneTag acquired by YouMail of Irvine for undisclosed terms
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ONLINE EVENTS & DEADLINES |
EvoNexus Orange County is accepting applications from deep tech, life science, and fintech startups, Open Deadline
VC Speaker Series with Miramar Digital Ventures featuring Bruce Hallett and Sherman Atkinson, September 18
Pismo Ventures National Venture Plan Competition; registration deadline September 27
Road to Reinvention 2020 Virtual Conference, October 15
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Marketing Coordinator, LabRoots (Orange County)
Sales Executive, Voxology (Newport Beach)
.Net Full Stack Developer, iPourIt (Lake Forest)
Mobile Application Developer, Cashpot (Irvine)
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