socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based HopSkipDrive , the ridesharing service which helps deliver kids to and from school, after-school activities, and home, said this morning that it has raised $7.4M FirstMark Capital, Upfront Ventures, as well as new investors Skyview Capital and Halogen Ventures also participated in the funding.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Most of the venture capital firms covered in TechCrunch and other tech publications compete for a spot on the cap table of the hottest Bay Area, New York or Los Angeles companies of the moment. Lots of firms are now talking about this pretty actively.”. We see more activity there from the traditional East Coast and West Coast firms.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The author outlines eight necessary steps for every business and entrepreneur to capitalize on this movement to on-demand project teams, versus permanent hires. Build an on-demand team of strategic do-ers. Welcome now to the on-demand workplace. Leverage the broadest possible network. It’s here to stay. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2010

It has been a long 10 year drought of no IPOs and sub par M&A activity that has stifled the startup, venture capital and angel investment community throughout the US. Read the rest of Jeff's post on on angel and venture capital shareholder liquidity. However (More.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 7, 2020

Previous investors Switch Ventures led the round, which included participation from new investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Toba Capital, alongside previous investors Gerald Risk, Peter Kelly, Jonathan Erlich and Blaine Vess. billion, active in the real estate industry in Los Angeles.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 18, 2022

The alternative protein space is hot, hot, hot as evidenced by both the number of companies developing products and the venture capital going into the space. The latest company to attract venture capital is Nowadays , a company founded in San Francisco in 2020 as a Public Benefit Corporation by Max Elder and Dominik Grabinski.

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Software Review Metrics Startup Technical Review 187

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2012

A list of the top ten cities for startups was released by USA Today and the National Venture Capital Association today, naming both Los Angeles and San Diego among the best cities for startup companies. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Liberty Street Funds, Walleye Capital, Japan Post Capital, Joseph Stone Capital, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Tech Pioneers Fund are among the new backers, who are being joined by existing investors Celtic House Asia Partners, INP Capital, Reimagined Ventures, Moringa Capital Management, and others, along with other unnamed participants.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. Investors: August Capital (David Hornik) (lead) with existing investors Charles River Ventures. &# That’s because the majority of my readers I’m guessing are men. My own view on these services is nuanced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

The canvas is a visual chart with elements describing your value proposition, structure, finances, and customers, to help companies identify and align business activities. Every team needs to understand how their activities relate to customer revenue. Investors will demand clear channel definitions. Key activities.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The funding is coming from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Reimagined Ventures, Trinity Capital Investment, Celtic House Venture Partners, Marubeni Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, Mojo Partners alongside with previous investors GGV Capital, WI Harper Group, Digital Garage, CentreGold Capital , Scrum Ventures, and other unnamed participants.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The organization, active in the Bay Area and New York City, is announcing new chapters in Los Angeles and Boston this week, as well as a new director of engagement, Domonique Fines, formerly of Y Combinator, and a new chief of staff, Jack Dorsey’s former chief of staff at Square, Alicia Burt. I think the movement is just gathering momentum.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. Investors: Foundation Capital (lead), with existing investors: Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners. Investors: FirstMark Capital (Amish Jani)(lead), with existing investors: Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Reid Hoffman.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

REGEN, which develops wireless demand management and demand response products for the utility industry, said the funding came from NGEN Partners and BDC Venture Capital, and will go towards rapidly expanding its marketing activities across North America. in a funding round, and set up a U.S. office in San Diego.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2016

Los Angeles-based on-demand, ride service for kids, HopSkipDrive said this morning that it has expanded its service into Orange County. The service--which helps busy parents offload the shuffling of their kids between school and activities--is led by Joanna McFarland. The company has raised over $14M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

The author outlines eight necessary steps for every business and entrepreneur to capitalize on this movement to on-demand project teams, versus permanent hires. Build an on-demand team of strategic do-ers. The on-demand specialized talent pool already includes 65 million people not interest in being full-time employees.

Demand 92

Demand Startup Training Outsource Development 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy news pertaining to startups and venture capital. Landline , the operator of a bus network in the Midwest, is one of the latest companies to raise venture capital. billion in a round led by the private equity firm GPI Capital this week.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2018

Are you raising an appropriate amount of capital relative to your progress, relative to your team size and relative to your needs? VCs want you to raise the “appropriate” amount of capital, which I would define as what is reasonable given your progress to date, your resources and your needs for an 18–24 month period. Cash In Cash in.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

In Canada, INKSmith , a startup that was making design and tech tools accessible for kids, has now moved to making face shields and is hiring up to 100 new employees to meet demand. “I After that, we’re going to meet the demands of Canada,” INKSmith CEO Jeremy Hedges told the Canadian news outlet Global News.

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Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

Visit Incogni The site also says that xAI is “actively recruiting experienced engineers and researchers” in the San Francisco Bay and includes a sign-up form. Musk was one of several signatories who signed a letter demanding a research pause – which was published just two weeks after the billionaire registered the firm name “X.AI

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Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Generative AI Technical Review 117

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Matt Coffin , the founder of Los Angeles-based LowerMyBills and an active angel investor in Southern California, has joined venture capital firm Split Rock Partners as a Venture Advisor, the venture firm said this week. Tags: lowermybills matt coffin venture capital investment.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

In particular, PwC said there was a surge in fourth quarter activity, with 55 IPOs completed in the quarter, worth $23.5 PWC said that among the reasons for the surge was a return of private equity and venture capital portfolio companies using the U.S. PwC tallied up 154 IPOs completed this year so far, raising $37.5

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Cornerstone OnDemand Marketing Report Southern California 190

Berkonomics

MAY 15, 2014

After being an active angel investor for about fifteen years, I realized that many of the discussions I was involved in were virtually identical to ones I’d had many times before. Angel investing today is similar to where venture capital investing was in the mid-1980s. By Basil Peters. Email readers, continue here.]

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2022

The competition will improve, the market will change, and your customers will demand more. This requires you or your partner to actively listen to customers, seek out economic and social trends, and keep abreast of the latest technologies. Build business relationships and a personal brand.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2011

Those firms include Boingo Wireless , Active Network , NewEgg , GameFly and Peregrine Semiconductor. Southern California has been very active in the IPO arena, with successful IPOs recently of Cornerstone OnDemand , Demand Media , and Inphi Corp. According to the report, there are 44 U.S.,

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Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand NewEgg SoCal 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

The canvas is a visual chart with elements describing your value proposition, structure, finances, and customers, to help companies identify and align business activities. As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Key activities. Key resources.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

Buck Jordan: The story is, I was at the tail end of my last fund, Canyon Creek Capital, and I wanted to try something different. He thought that was b t, and he said-if you are able to do this, he told me he'd be my first customer and supply us with seed capital. You no longer have to be an investor in a giant venture capital fund.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2022

As an active angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk and no competition. You can grow organically, or stretch out with big capital investments for volume and reach. Outside of dreams, there is no real business opportunity without risk. Find the balance.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The company has taken a methodical approach to opening its doors as a digital bank, in part because it wants to have the necessary support infrastructure in place to service the demand that Wilk expects to see for its service. “It’s one thing to help people with budgeting. N26, the European startup bank with a $3.6

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I’m seeing more and more business success stories like the one in the classic book “ Uncontainable: How Passion, Commitment, and Conscious Capitalism Built a Business Where Everyone Thrives ” by Kip Tindell. Start with only the very best people, demand excellence, and train them to stay ahead of the pack.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2011

Santa Monica-based Anthem Venture Partners has scored two exits in the last week, as Los Angeles-based Demand Media hit a homerun with its IPO Wednesday, and San Diego-based Plixi was acquired by Lockerz Thursday. Anthem is one of the more active local investors, and has recently backed BeachMint, CocoDot, and TrueCar, among other firms.

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Anthem Truecar Santa Monica San Diego 154

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2021

The problem is simply that consumers now demand to make their own choices, with interactivity and input from friends, about the type of data they receive. smartphone penetration now exceeds 85 percent , and mobile activity averages are well over five hours per day , the advantages of inbound marketing continue to increase.

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Customer Custom Marketing Social Media 172

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2011

Southern California has had its own share of IPOs over the last year, including Demand Media, Active Network, and Boingo Wireless. Backers: Fayez Sarofim & Co, Sequoia Capital, and Technology Crossover Ventures. However, a number of Southern California firms have been rumored to be seeking IPOs, who have not yet filed.

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Southern California Legalzoom eHarmony SoCal 171

Xconomy

AUGUST 28, 2018

Puls Technologies , whose on-demand technicians repair broken smartphones and install connected home devices, announced today it has raised $50 million to expand its reach as a unified source of device maintenance and consumer support. To fix a broken screen on an iPhone, for example, a customer would pay $69, according to the Puls website.

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