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Reflections on 2018: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

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As we close out our contributions for the end of 2018, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018?

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Reflections On 2018: Matt Stodder, Startup Boost LA

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What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018? Startup Boost became global, growing to six cities in 2018 (Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Detroit, Dublin and London), helping over 70 early stage startups. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018?

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Reflections On 2017: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

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This morning, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners. Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference.

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Trovata.io Names New Executives

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Drambarean was previously at Capital One. Morgan, and received its seed funding round back in December of 2018. McCutcheon was most recently Head of Sales and Alliances at FloQast. said that both will join the company at a new office in Del Mar Heights. Trovata is led by founder & CEO, Brett Turner. READ MORE>>.

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Fika Ventures raises $76M to fund the growing LA tech ecosystem

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The Los Angeles ecosystem is $76 million stronger today as Fika Ventures , a seed-stage venture capital firm, announces its sophomore investment fund. Fika invests roughly half of its capital exclusively in startups headquartered in LA, with a particular fondness for B2B, enterprise and fintech companies.

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Upfront Uncloaks New Startup, Projector

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San Francisco-based Projector has raised $13M in total funding, with the seed funding for Projector in 2016 worth $4M, led by Upfront Ventures; the company also raised another $9M in a Series A funding in 2018, led by Mayfield.

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Bonfire Ventures secures $230M for two new funds targeting B2B software startups

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Bonfire Ventures , a Los Angeles venture capital firm, invests in seed-stage business-to-business software companies and aims to change the odds so that more than the average 33% of companies in this sector make it to Series A. It says over 85% of its portfolio companies raise follow-on funding — a collective $1.15

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