Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 14, 2009
Very few people fund individuals. Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. And whenever I needed to round up signatures for future fund raisings it was difficult to track him down / get him to care.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 17, 2012
In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out. Of course if you’re already known you could put your name or location on your fund name.
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Xconomy
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Cisco has agreed to pay $660 million for Luxtera, a Caltech spinout that makes optical chips for data centers. The semiconductor company, founded in 2001, is based in Carlsbad, CA, a San Diego suburb.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
It's like WordPress, but instead of blogging, it provides an online community, which is self-hosted. That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. I was really into graphic design in high school, and took several summer workshops at Caltech. We have a licensing business with that.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 20, 2011
If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. He then went on to teach Computer Science at Cornell, Caltech, and University of Pennsylvania. Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Los Angeles has long been in San Francisco’s shadow when it comes to life sciences investment. But a new venture capital firm led by industry veterans is trying to cast the City of Angels in a new light. Westlake Village BioPartners is launching today with $350 million in committed capital.
Xconomy
JUNE 25, 2017
Steve Poizner, who sold two of his startups to Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ) and served as California Insurance Commissioner a decade ago, has signed a collaboration agreement with a venture fund that Maris founded in suburban San Diego. Maris raised $160 million last month for the inaugural fund of Section 32, a new venture firm he founded.
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