socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Irvine-based Western Digital is making a big acquisition this morning, saying that it is paying approximately $685M in cash to acquire flash storage maker Virident. Globespan Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Mitsui & Co, Seagate, Sequoia Capital, Spansion, and others. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Santa Monica-based Super League Gaming , which operates its own e-sports competition site and community, is headed for the public markets, hoping to raise as much as $31.36M for the company, according to a regulatory filing by the firm.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. I’ve definitely been wrong on market value.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , which develops very easy to use, connected whole-home speaker systems, has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing on Friday that it is looking to raise up to $100M in an offering on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The company had a net loss of $14.2M The company has applied to list as SONO. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Super League Gaming's IPO was underwritten by Northland Capital Markets, Lake Street, and National Securities Corporation. The company reported in its S-1 that it had a net loss of $20.62M for the year ended December 31, 2018, on sales of $1.04M. The company now trades on the Nasdaq as SLGG.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The company is selling 5,000,000 shares of its common stock, which would net it $92.0M Obalon is looking to list on the NASDAQ Global Market as OBLN. The company has not yet set an anticipated IPO date, in what has been a busy exits and acquisition year for Southern California's technology companies. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Some analysts argue that revenue drives growth, while others say user growth drives revenue. Both have worked.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2017

in net proceeds related to the IPO. The IPO was managed by Wunderlich, along with Craig-Hallum Capital Group and Northland Capital Markets. to Veritone, plus $8.0M in a line of credit from lenders, giving it a total of $66.3M Veritone was founded by Chad and Ryan Steelberg. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Some analysts argue that revenue drives growth, while others say user growth drives revenue. Both have worked.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2015

The IPO is being underwritten by BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Securities, Citigroup, BMO Capital Markets, Piper Jaffray, Wells Fargo Securities, and Roth Capital Partners. Vizio reported net income of $44.9M billion in net sales for 2014. Vizio's major owners are founder William Wang (54.7

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, Pacific Crest Securities, Raine Securities, and JMP Securities. According to Demand's IPO filing, the firm had a net loss of $6.00M on revenues of $114.0M in the first six months of 2010.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Broadcom said it would pay $86M net of cash to acquire Percello, in a combination of cash plus employee stock options. in earnout for former holders of Percello's capital stock. The firm said the acquisition will help it accelerate its time to market for femtocell technology. The firm also said it will hold up to $12.0M

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

THQ said it has hired an investment banker to help it consider "strategic alternatives", in hopes of raising additional capital to bring a number of titles to market. The announcement came as the firm announced net sales of $107.4M The announcement came as the firm announced net sales of $107.4M in revenues. in revenues.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2012

The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, William Blair, and Montgomery & Co. LegalZoom reported net income of $12.1M The firm is venture backed by Polaris Venture Partners (35.1 percent ownership), Insitutional Venture Partners (14.7

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socalTECH

MAY 9, 2011

San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor , the developer of CMOS RF integrated circuits, updated its S-1 filings Friday, saying that it had a net loss of $1.0M That compares with net income of $1.0M Peregrine Semiconductor has filed for an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as PSMI. Pacific Crest Securities , and RBC Capital Market.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The firm's IPO is being underwritten by BofA Merrill Lynch, Citi, Allen & Company LLC, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, ThinkEquity LLC, and WR Hambrecht+Co. The firm said it had a net loss of 37.8M in 2009, and a net loss of $18.18M on revenues of $188.5M The firm said it had a net loss of 37.8M

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

According to Boingo, it intends to apply to list on the NASDAQ Global Market as WIFI. The firm reported it had net income of $1.4M on revenues of $65.715M for 2009, and net income of $5.67M on revenues of $59.0M The firm reported it had net income of $1.4M for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2012

Calabasas-based KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals , a developer of biopharmaceuticals for the aesthetic medicine market, has filed for an IPO. According to the firm's S-1 filing, Kythera is looking to raise up to $86.25M on the NASDAQ Global Market as KYTH. Leerink Swann, and Lazard Capital Markets. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The firm, which is headed by Adam Miller, also updated its financials, saying it had a net loss of $31.39M on revenues of $32.57M for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Cornerstone OnDemand is backed by Bay Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Meritech Capital. Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO in September. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, So, definition: when I talk about a business plan I’m not talking about a 40-page Word document outlining your market approach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

Last year was quite a year for IPOs, largely influenced by the significant rise in the number of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) who went public, despite almost uniformly negative returns. Violent market swings usually hit public companies first. Executives are also at risk for insider trading and employment practices.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. Have easy access to capital by investors who are committed to building businesses at Interent scale. Internet scale. ” The Details.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2011

According to a filing this morning by the firm, the company is aiming to raise up to $100M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as CERE. and Barclays Capital. The firm said it had a net loss of $22.5M The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & co., on revenues of $6.6M for the year ended August 31, 2010.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2019

Others worry that we will latch onto individual line items within financial data and engage in inquisitions regarding telephone bills, marketing costs and other tactical line items in detailed financial statements. They worry that we will not keep the information confidential and that financial data will find its way into competitors’ hands.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The firm reported net income of $1 billion on revenues of $3.7 BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, and Allen & Company. Facebook filed for its IPO Wednesday afternoon, saying that it is looking to raise up to $5 billion, in what is expected to be the biggest IPO since Google. Morgan, Goldman Sachs & Co., READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone On Demand , which recently filed for an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as CSOD, has updated its IPO filings documents with the SEC. The firm's latest S-1 shows that the firm had revenues of $32.572M for the nine months ended September 30th, and had a net loss of $31.4M, due to an accounting charge of $24.0M

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Cornerstone OnDemand Demand Santa Monica .Net 145

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

Venture capital isn’t right for many business but if you do want to raise from a VC at some point you need to understand that often investors care more about growth than profits. They raised $5 million in venture capital to fund growth. They hired a marketing team to promote their products more broadly. Not necessarily.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2020

Our interview today is with Greg Martin , co-founder of LiquidStock (www.liquidstock.com), an investment fund which offers up a way for employees of private companies to exercise their stock options before an IPO or acquisition. We raised $160M, and our core limited partners are Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Coller Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon. the funding and market coverage. If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2012

Others worry that investors will latch onto individual line items within financial data and engage in inquisitions regarding telephone bills, marketing costs and other tactical line items in detailed financial statements. First, let’s cover the absolute minimum legal requirement a company has to provide to its investors.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

He told the homeowner that he represented someone who wanted to purchase the ranch at a substantial premium over its current fair market value. Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the business world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Both have worked.Google reached $1 billion in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $400 billion. The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Here are factors to consider: Some element of organic growth is a good thing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $400B. It’s only been in the last ten years that social media companies, like Facebook and Twitter, have achieved market valuations in billions of dollars, while clearly sacrificing revenue to gain users.

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Startup Organization Customer Invest 58

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

AGN was sold to Net-TV pioneer Pseudo Programs and Rubin served as VP of Games and Sports programming. As President of Game Development and Operations at SGN, a leading cross platform game developer and distributor, Josh Yguado is responsible for development, marketing, and operations for all games.

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

I recall being impressed with Jeff, but I was concerned that he was creating a platform, which often requires a significant amount of capital, takes an extended amount of time to establish and can be subject to margin pressure as the enabling technologies become commoditized. > -jeff. Tech Diligence - Consider The Source. to Jim, Kevin.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The transaction is considered the largest public acquisition in Bitcoin history with both companies exhibiting impressive growth numbers since their respective beginnings. Dan, now named as Product Manager for the Blockchain acquired Zeroblock apps, tells the audience about life after acquisition.

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