socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2012

When is a funding also an exit? When part of that funding is used to pay off early investors. The $135M funding for Santa Barbara-based wireless music system maker Sonos appears to be just that, rewarding such investors as Andreas von Blottnitz, and undoubtedly co-founders John MacFarlane, Craig Shelburne, Tom Cullen.

Santa Barbara 140

Santa Barbara Funding Redpoint Equity 140

socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

SRCH2 announced today that it has raised a round of funding, and launched its efforts to provide those next-generation search capabilities to enterprises. Size of the funding round was not announced. Waxman is the co-founder of Firefly Networks, PeoplePC and SpotRunner. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 164

Southern California Funding Google Redpoint 164

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2010

An analysis of Q2's venture capital deals and investment activity in Southern California find that venture capitalists invested around $1.6 billion invested in Q1, and up from $1.0 in investment), Energy ($190.2M in investments) and Medical Deviecs ($128.1M in investments in Q2). billion in Q2 of last year.

Southern California 195

Southern California Westlake Village Invest Tech Coast Angels 195

socalTECH

JULY 17, 2014

The latest venture capital totals from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association''s MoneyTree Report was released this evening, tallying up $761.12M in investments in Q2 of 2014 in Southern California, up from Q2 of 2013, when $616.83M was invested in the region. Nationally, there was $13.0 READ MORE>>.

Southern California 240

Southern California El Segundo Culver City Orange County 240

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2017

Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary 's Sound Ventures, which is based in Los Angeles, has made an investment in the Series B funding round for San Francisco-based software development provider Gigster , in a round that also included basketball legend Michael Jordan.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Redpoint Software Development Tool 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

invested in Southern California in Q4. was invested in Southern California, as well as Q4 of last year, when $508.2M was invested in the region. However, nationally, venture capital numbers were much worse, with venture investments dropping to the lowest level in more than a decade. in investments. in investments.

Southern California 154

Southern California Venture Capital Invest Orange County 154

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Los Angeles-based YouTube network Machinima revealed last week that it has raised $24M in a funding round from Warner Bros., along with Redpoint Ventures, MK Capital, Coffin Capital and Allen DeBevoise. However, the company also made some big cuts in its staff on Friday, following the funding round. READ MORE>>.

Layoffs 100

Layoffs Redpoint Hollywood Report 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

invested in Southern California in Q4. was invested in Southern California, as well as Q4 of last year, when $508.2M was invested in the region. However, nationally, venture capital numbers were much worse, with venture investments dropping to the lowest level in more than a decade. in investments. in investments.

Southern California 113

Southern California Invest Venture Capital Orange County 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

in angel funding, according to the firm's angel investment backers. The site--which was originally a project of Namesake--gained funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Redpoint Ventures, Atlas Venture, Paul Kedrosky, and Michael Arrington of TechCrunch. Chill was spun up out of Namesake on August 10th.

Redpoint 171

Redpoint Invest Sites Los Angeles 171

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Machinima.com , an online entertainment site focused on video gamers, has raised $9M in a investment from Redpoint Ventures, the firm said this week. The firm said the Series B funding round will go towards accelerating further growth at the company.

Entertainment 164

Entertainment Content Redpoint Venture Capital 164

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Jaunt , a developer of cinematic, virtual reality hardware and software, said this morning that it has opened up a new, virtual reality studio in Los Angeles, after receiving $65M in a Series C funding. 1 SE, Axel Springer SE, The Madison Square Garden Company plus Google Ventures, Highland Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Sky and SV Angel.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Angel Burbank Redpoint 100

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2015

San Diego-based Qualcomm is one of the investors in mobile operating system developer Cyanogen , as part of that company''s new, $80M Series C funding. Cyanogen is developing an open source alternative distribution to the Android operating system.

Redpoint 100

Redpoint San Diego Venture Capital Mobile 100

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

The information--gleaned from funding announcements, regulatory filings, and other sources--are also up significantly from Q1 of last year, when only $729.89M was invested in the region. Other big funding deals included a big, $115.3M The biggest deal for the quarter was from Valencia-based U.S.

Southern California 160

Southern California Santa Barbara Anthem Redpoint 160

socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2014

Local investments funds have had issues raising their new funds, and venture investors had started to hunker down with their portfolios, waiting for some sign of a thaw in the exit environment. investment investor capital venture angeles' READ MORE>>.

Los Angeles 187

Los Angeles Truecar Angel Anthem 187

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks appears to have bumped the size of the funding round it announced in August, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Wednesday. in the round at that time, led by Redpoint Ventures. BetterWorks had said it had raised $8.0M READ MORE>>.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Santa Monica Invest Funding 154

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. billion invested in 780 venture capital deals for Q3. billion invested in the region. in investments.

Southern California 195

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The financing brings Postmates’ total funding to nearly $1 billion. Groww, an investment app for Indian millennials, raises $21M. Seed investor Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures and Redpoint Ventures general partner Annie Kadavy will show up to give founders tips on how to raise VC. Indian startup Digi-Prex raises $5.5M

Services 207

Services Startup Venture Capital Redpoint 207

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the firm developing online video programming guides for the Internet, said today that it has raised $11M more in a Series B investment round. The new funding was led by JAFCO Ventures, and also included prior investors Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures. READ MORE>>.

Redpoint 145

Redpoint Guide Venture Capital Web 145

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2020

No longer will you need to be situated in Silicon Valley, or Boston, NY or LA to get venture funding. I think we will see far greater diversity in the types of entrepreneurs that get funding and build businesses which will create a wonderful richness of new company cultures.

Venture Capital 124

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Brentwood 124

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. Hark is backed by Redpoint, and happens to be co-founded by Fouad. How is the company funded and backed? Was Fouad with Redpoint at the time? However, Redpoint still wanted to go in.

Redpoint 201

Redpoint Startup Content .Net 201

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 20, 2012

Goko is backed by Redpoint Ventures and Aslop Louie Partners from whom it raised raised $8m in Series A funding. The post HTML5 Games Company Goko Launches and Raises $8M in Series A Funding appeared first on TechZulu. Goko was founded by Ted Griggs as CEO and Kevin Binkley as CTO.

Redpoint 65

Redpoint HTML Funding Company 65

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

Investments by venture capitalists in Southern California were up, both in terms of deals and dollars in Q2, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). in 91 investments, up significantly from the $451.8M in 91 investments, up significantly from the $451.8M

Southern California 174

Southern California Orange County Rustic Canyon SoCal 174

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

NIM, which was acquired last week for $170M, had been backed by venture firms Redpoint Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures. OVP is known for its list of "missed deals" in its portfolio, and recently added Networks In Motion to its missed deal for its 2001-era Fund 6.

Networking 133

Networking Orange County Redpoint Mission Ventures 133

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

Funding: Around $4.0M. Funding: $12.8M. Backers: Charles River Ventures, Kinsey Hills Group, Redpoint Ventures. . Funding: Over $41.0M. Funding: $50.0M. Funding: $150.0M. Backers: ACME Group, Google, Idealab, NRG, Oak Investment Partners, The Quercus Trust of California. Funding: $300.0M.

Southern California 124

Southern California Rustic Canyon SoCal Startup 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

invested in Q3 of 2007, and down slightly from venture numbers in Q2, when there was approximately $966M in venture deals. The numbers were driven by large dollar fundings in the clean technology sector, including large rounds to PowerGenix, Aptera Motors, and Pentadyne.

Southern California 100

Southern California SoCalTech Technical Review Draper 100

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2011

Derek Norton is head of Los Angeles-based Watertower Group (www.watertowergroup.com), a firm which helps companies raise funding, one of the rare companies which has a track record and good reputation helping companies with fundraising, and also runs its own investment fund. Those are two big gaming companies.

Riot Games 199

Riot Games Technology Los Angeles Entrepreneur 199

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Middle Market Investment Banking. Joyent - An Enterprise Class Cloud Computing Company funded by Intel Capital, provides the most comprehensive cloud solution available today. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

Southern California 113

Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A quick message on a very busy funding day, to thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Middle Market Investment Banking. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

Orange County 113

Orange County Southern California IP Glendale 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Back in the early days of LA venture capital, I was first an associate of a fund, and then partner of a fund, Entertainment Media Venture Partners. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. So, funding will enable us to hire people, to go launch a number of sites that we really want to.

Startup 162

Startup Content Advertising Sites 162

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Seventeen lawyer regional firm Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP has represented digital media, internet, technology, consumer electronics, and entertainment companies and investment funds out of its Sherman Oaks office since its formation in 2002.

Sherman Oaks 44

Sherman Oaks Riot Games Tips Redpoint 44

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments. They’re the ones that rise to the cream of the crop and get the attention of the folks that are investing in LA, and they often have Bay Area or East Coast suitors who want to invest in their companies.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. short answer: very, very rarely. But it does happen. Short answer: no.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Why Invest? And while my relationship with Chuck was critical to my investment, so too was the leadership of Trevor Templar , the Chief Revenue Officer. In all my time investing I have never seen such a senior revenue officer join a company at this stage. Why Invest?

Software 105

Software Mobile Artificial Inteligence Oracle 105