Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2015

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2015 Startup and Entrepreneur Forecast taking place Thursday, January 29 from 7 p.m. We will have amazing panelists from March Capital, Greycroft, Machinima, Silicon Valley Bank and Amplify who will share their insights and forecast for start-ups in 2015.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2020

After raising $15 million in financing from one of technology’s most successful global investment firms, the Los Angeles-based consumer goods rental company Joymode is selling itself to an early-stage retail investment firm out of New York, XRC Labs.

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DECEMBER 28, 2015

Arteen Arabshahi: While Karlin Ventures has had an excellent first few years as a firm seeing over 6 exits and making 40+ investments within 3 years, what was most exciting in 2015 was the addition of our third team member, Erin Shipley. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015?

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Kara said “no” because she wanted to start her own company, which she did and I backed. In any job you either find leadership opportunities for your best people BEFORE they ask or other people start asking them to become leaders somewhere else. Leadership is about recognizing your next generation of talent and helping lift them up.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2020

” That’s the way Nick Desai, the co-founder and chief executive of the Los Angeles-based startup Heal describes the future of traditional healthcare delivery. To date, the company has linked patients with over 200,000 home visits from doctors since its launch in 2015. “The doctor’s office is dead.”

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DECEMBER 29, 2015

Based in Los Angeles and Taipei, Taiwan, it's a $10 million incubator that invests in early stage startups. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? What was the biggest news for you or your firm this year? Lawrence Ng: The big news for us was the launch of OnRamp Fund.

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JANUARY 19, 2016

San Diego-based life sciences maker Illumina has participated in another investment round for San Francisco-based DNA synthesis startup Twist Bioscience , in a new Series D funding for that company. Nick and Joby Pritzker (via Tao Invest), Paladin Capital Group, Yuri Milner, Boris Nikolic, plus others. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2014

A healthy manufacturing sector, likely to gain even more strength in 2015, is creating an impetus to invest. The National Federation of Independent Business’s Small Business Optimism Index is now up to 96.1, It’s time to soak up the optimism, do some real financial planning, and push the limits on all business fronts.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The speaks to the continued confidence in the venture capital markets and as I had predicted some time ago the VC markets right now are a great place to invest – especially relative to other places to put one’s money. Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. But that’s it.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Los Angeles has been in the midst of a technology boom over the last few years, with many of high profile startups growing in the area. We spoke with Bryce Maddock , founder of TaskUs, about the company and how it has been providing the manpower behind a lot of LA''s technology startups. So, what is TaskUs?

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Let me start with the news that I’m excited to share with you. Investment experience (5 years a VC at Battery Ventures). Startup CEO experience (Founded P.S. Startup CEO experience (Founded P.S. XO along with my good friend Soleil Moon Frye. billion IPO), Envestnet (Chicago, $1.25

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Another note: for some nominees, our nominating committee was unable to separate closely tied founders of startups, and so we've listed those founders together for convenience. Here are this year's winners, along with the companies they are associated with: Brett Bouttier , AwesomenessTV.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

WINTER For starters when we conducted our annual VC & LP survey in December of 2016 to prepare our annual Upfront State of the VC Industry report we found that twice as many VCs cut their investments in 2016 relative to 2015 with > 30% of VCs having cut investments. On stark graph should give you a sense of the picture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

Most entrepreneurs looking for an investor can tell you how much money they need, but few have given much thought to what they are willing to give up for it. Here is a summary of the key terms to expect on the term sheet, or the contract between the founder and investor: Consideration given for the money invested.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

For the elite startups and entrepreneurs who manage to attract the investor they dream of, and survive the term sheet negotiation, there is still one more hurdle before the money is in the bank. That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone.

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AUGUST 24, 2016

Walz had already been on REC Solar's board of directors, as a result of Duke's investment in REC Solar. Duke Energy acquired a majority interest in REC Solar in 2015, and says it committed to invest up to $225M in projects financed through REC Solar.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Mega startup campuses, the latest trend in coworking, are spreading their wings in Europe. As the founding head of Campus London , Google’s first physical hub for startups and now home to over 80,000 registered members, I thought it would be interesting to share the latest developments in this space from my perspective.

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MARCH 6, 2016

In 2006 I started using Facebook and most of my friends & colleagues thought I was strange. In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch. In 2008 I started VC blogging. In 2011 I started using Instagram. I already have Facebook.”.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Southern California startups raised $810.5M billion raised in Q4, and even lower than Q1 of 2015, when $2.01 billion raised in Q4, and even lower than Q1 of 2015, when $2.01 in funds invested, across 47 deals; Orange County had $158M invested across 15 deals; and San Diego had $253.5M invested across 21 deals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

As a startup advisor, when I suggest cooperating with competitors, most entrepreneurs initially think I'm crazy or suggesting something illegal. And growth is the lifeblood of every startup. And growth is the lifeblood of every startup. Coopetition relationships lead to positive investments and buy outs.

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APRIL 26, 2015

So Why Did We Invest? As a starting point, when we create videos (concerts, weddings, tech events, sports, kids) they often stay stranded on our devices and at best make it to iCloud. Second, videos that we do share end up in fragments across Facebook, Instagram, cloud services, email or text messages. L1I6RUWYJu.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Grocery delivery startup Good Eggs is announcing that it has raised $100 million in new funding, and that it’s planning to launch in Southern California in either the summer or fall of this year. And it sounds like he isn’t in a rush to launch in a bunch of new markets. That’s a meaningful increase in our addressable market.”

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Startups related to the many University of California campuses in Southern California may soon have a new source of funding: The University of California itself, via a new, $250M venture capital. The fund would seek to invest in companies started on campus, from University research, and from students. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

.” There are a lot of data points that one can observer to get a sense of the venture capital markets – both LP fundings into venture and VC financings of startups. They point to some widely known facts: financings & valuations are up massively over the past 7 years and non-VC money has entered the system.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

As the number of sites on the Internet floats around one billion, the challenge with every new startup is to be found and stand out. In this age of relationships, you, the entrepreneur, are a very important element of your new brand, and it’s never too early to start marketing the value of your expertise, insights and ideas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2015

It’s disconcerting for most to realize that these shares are initially worth nothing, and the challenge is to get that value up as quickly as possible, without losing it just as quickly to investors, lazy partners and taxation. Retain the right to reclaim stock from anyone leaving the startup. Key founder vesting should have no cliff.

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MAY 20, 2015

I’ve made 5 investments in the sector and I hope to make 5 more. The best way to get across what your startup does is through video, too. Much has changed in online video and many startups are stuck in a metaphor created 5-7 years ago. Anybody who reads the blog regularly will know that I’m long video. Jump the Gun.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

The new investment was made on December 19th. Celgene had invested $75M in NantCell back in May of 2017, and has been an investor in the company since 2015. Dr. Soon-Shiong also has investments and leads NantHealth and NantKwest, among other non-biotech related investments and startups. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

But if you’re a startup founder, you too have the chance to find your own moment in the spotlight. Over the past decade, startups that have been part of the Startup of the Year programs have made new partnerships, grown into household names, and collectively raised billions of dollars in funding. Startup of the Year!

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Today, one of the companies that is supplying produce and other items both to consumers and other services that are in turn selling food and groceries to them, is announcing a new round of funding as it gears up to take its next step, an IPO. ” I don’t doubt that he means it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2015

By definition, every startup is predictably unpredictable, since new solutions have no proven track record, startups are usually building a new market, and the world around them is changing faster than ever. The market changes faster than your startup. The money runs out before revenues start.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm said this morning that it has launched a new, San Diego startup accelerator, which is being powered by Techstars. Qualcomm said it will invest a total of $1M in funding to support program participants, and will initially select 10 companies to participate in the program. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 29, 2016

Los Angeles-based startup studio Science Inc. has backed a startup, Plows & Mowz offering up an on-demand marketplace for snow plowing and lawn care. The investment is the first one announced since the successful acquisition of Science Inc. since 2015. According to Plowz & Mowz, it has raised $1.5M

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Then, in 2015, after Oregon legalized recreational use of marijuana, Lipson began wondering if it wasn’t time to revisit the whole delivery space again. But with online delivery services, a whole city’s worth of restaurant options opened up to consumers (as long as they were in your delivery area). ”

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Xconomy

JANUARY 18, 2017

Austin —Mike Smerklo, co-founder of Next Coast Ventures in Austin, says his venture firm brings a key ingredient to investing: entrepreneurial experience. “We Ball was also part of Austin Ventures for a decade before the firm shuttered in 2015. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. Way back in 2015, the Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Have you ever wondered what professional startup investors think about all this?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Entrepreneurs often ask me why investors expect financial projections for a new startup even before the product is built and while the market is still being defined. You shouldn’t invest in an undefined business. I recently saw a startup projecting $50 million in revenue for the first year.

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