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MARCH 6, 2012

The LAUNCH Conference , the technology startup launch conference organized by Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis, has just surpassed $1 million in prizes, Calacanis said Tuesday afternoon. The conference runs Wednesday and Thursday in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 6, 2013

The LAUNCH Fund , the angel investment fund of Los Angeles angel and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, is looking to invest $200,000 in startups who present at two of the events being run by Calacanis over the next couple of months, according to an announcement by Calacanis Tuesday. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). Angels have been prolific for years now and they, too, rely on downstream money to cover their bets. And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences. Web Summit.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The prize money for Jason Calacanis' LAUNCH Festival technology conference has hit $151,000, after early stage venture investor Venture51 agreed to invest $51,000 in the winner of the conference's "Best in Show" award. The conference is being held in March in San Francisco. Mahalo is based in Santa Monica.

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MARCH 28, 2019

Earlier this month, the annual Montgomery Summit conference was held in Santa Monica, including a special portion of the conference dedicated to the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur. For myself, I'm largely focused on investments in enterprise software, primarily in the areas of application software and intelligence.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Los Angeles-based Draper Goren Holm , a new venture capital fund founded by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25M in its very first fund. According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 17, 2009

Thursday, July 23, 2009 -- FundingPost's SoCal Angel and Venture Conference. We will be discussing trends in Early-Stage Investing, hot sectors, sectors that these Angels and VCs look at, things that are most important to them when they are considering an Investment. See [link] (more).

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Here's Alon Goren , founder of 805 Startups and the Crypto Invest Summit. Many of my friends made a killing (in the short-term) investing in these deals and because of the network that I have built with Crypto Invest Summit, I had access to most of them. We're proud to hold it twice a year in Los Angeles.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Jason Calacanis , the serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and conference organizer, announced Tuesday morning that it has closed his first, formal angel investing fund, The LAUNCH Fund I. Calacanis said the fund will invest $100-$250K in 50-100 startups. LPs in the fund include Calacanis, David Sacks, and others.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Los Angeles-based Plug In South LA, a startup accelerator operator, says it is launching a third, tech accelerator program for the Black and Latinx communities. The program, led by founder Derek Smith, said the accelerator benefits include potential grants of up to $40K, possible seed investments, and pilot partnerships.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 23, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 -- Growth Capital Conference. Network wit * Angels: Tech Coast Angels and Maverick Angels * Venture Capital Firms - Early Stage * Strategic Investors * Investment Bankers * Advisors and Deal Makers * 50+ Entrepreneurs Seeking Capital, Advisors, Strategic Partners. See [link] (more).

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AUGUST 9, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels said today that it is tapping Vokle , one of the group's portfolio companies, to stream a new series of "Meet the Angels and VCs" webcasts. According to the group, which says it is the nation's largest angel investment network, it will provide live, streaming video conferences targeted at helping entrepreneurs.

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MARCH 21, 2014

In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? First off, for those not familiar with the Pasadena Angels, talk about the group? How about for angel investors, advice for them?

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JUNE 4, 2013

Not only is he running his own technology conference, Launch, he''s also making angel investments, and opening up his own coworking space , he''s also created a new venture capital fund, the Launch Fund. conference launch investment jason capital venture calacanis' Jason Calacanis is busy. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture investor Upfront Ventures announced on Sunday that it has backed Convoz , a new startup created by rapper Chamillionaire. Financial details of the investment were not announced. Financial details of the investment were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 28, 2015

The Siemer Summit , the invite-only conference which has been organized by technology investment banking firm Siemer & Associates for the last four years, is returning this year, according to the firm. Image: awards handed out at last year's Siemer Summit. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

No, Jason Calacanis , the Santa Monica angel investor, and CEO and founder of Mahalo , isn''t bootstrapping a new company and reverting to the hungry''s entrepreneur diet. The size of the investment round was not announced. ramen software crowdfunding finance project development jason calacanis mahalo launch conference'

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Berkonomics

MAY 15, 2014

After being an active angel investor for about fifteen years, I realized that many of the discussions I was involved in were virtually identical to ones I’d had many times before. Each one of these terms includes aspects of fairness, ethics, law, business, entrepreneurship, psychology and investing. By Basil Peters.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Manatt Venture Funds, which we dedicate a specific portion of our funds to targeted digital media investments, is also part of the Manatt Digital Media network. More interest and money invested in LA. No matter what we say, the statistics are what they are and invested capital in Silicon Valley still dwarfs Southern California.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Raising capital for a female-led startup can be very diffiult--which is what Justine Lassoff and Melinda Moore found out when they started their own company, LovingEco, in Los Angeles. Back then, there really weren't many networking events or groups for high power women in Los Angeles, so we really filled a need.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference). READ MORE>>

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

My favorite new VC blogger, Hunter Walk, weighed in with some thoughtful comments about how Syndicates might actually pit, “ angel vs. angel.” I had a chance to discuss AngelList Syndicates with Naval at Michael Kim’s Cendana LP/VC conference on a panel with Naval, Roger Ehrenberg (IA Ventures) and Mike Brown, Jr.

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APRIL 15, 2013

the investment banking firm which got its start in Los Angeles focusing on high tech companies--and as a onetime venture capital investor--has exited the investment banking and advisory business, the firm said today. s roots as an investment firm. montgomery monty angeles investment banking' READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Angel investors are still the lifeblood of early-stage startups, despite the surge of activity in crowdfunding and an increasing early interest from venture capitalists. According to the Angel Capital Association , at least 300,000 people have made angel investments in the last two years, totaling $24 billion in the U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

.” This historical look at Uber and its self-driving tech unit, Uber ATG, should be considered alongside more recent news, including that it’s in negotiations with investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund, to secure an investment as large as $1 billion for its autonomous vehicles unit. billion investment in 2018.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2019

A conference dedicated to transportation and mobility wouldn’t be complete without hearing from Ford, the U.S. automaker with a storied 116-year history. We’re excited to announce that Ford CTO Ken Washington will participate in TechCrunch’s inaugural TC Sessions: Mobility , a one-day event on July 10, 2019 in San Jose, Calif.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

Participate in trade shows and industry conferences. Trade shows and conferences can produce hundreds of new qualified leads for your business, as well as build relationships with industry leaders, outsourcing vendors, and potential partners. Be prepared to give away to participants something memorable that they actually want.

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MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). What is TAU Ventures?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 16, 2017

The State of Digital Money is Los Angeles’ premier professional event and conference focused on the conversation of the evolving trends and emerging technologies disrupting the global financial system and worldwide transactions. Saturday, July 22, 2017 -- State of Digital Money.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

This morning, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners. Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

They often create the biggest tensions between investors who are investing at different stages in the business. These tensions seep out in some angels or seed funds publicly or semi-privately deriding later-stage VCs for their “bad” behavior. would you want to give up the right to invest in subsequent rounds?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Just like the sky scraping investment banks of Wall Street, the technology industry tends to be a sausage party. A Silicon Valley conference is a room full of suits, with the occasional skirt suite. able to sign up online and rent the car, with only $50,000 invested in the company, which went towards the website, database and beta car.

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MARCH 1, 2018

This year, we're again sponsoring the Recurring Revenue Conference (www.recurringrevenueconference.com), presented by Sutton Capital Partners. Since the beginning, we've invested in a relationship management function within our organization, and we've always invested first in quality support. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

As we close out our contributions for the end of 2018, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners. One company that we have mentored, invested in and serve on the board of, is in lending and has hit a very exciting tipping point. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

million in pre-seed investment from investors including Liberty City Ventures, Digital Currency Group and Coinbase Ventures. Anita had the chance to attend the conference, so she’s back with some thoughts from the field: . NFT infrastructure startup NFTPort raised a $26 million Series A round led by Atomico.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The funding round came from Eric Schmidt via TomorrowVentures, ZIG Capital, Chris Burch via JCB Investments, Moore Venture Partners, La Jolla Holding Co., along with other angels. The firm said the Series B2 financing round brings its total raised to $4.5M.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. As an active early stage investor, Mike has personally invested in over 30 startup businesses including Klout, Betterworks, Formspring, ShoeDazzle and LunchMoney to name a few. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza and drinks!

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