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 investment is capped at a maximum of $10,000 per person, and there are lower limits in many circumstances. The discussion was lively, to say the least. That’s the good news. The bad news?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. June 17: Silicon Beach Fest: Pasadena Day , Hosted by Idealab.

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

The company announced a funding round from Canaan Partners, Storm Ventures, and AME Cloud a couple of weeks ago. The Pasadena firm''s co-founders, Sean Lynch and Steve Curry , sat down with us to talk about the service. Sean Lynch: Open source demands a very low level, engineering talent pool. What does MetaCloud do?

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CIO Southern California Technical Review Software Review 207

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

It's a story you hear too many times: a venture or angel funded firm just can't figure out its business, runs low on cash, can't get another round of funding, and soon all that's left is a few chairs and servers. That's the story at Altadena-based Unified Dispatch , which was recently sold to the On-Demand Division of Veolia.

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Outsource Development Startup Outsource Altadena 190

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments. If there were more great companies coming out of LA then it would create more demand for high quality VC firms. There’s Santa Monica, Westside, Hollywood, Downtown LA, the Valley, and Pasadena. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

How did you go from running a venture fund to starting Miso? 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. So, with the last funds out of my fund, I started Miso Robotics. The demand is there. What is Miso Robotics?

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers. Can you talk about how you connected with the Pasadena Angels and Frontera?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

And when I say this I don’t mean they funded billion dollar companies – they literally created them. They would launch quickly and test whether or not there is any demand. IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. Shopping.com.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

94 new startups have launched since January 2013 to June 2013 and the startup ecosystem has raised $500 million in funding in 2013 so far. Be Great recognizes seven main startup points in Los Angeles: “Silicon Beach”, West LA, Culver City, Pasadena, Orange County, South Bay, and Downtown LA. With Yahoo!,

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