Tech Coast Angels

Tech Coast Angels is the largest angel investor group in the United States, possessing more than 300 members in five networks in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Central Coast, and the Inland Empire. Its members provide funding and guidance to more early-stage, high-growth companies in Southern California than any other investment group. Members invest in companies in a wide range of industries, including the life sciences, biotech, IT, services, retail, Internet, financial, software, media, consumer products, and tech startups. TCA as a whole gives companies more than just capital; they also provide counsel, mentoring, and access to an extensive network of potential investors, customers, strategic partners, and management talent. Tech Coast Angels has been ranked by CB Insights to be among the Top 20 Angel Groups in the US; TCA was also ranked as #1 for Network Centrality, meaning we have more connections than anyone! If you are in the game-changing business, we are here to help.

Jeff Cohn

WLSB Investment Screening Director

Jack J. Florio

VP of Communications and Member of the Board of Directors of San Diego Network

Kate Lytle Hunn

Director of Finance

Jay S. Kunin

Director

Atticus Wagner

LA and OC Investment Screening Director

Kim Wiig

Orange County Network Director

643 past transactions

YouMail

Venture Round in 2011
YouMail provides enhanced telecommunications services, where those services are moved out of the network and into the cloud, made social, optimized for smartphones, and sold direct to consumers using a freemium model. YouMail's completely free flagship Visual Voicemail Plus application offers a true multi-platform, unified and social voicemail experience for its users on BlackBerry, Android, iPhone, WebOS, Windows Phone 7 and Windows 6.5 platforms. As of 11/1/2011, it had been downloaded over 3 million times and had well over 2 million registered users, all acquired organically.

Allotrope Medical

Series A in 2021
Allotrope Medical Inc. manufactures surgical devices to identify ureters during surgeries. It offers Allotrope, an intuitive handheld device that assists surgeons in identifying ureters during a surgical procedure, as well as serves as a blunt dissection tool. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Houston, Texas.

WiSpry

Seed Round in 2004
WiSpry, Inc. develops fabless radio frequency semiconductor. It offers tunable RF components, digital capacitor arrays, RF evaluation kits, filters and duplexors, and power amplifiers. The company’s products are used in airbag sensors, game controllers, accelerometers, microoptics, video projection systems, and printer heads. It serves mobile handset manufacturers and network operators. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Irvine, California. As of May 7, 2015, WiSpry, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of AAC Technologies Holdings Inc.

iZSearch

Seed Round in 2015
We offer a search service which does not retain or share any of your personal information. iZSearch does not download “cookies” onto people’s devices. It does not register the “IP address” which pinpoints a users computer. It does not "filter" search results. That is distinct from what other companies do. We are not anonymizing/encrypting the data. We actually throw it away - everything related to the user and anything that is personally identifiable.

Unlicensed Chimp Technologies

Venture Round in 2014
Unlicensed Chimp Technologies is an entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California.

Makani Science

Private Placement in 2020
Makani Science Inc. develops wireless and wearable patch sensors to non-invasively monitor breathing respiratory rate, tidal volume, and minute ventilation. It offers Makani Respiration Monitor to monitor the presence, rate, and depth of breathing in real time for virtually any patient via small sensor patches on the chest so the care team can immediately detect and respond to respiratory events. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Irvine, California.

Q3DM

Venture Round in 2001
Q3DM (quantitative 3-dimensional microscopy) provides drug discovery a High Throughput Microscopy (HTM) platform that combines high content screening with speed to produce statistically significant results.

Capillary Biomedical

Private Placement in 2018
Capillary Biomedical is a medical device startup developing technologies for diabetes management. They aim to dramatically simplify glucose monitoring and insulin delivery, reducing the burden on both patients and the overall healthcare system. The company is based in Irvine, CA and is a spin-out of the Artificial Pancreas Center at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA.

Sizzle, Inc.

Private Placement in 2020
Sizzle, Inc. owns and operates a beauty care salon. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Saugus, Massachusetts.

Outsite

Convertible Note in 2018
Outsite is a collection of unique work+play accommodations that cater to the growing community of entrepreneurs, business travelers and digital nomads who are looking for alternatives to uninspired hotels and conference halls. Whether you want to surf famous waves, ski mountains, climb walls or just bike around town between working sessions, Outsite offers a place to stay with creative co-working spaces and a growing list of innovative “New Networking” activities, designed to spur meaningful and creative collaborations.

VOKLE

Seed Round in 2011
Vokle is a live town hall platform that allows speakers to broadcast their live video and audio to a virtual auditorium of viewers and take live video calls and text questions from the audience. Hosts can assign roles to any attendee in the audience. Whether it be co-host(s) for the event, screener(s) to screen callers privately behind the scenes, or an editor to cut between video streams live. The entire application is a microsite, allowing it to be embedded anywhere as easily as a youtube video, giving each event the potential for endless access points without ever redirecting the audience from the site they're on.

Schlep & Fetch

Venture Round in 2014
Schlep & Fetch, Inc. provides on-demand delivery, courier, and messenger services through its online platform and mobile application for food, dry cleaning, alcohol, and retail business sectors. It offers same-day courier services of scripts, documents, hard drives, meals from restaurant, baby formula, food and diapers, stuff at friend's house, forgotten items, business documents, office supplies, groceries, sundries, tools, and chachka. It also provides restaurant delivery, local retail delivery, expedited routing, and expedited delivery network services. In addition, the company offers T-shirts and gift cards online. Schlep & Fetch, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Mindshare Medical

Venture Round in 2016
Mindshare Medical is focused on the development of evidence-based clinical decision support technology solutions. The company’s proprietary solution provides personalized diagnostics and guidance on the effectiveness of follow-up procedures and treatments. This approach is intended to improve quality of patient care and reduce financial liability for healthcare organizations. Mindshare Medical was founded by Samir Chowdhury and Michael Calhoun in May 2014.

Perfectna, Inc.

Venture Round in 2014
Perfectna is a simple, self-service approach to investing in the Foreign Exchange Currency Markets. Our users are Currency Traders, Currency Investors and Currency Trading Banks.

CRISI Medical Systems

Venture Round in 2013
CRISI Medical Systems, Inc. (CRISI) is a privately-funded medical device company dedicated to improving the safety and delivery of intravenous (IV) injectable medications through technology and innovation. They are on the forefront of companies developing developing innovative solutions to advance the standard of care in injectable drug delivery.

TrustEgg

Seed Round in 2013
TrustEgg is the simple, social way to save for a child's future. TrustEgg will dramatically change the US savings rate, one child at a time. TrustEgg enables parents to create a Trust for their child in minutes for free. Parents can invite family and friends to make contributions. The Trust Fund is invested with Vanguard and earns a market rate of return until the child turns 18. The simple, social nature of TrustEgg will dramatically change the savings rate for the 70+ million children in the US.

Collaborate.com

Venture Round in 2013
Collaborate.com is a unified document sharing, task management, and team communication environment for today’s mobile workforce. With native support for iPhone™, iPod Touch™, Android™, and the Web – and out-of-the-box integration with popular cloud services such as Box™, Dropbox™, Evernote™, Google Drive™, Apple iCloud™, and email – teams can get started with Collaborate.com in minutes by visiting the Collaborate.com Web site or downloading the app directly from the App Store or Google Play. Collaborate.com is a service of Boston-based Kibits Corp. The company was founded in 2011 by seasoned entrepreneurs Matt Cutler and David Greenstein and is backed by Google Ventures, Charles River Ventures, General Catalyst, SOS Ventures, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Launch Capital, and others.

Liquid Grids

Angel Round in 2011
Liquid Grids is being used by companies across the healthcare spectrum, including biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, health insurance providers and healthcare product companies. We partner directly with brands or their marketing agencies to deliver the most effective contribution to their digital and inbound marketing campaigns. Our vision is to be the leader of Social Health Intelligence by providing the most advanced and predictive intelligence about healthcare consumers available. To provide groundbreaking, disruptive marketing strategies that change the way the industry interacts with the online health communities. Our mission is to enable the Healthcare industry to engage with consumers online, motivate them to adopt healthier lifestyles and more effectively manage chronic illnesses, resulting in better health outcomes and significant cost savings to the system.

Connected Signals

Venture Round in 2015
Connected Signals, Inc. offers a cloud-based, centralized system that connects vehicles to traffic signals to provide prioritization of buses, pedestrians, EMS vehicles, and others. It develops Transit Signal Priority (TSP) that works on hardware already outfitted in the buses, and operates along the city’s fixed bus routes to reduce trip time by extending a green light or by having a signal return to green more quickly. Its application provides traffic light data and predictions to drivers, automakers, municipalities, and local traffic regulation agencies in the United States. Connected Signals, Inc. was formerly known as Green Driver, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Eugene, Oregon.

Audioscribe

Venture Round in 2012
Audioscribe offers real-time speech recognition software for court reporters and medical transcription activities.

Kite Products

Venture Round in 2010
Kite represents a global effort to develop new products, solutions, tools, methods and technologies. Whatever they create, it will be designed to improve lives and expand what is possible for humans around the world. Their team of experienced entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists have worked hard to give people the confidence to live and work happier and safer, at home and away. They discovered a way to achieve their goals without needing to use chemicals like DEET. Their formulas can provide harmless protection for everyone to fight mosquitoes and other insects.

Vigilistics

Venture Round in 2005
Vigilistics is leading the ‘big data’ revolution in food and beverage processing, with patented software solutions that monitor, record and analyze the huge volumes of hard-to-reach process data, to deliver actionable real-time intelligence to managers. Their FDA-validated software helps some of the largest food and beverage processors in the world — including Nestle, Kroger, Dean Foods, Leprino, and more — to operate more efficiently and effectively.

PropertyRoom.com

Venture Round in 2003
PropertyRoom.com, Inc. provides online auctions for vehicles, jewelry, watches, coins and bullions, electronics, and fashion and fine art products. It serves law enforcement agencies, municipalities, fire departments, airports, fleets, and parks departments in the United States. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Frederick, Maryland.

Vigilistics

Venture Round in 2007
Vigilistics is leading the ‘big data’ revolution in food and beverage processing, with patented software solutions that monitor, record and analyze the huge volumes of hard-to-reach process data, to deliver actionable real-time intelligence to managers. Their FDA-validated software helps some of the largest food and beverage processors in the world — including Nestle, Kroger, Dean Foods, Leprino, and more — to operate more efficiently and effectively.

Immuno Gum

Angel Round in 2015
Immuno Gum is a product in gum form that provides six key ingredients to support the immune system and helps users for the treatment of cough and cold. Immuno Gum was founded in 2011 and is based in Orange, California.

Sonoma Cider

Seed Round in 2013
Sonoma Beverage Works, Inc. produces and markets apple, bourbon, and pear flavored ciders. It serves customers through a network of distributors. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Healdsburg, California.

Brainrush

Debt Financing in 2012
Founded by video game pioneer Nolan Bushnell (creator of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese), BrainRush combines the science of learning with the engaging power of games, to create an innovative technology called Adaptive Practice that rapidly accelerates learning. BrainRushes are fast-paced learning games that adapt to each learner, and challenge him at just the right level so he learns quickly and is never bored. Teachers can create virtual classrooms, assign BrainRushes and monitor student progress. Anyone can create BrainRushes to play individually, assign to students, or to share with the community.

Transmode Systems

Venture Round in 2006
Transmode is a provider of optical networking solutions for transport of data, voice and video traffic, based on CWDM and DWDM technology (Coarse/Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing). Transmode's unique Intelligent WDM (iWDMâ„¢) approach has lead to widespread deployment of over 10000 systems in a customer base consisting of more than 250 fixed and mobile network operators, service providers, large enterprises and public institutions across Europe, the Americas and Asia.

Terecircuits

Convertible Note in 2020
Terecircuits Corporation develops materials and processes to support micro assembly and mass transfer of displays and advanced electronics. It offers advanced polymers, encapsulation materials, and liquid metal interconnects. The company also provides photo-polymer mass transfer for use in MicroLEDs, such as automotive and AR/VR applications. In addition, it offers new materials and design language for systems in package manufacturing for use in Internet of Things and health technology. The company serves display, electronics, and semiconductor industries. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Mountain View, California.

Nevados

Private Placement in 2020
Nevados Engineering, Inc. designs and manufactures solar single axis tracker system for solar energy field. Its system enables ground-based installation virtually on any terrain, and helps solar developers to increase location site options, eliminate major costs of construction, and maximize power generation. The company also helps solar project developers and contractors by decreasing the complexity necessary to design, install, and operate commercial, industrial, and utility-scale systems. Nevados Engineering, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Spiral Genetics

Convertible Note in 2019
Spiral Genetics, Inc., a genomic bioinformatics company, develops analysis software for the detection of genomic structural variants from next-generation sequencing data. The company specializes in DNA data analysis for medical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural research. It provides BioGraph Suite, an indexed graph-based suite of products for genomic data management, analysis, and discovery; and BioGraph Analysis Format, a method of storing NGS read data using a whole read overlap assembly that is indexed with advanced technology. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of January 23, 2017, Spiral Genetics, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Omicia, Inc..

Snapwire

Private Placement in 2018
Snapwire Media Inc. operates a platform that connects visionary mobile and social photographers with brands, publishers, small businesses, and creative people around the world. The company provides Snapwire that allows buyers to post their image requests; and photographers to create and submit those images that match the buyer’s vision. It also offers Snapwire's iOS application for photographers. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Santa Barbara, California.

Concert Health

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Concert Health is building a better, integrated behavioral health system. We are starting by helping medical groups integrate behavioral health services into their practices. Concert provide the remote specialist clinicians (therapists & psychiatrists), know-how, and technology infrastructure to help physician practices deliver high-quality, evidence based behavioral health care and take advantage of Medicare's new Collaborative Care Management (CoCM) reimbursement opportunities. You are the conductor, we help fill out your symphony.

Axiotron

Venture Round in 2007
Axiotron

Strategikon

Seed Round in 2020
Strategikon Pharma, Inc. designs and develops a software that synchronizes sponsor and provider outsourcing processes. It offers Clinical Maestro, a transaction room that uses collaborative technology infrastructure and standardized bid grid language to create a shared virtual transaction environment. The company's software is also used for clinical financial management, vendor performance metrics management, portfolio analytics, CRO and clinical vendor oversight, clinical outsourcing, and contract lifecycle management. In addition, it offers consulting services to newly established clinical business operations. Strategikon Pharma, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in San Rafael, California.

Identical

Convertible Note in 2020
Identical is a developer of personalized dental implants used to make tooth replacement more accessible and affordable for everyone. Its implants are drill-free and non-invasive and use the latest 3D technology that enables dentists to deliver personalized dental implants in a faster and safer way. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California.

BRIUS

Seed Round in 2019
BRIUS Technologies Inc develops alternative braces and aligners devices. The company is based in Addison, Texas.

Snapwire

Venture Round in 2018
Snapwire Media Inc. operates a platform that connects visionary mobile and social photographers with brands, publishers, small businesses, and creative people around the world. The company provides Snapwire that allows buyers to post their image requests; and photographers to create and submit those images that match the buyer’s vision. It also offers Snapwire's iOS application for photographers. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Santa Barbara, California.

BetaBlocks

Seed Round in 2018
BetaBlocks is a Co-Builder and Accelerator of early-stage companies using blockchain technology. Based in Miami FL, BetaBlocks focuses on building and scaling blockchain startups, as well as educating the community on the impact of blockchain technology on their businesses.

Kangarootime

Series A in 2019
Kangarootime, Inc. develops a cloud-based childcare management solution that connects parents with childcare professionals. Its solutions include revenue cycle management, mobile and laptop accessibility, enrollment, sign-in and sign-out, messaging and picture sharing, employee management, support, reports, and accounting. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Buffalo, New York.

AccuScore

Venture Round in 2016
AccuScore.com delivers simulated projections for all NFL, MLB, NBA, College Football and College Basketball games. AccuScore is a sports simulation company that accurately simulates sporting events prior to their scheduled time. The simulation model uses past player performances and relates that data to the coming match: team composition, weather, location, coaching… We define each player with a unique algorithm and simulate every match approximately 10,000 times. Our current licensing and subscription services cover all major US sports and top 10 soccer leagues round the world. We provide game predictions as well as individual player performance projections to be used eg. in fantasy sports. In addition to predictions Accuscore provides sports analytics. We have created ice hockey player databased based on advanced analytics methods. Each player performance can be ranked against other players in the same league. Outside of sports world, Accuscore has predicted with great accuracy elections and Eurovision Song Contest.

MatriSys Bioscience

Venture Round in 2017
MatriSys sees commercialization paths for its intellectual property in topical dermatology therapeutics, cosmetics, and skin care. The company’s lead live biologic therapeutic is currently in Phase I/II clinical trials targeting atopic dermatitis (commonly referred to as AD or eczema) patients.

Advekit

Venture Round in 2020
Advekit is a healthcare platform used to make the process of finding a mental health support therapist easy, empowering, and encouraging. The platform helps patients find the right therapist and use their insurance to pay for therapy. It improves access to quality treatment and helps individuals better utilize their mental health benefits and offers a sliding-scale fee structure, which is a variable rate based on a person's ability to pay for treatment, thus helping users in simplifying the process of finding therapists based on their needs, availability, and insurance.
Deep Blue Medical Advances, Inc. manufactures hernia mesh for hernia patients. The company offers T-Line® hernia mesh and anchor clips to patients. Deep Blue Medical Advances, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Durham, North Carolina with an additional office in San Francisco, California.

Karma Biotechnologies

Seed Round in 2021
Karma Biotechnologies, Inc. develops therapies for autoimmune diseases. It offers Xavines, a therapeutic to treat autoimmunity, allergies, and food sensitivities. Karma Biotechnologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Onboard Dynamics

Convertible Note in 2018
Onboard Dynamics, Inc. develops a compressed natural gas system that integrates into automotive engines and enables natural gas vehicles to be refueled with gasoline gallon equivalent natural gas from a low-pressure source, such as a home or business gas line. It offers its products for private and public fleets of trucks. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Bend, Oregon.

DTx Pharma

Convertible Note in 2018
DTx Pharma, LLC, a biotechnology company, develops and commercializes fatty acid-conjugated peptide therapeutics for patients suffering from rare and chronic diseases worldwide. It offers medicines based on fatty acid motifs that deliver RNA medicines to tissues and organ systems beyond the liver. The company’s solutions are used for patients suffering from retinitis pigmentosa, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and central nervous system problems. DTx Pharma, LLC was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Fama

Series A in 2018
Fama is an AI-based solution that identifies and offers an opportunity to address problematic behavior among potential hires and current employees by analyzing publicly available online information. This type of content can ultimately lead to brand risk and toxic culture, and is often missed in the hiring and management process.

Salarius Pharmaceuticals

Private Placement in 2018
Salarius Pharmaceuticals is an emerging biotechnology company developing targeted therapies to treat pediatric and other cancers, including advanced solid tumors. The lead compound Seclidemstat represents a potential paradigm shift in the treatment of cancer and we are initially targeting Ewing sarcoma, a devastating pediatric, adolescent and young adult bone cancer where no targeted therapies are currently available.

Aligned Carbon

Private Placement in 2020
Aligned Carbon is a supplier of aligned carbon nanotubes, enabling 1000x improvement in computing. It has provided its product of wafer-scale aligned carbon nanotube arrays to more than a dozen university research groups and industrial research labs. Aligned Carbon was formed in early 2018 by three friends and labmates from Stanford University. Collectively Aligned Carbon’s team represents over 35 years of nanotechnology experience with 100+ peer-reviewed publications and inventorship for 15+ patents.

MEALLOGIX

Seed Round in 2021
Meallogix is the premier technology software for the meal prep sector, providing an all-in-one solution for meal prep operators that helps automate and optimize business processes, offering state-of-the-art front- and back-end technologies that replace all manual tasks, except for cooking. Meallogix removes barriers for meal prep business owners by digitizing every step of the supply chain, from order intake to ingredient conversion, nutrition label creation, shopping list creation, recipe costing, delivery options, and more. Its dashboard allows meal prep owners to gain insight into critical financials, showing them which menu items drive profits and which do not.

Milo Sensors

Venture Round in 2016
Milo Sensors, Inc. provides blood alcohol wearables. It also offers a mobile application that sets alerts on drinking limits; monitors BAC throughout the night; and shares BAC and location with friends. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Santa Barbara, California.

Dispatch & Tracking Solutions

Venture Round in 2001
Dispatch & Tracking Solutions (DTS) was the first company to deliver a web-based dispatch and tracking system that manages the entire towing and impounding process. This product for law enforcement agencies and the towing industry required several years and over 10 million dollars of initial investment. The company’s history began with a leading systems integration company called GDI Inc., which was founded in 1991. GDI developed enterprise business applications for many industries with clientele such as Xerox, Fujitsu, McDonnell Douglas, Computer Science Corporation, Fox Broadcasting, Earthlink, and Ingram Micro. GDI acquired a series of software companies in 1998 that had solutions for tow companies. These software companies were combined and called eTrak. With GDI’s software development experience, the acquired tow industry experience and Sheriff Brad Gates’ 40 years of law enforcement experience, eTrak began to formulate a vision for a towing and impounding product for law enforcement agencies. A first generation product was launched at San Diego Police Department in January of 1997. Based on this success, a second-generation web-based product was designed and completed for law enforcement agencies to provide them with real-time information to dispatch, track, bill, report and manage towing activities.

MyShape

Venture Round in 2006
MyShape.com is an online retail store created for you. Personalized stores (called myShop) search for and display clothing matched to a shopper's specific measurements, body shape and preferences.

Empyr

Convertible Note in 2013
Figg is a card-linked platform company uncovering value for advertisers, publishers, and consumers through trusted data insights. Figg is redefining the way advertisers and consumers connect through everyday purchases. Its card-linked platform features the most diverse portfolio of advertiser-funded offers to enrich savings for consumers. The company enables advertisers to design custom offers aimed at building long-term loyalty for leading social platforms, financial institutions, and mobile apps.

Kangarootime

Seed Round in 2017
Kangarootime, Inc. develops a cloud-based childcare management solution that connects parents with childcare professionals. Its solutions include revenue cycle management, mobile and laptop accessibility, enrollment, sign-in and sign-out, messaging and picture sharing, employee management, support, reports, and accounting. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Buffalo, New York.

PharmaSecure

Venture Round in 2009
PharmaSecure Inc. provides anti-counterfeiting, identification, and brand protection solutions for pharmaceutical companies in the United States and internationally. It offers brand protection, patient engagement and insights, regulatory serialization, and market intelligence solutions for pharma manufacturers. The company provides psConnect solution, a patient engagement and disease management platform. It also offers brand protection, consumer loyalty and engagement, and market intelligence solutions to various sectors, such as consumer goods/FMCG that includes home and personal care, foods and beverages, liquor, and tobacco verticals; consumer durables; luxury goods; agriculture products and fertilizers; lubricants, building materials, and industrial chemicals; and auto-components and spare parts, and others. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in New York, New York. It has a subsidiary operation in India.

Arima Genomics

Series B in 2022
Arima Genomics is a biotechnology company that aims to accelerate the understanding of genome sequence and structure.

Emerald Logic

Seed Round in 2012
Emerald Logic solves hyper-dimensional analytic problems in personalized medicine, predictive healthcare, diagnostics and biotech. Our Fast Collective Evolution Technology (FACET) combines biological and mathematical principles to answer billion-dollar questions that elude statistics, business intelligence, and traditional AI methods.

UsedCardboardBoxes

Venture Round in 2009
UsedCardboardBoxes.com takes an innovative approach to providing low-cost, earth-friendly moving boxes. They "rescue" truckloads of quality used boxes from large companies that might otherwise recycle them or simply throw them away. They bring the boxes back to one of their regional distribution centers where they are inspected and sorted by size and shape. Boxes that meet their strict requirements for quality, shape and strength are pre-packed (along with convenient accessories) into their low-cost, earth-friendly "stacks" and "kits". They then "resell" those boxes to customers all across the USA, via their website. They offer free shipping on any residential order and guarantee delivery in 1-2 business days. As they like to say, you don't have cut down a tree to make a used cardboard box! UsedCardboardBoxes.com strives to be a zero-waste company. They recycle any boxes that don't meet their strict quality, shape and strength criteria by sending them to a traditional recycling company. UsedCardboardBoxes.com is a win/win/win/win/win: for their suppliers, customers, employees, shareholders and the environment!

TranscribeMe

Angel Round in 2012
TranscribeMe develops an audio search and transcription platform designed to make audio content searchable and shareable, by converting speech to text. The platform utilizes it's proprietary micro-tasking technology to produce a speaker identified transcription from complex audio that involves multiple speakers and overlapping conversations, by processing pieces of audio in parallel, enabling medical professionals, corporations, conferences, writers, podcasters, and academics to monetize their audio content by transcribing it to word-for-word text. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

eGuardian

Venture Round in 2008
eGuardian, LLC provides a solution that blocks contact with online predators and filters out adult content without hindering a child's learning, social networking, and exploring opportunities. The company helps to make online communication, including social networking sites, chat, and email safe from sexual predators and adult content. eGuardian, LLC was founded in 2006 and is based in Ontario, California.

Social Rewards

Venture Round in 2011
Social Rewards, Inc. offers social media based loyalty marketing programs. It provides social media, affiliate programs, and loyalty marketing services. The company’s loyalty marketing program awards brand consumers for engaging in social media activity. It serves airlines, hotels, dining, movies/movie theaters, e-commerce, merchandise, and conferences/live events. Social Rewards, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Torrance, California.

Ranker

Venture Round in 2013
Ranker, LLC operates as a digital media company provides rankings online. It offers rankings on people, such as actors, celebrity facts, historical figures, musicians, and politicians; entertainment, which include anime, gaming, movies, music, and TV; sports that include athletes, baseball, basketball, football, and soccer; culture, including food, relationships, travel and thought provoking; and channels. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Deal Current, Inc.

Venture Round in 2012
Deal Current, Inc. offer deals and coupons to redeem at local or national businesses. The company enables website publishers and advertisers to sell deals, coupons, and gift certificates through its network. It offers deals and coupons on restaurants, dining, goods, and gift cards. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in San Diego, California. Deal Current, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Collar Free, Inc.

PetDx

Series A in 2020
PetDx operates as a molecular diagnostics company dedicated to revolutionizing the detection and ultimately treatment of cancer for pets. Founded in 2019, PetDx is focused on the development of non-invasive tests with customized assays and next-generation sequencing-based techniques, thereby providing veterinarians with early detection, characterization, and management of cancer cells.

TrueCar

Series E in 2009
TrueCar is an information and technology platform that enables its users to communicate with TrueCar certified dealers. TrueCar is the authority on new-car pricing. It aggregates multiple data sources to show car buyers and dealers how much people actually paid for a particular car in their geographic area. True Car helps dealers gain real-time, unbiased information about marketplace pricing, helping them know how to price their cars to sell more and gain market share from other dealers. It was by automotive and technology pioneers Scott Painter and Tom Taira.

Portfolium

Seed Round in 2014
Portfolium partners with colleges and universities to help students connect learning with opportunity. The ePortfolio network helps connect 3.75M+ students from over 190 partner institutions with 50,000+ employers based on their proven skills and competencies. Portfolium's cloud-based platform empowers students with lifelong opportunities to capture, curate, and convert skills into job offers while giving learning institutions and employers the tools they need to assess competencies and recruit talent. The platform is used by over 3600 institutions to help assess the effectiveness of their programs and courses, certify students’ competencies, and empower students to showcase their achievements and skills with evidence. It was founded in 2014 by Aerospace Engineer, Adam Markowitz and is based in San Diego, California.

DAtAnchor

Seed Round in 2022
DAtAnchor develops a novel crypto-technology that anchors the data consumption within the network boundaries, serving as a backstop against inevitable breaches. It provides a secure gateway to access the files in the cloud and the database, with the added features of revocability and physical access control, enabling efficient and automated data governance. DAtAnchor is a result of a multi-year research activity, developed at Ohio State University. The development team currently has 6 members, 4 of which are full-time. We have seed level funding for >1M and an advisory board with members at the senior vice president level in Fortune 500 companies.

Single Pass

Seed Round in 2021
Single Pass has developed the world's first disposable bipolar electrocautery device that can cauterize deep tissue through a guide needle.

GroGuru

Convertible Note in 2020
Groguru Inc. provides software as a service based irrigation monitoring and management solutions for farmers. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in LA Jolla, California.

Active Life Scientific

Series A in 2013
Active Life Scientific, Inc., an early-stage medical device company, develops handheld devices that can diagnose and monitor bone quality. It offers OsteoProbe, a portable handheld impact microindenter that measures the ability of bone material to resist microindentation. The company’s OsteoProbe quantifies bone material quality by using Reference Point Indentation technology to investigate the bone material’s ability to resist a localized force (resist separation of mineralized collagen fibrils). Active Life Scientific, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Santa Barbara, California.

18/8 Fine Men's Salons

Private Placement in 2018
18/8 Fine Men's Salons owns and operates men salon. It offers franchisee for salon outlets. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Laguna Niguel, California with additional outlets in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Terecircuits

Venture Round in 2020
Terecircuits Corporation develops materials and processes to support micro assembly and mass transfer of displays and advanced electronics. It offers advanced polymers, encapsulation materials, and liquid metal interconnects. The company also provides photo-polymer mass transfer for use in MicroLEDs, such as automotive and AR/VR applications. In addition, it offers new materials and design language for systems in package manufacturing for use in Internet of Things and health technology. The company serves display, electronics, and semiconductor industries. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Mountain View, California.

Make It Work

Series A in 2005
Make It Work LLC provides on-site computer services to home users, businesses, and mobile workers. The company's services include PC troubleshooting, upgrades and maintenance, training, small business networking, centralized storage, wireless systems, and home theater integration. Make It Work was founded in 2001 and is based in Santa Barbara, California.

Opposing Views

Series A in 2008
Opposing Views, Inc. is an online media platform for people who enjoy digging deeper into the news each day. Opposing Views condenses the news into core issues and hosts well-known authorities and opinion leaders in its new and unique debating format as they state their cases, disagree with one another and defend their positions. Anyone can weigh in on the arguments, join in a debate or start one of their own.
Orion Data Analysis Corporation designs and develops data analysis and simulation engines for online sports forecasting processes. It owns and operates Accuscore.com and StatShark.com. Additionally, the company offers game preview, write-ups, analysis, and projection services. Orion Data Analysis Corporation was founded by Marcus Pemer and is based in Marina Del Ray, California.

Powur

Venture Round in 2016
Powur is a technology company that provides clean energy solutions to its clients. The company offers solar panel installation services to its clients. Furthermore, it provides its clients with residual income in exchange for providing recommendations of Powur to others. Powur was founded in 2015 by Jonathan Budd and is based in California.

Iridia

Series B in 2021
Iridia is a nanotechnology company that specializes in biochemistry, molecular biology, and DNA. develop the world’s first commercially-attractive, DNA-based data storage solution. It combines DNA polymer synthesis technology, electronic nano-switches, and semiconductor fabrication technologies, Iridia is developing a highly-parallel format to enable an array of nanomodules with the potential to store data at exceptionally high density. The company was founded in 2016 and headquartered in California, United States.

Sandpiper Networks, Inc

Venture Round in 1997
Sandpiper Networks is focused on the development of software solutions that enable its users to download data from the internet. Sandpiper Networks was founded by Andrew Swart in 1994. It is based in Thousand Oaks, California.

Abintus Bio

Convertible Note in 2020
Abintus Bio is a preclinical stage gene therapy company that engages in the field of in vivo immune cell reprogramming. The company pursues products that modulate immune cells from within their native environment to enhance patient access and patient outcomes. It focuses on the discovery and development of a portfolio of first-in-class, product candidates that are designed to directly reprogram immune cells from within their native environment using proprietary vectors and related technologies.

Nanoogo

Angel Round in 2012
Kids are creative and talented in many ways - Could be a great writer, artist or the next Edison. On Nanoogo, kids are the authors, creators, and inventors. And it's fun, social, and inspirational. This is a unique approach as opposed to the current kids industry that is predominant with gaming, which is why Nanoogo is welcomed by parents. Nanoogo is a memory book full of their kids' creations. We are also loved by educators - http://bit.ly/OHn9mj with over 100 schools and teachers signups.

GroundMetrics

Venture Round in 2012
GroundMetrics, Inc. develops and commercializes land-based electromagnetic (EM) sensing systems. Its technologies are used for various types of resistivity and EM surveys that range from traditional controlled source EM and induced polarization surveys to reservoir imaging survey methods, such as borehole-to-surface EM and depth-to-surface EM. The company provides survey and monitoring services to oil, gas, geothermal, and mining companies worldwide, as well as the U.S. Department of Energy and the California Energy Commission. GroundMetrics, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in San Diego, California.

GoSite

Seed Round in 2018
GoSite is a robust digital platform for the 12 million small businesses providing local services in the U.S. The platform helps these businesses make the transition from offline to online by giving them everything they need to connect with customers in the digital era. The all-in-one, cloud-based platform and mobile app transforms the way they run their business by making it easier for their customers to attract and transact with their business online.

Advekit

Private Placement in 2019
Advekit is a healthcare platform used to make the process of finding a mental health support therapist easy, empowering, and encouraging. The platform helps patients find the right therapist and use their insurance to pay for therapy. It improves access to quality treatment and helps individuals better utilize their mental health benefits and offers a sliding-scale fee structure, which is a variable rate based on a person's ability to pay for treatment, thus helping users in simplifying the process of finding therapists based on their needs, availability, and insurance.

Nextpro

Venture Round in 2018
NextPro creates & produces over 50K games per year across 5 sports, and distribute this content to a large and captive audience through our own developed OTT. Their goal is to be the #1 destinition for youth sports content. Boot strapped & profitable ($1.8M in rev), with exclusive contracts, they are poised to dominate this $15B a year market.

Cloudbeds

Venture Round in 2018
Cloudbeds is a vertical SaaS business that creates cloud-based hospitality management software that simplifies the working lives of professional property owners, operators, and employees. It helps with OTAs, payments, reservations, and reporting so its clients can spend time on their most important job, taking care of their guests. Cloudbeds was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

WeGoLook

Series A in 2014
WeGoLook, LLC provides various on-demand inspection, verification, and other field services for businesses and consumers through a mobile platform of independent contractors in the United States and internationally. It verifies and sells auto, motorcycle, RV, watercraft, and commercial/heavy equipment reports online for the automotive industry, including retailers, wholesalers, auto auctions, and others; assess risk for underwriting, processes claims, facilitates total losses, and provides immediate support to insurers during catastrophe response situations; and provides solutions for restaurants, hotels, and other retail chains to manage risk. The company also verifies assets, collaterals, and borrowers; collects and notarizes loan documents; and validates progress for construction draws via its on-demand workforce. It handles automotive and property inspections and supports the insurance industry, as well as handles a range of general commerce transactions and the verification of internet-based purchases. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. WeGoLook, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Crawford & Company.

Spine Surgical Innovation

Venture Round in 2014
Spine Surgical Innovation markets and distributes the Holmed Swivel Port System and full line of Spine Instruments globally, designed for ease of use, high quality and high value. Elegant in its simplicity, intuitive in its design, the patented Swivel Port System and associated instruments for minimally invasive surgery provides simple, safe and easy tools that compliments your existing surgical technique. Offering the Minimum Incision, Maximum Sight Approach, with maximum “ sight” and visualization, the Swivel Port unique design fends off disruptive and time consuming “muscle creep” so common with tubular retractor systems. This comprehensive system has grown to six different sets of working ports configured and sized for both posterior and lateral lumbar approaches, including two new systems designed for posterior cervical procedures. For over two decades our designs are surgeon driven, our rich history and culture is focused on making surgical instruments and systems safe, easy to use and cost effective. We look forward to working with you in the near future to help support your objective review, evaluation and consideration of these truly innovative systems and instruments.

NovaSignal

Series C in 2019
NovaSignal is a medical technology company commercializing a robotic cerebral ultrasound system. Its Robotic System combines non-invasive ultrasound, robotics, and artificial intelligence to assess real-time cerebral blood flow. Through the use of cloud computing and data analytics, NovaSignal supports physicians in their clinical decision making to help improve patient outcomes. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

HitFix

Series A in 2011
HitFix is the premiere brand for 18-34-year-old fans to discover what's next in entertainment news around movies, music, TV, and events. The forecast allows fans to discover new events (both locally and nationwide), set reminders, download events to their personal calendar, and manage their entertainment lives HitFix leads the conversation in entertainment news by uniquely combining original video and breaking news with a hands-on planning tool. HitFix’s insider journalists help guide entertainment choice, while its localized Event Calendar lets fans discover what’s next in entertainment before their friends. HitFix reaches the highly sought after 18-34 year old demo which has attracted the attention of top entertainment advertisers and commanded premium CPMs. HitFix delivers breaking news, original video and engaging technology across website, mobile, digital Out Of Home and social platforms reaching 51+ Million users each month.

Big Stage

Series B in 2009
Big Stage Entertainment is a media technology company that helps you project yourself photo-realistically into the digital realm, for personalized media experiences. With Big Stage Entertainment's proprietary technology, creating The Digital You, both literal and fantastical, is fast, free and fun!

NabThat

Venture Round in 2015
NabThat is a car-shopping platform that harmonizes conventional dealer practices with modern consumer expectations. It empowers people to buy or lease new cars by allowing them to create online offers that local dealerships can match or counter. In addition, the platform maintains customer confidentiality shielding car shoppers from salesmen phone calls and emails. It also provides an express checkout service which allows consumers to have their cars delivered or be in and out of a dealership within minutes. NabThat was launched in January 2013 in Santa Monica, California.

Sockwa

Venture Round in 2013
Sockwa is a lightweight brand of athletic footwear for sports and fitness activities on and off the beach. The brand’s products suit activities such as volleyball, soccer, yoga, Pilates, and more. Sockwa was founded by David Zasloff in March 2008, and is based in Oxnard, California.

Turn Technologies

Private Placement in 2020
Turn Technologies, Inc. designs and develops an online application to manage workers. The company owns and operates an AI-powered workforce-as-a-service platform for companies to source, screen, and retain workers. The company's platforms offer mobile-friendly services, seamless API and HR integration, plan flexibility, robust candidate profiles, and built-in support tools. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

MentorMint

Seed Round in 2016
MentorMint connects knowledge seekers to mentors for academic and career preparation. MentorMint's amazingly supportive community is comprised of students, alumni, and professionals from a wide range of industries and backgrounds who are primed to help each other succeed.

Atlazo

Private Placement in 2019
Atlazo, Inc. design and develops AI (artificial intelligence) semiconductor and software for healthcare industry. The company serves to the hearing aid, hearable, wearable, and ultra-low power health IoT markets. Atlazo, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in LA Jolla, California.