Silicon Valley Bank Announces COVID-19 Response & Community Support Relief programs focus on startups, small businesses and the greater community SANTA CLARA, Calif., /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank of the world's most innovative companies and their investors, today announced COVID-19 Response & Community Support initiatives that stem from SVB's mission to increase its clients' probability of success,... Read more →

Local Orange County Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) are ready to help your startup get through the COVID-19 epidemic. The SBDC offers many valuable expert services that can help small companies survive and thrive by connecting with funding sources. Here are some of them: SBDC Business Support Now at No Cost You and your business are a priority to the... Read more →

Welcome to Gait, a new Supporting Member of the OC Startup Council! Gait is a Usage-Based Insurance (UBI) technology and data provider for Insurance Companies. Gait is building an iOS App for drivers. Upon downloading the mobile App, the consumer can begin driving and receive an Intelligent Driver Score. Good drivers can share their score with insurance companies to save... Read more →

AWM Smart Shelf® Launches Southern California’s First Autonomous Micromarket in Santa Ana’s Nineteen01 Community QuickEats Close Convenience Micromarket Features Cashierless Checkout Experience Enabled by Orange County Company’s AWM Frictionless™ Technology SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adroit Worldwide Media, Inc. (“AWM Smart Shelf®” or “AWM”), a vision technology company powered by artificial intelligence, computer vision and machine learning, will open autonomous micromarket QuickEats... Read more →

Inkable Arts™Startup Spotlights the Historic Orange Circle on Its New NinjaVue™ Privacy Blinds at Its Factory Orange, California — A colorful image of the historic Orange Circle highlights Inkable Arts™ capabilities on the NinjaVue™ privacy blinds installed in the front windows of their new Southern California factory in Orange. Inkable Arts’ unique patent-pending privacy blinds, allow homeowners to reclaim their... Read more →

Welcome to these new free listings in the OC Startup Council Startups Directory: FinTech: Advisor Brands, LLC - San Clemente Hardware: Hindsight Technologies - Irvine Real Estate Tech : SOLD.com, LLC - Irvine Visit these local startups to learn more! (And get a free listing for your company or organization in the OCSC Startups Ecosystem Directory HERE.) Read more →

A Thought Leader Guest Post from Greg Morrell of OCSC Member Company Active Cypher: Coronavirus’ Remote Work Nightmare Costa Mesa Startup helps to bridge the gap in Remote Data Protection with free offer. Since being discovered in late 2019, COVID-19 has sadly killed thousands and disrupted much of the world economy. Much of the world is in lockdown, major world... Read more →

Intellivision Reveals New Gameplay Trailer Showcasing 23 Games Legacy Video Game Company Announces March 31 Limited VIP Edition Amico System Pre-Order IRVINE, Calif. – In anticipation of the Intellivision Amico family entertainment system launching later this year, Intellivision today announced a new gameplay trailer available now. Showcasing 23 games, nearly half of which have never been seen, the trailer offers... Read more →

Apply Today to LaunchPad & Accelerate Your Startup's Success! Octane is calling startups to leverage their LaunchPad Accelerator and present at the Tech Innovation Forum in September, the top Tech Conference in Southern California! LaunchPad is a pro bono service offered to the community. This platform will continue serving the community in addition to a new service portfolio under their... Read more →

Welcome to Float, a new Premium Member of the OC Startup Council! Float: Their mission is to give consumers full control over their information, unlock savings and encourage community to support financial health. Float gives consumers full control of their financial information by allowing them to share only what is necessary to receive better financial products. OC Startups Directory Category:... Read more →

Tech Coast Angels Orange County Inaugural Fund Provides Local Entrepreneurs with Startup Capital TCA Orange County's new annual fund, TCA OC Fund 20, will be deployed this month and offer an additional source of capital for entrepreneurs and a new opportunity for angel investors. It will provide up to 15 early-stage companies with startup capital in 2020. IRVINE, CALIF. (PRWEB)... Read more →

Welcome to ListReports, a new Supporting Member of the OC Startup Council! ListReports mission is to "make buying and selling a home a truly delightful experience." Over 250,000 real estate agents nationwide use their platform and products to save time and money. Their team is driven to build technologies, invent products, and provide services that will change the real estate... Read more →

Welcome to these new Members of the OC Startup Council: Business Sales Accelerator Academy, NeighborING, ReadySetConnect Business Sales Accelerator Academy train direct sales people, entrepreneurs and small business owners to become more effective at generating new business so they increase their bottom line profits & improve their local economy. Business Sales Accelerator Academies initial target audience are the millions of... Read more →

Welcome to Alchemy Technologies, a FinTech Infrastructure Company, a new Premium Member of the OC Startup Council! Alchemy Technologies, a FinTech Infrastructure Company are behind everyone's "Apply" button. They deliver core solutions and customized workflow for a variety of financial verticals. Personal loan, line-of-credit, mechanics financing, construction loans and student loan installations are state of the art. Alchemy Technologies has... Read more →

Welcome to these new Members of the OC Startup Council: California Storyboards, Dana Point Analytics, TCVN California Storyboards: Presentations. Prototypes. Videos. Design. They do it all. (Everything but the code). Whether you have the seed of an idea, or are Fortune 100 company, they can help you tell your story. California Storyboards do this through presentations (that Apple would be... Read more →

Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program Announces New Two-Year Option Starting fall 2020, The UCI Paul Merage School of Business will offer the Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MIE) program in a flexible two-year format. In its current inaugural year, the program was offered exclusively as a full-time, one-year master’s degree. This new two-year option provides flexibility so that MIE... Read more →

Welcome to Active Cypher, a new Executive Member of the OC Startup Council! Active Cypher provides a variety of intelligent, quantum-resilient file security solutions that are automated to provide end-to-end data protection. Merging AI, blockchain, and advanced quantum encryption technologies, Active Cypher has launched the most comprehensive solution available yet. The startup was built upon a socially responsible fabric, that... Read more →

Thanks to these Sponsors who support the OC Startup Council’s work accelerating the local tech startup ecosystem. Their investments in our community help power the #GrowthOC movement and the many free services the OCSC offers to support local founders, entrepreneurs, and startup ventures. GOLD SPONSORS Silicon Valley Bank Rutan & Tucker, LLP Tech Coast Angels SILVER SPONSORS Stradling Greater Irvine... Read more →

High Tech Award Nominations Are Now Open! It’s that time of year to nominate your favorite innovative medtech and tech companies for Octane’s 2020 High Tech Awards (HTA). The High Tech Awards honor the brightest and most innovative companies in Orange County in 11 categories. Nominations are open now through April 6th. HTA will take place on September 17th at... Read more →

Digital Motors Partners with Autotech Ventures to Accelerate Online Retail Innovation Autotech Ventures backs Digital Motors as lead investor IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital Motors®, an innovation leader in automotive retail and financial technology (FinTech), has partnered with Autotech Ventures to accelerate its growth strategy. The company’s configurable online store technology can be integrated with the websites, systems, and processes of any... Read more →

Greater Irvine Chamber Brings Home Top Awards from Executive Association The Greater Irvine Chamber was honored with top awards by the Western Association of Chamber Executives (W.A.C.E.) for its communications accomplishments and portfolio in front of more than 400 attendees during the 2020 W.A.C.E. Conference in Portland, Oregon. The Chamber received the top honor of best Overall Communications Program Award,... Read more →

NGD Systems Raises $20 Million in Series C Funding to Accelerate the Deployment of the World’s First NVMe Computational Storage Drive The latest round includes new investments from MIG Capital and Western Digital Capital Global, Ltd, that enables artificial intelligence, machine learning and edge computing within computational storage Irvine-based NGD Systems, the leader and pioneer in Computational Storage, today announced... Read more →

Welcome to Zero Student Debt Initiative, a new Supporting Member of the OC Startup Council! Zero Student Debt Initiative is putting an end to student loan debt. Their SaaS platform combines innovative payment and data technologies that repay student loans and fund college savings accounts faster than ever before. They partner with employers and universities free of charge to help... Read more →

Welcome to these new Members of the OC Startup Council: Computer Strategieskb, Newport Electric Boats, Inc., Reality Smash, Inc. Computer Strategieskb provides knowledge, and services to vertical niche markets. They will have peer curated postings from a variety of selected RSS streams plus ad hoc curation. It will also provide a buying service that will allow subscribers to take advantage... Read more →

Join an exclusive group of CEOs and entrepreneurs for QuantumShift. KPMG’s Private Markets Group and the University of Michigan are searching for the next class of America’s most promising CEOs and entrepreneurs to participate in the fifth annual QuantumShift program. QuantumShift is a five-day, peer-to-peer learning and networking opportunity for founders, owners and CEOs of private, high-growth U.S.-based companies. The... Read more →