Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

2012: Tony Hsieh interviewed about the Downtown Project. 2015: Tony Hsieh interviewed by Frank Gruber about Zappos, Culture, and Downtown Project efforts. They invest in early-stage startups through Established Ventures, as well as their involvement in NextGen Venture Partners.

Commerce 206

Commerce Statistics Customer Custom 206

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2014

After investing in 60 startups, we realized that the biggest pain point was to help them raise the first $1M in financing. Not only did they have to work 24/7 to build their startup, but they also had to invest the same effort in raising capital. What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015?

Activision 100

Activision Southern California Los Angeles Capital 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

despite having been passed into law in early 2012 via the JOBS Act , and still has no scheduled date for availability, waiting for the rules to be finalized by the SEC. Equity investing is very risky, but huge returns are possible if you pick the next Facebook, but failure means your entire investment is lost. In the U.S.,

Venture Capital 108

Venture Capital Angel Satisfaction Equity 108

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

Problems at one industry leader, San Francisco-based LendingClub (NYSE: LC ), have added to waning enthusiasm among some investors for the peer-to-peer model, which matches online users who want a loan with Wall Street investors or wealthy individuals looking for a higher rate of return than many traditional, fixed-income investments.

San Diego 40

San Diego Help Software Review Funding 40

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

Problems at one industry leader, San Francisco-based LendingClub (NYSE: LC ), has added to waning enthusiasm among some investors for the peer-to-peer model, which matches online users who want a loan with Wall Street investors or wealthy individuals looking for a higher rate of return than many traditional, fixed-income investments.

Software Review 40

Software Review San Diego Funding Customer 40

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. And since we all knew that Sam’s dealflow and judgment were sound we empowered him to make early-stage, accelerator-like investments in early-stage entrepreneurs under the Upfront brand. We have some announcements set for 2015.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 15, 2015

Launched in Los Angeles in 2012, early-­stage venture capital firm Karlin Ventures has announced a new elite tech fellowship program that will kickoff today. The first session will be held in early summer 2015 in LA. million per company. Sponsor partners for Karlin Fellows include City National Bank, Hawke Media, TriNet, and WeWork.

Los Angeles 40

Los Angeles Commerce Class Platform 40

Xconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Sales of both drugs, ivacaftor (Kalydeco) and the combo pill ivacaftor-lumacaftor (Orkambi), reached almost $1 billion in 2015 and are growing. But the drugs aren’t cures, and competition looms. Has Vertex has learned from its past missteps?

Startup 40

Startup Research Sales Organization 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2016

I remember when seed funds first started (they were being incorrectly called “super angels” and then Micro VCs before Seed Funds stuck) and every LP (who invest in VCs) told me they weren’t convinced about Seed Funds (too small, too hard to pick winners, would they be able to follow on?). Now seed funding is conventional wisdom.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Capital Funding Seed Funding 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x Every VC who’s been the business for a long time realized first hand that the VC markets were changing rapidly as early as Q3 of 2015. 2015 turned to 2016. Fall turned to winter.

Funding 150

Funding Startup SaaS Venture Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

The market has yielded what investment guru Michael Moritz recently termed “ subprime Unicorns.” First, corporate investors including Google, Rakuten, Alibaba, Comcast and others have increased their investments in venture and often don’t have the same profit motive (and thus pricing motive) as traditional investors.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Pricing Platform Marketing 150