Xconomy

MAY 8, 2017

Austin —Dell Technologies is publicly unveiling a venture capital investment arm that has been quietly investing in startups since the operation was run by EMC, the data storage giant that Dell agreed to acquire for $67 billion in 2015. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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MAY 5, 2020

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Love Goodly was part of the Quake Seed Capital accelerator program, and was backed by Third Wave Digital/Allen DeBevoise. Love Goodly was founded in 2015; Lassoff said both she and Bogue Miller will continue on as consultants to NOVICA. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 2, 2015

Today, we have some thoughts from Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital , a private equity investment company in San Diego. 2014 was the most active year in TVC history as measured by the number of investments/acquisitions/follow-ons/exits we completed. What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015? maybe even 10x.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Santa Monica-based learning and human capital management software developer Cornerstone OnDemand has acquired fellow Santa Monica company WorkPop , as a part of its expansion into talent acquisition software, the company announced this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 9, 2017

Kreitz served as CEO of Maker Studios from 2013 through its acquisition in 2015 by Walt Disney, and was one of its original investors. Kreitz also served as Chairman and CEO of TV production giant Endemol Group, was a venture capitalist at Balderton Capital, and was co-founder of Fox Kids Europe N.V.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

According to Neustar, Marketshare generated $57M in revenues for the twelve months ended September 30, 2015. MarketShare was venture backed by FTV Capital, Elevation Partners, along with others. Neustar said the acquisition will help it enable CMOs to plan, optimize, and allocate their online and offline marketing budgets.

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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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JANUARY 4, 2016

Incipio said it will use the new funding to further carry out its business, including identifying and executing future acquisitions of companies. Incipio, which is led by Andy Fathollahi, has recently been in acquisition mode, having purchased Incase and ClamCase in 2015, in addition to acquisitions of Braven and Tavik in previous years.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

The funding is coming from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Reimagined Ventures, Trinity Capital Investment, Celtic House Venture Partners, Marubeni Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, Mojo Partners alongside with previous investors GGV Capital, WI Harper Group, Digital Garage, CentreGold Capital , Scrum Ventures, and other unnamed participants.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Costa Mesa-based venture capital investor CerraCap Ventures says it has seen an exit out of its investment portfolio, saying that the sale of digital gifting and exchange company Swych resulted in a 4.3X return for the firm in less than two years. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 6, 2017

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group said on Thursday that it has agreed to merge Syncsoft Incorporated and Vision Solutions , two enterprise software companies that it already owns, and sell the resultant company to Centerbridge Partners. Clearlake acquired Syncsoft in 2015, and Vision Solutions in 2016.

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AUGUST 29, 2016

The investment is the first one announced since the successful acquisition of Science Inc. since 2015. Plowz & Mowz is based in Syracuse, New York, and is led by Wills Mahoney. portfolio company Dollar Shave Club, and appears to be the first publicly announced investment by Science Inc. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2016

in a public offering on the NASDAQ Capital Market. The company's IPO is being underwritten by a single underwriter, Northland Capital Markets. The company reported $27.793M in sales for its year ended December 31, 2015. The company is backed by GEN3 Capital and Northwater Intellectual Property. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Here are my thoughts on the right steps to prepare for these discussions and how to capitalize on your strengths: Declare and file your innovations early as intellectual property. The best way to support your acquisition potential for $100 million -- or going public -- is to find a competitor who has shown it can be done.

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DECEMBER 16, 2016

Flipagram is venture backed by Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and Sequoia Capital, and raised a bit $70M funding round in 2015. Citing "multiple sources" close to the company, Recode said Flipagram is still discussing financial terms with Toutiao, but no deal has been signed. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

Divshot says it will shut down all of its products and services as of Monday, December 14th, 2015. Divshot was venture backed by 500 Startups, Cooley LLP, Daher Capital, Drummond Road Capital, Floodlight Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners, and TenOneTen Ventures. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. In reality, crowdfunding has become a major startup funding vehicle, expected to reach $3.62 Marty Zwilling

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

RealPage said NWP Services had approximately $58M in revenues in 2015. NWP Servies got its start as National Water and Power, and had at one time received funding from Crosslink Capital, DQE Enterprises, Endeavor Capital Management, Friedman Billings Ramsey, Kline Hawkes California, LP, Landmark Partners, and Sycamore Ventures.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Venture capital activity is gradually easing from last year’s peak, according to a new quarterly report put together by Seattle-based PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association. billion that was invested in 2,559 deals (2,545 companies) in the third quarter of 2015. VC firms invested $14.99 billion in 1,810 U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. Of roughly 312,000 unsuccessful projects, nearly 260,000 failed to reach even 20 percent of their goal. Marty Zwilling.

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MAY 1, 2015

The Tech Coast Angels , one of the most active angel investment groups nationwide in addition to here in Southern California, said Friday that it invested in eight new and follow on deals in the first quarter of 2015, in addition to seeing two exits out of its portfolio.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Maple Media (maplemedia.io) recently announced a big, $30M funding from Shamrock Capital, to assemble a collection of mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. After I sold my last company, Shift, in May of 2015, I took some time off to look for the next thing to do.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

A micro venture capital firm. A “genesis” venture capital round. Finally, many more mature companies, including Intel , Google and FedEx , offer seed funding to promising startups working on innovative technologies which might be good acquisition candidates later.

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Xconomy

JULY 19, 2016

In 2015, Cybersecurity startups saw 332 funding deals with investments hitting the highest ever at $3.8 For 2015, there were 133 information security M&A deals, according to 451 Research’s Tech M&A Outlook 2016. In an ideal world, and from the perspective of a venture investor, this would absolutely be the case.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

Being one small company amongst the sea of thousands of startups vying for customers, capital, and talent, the way to get noticed above the crowd, connect with that next big partner, and raise some capital is to throw your hat in the ring to compete at Startup of the Year.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2015

The part we entrepreneurs don''t quite understand is the new "Exit Tax," effective January 2015, which imposes an onerous fee on potential gains, triggered when an investor or founder moves from Spain. Although 75% of VC funds in Spain come from abroad, the government has decided to punish capital outflows.

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Xconomy

MAY 31, 2016

BioMarin continued Prosensa’s plan after its acquisition. Yet expectations were low; as RBC Capital Markets analyst Michael Yee wrote in a note to investors this afternoon, BioMarin’s decision to pull its approval application in Europe “is no surprise.” billion for ZS Pharm a in November.

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MARCH 12, 2018

In recent years, Los Angeles has become the capital of subscription, consumer-focused "box" businesses, where consumers sign up for monthly deliveries based on a subscription. Justine Lassoff: We launched in 2015, and we have now been around for three years. Where is the business today?

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JANUARY 27, 2016

More recently in 2015, Kiel helped launch Machine Shop Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in early-to-growth stage companies with a global scope. JOE GUZEL – VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTOR – CROSSCUT VENTURES. Machine Shop Ventures was featured in WIRED Magazine for its groundbreaking new model.

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

But billions of dollars in acquisitions will be left by the side of the road. Merck also saw some expected fruits of its 2014 big-ticket acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals wither away this week, as the Supreme Court wouldn’t reverse a decision that shaved years off the patent life of the top-selling antibiotic daptomyicin (Cubicin).

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2016

Although mega rounds with high valuations can be an effective way for large VC firms to efficiently deploy their capital, this approach can actually decrease a startup’s chances of success. Shortly thereafter, the company received an acquisition offer which would have put over $15 million into the Founder’s pocket.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2015

When Facebook did it a few years ago, the company used more than $100 million in venture capital funding before it became profitable. The advertiser sees it as cost per acquisition (CPA) or pay per performance (PPP). Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/1/2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Boy wearing Oculus Rift via Wikipedia As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. There are no shortcuts to success. Marty Zwilling.

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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?

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. Without insights into the Northern California startup ecosystem, our thesis was, "Why are these guys seeking capital in SoCal? Yet most VC's bury their failures under six feet of denial. Painful Past - We are all also victims of our past.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

That led us to venture capital as opposed to trying to bootstrap ourselves. 5) It is 2015. One key decision early on was that RightScale needed to become big fast. We were in the center of the activity and thus would soon race against everyone else, many with much deeper pockets. We always focused on making the story bigger.”.

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