Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report. Meet angels via the entrepreneurs they’ve funded.

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Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd talk with Los Angeles-based Sidebar (www.sidebar.com), a venture backed startup in the mobile space, to learn more about what they are up to. What happened with smart phones, is consumers are buying more and more applications, but a screen can only fit a dozen icons.

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Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

“Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. . It is how angel rounds come together.&#.

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Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. Positive feedback feeds the idea.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Maneesh works with Miramar portfolio companies to identify growth drivers, potential business partners and evaluate prospective investment opportunities. Maneesh’s prior investing experience includes an associate position at El Dorado Ventures. Through Tech Coast Angels, he has screened in excess of four hundred start-up companies.

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Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors. Super-angels. Social mobile web. Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Startup accelerator.

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Entrepreneur Startup Web Equity 109

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. “My This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Brad on blogging.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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Startup Tips Web Platform 233

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. If you don’t believe in your bones that you’re amazing then it’s no wonder you don’t want to sell them on making the investment.”

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Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

One way is through Insteegram (www.insteegram.com) , a service recently launched by Los Angeles-based Rnddr Labs, which allows users to buy their own Instagram images printed onto a high quality T-shirt. Edward Park: My background is screen printing and production. was community and content, we think Web 3.0

Startup 174

Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

I started with a list of companies already screened by the San Diego Venture Group’s annual venture summit, and consulted with investors and startup mentors to refine the list. million in a Series D round of investment capital, according to founder and chairman Tony Farwell. I widened my net this year.

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San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

Tech Coast Angel investor Dale Okuno came out because he believes that MuckerLab attracts better talent because they keep their class size small and focused. Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Or maybe a goldmine. He is looking to find more.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). friend of mine asked me to chat with a startup he’d invested in. Steve was was walking through (live) the process of creating a Facebook ad. Here’s why. I know I do.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Jelli - I went on record saying that I wanted to invest and that I think this company will create a big success.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based EcoMom (www.ecomom.com) launched its "green" parenting site, with backing from Dave McClure. Once that a product has made that initial screen, we look further, to make sure it's also cost effective and easy to live with. We caught up with EcoMom CEO Jody Sherman , to learn more about the company.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors. Xavor invest through our dependable consulting services.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Your measurements are automatically sent via wi-fi to the cloud and stored in a password protected portal viewed on the web or on your iPhone. Then I found out that Dave McClure had already invested along with many others in a Silicon Valley seed round even though the company is in Alabama. I’m not that public about my weight.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

It’s not because the statuesque pair wants to give Armie Hammer a run for his money on the silver screen. I love to rib the Winklevoss twins as much as anyone , but focusing more on California does seem like a smart move to show that they are serious about tech investing. The reason for the move out west? Powered by Personforce.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Tips 77

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Today is the day Solaborate is publicly launching a beta-version of their platform on the web with an iOS and Android mobile apps for those on the road. LB: We are definitely looking for more investments. VC’s and angels aren’t giving a lot of money right now. What are your next steps? Our goal is to gain traction.

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. Many “tech companies” now have green screens. I’m sure there’s a lot of truth to that. It’s becoming harder to distinguish tech companies from media companies. And make-up artists.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Los Angeles. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ).

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. I had been hanging around Klout for a year and many of my friends had angel funded the company and were champions. 39:15 Why did you invest in Klout?

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Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303