socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

We caught up with Mark Suster , one of Upfront''s General Partners and a well known blogger and technology personality, the new fund, and how his blogging is now driving the firm''s investment activity. As you probably know, two thirds of our investments go into Los Angeles. Our 2008 fund is also performing incredibly strong.

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Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles Social Media 196

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

I told him that our market was absolutely booming and was worthy of a commensurate investment. Not that I’ll take credit for what I’m about to announce, but I knew that if somebody could commit to building out LA and making the investments required to kick ass in this market it would be Cooley. Invest they have.

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Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles GRP Partners 299

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2012

Actually, no thanks to Santa Monica-based Mobile Roadie. Michael Schneider: I was running a design agency, Fluid Design, in Santa Monica, which I started in high school. Mobile Roadie, headed by Michael Schneider , develops tools that make easy for non-programmers to create their own mobile apps.

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Mobile Santa Monica Content Tool 239

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

I had worked a year in investment banking, and Jasper was out of USC. We''d gone to high school together in Santa Monica, and we were both very entrepreneurial in high school. In 2008, we started to throw around ideas, and eventually settled on this one. Before that, I was in New York, City. Bryce Maddock: It''s insane.

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Startup Technology Outsource Santa Monica 231

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. What is the investment focus for this fund?

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Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. DST invested $180mm last fall.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2013

However, Santa Monica-based Dreamhammer (www.dreamhammer.com) has a different vision of the world, where entire fleets of aerial drones and robotics surface vehicles can all operate off a single, interoperable operating system--much like you get multiple smartphones running on Android today, or computers on the same OS. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Software Southern California Santa Monica 183

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in. Our Panelist Include: Brock Pierce - Starting & Investing in Bitcoin, Games, and Gambling Businesses. and negotiated the company’s successful acquisition by Logitech, Inc.,

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Investing much of new cash to build presence in Android platform. Current round: $4. led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Total raised: $6.0mm.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2012

24 7pm at The ROC in Santa Monica. Since 2008, Harrison Metal has invested in over 40 companies, including Aardvark (GOOG), DocVerse (GOOG), Heroku (CRM), Manymoon (CRM), MixerLab (Twitter) and ZipZapPlay (ERTS). We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2013.

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Startup Activision Santa Monica SaaS 110

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2012

really, that opportunity has only recently been realized fully with Apple in 2008, and later with Google. When iTunes started selling games in 2008, it coincided with one of the biggest market corrections, one of the biggest global economic corrections in our history and in my lifetime. Can you talk about how you managed that?

Mobile 168

Mobile Java Google Startup 168

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Recycled Bride was founded in 2009 in Santa Monica, CA. Tracy was married in 2008, and found the wedding planning process frustrating and expensive. Funding was a major challenge for Tracy, since she had no experience in the space and needed to prove her model before finding investment capital. Business Model?

Design 84

Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Last month, Santa Monica-based ThisNext announced that it was acquiring Stylehive, an online site focused on fashion and beauty. We sat down with Scott Morrow President of Curatemedia, to hear more about the firm's strategy and the thinking behind the acquisition and new investment in the firm.

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Content Demand Sites Media 165

Frank Addante

JUNE 10, 2007

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. For us, being near Santa Monica was key. ► October (1) New Video!

Startup 40

Startup Technical Review Software Review Advertising 40

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. PS - We are looking for great, A++ team members in the Los Angeles (Santa Monica) area.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there. with her husband, Douglas, a former Google chief information officer, in late 2008. Investing Tools.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44