TechCrunch LA

MARCH 16, 2021

Squarespace has raised $300 million in a round of funding that values the company at a staggering $10 billion valuation. New backers include Dragoneer, Tiger Global, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, funds and accounts advised by T. Declining ad rates may signal a reset for startup SEM strategies.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2010

San Diego-based Anametrix , a developer of cloud-based business analytics software, said today that it has received new funding and added a slate of well known advisors. Senturia is CEO of Blackbird Ventures, and a notable San Diego angel investor. Details on the new private investment was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I am taking the lead from GRP and we also invested alongside a number of friends including Dave McClure, Dave Tisch, Ben Smith (Merchant Circle), Brian Lee (ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom), Jason Calacanis, Evan Rifkin, Jennifer Lum, Jay Weintraub and a whole host of other angels. So I asked Ethan to build his product first and then we would fund.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

We're self funded as our own angel investor, and we thought based on the numbers in Hawaii it would be a nice sideline. How is the company funded? Billy Fried: It's self funded, and I've invested about $300,000 to date. But, we want to turbocharge that, and are ready for Series A funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. You may have paid marketing: SEM, Social Media Ads, Banner Ads, email lists, etc. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. short answer: very, very rarely. But it does happen. Short answer: no.

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