NEWS/DIVERSITY: CSUF Receives $40M Gift Based on Its Commitment To Educating Students From Underserved Areas
Cal State University Fullerton received the largest donation in its history — $40 million — based on its commitment to educating students who come from communities that have been chronically underserved. The gift was given by philanthropist MacKenzie Scott — the
NEWS: Lead Inclusively Finds $1.5M
This article was previously published by SoCal Tech, with whom OCSN has a partnership: San Diego-based Lead Inclusively, a consulting firm which provides technology-enabled services around diversity, equity, and inclusion, said last week that it has raised $1.5M in a funding round.
*NEWS: White-Hot Real-Estate List Startup Gets Additional Investment
ListReports, which develops marketing products for realtors and mortgage loan officers received an additional $555,000 in a debt funding round from lender Lighter Capital. ListReports launched four years ago and has HQ in Orange. The new funding is the seventh tranche
Q&A: Eyes 4 Lives CEO, Parham Javaherian
OC Startups Now will periodically run Q&A’s with interesting entrepreneurs, investors and other key players in the OC startup/innovation ecosystem, in their own words. This Q&A is with Parham Javaherian, the CEO of Eyes 4 Lives, which created an optical
NEWS: UCI Spinout Seeking $1.2 Million
Ninety percent of all children experience at least one ear infection before age 5. It’s the leading cause of “unnecessary” antibiotic use in children and one of the most common reasons kids are taken to their pediatrician or an ER. Many
*NEWS: Co-Working Space Seeks OC Licensees
A co-working company that focuses on female entrepreneurs is looking for licensees in OC. Hera Hub, with HQ in San Diego, is comprised of co-working spaces where entrepreneurial women can create and collaborate in a “spa-like” environment. But the co-working spaces
NEWS: Angel Fund Invests in Startup That Just Nabbed Amazon as a Client
A tech startup with the goal of modernizing the moving process - by streamlining and digitizing the process of getting estimates - recently received a $100,000 investment from Tech Coast Angels’ ACE Fund III. Tech Coast Angels, (TCA) is the leading
NEWS: Pitch Show Creates Fund to Invest in Startups
It may be the only pitch show where entrepreneurs give their pitch in an actual elevator. It may be the only pitch show where sports celebrities, like former NFL running back Rashad Jennings, do a shimmy dance to celebrate when
Q&A: Baja United
Jim Riley, President, Baja United Group We will periodically run Q&A’s with interesting entrepreneurs, in their own words. This Q&A features Jim Riley, president of Baja United Group, based in Costa Mesa. The startup imports wines from Baja, California. How