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November 2019

New Orange County Investor Listings - Lighter Capital, Mucker Capital, Netcapital

Welcome to these startup investors recently added to the OC Startup Council Ecosystem Directory Lighter Capital - Their funding helps tech entrepreneurs get to the next level without giving up equity, board seats, or personal guarantees. Mucker Capital - Invests in Southern California and in other, similarly underfunded ecosystems outside Silicon Valley. Netcapital - Make the private capital markets work;... Read more →

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Posted on 11/25/2019 in OC Startup Ecoystem Profiles, OC Startup Investors, OC Startup News | | Comments (0)

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

All of us involved in the Orange County start-up ecosystem have a lot to be thankful for. The exciting growth we have seen this year and the acceleration of our community is great news for everyone involved. Thank you to all our sponsors, startup company members, service provider members, startup investors, readers, and friends for your support in our efforts... Read more →

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Posted on 11/25/2019 in OC Startup News | | Comments (0)

Startup Job Listings: FarmTrace, Orange Logic, Veritone, Velosys, VYNYL, Solodev

New Orange County startups are hiring developers and engineers! Check out these new local backend software engineer, senior developer, and web developer job opportunities: FarmTrace - Backend Software Engineer - Irvine A farm data analytics platform. Orange Logic - Junior Software Engineer - Irvine Provides a premier Digital Asset Management solution CORTEX | DAM for any team. Veritone, Incorporated -... Read more →

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Posted on 11/25/2019 in OC Startup Jobs, OC Startup News | | Comments (0)

TCVN Holiday Party! 12/3/19

TCVN TOY DRIVE: BENEFITING SERRA’S PANTRY Join them Tuesday, December 3 from 6:00PM to 9:00PM at Muldoon's Irish Pub, 202 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660. Join Tech Coast Venture Network in celebrating their 35th year in Orange County and in gratitude for a successful 2019 with a Holiday Mixer and Toy Drive benefiting Serra's Pantry in San Juan... Read more →

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Posted on 11/25/2019 in OC Startup Events, OC Startup News | | Comments (0)

Health, Wellness and Lifestyle Services: Looking for Startup Supporters & Friends Directory Listings

We’re looking for more Health, Lifestyle, and Wellness Services who serve technology startup companies here in Orange County. Do you know any? Why? We need more Health, Lifestyle, and Wellness Services listings to build the most complete list of resources to help startups in Orange County! Join the OCSC to Get Your Health, Lifestyle, and Wellness Services Company Noticed Does... Read more →

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Posted on 11/25/2019 in OC Startup News, OC Startup Resources | | Comments (0)

Startup Events Calendar for High Tech Entrepreneurs, Founders, and Ventures in Orange County

OC Startup Events - there are more new startup events for techies and software companies listed every day in our OC Startup Council Events Calendar! Check out the Orange County tech startup conferences, happy hours, workshops, meetups, and seminars our members are posting here. You can meet new people, develop new relationships, learn new skills and expertise, advance your high... Read more →

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Posted on 11/25/2019 in OC Startup Events, OC Startup News, OC Startup Resources | | Comments (0)

New Accelerate OC Podcast: Co-founder, Chairman & CEO of KushCo Holdings

Nick Kovacevich is the Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of KushCo Holdings, a publicly-traded company providing ancillary products and services to businesses operating in various industries, including legal cannabis and CBD. It was formerly known as Kush Bottles. Nick became CEO 5 years ago and has grown the business dramatically – from under $2M to nearly $150M in sales and the... Read more →

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Posted on 11/25/2019 in OC Startup News, OC Startup Resources | | Comments (0)

Startup Grind 2020 FREE TICKETS Giveaway for OCSC Members

Win free tickets to the 2020 Startup Grind Global Conference! Every February the Startup Grind Global Conference brings 10,000+ startup lovers to Redwood City for 2+ days of inspiration, education, networking, and parties. Join innovators, entrepreneurs, founders, partners, venture investors, and thought leaders for 2 days of invaluable educational content, impactful networking opportunities, investor meetings, and of course - parties!... Read more →

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Posted on 11/20/2019 in OC Startup Events, OC Startup News | | Comments (16)

2019 OCTUG Holidaze Bash! 12/10/19

Welcome to the 4th Annual OC Tech User Group Holidaze Bash 2019! Join them Tuesday, December 10 from 6:30PM to 9:00PM at PeopleSpace, 1691 Kettering St, Irvine, CA. This is a joint group effort by the following tech meetup groups OWASP Open Web Application Security Project OCJUG Orange County Java User Group OC Android Developers Orange County Android R Ladies... Read more →

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Posted on 11/20/2019 in OC Startup Events, OC Startup News | | Comments (0)

OCSC New Supporting Member: Tepia Co, Inc.

Thanks to Tepia Co, Inc. for joining the OC Startup Council as a new Supporting Member. Tepia Co, Inc. creates custom-tailored software solutions that are visually vibrant, user-friendly, and maximize effectiveness. For entrepreneurs to see their idea brought to life, or for small business owners needing to enhance operational processes and procedures, they work through their principles to leverage technology... Read more →

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Posted on 11/20/2019 in OC Startup Ecoystem Profiles, OC Startup News, OC Startup Partners, OC Startups Raising Money | | Comments (0)

OC Startup Jobs: Lowboknow, Cylance, Sage Intacct, TRAFFIK, Blend Interactive, Virtusoft

Orange County startup jobs are hiring software developers and engineers in Southern California! Check out these new local software engineer, QA engineer, full stack developer, UI developer, and python developer job opportunities: Lowboknow - Lead Developer / System Architect: Full Stack Software Engineer - Irvine Connecting moderate-income people with affordable legal help. Cylance Inc. - Software Engineer - Irvine Revolutionizing... Read more →

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Posted on 11/20/2019 in OC Startup Jobs, OC Startup News | | Comments (0)

Environment Startups: Calling all Orange County Startups!

We’re looking for more Environment Startups here in Orange County. Do you know any? Why? We need more Environment Startup listings to build the most complete list of startups in Orange County! (Check the Environment Startups page of the OC Startups Directory so far. Is your company listed yet?) Join the OCSC to Get Your Orange County Environment Startup Noticed... Read more →

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Posted on 11/20/2019 in OC Startup News, OC Startup Resources | | Comments (0)

SoCal Ecosystem Leadership Forum - Photos

The Alliance for SoCal Innovation recently convened a diverse cross section of innovation ecosystem leaders from across Southern California for an intensive one day conference. This regional economic development planning workshop focused on uniting and leveraging the diverse and compelling innovation nodes that define the SoCal innovation network. With an invitation-only guest list of professionals involved in accelerating So Cal's... Read more →

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Posted on 11/18/2019 in OC Startup Events, OC Startup News, OC Startup Resources | | Comments (2)

Tech Coast Angels Members Recognized as Southern California Influencers

Tech Coast Angels Members Feature Prominently In Southern California Business Journals' 2019 Most Influential Lists IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tech Coast Angels (TCA) today announced that many of its members were recognized for their community impact and business influence in the most recent lists published by Southern California's leading business periodicals: Orange County Business Journal, San Diego... Read more →

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Posted on 11/18/2019 in OC Startup Companies, OC Startup Investors, OC Startup News, OC Startup Partners | | Comments (0)

New Accelerate OC Podcast: Founder, CEO of Ad Exchange Group

Peter Nguyen is the founder and CEO of Ad Exchange Group, based in Irvine. It is a leading direct-to-consumer digital performance-based agency, reaching $100M in revenue in less than 2 years in business. Both Peter and the company have received many awards for growth and entrepreneurship from people like Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Ernst & Young, and the Orange County... Read more →

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Posted on 11/18/2019 in OC Startup News, OC Startup Resources | | Comments (0)

Government Agencies: Looking for Startup Supporters & Friends Directory Listings

We’re looking for more Government Agencies who serve technology startup companies here in Orange County. Do you know any? Why? We need more Government Agencies listings to build the most complete list of resources to help startups in Orange County! Join the OCSC to Get Your Government Agency Noticed Does your organization or company provide services to or work to... Read more →

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Posted on 11/18/2019 in OC Startup News, OC Startup Resources | | Comments (0)

Irvine's Kajabi Receives Growth Investment

Kajabi Receives Minority Growth Investment From Spectrum Equity Funding is Kajabi's first institutional financing since 2010 launch IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Kajabi, an industry-leading all-in-one platform helping individuals and small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) create and monetize online courses, training materials, and other content, announced today that it received a minority growth investment from Spectrum Equity, a... Read more →

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Posted on 11/13/2019 in OC Startup Companies, OC Startup Deals, OC Startup News | | Comments (0)

Startup Founders MasterMind Workshop - Wednesday Night

Want to accelerate your startup company or ideas with friendly feedback from fellow founders, mentors, and investors? Wednesday 11/20 join us for another MasterMinds Startup Q&A Workshop! You can bring your startup ideas and business strategy questions to our friendly accelerator group. Our local technology and software entrepreneurs and business owners can help you accelerate your startup farther, faster. The... Read more →

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Posted on 11/13/2019 in OC Startup Events, OC Startup News, OC Startup Resources | | Comments (0)

Energy Startups: Calling all Orange County Startups!

We’re looking for more Energy Startups here in Orange County. Do you know any? Why? We need more Energy Startup listings to build the most complete list of startups in Orange County! (Check the Energy Startups page of the OC Startups Directory so far. Is your company listed yet?) Join the OCSC to Get Your Orange County Energy Startup Noticed... Read more →

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Posted on 11/13/2019 in OC Startup News, OC Startup Resources | | Comments (0)

Irvine - Friendsgiving! 11/20/19

Check out Startup Grind's next upcoming event: Friendsgiving! Join them Wednesday, November 20 from 6:00PM to 9:00PM at LearningFuze, 9200 Irvine Center Dr, #200, Irvine, 92618. Join them as they open up the holiday season with food, drinks, and friends and give thanks during their inaugural Friendsgiving! GET MORE EVENT INFO HERE… Want more events? Please see the full OC... Read more →

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Posted on 11/13/2019 in OC Startup Events, OC Startup News | | Comments (0)

New OC Startup Job Listings: Coffee Meets Design, MobilityWare, Happy Money, Spireon, STS, Kajabi

Orange County startups are hiring developers and engineers! Check out these new local VP of engineering, senior mobile engineer, senior software engineer, cyber security lead, and UX developer job opportunities: Coffee Meets Design - Digital Marketing Manager - Orange County An exciting company with the mission to empower local businesses with beautiful design. MobilityWare - VP of Engineering - Irvine... Read more →

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Posted on 11/13/2019 in OC Startup Jobs, OC Startup News | | Comments (0)

New Accelerate OC Podcast: CEO, Blytheco

Lori Seal has an amazing story, incredible leadership philosophies and such thoughtful perspectives on life, business and people. She is currently CEO of Blytheco, a leading national reseller of software that she took over from the founder, Steve Blythe, at the beginning of this year. He had been CEO for almost 40 years, and he hand-picked Lori! Prior to that... Read more →

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Irvine: A Top 10 City of the Future

Irvine has again been recognized as a great place to live and work. Foreign Direct Investment magazine's 2019-2020 report ranks Irvine in it's Top 10 Small American Cities of the Future. Irvine's high score is based on its ranking highly in 4 different categories: economic potential, human capital and lifestyle, and connectivity. That led to an overall rank of #5... Read more →

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Posted on 11/11/2019 in OC Startup News | | Comments (0)

More New OCSC Members: Confidist, Inc., Creative M Studios, Sub Rosa Apothecary

Welcome to these new Members of the OC Startup Council: Confidist, Inc., Creative M Studios, Sub Rosa Apothecary Confidist, Inc. is a central hub for meaningful 1:1 conversation on the web. The driving motivation is to help users become more informed and appreciative of the entire breadth of human experience. This platform is comprised of multiple communities with their own... Read more →

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Posted on 11/11/2019 in OC Startup Companies, OC Startup Ecoystem Profiles, OC Startup News, OC Startup Partners | | Comments (0)

Orange County VBit Launch 11/16/19

Join them for their Orange County Launch! VBit Technologies is committed to building a profitable cryptocurrency mining operation for EVERYONE to utilize! Join them Saturday, November 16 from 11:00AM to 4:00PM at Holiday Inn Buena Park, 7000 Beach Boulevard, Buena Park, CA 90620. GET MORE EVENT INFO HERE… Want more events? Please see the full OC Startup Events Calendar here. Read more →

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Posted on 11/11/2019 in OC Startup Events, OC Startup News | | Comments (0)

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