Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 22, 2015
This morning Clutter.io announced they raised $9 million from Sequoia , arguably the best venture capital firm that exists. Congratulations. Sincerely. Conventional wisdom says I shouldn’t tell you this because I invested in their main competitor, MakeSpace. I know my MakeSpace friends will forgive me because I just don’t believe the conventional wisdom is right.
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 22, 2015
The first rule for raising money is to do it on good news – right when sales are increasing at an increasing rate. Or when a major customer signs a significant deal. Or when something happens that makes an investor think this company is about to break out. Unfortunately, the longer you wait without significant upward news, the harder it is to get attention.
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socalTECH
OCTOBER 22, 2015
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen , via its nonprofit arm, The Amgen Foundation , said Wednesday that it will spend more than $4M to help bring hands on biotechnology labs to schools. Amgen said it the funds will supports its existing program, the Amgen Biotech Experience, which brings labs to schools across the United States, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom and Ireland.
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 22, 2015
Excited about Oracle Open World? Me too. But what is it exactly? Just another one of those massive IT networking conferences? What can I possibly learn by attending? Who might I be able to meet and connect with? I’ve been invited to attend this year by Dun & Bradstreet to learn about how their data solutions power the Oracle Cloud Platform.
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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 22, 2015
For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature contributions from our readers and the community, we have a bit of advice from angel investor Dave Berkus , who says, Raise Money On Good News. The first rule for raising money is to do it on good news � right when sales are increasing at an increasing rate. Or when a major customer signs a significant deal.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 22, 2015
Venice, California-based SaneBox , the developer of email tools to help users better manage the flood of emails in their inbox, has rolled out a new product it says can help better figure out who in your company can make a warm intro to potential customers and partners. According to the company, its new product, SaneConnect, analyzes a company's email to help figure out if anyone else in your organization has a stronger relationship with an employee at your target company.
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socalTECH
OCTOBER 22, 2015
San Diego-based PatientSafe Solutions , a developer of healthcare and patient coordination ssoftware, said Wednesday that it has acquired all of the assets of Vree Health. Vree Health was a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to PatientSafe, the acquisition will help expand its existing offerings.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 22, 2015
Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Blizzard announced this morning that it has launched a brand new, Esports division, which will focus on competitive gaming and growth of esports. As part of the new division, Activision said it has named Steve Bornstein, the former CEO of ESPN and the NFL Network, as Chairman of the division, and name Major League Gaming (MLG) co-fouunder and president Mike Sepso as Senior Vice President.
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