Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I’m obviously only naming a small fraction of their investments since I don’t feel inclined to research them all and many other great venture firms have this kind of access. It’s hard for me to imagine that angel investing outcomes judged 10 years from now will have a drastically different profile. Or the CEO?

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MARCH 2, 2009

Arcadia-based Siimpel Corporation , which is developing MEMs-based components for mobile cameras, announced Monday afternoon that the firm has raised an additional round of investment from LG Innotek. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Siimpel was formerly known as SiWave, and is backed by DOCOMO Capital Inc.,

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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. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. in Computer Science.

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

Carlsbad-based Aptera , the developer of a three wheeled, electric vehicle, has shut down. Aptera had been attempting to gain funding from the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program, after initially failing to be qualify in 2008 for the program due to having three, not four wheels.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers. Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics. in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Private equity investment firm Blackstone said Friday that it is expanding its university entrepreneurship program, Blackstone LaunchPad , to Southern California. Blackstone said it is supplying a $3.5M The new effort is open to students in any major.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Los Angeles-based PromoJam , a developer of enterprise, social marketing tools, has raised $1.2M in a Series A investment, the firm said today. PromoJam was founded in 2008 by brother and sister Matt and Amanda MacNaughton. PromoJam was founded in 2008 by brother and sister Matt and Amanda MacNaughton.

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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. At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. years ago. ” Still.

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JUNE 4, 2010

Size of the additional investment was not disclosed. investment from Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners. Rifkin was the founder of TagWorld/Flux, which he sold to MTVN in 2008. Burstly is developing a free ad management platform for the mobile phone market, and specifically the iPhone and Android operating systems.

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JULY 21, 2010

SolarReserve, which is developing utility scale power plants, had announced in 2008 that it had received $140M in a Series B funding, however, according to regulatory filing appears to be drawing down those commitments piecemeal as it builds out its business.

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MARCH 30, 2010

Mark Suster at GRP lead the firm's investment, with Jim Andelman heading up Rincon's involvement. Burstly is developing mobile advertising tools for the Apple iPhone and Google Android platforms, which allows application developers to manage and optimize their advertising inventory. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

Los Angeles-based Burstly , the mobile advertising tools firm run by Evan Rifkin, said this week that it has opened up a new way for mobile application developers to sell their own advertising space. Rifkin is the former founder of Tagworld, which he sold to MTVN in 2008. READ MORE>>.

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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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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

Gevo , a startup which is developing renewable chemicals and biofuels technology, has filed for an IPO, according to an S-1 filing by the firm Thursday afternoon. The IPO is being undewritten by UBS Investment Bank, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Piper Jaffray.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 19, 2013

Silicon Valley’s 9+, an accelerator founded by serial entrepreneur and company builder Peter Relan is investing $110,000 into game developers to quit developing games and shift to consumer, mobile, Big Data and wearable apps. 110,000 to quit developing games for wearable apps. 2 million raised. 2 million raised.

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

San Clemente-based Metagenics , a developer of nutraceuticals, has raised $28.1M Metagenics told Michigan's Grand Rapid Press at the time of the investment by Alticor that it had more than $200M in sales in 2008. in a funding, according to numbers in the Q3 PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report.

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MAY 4, 2011

La Jolla-based NeuroVigil , a firm developing non-invasive wireless brain recording technology and advanced computational analysis techniques, has raised a first round of funding, the firm said this week. Amount of the funding, and source, was not disclosed. The firm was founded by Dr. Philip Low.

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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. By 2008, the first construction began on integrated experiments to make a plasma core and infuse it with some energetic particles.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Shaw Ventures and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI). Emotive had raised over $13.95M in funding, and had itself acquired venture-backed Sennari Entertainment, a developer of loyalty programs for the mobile market, in 2008. Emotive was venture backed by Mayfield, D.

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Xconomy

MARCH 13, 2018

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals , a San Diego biotech focused on developing new drugs for endocrine disorders and endocrine-related cancers, said today it has raised $63.5 million in a Series B financing led by Perceptive Advisors, the New York biotech fund. In a statement Tuesday, Crinetics said it plans.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

San Diego-based Semtek , a developer of security technology for protecting magnetic stripe data on credit cards, has announced more details of the firm's Series B funding round. VeriFone and Semtek have bee working together on a VeriFone branded product since April of 2008. of the fully diluted shares of Semtek. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Santa Monica-based FlipGloss , which develops online photo publishing software for the magazine industry, has been acquired by Forbes. FlipGloss was backed by Forbes, which invested in the firm in March of 2008. Forbes Media announced the deal Thursday afternoon, but did not disclose any financial terms of the deal. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 24, 2009

eGuardian develops technology for verifying the age, gender, and location of children on web sites. The TCA invested in eGuardian in August of 2008. The TCA invested in eGuardian in August of 2008. Tags: eguardian safety tech coast angels angel investment isafe.

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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.” ” Sharper Startup Focuses Warrant Investment. The pandemic has led to a huge boost in digitalization, with a huge outpour of technology innovation – supported by VC investment.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Thursday, November 13, 2008 -- Establishing An Effective Bioscience IP Portfolio. This workshop will cover basic elements of developing a commercially meaningful intellectual property portfolio for a bioscience company. See [link] (more).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

I told him that our market was absolutely booming and was worthy of a commensurate investment. Not that I’ll take credit for what I’m about to announce, but I knew that if somebody could commit to building out LA and making the investments required to kick ass in this market it would be Cooley. Invest they have.

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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? Even more important, who invests in these virtual companies and what criteria are they using?

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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. Glaukos , which develops medical devices for treating glaucoma. in investments. in investments.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

The firm--which was spun out of Microsemi on August 24th after gaining an investment from private equity firm Vance Street Capital--announced today that it has hired on 30 new employees since last month and is now looking to expand further. Department of Justice.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ). Lindel Eakman led the discussion with Fred and Andy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

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). Just because the valuation in absolute terms isn’t a big difference does not mean that people aren’t paying higher than intrinsic value for these investments.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Los Angeles-based Kythera Biopharmaceuticals , which is developing products for the aesthetic medicine market, disclosed this morning that it has received $10M as part of the firm's Series C funding round. The firm said that the round was part of a $40M, Series C financing round, which the firm had announced in 2008.

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MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. What is the investment focus for this fund?

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MAY 20, 2009

Accordin to Schiele, it will pay $150M to acquire Victory Pharma, which is focused on acquiring, developing, and marketing products to treat pain. Victory Pharma has 182 employees, and had net sales of $57M in 2008, Sciele said. Sciele Pharma is owned by Japanese firm Shionogi & Co.,

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APRIL 7, 2011

Todd has a unique view, having worked both on the venture and high technology investing side at Anthem, as well as the architecture and construction industry now. Within that have own custom cabinet shop, our own metal shop, make our own furniture, and as an offshoot of that, started exploring developing modular, prefab homes in 2005.

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JUNE 27, 2013

We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). And we chose to locate ourselves 3 blocks East of The Third Street Promenade where much new development is taking place. Like many modern VCs, we’re committed to investing in the community and in our portfolio companies.

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