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JANUARY 28, 2013

If you're FreedomPop , the Encino-based startup, you start by offering up free 4G wireless data access, and then expand to offer free, voice-over-IP services, along with home-based wireless Internet services. Currently, users pay up front for data packages, and there are inefficiencies in that market. They're fantastic backers.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. We then allow them to understand the true potential velocity of markets online.

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APRIL 3, 2012

Last week, the firm announced a funding round and a couple of key advisors, as the company looks to ramp its social gaming efforts and leverage a deal with Zynga. We started working on the new IP, and that's the game we announced the deal with Zynga on. Finally, what are you doing with that new funding? That's really our focus.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

We've helped entrepreneurs raise over $225M in early stage, venture funding. They are looking for early-stage companies, which have an advantage with IP, or some sort of patent, or sensibility from the technical perspective. We're looking for companies where their market opportunity is a billion plus.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Freebinar gives them a solution that includes screen sharing, voice over IP audio, broadcast, conference calling, and allow you to meet with as many as 150 people at the same time. I ended up building a lot of their technology, but unfortunately, they ran out of funding. What are your specific plans for the new funding from the angels?

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JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. What is your VoIP service all about, and how is this different from what seems to be lots of Voice over IP service providers?

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

What makes us unique is we've filed a lot of IP on these timed, repetitive searches, and I think that's what is going to give us a unique value proposition. Are you funded yet? We're filing a lot of IP, and this repetitive search thing is big for us. You purchase it all internally at NetPlenish.

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JULY 13, 2016

Dawn Newton: As an example, when you go to Google.com, it is actually routing to an IP address. Behind the scenes, DNS technology is translating that Url to an IP address, so you don't have to worry about it. I was SVP of Technology, and Dawn ran support and operations, and later billing and marketing. How did that go?

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JULY 16, 2010

Quinn Curtis: We were around since 2005, we were incorporated and funded in 2006. We're also very much marching down the path of IP reputation as well. Our reputation produt and content classification technology is the best on the market. Quinn is now VP of Hosted Security Services at Webroot (www.webroot.com).

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

We spoke with Greg Memo , the company''s CEO, and Nate Williams , the company''s CMO, about the company and its new funding. We had looked at a couple of different markets, and one was in the clean technology space. Lots of things have been stopping this market. Photo: (Left) Nate Williams, CMO (Right) Greg Memo, CEO.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2009

They also talked about their outlook on the venture capital market, and how likely they are to be investing this year, given the worried economy. Mark Suster: First of all, the good news, is GRP has a $200 million fund, which we've only done three investments on. Hi guys, thanks for getting together. We're really excited about 2009.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Last week, Irvine-based Teridian Semiconductor (www.teridiansemiconductor.com), a developer of semiconductors for the electric metering and electricity measurement market, was acquired by Maxim Semiconductor. We've got four generation of parts in the market, with three in production, and the fourth sampling--with a fifth in design.

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JUNE 16, 2009

Earlier this month, Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue (www.ringrevenue.com) announced that it had raised a round of venture funding. But, today, that still online combines to equal less than ten percent of the advertising market. But, they have not built a platform for the affiliate marketing industry. Explain your technology?

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Last week, Altadena-based AdventureLink (www.adventurelink.com) announced that it raised a Series A funding round, for the firm's adventure travel reservation network. The round came from Anthem Venture Partners and the Mail Room Fund. Speaking of the economy, how difficult was it to get funding given the economy?

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MAY 18, 2009

And, haven't some folks been trying to educate people about the market for awhile? We have some very good competitors--EchoSign and DocuSign are the two bigs ones, and are both venture funded--who have spent a lot of money educating the market. Daryl Bernstein: We think we've kind of hit a sweet spot.

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APRIL 28, 2010

We raised funding in September of 2009, about six months ago, raising $500,000 from private angel investors. But, what I think has happened is you see a lot of companies that have really gone after that corporate market. How long has Bccthis been around? Dave Waldman: We started quite a while ago, back in almost September of 2008.

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DECEMBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based BigStage (www.bigstage.com) is one of those rare companies that has taken technology developed from university research, and is now bringing that technology to the commercial market. Unlike most web media firms, we've got a real, protectable IP, based on serious computer science, three patents, and five more pending.

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APRIL 30, 2010

When you're sitting at a computer with a known, registered IP, we know it is you and your particular category of images, and you can log in. It was funded in 2006 with about $8M in investments, and we were fortunate to have the benefit of that investment in the development of the intellectual property. It's not used for authentication.

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MAY 5, 2011

awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder.

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