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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

the company earned in Q3 of 2015. in cash and investments. j2 Global--which has had a ravenous appetite for Internet acquisitions--did not announce any new acquisitions in the release; the company annoucned the four companies it acquired this quarter in October. The revenues are significantly higher than the $178.7M

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AUGUST 29, 2016

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

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MARCH 14, 2016

Goldman Sachs said this morning that it has acquired Honest Dollar, which will become part of its Investment Management division. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Honest Dollar offered up retirement plans for small and medium sized businesses, using IRAs rather than 401Ks.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Jam City said the new, $350M funding round was a combination of equity and debt, and included Netmarble, Kabam, and affiliates of funds managed by Fortress Investment Group.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2018

AdvancedMD , a portfolio company of Los Angeles-based private equity investor Marlin Equity , said this week that it has completed the acquisition of Marietta, Georgia-based Nuesoft Technologies. Marlin Equity acquired AdvancedMD in September of 2015. Financial details of the buy were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

According to Neustar, Marketshare generated $57M in revenues for the twelve months ended September 30, 2015. MarketShare's predictive analytics software is used by the marketing industry to understand how their investments marketing and sales reflect in TV, print, display, search, video, social media, website, PR, and elsewhere.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2019

According to L Squared, since its investment in Virtium in July of 2015, Virtium saw its organic revenues more than double, and a tripling of its EBITDA. L Squared said that Virtium was its second platform investment and third exit for the firm in the last twelve months. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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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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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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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2015

We are looking forward to this year''s Silicon Beach Fest 2015 continuing these themes and being bigger, adding more international, biotech, and more. At the end of 2013, we were excited when there was an investment round of $20M to $30M. Beyond entertainment, ad tech is huge with Rubicon''s IPO and the TrueX $200M acquisition by Fox.

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

It's unclear how big of a take that Qualcomm Ventures has in Cloudflare, after it joined Fidelity, Google, Microsoft, and Baidu in backing Cloudflare in a strategic investment round in September of 2015.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Prices for agricultural commodities such as corn, soy, and wheat are at their lowest levels in years, but investment in agricultural technology has never been better. Just 10 percent of corporate investments were made to build new technological capabilities, the report says.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The biggest surge in expectations occurred way back in 2015, when the SEC “ democratized ” everyday citizens (non-accredited investors) to participate in equity crowdfunding. Of roughly 312,000 unsuccessful projects, nearly 260,000 failed to reach even 20 percent of their goal. There are no shortcuts to success. Marty Zwilling

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socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2021

We caught up with Jamey to learn more about the company, and also its recent move to merge with another company, Uphealth, via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Jamey Edwards: We did a financing in 2015 with Kayne Partners, which put $15M into the business. What is Cloudbreak Health?

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socalTECH

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?

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

2015: Tony Hsieh interviewed by Frank Gruber about Zappos, Culture, and Downtown Project efforts. 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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Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2016

VC firms invested $14.99 billion that was invested in 2,559 deals (2,545 companies) in the third quarter of 2015. billion that venture firms invested in 2015, according to PitchBook records that began in 2000. billion that venture firms invested in 2015, according to PitchBook records that began in 2000.

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socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2010

The report says that eSolar has deals lined up which could bring it $185M per year by 2015. eSolar is heavily backed by Idealab, Google, Oak Investment Partners, Quercus Trust, NRG Energy, and others. Tags: esolar merger acquisition sharespost. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

The biggest surge in expectations occurred back in 2015, when the SEC “ democratized ” everyday citizens (non-accredited investors) to participate in equity crowdfunding. Of roughly 312,000 unsuccessful projects, nearly 260,000 failed to reach even 20 percent of their goal. There are no shortcuts to success. Marty Zwilling.

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TechCrunch LA

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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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

This is a relatively new term loosely applied to angels who invest their own money in a portfolio of startups (typically 20 or more) and are willing to lead multiple rounds, usually starting with a seed round. Yet, they often provide similar small seed investments, similar to those of accelerators. A micro venture capital firm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

You shouldn’t invest in an undefined business. Premium startup-acquisition targets usually at least double revenues every year, so conservative 20 percent yearly-growth projections will not win accolades. Think about the valuation implications and equity you are willing to give up for each investment amount.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

As a serious entrepreneur, you have more invested than any outsider, so you should be looking for the same evidence and not believing your own hype. Is your customer-acquisition rate accelerating? If the ongoing acquisition rate is slow, and not trending upward, it may be time for a pivot or a reality check for your targets.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2015

Even though initial stock has no value or market, it is extremely valuable in dividing entity ownership between multiple co-founders, commensurate with their investment, contribution and role. Startup owners need to assume a three to five year wait for a liquidity event, such as acquisition or going public, before they can cash out.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 21, 2019

Thorstein Veblen coined the phrase “conspicuous consumption” in 1899 when commenting on the human desire to publicly display wealth through the acquisition of consumer goods. In October of 2017, Jebbia confirmed that the Carlyle Group made a significant investment in his business, rumored at $500 million for a fifty percent interest.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

After I sold my last company, Shift, in May of 2015, I took some time off to look for the next thing to do. It's very exciting to find these apps, and once we make those acquisition and changes, see if our expectations and projections are meeting up with what happens in reality, once we actually own the application.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2016

Unfortunately, the coming market correction will reverberate to all stages of venture investing. Investors that insist on investing more than their pro rata allocation in follow-on rounds have an incentive to compress the company’s valuation to maximize the percentage ownership acquired by their investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Immediate investment requirements and use of funds. Investors are also interested in future investment requirements, time frames and long-term strategy. Investors are also interested in future investment requirements, time frames and long-term strategy. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/29/2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

If there are conflicts within the team, or differing views of the strategy, or evidence of missing processes and tools, the investment process will likely be terminated. Make yourself available to answer any questions, show your enthusiasm, and explain both the positives and negatives of the external investment process.

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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 leads investing activity at CrossCut Ventures. Machine Shop Ventures was featured in WIRED Magazine for its groundbreaking new model. Joe received his B.S.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

Many have exited via successful acquisitions, while others have IPO’ed with the same impressive result. Not to mention there’s a chance at a possible investment from the Established Investment Community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Investors invest in people who take action rather than find the excuses that patents are not defensible, cost money or may be done later. 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. Dig deeper than Wikipedia for facts on key competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2015

Project revenues, costs and investment expectations. The best way to do this is to highlight a recent similar company payback to investors, via going public or acquisition exit. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/17/2015. Current and past titles don’t convey this information.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2017

More recently, the desire for extra income has become the key driver in new startups, according to a 2015 study. This usually means not taking money from equity investors, since investors want fast growth, high profits, and an exit event, to allow investments to be recouped. It seems that more people are focused on money today.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. Yet most VC's bury their failures under six feet of denial. Unicornless. billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3

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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. With a fresh investment of €1M, Simon Schaeffer is now taking the Factory brand to Lisbon with a new mega campus. Factory Lisbon.

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