socalTECH
APRIL 7, 2015
A couple of Southern California investors-- os Angeles-based DreamHost and Rincon Venture Partners --have backed a new OpenStack software startup called Akanda. Dreamhost and Rincon are based in LA, and Double M Partners is among one of the more active investors in Southern California startups. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MARCH 25, 2013
Sky Dayton is an advisor to WiFiSlam, and one of the initial seed investors in the firm, which has also seed funding from Don Dodge (Google) and Relay Ventures. Sky Dayton is an active angel investor, and has been since he became one of Southern California's first Internet-era successes when he founded Earthlink.
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socalTECH
DECEMBER 30, 2016
This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. of seed funding and launching our popular subscription service for kids ages 4-10. Grant Hosford: My favorite consumer tech trend is voice activated assistants like the Amazon Echo and Google Home.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2009
A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. But I’m no longer an entrepreneur – I’m a VC at a $200 million fund called GRP Ventures , the largest active fund in Southern California. I think they definitely qualify as a VC and not a seed fund.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 24, 2011
We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program. If you're familiar with YCombinator or TechStars, you know that companies also get access to a deep network of top tier mentors and advisors, who help them with a variety of things, such as product marketing, go-to-market, and funding.
socalTECH
MAY 26, 2011
Jake Winebaum is a veteran of the Southern California technology industry, having run and sold a number of successful, Southern California startups. So we got going on this, and we've been working on it for two years. We raised funding in January from Mayfield, on top of the seed funding we raised at the onset.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
We closed our fund in August of 2008. We're describing ourselves as a micro-cap venture fund, focused on digital media opportunities in the emerging ecosystem of Southern California. We syndicate our rounds so that we are typically raising $750,000 to $1.5M in initial seed funding for an early stage company.
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