socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2018

Irvine-based Restaurant365 , a developer of cloud-based tools for accounting, back office, and reporting for restaurants, has raised $20M in a Series A funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners.

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Software Tool Report Funding 113

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, The National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters have tallied up just under a billion dollars in venture capital investments in the Southern California region in Q1 of this year, a very significant uptick from Q2 of 2011. was invested in the region.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Avalon 221

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Venice, California-based early stage, pre-seed investment fund and accelerator Amplify.LA has released its latest report on the state of the Los Angeles technology scene, saying that the city had a "landmark year". In the report, Amplify.LA

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Snapchat Venice Los Angeles Report 100

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

Randy Churchill and his team at PricewaterhouseCoopers meticulously prepare a quarterly report detailing the venture landscape, called Shaking The Money Tree. The Three Enthralling Factors Of Venture Funding. I do not advocate that you perform unnatural acts in an attempt to make your company more advantageous to venture funding.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Technical Review 233

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

I’ve become fond of saying “if I had a dollar for every person who told me just how much they loooooved Kara Nortman, I’d have a 10x fund.” Our industry needs more female leaders and they shouldn’t have to all quit their respective firms and raise their own funds to get a shot at running things. Does This Mean You’re Retiring?

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Venture Capital Startup Invest CitySearch 361

socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2013

The acquisition valued ShoeDazzle at only around $30M, a huge drop in the company''s value, compared with a $240M valuation back in 2011, according to Dow Jones. funding round. That acquisition by JustFab of fellow fashion startup ShoeDazzle yesterday? Not so dazzling. READ MORE>>.

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Acquisition Los Angeles Report Startup 164

socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

Deapartment of Energy reported Monday that the hybrid auto maker failed to make a $10 million payment on a government loan. According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, the payments were due to pay down about $192M borrowed under the DOE''s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. READ MORE>>.

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Technical Review Report Los Angeles Sales 140

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report were released today, finding that a total of $683.7M raised by companies in Q4 of 2011, and less than the $701.18M raised by companies in the region in Q3 of 2012. in funding. in funding. billion in venture capital.

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Southern California Orange County GRP Partners San Diego 237

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, however, reports are the deal was worth nearly $400M. The firms said that Riot Games will continue to maintain its headquarters in Los Angeles, and has plans to "hire aggressively" in 2011. The firm had raised less than $20M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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Riot Games Los Angeles Report Capital 178

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 21, 2011

Monday, June 27, 2011 -- Win an SBIR/STTR Award. Learn how to gain a competitive edge in winning Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding through our workshop series.

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Report Competition Research Funding 124

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. Kleiner Perkins gets back to early-stage with its $600M 18th fund. We went out to market to LPs.

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IBM IBM Venture Capital Invest 164

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

CitySourced is an angel-funded firm which develops a smart phone application which allows citizens to report potholes, graffiti, and other issues directly to local governments. CitySourced has received angel funding from Dale Okuno, most recently the founder of E-Z Data.

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Los Angeles News Tool Organization 182

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

The City of Glendale's utility, Glendale Water & Power reported today that it is the first city in the nation to get funding from the U.S. The utility said the project includes a data management system, 1,000 electric meters, 500 water meters and 300 in-home displays, all to be installed by September of 2011.

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Glendale Report Invest Funding 140

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2013

2011 was the year of the video interview, in which I spoke with the likes of Guy Kawasaki, Len Short, Brad Feld, Naval Ravikant and Steve Blank. Exposure on these sites more than doubled my readership from 2011. YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund. > Greetings loyal readers.

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Social Media Tips Santa Barbara RSS 187

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller. So I began talking to him about joining the fund. It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion. Community builders.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

Organizations such as TiE Silicon Valley, TiE Mumbai, TiE New Delhi and The Morpheus Fund and several others are among the first to support CFI. With just a mobile phone, the app connects volunteers at primary schools even in remote villages and gives them the ability to collect and report data. Think Local, Hack Global.

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Clearstone Organization Education Google 79

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. With Sarbanes-Oxley, the CEO, CFO, and the Board of Directors are all assumed to have full knowledge of all government standards of compliance and reporting. Annual reporting and audit requirements continue to increase. After a record low of 39 U.S.

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Entrepreneur Startup Report Summary 95

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

The new funding brings the company’s aggregate amount of capital raised to over $3 million. Based in LA, and launched in 2011 by Eric M. Jackson and Christopher Grey, CapLinked empowers its clients to manage complex business transactions such as mergers & acquisitions, financings, asset sales, and investor reporting.

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Draper Google Software Engineering Invest 68

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land. Getting Mobile-Ready.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2012

A new venture fund had been launched, not because it was her husband’s but it was a totally unique and different fund and a timely move. She tweeted; So proud of my husband @zackbogue for the launch of his new fund, DataCollective ( @dcvc ). The good news is Data Collective fund is now open to the public. Big Data Shift.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Oracle Software Review 74

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

The Los Angeles Business Journal recently reported data compiled by SoCalTech.com showing that “L.A. The real estate impact of this activity can probably be traced to the 2011 arrival of Google in the Frank Gehry-designed “binoculars” building on Main Street in Santa Monica. percent higher than those of last year.

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Entertainment Santa Monica Journal Belkin 108

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t. But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. I didn’t want to disappoint.

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Blogging Press Entrepreneur Venture Capital 420

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

As the San Diego Union Tribune reported in 2013, Tsien (pictured) was also unafraid to shine the spotlight on what he considered suspect scientific approaches, even when espoused by legends like DNA co-discoverer James Watson. He was a professor at UC San Diego.

News 57

News San Diego Journal Technical Review 57

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. Internet and healthcare deals stayed flat and funding actually dipped.

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Venture Capital Startup Capital Seed Funding 93

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Njoku in April this year closed an $8m funding investment round from Tiger Global and another $2m from a Swedish firm, Kinnevik and still he says more is yet to come. Tell us about funding rounds you have had? We closed on the final round of funding earlier on this year with Swedish-based hedge fund, Kinnevik.

Netflix 82

Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. Michael Kleist: We''re seed funded, and have already raised money from twelve investors. You''ve got to do your report every month. Michael Kleist: We started in 2010. Tell us about your plans to open up your operations here in Southern California?

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Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. In fact, that’s all that I fund as a VC.

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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2013

This article is not just another report on the case of Aaron Swartz but serves to be a tribute to the life and awe inspiring personality of a complicated, principled, and brilliant man. In 2011, Swartz was indicted on federal charges of illegally downloading over 4.8 Activism, Lawsuits and Depression.

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Journal Blogging RSS Report 86

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The most recent report to weigh in on the troubles of the industry was produced by the esteemed Kauffman Foundation. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. The number of venture capital funds has shrunk by two-thirds. The Funding Problem. Just why does over-funding dampen returns?

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” million dollars from some of the biggest funds (First Round Capital, NEA and GRP), is precisely because they solved such a huge problem. He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. If you’d like to see some of the best technologies and meet some of the brightest minds in beautiful Southern California, SIGN UP NOW. Event Details. to 10:30 p.m. What: Spotlight Series Event. RSVP: Parking Information.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

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. According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 167

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.&#. Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere. According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S.

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Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

A recent Silicon Valley Bank report noted that large corporations have dramatically increased pre-clinical acquisitions in the last three years under the pressure of limited supply and competition from IPOs. pension funds) with little appetite for experimentation with new managers and more funds.

Product 40

Product Journal Venture Capital Demand 40

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

Think Minority Report meets the web. Are you Funded? How did your company get its initial funding? How much funding do you currently have? Webdoc is currently privately funded. I can share a link, a video, or a photo album but there is no way to freely mix different types of web content and share them.

Startup 97

Startup Web Content Media 97

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur - OnStartups , November 1, 2010 There's always talk about the end game in the form of an acquisition, funding announcement, or eventual flame out. If nothing changes, when will you run out of money? Go To YouTube.com.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175