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JULY 18, 2013

in venture capital investments in Q2 2013 across Southern California, spread across 80 deals. The report comes every quarter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. in investments across 90 deals. in investments across 90 deals.

Southern California 187

Southern California Venture Capital Tech Coast Angels Capital 187

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

94 new startups have launched since January 2013 to June 2013 and the startup ecosystem has raised $500 million in funding in 2013 so far. Communication and growth will bring more capital and investors to start new businesses and ideas to create more opportunities, thus continuing the circle of startup life.

Report 104

Report Orange County Startup West Los Angeles 104

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APRIL 12, 2013

Although it might still be on the early side for an analysis, we''ve run our numbers again to figure out who''s having the biggest success so far in the market, where entrepreneurs are most likely to find capital providers hanging out, and where (if anywhere) are exits happening? We''ve analyzed our database of angel and. Our analysis.

Southern California 222

Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Irvine-based Horizon Communications , a provider of telecommunications and electrical infrastructure installation and support services, has received an investment from Newport Beach-based private equity firm Solis Capital Partners. telecom investment equity private capital venture solis communications horizon' READ MORE>>.

Invest 153

Invest Capital Equity Funding 153

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 23, 2013

Thursday, January 24, 2013 -- Venture Capital Process and Trends. Holmen, Managing Director, Miramar Venture Partners on "Venture Capital Process and Trends". UCI Chief Executive Roundtable. See [link] (more)

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Capital UCI Miramar 113

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2012

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2013 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Thursday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2013. The post TZ Presents 2013 Startup Forecast appeared first on TechZulu. 24 7pm at The ROC in Santa Monica.

Startup 110

Startup Activision Santa Monica SaaS 110

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. The dot.com heydays of free flowing venture capital and supercharged IPOs are not back.

Venture Capital 101

Venture Capital Startup Capital Seed Funding 101

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

A new report, published this morning by Fortune, says that a "new" venture capital fund--announced last week in officially looking press releases-- appears to be linked to a convicted inmate, currently imprisoned in Lompoc. Fortune says it does not know who has been sending out press releases from the company. READ MORE>>.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Capital Report Funding 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Today, we're featuring Marc Averitt , co-founder and Managing Director of Okapi Venture Capital. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013? becomes a reality in 2013 with the consumerization of enterprise software and cloud computing leading the charge. I think "enterprise 2.0"

Venture Capital 164

Venture Capital Capital Southern California High Tech 164

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2014

Overall, great news for our fair city with a 25% increase in funds raised in 2013 over the year before. 9 more companies weigh in with $25 million fund raising totals and impressively, 100 additional companies did their part in raising $1 million or more in capital. Originally posted by the good people at Built In Los Angeles.

Los Angeles 105

Los Angeles Angel Startup Snapchat 105

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2014

Southern California''s venture capital investments totaled a little more than $598.4M in the fourth quarter, according to the latest number from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, in its MoneyTree report. There were 84 venture capital deals for the quarter. was invested in the region.

Southern California 246

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Tech Coast Angels 246

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APRIL 12, 2021

The round was led by Intel Capital, and also WISE Ventures, Quest Venture Partners and Mirae Asset Venture Investment, plus angels Mike Baker (Dataxu) and Mike Shehan (SpotX). was foudned in 2013, and provides analysis of videos to determine the content and relevance of clips to specific viewers.

Advertising 113

Advertising Los Angeles Content Invest 113

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

in venture capital in Q3, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data From Thomson Reuters. was raised in venture capital. was raised in venture capital. Nationally, total venture capital investments totaled $7.8

Southern California 234

Southern California Orange County Tech Coast Angels Company 234

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) announced last week that it has raised a second fund, worth $300M. To learn about the new fund, we sat down with Jamie Montgomery , one of the fund's co-founders, to hear about March Capital's strategy and the new fund. We started March Capital in late 2013.

Funding 160

Funding Capital Artificial Inteligence Startup 160

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MARCH 6, 2017

The funding was led by Rincon Venture Partners , and also included Eniac Ventures and Spider Capital. The company develops cloud-based software used to help monitor construction project progress and compliance, and was founded in 2013. Raken is led and was co-founded by CEO Kyle Slager and CTO/CPO Dr. Sergey Sundukovskiy.

Software 171

Software Report San Diego Capital 171

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I now use the Impact Matrix as a venture capital investor to help our portfolio companies objectively evaluate which initiatives they should pursue in the near-term, which they should re-considered in the future and which should be dismissed entirely.

Tool 255

Tool Startup Ideas Resource 255

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2013

On Friday October 25th, this innovative spirit was put on display at the 2013 Student Innovator Showcase. Between the end of the Showcase and the start of the Fast Pitches, people got a chance to meet Mark Stevens, a USC alumnus, Venture Capitalist at Sequoia Capital , and founder of the Stevens Center for Innovation.

USC 91

USC Ideas Southern California Platform 91

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. TVC Capital has also been a big supporter of socaltech over the years. It is easy to invest capital, but very, very hard to exit, so don't.

Capital 100

Capital Beverly Hills Artificial Inteligence Equity 100

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MAY 16, 2019

The funding was led by Brick & Mortar Ventures and Virgo Investment Group, and also included MetaProp, Almubader Growth Fund, and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital. The startup was founded in 2013 by Jared Levy and Gordon Stott. Los Angeles-based Connect Homes , a developer of prefab housing technology, has raised $10.8M

Los Angeles 133

Los Angeles Design Funding Capital 133

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

The round also included TrueBridge Capital Partners, Reimagined Ventures and Glassdoor founder Robert Hohman. Cloud9 was founded in 2013 by Jack and Paullie Etienne, and is behind such teams as the London Spitfire, the British Hurricane, and others. READ MORE>>.

Equity 113

Equity Los Angeles Capital Funding 113

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MARCH 5, 2014

Irvine-based online real estate marketplace Auction.com announced this morning that it has raised $50M in a funding round from Google Capital. According to Auction.com, Google Capital will also add a representative to the company''s board of directors, and also gain an observer seat. READ MORE>>.

Google 210

Google Venture Capital Invest Capital 210

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2020

. “Kobe was loved in Los Angeles,” wrote Mark Suster , managing partner of the Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Upfront Ventures , in a private message to TechCrunch. Bryant launched his venture career with partner and serial entrepreneur Jeff Stibel back in 2013, according to Crunchbase. .”

Venture Capital 359

Venture Capital Los Angeles Legalzoom Calabasas 359

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APRIL 21, 2014

The latest numbers are out on venture capital investments in Southern California from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, finding that the region had nearly $762.88M invested in companies in the region during Q1 of 2014. was a significant increase from Q1 of 2013, when only $571.0M READ MORE>>.

Southern California 165

Southern California Orange County San Diego Avalon 165

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MAY 22, 2018

The funding came from Upfront Ventures, Sorenson Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Fika Ventures. Kazerani and Segil sold Edgecast back in 2013, in a deal worth around $390M. Openpath is developing cloud-based physical access control systems for businesses. READ MORE>>.

Culver City 100

Culver City Seed Funding Venture Capital Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? They were a way to gather cheap capital.

Venture Capital 466

Venture Capital Startup Marketing Pricing 466

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AUGUST 17, 2018

The funding was led by Warburg Pincus, and also included Canaan, Genesee & Wyoming, Xplorer Capital and Muse Family Enterprises. Cargomatic is led by CEO Richard Gerstein, and was founded in 2013. According to Cargomatic, the new funding will go towards geographic expansion efforts and hiring key employees.

Long Beach 113

Long Beach Mobile Email Funding 113

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MARCH 5, 2019

DuBois was most recently Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Corporate Vice President (CVP) at Microsoft, a role he held between May 2013 to September 2017 under Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Saviynt said that DeBois had been at Microosft for over 24 years.

CIO 113

CIO Los Angeles Software Capital 113

socalTECH

JULY 17, 2018

The new funding was led by Emergence Capital. Kazerani and Segil previously founded Edgecast, which they sold to Verizon in 2013 for around $390M. The company's other investors, who participated in this round, include Upfront Ventures, Sorenson Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Fika Ventures.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Los Angeles Capital Funding 100

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Pluto TV was founded in 2013, and was led by CEO and co-founder Tom Ryan, who will continue to lead Pluto TV, which becomes an independent subsidiary of Viacom. 1, Scripps Network Interactive, Prizker Group, and individuals like Ross Levinsohn, Ken Parks, and Stephane Kurgan.

Advertising 113

Advertising Acquisition Los Angeles Activity 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2013

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2013, the Q1 increase marks three consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists. No surprises here.

Venture Capital 95

Venture Capital Capital Startup Funding 95

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2013

In my view, entrepreneurship has always been the ultimate embodiment of capitalism, and quite synonymous with free enterprise. Yet I find that more and more young entrepreneurs are uncomfortable with the term “capitalism”, somehow thinking that it prioritizes “making money” above all else. It’s time to have fun!

Capital 99

Capital Entrepreneur Startup Blogging 99

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JUNE 9, 2014

Morgan, Citigroup, Barclays, Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital Markets, KKR Capital Markets, and Stifel. The company reported a net loss of $131M for 2013, on revenues of $1.13 GoDaddy said it is looking to raised up $100M in its IPO, which is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, J.P. READ MORE>>.

Media 164

Media .Net Acquisition Los Angeles 164

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JUNE 4, 2019

FTD also agreed to sell both its North American and Latin American businesses to private equity investor Nexus Capital Management , in a move that includes San Diego-based Proflowers.

Southern California 113

Southern California Woodland Hills SoCal San Diego 113

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

Santa Monica-based Culture Genesis , the venture-backed "digital studio" funded by Mucker Capital, betaworks, plus actor T.I., Grand Hustle founder Jason Geter, and NBA star Baron Davis, has acquired All Def , the media and content company which was founded in 2013 by hip-hop's Russell Simmons.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Acquisition Media Content 100

socalTECH

JULY 17, 2014

The latest venture capital totals from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association''s MoneyTree Report was released this evening, tallying up $761.12M in investments in Q2 of 2014 in Southern California, up from Q2 of 2013, when $616.83M was invested in the region. Image courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 240

Southern California El Segundo Culver City Orange County 240

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MAY 5, 2014

Crawford is a member of the board of Lionsgate Entertainment, and previously was a portfolio manager at Capital Research and Management. According to UberMedia, it had 300 percent growth in 2013, and is now sees around 4 billion impressions per month, with a reach to 400 million devices. READ MORE>>.

Idealab 164

Idealab Advertising Mobile Pasadena 164

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MAY 14, 2014

Los Angeles-based CAA Ventures , the venture capital arm of the Creative Artists Agency, has made an investment in a monthly delivery service focused on do-it-yourself (DIY) crafts. The Creative Artists Agency created a new venture capital fund--CAA Ventures I--in 2013, however, has been fairly quiet about the group''s activities.

Dollar Shave Club 140

Dollar Shave Club Venture Capital Los Angeles Activity 140