UPDATE: Octane Postpones Tech Innovation Forum. Fighting Fear With Daily Monitoring and Taking It One Day at a Time…
How do you handle something fraught with uncertainty and ambiguity? Ask any entrepreneur and they’ll likely say you stay nimble, you monitor the data and you take precautionary measures as necessary. So, what happens when a pandemic comes along that disrupts
NEWS/EVENTS/INNOVATION: SoCal Startup Day Draws More Than 1,000 and Unifies SoCal Innovation Ecosystem
Nearly 1,200 people convened in Irvine on Wednesday for the first SoCal Startup Day. Stephen Silver and his partner at Funding Post, Joe Rubin, organized the event at Hangar 244 in the Great Park, former home of the El Toro
NEWS: Octane Plans “Significant” Fund of Its Own
Octane CEO Bill Carpou told OC Startups Now on Tuesday that the organization is planning a “substantial” fund of its own, independently of the two Visionary Venture funds it created and remains a general partner in. He declined to disclose
*NEWS: Capitalizing on Capital Gains to Help Grow Tech Startups. OC4 Venture Studio Creates Traditional and Non-Traditional Funds…..
How do you channel the vast amount of real estate wealth in OC into tech startups? You come up with a novel, disruptive way to do it, in a cool, edgy place. That’s just one of the innovative things that OC4 Venture
*NEWS: OCTANe Sees Record Capital Raise in First Half of 2019 From LaunchPad and Alumni Companies
OCTANe LaunchPad and its alumni companies have set a record-high capital raise in the first half of 2019. With over $306 million raised so far, this six-month period has exceeded any prior full year’s raise. LaunchPad is a
*NEWS: OCTANe Announces Partnership with a Multi-National Network of Accounting Firms at the Start of Its Technology Innovation Forum. And Provides More Details of Several Other Initiatives…
OCTANe, an organization with a tech and life sciences accelerator, today announced a partnership with RSM International, a multi-national network of accounting firms, which collectively is the fifth largest accountancy professional services network in the world. RSM will provide financial and
UPDATE: OCTANe Effort To Get More Female Founders Funded Involves Diversity of Support
It’s well known that female entrepreneurs tend to have more of a challenge accessing capital. Last year, female founders raised $2.88 billion, which represents a mere 2.2% of the $130 billion total in VC money invested. And, it’s the exact same percentage as 2017,
*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
NEWS: Third Irvine Delegation Returns From UK Trip to Explore Foreign Direct Investment
Third Irvine Delegation to UK to Explore Foreign Direct Investment
*INNOVATION: Call For OCTANe’s High Tech Awards
Do you know an innovative tech or medtech company? OCTANe's High Tech Awards Nominations are now open. OCTANe is a tech and lifesciences accelerator in Aliso Viejo. The event will take place on September 12. Companies must be based in OC and