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. Microsoft Ventures now fills a gap we’ve had somewhere in the middle of that range.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. And some angels running around like Reid Hoffman & Keith Rabois. But not many others.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

I invest heavily in relationships with journalists both because I like them and respect their profession and I know that there is a benefit to me in the long run if I’m not transactional in my relationships. You need somebody who is helping push out information on what is up-and-coming in the company. I do it myself.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, lawyers, venture capitalists, or Angels. Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via credit card), including this Top Ten list for 2014. The cost of entry has never been lower. Personalize a simple web site.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. billion by 2014. In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. Much more data in the full post. There are 2.9

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Xconomy

JULY 30, 2018

Pernix (NASDAQ: PTX ) said Monday that a business entity it helped create, Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals, has closed a deal for Contrave. The FDA approved Contrave in 2014 , which at the time made it the third. Orexigen Therapeutics went bankrupt trying to turn its weight loss pill, Contrave, into a commercial success. for the drug.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

With small amounts of money invested (sub $3 million) the risks are reasonably low for most VCs and the consequences of bad decisions or decisions a VC has limited say in is tolerable. As we have invested millions in building out our sales organization efficiency really matters. We realized we needed help.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

I built it on a platform given to me for free by a company that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars of which I receive value. They allow my to drive traffic to my blog, to websites or anywhere I want as long as the audience will click. Mark Suster (@msuster) November 7, 2014. But it’s not really. YnJM8aeru9.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

The financing includes both new investment funding and a conversion of debt to equity, according to a notation in the filing. According to the article, Ostendo’s QPI technology “fuses an image processor with a wafer containing micro light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, alongside software that helps the unit properly render images.”.

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Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2016

Inside our bodies, our cells move around, communicate, form new tissue, and heal wounds with the help of proteins called integrins. But when disease occurs, integrins get the wrong cues and do damage—they might help tumors grow, or promote inflammation or scarring inside the body. But I want to see the evidence.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Applying a narrative approach to the problem you’re solving can also be helpful. More stringent analyses of your competitors (through a Porter’s Five Forces model or SWOT analysis) are also helpful. A report projecting a sector will achieve $70 billion in revenue by 2014 will make you look like an amateur. compelling.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 23, 2016

The discussion came to a boil earlier this year after a small New York investment bank hired scantily-clad women to attend its cocktail party at the J.P. The bank, LifeSci Advisors, is looking to pay penance by helping fund the training program. In a 2014 survey of biotech gender diversity, U.K. Morgan conference in January.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

At Xconomy, we have seen growing investments in the sector—both in a rash of new agtech startups and by bigger players such Monsanto, Bayer Crop Sciences, and Syngenta. The annual AgTech Investment Report from AgFunderNews found that investment in agriculture and food-related technology startups alone hit $4.6

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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. In its early days, Vertex helped bring two HIV drugs to market. Yet it wasn’t a fatal blow.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

In fact, the headline of one read, “How Putting $10m into uBeam illustrates everything that is wrong with tech investing today.” But “what is wrong with tech investing today?” And I hope the skeptics will join in from a perspective of “how can we help?” Mark Suster (@msuster) November 1, 2014.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

million in a Series D round of investment capital, according to founder and chairman Tony Farwell. I am grateful to Mike Krenn, the venture group’s president, for his help on this project. I widened my net this year. With the benefit of all their insights, I winnowed the list to 12.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As I sit here writing this, I can’t help but think how excited I am about our future. Later, as I achieved a sort of cult fame status with my first YouTube show, WineLibraryTV , Twitter helped me grow my personal brand. A new social pipeline, the quick blogging style, the similarity to texting: all these things were great for Twitter.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2016

The developer also provides rent-free space for a second EvoNexus incubator in University City (about a mile or so from UC San Diego) and a third EvoNexus incubator near UC Irvine that opened at the end of 2014. The tech community has helped us evolve as a company here,” Turner said. 101 West Broadway tower in downtown San Diego.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

About Amanda: After finishing business school at Wharton, she moved directly into investment banking and spent two years working within the tech sector. A lot of people like that and it’s helped us spread awareness through word of month. They’ll tell friends, which helps us get more press and exposure.”

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Xconomy

AUGUST 4, 2016

The San Diego company sees many reasons why wireless charging will eventually become a robust global market, according to Steve Pazol, a Qualcomm vice president who took over the company’s wireless charging business in 2014. Such reasons include tighter automotive emission standards, self-driving cars, and driver behavior. and other nations.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

Despite the benefits of developing an app, there are valid reasons why retailers choose not to invest in one. Sixty eight percent spent less than $1 million on mobile developments in 2014. The app is not at all similar to the mobile site, and it helps the brand evolve and offer the consumer something more than just a product.

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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.

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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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Xconomy

AUGUST 5, 2016

The company and Carlsbad, CA, partner Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: IONS ) stopped a Phase 3 trial of spinal muscular atrophy drug nusinersen early because it was clearly helping improve the motor function of patients compared to a placebo. His Chatham Therapeutics was acquired by Baxter International in 2014.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. How much money will they reserve from their fund for future investments in your startup? How much pull that investment professional has within his or her fund?

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. From her new perch in Los Angeles, shes helping to launch a company that she says lies "at the intersection of marketing and digital entertainment, philanthropy and lifetime experiences." MSN Money Investing. Investment Land For Sale. Investing Tools. Loading… Real Estate. » More.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

In 2012 I penned an article called “ It’s Morning in VC ” that highlighted many of these trends and in 2014 I published a series of data in this VC SlideShare presentation of “ Why VC is Much More Compelling ” now, which updated many of our earlier analysis. ” ring hollow. ” How elegantly stated.

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