Steve Reich

JUNE 23, 2013

Innovate Pasadena is throwing a Launch Party–the whole Pas tech community will be there, and you should, too! You can get tickets while they last by joining the Innovate Pasadena group on LinkedIn. The Pasadena Angels will be there, in addition to representatives of CalTech, the City of Pasadena, IdeaLab, and more.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 8, 2020

Watt, who came to MoviePass as an entrepreneur in residence at True Ventures, previously founded the brand and product placement startup NextMedium and also spent time as a board partner at Upfront Ventures. Now, the serial entrepreneur and startup investor is combining his two career paths under the auspices of Share Ventures.

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Steve Reich

MARCH 9, 2013

The Pasadena Innovation Council organized a great tech executive meeting in Pasadena on Friday. A group of 20 or so local entrepreneurs gathered at Jones’ coffee to meet, share stories, and talk over new ventures. This is another good step toward pulling together the tech community in the greater Pasadena area.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based Atlas Powered , a developer of software for managing calendar, task, and contact data on iOS and Android, has raised $700,000 in a funding round, the firm said today. The investment in Atlas Powered by the TCA was led by Yuri Pikover. The startup was founded by Hunter Gray and Michel Bayan.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps).

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money. At an angel round you can get away with no market validation.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

For the tech/startup ecosystem in SoCal, I am looking forward to continued momentum in addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workforce and support for emerging entrepreneurs. Andy Wilson is a well known leader in the Southern Californian innovation ecosystem and has started, led or invested in more than two dozen tech start-ups.

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JULY 6, 2009

In this morning's Insights & Opinions section, where we feature insights from local thought leaders, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, and others, we have an article from Joe Platnick of the Pasadena Angels , talks about getting a quick "yes or no" from angel investors. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an article from Joe Platnick of the Pasadena Angels , who delves into some of the criteria for selecting an angel group. 2. Do they actually have capital and a track record of investing their own personal funds. 8. Are they respectful of entrepreneurs.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 12, 2012

How do they make decisions on what to invest in? How do they decide how much to invest? Bob Aholt is a successful tech entrepreneur, prolific Angel investor, and "investment screener" for the Pasadena Angels. Less than 1 0.000000e+00ven get close. What is the "magic checklist"? See [link] (more)

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MARCH 6, 2009

One of the biggest questions we get from entrepreneurs is if they should be having to pay to present to angel groups. Joe Platnick , a member of the Pasadena Angels , talks about whether fees are ever appropriate to present to an angel investors group. Tags: angel insights opinions investment.

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Steve Reich

JANUARY 20, 2013

The one group of investors you can count on to support you in a crisis are your Angels, and I saw two examples over the Holidays. Over a few short weeks during the Holidays, groups of Angels, one led by Dave Berkus, raised enough money to secure the futures of these companies. Emergency cash is never free, even from Angels.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Andy is a leader in the Southern Californian innovation ecosystem and has started, led or invested in more than two dozen tech start-ups.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Three local universities, plus a Pasadena-based startup, have received a $360,000 grant to promote student entrepreneurship in clean technology. Department of Energy to help foster student entrepreneurs via a business plan competition run by the group called First Look West. OnGreen said it is the commercial partner for the effort.

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JUNE 21, 2019

What's the hardest part of being a startup entrepreneur? Minnie Ingersoll: I grew up here in Southern California, in Pasadena, and have been in the Bay Area for a number of years, and just became a new partner at TenOneTen Ventures. I've been going through the startup journey, and just finished our Series D investment.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

For today's Insights and Opinions section, Frank Peters, of the Frank Peters Show, interviews John Dilts of angel group, the Maverick Angels. Southern California already has mature, well established angel groups like the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels; is there room for one more? READ MORE>>.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t. The Angel funding process can be arduous. The entrepreneurs in startups are trained to go fast and run lean.

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JANUARY 11, 2018

In this solo episode we meet up with Brew Johnson of Peer Street and talk about the advantage of being in Manhattan Beach, giving everyone access to investments that were previously available to the select few, unlocking an the entire ecosystem of investors, borrowers and lenders, and transforming an industry through innovation.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 15, 2015

How many Angels do you want in your cap table? Mark Suster wrote a great piece in July giving his answer: “If all else fails, angel-load away! If you can’t raise from a few strong angels, from seed funds or from a VC then raising from a ton (let’s say 20+) angels is a perfectly acceptable strategy. The bad news?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme (www.foodme.com) is one of the first, external startups funded out of Idealab's New Venture Group, and is looking to help connect restaurants with customers using a CPA model. The firm so far has signed up a number of restaurants in the Pasadena area. We're one of the first investments out of that group.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Be Great Partners , a Los Angeles technology incubator, has recently released a report on the startup community in LA and the information shows a positive growth for startups here in LA. Los Angeles is 3 rd in the global startup ecosystem, behind Tel Aviv and Silicon Valley. Los Angeles has a diverse area of startups.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2018

Pasadena-based WaveMaker Three-Sixty Healthcare (www.wavemaker360.com) We caught up with one of the co-founders, Jay Goss, about what the new investment fund is looking for in a startup, and the types of investments it makes. First, tell us about the fund and what you are looking to invest in?

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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Brad Feld visited Los Angeles this past week. ” Many people on the Westside of Los Angeles are using the term Silicon Beach these days to describe the amazing renaissance that is truly happening here. Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people. LA should be LA.”

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Steve Reich

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

was launched with nearly $2mm in Angel funding from the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. We had an advocate in each Angel group who aggressively lead the effort. Someone has to do the heavy lifting of advocating, organizing, and building enthusiasm about your company within their Angel group.

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Steve Reich

JULY 20, 2013

In a nutshell, new SEC rules will REQUIRE entrepreneurs to register with the SEC BEFORE approaching investors. Worse yet, Angels will no longer be able to “self certify” as accredited investors–we will have to show W2′s or proof of our net worth, and most of us will never be willing to share such personal information.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Bitvore is based in Irvine, and is backed by serial entrepreneur Yuri Pikover, as well as other angels. After three years of that, I decided I needed to go back to the entrepreneurial world, and joined up with another young company, which was SupplyFrame in Pasadena. Tell me about Bitvore - what''s your technology used for?

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Steve Reich

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Angel investors, some of whom I had personally witnessed calmly losing six figures on failed ventures, were seriously annoyed. If you didn’t believe that, you couldn’t be a founder or angel investor. This experience led me to ask some questions: Does every angel investment have to be a home run? For entrepreneurs?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7 YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests. Phil Kelly: Before Yapert, I was angel investing. Phil Kelly: That''s an interesting one.

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Steve Reich

MAY 17, 2012

Yesterday, I joined a group of Pasadena and Tech Coast Angels for a discussion of crowdsourcing equity investments for startups. The investment is capped at a maximum of $10,000 per person, and there are lower limits in many circumstances. Do it wrong, and no professional investors (Angels or VCs) will touch your company.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

I had been seed investing and incubating businesses, and was sitting with a friend of mine, John Miller, who ran Caliburger, which is a 35 location burger chain, which is exporting the California lifestyle, much like In-N-Out does. There are now over 8,000 investors to date who have invested $1000 to $2000 each. The demand is there.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

It's a story you hear too many times: a venture or angel funded firm just can't figure out its business, runs low on cash, can't get another round of funding, and soon all that's left is a few chairs and servers. In addition, the investors decided they were just tired of their investment, and wanted to move on.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I asked the panelists ( David Travers , Brian Norgard , Fouad ElNaggar , & Demian Sellfors ) about the specific challenges that we face down here in Los Angeles as opposed to Silicon Valley. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles. I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

I’m often asked about the differences between being at a VC and being an entrepreneur and whether I prefer one or the other. As I’m fond of saying, “It’s pretty hard to call yourself ‘Upfront’ and then seem like you’re playing games with entrepreneurs.” Authenticity. We can be blunt.

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