Fri.Jun 05, 2015

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What is it Like to Negotiate a VC Round?

Both Sides of the Table

Over the years I’ve written extensively about the downsides of convertible notes for startups such as here , here and here. The truth is that I’ve been warning about convertible notes since 2010 it was first declared that “convertible notes have won.” Today I want to talk about how a VC thinks about equity pricing on your round and particularly if you’re coming off of a convertible note.

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Jun Group Expands In Orange County, Los Angeles

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New York-based mobile ad platform developer Jun Group is expanding in both Orange County and Los Angeles, saying it is looking to tap into a hotbed of engineering talent in Orange County. The company, which focuses on native, brand-safe video ad placements, serves such clients as Chevrolet, McDonald's, Purina, Microsoft, and others. The company said it will open up a new Orange County office focused on software development, led by Jeremy Ellison, and also including a number of developers.

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Angel Investors Are Still The Lifeblood Of Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). New crowd funding platforms on the Internet, like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as well as the Jobs Act of 2012 , are expected by many to ramp up regular people’s ability to fund new opportunities and kill the need for angel groups.

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Ninja Metrics Aims At $5M Round

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Los Angeles-based game analytics software developer Ninja Metrics has raised $2.8M of an ongoing, $5M funding round, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing this week. The startup, led by Dmitri Williams, and helps mobile, online, and social game developers better monetize their properties. The round is being led by 37 Ventures. The company's other backers include the Harvard Business School Angels and Tech Coast Angels.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

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.

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Disney Gets Into Wearables With “Playmation”

Tech Zulu Event

Holy cow, playing with Avengers and Star Wars toys is about to reach a whole new level of cool! Disney just announced their new line of wearable toys which will combine hardware, sensors with cloud and Bluetooth to create embedded play experiences. Picture laser tag, on steroids! The first in the series to roll out is Playmation Marvel’s Avengers — which allows kids to battle along their favorite superheroes with serious role-playing.

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Reports: Lumedyne Technologies Acquired By Google

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San Diego-based Lumedyne Technologies , a developer of MEMs-based, inertial direction sensors, has quietly been acquired by Google , according to multiple reports. The deal reportedly happened in November, and was worth $85M. Neither Google nor Lumedyne Technologies have announced or acknowledged the deal. Lumedyne's sensors are being used for very fine tracking of direction changes, using a method called Time Domain Switched (TDS) sensing.

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I Went On Vacation And All I Got Was This SpaceX Rocket

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Tired of going on vacation and just bringing home yet more tourist tchockes and T-shirts? Well, one American vacationer visiting the Bahamas got more than he bargained for, when he ran across the wreckage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket , washed up on the beach. According to Weather.com, Kevin Eichelberger found the wreckage off the coast of their beach house on Friday--complete with two GoPro cameras.

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Spread Effect Acquired By Adduco Media

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San Diego-based content marketing provider Spread Effect has been acquired by fellow performance marketing and outreach company Adduco Media , the two said this week. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced by the two companies. Adduco is based in Utah. Spread Effect is led by Ryan Sandberg. The companies said they will continue to operate independently, and that Spread Effect will remain in San Diego.

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Sky Dayton Backed Diffbot Gets More Funding

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Diffbot , the developer of artificial intelligence, visual recognition, and natural language processing software for interpreting web pages which is backed by Sky Dayton , has scored $500,000 more in funding, the company said this week. The funding--a continuation of the firm's seed funding--came from Bloomberg Beta. Diffbot's AI software allows developers to tap into an application programming interface (API), to better parse and understand the content on a web page as structured objects, rathe

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Kareo Integrates With DoctorBase

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Irvine-based Kareo , the developer of cloud-based, medical practice management software led by Dan Rodrigues, said Thursday that it has integrated its software with its newly acquired product, DoctorBase. Kareo acquired DoctorBase, a developer of practice marketing and patient engagement software in March. The addition of DoctorBase adds online scheduling, appointment reminders, and other tools to Kareo's existing medical billing and practice management features.

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Quality Systems CEO Retires

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Irvine-based Quality Systems, Inc. said late Thursday that its President and CEO, Steven T. Plochocki, is retiring, and will be replaced by Rusty Frantz. Plochocki, who is 63, has been at the company since 2004. Frantz joins the company from CareFusion, most recently serving as Senior Vice President and General Manager of that company's Global Dispensing Division.

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Interlink Electronics Names New CFO

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Westlake Village-based Interlink Electronics announced late Thursday that it has named Ms. Tracy Kern as the company's new Chief Financial Offier. Kern was most recently Corporate Controller at Vitesse Semiconductor, and also served as CFO of Chad Therapeutics, and was also at KPMG. The company said that Kern will help the company in its stock relisting efforts.