socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.

Southern California 215

Southern California Technical Review High Tech Venice 215

socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The MoneyTree report--which is compiled with data from Thomson Reuters--found that so far in 2012, $2.5 In Los Angeles, near $324.2M invested in that sector; Industrial/Energy firms, which includes a significant number of clean technology companies, had a total of $137.4M New York followed Southern California with $512.8M

Southern California 210

Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 210

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The MoneyTree report--which is compiled with data from Thomson Reuters--found that so far in 2012, $2.5 In Los Angeles, near $324.2M invested in that sector; Industrial/Energy firms, which includes a significant number of clean technology companies, had a total of $137.4M New York followed Southern California with $512.8M

Southern California 180

Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 180

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

DriveCam , the San Diego startup developing technology which analyzes and tracks the performance of commercial fleet drivers, reported this morning that it has just reached over $100M in 2012 sales. DriveCam said the revenue growth came due to global expansion, strategic partnerships, and continued growth within its customer fleets.

Tech Coast Angels 157

Tech Coast Angels Carson Technical Review San Diego 157

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. But it’s here in the (other) Valley’s southernmost edge that investors have found a startup they consider to be the next potential billion-dollar “unicorn” that will come out of Los Angeles.

Glendale 271

Glendale Los Angeles Startup Technical Review 271

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

Venture Capital 241

Venture Capital Technical Review Southern California Company 241

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Thursday, February 23, 2012 -- Current VC market and how to pitch it. The current venture market and how to pitch it - Getting professional tech investment (private, angel, venture, strategic) in these times is not easy. See [link] (more)

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Technical Review Marketing Capital 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). billion collected in 2012. billion collected in 2012.

Invest 111

Invest Angel Funding Startup 111

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. It goes without saying that the shortening in time also was due to performance.

Venture Capital 396

Venture Capital Funding Technical Review Startup 396

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Rose, according to his recent book, “ Angel Investing.” billion collected in 2014.

Startup 106

Startup Angel .Net Entrepreneur 106

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 27, 2012

Thursday, May 3, 2012 -- How to Raise Capital for Your Startup. Includes a detailed review of local incubators, vc's and angels. An intensive 3-hour course on how to think about, plan for, prepare and execute a capital raise for your startup. Taught by Jon Funk, a 25-year LA vc veteran. See [link] (more)

Capital 113

Capital Startup Venture Capital Incubator 113

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

The platform allows investors to do their due diligence on their own time, network with other investors and execute deals with little overhead.” Set to Empower Angel groups and VC’s. SeedInvest empowers angel groups and venture capitalists whereas others are merely looking to disrupt the existing ecosystem.”

Software Review 69

Software Review Platform Equity Tool 69

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Just like the sky scraping investment banks of Wall Street, the technology industry tends to be a sausage party. pitch and technology competition at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, I couldn’t help but feel like it might be a hall of crickets with a few passionate women warming the front row. .”

Conference 77

Conference Startup Technical Review Software Review 77

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Startup Weekend LA has grown to become a very special event here in Los Angeles. It’s also a very exciting time here in LA Tech with over 6 accelerators and incubators springing up over the past year. Also be sure to check out StartupNights.org if you’re interested in connecting with other SWLA alum and the LA Tech community.

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. If a person from outside Los Angeles is a fan of the city, dig a little and you’ll probably find that they like it for the celebrities, Hollywood not LA. Well, they’re all wrong, and Los Angeles is about to prove it. Post navigation. ← Previous.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Pro tip: take on the mantle of book editor for a major tech publication, and the publishers will mail you books for free. Quality tech news from around the web. Today, the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) published its updated economic forecast for LA and the Southern California region. What a boring mess.

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). As a result, I really saw Visalus as a technology company. What's the theme of your investments?

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 100

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Sam’s vision was to build a world-class “reverse logistics” company that could be as ambitious as Amazon has been in delivering goods to our houses. Seriously, this happens.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. August 24, 2012 10:24 AM. I assumed that the people of Los Angeles were disingenuous attention whores and didn’t know anything about technology.”. MYTH 3: SoCal lacks Fortune 500 Tech Leadership. Whats Hot Menu. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

So this past October 2012, after years of investigative scientific research “ Electrified ” became a reality. We are in a different age now where technology is so important and I wanted to be connected with people along the way.” Being an entrepreneur is about making a commitment no matter how painfully difficult it is to keep it.

Startup 104

Startup Technical Review Search Engine Optimization Los Angeles 104

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

To shortcut what has been an antiquated way of connecting consumers with attorneys, Los Angeles startup LawKick (www.lawkick.com) has created an online, easy way to match up clients with lawyers, through a set of simple questions and answers about different kinds of legal problems. What''s the story behind the firm?

Help 240

Help Startup CTO Hire Pricing 240

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2014

Visions pan of endless cold emails and long days attending meetups and pitch nights while your operations/tech team grind away. By 2012, Ryan had a clear idea that these bills would be passed,and founded SeedInvest to leverage the potential growth from these history making laws. Where SeedInvest Sprouted. Final Words.

Invest 100

Invest Startup Technical Review Software Review 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2011

One of Urbandig's co-founders, Mike Macadaan -- the former VP of User Experience at MySpace, and creator of the technology conference Twiistup--sat down to talk to us about the company. They came down to Los Angeles, and we brainstormed ideas, and basically--in 24 hours-- we revitalized my original idea, but for the iPhone.

Guide 203

Guide Software Review Twiistup Technical Review 203

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5 Don’t try to talk your way to a deal before you have the documentation.

Venture Capital 101

Venture Capital Startup Capital Seed Funding 101

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

Already live, the service is available in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., Users of OpenTable can see restaurants with available tables, follow verified reviews to pick a restaurant, choose a menu and make a reservation online.

Marketing 61

Marketing Entertainment Los Angeles Tool 61

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

There were only 22% women who invested in 2012. Pipeline Fellowship teaches women to become angel investors and become a more powerful and helpful voice in the investment world. We like to give women a chance to see and learn all about investing and what it takes to become an angel investor. That is something I am aware of.

Mentor 84

Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

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. You technically have more gas left but you never know if some unexpected circumstance causes you to run out of gas.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. arcticempire.ca – mobile app development & code review based in Canada, Ask for Josh. datatv.com – web & interactive mobile web development based in Los Angeles, Ask for Adam.

CTO Hire 81

CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop Development 81

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. For investors life is no different. These days I find myself doing less. .”

Software Review 150

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Invest 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

Mayor Eric Garcetti at Upfront Summit, February 2017 I first sat down with then councilman Eric Garcetti on the Ides of March 2012 — almost 5 years ago exactly. He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected.

Riot Games 191

Riot Games Los Angeles Technical Review Venture Capital 191

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2014

Y Combinator , led by Paul Graham, claimed success in 2012 with 172 companies over 7 years, which then had a combined value of $7.78 Of course, we can’t eliminate the value of affordable office and meeting space, administrative support services and advanced communications technology to struggling entrepreneurs. Facilities support.

Incubator 103

Incubator Entrepreneur Technical Review Mentor 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

Of course, we can’t eliminate the value of affordable office and meeting space, administrative support services and advanced communications technology to struggling entrepreneurs. About 80% of TechStars startup graduates go on to raise venture capital or a significant Angel funding round, versus maybe 1% of all startups who seek funding.

Incubator 115

Incubator Help Startup Technical Review 115

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. According to David Rose , CEO of Gust, venture capital investors funded about 1500 startups last year, with Angel investors backing over 50,000 more. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products.

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Let’s review all of our existing investments. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. Not just tech companies but industrials, too. And don’t think tech will remain immune. We need some visibility.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

The prices of angel deals have recently crept up, VCs have also gotten their checkbooks out again, frothy deals are happening and people are feeling bullish. Here talking about lithium-ion batteries and the early lead we’ve squandered in that market: “ With some technologies, both scaling and innovation take place overseas.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298