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    TCA Venture Group

    Irvine, California, United StatesFounded 1997
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    TCA Venture Group (formerly Tech Coast Angels), founded in 1997, is one of the largest angel investor networks in the United States, headquartered in Irvine, California. The nonprofit organization has invested approximately $300 million in more than 525 early-stage companies across a diversified range of industries.

    Average disclosed round size is $14.1M (across 37 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    30

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    CF

    Chris Fey

    TCA Southeast Network President

    DB

    Dave Berkus

    Strategic Fund Management

    DD

    Dave de Csepel

    Chair

    DF

    David Friedman

    Partnerships

    EC

    Elizabeth Cho-Fertikh

    MEDA Network President

    JL

    Jeff Lapin

    Secretary/Special Advisor

    John Harbison

    John Harbison

    Marketing/Branding

    KB

    Ken Borkan

    Strategic Fund Management

    LG

    Lee Gordon

    Pasadena Angels Network President

    LW

    Lisa Walker

    Vice-Chair

    MN

    Mike Napoli

    TCA-Inland Empire Network President

    PK

    Parisa Khosropour

    TCA-Los Angeles Network President

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    42 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Arima Genomics logoArima GenomicsSeries C$22MJun 2025
    Holoclara logoHoloclaraSeries A$16MJan 2024
    InvVax logoInvVaxUnknown$124KJan 2024
    Labviva logoLabvivaSeries B$20MMar 2023
    CurvaFix logoCurvaFixSeries C$39MJan 2023
    NuvOx Therapeutics logoNuvOx TherapeuticsUnknown$7MJan 2023
    Whistle logoWhistleSeed$3.2MMar 2022
    Sizzle logoSizzleSeed$5MJan 2022
    Arima Genomics logoArima GenomicsSeries B$7MJan 2022
    PPetDxSeries B$62MDec 2021
    SinglePass logoSinglePassSeed—Jul 2021
    Labviva logoLabvivaSeed$8MJun 2021
    YBVR logoYBVRSeries A$1.5MFeb 2021
    PPetDxSeries B$62MJan 2021
    Iridia logoIridiaGrowth—Jan 2021
    Iridia logoIridiaSeries B$24MJan 2021
    NNew Age MeatsGrowth$2MJul 2020
    RReady. Set. Food!Unknown$3MJul 2020
    AAmplyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Series C—May 2020
    PPetDxSeries A$10MJan 2020
    CurvaFix logoCurvaFixSeries B$10.8MJan 2020
    CourseKey logoCourseKeySeries A$5MAug 2019
    FanAI logoFanAIUnknown$8MJan 2019
    EV Connect logoEV ConnectSeries B$12MJan 2019
    AApex TradingUnknown—May 2018
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    Top Co-Investors

    Sand Hill Angels4 shared
    Glasswing Ventures3 shared
    Senator Investment Group3 shared
    Launchpad Capital2 shared
    B Capital2 shared
    M Ventures2 shared
    Courtside Ventures2 shared
    Qualcomm Ventures2 shared
    Voyager Ventures2 shared
    Labcorp2 shared
    Aperture Venture Partners2 shared
    Torch Capital2 shared
    Valor Equity Partners2 shared
    Western Digital2 shared
    LifeSci Venture Partners2 shared
    Pasadena Angels2 shared
    Arix Bioscience2 shared
    New Enterprise Associates2 shared
    RiverVest Venture Partners2 shared
    Pappas Capital2 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026