SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Thursday, October 25, 2018 -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with Investors: Angels, VCs, High Net Worths, Strategic Partners and 100 entrepreneurs seeking capital and counsel. DEAL DISPLAYtm showcases growing firms needing capital. View products, videos, online demos. Hot Networking Breakfast at 7:00am sharp!

Conference 100

Conference Capital .Net Networking 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 20, 2018

Thursday, April 26, 2018 -- Network with capital sources: Angels,VCs,High Net Worths,advisors and 100 entrepreneurs seeking capital and counsel. See [link] (more)

Capital 100

Capital Conference .Net Networking 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2017

Recently Upfront Ventures published its outlook for the technology startup world and venture capital overall titled it “ WTF Happened to Winter ?” We are now publishing some of the VC survey data the report used and the results are clear — it’s a great time to be a startup raising venture capital.

Venture Capital 277

Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Capital Startup 277

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2011

in net proceeds from the firm's IPO last week. The firm, which debuted on the NYSE as DMD, said it will use the new funding for investments in content, international expansion, working capital, product development, sales and marketing activities, general and administrative matters and capital expenditures.

.Net 145

.Net Demand Media Santa Monica 145

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2016

Newport Beach- and San Francisco-based investment firm Carrick Capital Partners has named Mike Salvino as Operating Partner at the company, according to the company. Salvino spent 22 years at Accenture.

Capital 100

Capital .Net Invest Company 100

Berkonomics

AUGUST 21, 2013

Growing companies usually require more working capital during their periods of rapid growth. In past insights we have calculated the amount of additional capital needed for a business as it grows, and the additional capital required is often surprisingly large. And yet, such a loan does rise and fall with need.

Capital 153

Capital .Net Equity Pricing 153

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Solicit venture capital investors. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. They typically look for big opportunities, needing a couple of million dollars or more, with a proven team.

Startup 106

Startup Capital Equity Funding 106

socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2022

The company--which is traded on the NYSE as ZIP--said it intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures, investments and working capital.

Santa Monica 113

Santa Monica .Net Capital Invest 113

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AUGUST 16, 2012

Sibling Capital , a brand new venture capital based in Rancho Santa Fe, said this week that it has formed to invest in the areas of. Sibling Capital said its fund comes from a variety of high net worth individual investors, including Jim Givan. chemistry, medicine and material sciences. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 133

Southern California Capital Funding .Net 133

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

The subject of raising money is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending upon the capital efficiency of the enterprise. But few businesses grow into the sweet spot of $20 million to $30 million in worth to an ultimate buyer without the injection of outside capital.

Venture Capital 295

Venture Capital Startup Class Invest 295

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MARCH 2, 2021

Morgan, BofA Securities, Wells Fargo Securities, Guggenheim Securities, Needham & Company, Piper Sandler, and Roth Capital Partners. The company reported 102M in net income on just over 2.0 billion in net revenues for the year 2020. VIZIO's largest Class A shareholders are AmTRAN Technology Co., Q-Run Holdings Ltd.;

.Net 113

.Net Class Report Capital 113

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 14, 2016

A previous firm of Kobe Bryant’s venture capital partner Jeff Stibel netted several lawsuits with its business practices.

.Net 246

.Net Venture Capital Capital 246

socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2015

Prevoty, which is venture backed by US Venture Partners, Plus Capital, MM Capital, Paige Craig, and others, developers cross-site scripting security tools to prevent security breaches in web apps.

Java 100

Java .Net Product Tool 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 -- Raising Angel Capital. In the current economic and venture capital climate, angel investment is one of the most critical sources of start-up capital. Along with capital, angel networks bring additional added value. Angel networks are the source of the majority of this funding.

Capital 113

Capital Angel .Net Startup 113

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Technology Council

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Feedback on this year’s Venture Net has been great. Thanks once again to Venture Net’s sponsors, [.] The event was sold out - almost 500 people in total! Scott Fox and an audience volunteer pick winners for the door prizes. Thanks, Ben!

.Net 100

.Net Southern California News Technology 100

Berkonomics

JANUARY 12, 2023

Management undertakes a simple exercise of calculating the increased profitability of shutting down all R&D, sales and subordinate operations, and universally notes with shock the high net profit that results – from shutting down all operations except customer service to recurring customers (as in software support operations.).

Sales 296

Sales Customer Custom SaaS 296

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Thus, it’s entirely appropriate that founders net substantially more than the VC partners associated with their company. Currently, carry proceeds are taxed at the long-term capital gains rate of 20%. This would effectively increase the delta between what an entrepreneur nets from a company’s sale, versus that of an investor.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Capital .Net Entrepreneur 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The company--which is novel cancer therapies for patients who are failing, or are resistant to, current treatment regimens--currently trades on the Nasdaq as KTRA. The company said the exclusive placement agent on the offering is H.C. Wainwright & Co.

San Diego 113

San Diego .Net Study Acquisition 113

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JANUARY 7, 2015

pasadena angels exits venture capital angel investment bluebeam tech coast investors greendot gdot' Bluebeam joins Green Dot among the trophy returns for the local angel groups; Green Dot IPO in 2010 resulted in a 100x return for the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels .Net Angel 100

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MARCH 23, 2021

The company is venture backed by SR One, Quan Capital, Cormorant Asset Management, and WestRiver Group. The IPO offering would net the company around $276M, and value it at over $1.1 and $20.00 per share, the company said in a filing this week. The company has applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Market as DSGN. billion.

Design 113

Design .Net Capital Marketing 113

Berkonomics

JULY 16, 2020

Growing companies usually require more working capital during their periods of rapid growth. In past insights we have calculated the amount of additional capital needed for a business as it grows, and the additional capital required is often surprisingly large. It may not be equity. Read the loan covenants carefully.

Company 156

Company Companies .Net Equity 156

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 21, 2010

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 -- Attracting Angel Capital: Tips from Frontline Experts. In the current economic and venture capital climate, angel investment is one of the most critical sources of start-up capital. Angel networks such are the source of the majority of this funding.

Capital 100

Capital Angel Startup Tips 100

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Laguna Hills-based biotech developer PharmaCyte Biotech said late Monday that the company is shifting to the Nasdaq Capital Market, having been approved to list on the exchange as PMCB. PharmaCyte said it will use net proceeds of the offering to complete activities requested by the U.S. Wainwright.

.Net 113

.Net Activity Capital Marketing 113

socalTECH

JULY 3, 2017

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced, however, DexYP says the combined company will have pro forma net revenues of more than $2 billion in 2017. YP.com had been owned by private equity investor Cerberus Capital Management. READ MORE>>.

Media 208

Media .Net Equity Acquisition 208

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. In fact, if you add the capital flows of the past ten years, there have been just shy of $50 billion in net cash outlays.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Capital Marketing Seed Funding 150

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2021

San Diego-based Evofem Biosciences, which is developing biopharmaceuticals for women's contraception and related areas, says it has priced a $50M, public offering, and also will receive up to an additoinal $50M upon exercise of accompanying short-term warrant.

Pricing 113

Pricing San Diego .Net Activity 113

Technology Council

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

13 of the hottest early stage technology companies in Southern California joined us yesterday for the 13th Annual Venture Net.

.Net 100

.Net Southern California Equity Technology 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The company says it expects to net $725M after underwtigin discounts, commissions, and other expenses. The company begins trading this morning on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as GDRX. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs & Co. Seelaus & Co., LLC and Ramirez & Co., READ MORE>>.

Pricing 113

Pricing Silver Lake Santa Monica .Net 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2019

Long Beach-based investor Sunstone Venture Capital Fund says it has participated in the funding for supersonic airplane maker Boom Supersonic. John Shen is founding partner of Sunstone Management, which says it provides wealth management to high net worth clients worldwide, in particular U.S. new-immigrant families. READ MORE>>.

Long Beach 113

Long Beach Funding .Net Class 113

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The company--which hopes to list as SLGG on the Nasdaq Capital Company--said it had a net loss of $20.62M for the year ended December 31, 2018, on sales of $1.04M. The company's IPO is being underwritten by Northland Capital Markets, Lake Street, and National Securities Corporation.

Santa Monica 113

Santa Monica .Net Competition Sales 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2018

The funding was led by Wavemaker Genesis, and also included affiliates of Ari Paul (Blocktower Capital), Miko Matsumura (Gumi Cryptos), Youbi Capital, Maja Vujinovic (Cipher Principles), Jordan Clifford (Scalar Capital), Terrence Yang (Yang Ventures) and James Sowers.

Outsource Development 100

Outsource Development Seed Funding .Net Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2020

The funding was led by FirstMark Capital, and also included Causeway Media Partners, BDMI, Tusk Ventures, Inherent Group, Gaingels, Penni Thow's Copper and Guy Oseary. The company is led by CEO Matt Pohlson; the company says it has supported more than 350 charities to date, with $130M netted for those charities. READ MORE>>.

.Net 113

.Net Los Angeles Platform Media 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2020

San Diego-based AlphaTrAI , a fintech startup which is backed by venture capital investor Analytics Ventures, says it is launching its own, extrenal fund, and is expanding its leadership team. the founder of Hightree Advisors, to its advisory board.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Invest San Diego .Net 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2013

According to Manalto, the funding came from Europlay Capital Adivsors, Raven Capital, as well as high net worth individuals from Australia. manalto venture capital social media content managment software facebook australia' The company splits its operations between Santa Monica and Australia. READ MORE>>.

Social Media 196

Social Media Content Media Santa Monica 196

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JULY 28, 2014

in funding from Kodiak Capital Group as well as angels. The funding said $3M of the funding came from private equity group Kodiak Capital Group, with the remainder from family offices and high net worth individuals. Eventure is led by Gannon Giguiere. The firm is OTCBB listed. READ MORE>>.

.Net 180

.Net Equity Mobile Capital 180

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Super League Gaming's IPO was underwritten by Northland Capital Markets, Lake Street, and National Securities Corporation. The company reported in its S-1 that it had a net loss of $20.62M for the year ended December 31, 2018, on sales of $1.04M. The company now trades on the Nasdaq as SLGG.

Santa Monica 113

Santa Monica .Net Report Sales 113