socalTECH

MAY 11, 2017

San Diego-based Inseego , the company until recently known as Novatel Wireless, has received a $20M credit agreement from Lakestar Semi, a private investment fund managed by Soros Fund Management. Newman is being replaced by interim CFO Tom Allen, who had been interim CFO of Novatel Wireless from June 2014 to September of 2014.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

Founded by some of the men responsible for the biggest hits in online marketing (like the Dollar Shave Club commercial that launched what became a billion dollar acquisition ) think that its time to take technology where it’s never gone before — into targeted, direct mail campaigns using the best ad-targeting that money can buy.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2017

Upfront made its investment in Luxe in 2014. Luxe is venture backed by Redpoint Ventures, Google Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, Foundation Capital, BoxGroup, Slow Ventures, Data Collective, Eniac Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures, as well as others. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

The Gores Group said it acquired Fotona in 2014, through its Small Capitalization Partners investment fund. Financial details of the sale were not announced. Fotona, which is based in Europe, was founded in 1964. Fotona was advised by Piper Jaffray & Co. in the transaction. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

2014: Tony Hsieh interviewed by Frank Gruber about the Downtown Project changes and growth, including audience Q&A. in 2018, after its acquisition by MVF Global , and onto their next venture, Established , which manages the Startup of the Year community. These videos may offer a glimpse into who Tony was and what he was all about.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2015

Soon-Shiong took the stake in Conkwest back in December of 2014, investing $50M in a strategic funding in the company. NantKwest is related to NantWorks via Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who owns 62.1 percent of NantKwest, according to NantKwest's S-1 filing. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2016

It is no secret that the number of private companies with valuations in excess of one billion dollars has skyrocketed since the start of 2014. As show in CBInsight’s chart, the number of such “unicorns” created during the first half of 2014 was roughly equivalent to the number created during the prior three years.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Jeb Spencer: We closed our nineteenth and twentieth software focused growth equity investments this year, a significant milestone for our firm. Every now and then we feel like we are finally starting to get a hang of this investing thing -- though the feeling doesn't always last very long. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. Whisper’s last round was a $36 million Series C back in 2014. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company filed registration documents in California in June 2018.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

In 2014, we raised quite a bit of money from St. The company has grown about 200 percent since 2014, in terms of revenue. They invested in 2014, and asked me to meet with Dallas Imbimbo, the CEO and Founder. You have to make sure your cost of acquisition, retention rates, and conversion metrics are all in place.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. Overall, they show bullish investment, but remain strategically cautious.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

In January, Los Angeles-based Pluto TV (www.pluto.tv) was acquired by Viacom for $340M, one of the largest acquisition deals so far in the region this year. It's been one of the biggest acquisition in Los Angeles in the last thirteen to fifteen months. When we first launched in 2014, we found the average person might watch 1.2

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

He saw that the cost of acquisition for many, many different businesses were going through the roof, week after week. We saw that they were hitting the inflection point, where they were spending more than they were receiving from customer acquisition. That's where I saw the problem we are solving at Retina.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The world’s top tech companies have heavily invested in AR/VR and are persistent in broadcasting the technologies’ potential to blur the lines of how consumers interact with the digital world. If anything, the OculusVR acquisition in 2014 signaled that Facebook saw VR as a social final frontier.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We will have a line up of amazing panelist who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2014. We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in.

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Xconomy

MAY 31, 2016

Microsoft plans to invest more in early stage startup companies through a new corporate venture fund, headed by former Qualcomm executives. And at the other end is where you’ll typically see our larger investments and acquisitions,” Kashyap writes. With a formalized venture fund, Microsoft now has a seat at the table.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Every startup dreams of achieving that milestone, when they can focus more on scaling the business and enjoying their earnings rather than fighting for another investment infusion. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/1/2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Let market response dictate a later split, merger, or acquisition. They may have the finances you need to invest in a business area they know, where you have the core competency. Longer term, when ready, it may be time for merger or acquisition. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 06/06/2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

They call first investments at this stage the “A-round,” and often follow with a B-round through G-round. Growth stage investments from VCs are usually $5 million and up. If you want to avoid all these stage and investment considerations, you can always bootstrap the business (fund it yourself, and grow organically).

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InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2015

The latest evidence of the city’s dynamic startup ecosystem is the recent announcement by Citrix to investment significant resources in the Santa Barbara Innovator’s Program. Many of these individuals become restless in their youthful “retirement” and begin investing and advising young companies. From Lynda.com ’s recent $1.5

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

Back in January, at the annual TechZulu Startup Forecast , our panel of industry leaders and investors spent a healthy dose of time discussing the ongoing JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) and the investing sphere at large. This all, circling around 2008, a shy year for startup investments. Fundraising Frustrations.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

And just announced an acquisition of Meetup. Station F is the brainchild of Xavier Neil, a tech billionaire and serial entrepreneur, who invested millions in acquiring and refitting the building. Based in Berlin’s Mitte neighborhood, Factory Berlin was inaugurated in 2014. WeWork Gets Smart With Education for Adults and Kids.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2013

Investment risk management. Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Companies need the same service on partner and acquisition candidates, even vendors.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2016

They are on more solid footing than they were, but there’s no such thing as solid footing in this industry,” says Rajeev Shah, a managing director at biotech investment firm RA Capital, which had been a Vertex investor but no longer is. Has Vertex has learned from its past missteps? Other similarly effective HCV drugs have followed.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). I do it myself. If I can do it – so can you.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Founded a series of successful startups resulting in IPOs and acquisitions. Sold it in 2014. Greg has led Series A investments in tech-based enterprises. Billions of video views on YouTube. Mark Douglas, CEO of SteelHouse. Started at Oracle as one of its first employees.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The Partnership on AI , formally unveiled Wednesday, includes Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, Google and its 2014 acquisition DeepMind. Each company is investing untold billions of dollars in developing AI technologies, betting on a future defined by computer systems that can perceive, reason, advise, and decide.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Why is Twitter’s user acquisition at a standstill , and why are their ad products failing? I sold half of my Twitter shares in June 26th 2014, for $41 a share. But I couldn’t justify the investment any more. They introduced native video opportunities in 2014, and views and usage grew very quickly. I remained active.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 9, 2014

Design as an afterthought Mistakenly, many early-stage startups often don’t see value in investing in design early on, believing it is a luxury which can be bolted on later like some kind of magic stardust. Get some customers and investment will come a lot easier. Customer acquisition ultimately makes or breaks any start-up.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Founder, Founder, Founder At Upfront we talk regularly about how 70% of our investment decision in Seed and A rounds is the quality of the entrepreneur and 30% is the quality of the idea. Why did Ring become an enormous success when it produced a hardware product and the market keeps saying, “hardware is too difficult to scale?”

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last November, the Web-search giant opened a flashy new office in Venice to focus on engineering, sales and advertising; the company will lease close to a quarter-million square feet in the neighborhood by 2014. MSN Money Investing. Investment Land For Sale. Investing Tools. Gefährliche Freunde: Drei Fallen auf Facebook.

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