THE FRESH SQUEEZE
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Happy March! We're in the thick of #covid_19, affecting the stock market, causing travel disruptions, conference cancellations, and more. Hoping everyone is feeling well. Something interesting that occurred to me was that locally, a lot of us execs and founders travel to the Bay or around the world for conferences or office/client visits and those may be getting cancelled now. The silver lining might be that we have the opportunity to engage execs in our local community as they have a little bit more bandwidth right now. Make that ask to get them as a mentor or speaker to your upcoming event. Let's get them engaged!
Peter Brennan of the OC Business Journal did a good
overview
of what the local venture capital ecosystem is like, including the largest fund, Toba Capital, with $1.2 billion under management, Okapi Venture Capital, True Family Enterprises, Cambridge Companies CPG, CerraCap Ventures, RX3, and Raj Capital. It's great to not just see local money but also these teams investing locally too. Want to hear from the latest investment fund OC4 Venture Studio? Come out to
Startup Grind's March 18
event to hear from Carey Ransom.
Cheers,
Neal
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Local Podcast - Accelerate OC
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Listen
to Carey Ransom
interview
Toby Corey, former President of Tesla
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ORANGE COUNTY TECH ECOSYSTEM NEWS
Irvine's Kajabi
wins
acclaim from Inc. Magazine and The Startup Weekly
Allied Esports of Irvine
announces
no additional offering of public stock
Fountain Valley's HyperX
unveils new gaming keyboards
Brea's ViewSonic
donates $500k toward youth and education efforts
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OFFICE EXPANSIONS
Software provider Datto
opens
new Irvine office
Applied Medical Resources Corp
acquires
a 125k sf office and warehouse facility in Lake Forest
Safran Passenger Innovations
leases
209k sf multibuilding complex in Brea
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ACQUISITIONS
Iridium Technology
merges
with Irvine's DFTech for undisclosed terms
BriteCITY
acquires
ANiMODUS of Irvine for undisclosed terms
RPM Consolidated Services of Fullerton
acquired
by Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation for undisclosed terms
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DEALS
Inari Medical
files
for IPO seeking up to $100M
NeuroVasc Technologies
raises
$34M in funding from China-based Wago
Irvine-based Aivita Biomedical
raises
$12.5M Series B2 round
Newport Beach's Search with Style
seeks
seed funding up to $600,000 on SeedInvest crowdfunding platform
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Partner Marketing Manager,
Alteryx
(Irvine)
Product Manager, Engineering Services,
HashiCorp
(Santa Ana)
Technical Consultant,
Ceridian
(Fountain Valley)
DevOps Engineer - Docker, Kubernetes,
Sourceability
(Orange County)
Product Manager, Artificial Intelligence,
Netreo
(Irvine)
Software Engineer,
Experian
(Costa Mesa)
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MasterMinds OC Entrepreneur Tech Startup Accelerator Workshop @ EvoNexus,
March 4
Applications to Chipotle's food-tech accelerator in Newport Beach due by
March 11
Investor Expo by Global Capital Network @ Center Club,
March 12
Startup Grind Investor Speaking Series featuring Carey Ransom, President OC4 Venture Studio and host of the Accelerate OC podcast @ OC4 Venture Studio,
March 18
Identifying and Protecting your Intellectual Property @ Cal State Fullerton,
March 23
Silicon Valley Startups Game and Q&A Fireside Chat @ 300 Spectrum Center Drive,
March 26
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