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JUNE 27, 2021
But these have been the major themes of our partners We try to have a few “wild, ambitious plans” in every portfolio and a few more businesses that are a new model emerging in an existing sector (video-based online shopping, for example). the sale of the company for $1 billion. It was ~30 days from bankruptcy.
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JULY 16, 2010
But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. So as of 2008 total LP commitments were still at nearly $250 billion. The top quartile funds have performed well.
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APRIL 3, 2010
The problem with VC Seed Funding – Chris is right to raise the issue with entrepreneurs because there have been instances where large VC funds have set up seed programs where the investments have been used as “options.&# There are many problems with this. Let me give you an example. Let me explain: 1.
socalTECH
JULY 16, 2012
The firm already has seed funding from such investors as Kelly Perdew, Sugarmaker Media, and support from talent agency ICM Partners. I like to refer to that as the ultimate brand fan page, or to take the example from the apparel industry, where I come from, a virtual look book for a brand. What is Fliptu?
socalTECH
MARCH 8, 2013
Stuart Frost is head of Frost Venture Partners (www.frostvp.com), and the founder of DatAllegro, which he started in Orange County and eventually sold to Microsoft for $275M in 2008. For example, Cirro is a data federation engine, which links big data with corporate data in a very effective eway. Predixion is a great example of that.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2010
Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. Spun off from Freewebs in 2008, based in Palo Alto. Example of publishers include: moviefone, Fandango, Jingle, SayNow, and voice blogs.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
The fund is just celebrated its first year in business, so we thought we'd catch up with Brian to hear more about what the firm is investing in, the challenges of raising a venture fund in this market, plus his view on the Los Angeles venture market. Let's start with an overview of the fund. We closed our fund in August of 2008.
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