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2014 Was An Amazing Year for the Pasadena Angels

Steve Reich

4 Exits, including Bluebeam for $100mm. • $4.7mm in new funding for portfolio companies. • IP events have brought great focus to the area, and we’ve been glad to both attend and financially support their events. It’s hard to exaggerate the impact IP is having in Pasadena. Their efforts will build on the momentum IP is driving.

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Why Lawsuits Are On the Rise at Startups and What To Do About It

Both Sides of the Table

I angel funded a company 5 years ago. Because no VCs would fund them with a pending lawsuit of this nature. I funded a company where the CEO stepped down. I funded a US company that bought a URL and a brand name and filed for a trademark. Lawsuits are on the rise. They won two big national contracts. He sued anyways.

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7 Lessons They Don’t Teach You In Crowdfunding School

Startup Professionals Musings

Crowdfunding is the hot new vehicle for raising money to support your entrepreneurial efforts, with over 1,250 website platforms around the world to help you, according to a 2015 industry report. Don’t underestimate the amount of funding actually required. Get funding sizing input from senior advisors. How can you go wrong?

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Is the Future of Cybersecurity in M&A?

Xconomy

In 2015, Cybersecurity startups saw 332 funding deals with investments hitting the highest ever at $3.8 New funds have been raised dedicated to this segment. For 2015, there were 133 information security M&A deals, according to 451 Research’s Tech M&A Outlook 2016. billion (235 percent growth over 5 years).

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Interview with Andrew Schydlowsky, TrackStreet: Brand Protection Using AI

socalTECH

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. How long have you been doing this, and who is backing you?

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How Halla Is Using AI To Personalize Food, With Spencer Price

socalTECH

in seed funding, from E&A Venture Capital and SOSV. We ended up all going to three different colleges in the Fall of 2015. Talk a bit about your funding, and how you got to it? Three years later, there's no looking back, and we've now raised around $2M in total funding. The company has raised $1.9M What is Halla?

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3 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know about Indiana Innovation

Xconomy

In fact, they led the way for the state’s GDP growth of 3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, which was the highest in the nation , according to the U.S. Their first thoughts likely turn to agriculture and manufacturing. We’re very proud of those industries. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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