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Morphlabs Gets $1.0M From Strategic Partner

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Manhattan Beach-based Morphlabs , the provider of software for managing private and public cloud infrastructure, has raised $1M in funding from a strategic partner, the firm said this week. According to Morphlabs, the investment came from BroadBand Tower, a provider of Internet services, hosting, and other services in Japan.

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Investor Outlook 2010

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Thursday, December 10, 2009 -- Investor Outlook 2010: Startup Funding Forecast from Angels and VCs. 2009 put startup valuations on a diet, bootstrapping and revenue models were back in the spotlight; and Angel investors made a comeback. In this Strategy Series we will discuss: * Is investing back in an upswing yet? Dealmaker LA.

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What Mattered in 2010: Jim Andelman, Rincon Ventures

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Also, we had an investment in a company that went public this year, BroadSoft, which is one of 2010's best-performing IPOs. Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. 3) Cloud computing offerings as an enabler to lean startups. 1) Mobile web.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

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I will argue that LPs who invest in VC funds will also need to adjust a bit as well. These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure. Spawning of Micro VCs.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. pre-money valuation you certainly would want to exercise your right to continue investing if you had prorata rights. and the bigger funds can’t get in directly.

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Why Online / Offline Mobile Integration is Going to be a Huge Business

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When I first got into VC I decided I better have some investment themes. My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. 2) Harris Interactive IMShopping Poll (August 2009). (3) “People still want calls …&#. 1) eMarketer.

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Is WebEx “Dead Man Walking?”

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When I was looking through their company’s history I saw the following statement made in September 2009: “Takes on WebEx, launches web conferencing and announces its US expansion with 900 US resellers&#. If Skype continues its growth eBay should at least see a return on its investment. So my advice was to focus a bit more.

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