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 →

Welcome to these new Members of the OC Startup Council: Bold Array LLC, Frank Recruitment Group, Pinacol Bold Array LLC is a team of experienced and passionate designers, developers, information architects, marketers, interface designers and engineers that craft web & mobile applications from the ground up to build for future updates and compatibility. They utilize the latest in web design... Read more →

Welcome to these new Members of the OC Startup Council: Hall & Company CPAs and Consultants, TRC Financial, Webster University Irvine Hall & Company CPAs and Consultants is a regional CPA firm located in Irvine serving clients around the globe. Whether you are a small locally based company or a multi-billion dollar international corporation, they have a team specifically designed... Read more →

Welcome to The Greater Irvine Chamber of Commerce, a new Silver Sponsor of the OC Startup Council! The mission of the Greater Irvine Chamber of Commerce Chamber is to advance the economic vitality of greater Irvine. The Chamber aims to promote an economic climate that strengthens the competitiveness of local services, programs, and information. The Greater Irvine Chamber serves as... Read more →

OC Startup Council member companies can now get up to 9,000 hours of FREE Cloud Hosting credits from Oracle. Oracle is offering our OC startup company members a unique acceleration program that starts with free cloud and expands to rich collaboration opportunities to engage with Oracle’s vast network of mentors, product experts, and customers. Qualified OC Startup Council Member companies... Read more →

Welcome to these new Members of the OC Startup Council: BizQualify, Daedalus Health Information Systems Incorporated, REPS BizQualify collects financial information and derives predictive scores on over 13 million U.S. public and private companies. BQ leverages audited filings from the IRS and Dept. of Labor, from which over 250 fields and predictive scores are derived. BQ provides employment trends, revenue,... Read more →

OSEA Angel Investors is a membership-based angel investment group focused on and driven by women executives and entrepreneurs with very diverse and successful backgrounds. Headquartered in Orange County, OSEA provides a forum for the introduction of emerging companies to potential female angel investors and offers access to meaningful education regarding startup vetting, due diligence, and venture investment processes. OSEA Angel... Read more →

UCI Beall Applied Innovation Receives $50K in Funding from U.S. Small Business Administration UCI Beall Applied Innovation recently received $50,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in support of women-led startup companies. The funds will be used to help educate and encourage women entrepreneurs to apply for Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) funds. “The... Read more →

Welcome to EvoNexus, a new Member of the OC Startup Council: EvoNexus: Provides top tier mentorship, introduction to capital and provide a safe place where fellow entrepreneurs, founders and CEO's can collaborate with each other in a collegial environment to help incubate their company to become a successful full-fledged company in Southern California. EvoNexus' goal is help create strong companies... Read more →

Welcome to these new Members of the OC Startup Council: 3DEO, Inc., Edumite Inc., Intermision Inc 3DEO, Inc. uses its patented metal 3D printing technology to supply metal components to customers in the medical, defense, aerospace, and industrial equipment markets. 3DEO’s breakthrough Intelligent Layering® technology unlocks the potential of metal 3D printing in serial production by being directly competitive with... Read more →

New for Orange County startups: 12 Months of Free Zendesk Customer Support Services! OCSC startup company Members can get a year of Zendesk for free while getting their startups off the ground. Qualified OCSC Member companies can receive a monthly credit of $218 for 12 months (equivalent to 2 seats of Zendesk Suite professional plan or used across Zendesk’s Support,... Read more →

6 Months Free Startup Bookkeeping and Accounting from KPMG Spark. Thanks to our SILVER Sponsor, KPMG, OC Startup Council Members get 6 months free bookkeeping. KPMG Spark is the all-in-one online accounting solution that provides startups with bookkeeping and tax preparation, as well as payroll facilitation, all online for a simple, low monthly fee. The platform gives you instant insight... Read more →

A powerful free resource for Orange County startup entrepreneurs is OCTANe's LaunchPad program. The program specializes in offering advice to early stage entrepreneurs seeking to raise investment capital. Their panels of volunteer startup experts and mentors can provide valuable feedback to startups, centering around improving their investment pitches and making introductions for capital raises. LaunchPad Director JC Ruffalo moderates a... Read more →

Welcome to these new Members of the OC Startup Council: Abikiss, Astropreneurs Global, and EvoNexus! Abikiss began as a way for organizations and their employees to track their hours each day. This simple calculation evolved over time into a service that offers users the ability to track prospects, create proposals, manage production, and collect payments. OC Startups Directory Category: Business... Read more →

We're not all hard work here in the Orange County startup scene, some of us are world class video game experts, too. Check out the new trailer for OCSC Supporting Member Intellivision Entertainment's upcoming Amico game console! Releasing next year, this new gaming hardware is designed to bring families together around video games. Amico is the Italian word for “friend”... Read more →

Tech Coast Angels Realizes Two Momentous Milestones: 400th Company Funded and 400 Members Angel network’s investment in Grolltex highlights angel network’s influence and stature while increased membership brings even deeper levels of experience as well as additional capital IRVINE, CALIF. (PRWEB): Tech Coast Angels (TCA) today announced that it has invested in its 400th company, reinforcing its standing as one... Read more →

Welcome to these new Members of the OC Startup Council: ChangeUp, Peloton Insurance Brokers, LLC, SlingStir, LLC ChangeUp: They have an insatiable passion for all things brand and retail. Bringing together people with an insatiable passion for retail and provide a level of service distinct in the industry. Retail design is always evolving, blending bricks and mortar with new technologies,... Read more →

Helping Orange County startup companies "cross the chasm" to profitability with free expert marketing advice is the mission of the new Cove Strategic Marketing Angels group. Their free marketing consulting sessions help local startups develop winning marketing strategies and execute better on their sales plans. Orange County's Cove Strategic Marketing Angels advise local OC entrepreneur Kent Booker The group was... Read more →

One of the leading cheerleaders for the innovation ecosystem in Orange County is Bill Carpou. He is CEO of OCTANe, the leading organization in Orange County for the technology and medical technology business ecosystems, by connecting people, resources and capital. Bill has expanded OCTANe’s flagship annual events, expanded capital and growth services to companies here, and increased the organization’s job... Read more →

OCTANe LaunchPad Raises Record Capital in First Half of 2019 OCTANe LaunchPad and Alumni Companies have set a record high capital raise in the first half of 2019. With over $306.7M raised so far, this 6-month period has exceeded any prior full year’s raise. Last year, OCTANe reported a record $297.3M for the full year. These LaunchPad Alumni Companies are... Read more →