socalTECH

JULY 6, 2010

An analysis of Q2's venture capital deals and investment activity in Southern California find that venture capitalists invested around $1.6 billion invested in Q1, and up from $1.0 The deal totals were significantly boosted in the quarter by activity across Biopharmaceuticals ($247.2M in investments in Q2).

Southern California 195

Southern California Westlake Village Invest Tech Coast Angels 195

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

A quick analysis of venture capital deals in Q1, tracked by socalTECH, finds that there was around $1.4 billion in venture activity here in Q1, up significantly from around $997M tallied in Q4. Interestingly, only Redpoint, Domain, Anthem, and DFJ Frontier have local offices in Southern California. in a March deal.

Southern California 160

Southern California Santa Barbara Anthem Redpoint 160

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. Year to year, Los Angeles actually had an increase in investments, up from $168.8M billion in the third quarter.

Southern California 100

Southern California Rustic Canyon Orange County Miramar 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). DST invested $180mm last fall. To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

1 of a product up and running in a few months weeks getting thousands of users for next to no capital, in Los Angeles many folks will take over a year and spend a million dollars just to get a beta product ready. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. Spark Capital, Flybridge, Founder Collective, NextView Ventures … all in Boston or Cambridge not west of the city.

Technology 313

Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313