TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2020

HBCUvc, which we first wrote about in 2017, currently holds a number of programs to help Black and Hispanic students enter the world of tech, from fellowships to micro-grants. Mujhid had to communicate that the “community they’ve built may formally cease without emergency funding.”

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. Since its 2017 inception, SpotOn has been focused on providing software and payments technology to SMBs with an emphasis on restaurants and retail businesses.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

The new machine was first fired up in the summer of 2017. While fusion has a lot of promise as a zero-carbon source of energy, it’s not without some serious limitations, as Andy Jassby, the former principal physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab noted in a 2017 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists article.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Another travel startup that found itself scrambling to pivot as the COVID-19 pandemic took off is now announcing a huge round of funding after finding its feet and proving that it can grow, even under adverse circumstances. Los Angeles-based AvantStay has been around since 2017 and had only raised $25 million in the last four years.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Things have already plunged so quickly at the signal of a recession that insiders fear a lengthy bear market could hit crypto far more brutally than expected — tearing tokens to lows far below the highs of the 2017 bull run. Without the promise of riches or with reduced interest in blockchain-based exclusivity, where will consumer demand go?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

Now following a $62 million round of funding led by Battery Ventures last month, the company is worth roughly $800 million, according to people with knowledge of the investment, and is on its way to becoming Los Angeles’ next billion-dollar business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Investors will demand clear channel definitions.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 11, 2018

Areas such as Oakland and San Francisco saw rent increases as high as 40 percent between 2015 and 2017. Plenty of workers have had enough: In the final quarter of 2017, according to real estate company Redfin , more residents left San Francisco than any other major U.S. cities in the final quarter of 2017, with 10.4

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

No matter how much people try to romanticize tech startups, with their impressive visions and (sometimes) innovative work cultures, they are still companies that exist to raise funds and make money. After most lockdowns were lifted, demand for services like beauty treatments has skyrocketed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , the first half of 2017 was the most active first half by global number of IPOs since 2007. Today around 90 percent of successful startups are still acquired by bigger companies, as the safer and preferred method of growth and funding.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 23, 2016

But the “Boardroom Ready” program, as it’s called, is the result of widespread demand for action to break biotech’s glass ceiling. The bank, LifeSci Advisors, is looking to pay penance by helping fund the training program. (But Morgan conference in January.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2016

million in funding, but ended up burning through it. Demand Media made a business out of that. We know that in 2017, a lot of what millennials are going to view on their phone is video related. The reason why, was one of our angel investors was a big news and political junky, and he was also the biggest angel in Opposing Views.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Yet the 2017 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. All relationships bring increased demands for your time, and bring expectations and pressures during any changes in your life, or at work. Some people find that they have much in common in workplace duties and perspectives, but have nothing in common outside of work.

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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. Back in 2017, the New York Times opinion section was graced with an article entitled: Jerks and the Start-Ups They Ruin. Saying No To Startup Bros. They’re now trying to rebuild and reimagine their culture.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. There's lots of noise in the on-demand tutoring space, especially connecting people virtually, however, in my experience, it's in the best interest of consumers to get in-person, local tutoring. What is HeyTutor? Here's the reason why.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2017

Luxury goods can easily flow into or out of emerging nations, changing cost factors as well as demand. Going green is not an automatic qualification for funding and growth, but a focus or sharing of your profits can easily be a competitive advantage. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 03/21/2017.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

Every year Upfront Ventures surveys Limited Partners (LPs) who are the main source of capital that invests in VC funds and thus the main source of capital that goes to startups to get an early-warning sense of the year ahead, leaving aside any Black Swans. We’re trying to limit our exposure.” Will it last? Will they get squeezed?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

I believe this use of cryptocurrency will develop and flourish long after the dust settles from the hype and crash of cryptocurrencies that we’re experiencing in 2017. Decentralized Internet — This is perhaps the most unsexy part of cryptocurrency but the one that most purists I follow on this topic are most excited about.

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