Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. It was an investment management class.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Most people think that being a successful investor is about finding the right deals and nurturing the teams through the difficult times to come out with a great company. He’s bound to be able to help a company or two at the time of a sale. I wonder what this company would look like in 2010 as an independent?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

In short: Access to great deals, ability to be invited to invest in these deals, ability to see where value in a market will be created and the luck to back the right team with the right market at the right time all matter. the sale of the company for $1 billion. I’ve sometimes been right about the market value but too early.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2009

The Tech Coast Angels is reporting this morning that its members have now invested a total of $100M in Southern California companies, since it started in 1997. Tags: tech coast angels venture capital investment.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

The Tech Coast Angels , Southern California's largest angel investment group, disclosed this morning that it has finally reached the $1 billion mark in investments received by its portfolio firms. The TCA also said that it invested $75M in 2008, across 15 first-time financings and 16 follow-on rounds.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Machinima first started developing its gaming-related content back around 2008, and helped usher in a healthy investment market for multi-channel-networks, companies which aggregated multiple YouTube creators and channels into a single media company. Machinima had been acquired by Warner Bros. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. Mostly, no.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. I should say that I agree that naive optimism in entrepreneurs can produce higher beta (upside or flops) and that’s good from an investment standpoint if you’re looking for big returns.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Lawrence Ng , the former founder of Oversee.net--who is now running an asset management company called LNG Management--has linked up with New York City-based venture capital firm Metamorphic Ventures. LNG said that Ng is incubating a number of startups and selectively invests in early stage startups and funds. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Moriarty is an active investor and advisor to many of LA''s startup companies and headed up Ticketmaster Entertainment from 2000 to 2008, including heading up that company''s spinout from IAC/InterActiveCorp and its IPO. Moriarty''s investments include TuneIn.com, Eventbrite, and Metacloud, and Triton Digital.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -- "Driving Company-Changing Innovation: Lessons from Startups to Global Companies" Orange County PDMA. Join the Southern California Chapter of PDMA for a look at small and large company innovation from the perspective of Ken Ouimet, CEO of MyWorld Investing. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2009

According to numbers derived from socalTECH's venture database, there was $717.96M invested in Southern California in the first quarter, up from only $465M in Q4 of 2008. However, venture funding totals were still well off the first quarter of 2008's nearly $1.2 billion in funding. billion in funding.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Saturday, December 6, 2008 -- "Building a Virtually Integrated Life Sciences Company" Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. How, and when, does the fledgling company develop relationships with other companies with complementary strengths? Which relationships are advantageous and which are potentially dangerous?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The seed funding round came from aXiomatic Gaming, March Capital Partners, Defy.VC, as well as others in the investment, professional sports and gaming communities, according to Nifty Games. He also was founder of Massive In-Game Advertising (acquired by Microsoft in 2006), among other firms.

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socalTECH

MAY 26, 2009

Last week's angel investment report by the Angel Capital Association reported that investments by angel investors dropped nine percent in 2008, with a hefty percentage of angel investors--40 percent--expecting this year will be a down year. Tags: angel investment capital venture.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

This morning we heard from Jamie Montgomery, CEO of the venerable Montgomery & Co investment bank who is at the heart of what is going on in M&A for venture backed companies. the people who buy companies) in Q2 of this year of technology & media companies. 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 15, 2009

Lets see where Mr. Barack made his money, hopefully he wasn’t investing in car companies and mortgage backed banks. Click “Full Screen&# to see President Barack Obama 2008 Tax Return in your full browser. Barack Obama 2008 Tax Return - Free Legal Forms

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2008

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association released their Q3 2008 venture capital numbers over the weekend, finding that Southern California companies raised nearly $751 in funding during the quarter. The second most active industry was Medical Devices and Equipment, which saw $103.37M in investments.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Lawrence Ng , the co-founder of Oversee.net, said this morning that it has launched a new, startup fund called the OnRamp Fund , a $10M, international incubation fund that invests in early stage startups. The company said one of its first investments is bridal retailer SimplyBridal. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Los Angeles-based molecular diagnostics company NantOmics , which is one of the group of companies owned by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon Shiong, said Thursday that it has acquired OncoPlex Diagnostics , which is an accredited clinical laboratory focused on testing tumor cell proteins using mass spectrometry analysis.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Some very interesting graphics including this heat map: Very cool visualization tool! in Computer Science. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The speaks to the continued confidence in the venture capital markets and as I had predicted some time ago the VC markets right now are a great place to invest – especially relative to other places to put one’s money. Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. But that’s it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel. Lemons ripen early, great companies take time.” 5 years ago. ” Still.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2011

According to multiple sources , the firm is dissolving the company, after failing to find federal matching funds for its efforts. Aptera had been backed by Esenjay Investments, Google, Idealab, The Beall Family Trust, and The Simons Family. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

in a Series A investment, the firm said today. According to the company, the new round will go towards growing its social marketing software, plus expansion of sales and marketing. PromoJam was founded in 2008 by brother and sister Matt and Amanda MacNaughton. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2015

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based CrossCut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) announced its third, venture capital fund--a continuation of an investment theme very much centered around the growth of Southern California, and in particular, the Silicon Beach startup ecosystem. Any change to your investment thesis from your last funds?

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The days of being able to trust that there will be an investor or lender on the other end of a call or email whenever needed ended with the 2000 and 2008 bursts of those respective bubbles. There is no longer a guarantee that VCs and later stage investors will be waiting at the run-out point of the angel money to pick up and grow the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. Every startup looking for investment needs a solid partner story. It forces you to bridge the gap between idea and execution. Customer relationships.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

This latest round valued the company in excess of a billion dollars, entering them into the overly-hyped Unicorn Club. In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. Yet most VC's bury their failures under six feet of denial. Unicornless. > -jeff.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The report , compiled for the NVCA by IHS Global Insight, found that venture backed companies accounted for 11 percent of private company employment in 2008, or 12.1 The report also found that venture-backed companies had $2.9 trillion in revenue in 2008, or roughly one-fifth of the country's gross domestic product.

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2011

Southern California companies raised $739M in venture capital in Q2 of 2011, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) based on data from Thomson Reuters. in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments. in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

Facebook, for example, decided in 2008 that its mission was to “help you connect and share with the people in your life.” The company mission statement is, of course, a way to seize attention externally, and focus team members on the end destination. ” Sharper Startup Focuses Warrant Investment.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion. Now, the company said, it has achieved the necessary temperatures to make its reactors commercially viable.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2012

The San Diego chapter of the Tech Coast Angels , the largest angel investment group in Southern California, as well as the United States, said today that it has established a new, memorial fund, the John G. Watson Foundation , which will support entrepreneurism in the San Diego region. He also served at Vestar Inc. and Galagen Inc.,

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Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

We failed because the economy has drastically fallen since 2008, particularly in the consumer sector. Make It Work was an amazing company. With over 38,000 cult-like testimonials, one cannot dispute the company delivered a valuable service in a way like no other company has come close. We failed because we tried.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The company said its Storefront offering is a turn-key way to enable advertisers to purchase aps directly from a developer's application, and which automated the creation of ad campaigns, billing, reporting, and other functions. Rifkin is the former founder of Tagworld, which he sold to MTVN in 2008. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Other investors in the firm are Venrock and RRE Ventures, who were prior investors in the company. VeriFone and Semtek have bee working together on a VeriFone branded product since April of 2008. Tags: semtek verifone security credit venture capital investment financial. READ MORE>>.

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