Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I had just left Salesforce.com where I was VP, Products, after they had acquired my second startup. Bank as well as many startups like Gusto and MakeSpace and innumerable massive clients that weren’t on my approved list of clients I could disclose ;) but we partner with Google, Adobe, Salesforce and many others.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

San Diego-based Qualcomm said on Thursday that it has launched a new, $200M fund specifically to invest in companies in the 5G ecosystem.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

There's a new opportunity in clean technology investments, according to venture capitalist Aaron Fyke , the head of a new, Pasadena-based venture capital investment fund, Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com). Aaron Fyke: I believe we're in a second wave of clean tech investing. Talk about the new firm and the new fund?

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

Los Angeles-based LegalMation , a startup which develops artificial intelligence and machine learning-based software for litigation and law practices, has raised a round of funding, according to the company. Size of the funding was not announced.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

San Diego-based Intrepida Bio , a biopharmaceuticals startup focused on developing medicines that modulate the innate immune system to fight cancer and other diseases, has raised $9.5M The funding came from Sofinnova Investments and Canaan. in a funding round, according to the company.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence developer Boundless Mind , which is uses AI to personalize the interaction of users on apps, has been acquired by New York-based Thrive Global , a startup founded by Arianna Huffington focused on behavior change. Size of that investment was not announced.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

San Diego-based Boundless Bio , the biopharmaceuticals startup which recently raised $46M for treating aggressive cancers , has named Christian ("Chris") Hassig, Ph.D., as its Chief Scientific Officer. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

San Diego-based MemComputing , a startup developing high performance computing (HPC) technology, has been selected by Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), for CTV's Catalyst Program, which supports early stage companies focused on the oil and gas industry.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Santa Monica-based scooter startup Bird has gone back to the well once more, and has raised a big, $275M Series D funding round, the company said on Thursday. Bird said the round was led by CDPQ and Sequoia Capital, and gives the company a $2.5 billion pre-money valuation. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Scaling a nonprofit, startup style. During the first VC Cohorts meeting, NEA partner Vanessa Larco found an investor to lead the Series B of one of her existing portfolio companies, an Atlanta identity and credential verification startup called Evident. I think the movement is just gathering momentum.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 24, 2019

With $11 million in funding and a mission to open up the doors of regenerative therapies to dogs across the nation, the Los Angeles-based startup Gallant is now opening its doors for the first time. — come to the table and fetch $11 million in cash for the business.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Heyward was an early star of the budding Los Angeles startup community with the launch of the anonymous messaging service, Whisper nearly 8 years ago. According to the filings, Susan Stone, a partner with the investment firm Sierra Wasatch Capital , is listed as a director for the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Perhaps sparked by the now forgotten recession, I’m seeing a new era of the entrepreneur, with startups springing up all around. Based on my own mentoring and investing experience, the best entrepreneurs are pragmatic problem solvers. Problems will occur in every startup, simply because you are stepping into uncharted territory.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

If you are at the funding stage, try the new crowd-funding platforms or micro-capital investments. Review your current investment in “creating goodwill.” In the last few years, I have seen a tremendous upswing in “open business” movements, especially by entrepreneurs and startups. Compare this to how highly you value trust.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

We spoke with Neal about the startup. I had already spent all this money and investment, but he had never seen the truck in person. What is Boxi? Neal Pecchenino: We are the largest truck advertising company in the country. When we pulled up to Ring, they loved it, but like a lot of things in big companies, it fizzled and died.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Earlier this year, it seemed that companies testing Alzheimer’s disease treatments based on a long-held hypothesis as to its cause—brain deposits of a protein called beta amyloid—were giving up the ghost. Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB ) was among them.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

A venture capital firm will invest tens of millions to develop one and a pharmaceutical company hopes to recoup hundreds of millions by selling it. New brand-name drugs typically grab the life science headlines. But a shortage of one particular chemotherapy is showing the crucial role generic drugs play in healthcare.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Now, as demand for engineered DNA rises, a handful of startups are vying to become the go-to provider for researchers looking for improved versions of the DNA sequences. Biologists have been using artificially created DNA, produced through what’s known as chemical DNA synthesis, as a research tool for decades.

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