2011 Advertising Funding Screening 
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 14, 2014
It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. The reduction in screen size has made the economic model of Internet advertising totally inefficient.
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 31, 2011
Also of note was Ryan Orrico’s launch of HandJob, a new form of job applicant screening and referral tracking. When using the Handjob app , users must shake the app up and down or side to side and out pops a pre-screened job applicant. All presentations were of extremely high quality and teams did a killer job.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 20, 2011
For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Event Details. to 10:30 p.m.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
I’ve heard it many founders of VC backed companies in LA who tell me that in their NorCal VC meetings they are told, “we might be interested but we’d want you to relocate to the Bay Area if we funded you.&#. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. Los Angeles.
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 13, 2011
Not to say though that the event was only for the quirky; with just the sheer momentum the mobile market has picked up throughout 2011 (many thanks in part to the heavy artillery arm’s race that Android makers have declared on Apple), I have no doubt that Android devices are going to keep upping the ante with this ongoing horsepower war.
SoCal Delicious
MAY 6, 2012
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