socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

The new round was led by Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, and also included Accel Partners, Index Ventures, SAP Ventures, Mitsui & Co. and Presidio Ventures. The company said the new funds will go towards growth, financing acquisitions, and international expansion. Global Investment, Inc.,

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. This is often in the 5-7% range.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

when a technology startup, its investors or the market believe in robust growth rates writ large. “the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2020

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Expand the market for both. Typically, there are market opportunities that neither of your core competencies can win alone. Willing to learn from each other.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. 10) Rob, why does the world need RingRevenue? .

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The roudn was led by Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, and also included Accel Partners, Index Ventures, SAP Ventures, Mitsui & Co. and Presidio Ventures. The company said it is using the new funding for growth, for acquisition, and for international expansion. Global Investment, Inc.,

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Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2019

Others worry that we will latch onto individual line items within financial data and engage in inquisitions regarding telephone bills, marketing costs and other tactical line items in detailed financial statements. They worry that we will not keep the information confidential and that financial data will find its way into competitors’ hands.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

El Segundo-based International Rectifier said Friday that it has acquired CHiL Semiconductor Corporation , a supplier of digital power management products, in a deal worth $75M in cash. IR said the buy will expand its technology position in the digital power market. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Pandora is venture backed by Crosslink Capital, Walden Venture Capital, Greylock Partners, Labrador Ventures, The Hearst Corporation, GGV Capital, and others. Topspin Media provides an online music marketing platform. According to Pandora's S-1, Gotcher owns roughly 1.05

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socalTECH

JULY 26, 2012

ARCH Venture Partners, GF Private Equity Group, Intel Corporation, Madrona Venture Group, Mobius Venture Capital and Polaris Venture Partners. Impinj said the funding will go towards sales, marketing, product development, and manufacturing operations. The firm had filed for an IPO in April 2011.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Cornerstone OnDemand is backed by Bay Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Meritech Capital. Tags: cornerstone ondemand merger acquisition exit software saas. The firm also revealed that it has bolstered its list of clients to 410 clients, versus 390 in its original S-1 filing. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

MAY 31, 2016

Microsoft plans to invest more in early stage startup companies through a new corporate venture fund, headed by former Qualcomm executives. And at the other end is where you’ll typically see our larger investments and acquisitions,” Kashyap writes. With a formalized venture fund, Microsoft now has a seat at the table.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2011

The firm said it is raising up to $100M on the markets. Impinj is based in Seattle, and is venture backed by ARCH Venture Partners, Madrona Venture Group , Mobius Venture Capital , and Intel Corporation. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley , J.P. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2013

Stuart Frost is head of Frost Venture Partners (www.frostvp.com), and the founder of DatAllegro, which he started in Orange County and eventually sold to Microsoft for $275M in 2008. We now have seven companies, and have our own venture fund as well, and we'll be doing four or five for the next few years. It's been great.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. MySpace Connection : Shawn Gold , former SVP Marketing and Content at MySpace.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing Raising Venture Capital (VC) series. When people refer to a strategic investor they are usually talking about an investor that comes from the industry you serve as opposed to an independent venture capital investor. The reality is that their core business is not venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2011

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Pacific Crest Securities LLC, Raine Securities and JMP Securities LLC. The firm's investors include Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., The IPO was underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co.,

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Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2012

Others worry that investors will latch onto individual line items within financial data and engage in inquisitions regarding telephone bills, marketing costs and other tactical line items in detailed financial statements. First, let’s cover the absolute minimum legal requirement a company has to provide to its investors.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Even venture capitalists who sit on boards where they have significant investments often forget this point. The duty of care is to care for the corporation asset itself, not the shareholders whom they represent. It is the board, made up of individual members, that is responsible for the care and maintenance of the corporate person.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon. the funding and market coverage. LivingSocial.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Even if you work every day in the world of new-venture funding, as I do, the options are confusing, and their meanings seem to change on a regular basis. A micro venture capital firm. A “genesis” venture capital round. Corporate seed funds for startups. Yet, knowing this distinction is important.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Focusing on the key elements that larger brands examine when they consider an acquisition is crucial for obtaining the best price and for establishing a corporate brand that distinguishes itself from its competitors as a valuable asset. Leveraging Your Corporate Team.

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From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

The recent firing of Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is a cautionary tale of the increased scrutiny and heightened expectations that come from accessing increasingly larger amounts of investment capital. Thirteen months after raising more than $10 billion in the public markets the board forced Mason out after another dismal financial quarter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Expand the market for both. Typically, there are market opportunities that neither of your core competencies can win alone. Willing to learn from each other.

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Startup Outsource Competition Acquisition 59

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). Put it this way – Upfront Ventures spend on PR per year = $0.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

It's a story you hear too many times: a venture or angel funded firm just can't figure out its business, runs low on cash, can't get another round of funding, and soon all that's left is a few chairs and servers. The company went out to try to raise another round of funding, and was just not seeing much interest from venture capitalists.

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Xconomy

MAY 4, 2017

In a survey of 29 Silicon Valley venture capitalists in December, the VCs mulled whether President-elect Donald Trump would buoy up their investment prospects with lower corporate taxes and government regulations, or worsen conditions by heightening global political instability and raising the risk of a major military conflict or economic downturn.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Expand the market for both. Typically, there are market opportunities that neither of your core competencies can win alone. Willing to learn from each other.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

We caught up with Ken Button , the co-founder and CEO of the company, to learn more about why the startup already has signed up such customers as California Pizza Kitchen, Obvious Ventures, Fandango, Greenspire, and others to the service. From this point forward, we'll be scaling on the customer acquisition side. What is ContractSafe?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

In emerging markets and the developing world, access to banking, capital, and financial resources is fare more difficult than here in the U.S., Shivani Siroya: Tala is a data company that is working in emerging markets. Why this is needed in emerging markets? Explain what Tala is, and how it works? I love LA now.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2016

The new funding will enable Petnet to expand its product line and sales and marketing capabilities. billion acquisition ( disclosed last November ) by the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Including the latest round, Petnet has raised a total of $21.5

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2008

San Diego-based Phenomix Corporation, a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on small molecule drugs, has dropped its IPO bid, according to a filing by the company with the SEC this morning. Phenomix said that it has applied to withdraw its IPO, blaming market conditions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Expand the market for both. Typically, there are market opportunities that neither of your core competencies can win alone. Willing to learn from each other.

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