First Event on August 16 Features TCA Chairman and Noted Investor,
Richard Sudek, Mentoring on “How to Pitch Without a Hitch”
IRVINE, Calif., August 9, 2010 – Tech Coast Angels (TCA), the nation’s largest angel investment network, invites entrepreneurs around the world to participate in the new “Meet the Angels and VCs” program of live, streaming video conferences. The conferences, which launch on August 16, 2010, are designed to give people with exciting, game-changing ideas the chance to access investment and business professionals for information, advice and networking. Since the video...
IRVINE, Calif., August 2, 2010 – Tech Coast Angels (TCA), the largest angel investment network in the United States, today announced the Angel Capital Entrepreneurial Fund (ACE) 1, a unique fund giving both private and institutional investors the opportunity to access diversified, early-stage, game-changing entrepreneurial company investments that would otherwise be available only to experienced angel investors. According to Dave Berkus, Chairman Emeritus...
Monrovia company is the largest player in the prepaid debit-card industry, with about 3.4 million active cards. For now, its biggest market is people outside the financial mainstream.
By E. Scott Reckard, Los Angeles Times July 23, 2010
Financial service firms have struggled for years to reach the estimated 30 million lower-income households that make little use of traditional banks.
Green Dot Corp. of Monrovia thinks it's found a good way, and the stock market Thursday resoundingly concurred, valuing the newly public, 11-year-old firm at $1.8 billion after the first day of trading in its...
IRVINE, Calif., June 28, 2010 – Tech Coast Angels (TCA), the nation’s largest angel investment network, today announced that it has joined the investment of a second round funding of $1.6M in the unique entertainment journalism online resource, HitFix. According to lead TCA investor, Yuri Pikover, “HitFix has such a compelling mix of authoritative and original journalistic content, audience reach, and technology, it perfectly matched our TCA investment ‘sweet spot’.” The company, which went live in December of 2008 and generated revenue from its first day, will receive ongoing support and...
The Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch Competition offers entrepreneurs a jump start to financing. This is a must-attend event for entrepreneurs looking to learn the art of the pitch, investors seeking opportunities and business-oriented people interested in Southern California innovation.
IRVINE, Calif., May 5, 2010 — Tech Coast Angels, the nation’s largest angel investor network, invites the entrepreneurs, investors and business-interested people to attend Fast Pitch, one of Orange County’s most exciting entrepreneurial events of the year, to watch and vote on their favorite 90-second...