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JANUARY 17, 2017

San Diego-based AnaptysBio , which develops antibodies for treating inflammation, has set its estimated IPO pricing range, saying on Tuesday that it expects to price its IPO at between $14.00 The company is selling 4,000,000 shares of its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as ANAB. and $16.00 as early as Thursday.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

She worked on Wall Street as an investment banker for a few years in New York before returning to Houston with a job in energy. The other side of the business is a new monthly subscription service for stylists that helps them market their handcrafted wigs, beauty and other digital products and services. Remember Mary J.

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MAY 2, 2017

Veritone is looking to list as VERI on the NASDAQ Capital Market and hopes to raise as much as $20M in its IPO effort. Veritone's IPO underwriters are Wunderlich, Craig-Hallum Capital Group, and Northland Capital Markets. billion price tag. Veritone's CEO is technology startup veteran Chad Steelberg. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It reportedly paid a hefty $230 million to acquire the podcast publisher and network startup Gimlet Media, and has also acquired the podcast monetization platform Anchor for an undisclosed price. It’s the biggest podcast industry acquisition ever, and Spotify isn’t done. Finally, podcasting is a growing market.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

Overall, Klarna is live in 20 markets, has more than 90 million global active users and more than 2 million transactions a day conducted on its platform. We’ve scaled up so massively in investments in our growth and technology, but running on a loss is very odd for us,” he told TechCrunch. “We We will get back to profitability soon.”.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2020

According to Helios, it acquired Balboa Water Group from investment funds affiliated with AE Investors LP. Helios said it will use Balboa to enhance and accelerate its moe into new end markets. The company also said it expects the acquisition to be accretive from day one, with the $218.5M on a pro forma basis.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

He is very hands-on and helpful – especially for any company looking into customer acquisition. Matt’s commitment to re-investing in tech startups is reminiscent to this great Fred Wilson post of “recycling capital. &#. Backstopping is when banks feel they are protected by VC’s investing in the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. I’ve definitely been wrong on market value.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Prices for agricultural commodities such as corn, soy, and wheat are at their lowest levels in years, but investment in agricultural technology has never been better. The increase in dollars flowing to agtech comes despite commodity prices that are down 65 percent from their 2013 peak, the report says.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The company is expected to potentially hit the market next week. The pricing gives Rivian a valuation of as much as $54.6M, with the IPO bringing in as much as $9.6 King & Associates, Loop Capital Markets, Ramirez & Co., Rowe Price, Global Oryx Company, Ford Motor Company, and Mannheim Investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

My point was that Amazon continues to dominate the web services business because AWS continues to cut prices & margin in the same way a hypermarket does to control market share. And of course they are also focused on the US Hispanic market. I was trying to be more analytical than critical.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said late Tuesday evening that it has priced its IPO, as well as increased its IPO offering size, and will sell 8,900,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Pacific Crest Securities LLC, Raine Securities and JMP Securities LLC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Either of these qualms can ultimately sidetrack your startup as not worthy of investment, so it pays to do your homework on what you say and how to communicate effectively. Investors are looking for a concise description of your product or service without technical jargon or fuzzy marketing terms with value quantified in customer terms.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2014

Santa Monica-based TrueCar has filed for an IPO, saying Friday that it is looking to raise up to $125M on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as TRUE. TrueCar--which is led by Scott Painter--is backed by USAA, Capricorn Investment Group, Upfront Ventures, Anthem Ventures, Vulcan Capital Growth Equity, and Peppy Capital Partners.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Rivian said on Friday that it has applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as RIVN. King & Associates, Loop Capital Markets, Ramirez & Co., Rowe Price, Global Oryx Company, Ford Motor Company, and Mannheim Investments. Rivian's IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs & Co.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos surged more than 25 percent in early trading on its first day as a public company on Thursday, after pricing its IPO on Wednesday evening at $15.00 The company's IPO was underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs & Co, Allen & Company, RBC Capital Markets, Jeffries, KKR, Raymond James, and Stifel.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

Epicor Software , the developer of supply chain management software which has its roots and still has significant operations in Orange County, is off the block, after its private equity investors did not see enough interest--or high enough prices--for the business. The news on that move came in May. Apax bought Epicor back in 2011.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2021

in its first day on the markets. Unlike an initial public offering (IPO), ZipRecruiter did not go through investment banks to enter the public markets, a somewhat unusual move, although not unheard of--Slack and Spotify are examples of a couple of other companies who have taken that route to the markets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

If there are conflicts within the team, or differing views of the strategy, or evidence of missing processes and tools, the investment process will likely be terminated. Make yourself available to answer any questions, show your enthusiasm, and explain both the positives and negatives of the external investment process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. Every startup dreams of achieving that milestone, when they can focus more on scaling the business and enjoying their earnings, rather than fighting for another investment infusion. Both have worked.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Los Angeles-based car sharing marketplace HyreCar, which provides access to cars for drivers int he ridesharing, food, and package delivery services business, says it expects to raise $25.85M in a public offering of the company's stock, which priced on Wednesday evening. Davidson & Co., Maxim Group, and Ladenberg Thalman & Co.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. Every startup dreams of achieving that milestone, when they can focus more on scaling the business and enjoying their earnings, rather than fighting for another investment infusion. Both have worked.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2019

Cibus had set an estimated initial pricing range of $14.00 million shares of its common stock, but delayed its IPO without pricing. The company had hoped to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as CBUS, in an IPO which was underwritten by Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Piper Jaffray, and BMO Capital Markets.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, is expected to hit the public markets late next week, according to a report today from AllThingsD. Demand Media priced its IPO on January 12th, saying it hopes to debut on the NYSE at between $14.00 and $16.00

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based HyreCar , a publicly listed, carsharing marketplace operator (Nasdaq: HYRE), says it has priced an offering of 3.5M The stock offering will provide the company gross proceeds of $10.5M, which it says it will use to expand sales and marketing, customer support, and technology investments to continue to grow its platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Startups usually think in terms of a million to 10 million dollar infusions, but aspiring unicorns usually need to seek financial investments of hundreds of millions, or even a billion dollars. Then there is the pressure to go public ( IPO ), and open your investment to thousands, maybe millions, of small investors.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Demand Media's IPO is being underwritten by UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, and Pacific Crest Securities. Demand Media runs such sites as LiveStrong and eHow, along with a network of other media and content focused sites.

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MARCH 28, 2014

2U , an online education company which has significant operations in Los Angeles, has had a successful IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market, debuting Friday morning as TWOU. Those investments were led by former Redpoint VC Greg Martin. 2U priced at $13.00, at the high end of its $11.00 2tor merger acquisition redpoint greg martin'

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2017

RadPad had offered up a place to search for apartment rentals, which were shown on a map and also let users search by feature, price, and other details. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. RadPad had been venture backed by Altpoint Ventures, Goldcrest Investments and AmplifyLA. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2017

RadPad had offered up a place to search for apartment rentals, which were shown on a map and also let users search by feature, price, and other details. Financial details of the acquisition were not anounced. RadPad had been venture backed by Altpoint Ventures, Goldcrest Investments and AmplifyLA. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

If you are the hot-shot technical innovator that invented your solution, make sure you have an equally adept business and marketing expert to complement your skills. “If Pivot early, as required, to tune your features and marketing to meet the market and technical realities. Mergers and acquisitions also require new skills.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? What sized team can I afford in order to sell, market & provide service to these customers? But expanding beyond our core customers was going to take more effort than simply launching in new markets. How profitable is my product or service?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Aprea Therapeutics said that estimates its IPO will price between $14.00 Aprea--based in Boston and Sweden--says it has applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol APRE. Aprea's investment bankers on the IPO are J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and RBC Capital Markets. and $16.00 for the biotech.

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Berkonomics

MAY 27, 2021

If you take money from knowledgeable investors, you will be required to create a board as a part of the investment process. They protect the company by overseeing the expenditure of company money for expansion, acquisitions, purchases of large assets, hiring of senior management and more. So, why go through the effort?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 21, 2019

Other Supreme apparel sells in the aftermarket for hundreds more than their retail prices, including box logo hoodies which typically sell for between $500 – $1,000. A Veblen good does not adhere to the traditional laws of price and demand. You may think that this item is an anomaly, but it is not.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

But today a startup that’s tackling a different aspect of the market — addressing the supply chain that subsequently turns the wheels of the bigger food distribution machine — is announcing a big round of funding as it continues to grow. The funding is coming from a wide mix of investors. and Canada. billion valuation.)

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2015

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Tracon Pharmaceuticals said in a regulatory filing today that it is estimated its IPO pricing at between $12.00 The company--which filed for an IPO over the holidays--is looking to raised $57.96M on the NASDAQ Global Market as TCON. and $14.00 READ MORE>>.

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