InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

VC's love to talk about their successes. Yet most VC's bury their failures under six feet of denial. In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: > -jeff.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

San Diego-based Renova Therapeutics , a biopharmaceuticals company developing treatments for congestive heart failure and other diseases, has raised $7.52M in a Series C funding round. The company said the funding primarily came from high net worth individuals. As part of the funding, Daniel M. Bradbury has joined the company''s board.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2013

San Diego-based Arcturus Therapeutics , a developer of RNAi technology, said it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. According to Arcturus, the funding came from multiple private capital,, high net worth investors from Canada, Japan, and the United States. Names of those capital sources were not announced.

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2013

San Diego-based Arcturus Therapeutics , which is developing RNAi therapeutics to treat disease, said this morning that it has raised $1.3M The company said the round came from multiple, high net-worth private investors from the U.S. arcturus therapeutics venture capital rnai lifescience biotech' in a seed fudning round.

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socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2021

Los Angeles-based Oblong, which develops futuristic collaboration systems, said on Monday that it has raised $12.4M Oblong said it intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes. in a registered direct offering, from both pre-existing and new institutional investors.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Two hundred and fifty thousand would have netted my firm more than one billion dollars. As discussed in Why I Passed On Twilio , VC's love to talk about their successes, but seldom publicly acknowledge their mistakes. It is far more detrimental to one’s returns to make investments in companies which fail to return capital.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2021

Los Angeles-based Magnite, the sell-side advertising software developer which was previously known as Rubicon Project, says it has priced an offering of $350M in convertible senior notes. The company said the convertible note offering was made to qualified institutional buyers. The notes are due in 2026.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The company’s stock tanked by more than 26 percent, representing a $230 billion reduction in market cap and a $31 billion drop in Zuckerberg’s personal net worth. The point is, this stuff is hard, and the people who have been building in public are hurting even as they spend billions to develop the tech.

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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. That died with waterfall software development. I’m not even talking about your 12-page Powerpoint presentation that you need to raise venture capital or to talk with potential biz dev partners.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Carlsbad-based Obalon Therapeutics , which is developing a balloon-based medical device for assisting in weight loss, has set the estimated initial IPO pricing range for its public offering, saying it now expects an initial public offering at between $14.00 and $16.00 if it prices at the high end of its estimated range.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). What ends up, usually went down first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Each has met legal securities minimums for net worth and professionalism, to reduce the risk to entrepreneurs.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

Irvine-based Broadcom said today that it has acquired Provigent , a developer of high performance mixed signal semiconductors for the microwave backhaul systems market. Broadcom said it will pay approximately $313M, net of cash assumed, to acquire Provigent. Provigent was based in Israel and Santa Clara. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 4, 2019

When it comes to developing and promoting innovation, external factors beyond the control of company founders, investors, and other business leaders can also determine whether a startup succeeds or fails.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Today's contribution is from Greg Cohn of Burner (www.burnerapp.com), which develops both a software app to allow you to create temporary "burner" phone numbers, and a new app to auto-respond to aggressive or annoying texters. More locally, I hope the Snap IPO spawns another generation of connected angel investors and new VC funds!

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Irvine-based semiconductor giant Broadcom is making another acquisition, saying Monday afternoon that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquired Dune Networks , a developer of switching fabric products for the data center networking market. Broadcom said it will pay approximately $178M net of cash for Dune, in an all-cash deal.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 15, 2019

As Xconomy’s editors looked back at the year just passed, we asked technology leaders to comment on the trends they’d observed in 2018, and the developments they expected in 2019.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2018

Los Angeles-based advertising exchange and technology developer OpenX said on Tuesday that its net revenues rose to $172M in 2017, as it saw 20 percent growth in its revenues for the fourth quarter. The privately held company said the results represented its tenth straight year of growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Do you imagine eventually raising VC and trying to build a faster growing company?” ” Because of the circles I run in I tend to meet many people who eventually do want to build large companies and therefore do want to eventually raise VC and “go big.” ” But they want to do it with leverage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Find a major customer, or a complimentary business, who sees such value in your idea that they are willing to give you an advance on royalty payments to complete your development. Solicit venture capital investors. Variations on this theme include early licensing or white-labeling agreements.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Find a major customer, or a complimentary business, who sees such value in your idea that they are willing to give you an advance on royalty payments to complete your development. Solicit venture capital investors. Variations on this theme include early licensing or white-labeling agreements.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

It’s easy to think that the wife of a well-known & successful VC ( Fred Wilson ) would have had an easy and storied life of wealth and privilege. That’s why I was so interested in having “ The Gotham Gal &# come on This Week in VC ( video link on YouTube , download iTunes, episode 15) ) and dispel those myths.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2012

After all, if your VCs won’t help you get access to potential buyers or business development partners – what will they do? But the reality is that unfiltered intros just create work for the VC. They think they’re doing the startup a favor by casting a wide net to VCs. Helping with a Sales Lead.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

They've acquired CAPTCHA security tools originally developed by Vidoop, and looking to market that technology to e-commerce web sites, social networking sites, and others looking to reduce spam and fraud. com, and was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA. Tags: entrepreneur startup venture capital investment repeat.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

Maybe this is reverse “hanging around the rim” where if you keep you VC process going long enough you’ll eventually get to “yes?” I have now developed this into my own standard (softer) speech I give to entrepreneurs. I had learned that this is a standard line every LP uses to have an “easy no” for VCs.

Funding 189

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Each has met legal securities minimums for net worth and professionalism, to reduce the risk to entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Of course, both are impressive and both already exceed VC investments annually.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

The issue with most companies that I saw, is that they are outside of technology, and they just don't have access to the traditional funding sources like angels and venture capitalists. If you start an apparel company, there's no YCombinator, no Sequoia Capital for that. It's just nowhere as efficient as it is in technology.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Earlier this week, Derek Norton , a long time advisor to the media, Internet, and technology industry in Los Angeles, announced a brand new venture capital fund called Watertower Ventures (www.watertowerventures.com). I hate to put us into the pre-seed and seed area, so I am saying literally, first institutional capital.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. He then dove into a keynote Q&A with Dan Held , developer of recently acquired Zeroblock LLC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). billion collected in 2014. What ends up, usually went down first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

Related sources include local business development agencies. If you don't know any “high net worth” individuals, use your advisors to find them. Venture capital. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. You have to be relentless in this pursuit to win.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

Virgina Lorimor There are several options for financing a start-up business that tend to follow a natural course in a business’ development: Personal Investment. In order to qualify, you have to have high net worth, a strong credit score and significant skin in the game. Angel Investors & Venture Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). billion collected in 2012. What ends up, usually went down first.

Invest 111

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Find a major customer, or a complimentary business, who sees such value in your idea that they are willing to give you an advance on royalty payments to complete your development. Solicit venture capital investors. Variations on this theme include early licensing or white-labeling agreements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

Related sources include local business development agencies. If you don't know any “high net worth” individuals, use your advisors to find them. Venture capital. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. You have to be relentless in this pursuit to win.

Startup 93

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