TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

The funding, a Series C, will be used to continue expanding Boulevard’s product and engineering teams and to build out more tools targeting an ever-wider set of users in the bigger wellness and beauty sector (those product additions are typically big — it most recently added a whole new payments feature). Focusing on the U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Online travel sales to grow by 200% by 2016. Co-founded in the Netherlands in 2013 by brothers Marijn and Willem Maas, Withlocals is open for travel and dining experiences in Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia where online travel sales are expected to grow nearly 200% by 2016 according to emarketer.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I recently survey more than 150 VC friends from all stages and geographies what they thought about the market by asking “Which of the following statements best describes your mood heading into 2016?” I’ll spare you the math and point out that this means we funded 0.104% of the market. Mostly, no. This is how VCs feel.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

After wrestling with recalcitrant homeowners, husbanding their parcels of land to keep their property values high, the state’s leadership passed a law that increased the availability of new rental units and put more money into homeowners’ pockets in 2016. When you can match that latent supply with latent demand.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As investors continue pouring funding into artificial intelligence and consumer habits shift, many AI and subscription model startups have been enjoying rapid growth. Source: runwayml.com In June, Runway raised $141 million in funding, nudging its market valuation to an envy-inducing $1.5 Organic milk formula product Bobbie.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 29, 2021

Don't forget the pizza parties and deskside beers funded by a seemingly endless stream of venture capitalist money, either. It even banned the consumption of alcohol in the office in 2016, as well as fornicating in stairwells. But, there have still been opportunities to get into the office, as local guidelines allow in each location.”

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

We also saw a few of our portfolio companies grow steadily, notably one that made a risky/painful pivot in 2016 that is just starting to show exciting results. We are seeing SaaS companies more and more are competing against other SaaS companies and experiencing more churn, price resistance and customer demand for customization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2016

If it’s so important to investors, perhaps you should be using traction to measure your own progress, independent of a need for additional funding. Growth constraints would include staffing shortages, funding needs, quality problems, and sales coverage. Show evidence of growing and unsatisfied customer demand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2016

On the positive side, friends and family probably won’t be as demanding on your financial projections as a professional investor, and they likely will be satisfied with an initial offer of a convertible note (loan with option to convert to equity later), so you don’t have to give away the store before you get started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

In my view, this focus on the wrong skill set is the primary reason why over half of new businesses fail in the first five years, and only one out of a hundred startups get their requested funding from professional investors. They demand interactive relationships with you, and depend on the relationships you have with their friends.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 7, 2015

There’s no question that many VCs (especially those who manage large funds), are underworked and overpaid. Note: 20% carry is fairly standard, although a handful of firms demand a slightly higher percentage. A few of the 2016 presidential candidates have indicated their intent to change the rate at which venture returns are taxed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

That’s not as high as the failure rate with professional investors, but it should convince entrepreneurs that crowdfunding is still no panacea for funding. Most of the experience so far has been cash versus the equity feature defined by the JOBS Act – Equity Crowdfunding (Title III) , introduced back in 2016 with 685 pages of rules.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Bringing innovation and real change to the market does not mean demanding the impossible from your team. For better odds of success and funding, I recommend you chose a domain where your expertise can help you avoid the impossibilities. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/13/2016.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 20, 2015

This works well for smoking meats or long BBQ roasts because both of these situations demand strict attention be paid to the external temperature of the environment, not the internal meat temperature.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. We raised this capital in what has increasingly become a difficult market for fund raising so I’d like to share with you some details on how we get it done.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2016

In the beginning, the CEO is the chief fund raiser, starting with setting the strategy for organic or leveraged growth. Beyond that, he or she must balance the constant demands for more resources from marketing, development, and support. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/27/2016.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

However, in the last ten years-- especially with the power grid--regulatory agencies have started to demand that those systems be able to be monitored for compliance. That's about the same time the Department of Energy put together a program to regularly fund projects to secure or improve the grid.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

In fact, the report suggests that the total amount raised annually (over $30 billion) now exceeds the funding from venture capitalists during the same period. Don’t underestimate the amount of funding actually required. Get funding sizing input from senior advisors. How can you go wrong? Keep all IP details close to the vest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The reality is that over 80 percent of new businesses will never attract venture capital or Angel funding, according to experts , and there are many good reasons for skipping that painful and distracting process. Outside funding is not a startup entitlement. Don’t let early funding increase risk and dilute your potential.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2016

On the other hand, if you can qualify for membership in a top-ranked accelerator , such as 500 Startups , AngelPad or TechStars , you will get a rigorous development program, top-quality professional guidance, and some seed funding to move you ahead of the crowd. Costs, returns in equity and funding access.

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LATechDigest

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Cornerstone on Demand brought together the area’s best & brightest for its fourth annual LA Tech Summit , once again hosted at the Fairmont. — LATech Digest (@LATechDigest) October 25, 2016. — LATech Digest (@LATechDigest) October 25, 2016. — LATech Digest (@LATechDigest) October 25, 2016.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

It was really a meeting of the minds with the fund. I think we're seeing our growth finally is starting to be exponential, while back in 2015 and 2016 we found we needed to have some patience. Finally, with the new funding, what's next for you? versus New Zealand? We're really ramping up that workforce intelligence using AI.

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Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

The funding, provided by Santa Barbara, CA-based Rincon Venture Partners and Venice, CA-based CrossCut Ventures, represents the first institutional investment for Zingle. Zingle (@ZingleMe) July 14, 2016. The company raised $1 million last year, according to a 2015 regulatory filing. Hate2Wait #H8toW8 pic.twitter.com/KcMuKvoqRZ.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2016

Moonshots are simply efforts that demand breakthroughs that are not possible within business-as-usual practices. It’s time for the executive team and advisory board to commit the necessary funds and people resources to complete the plan. For startups, this will likely require a funding effort with friends and family, or grants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2016

Demand for safety and usage regulations. There is never enough funding to deal with the development and rollout costs required for big innovations. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 04/01/2016. Necessary infrastructure is an inhibitor to many startup innovations and can take generations to fix.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The Bristol, UK-based startup, founded in 2016, has now secured a total of more than $300 million in financing from venture capital firms and other investors including Microsoft and the corporate venture arms of BMW and Dell Technologies.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Harris writes: “The figures, dating back to 2016, paint a picture of a company desperate to meet over-ambitious autonomy targets and one that is willing to spend freely, even recklessly, to get there. Uber is in talks with Softbank Vision Fund and Toyota to raise $1 billion for its self-driving unit Uber ATG. Deal of the week.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

I take my hat off to people like Adam Miller , the CEO of LA-based Cornerstone on Demand, who started at the exact same time as I did (November 1999) and is still the CEO but now of a public company valued at around $2 billion. Its a big to-do list and one that demands someone experienced in operating at this sort of scale.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

How did you go from running a venture fund to starting Miso? Buck Jordan: The story is, I was at the tail end of my last fund, Canyon Creek Capital, and I wanted to try something different. So, with the last funds out of my fund, I started Miso Robotics. The demand is there. What is Miso Robotics?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. ” In the airline industry they have the ability to withhold inventory unless you’re an 800-pound gorilla where they can’t afford not to have your traffic while their competitors have it. What are the customer’s alternatives?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2017

Last week, Pasadena-based Ocular Data Systems (www.oculardatasystems.com) announced a funding round from the Pasadena Angels, for its camera-based systems used by law enforcement to capture evidence in drunk or drugged driving cases. Judges, juries, defense, and prosecuters are now expecting and demanding video be produced in the courtroom.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2016

Since initial funding and staffing is usually provided by the parent company, one would assume they have a real survival advantage over other startups. The result is an under-funded and under-staffed clone of the parent organization. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 05/20/2016.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2016

Founded in Los Angeles by Latinos to address the growing demand for short-form online video for Millennials it is probably single-handedly improving the diversity of the tech industry as the employee base is overwhelmingly Latino and proud. So we expect 2016 to be a bumper year. Of course anybody can produce Hispanic content.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Among the many initiatives in Clinton’s education platform is proposed federal funding to provide computer science lessons to every public school student in the country—something Clinton says the majority of U.S. If that policy goes forward, edtech companies might be enlisted to help those schools accommodate a flood of new student demand.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 1, 2025

Looking at the successes of 2024 , it’s clear that AI startups will continue to receive the lion’s share of funding, as the technology continues to disrupt core industries and provide investors with lucrative returns. After a number of successful funding rounds in 2023, GlossGenius secured a total funding of $72.2

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