Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 24, 2014
I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10. As a result of this activity I have now personally returned significantly more capital in my 5 years than I have invested. years ago. Since then?
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 10, 2016
I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA). He’s proved much more efficient that I ever was at tracking the activities of the community.
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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. An A-round investment in the late 90's, or even in 2005/2006, or 2007, was a $5-8M check. We've heard quite a bit about your mentoring efforts here, can you talk about that?
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2014
I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). This is when founders need you the most – either are coach, mentor, interviewer, work off-loader or honest-mirror-reflection of reality.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 25, 2013
According to FLAG Capital there are 100 active VCs (as defined by making at least $1 million in VC per quarter for 4 consecutive quarters). So for argument’s sake let’s triple the number of active VCs and call it 300. If you read Ken Auletta’s piece it makes it clear there was active VCs involvement in the early days.
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 20, 2011
GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. InVenture is next stage microfinance – focusing on providing expansion capital.
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 28, 2011
GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.
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