SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 -- Venture Funding in Green Technologies. Panelists include Yaniv Tepper, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Angeleno Group; Tom Soto, Managing Partner and Co-founder, Craton Equity Partners; Steven E. LAVA special event focused on Green Tech companies and Green Tech investing. See [link] (more)

Rustic Canyon 124

Rustic Canyon LAVA Technology Funding 124

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

The Los Angeles-based private equity firm provided funding from its Kayne Partners Fund Group, which invests in high-growth technology businesses.

Equity 40

Equity Los Angeles Invest Networking 40

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2010

The analysis was based on tracking of venture capital, angel, and private equity deals by socalTECH.com, which maintains its own proprietary database of local and national venture capital deals and dealmakers. billion in the area in Q2, up slightly from around $1.4 billion invested in Q1, and up from $1.0 billion in Q2 of last year.

Southern California 195

Southern California Westlake Village Invest Tech Coast Angels 195

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Laguna Hills-based LoneStar Heart , a firm developing cardiac restorative therapies for patients with heart failure, has raised $20M in a funding round, the firm revealed today, from Chinese investor Themes Investment Partners. The firm said the equity funding will go towards clinical testing and. READ MORE>>.

Orange County 124

Orange County Equity Funding Invest 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm has made another investment in femtocell and picocell technology developer ip.access , as part of a new round of funding. According to ip.access, it raised $15M from investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Cisco, Intel Capital, Qualcomm, Rothschild & Cie Gestion, Scottish Equity Partners and TE Connectivity.

San Diego 145

San Diego Patents Equity Capital 145

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 16, 2013

A willingness to accept equity as part of your agency or law firm’s fees can bring in more work that stimulates your team and exposes you to disruptive opportunities that are potentially very lucrative. However, there are a number of considerations to explore before agreeing to accepting equity as a portion of your firm’s payment.

Equity 40

Equity Services Startup Google 40

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 16, 2013

A willingness to accept equity as part of your agency or law firm’s fees can bring in more work that stimulates your team and exposes you to disruptive opportunities that are potentially very lucrative. However, there are a number of considerations to explore before agreeing to accepting equity as a portion of your firm’s payment.

Equity 40

Equity Services Startup Google 40

socalTECH

MAY 13, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project is reporting today that there was a 25 percent, year-over-year growth in online ad spending, according to the firm's Q1 2010 Online Advertising Market Report. Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund.

Clearstone 140

Clearstone Advertising Venture Capital Equity 140

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Rubicon, which has been issuing quarterly reports on ad trends, said that it believes that 2010 is "shaping up to be the strongest year yet" for online ad spending. Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 193

Advertising Clearstone Report Equity 193

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 29, 2012

Total merger and acquisition deal volume in 2011 increased 24% from 2010, with over 16,000 transactions aggregating to $1.1 With capital gains taxes expected to increase, corporate profits at all-time highs, and private equity firms sitting on a lot of cash, what will the MandA environment look like throughout 2012? trillion in value.

ACG 113

ACG Santa Barbara Ventura Equity 113

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Aquam, a San Diego company with technology for cleaning out and re-lining aging utility pipelines, has raised $26 million in a growth capital round led by NewWorld Capital Group , a New York private equity firm that makes investments in sustainable energy and natural-resources related deals. The privately held company said the funding would.

Services 55

Services San Diego Resource Equity 55

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project said this morning that it has raised $18M in additional funding, and acquired the Fox Audience Network (FAN) from New Corporation. The new funding brings Rubicon's total funding to $60M. As part of the announcement, Rubicon said it will have over $100M in revenues in 2010. READ MORE>>.

Networking 147

Networking Clearstone Santa Monica News 147

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Rubicon said it expects 2010 to be a "strong year" for digital advertising. The firm is venture backed by $42M in funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund. READ MORE>>.

Clearstone 113

Clearstone Advertising News Equity 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

The firm said along with the announcement that it will be adding ad serving, forecasting, and other functionality to its system in 2010, and that it is taking an aim at current provider of ad server technology. READ MORE>>.

Invest 133

Invest Clearstone Acquisition Advertising 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The firm, which is backed by over $140M in funding from such companies as Argonaut Private Equity, Citi, Credit Suisse, Good Energies, Nimes Capital, PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund, and US Renewables Group, said construction on the project is scheduled to begin in 2010.

Santa Monica 133

Santa Monica Equity Funding Technology 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2010

in the first six months of 2010. The firm's major stockholders are Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., The filing indicates that the total venture capital funding by Demand Media now totals $373.75M, across four rounds of funding. on revenues of $198.45M.

Demand 184

Demand Media .Net Santa Monica 184

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2009

San Diego-based Somaxon Pharmaceuticals reports today that the publicly held firm has received a $6M, private equity financing. The firm said that the FDA has accepted for review the New Drug Application for Silenor, and that it expects the review cycle to be six months.

San Diego 100

San Diego Equity Venture Capital Capital 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Yesterdays’ equity round of $1.6 CapLinked says the round of funding and new appointment are an advancement in their move to displace the legacy left by Virtual Data Room (VDR) with their intuitive new product for coordinating on complex business deals such as asset sales, financings, and mergers and acquisitions.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2009

The provision on changing the tax treatment of "carried interest" was thrown in at the last moment to offset the loss of revenues that results from extending some tax benefits to corporations into 2010.

Venture Capital 145

Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Startup 145

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

The truth is that I’ve been warning about convertible notes since 2010 it was first declared that “convertible notes have won.” ” Today I want to talk about how a VC thinks about equity pricing on your round and particularly if you’re coming off of a convertible note. How much is in the option pool?

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Pricing Startup Invest 150

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2019

When “Law and Order” ended its twenty-year run in 2010, it had already cemented its place as one of the longest-running television dramas in history. Its success was a testament to the enduring popularity of a good mystery. Solve began as a series developed within the mobile-focused entertainment studio, Vertical Networks.

Social Media 131

Social Media Media Startup Mobile 131

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

I know that the tone of the title and post will seem a bit aggressive for a post from a venture capitalist on fund raising. It is 2010. That means that they likely raised money at a particularly high price relative to 2010 prices. Dealing with an artificially high price can make fund raising hard. The list goes on.

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 289

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Investors and entrepreneurs who won at the fundraising game during and after the Great Recession offer advice on landing equity money. Meet angels via the entrepreneurs they’ve funded. million in 2010. million in 2010. million in 2010. million in 2010. By Monica Mehta. The group invested $8.7

Tips 100

Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

It’s also hard to know (unless you’re a professional trader at a large fund with tons of research and colleagues who have more market knowledge than the average retail investor) whether the market is off of a fair value by 10% or whether it was already 20% overvalued and this is an inevitable correction. Neither do I.

Marketing 150

Marketing Venture Capital Startup Invest 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

’ &# His message was that in 2010 great business can be built anywhere if there is a great team and the will to make it work. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

Let me assume for this discussion it’s a garden variety 2010 IT or Internet business (as opposed to something requiring capital equipment or a life sciences project). there may be major competitive changes in the market that makes your next funding round hard (e.g. It’s a tricky question with no clear answer.

Startup 319

Startup Venture Capital Capital Competition 319

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

When companies come into our incubator, we take no equity, we take no stake in the company, it's completely free for the participant. I jumped in at the end of 2010, just as the majority of investments happened--I think $50M to $52M came in 2011. That's through the generosity of the Irvine Company. We help on that end as well.

Incubator 212

Incubator San Diego Technical Review Development Team Review 212

Xconomy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In the early-stage category, nearly 54 percent of deals in 2016 were greater than $5 million in size, which compares to 32 percent of investments right on the heels of the Great Recession in 2010. Liquidity feeds right into the fundraising conditions for venture fund managers. Interestingly, the top-10 funds closed on $6.1

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Capital Activity Invest 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. They were originally founded inside of Times Mirror and had a huge string of major investment success before spinning out as a fully independent fund. SV Angel / Ron Conway closes $20mm venture fund. 10mm in Series C.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

It all started with one Meetup in November 2010 in D.C. s first accelerator called The Fort and raised VC funding. It provides tools like the Equity Calculator and curates and vets vendors that service startups. titled “Co-Founders Wanted.” Soon after CoFoundersLab was accepted into D.C.’s

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Santa Monica Startup CTO Hire 87

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Club Cooee was founded in 2007, and has received an undisclosed round of seed funding from Aurelia Private Equity. There are plans for a mobile Club Cooee application, however, it will not be available until Q3 2010. We'd like to see these options added in the future. Russian and Portugeuse will be the next languages supported.

Seed Funding 40

Seed Funding Social Media Conference Equity 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

But if you've spent all your money on the website for party supplies, you may not have the funds to have the site redone. Businesses can be built on sweat equity. Startup businesses requiring the least amount of capital are those that require little more than your time and hard work.

Startup 92

Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. In fact, that’s all that I fund as a VC.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76