Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”. Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon.

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

Being tenacious without the mental flexibility to pivot based on market feedback is a disaster. If your idea is so amazing that it warrants my hard-earned angel money or the money of my LP investors from our fund then why should I take a risk on you if you won’t take a risk on yourself? I’ll help you raise the fund.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital CTO Hire 293

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

For our interview today, we caught up with Al Eisaian , CEO of Pasadena-based IconApps (www.iconapps.com), which is developing mobile applications for the iPhone market. We built that and put it on the App Store on December 24 of 2009. How did you end up in the mobile market from last running an enterprise software firm?

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. The Valley has obsessed with a quick up-and-to-right momentum story because we were thought to live in “winner take most” markets.

Venture Capital 363

Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Here is a quick list of just a few: With more than four decades of success, the International CES reaches across global markets, connects the industry and enables CE innovations to grow and thrive. AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years. This is a huge mistake.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. In 2000, we set up our second fund--worth almost $400M--and for that vintage year, that fund is one of the top tier performing funds in the entire country.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

In 2009 Jed created a Google doc to track the seed accelerators. Given TechStars’ “expansion league” strategy, I was curious as to Brad’s thoughts regarding the various saturation points of regional markets. “The goal of an accelerator is to get companies funded with seed financing. Probably not.

Startup 270

Startup Incubator Doc Mentor 270

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report. Meet angels via the entrepreneurs they’ve funded. million in 2010.

Tips 100

Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire serves clients in a diverse array of industries, from automotive, education and entertainment, to finance, healthcare, marketing and real estate. CallFire powers voice and text messaging applications that enable businesses, government agencies and grassroots organizations to instantly and affordably communicate with key audiences.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

For a high-volume seed fund that adds many portfolio companies every year (such as our friends at 500 Startups who invest in over 100 distinct companies annually), the cost of a bad affirmative decision (a false positive) is quite low, since it accounts for a relatively small portion of their total fund. Unicornless. billion). . <Note:

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

Yet along with “authenticity” they are two of the key attributes I look for when I meet with companies I may consider funding one day. This is how Upfront Ventures came to fund Tristan Walker – one of the most talented and passionate entrepreneurs with whom we work whose new company is called Bevel.

Startup 419

Startup Entrepreneur Design Funding 419

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2010

While the amounts were down, the number of startups that took slices of the pie went up by 9 percent (780 total), perhaps signaling that investors are trying to be more economical with their funds. Despite the third-quarter funding drop, though, funding for the full year still looks to be higher than it was in 2009.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Summary 90