socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The filing indicates the equity funding comes as part of an ongoing, $10M fundraising effort by the company. The firm has previously raised funding from Domain Associates, Proquest Investments, Mitsubishi, Morgenthaler Ventures, and Oxford Bioscience Partners. The firm last raised a large, $40M funding round in 2007.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2009

LiveOffice is backed by private-equity firm Summit Partners, which invested in the company in 2007. No actual financials were disclosed by the company, however, the firm said it now has over 9,000 clients using its services.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2009

Sorenson Media invested alongside private equity firm Summit Partners in a 2007 recap, along with a few other minority investors. Sorenson Media owns just under 6 percent of Ancestry.com, with Summit owning 67 percent of the firm.

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Media San Diego Equity Acquisition 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. Should VC’s really be impacted by public market valuations when the money that they’re investing today should be for returns in 7-10 years?

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. At Upfront, our partners have been fortunate enough to be part of 18 companies that have reached north of $1 billion and the average tenure of an investment that exits at this scale is more than 10 years. Accel led the B, Morgan Stanley the C and now HIG the D.

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Venture Capital IP Startup Google 223

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

One of the few local funds to recently raise a fund is TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), which just closed TVC Capital II, a $75 million growth equity and buyout fund. As a reminder to our readers, can you talk briefly about TVC and what kinds of companies you invest in? Jeb Spencer: We consider ourselves a private equity firm.

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Acquisition Software Review Technical Review Equity 168

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

With those two funding rounds all equity-based, to buy up property itself and provide $10,000 cash advances to all sellers, Sundae previously also raised a debt fund from high net worth individuals, and it has a “very large” debt facility from Goldman Sachs that it also non-dilutive, Stech said.

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Sales Demand San Diego Funding 282

socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2008

and that Palomar had drawn down $9M in CalPERS capital as of December 31, 2007. CalPERS does not currently list Palomar in its list of current private equity investments held by the pension fund. CalPERS said that at that time the fund was seeing a net internal rate of return of -13%.

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APRIL 14, 2010

It’s a bit like if you bought a $1 million home in 2007 and want to sell it for $1 million today. They don’t have the appetite to invest more money but they want to protect all (or much of) of the investment they’ve made too date. Find out whether they plan to pass on the investment internally.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 289

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JUNE 12, 2013

But less as a complaint and more as advice to younger networkers, the more you invest in relationships the more you will get when you need. When I joined GRP Partners in 2007 I was offered a role as a General Partner. Who cares what my equity is. That happened yesterday with a nice lady who moved to LA last year.

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Venture Capital Press GRP Partners Blogging 407

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JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Launched in 2007 in Los Angeles by Adam Bernhard and Konstantin Glasmacher. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. Content, of course, is the same!].

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital? Founded in 2007 by Oxford Univ. We discussed: 1.

Venture Capital 242

Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

When I first got into the industry it was 2007. By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. And just when I thought I had the deal that was worthy of bringing to investment committee the world changed. Let’s review all of our existing investments. Cut where needed.

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Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

Companies we've selected are those that are the most exciting, and high profile, that people will want to invest in. Greg Brogger: I founded BrightHouse in the middle of 2007, along with Scott Painter. Towards early 2007, Scott and I had taken Zag to a level of some measure of stability, and we were thinking about the next thing.

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Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124

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JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. million pre-money valuation is now raising $1 million at a $12 million valuation the next investor has nowhere to go but up (or sit out the investment).

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Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will.

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Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7 Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7 Lunsford oversaw WebSideStory’s IPO in 2004, and Limelight’s IPO in 2007.

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Customer Custom San Diego JavaScript 40

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MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. -Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Founded in 2007.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Kevin O'Connor is the co-founder of DoubleClick , which he took from startup to IPO on the Nasdaq in 1998, sold it to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for around $1.2 billion in 2005, and finally sold again to Google in 2007 for $3.1 Today, we've now done it for over 400 different areas.

Startup 210

Startup Advertising Examples Santa Barbara 210

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

We write about $40 million of first-checks into new deals / year and about $40 million of follow-on investments. “Safe” investments have no yield so they have allocated more money to private markets including the tech markets chasing returns. As you can see below, investments have skyrocketed – up 300% since 2009.

Startup 150

Startup Company Companies Venture Capital 150

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Club Cooee was founded in 2007, and has received an undisclosed round of seed funding from Aurelia Private Equity. Coincidentally, Lemper was the partner responsible for Internet and Software investments at the time, and chose to transfer his focus to Club Cooee. We'd like to see these options added in the future.

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Seed Funding Social Media Conference Equity 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. I learned this lesson long ago – many investors wait until you’re staring at a cliff before committing whether to re-invest in you. We control our hours, our travel and our investment areas.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 384

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

We could do more in 2010 with more VC investment; the doubling assumes only ratable increase in marketing spend to achieve profitability. By then I was still on the board of my first company but it hadn’t yet sold (it ended up selling in 2007 to a publicly traded French company). >50% of our revenue in now viral.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur 329

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

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. I learned this lesson long ago – many investors wait until you’re staring at a cliff before committing whether to re-invest in you. We control our hours, our travel and our investment areas.

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Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 176

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Some startup attorneys will accept a portion of their initial fees in the form of equity. When you hit the inevitable bumps in the road, a lawyer who has an equity stake in your business is more likely to be flexible with respect to payment terms and more willing to give you quick, off-the-clock feedback and guidance.

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Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes. ► March (1) Office 2.0: Where's Jack Bauer?

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Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 27, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! It could take only one moment of negativity to ruin months or years of positive equity. ► October (1) New Video! ► March (1) Office 2.0:

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! It results in a lack of focus and diluted brand equity. ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

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