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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

North Hollywood-based Yapi , a provider of paperless communications and account management software for dental practices, says it has raised a round of growth investment from M33 Growth. Financial details of that investment were not announced. YAPI is led by co-founder and CEO Dr. Gina Dorfman; the company was founded in 2009.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. To some extent Keith Rabois agreed with me about domain knowledge and argued that most of his investments are in the consumer Internet space as a result. Obviously I agree.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 7, 2009

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 -- M and A in 2009. Our panel will explore the impact of the market environment on MandA (valuation levels and overall activity level). recapitalizations and minority investments. Focus will be a discussion of the various alternatives to plain MandA ? Riley and Co.

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MAY 6, 2015

As an active investor in the Los Angeles technology market we’re always seeking to better understand the data and trends of why our market has grown so rapidly since 2009. The report on the LA Tech Market can be found on this link. Everybody now knows that LA produced SnapChat, Tinder and Maker Studios.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. I only recently invested and I only got here through persistence. The opportunity came up to invest in this one and I pounced. But I never gave up.

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

The speaks to the continued confidence in the venture capital markets and as I had predicted some time ago the VC markets right now are a great place to invest – especially relative to other places to put one’s money. Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. I should say that I agree that naive optimism in entrepreneurs can produce higher beta (upside or flops) and that’s good from an investment standpoint if you’re looking for big returns.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 8, 2009

Saturday, March 14, 2009 -- Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. With a newly open economy and a powerful technology industry, India offers attractive global marketing opportunities for tech companies in California. India, the world's largest democracy, offers an important growth market for American tech companies.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 -- The Return of the Public Equity Markets. Are the public equity markets back? market has experienced one of the most difficult economic periods since the Great Depression. The credit crisis of 2008 and the default of major investment banks caused the IPO window to all but close.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. in Computer Science.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

2U , an online education company which has significant operations in Los Angeles, has had a successful IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market, debuting Friday morning as TWOU. Those investments were led by former Redpoint VC Greg Martin. Redpoint Ventures owned 23.2 2U priced at $13.00, at the high end of its $11.00 percent at 13.95

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JUNE 9, 2010

in a follow-on investment. The investment came from Los Angeles private equity firm Nogales Investors. According to Nogales, the investment will go to grow DR Technologies core space market. Nogales has owned DRT since February of 2009, when it acquired the controlling interest in the firm.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

Goldberg was previously Chief Strategy Officer for the company, and has been an advisory board member for the company since it was founded in 2009. Venture Partners and the Checketts Partners Investment Fund. scorebig goldberg executive live entertainment sports marketplace market venue ticketmaster' READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2020

What you probably don’t realize is that the term disruptive brings its own set of baggage, implying to investors extra high risk, high market building costs, and a long slow ramp before payback. De Beers produced industrial diamonds, but found a market as well in engagement rings. Focus on a large opportunity in a low-growth market.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

According to Morphlabs, the investment came from BroadBand Tower, a provider of Internet services, hosting, and other services in Japan. Morphlabs said that BroadBand Tower has been using its platform since late 2009. Morphlabs is headed by serial entrepreneur Winston Damarillo. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2014

In one of the largest rounds for a Central Coast company in recent years--and the largest venture investment in San Luis Obispo ever--cloud software maker MindBody has raised $50M in a funding round. Mindbody first raised funding back in 2009, when it gained backing from the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, and other local angels.

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MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. 5 years ago. ” Still. None have exited.

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JUNE 18, 2015

I often tell people that in some ways it’s easier to build great companies in down markets. ” But as entrepreneurs you don’t get to sit these years out and as investors we don’t get just let a few years pass and return back to the market. .” One needs to be in during bull markets and bear markets.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. When the market run started in March people were relieved that “the world wasn’t ending” so they started spending again. Unemployment continues to rise – Unemployment as of September 2009 is 9.7%

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JULY 23, 2014

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). But markets value high growth over short-term profitability. Where are we today?

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

LaunchpadLA, which is among a number of startup accelerators which have emerged over the past few years and turned Los Angeles into one of the hottest startup markets in the nation, offers up $100,000 in an investment, free office space for four months, and access to mentors.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

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JANUARY 22, 2010

The ad network--which announced a restructuring and buyout by an investment group led by founder Zac Brandenberg earlier this week--is now looking to court more major advertisers and large brands. How does the firm hope to attract more large brand advertisers?

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DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. It was clear to us that LA was now a powerhouse market and we loved working with all of the other accelerators in town. But by 2014 much had started to change.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The funding was led by Alsop Louie Partners, and also included Arden Road Investments, Biotechonomy, Dolby Family Ventures, First Round Capital, Idealab and frogVentures. Pasadena-based New Matter , which is developing consumer focused, 3D printers, said today that it has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding round. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

A new report released today by Next 10 , a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy group, says that Southern California--and California, as a whole--leads the green innovation, cleantech venture capital, and energy market. billion invested in cleantech venture capital in the state since 2006.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. I would argue that the shut-down of September 2009 was equally severe yet there are signs that this “VC Ice Age” has begun to thaw. Why did the VC markets freeze so quickly?

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MAY 12, 2010

Mindflash said it has received funding from Investment Group of Santa Barbara (IGSB), although it did not disclose financial terms of that funding. Wells was CMO at Mint.com until its acquisition by Intuit in 2009; she has also served at Expedia as Senior Vice President of U.S. marketing, Charles Schwab, Intuit, and American Express.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. It’s why opt-in marketing databases can be so incredibly valuable for companies like Gilt Groupe, One King’s Lane and AdoreMe. source: Harris Interactive IM Shopping Poll (August 2009)).

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APRIL 12, 2010

EdgeCast said the round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also includes an investment from Steamboat Ventures, a prior investor in the company. The new funding will go towards developing and launching new value-added services, expand its network, and for sales and marketing.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less).

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2016

There has been a lot of worry recently in the high tech industry and from venture investors about "headwinds" in the technology market, particularly with valuations of "unicorn" companies dropping, investors shying away from investing in rounds, and even employees looking for safer jobs.

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JUNE 28, 2011

Venture capital is in the process of its own creative destruction with new market entrants and new models of innovation at the precise moment that our industry itself is contracting. I will argue that LPs who invest in VC funds will also need to adjust a bit as well. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, Pacific Crest Securities, Raine Securities, and JMP Securities. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the firm had a net loss of $21.9M in the first six months of 2010. on revenues of $198.45M.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Funk is a venture capitalist who founded OceanRoad Partners and has been a Managing Director with Allegis Capital, where he invested in Sandpiper Networks, Rent.com and Shopzilla. Jon discusses the returns from Southern California IT IPOs between 1995 and 2009.

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