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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In other news we announced the closing of $61 million in funding at Maker Studios , which I’ll talk publicly about soon. But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. Mark, why wouldn’t you fund him?

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

2010 was very good to us. A number of companies in the portfolio delivered very strong operating results in 2010, which is exciting. Also, we had an investment in a company that went public this year, BroadSoft, which is one of 2010's best-performing IPOs. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

Thursday, December 10, 2009 -- Investor Outlook 2010: Startup Funding Forecast from Angels and VCs. Despite the fears and outcries from some, startup funding didnt quite freeze into the nuclear winter many thought it would. To many founders relief, startups were still getting funded. Dealmaker LA. Green tech?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. To some extent Keith Rabois agreed with me about domain knowledge and argued that most of his investments are in the consumer Internet space as a result. Always have been.

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MAY 20, 2018

Every entrepreneur wants to hear “yes” during the fund-raising process but I would argue that being too risk averse and not pushing hard enough and be willing to hear a “no” is what holds back many people from “yes.” Do they have authority to invest? What I’m looking for in the conversation is: Whom at the firm are you meeting with?

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have a piece from Megan Jones , an investment banker from Hadley Partners Incorporated: As I often say, I grew up in and out of Silicon Valley with a dad in high-tech. Read more of Megan's article on changing Exit Strategies for 2010. Basically, a company sale instead of an IPO.

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APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds. VC’s often talk about this term as in the total amount of funds EVER raised by that VC. What is a VC fund? What is total assets under management? -

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APRIL 6, 2011

According to Arrowhead Research, it invested $1.3M As part of the funding, Arrowhead now owns 64 percent of Ablaris. Arrowhead launched Ablaris in December of 2010. in a second close of a Series A financing round for Ablaris. The total amount of the round was $2.9M. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2010

A new analysis of Q1, 2010 venture capital investments finds that two Southern California companies drove a 490 percent increase in Clean Technology Industrial Products & Services for the quarter. Clean technology investments totaled $733.3M

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The Tech Coast Angels (TCA), Southern California's big angel network, says it has seen a successful exit in its investment in Parcel Pending , a provider of package management solutions. According to the TCA, its members realized an 80 percent IRR on their investment in Parcel Pending, after its $100M acquisition on January 22nd by Neopost.

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APRIL 12, 2017

Wallach on investments out of a new fund, Inevitable Ventures. How did you end up here in Los Angeles doing investments? Coincidentally, that was the exact same time in 2009 when I moved out, when Ashton Kutcher started first investing. Ron chose me to manage those investments. Chris Hollod: For sure.

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JUNE 3, 2019

The La Jolla, CA-based company, which is developing protein drugs targeting cancer and other diseases, was founded in 2010. Read more about the company’s history and its recent $40 million financing round hedge fund Viking Global Investors here.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online ad optimization firm headed by Frank Addante , announced this morning that it has hired investment banker Allen & Company. Rubicon has raised over $42M in funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

San Diego-based Seismic , which develops sales enablement and marketing software, has joined the unicorn club, saying this morning that it has raised $92M in a Series F funding, which values the company at approximately $1.6 Seismic has now raised a total of $270M in funding. Rowe Price, its existing investors. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 12, 2010

billion in the second quarter of 2010, down 49 percent compared to Q1 this year, when 38 funds raised $3.7 The biggest funds raised in the quarter were $325M for Venrock Associates VI, L.P., Tags: venture capital investment funding financing nvca thomson reuters. venture capital firms raised $1.9 in commitments.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I have talked extensively about “social proof&# in fund raising in the past. And we all know that Ron Conway is considered the savviest of angel investors and yet by definition not all of his investments succeed. Who ultimately invested in FourSquare? In fact, sometimes seeing social proof (e.g. Connections.

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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. The fund has been started by a $1M gift from the family of John G.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in a funding round. in a funding round. in investments.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Imagine that you funded Larry & Sergey, Chad Hurley & Steve Chen, Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Pincus or Evan Williams. 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.

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MARCH 24, 2014

That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel. At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist? 5 years ago.

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MAY 8, 2012

The venture capital arm of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has placed more funding into one of its portfolio companies, Sutro Biopharma , which is working on developing a scalable biochemical protein synthesis platform aimed at cancer therapeutics. Amgen has been an investor in Sutro since at least 2010. Sutro said it has raised $16.5M

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JULY 30, 2018

in a new investment round. The company, which has an office in Camarillo, said the funding was led by Agustn Coppel and North Bridge Venture Partners, its two largest existing investors. Cool Planet said the new investment is an extension of its previously announced Series A funding. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome Tech , which has built a digital platform aimed at immigrants and their families, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round co-led by TTV Capital, Owl Ventures and SoftBank Group Corp.’s s SB Opportunity Fund. Welcome Tech, which has an office in San Antonio, Texas, raised an $8 million Series A in March of 2020.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

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. Too many angel deals just means more to watch and invest in for the ones that do succeed (if the VCs can get in at reasonable prices).

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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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DECEMBER 8, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 -- Venture Funding in Green Technologies. LAVA special event focused on Green Tech companies and Green Tech investing. Moderated by John Babcock, Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners.

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JULY 2, 2018

Los Angeles-based Califia Farms , a maker of non-GMO, natural plant-based milks, coffee, creamers, and other beverages, has raised $50M in a new funding round, the company said on Monday. The funding was led by Ambrosia Investments, and also included Sun Pacific and Stripes Group. The company was founded in 2010.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Los Angeles-based Arktos Entertaiment Group , a firm which says it provides investment, creative and production management support, and other services to interactive and online entertainment firms, said today that it has led a $5M investment round in firm Online Warmongers. Battlezone" which it says it will release in late 2010.

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APRIL 24, 2020

After resigning as CEO of the now-defunct EV startup Coda Automotive in 2010, Czinger began to focus on how the vehicle manufacturing process could become more efficient and less wasteful. Divergent 3D is essentially a Tier 1 supplier for the automotive and aerospace industry. But it can hardly be considered a traditional supplier.

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APRIL 12, 2010

Thursday, April 15, 2010 -- Navigating the Waters of Venture Funding. Learn the top 10 things that VCs look for in a potential investment and some common mistakes made by companies seeking venture financing. Broadscircle. Speaker: FRAN SEEGULL, COO and Board Director, Funk Ventures, Santa Monica, CA. See [link] (more).

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APRIL 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based SocialAnnex , a startup helping online retailers to use social media to spur sales, has scored a round of funding from a who's who of Southern California technology angels, the firm said Tuesday. Lee of Legalzoom.com and ShoeDazzle, Jody Mulkey of Shopzilla, and Lawrence Ng of Oversee.net have all invested in the site.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

We have invested in 13 companies out of our Fund 1 so far and are more bullish than ever on the amazing entrepreneurs we are meeting and the companies we are helping them build. We also had our first exit for Moonshots Capital Fund 1 --Threatcare. Since 2010, $6.3B What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

Thursday, December 9, 2010 -- If the Venture Model is Broken, Whos Funding All These Startups? Early stage investing is booming and we are finally seeing the kind of exits that show signs of a potential IPO market in our future. Dealmaker Media LA.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest organized angel investment group in Southern California--and the nation--said Wednesday that it was part of $45M in funding in companies during last year, with $11M directly invested across 37 companies during 2011. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 3, 2014

Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity had acquired Internet Brands back in 2010, paying $640M for the company. KKR said its investment came out of its North America XI private equity fund. READ MORE>>. internet brands merger acquisition internetbrands private equity jmiequity hellman friedman'

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MARCH 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based Pathmatics , a startup developing analytics software for analyzing the programmatic advertising market, has raised $3M in a Series A funding. BDMI's Sim Blaustein joins the company's baord with the funding. Pathmatics is led by Gabe Gottlieb, and was founded in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2016

Two, Los Angeles area investors--venture investment firm Greycroft Pratners , and angel investor Paige Craig --are among the investors seeing an exit today, as Adobe said acquired blog commenting tools maker LiveFyre. Paige Craig--as well as a number of other angels--originally seeded LiveFyre back in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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