socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2013

6N Systems provides financial billing, order, workflow management, point-of-care documentation, and other software for long term care organizations. billion in capital. systems 6nsystems marlin equity partners merger acquisition long term care private venture capital' Marlin Equity Partners manages over $2.6

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. Jeb Spencer: We consider ourselves a private equity firm.

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Acquisition Software Review Technical Review Equity 168

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

But VC is like congress. “I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.” As you can see from the chart their data suggests there are about $25 billion of VC distributions per year in the US. Their data looks at tech VCs.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

We’ve also seen a substantial inflow of venture capital from all over the world.”. Over the past several years we have observed a significant decrease in startups leaving SoCal,” said Greg Becker, CEO of Silicon Valley Bank. In fact, as is well-reported, the luster of Silicon Valley is fading.

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Southern California Dollar Shave Club SoCal Develop 224

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Because my role as a VC requires me to take and endless stream of meetings I long ago decided I need to learn as much as I can from the meetings I attend so I often just ask tons of questions and assimilate knowledge. When I think about what defines us as a VC I think: Operationally knowledgeable / strong startup competence.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

If you measure success by exits, the Ring acquisition by Amazon and Cylance acquisition by Blackberry, each for $1 billion, were among the biggest stories of 2018. Nonetheless, I expect that in 2019 the VC market will shift toward demanding profit. Given SVBs market position, that is great news. Prior to the L.A.

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Southern California SoCal Culver City Venture Capital 133

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Greathouse: I know it’s difficult to estimate, but how much further along do you think you would be from a customer acquisition and revenue generating standpoint if you had taken in a few million in investment dollars? In a venture-funded company, it’s amazing how the luxury of time and resources makes it harder to get a product to market.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

Yet despite his ability to raise over $1 billion of private equity and to build an organization that is worth $5 billion as of this writing, Mason was shown the door. If so then you might be better off growing organically and living without the headaches the added scrutiny outside investors bring.

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Venture Capital Capital Anthem Startup 45

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

According to the companies, the funding will go towards funding acquisitions, as well as for organic growth. As part of the investment, Simon Anderson, the former CEO of DreamHost of co-founder and chairman of InkTank, has joined the company as CEO.

Equity 153

Equity Web Los Angeles Organization 153

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Many entrepreneurs never get past their first-stage focus on their innovative product, to scaling the business globally, organizing a structure to handle thousands of employees, and concentrating their focus “on the business” rather than working “in the business.” Utilize mergers and acquisitions to accelerate growth.

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Startup Course Sales Entrepreneur 151

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Papaya currently facilitates payments for “hundreds of thousands” of businesses and organizations and millions of users in the U.S. So far, its growth has been “completely organic,” with no marketing team, according to the CEO. Our cost of customer acquisition is very low relative to a lot of fintechs,” he said.

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Mobile Artificial Inteligence Startup Los Angeles 208

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. In reality, crowdfunding has become a major startup funding vehicle, expected to reach $3.62 Marty Zwilling

Startup 100

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Demand 100

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

As Steve Blank likes to say: A Startup Is a Temporary Organization Designed to Search for A Repeatable and Scalable Business Model The unfortunate reality is - an MVP is not the above! What The Heck Does “Traction” Really Mean To A VC? Great analysis from John Greathouse: Do You Speak VC? Investors demand more than that.

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Metrics Venture Capital News Product 264

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2019

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest organized angel investment group both in Southern California as well as across the venture ecosystem, says it backed a total of 53 companies in all of 2018, putting in a total of $10.8M across those companies. million in Tourmaline Labs.

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Tech Coast Angels Invest Angel Company 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started. Don’t sign up for one, expecting the other.

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Funding Startup Ideas Equity 125

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering.

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Technical Review Equity Invest Startup 105

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. There are no shortcuts to success. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 151

Startup Equity Funding Demand 151

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

Socaltech has partnered with Sutton Capital Partners with their Recurring Revenue Conference for several yars. While it was a good year for our merger and acquisition practice in the SaaS and fintech space, our most exciting news is in our merchant banking sector where we invest in and advise growth companies often for several years.

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Capital SoCal Southern California SaaS 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the business world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. There is a well-worn adage in the world of mergers and acquisitions that, “companies are not sold, they are bought.” VC Funding Alternative.

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Company Companies Santa Barbara Pricing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering.

Startup 150

Startup Technical Review Equity Statistics 150

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

As I’ve written about before, You’d Have to be a Big Baby to Complain about Being a VC. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. It’s a human being inside the buying organization who has trusted you.

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Blogging Press Entrepreneur Venture Capital 420

Frank Addante

AUGUST 29, 2006

▼ August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► July (1) ► June (3) ► May (5) the Rubicon Project The Journey Startup 6.0: Hire Entrepreneurs!

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Capital Startup Outsource Development 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started. Don’t sign up for one, expecting the other.

Startup 148

Startup Ideas Equity Invest 148

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

According to MarketShare, the investment will go to support its organic growth, strategic acquisitions, Asia-Pacific and EMEA expansion, plus its products. MarketShare's software helps companies adjust their marketing mix, to better drive sales. Elevation Partners is the $1.9

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SoCalTech Equity Los Angeles Organization 159

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

Startup 196

Startup Mobile Advertising Organization 196

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. As an early-stage VC I love this phase. How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? We built a strong brand in the city and acquired a ton of organic traffic.

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2013

If they have a requirement in their organization, they'll share that with us, because they can't find a solution from either major vendors or startups which solves the problem. Once we get our initial proof point and prototypes, we raise more money, both from internal and external venture capital.

Incubator 208

Incubator Startup CTO Hire Ideas 208

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

Startup 93

Startup Funding Venture Capital Ideas 93

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The transaction is considered the largest public acquisition in Bitcoin history with both companies exhibiting impressive growth numbers since their respective beginnings. Dan, now named as Product Manager for the Blockchain acquired Zeroblock apps, tells the audience about life after acquisition. Bitcoin’s PR War.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

David Beisel puts it another way: Being an early hire at a startup gives an individual the ability to make tremendous impact on an organization as it grows – and both the founders and those hires should know it. The team gets another $3 million as a severance payment or an earn-out, to sweeten the acquisition offer.

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Equity CTO Hire Startup Examples 391

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2017

in a funding from Mucker Capital, Social Capital, Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital), E-Merge, and GAN Ventures. Organic referrals are the major driver of growth for us in the market. The company recently raised $1.1M What does Work Today do? I think that's cool, and we're proud of that.

Startup 100

Startup Orange County Platform Capital 100

Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2019

San Francisco-based Degreed is among the educational technology companies now classified as “learning experience platforms,’’ because they organize staff participation in skills development training and coordinate it with the goals of employers, who are their clients.

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Training Education Platform Course 82

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. The first filter applied by most investors is to identify high-growth investable startups from ones that may be a good family business with organic growth, but could never generate a 10x return.

Equity 99

Equity Venture Capital Invest Pricing 99

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

Perhaps the most misused terms I see these days from entrepreneurs involve CAC (customer acquisition costs) and LTV (life time value) and a lack of understanding these critical components is driving many companies to premature failure. CAC is often measured incorrectly and doesn’t often doesn’t capture the true costs of acquisition.

Metrics 150

Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Customer Acquisition. How many adds came through organic SEO? Those two things together would lower your acquisition costs nearly in half to $6.11. Ironically, there are times where it may actually pay to INCREASE your customer acquisition costs. How many through affiliate deals? lowering $1.50 per customer!

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Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

How to create a technology start-up inside a large organization - based on how we are doing it right. Ever since grade school I've been told organization is my number one problem. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc. . Your Online Organization is Creating Data: Use It! Chris Ennis, OneRecovery.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2013

Here are some basic “rules of thumb” that every Angel or venture capital equity investor uses, to help you anticipate their reactions. The first filter applied by most investors is to identify high-growth investable startups from ones that may be a good family business with organic growth, but could never generate a 10x return.

Startup 97

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Venture Capital 97