EV Connect said it raised an initial round of financing from 37 Technology Ventures, Jackrel Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Keiretsu Forum and individual investors. The integrator of electric vehicle charging stations offered no additional detail on the financing.

Angel investors continued to pay up for deals in 2012, though the median round size slipped slightly for the year, according to the Halo Report of angel group investment trends.

Atlas Powered, LLC. said it raised $700,000 in initial funding in a deal led by the Tech Coast Angels and joined by Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels and others.

Angels continued to aggressively put money to work in the third quarter of last year, with medianl round size jumping to a 15-month high and dollars going to mobile startups rising to 16.5% of total investments.

Tech Coast Angels, a network of individual investors based in Southern California, has helped form what’s being called the Angel Syndication Network, an affiliation of angel investment groups across the U.S. that have banded together to provide entrepreneurs with more and larger financing rounds before leaving the angel system. PRESS RELEASE: Tech Coast Angels (TCA), [...]

OncoHealth Corp., the developer of HPV diagnostics and treatments, raised $1.6 million in what it called an oversubscribed round from investors including Band of Angels, Emergent Medical Partners, Halo Fund, Tech Coast Angels, The Angels Forum, and Wilmington Investor Network. Sand Hill Angels and Life Science Angels anchored the round.

AnaBios Corp., a San Diego-based company that deploys assays and develops databases for the assessment of efficacy and safety of drugs, has raised $800,000 of a planned $2 million Series A financing round. Tech Coast Angels, and its Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund contributed to the round.

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Investor network Tech Coast Angels has held a first close of its Angel Capital Entrepreneurial Fund I. The amount of the close was not released. Tech Coast Angels focus on early-stage, high-growth companies in Southern California, and invests across a range of sectors including life sciences, retail, Internet, media and consumer products.

HitFix, an entertainment journalism online resource, has raised $1.6 million in second-round funding led by Tech Coast Angels.