socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2014

Epicor Software , the developer of supply chain management software which has its roots and still has significant operations in Orange County, is off the block, after its private equity investors did not see enough interest--or high enough prices--for the business. Apax bought Epicor back in 2011. The news on that move came in May.

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Orange County Sales News Equity 153

TechCrunch LA

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

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Social analytics and personalization platform GraphDive has closed $2 million in its first ever equity round from Crosslink Capital, Correlation Ventures, Plug & Play Tech Center, Start Capital and angel investors Pejman Nozad, Ullas Naik and Scott Banister. $2 2 million equity round.

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Equity Social Media Google Tool 65

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2012

According to the two companies, Pernix will acquire Somaxon in a stock-for-stock transaction worth a total of $25M in total equity. The company has been looking for a buyer since December of 2011, when it drastically cut its staff and said it had hired an investment banker. as of September 30th. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego .Net Equity Acquisition 147

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Thursday, November 3, 2011 -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: The current venture market and how to pitch it. Our featured speaker is Joey Tamer, shadow CEO Getting professional tech investment (private, angel, venture, strategic) in these times is not easy. This is not a networking event.

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Education Equity Invest Networking 100

socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2009

in equity from marketing firm Guthy-Renker. According to the firm--which is traded OTC--the restricted common stock investment by Guthy-Renker also came with an extension of an agreement the two companies have until June 2011. Tags: software security investment capital venture guthyrenker cyberdefender.

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Commerce Invest Equity Los Angeles 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

The timing of the announcement of this investment couldn’t have been timed more perfectly if we tried. I started announcing my Twitter thesis back in 2011 (still serves as a useful read today). And before that you might enjoy this longer analysis on why I invested in DataSift in the first place , which was written 2.5

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Social Media Yammer Invest Organization 358

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. I had been hanging around Klout for a year and many of my friends had angel funded the company and were champions. I was used to this debate.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

One of the few local funds to recently raise a fund is TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), which just closed TVC Capital II, a $75 million growth equity and buyout fund. As a reminder to our readers, can you talk briefly about TVC and what kinds of companies you invest in? Jeb Spencer: We consider ourselves a private equity firm.

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Acquisition Software Review Technical Review Equity 168

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. The company- now has around $50M in recurring annual revenues. Our target market is entrepreneurs, creatives, and developers.

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Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. Valuations were enormous relative to progress in companies. Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. Yesterday was a Monday. Depressing.

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Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, twelve companies moved into the new downtown San Diego, EvoNexus incubator--which is run by CommNexus. When companies come into our incubator, we take no equity, we take no stake in the company, it's completely free for the participant. That's through the generosity of the Irvine Company.

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Incubator San Diego Technical Review Development Team Review 212

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? We spent our future since the equity was artificial. This is tied to having consumers who feel confident enough to spend.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2011

Company Name MasterImage 3D Information Release Date 3/22/2011 Transaction Type Venture Equity Amount $15,000,000 Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purpose We are committing this investment to innovation — specifically, to advancing our 3D solutions for cinema, smartphones, tablets, and larger autostereoscopic displays.

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Funding Equity Invest Company 45

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Don’t and you might make one catastrophic mistake that leaves you in the annals of Effed Companies. Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). Backstopping is when banks feel they are protected by VC’s investing in the company.

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Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Daniel Scalisi: MobileCause is actually a company we acquired, and reorganized in January. I'm a serial entrepreneur, and have started five companies. Daniel Scalisi: I noticed that the company, although it had been around for three years, had only five competitors. How is the company backed?

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Mobile Web Startup Customer 162

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

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Startup Mobile Advertising Organization 196

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

As any historian of bubbles will tell you – there were periods of bubbles in assets as arcane as tulips , South American trading companies , dot-com bubbles & housing bubbles. The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too.

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Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Speaking of the new investment, CapLinked CEO Eric M. Jackson said, “We’re using the proceeds from our financing round to invest in our technology, build new features, and increase sales and support.”. The new funding brings the company’s aggregate amount of capital raised to over $3 million. Over $3M Raised.

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Draper Google Software Engineering Invest 68

Xconomy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

According to the National Venture Capital Association and PitchBook , this past quarter $15 billion was invested in 1,810 deals , which compares unfavorably to both the prior quarter ($22.1 billion, 2,559 deals), signaling perhaps a period of digestion given how much had been invested during the 2014-2015 window.

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Venture Capital Capital Activity Invest 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. After a record low of 39 U.S. Disclosures of information.

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Entrepreneur Startup Report Summary 95

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2012

The Thursday launch of Data Collective demonstrates the increasing uptake of Big Data and signals a new door for entrepreneurs building Big Data companies. The firm is not new; the fund has been around for two years with investments in more than 45 firms as listed here. 35+ Equity Partners on board. Founded Two Years Ago.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Oracle Software Review 74

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall is garnering some excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But having different funds available for different stages of one’s company is actually a really good thing. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Founder and CEO since starting the company back in 1999, Miller has led Cornerstone through 11 years of consecutive growth. is a good monthly investment?

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Sometime in 2011, I started to notice that the content I was putting out on Twitter was not getting the attention that it used to. But I couldn’t justify the investment any more. A company is only truly failing when it refuses to accept change or adapt to current situations. THE REALIZATION THAT TWITTER MIGHT SUCK.

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Platform Startup News Content 40

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Who better to answer than the company's engineering lead. Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." call to arms.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378