much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . may 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message tech coast angels type mutual benefit nonprofit corporation industry private equity founded 1997 headquarters southern california united states products angel investing group website www.techcoastangels.com tech coast angels is the leading source of funding to early stage companies in southern california 1 2 and the second most active angel investor network in the united states in terms of funded deals . 3 a recent analysis by cb insights ranked tca 1 out of 370 angel groups on network centrality and 5 overall in investor mosaic . 4 with over 300 active members tca is one of the largest angel networks in the world . since its inception in 1997 tca members have focused on building valuable companies personally invested over 170 million in over 300 companies and helped portfolio companies attract more than 1.4 billion in additional capital mostly from venture capital firms . 5 in 2015 tca invested 13.5 million in 58 companies 6 and in 2014 invested 16.3 million in 61 companies . 7 tca members give companies more than just capital ; they also provide counsel 8 9 10 11 mentoring and access to an extensive network of potential investors 12 13 14 customers strategic partners and management talent . tca has five chapters in los angeles orange county san diego central coast and the inland empire . tca has had nine ipos and over 60 exits . 15 noteworthy investment exits for tca include sandpiper networks internet infrastructure and green dot corporation over the counter prepaid debit card both returning more than 100x of tca invested capital . 16 17 other successful exits include mindbody wellness business services software 18 bluebeam software pdf collaboration software 19 green earth technologies oil substitute made from waste beef tallow lytx drivecam video event recorder for driver feedback safety 20 wisewindow open qualitative content aggregation platform 21 language weaver machine translation software airsis remote asset tracking & management 22 althea cgmp manufacturing analytical development aseptic filling 23 n spine spine stability system 24 optionease stock option audit financial software 25 cytom x therapeutics antibody therapeutics for a variety of serious diseases including cancer 26 lendamend online solution for loan amendment 27 vital therapies liver assist device 28 pictage.com online event photography services 29 olive medical hd surgical camera 30 trius therapeutics antimicrobial drug 31 molecular medicine bioservices contract clinical manufacturer 32 allylix artificial fragrance production 33 based on all outcomes to date tca s portfolio has returned 3.3 times invested capital and achieved an irr of 26 % on its portfolio . 34 investment portfolio edit the tech coast angels investment portfolio page lists investments in general categories such as life sciences internet apps software consumer cleantech industrials hardware financial and business . 35 tca s active portfolio companies can also be found in wikipedia some examples anymeeting free webinar web conferencing software elephantdrive storage as a service software gremln tools & sentiment analysis platform hipmunk online travel website impact hub accelerator workspace incubator kickstart cadence biomedical helps people with severe disabilities walk ninja metrics measures socail influence pharmasecure mass serialization codes for products in emerging markets portfolium online social portfolio network ranker ugc social platform for ranking things the bouqs company online flower shopping truecar automotive lead generation wegolook dispatches in person lookers to verify claims made by internet sellers youmail voice messaging for cell phones references edit angel capital association directory . angel capital association . socaltech october 18 2013 . southern california tech companies raise 709.8 m in q3 . angel resource institute 2015 annual halo report pdf . angel resource institute . angel resource institute . 2015 . retrieved june 10 2016 . ranking angel investment groups . cb insights . cb insights . august 13 2014 . retrieved june 10 2016 . tech coast angels 2016 . tech coast angels website . tech coast angels . tech coast angels . tech coast angels invested 13.5 million into startup ecosystem in 2015 . pr web . february 29 2016 . retrieved june 10 2016 . tech coast angels invested best ever 16.37 million in 2014 . pr web . january 29 2015 . retrieved june 10 2016 . klein karen e. perfecting the fund raising pitch . bloomberg businessweek . tech coast angels . 7 p s of investor presentations . slideshare . austin scott january 11 2010 . how to pitch a venture capitalist on a napkin . wall street journal . venture capital dispatch august 2 2010 . the magic 8 ball of angel investing . wall street journal . perloff david & sherman pat october 2 2011 . cashing in san diego investors write personal checks to propel local entrepreneurs . pacific san diego magazine . somers terri . san diego angels lend financial wings to entrepreneurs needing cash . san diego union tribune . norman jan. local investors seek to jumpstart new o.c. ventures . the orange county register . tech coast angel exits . tech coast angels . retrieved june 10 2016 . hardy quentin october 28 2002 . where angels dare to tread . forbes . green dot sets pricing range . socaltech . mindbody ipo is the uber of wellness . fox business . june 19 2015 . retrieved june 10 2016 . nemetschek acquires bluebeam software . bluebeam . october 3 2014 . retrieved june 10 2016 . gtcr announces acquisition of lytx . pr newswire . february 18 2016 . retrieved june 10 2016 . kpmg acquires wisewindow . socialmedia analysis . april 29 2012 . retrieved june 10 2016 . oceaneering announces acquisition of airsis . pr newswire . june 2 2014 . retrieved june 10 2016 . ajinomoto co. inc. agrees to acquire althea technologies inc. . ajinimoto co. march 6 2013 . retrieved june 10 2016 . swiss synthes buys u.s. n spine for around 75 mln . reuters . november 13 2007 . retrieved june 10 2016 . solium capital inc. announces acquisition of optionease inc. . solium capital . october 8 2012 . retrieved june 10 2016 . no drug yet in clinic but cytomx raises 80m in discounted ipo . xconomy . october 8 2015 . retrieved june 10 2016 . lendamend was acquired by fis global nyse fis . crunchbase . november 2013 . retrieved june 10 2013 . vital therapies banks 54m in a downsized ipo retry . fiercebiotech . april 17 2014 . retrieved june 10 2016 . apax partners invests 29 million in pictage inc. the leading provider of online solutions for professional wedding and portrait photographers . pr newswire . march 2 2006 . retrieved june 10 2016 . depuy synthes companies acquires olive medical corporation . johnson & johnson . february 10 2015 . retrieved june 10 2016 . cubist adds antibiotic punch buys trius and optimer for 1.24 b . xconomy . july 30 2013 . retrieved june 10 2016 . sigma aldrich acquires molecular medicine bioservices to expand safc pharma capabilities . pr newswire . may 8 2007 . retrieved june 10 2016 . evolva to acquire allylix . evolva . november 18 2014 . retrieved june 10 2016 . tech coast angels performance . tech coast angels . tech coast angels . 2016 . retrieved june 10 2016 . tca website . tech coast angels investment portfolio . external links edit official site . v t e private equity and venture capital basic investment types buyout venture mezzanine growth secondaries equity co investment history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s terms and concepts buyout financial sponsor management buyout divisional buyout buy sell agreement leveraged recapitalization dividend recapitalization venture angel investor business incubator post money 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