Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2019
I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. The first check I wrote was just over 10 years ago into a company called Invoca who just announced a new $56 million in funding led by Scott Hilleboe at HIG Growth Partners. We not only have our Series A funds that can write $500k?—?$15 Over the past 2.5
socalTECH
OCTOBER 12, 2009
Los Angeles-based Sophoi , a developer of media IP mananagement software, has been acquired by Oracle, Oracle said Monday. Sophoi was backed by Oracle which had funded the firm to the tune of $17.5M Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Sophoi filed for bankruptcy on September 1st.
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socalTECH
APRIL 3, 2012
Last week, the firm announced a funding round and a couple of key advisors, as the company looks to ramp its social gaming efforts and leverage a deal with Zynga. We started working on the new IP, and that's the game we announced the deal with Zynga on. Finally, what are you doing with that new funding?
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 5, 2010
If your idea is so amazing that it warrants my hard-earned angel money or the money of my LP investors from our fund then why should I take a risk on you if you won’t take a risk on yourself? Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). One of the partners, Greg Goldfarb, was really excited about Telesign. I was introduced to the founders.
InfoChachkie
JULY 7, 2010
Rincon’s Fund I portfolio is comprised of a number of such Serial Teams, some of which include: Alma mater, Rent.com: sold to eBay for $430 million. IP Risk – The closer the Serial Team’s new adVenture is to their prior successes, the greater the risk that they may be accused of infringing on their former company’s intellectual property (IP).
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 10, 2010
The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. total funding $1.7
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