Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). per year.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. Scott Sangster , President at Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. Paul B ricault , Venture Partner at Greycroft Partners /Co-founder Amplify.la.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

Calabasas-based Masher Media , which is developing the online virtual world MyMiniPeeps.com for children, has received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels. According to the TCA, Masher Media has received $300,000 from the angel group in a round, which is open for a total of $500K in investments.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based Social Rewards , which operates an online, loyalty program which rewards users for social media activity for brands, has raised $600,000 in a seed funding round. Social Rewards was founded by Joseph Morin and Mike Uesugi.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Southern California venture totals for Q3 totaled around $1.0 billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. Interestingly enough, that area of perpetual interest for the Los Angeles area--Content and Media--only garnered $10.68M in funding during the quarter.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

StartupDemo partners Mixergy & AsAble.com have just announced their VC/Angel investor panel for the event. Adrenaline Fueled Angel. Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures. Stewart Roberts , President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention.

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Venture Capital Mixergy Orange County Tech Coast Angels 58

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. Quick caveats: having fewer investors (3-5) is better than many investors (10-15) and PLEASE make sure you hire a great lawyer who has experience in doing start-ups to avoid pitfalls that will make VC harder down the line. They might be as hard as raising VC.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Here's the rest. Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? Here’s how to do it.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

million led by GRP Partners, with participation from Baroda Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Daher Capital, Double M Capital, Karlin Ventures, Clark Landry, Andy Rankin, and Launchpad LA. . · YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2013

Angel Investors look for very different things than more advanced VC’s who’ve been investing for years, who are different still from those who are just getting into the investing world. Angel investors understand this which is why they invest smaller amounts, but are also first in.

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Technology Council

JULY 31, 2008

Top articles include: Valuing Your Company For Success by Doug Hayes, executive committee, Tech Coast Angels Winning Approach To PR by Julia Zamorka, senior account executive, RuderFinn/West Member [.] Catch up on the latest news, see our upcoming event schedule, or visit the Website of the sponsors that make this all possible.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. For those who ever said there is no startup community in Los Angeles I most certainly beg to differ. For those who ever said there is no startup community in Los Angeles I most certainly beg to differ.

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Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It is an opportunity to get frank feedback from VCs, angels, peers and the technolust. Mixergy and AsAble are also joining us to bring you an amazing VC/Angel Panel. Stewart Roberts , President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention.

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Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference). READ MORE>>

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Idealab also continues to partner with leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors to provide the resources to maximize the potential of these companies.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

Please join TechZulu as well as Los Angeles tech savvy elite comprised of VC’s, Angels investors, startups and your fellow entrepreneurs, as we celebrate LA’s most exciting tech creations of the moment with the brightest digital minds and engineering talents this side of Fresno. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. That''s the problem with everyone doing anything which isn''t sexy in Silicon Valley.

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Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

The Angel funding process can be arduous. But as a community, we have to figure out how Angels can effectively participate in the development of accelerator-based companies. With the VC ranks shrinking, founders need to tap every source of capital out there. The conflict is built in.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Idealab also continues to partner with leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors to provide the resources to maximize the potential of these companies.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Idealab also continues to partner with leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors to provide the resources to maximize the potential of these companies. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Founder and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, the visionary multimedia venture spanning movies, TV, sports, and new media, Peter Guber is among the most successful executives in the entertainment and communications industries. Through Demand Media, Richard is redefining the next generation of new media companies. .

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Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

We brought together Peter Cowen of Groundwork Equity , Mark Suster of GRP Partners , Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures , and Richard Yen of Saban Ventures -- all of who will be on the judging panel for the Tech Coast Angel's Fast Pitch on February 24th, to give us a their hints and tips about pitching to venture capitalists.

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Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Idealab also continues to partner with leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors to provide the resources to maximize the potential of these companies. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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