Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 18, 2016
What they don’t realize is that about half the investment deals fail to close at this stage, including mergers and acquisitions , during the due-diligence process. Remember that investors at this stage have heard primarily from the founder, and only reviewed written business plans and collateral. Solution readiness and quality.
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 21, 2020
The automaker Tuesday said its Maven car-sharing service, which launched in 2016, will shut down for good. Maven had paused service due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Maven continued to operate in Detroit, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. Maven had already suspended its consumer car-sharing and a peer-to-peer service due to COVID-19.
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TechCrunch LA
APRIL 24, 2020
Divergent, the Los Angeles-based startup aiming to revolutionize vehicle manufacturing, has cut about one-third of its staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended startups and major corporations alike. However, he did confirm to TechCrunch that he had to reduce staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A core team remains, he said.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 14, 2016
Southern California's venture capital totals dropped significantly in Q3 of 2016, to a mere $663.2M Q2 fundings in Southern California were much higher, due to a giant $1.27 The most amount of investment came for the Los Angeles-Long Beach MSA, which saw $247.6M in funding in Q3, down from the much larger, $2.5 READ MORE>>.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JULY 22, 2016
Thursday, July 28, 2016 -- Demystifying Data for Business. Data Scientist is the "sexiest job of the 21st century", according to Harvard Business Review. education/demystifying-data-for-business/los-angeles/24581. Big data lives in the cloud. It knows what we do." - Pointy-haired boss. See https://generalassemb.ly/education/demystifying-data-for-business/los-angeles/24581.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 11, 2016
Angel investors are still the lifeblood of early-stage startups, despite the surge of activity in crowdfunding and an increasing early interest from venture capitalists. According to the Angel Capital Association , at least 300,000 people have made angel investments in the last two years, totaling $24 billion in the U.S.
Xconomy
NOVEMBER 13, 2016
View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. I met with Seed San Diego partners Taner Halicioglu and Eric Gasser, who also reviewed the companies and provided their feedback.
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