Q&A: Minnie Ingersoll, of TenOneTen, a VC firm in LA, Gives Her Thoughts on the VC Outlook for 2020 in SoCal
This Q&A is with Minnie Ingersoll, an investor and host of the LA Venture podcast (which can be found on the Podcasts page of OC Startups Now). She’s a partner at TenOneTen in LA. This VC firm invests in early-stage companies
Q&A: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation, Reflects on 2019
A rising tide lifts all boats. The Alliance for SoCal Innovation is dedicated to unifying and elevating the visibility of the entire SoCal innovation ecosystems, which includes the individual ecosystems of OC, LA and SD. This interview with Andy Willson,
*Q&A: Cloudvirga CEO Explains Why the Digital Mortgage Software Startup is Committed to OC
This Q&A is with Dan Sogorka, CEO of Cloudvirga, a white-hot software startup that’s digitizing the mortgage process. The company recently moved into UCI Research Park and is hiring. Last year, it raised $50 million in a Series C round.
Q&A: Matt Hayden, Founder of Sea Purity Investments, a Family Office
This Q&A is with Matt Hayden, the founder and owner of Sea Purity Investments. Sea Purity is a family office in San Clemente with a multi-strategy approach. It's an LP in 12 different funds and has completed over 100 direct investments
*Q&A: Integra Devices Talks About Its $6 Million Series A Raise
This Q&A is with Sourabh Dhillon, the director of business development at Integra Devices, which raised $6 million in a Secured Series-A round last Fall, but just announced the raise publicly. The startup, with HQ in Irvine, manufactures micro-devices. Its markets include telecom,
*Q&A: Specright CEO Matthew Wright Discusses Series A Raise and More
This Q&A is with Matthew Wright, the founder and CEO of Specright, which raised $8.8 million in a Series A round. The SaaS company strives to enable its business clients to centrally manage and take action on the specs needed to make, package and
*Q&A: Ray Grainger of Mavenlink, discusses the company’s $48 Million Series E Raise
This Q&A is with Ray Grainger, the CEO and founder of Mavenlink, which just raised $48 million in a Series E. Mavenlink, with HQ in Irvine, is a SaaS platform for professional and marketing services organizations. OCSN: How much has Mavenlink raised
*Q&A: TearClear Raises $5 Million in Series A1 Funding and Moves HQ From Ohio to Irvine
This Q&A is being republished here, courtesy of OCTANe, a tech and life sciences accelerator in Aliso Viejo. It features TearClear, a startup developing a platform of specialty ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. This company just raised the first part of its Series A
*Q&A: Female Entrepreneurs, AI and Investing: A Chat With Meredith Finn, March Capital
This Q&A was done by socalTECH , with whom OC Startups Now has a partnership. Story by Benjamin F. Kuo Earlier this month, the annual Montgomery Summit conference was held in Santa Monica, including a special portion of
Q&A: OC Success Story – Bruce Tromberg. Went From Leading UCI’s Beckman Laser Institute to Running one of the NIH Institutes…
This Q& A is with Bruce Tromberg, whose innovation-fueled trajectory of science and innovation has guided him from running the Beckman Laser Institute at UCI to running one of the institutes at the National Institutes of Health.