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APRIL 22, 2011

Thursday, April 28, 2011 -- Power of Angel Investing. This full-day seminar provides an overview of the angel investing process including the details of finding, evaluating, and structuring deals. It will also go into depth on how to develop angel-entrepreneur relationships that lead to success.

Invest 113

Invest Angel Case Study Study 113

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” That used to be called A-round investing.

Venture Capital 471

Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 -- 2011 Venture Capital Outlook. Come hear our expert panelists from the venture industry (NVCA, Sigma Partners, Charles River Ventures, SVB Capital) share and debate their outlook for the industry in 2011. Register online by Jan 21! See [link] (more)

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Venture Capital Capital Activity Invest 133

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MARCH 6, 2011

Saturday, March 12, 2011 -- Angel Investing and Technology Trends. He will also touch on the technology trends that angels are currently interested in funding. Bootstrap2+2. See [link] (more)

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Invest Angel Technology Pasadena Angels 100

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

billion in IT exits in 2011, the highest since 2000, for Southern California IT firms. According to the report, the biggest exit during 2011 was for Greent Dot , which provided liquidity of $2 billion for its pre-IPO investors, the highest of any exit since 2000. A new report released today tallies up $7.7

Southern California 187

Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Report Riot Games 187

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JANUARY 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture capital Association MoneyTree survey, which is based on data from Thomson Reuters, tallies $738.34M invested in Southern California in Q4 of 2011. raised in Q4 of 2010, and up from the $652M invested in the region last quarter. The amount is up from $528.0M

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Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. Either scenario requires angel deals to be funded further.

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Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 152

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JANUARY 21, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011 -- Business and Financial Outlook 2011. The German American Business Association (GABA) invites you to our Annual Business and Financial Outlook Event to discuss the current state and the 2011 outlook of the economy, financial markets, trade, funding climate and real estate market both in the US and Europe.

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LAVA UCLA Equity Los Angeles 100

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AUGUST 16, 2011

Maverick Angels , an angel investment group investing in Southern California companies, said today that it has named Patrick Henry as its newly elected Southern California Chapter President. Barber had served as Southern California Chapter President from February 2010 through July 2011.

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Southern California Angel SoCal USC 133

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

Thursday, October 27, 2011 -- IEEE 2011 Energy Efficiency Symposium. Keynote speaker Dr. David Auston, Exec.

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Tips Entrepreneur Invest Customer 100

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JUNE 10, 2011

Thursday, June 16, 2011 -- Los Angeles VC and Angel Event. At our next Los Angeles event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing - how to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check - Especially in this economy! FundingPost. See [link] (more)

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Venture Capital Angel Writing 100

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JUNE 8, 2011

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 -- Another Free Angel Investor Tips Workshop. Open to anyone who is thinking about investing $5,000 to $500,000 in a startup or small business and would like to hear from other angels on how to do it wisely. Seating is limited. See [link] (more)

Orange County 113

Orange County Angel San Diego Tips 113

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FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 -- Raising Angel Capital. In the current economic and venture capital climate, angel investment is one of the most critical sources of start-up capital. Angel networks are the source of the majority of this funding. Along with capital, angel networks bring additional added value.

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Capital Angel .Net Startup 113

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JULY 7, 2015

If you follow the Twittersphere you may have noticed several people weighing in on this recent piece by Mike Isaac of the NY Times, asking “ How Many Angels is Too Many? ” I found myself nodding through all of it with quotes like, “Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley,” said Sam Altman. Ah, well.

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Angel Startup Seed Funding Invest 150

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APRIL 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, The National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters have tallied up just under a billion dollars in venture capital investments in the Southern California region in Q1 of this year, a very significant uptick from Q2 of 2011. was invested in the region.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Avalon 221

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 -- The Halo Effect: How Angels can Bridge the Entrepreneur Funding Gap. Maverick Angels. You are invited to attend the next Maverick Angels Open Evening for Entrepreneurs at the University of Southern California. See [link] (more)

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Angel Southern California Funding 100

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NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Friday, December 2, 2011 -- Maverick Angels Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs. Do you have a great business idea but are struggling to raise investment capital in current economic climate?

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Angel Ideas Invest 100

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 -- Maverick Angels Open Evening for Entrepreneurs. The Open Evening is a bi-monthly event geared towards familiarizing entrepreneurs with the Maverick Angels process, our members, and our sponsors. See [link] (more)

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Angel Networking Invest 100

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MARCH 3, 2011

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 -- Free Workshop: Evaluate Startups like a Professional Angel. Open to all interested, aspiring investors who want to learn the "tangibles" and "intangibles" of angel investing. Speakers include Robert Reyes, angel seed investor and manager of San Diego's Startup Circle. See [link] (more)

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Angel San Diego Startup Seed Funding 100

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JUNE 15, 2011

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 -- Orange County Angel VC and Startup Event. At our next Orange County event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing - how to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check - Especially in this economy! FundingPost. See [link] (more)

Orange County 100

Orange County Venture Capital Angel Startup 100

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MARCH 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based Water Planet , which develops water treatment membrane technology originally developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), revealed today that its seed investor is none other than actor Kevin Costner. Water Planet's CEO and founder is Erik Hoek, who was a Professor of Engineering at UCLA.

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UCLA Los Angeles Funding Invest 157

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MAY 29, 2018

Los Angeles-based Surkus , a developer of a platform to help connect people with local events, has raised $10M in a Series B funding, according to the comapny. The funding was led by Capital Union investments and EOS Global. READ MORE>>.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Platform Invest Funding 100

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based mobile games developer Scopely has raised a $200M, Series D funding, which it says it will use for acquisitions, the company announed early this morning. According to Scopely, it is now profitable and growing, and it will use the funding to accelerate its M&A and investment strategy to expand its portfolio of games.

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Funding Mobile Los Angeles Acquisition 100

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- Cocktail Reception for Golden Seeds / Tech Coast Angels Partnership Fund.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Angel Seed Funding Funding 100

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. Companies are raising some angel money or Y Combinator money.” ”

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IBM IBM Venture Capital Invest 164

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JUNE 16, 2016

Los Angeles-based private equity investors Gores Group and Platinum Equity said this morning that they have backed Data Blue , an Atlanta provider of storage, backup and server virtualization and consolidation solutions for the enterprise market. Size of the investment was not announced. Data Blue was founded in 2011.

Equity 100

Equity Los Angeles Invest Capital 100

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

To celebrate the debut, Impossible Foods has tapped Chrissy Teigen’s grandmother for a VIP event on Thursday night and will be handing out samples at a Los Angeles-area Gelsons on Friday. In the company’s last, $300 million round, Jay-Z , Katy Perry, Serena Williams, Jaden Smith, Trevor Noah and Zedd all invested.

Southern California 195

Southern California SoCal Los Angeles Sample 195

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JANUARY 17, 2013

was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. raised by companies in Q4 of 2011, and less than the $701.18M raised by companies in the region in Q3 of 2012. The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2 Karlin Ventures and Siemer Ventures both made five investments each. in funding.

Southern California 237

Southern California Orange County GRP Partners San Diego 237

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MAY 3, 2016

Two, Los Angeles area investors--venture investment firm Greycroft Pratners , and angel investor Paige Craig --are among the investors seeing an exit today, as Adobe said acquired blog commenting tools maker LiveFyre. Paige Craig--as well as a number of other angels--originally seeded LiveFyre back in 2010.

Blogging 100

Blogging Los Angeles Tool Acquisition 100

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

Venture capital investments in Southern California for Q3 of 2011 are up from last year, but down from last quarter, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. was invested in the region. was invested in the region.

Southern California 212

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Capital 212

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Venice, California-based early stage, pre-seed investment fund and accelerator Amplify.LA has released its latest report on the state of the Los Angeles technology scene, saying that the city had a "landmark year". In the report, Amplify.LA For its own part, Amplify.LA billion, with so far 9 of its companies acquired.

Snapchat 100

Snapchat Venice Los Angeles Report 100

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JUNE 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based StartEngine , the equity crowdfunding service run by serial entrepeneur Howard Marks, has chalked up 25 companies raising money on its platform since the start of 2017, according to the company. READ MORE>>.

Startup 124

Startup Activision Company Companies 124

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture investor Upfront Ventures has re-upped its investment in San Francisco-based social data provider Datasift. Upfront led Datasift''s first round , back in 2011, when it was known as GRP Partners. Datasift was one of the first Twitter-themed investments made by GRP at the time. READ MORE>>.

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GRP Partners Venture Capital Los Angeles Capital 138

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APRIL 17, 2013

A report Wednesday afternoon says that Los Angeles-based streaming media site Hulu has hired investment banking firm Guggenheim Partners, to advise the firm on a sale. Guggenheim is the same firm that attempted to sell Hulu in 2011.

Hulu 189

Hulu Report Company Companies 189

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JANUARY 25, 2017

Los Angeles-based Ring , the developer of connected doorbells, security cameras, and other similar devices, has raised $109M in a big financing round, to help fund global growth. Siminoff's last successful venture was Unsubscribe.com, which he sold to TrustedID in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Southern California Los Angeles Entrepreneur 100

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

In terms of deals, the quarter was actually down from last year, with 79 deals completed in Q3 of this year, versus 91 in Q3 of 2011. billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. billion in investments; followed by New England, with $826.1M in investments; with Southern California taking third with it $694.5M

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Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 210

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APRIL 23, 2013

Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the developer of predictive analytics software for the marketing industry, has raised a big, $38M funding round, the firm said Monday. Elevation Partners invested in MarketShare in 2011. The funding was led by FTV Capital, and also included Elevation Partners and others. READ MORE>>.

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Social Media Sales Advertising Los Angeles 164