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.

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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.

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socalTECH

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. Southern California technology companies raised $709.8M

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2020

Reports indicate that Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant, and seven other passengers were on board a helicopter traveling to Bryant’s basketball training facility Mamba Academy. . Bryant launched his venture career with partner and serial entrepreneur Jeff Stibel back in 2013, according to Crunchbase.

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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>>.

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socalTECH

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>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 10, 2019

” Citing a Bloomberg report, the site explains automakers may have had the worst first half for new-vehicle retail sales since 2013. My favorite car blog Jalopnik said it best: “Cars Sales Could Be Heading Straight Into the Toilet.” Car sales are tanking, but people still need cars.

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socalTECH

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>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

RBC Capital Markets, Needham & Company, Oppenheimer & Co, and Luma Securities. The firm reported revenues of $57.0M for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The company''s IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Sachs, & Co., Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Ventures, News Corp.,

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2014

TrueCar--which is led by Scott Painter--is backed by USAA, Capricorn Investment Group, Upfront Ventures, Anthem Ventures, Vulcan Capital Growth Equity, and Peppy Capital Partners. TrueCar reported a loss of $22.6M on revenues of $133.958M for the year ended December 13, 2013.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2014

Morgan, Citigroup, Barclays, Allen & Company LLC, Stifel, Baird, MCS Capital Markets, Piper Jaffray, and Raymond James. The company reported $985.73M in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2013. GoPro''s IPO is being underwritten by J.P. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Goleta-based Transphorm , the developer of Gallium Nitride (GaN) power conversion technology, reports that it has scored two patents covering its technology. The first patent names James Honea and Yifeng Wu as inventors, and was initially filed in August of 2013. The second patent application was filed on May 3, 20`13. READ MORE>>.

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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!

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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.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Goldstar, which had been bootstrapped since inception, reported back in 2013 that it was seeing more than $100M in revenues from its services, which helps connects consumers with discounted event tickets. No details on that funding--which look to be the company's first ever--have been announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2013

Venture capital investments saw a sharp drop in Q1 in Southern California, according to the latest venture numbers from the MoneyTree report. The report, released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association over the weekend, tallied up $534.3M billion in 863 deals. Image courtesy Bigstock.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

San Diego’s innovation clusters continued to grow in 2015, as local startups, funding deals, and job growth extended an economic growth spurt that began in 2013. That’s according to a report being released today by Connect, the local nonprofit group focused on technology and entrepreneurship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Incorporating a business entity early through online services.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Accepted participants will receive $120,000 in investment capital to develop their ideas, along with mentor support from top Disney executives, including Chairman and CEO Robert A. Recall, in 2013, Los Angeles collectively saw $1.1 Recall, in 2013, Los Angeles collectively saw $1.1

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Because you get to work on your 2013 annual budget. Does your company need to create a financial plan and build your 2013 budget right now. So this will only be the first of your forecasts for 2013. Now that you have your bottom-up forecast, you’re ready to build your 2013 budget. Absolutely. Plan actions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The stock market reached a new all-time high in 2013, and is finally providing some liquidity relief to concerned investors and startups alike. Home prices are slowly coming back, and consumer spending reached a new high of almost $11 billion in May 2013. Venture capital investments are returning to startups.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

The idea was to feature early stage companies in the region that have not attracted much attention or raised a substantial amount of startup capital. million in a Series D round of investment capital, according to founder and chairman Tony Farwell. The results were so encouraging, we’re doing it again.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The firm also reports that partnerships span 25 categories with more than 600 leading brands including Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Sephora, Nordstrom, Pier 1 Imports, Red Envelope, Harry and David, Wayfair and the GAP and its user base has doubled every 2 months since launch. Doubling user base & top-tier clients. It’s a win-win.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

As the most connected and technologically equipped generation in human history, Gen-Y entrepreneurs are using today’s tools of communication, collaboration and mobility to build startups with little or no startup capital and few employees. The good news is that 60% of Gen-Y founders said they plan to take a vacation this year.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Venture capital firms have increased their agtech investments by 80 percent since 2012, bringing total VC investment in the sector to a total of $3 billion in 2015, according to a new report from Boston Consulting Group and AgFunder, an online investment marketplace for agriculture technology. They also queried 15 VC firms.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Morris did go on to co-found an aerial imagery company for agriculture in 2013, but he scrapped the idea of using drones. But as Xconomy’s Bruce Bigelow reported, robotics companies are trying to develop navigation systems that would allow drones to operate autonomously and safely.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Final le web london (june 2013) from Mark Suster. Here I talked about Lending Club where I understand hedge fund managers are now deploying capital to lend directly against pools of borrowers. Venture capital will be easy and then hard. Prices down. Network Up. But what else? Will this Trend Last? That always happens.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

Perspectium recently raised a funding round from TVC Capital. Coming out of ServiceNow around 2013, I realized that a lot of problems that we had been discussing and dealing with with customers adopting applications like ServiceNow into the enterprise, was establishing connections of that data and processes with systems in the enterprise.

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Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

Without the aid of venture capital , the small upstart says, it has grown to “tens of thousands” of customers in five metro areas: the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Miami, and San Diego. Google Fiber began testing its own wireless Internet technology in Kansas City earlier this year, Recode reported.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

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Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

In a 2013 panel discussion at Silicon Valley’s Churchill Club, the DFJ partner said “machine learning” was his pick as the most important tech trend to watch for the next three to five years. In the 2-1/2 years since it was founded, Nervana raised roughly $25 million.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2014

As the capital needed to start a small business continues to fall, the number of software companies being started is exploding. Employees who work for big companies don’t have the opportunity to report directly to the president or CEO. Image courtesy of Refinery29 via Pinterest. However, that’s not exactly the situation with startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

This thinking is largely driven by the venture capital industry (and subsequently Wall Street) who are in search of high margin, highly scalable businesses. I gave them advice I don’t think they were expecting from a VC, “Don’t raise venture capital for this business. This team is talented. They wanted advice.

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