socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2012

A report today from Bloomberg says that Providence Equity Partners , the private equity firm which owns part of Los Angeles-based Hulu , is selling its stake to the firm's other owners in a deal valuing the firm at about $2 billion.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2016

Irvine-based electronics accessories maker Incipio has been dumped at the altar by Skullcandy , as the companies were about to finalize their acquisition deal, first announced back in June. Instead, Skullcandy says it is selling itself to Mill Road Capital, a private equity investor, which says it will pay $6.35

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The most striking example was the one hundred million–dollar purchase of one of my companies by a New York private equity investor using only five million of its cash. Offering too little in an acquisition to satisfy the seller? But I learned it again and again in my various business lives. Here’s a striking example.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Last week, I wrote about an alternative to venture capital called revenue-based financing and before that, I jotted down some notes on one of VCs’ favorite spaces: cannabis tech. Before I tell you about a few other up-and-coming beverage makers, I must beg the question: Does the beverage industry need disrupting? Fundraising.

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JANUARY 14, 2015

According to lynda.com, the round also included investments by existing investors Accel Partners, Spectrum Equity, and Meritech. The company said it will use the new funding for accelerating acquisitions, growth, and new content intiatives. education content equity private funding capital venture lynda' in the deal. in the deal.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

A spokesperson for the firm--which just took a big majority investment from private equity firm Silver Lake Sumeru, worth over $200M--clarified the company''s revenues today in an update to our earlier story. It''s unusual for privately held companies to be so open about their revenues, but the company is hinting at IPO plans.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2011

In a filing, the firm said it issued $64M in equity as part of a merger, acquisition or exchange offer. The firm has not announced the details of the transactions, and it's unclear if that $64M in equity is new funding or existing capital in the company, or any details of what that merger or acquisition is about.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This usually means not taking money from equity investors, since investors want fast growth, high profits, and an exit event, to allow investments to be recouped. Non-equity funding has to come from personal sources, or government grants, or bank loans. Startup funding comes from personal savings and family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2023

As an advisor to entrepreneurs and active angel investor, I often get questions about the realism of the Shark Tank TV series, compared to professional investor negotiations. In a more general sense, find out as much as you can about every group and person you address, and tune your pitch ahead of time to match.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2010

San Diego-based NextWave Wireless announced late Sunday evening that it is in an agreement with NTT DOCOMO , to sell the remaining 65 percent equity interest in subsidiary PacketVideo. NextWave and DOCOMO have been partners in PacketVideo since July of last year, when DOCOMO acquired about 35 percent of PacketVideo. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ian talked to us about the rewards and challenges of being an entrepreneur, plus how important it is to manage lifetime value (LTV) of a customer versus customer acquisition cost (CAC) in making a successful company. (We Ian Chen: In my previous life, I was working in private equity in LA. Ian Chen: It's completely different.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

For those negotiating equity allocations it covers some of the most complex issues to address in the process. Equity is divided between the founders and the business begun. An option plan should carve out an addition of about 15% of the “fully diluted” shares. How about the price per share?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Most founders and CEOs will not voluntarily establish a formal Board of Directors, unless they are trying to attract a major investor, preparing for an IPO, or planning for an acquisition. Most stockholders think only about the next quarter, and most CEOs worry about short-term survival.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Many experts are certain that successful entrepreneurs are the ones with the most inspiration (passion and dream), while others will assert that it’s about more perspiration (working harder). This may also be the moment when you get your first big acquisition offer, rather than a clone appearing.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

He saw that the cost of acquisition for many, many different businesses were going through the roof, week after week. We saw that they were hitting the inflection point, where they were spending more than they were receiving from customer acquisition. If you think about it, that makes perfect sense. So where is the product now?

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

What most excites you about the technology industry here today? We're also excited about the areas around artificial intelligence for certain verticals. If you think about all the things you need for autonomous vehicles, it's all here in LA. There are some big opportunities around autonomous vehicles I'm really excited about.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

The news comes as ventureWire reports that Active Network is serious about an IPO. Active Network is backed by ESPN, Canaan Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, Performance Equity Partners, and others, and was founded in 1998. Tags: active network merger acquisition sports. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

The company has about 4,000 employees with several hundred in the U.S. Other things the company plans to do with its new capital is focus on acquisitions, particularly acqui-hires, according to Siemiatkowski. With this round, the company is again giving 1% of the equity raised back to the planet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

Many experts are certain that successful entrepreneurs are the ones with the most inspiration (passion and dream), while others will assert that it’s about more perspiration (working harder). This may also be the moment when you get your first big acquisition offer, rather than a clone appearing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

For example, if you have ever watched the Shark Tank show on TV, they always ask about the cost of customer acquisition. I often hear about efforts that have been stalled for several years, pending more funding, economic change, or other priorities. Show that you have to ability to move the ball forward.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Every entrepreneur starts by accepting the reality that you have a rare mindset of joy of discovery, with an intense curiosity about how certain things or people work, or why a new technology hasn’t yet been accepted. What they found was that what really mattered was less about who was on the team, and more about how the team worked together.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2020

As an advisor to entrepreneurs and active angel investor, I often get questions about the realism of the Shark Tank TV series, compared to professional investor negotiations. In a more general sense, find out as much as you can about every group and person you address, and tune your pitch ahead of time to match.

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2013

We caught up with Field to learn more about solar power leasing, why this segment of the solar power industry has done well--in stark contrast to solar technology developers--and what''s keeping the market from growing faster. But, it''s all about the economics. How did OneRoof Energy come about? That''s what you read about.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2018

One of those companies is Los Angeles-based Love Goodly (www.lovegoodly.com) co-founders Justine Lassoff and Katie Bogue Miller , who sat down and told us about their company, focused on cruelty-free, non-toxic beauty and skincare products. Love Goodly recently launched its own crowd equity funding campaign. What is Love Goodly?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2010

You know, they get so excited about doing deals all the time instead of doing the hard work of figuring out their businesses. A close friend of mine in LA who is 3 years into his startup called me about 2.5 I can save tons of development time and I think I can buy it for all equity. 500k had come through the last acquisition.

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Xconomy

JUNE 14, 2019

Is one of the bigger biopharma acquisitions of the year in trouble? The US Federal Trade Commission wants yet more information about the buyout, and overseas, the UK Competition and Markets Authority opened a separate investigation. This past week, antitrust regulators once again delayed Roche’s planned $4.8

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

Clichés abound about, “You know what would be cool? What I want to talk about today is one of the insider baseball discussions of our industry this past week: The odd fact of the $500 million financing round completed just before the company sold for a B. Think about it. You are either bought for stock or for equity.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 26, 2017

The most striking example was the one hundred–million–dollar purchase of one of my companies by a New York private equity investor using only five million of its cash. Offering too little in an acquisition to satisfy the seller? And how about a product purchase where you cannot come to a successful negotiated price with your supplier?

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socalTECH

JULY 5, 2017

We caught up with co-founder and CEO Shaan Sethi to hear more about the startup, as well as Shaan's journey from investment banking to running an apparel startup. I moved down here to work as a large, $10 billion private equity fund with Ron Burkle, at Yucaipa Companies. That really makes private equity investors shake in their boots.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

We caught up with co-founder Clark Landry to chat about his new startup, which he co-founded with Michael Ritter. We'd get together every two or three months to grab coffee or lunch, and talk about what we're up to. We reconnected, talked about this, and I was thrilled at the opportunity to work with Michael on this.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2012

The article said that Time Warner, Microsoft, Chinese gaming firm Tencent, as well as a number of private equity firms have been approached about the sale. Reuters, citing five sources "close to the situation," said that the firm is looking for bidders on Activision. Vivendi owns 60 percent of Activision Blizzard. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. Jeb Spencer: For TVC, closing on our new $115 million software focused growth equity fund at the end of last year made for an exciting 2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2014

Here are some basic “rules of thumb” that every Angel or venture capital equity investor uses, to help you anticipate their reactions. According to a recent Dow Jones VentureSource report, the average time to liquidity of an equity investment in a startup is now about five years. Build a path to 10x return.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2016

The report noted concerns about a "global economic slowdown, falling oil prices and turbulent equity markets." The report found 167 deals raised only $12.1 billion in Q1 of 2016--the weakest first quarter of the year since 2009. The last IPO in Southern California was for Kura Oncology, which raised $57.5M

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc. In the VC & Private Equity world there’s a small number, too, with one of the most respected being PEHub.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2019

This usually means not taking money from equity investors, since investors want fast growth, high profits, and an exit event, to allow investments to be recouped. Non-equity funding has to come from personal sources, or government grants, or bank loans. Startup funding comes from personal savings and family.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2012

AT&T said it will acquire all of the equity of NextWave for $25M, plus a contingent payment of up to approximately $25M. AT&T and Sirius XM are currently working with the FCC to allow use of the WCS spectrum, which is currently being held open due to concerns about interference to satellite radio users. READ MORE>>.

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