socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2013

San Diego-based Ignyta has raised $6M in a Series B funding, the firm said over the holidays. The firm said the funding included $5.5M in a Series B equity funding and $500,000 in a capital term loan from Silicon Valley Bank. The first close of the Series B came in June of 2012, and was worth $2.1M, with the remaining $3.4M

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2014

The sale netted the company $20M, which it will use to fund its U.S. Moviepilot set up shop in LA in 2012 , due to the entertainment industry''s base here. Moviepilot is venture backed by T-Venture, Grazia Equity, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, and angels.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

San Diego-based tag management software developer Tealium announced this morning that it has raised an additional $20M in funding, from private equity investor Silver Lake Waterman. Tealium, which is led by Jeff Lunsford, said it plans to use the funding for global expansion. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

Sequoia Capital''s Douglas Leone, was placed at number six for his role in funding San Diego''s ServiceNow ; Bessemer''s Byron Deeter was ranked #36 due to his role in funding Santa Monica''s Cornerstone OnDemand ; Stephen Jurveston, of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, was ranked at #59 for his investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX.

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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. I just don’t see it happening any time soon.

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Invest Angel Funding Startup 111

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs the last couple of years is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. Good-cause crowd funding. Pre-order crowd funding. Rewards-based crowd funding. Ideas crowd sourcing.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2012. 24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Let’s help get their funding get finalized or the company sold if it’s already in play. And VCs scrambled to raise their own funds. So I encouraged entrepreneurs to think about raising their funds as quickly as they could because. Fundings boomed. Let’s review all of our existing investments. Depressing.

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Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 29, 2012

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 -- ACG 101's Annual MandA Update. 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.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Thursday, February 9, 2012 -- The Employee-Ownership Alternative: Building the Company You Want. The VC routegiving up control over your destiny in exchange for fundingis well-known, but entrepreneurs should also be aware of the choices that employee ownership can provide. SAIC is one great example; there are now many more.

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Venture Capital Equity Examples Entrepreneur 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This time by the efforts of Adeo Ressi to introduce a new kind of structure called “ convertible equity.” My initial reaction to Adeo when we spoke was that while it may have solved some issues (debt versus equity) it didn’t solve the ones that I’ve been warning entrepreneurs about most loudly.

Startup 354

Startup Pricing Equity Venture Capital 354

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2014

We decided to solve this by building an equity crowdfunding platform to help thousands of startups raise the capital they need. Although Congress voted in the JOBS ACT and President Obama signed it on April 2012, we learned the hard way that the SEC works very slowly. This will finally revolutionize the way startups get funded.

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Activision Southern California Los Angeles Capital 191

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 -- How the Government (Yes, the Government!) If you thought youve exhausted all sources of funding and investment for your business, think again. These grants do not require payback or equity in your company. Can Help You Grow Your Business. How can you qualify? What are the criteria?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. In fact, perhaps the most important model, equity crowdfunding for non-accredited investors, is still not legal in the U.S., Startup equity model. In the U.S.,

Venture Capital 108

Venture Capital Angel Satisfaction Equity 108

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2014

We decided to solve this by building an equity crowdfunding platform to help thousands of startups raise the capital they need. Although Congress voted in the JOBS ACT and President Obama signed it on April 2012, we learned the hard way that the SEC works very slowly. This will finally revolutionize the way startups get funded.

Activision 100

Activision Southern California Los Angeles Capital 100

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

That's when I started my first company, ScaleFunder, which we spun out of the UC California system in 2012. We were acquired in 2014 by Summit Partners, and I ended up in private equity, post-acquisition at Summit Partners. We received venture funding from Comcast Ventures and Crosscut.

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Dollar Shave Club Artificial Inteligence Custom Customer 113

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

With over 650 accredited investors and over 450 companies seeking to raise funds via SeedInvest, the February 2013 launched firm projects a better future than other platforms in the equity crowdfunding market. ” Over 650 accredited investors and over 450 companies.

Software Review 69

Software Review Platform Equity Tool 69

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

funding led by Level Equity. By the end of 2012, Rob had done a really great job of identifying the opportunity, and being a visionary on how social, local, and mobile would change how consumers engaged with brands. Now that you have some new funding, what's the big goal for the company? What is MomentFeed up to nowadays?

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Google Paid Search Mobile Activity 127

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”). Here again, the entrepreneur will be the one hurt most, by having fewer funding sources to access.

Startup 106

Startup Angel .Net Entrepreneur 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2014

By way of a definition, a business or startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources to nurture young companies, usually for a share of the equity, hoping to capitalize on their success, or at least strengthen the local economy. Initial funding. Follow-on funding and connections.

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Incubator Entrepreneur Technical Review Mentor 103

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been hanging around Klout for a year and many of my friends had angel funded the company and were champions. Other people were convinced including Kleiner Perkins who lead their $30 million fund raising in 2012 (they had previously also invested in 2011). I was used to this debate. What’s your take on that?

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Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. Sweat equity. Equity crowdfunding. Expect your skills, insights and motivation to be tested -- so be prepared.

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Startup Software Review Equity Invest 57

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2014

But you can’t secure the funding needed to scale. . Today, we have Ryan Feit, CEO of SeedInvest to give us a bit more insight on some important key points – useful for any founder who’s looking to raise funds. Finding a better way for entrepreneurs to raise funds. Introducing SeedInvest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

By way of a definition, a business or startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources to nurture young companies, usually for a share of the equity, hoping to capitalize on their success, or at least strengthen the local economy. Initial funding. Follow-on funding and connections.

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Incubator Help Startup Technical Review 115

InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. According to a January 2012 Forbes article, nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. When one considers the 400 richest people on the entire planet, the percentage of non-college graduates doubles.

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Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

Steve Reich

MAY 17, 2012

Yesterday, I joined a group of Pasadena and Tech Coast Angels for a discussion of crowdsourcing equity investments for startups. The JOBS Act of 2012 makes it possible to raise equity capital from small investors for the first time. The discussion was lively, to say the least. Can you imagine what happens should a company fail?

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Capital Company Companies Tech Coast Angels 65

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

November 8, 2012 6:00 PM Only $20! Seventeen lawyer regional firm Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP has represented digital media, internet, technology, consumer electronics, and entertainment companies and investment funds out of its Sherman Oaks office since its formation in 2002. Skip to secondary content. Get Tickets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2013

Based on the latest Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom, personal money, or bootstrapping, continued to be the primary startup funding in 2012. Eighty percent of new entrepreneurs used this approach, with only six percent using investor funding. entrepreneur startup investor funding business'

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Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur Legalzoom 105

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the article: Mithril had its best moment yet last week when a portfolio company, Auris Health, sold to Johnson & Johnson for more than $3 billion — returning at least $500 million to the fund. Mithril is struggling to compete against ferocious competition in the growth-stage equity market. All appears well. Obsessions.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity in the U.S. But these requirements may go away with the Crowdfunding JOBS Act passed into law back in 2012. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Remember that 9 out of 10 startups fail in every realm.

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Entrepreneur Startup Invest Incubator 102

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I would gladly part with equity (actually, I have) to work with people like her on deals. You need to call the companies they funded that didn’t go well in order to find out what kind of actor they really are. And she doesn’t always charge what she should. And yes, there are some bad actors. Luckily word travels quickly.

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Startup Venture Capital Coach Press 363

Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

In contrast, San Francisco-based RichRelevance, founded in 2006, has raised nearly $102 million from 11 investors through nine funding rounds, according to CrunchBase.

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Artificial Inteligence Commerce San Diego Web 40

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. We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior.

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Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

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 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). After a record low of 39 U.S.

Startup 89

Startup Entrepreneur Report Summary 89

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators.

Startup 91

Startup Invest Incubator Ideas 91