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MAY 10, 2012

As part of the funding, Moviepilot is setting up an office in Los Angeles, and has moved its CEO, Tobi Bauckhage, to LA. The funding was led by DFJ Espirit, and also included T-Venture, Grazia Equity and VC Fund Creative Industries Berlin. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. Topics we discussed in the first 45 minutes of the video include: What is VC like in NY? We discussed NY vs. Silicon Valley and NY vs. Boston.

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MARCH 20, 2007

► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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MARCH 4, 2009

Los Angeles-based Steamboat Ventures has set its sights on the celebrity web space, and is the lead investor in a new round of funding for Fanzter , which operates the celebrity products site Coolspotters.com. Coolspotters is a web site which highlights which products celebrities are buying and wearing.

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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. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US.

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MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. In particular I tried to do most of the “entrepreneur advice on VC” up front so that if you don’t want to watch our views on the deals you don’t have to. They sponsor TWiVC.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Hollywood-based Ranker , the online startup headed by Clark Benson, said today that it is now seeing over 1 million unique monthly visitors to its web site. Benson was the founder of eCrush, which he sold to Hearst in 2006; Ranker is backed by Benson, Siemer Venture Capital, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based My Damn Channel , the online comedy site headed by Rob Barnett and Warren Chao, has raised $1.0M The site produces original content for the web, both on its own site as well as distributed through other sites, including Wainy Days, Horrible People, You Suck at Photoshop, and other series.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

We’ll call these “inside angels.” Angel investment groups or funds. First, angel investment groups and organized angel funds come in all sizes from a few organized angels to large groups of four hundred or more. Angel groups invest from $250,000 to $1,000,000 or more in qualified investments.

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MAY 9, 2013

Los Angeles-based Yektra announced this morning that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Maurice Gallagher, Bray Capital, Shay O''Brien, and Michael Rogers. yekra venture capital funding digital entertainment content' READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. In the early days (25 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Use crowd funding to build reserves.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

The funding was led by Longley Capital, and also included Stage 2 Capital, Ankona Capital, Serra Ventures and SaaS Ventures, and angels. Longley Capital is also based in San Diego. The company's software allows small businesses to put up web and mobile sites, handle payments, and more.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based My Damn Channel , the online original video site run by Rob Barnett, said Thursday that it has been selected by Fox as a premium distribution partner for the network's original web series. The site said the two are launching the effort with a new series called "The Iceman Chronicles". READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Greg Martin , the partner heading up Redpoint Ventures ' Los Angeles office, has reportedly left the firm, according to a report from the Private Equity Insider. Martin is no longer listed on Redpoint's web site, was not listed in its latest fundraising documents, and declined to comment on the story. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital firm backed by Walt Disney Co., According to Beijing-based Yoyi Media , it received a Series A investment on undisclosed size from Steamboat Ventures and Gobi Partners. Yoyi Media provides targeted advertising and demographics to Chinese web sites.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Los Angeles-based HitFix , an online web site focused on entertainment news and information, has raised $1.6M in a new funding round, according to investor the Tech Coast Angels. Pikover was founder of Access360 and a co-founder at Xylan and is an active angel investor in the Southern California area. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Los Angeles-based Ranker , an online web site which allows users to create their own lists, and share them with friends, said Thursday evening that the firm has raised $750,000 in a seed investment round, part of a planned $1M funding effort. Tags: ranker venture capital seed funding lists content. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Audiolife's software allows artists to sell downloads, ringtones, CDs, and other merchandise from their web sites, blogs, or social networking sites. Tags: audiolife music ecommerce artist venture capital angel investment. Audiolife is headed by Brandon Hance. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based AccessDNA , which operates an online site for locating genetic testing services, said this morning that it has raised $670,000 in a new round of angel funding. Tags: accessdna genetic testing lead venture capital test angel. The funding brings the company's total raised to $1,115,000.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

RealGravity , a stealth mode firm working on software to help users add video to their web sites, has raised $2.0M Source of the funding was not disclosed, however, the firm lists Bill Youstra of Kohlberg Ventures as a new board member. RealGravity's founders look to be split between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

end-of-the-year coverage, we've run through our web statistics and figured out which were the. Exits Down in 2011 - One of the most popular stories to be read on the site--perhaps. venture capital exits in. 2011, showing a reduced number of exits--but more IPOs--in venture backed companies. As part of our.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Pasadena-based Cramster.com , which operates an online home help web site, is announcing today that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Primera Capital. Cramster was co-founded by Aaron Hawkey and Robert Angarita, and had previously raised $3M in funding from angel Shai Reshef. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2010

Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels is stressing its mixer program, seed investment efforts, and a new website, as it kicks off a 2010 program, according to the angel investing group. The angel group also mentioned a web site design as part of its initiatives this year. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The firm's web site now lists Menlo Park as its headquarters, after it raised funding from Battery Ventures, Western Technology Investment, and angel Gokul Rajaram. Tags: edufire education video venture capital. in a Series A funding. The firm's CEO, Jon Bischke, did not respond to emails for comment.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the firm developing online video programming guides for the Internet, said today that it has raised $11M more in a Series B investment round. The new funding was led by JAFCO Ventures, and also included prior investors Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. He’d wasted a year of his life and had a pile of stock options that weren’t very interesting. Tesla is not. I know I do.

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JULY 18, 2012

Los Angeles-based Media Temple , the web hosting firm, is partnering with Virb to help small businesses, artists, musicians, and others to create their own web sites, the firms said this morning.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Los Angeles-based Impact Radius , a firm which is developing a service to link performance advertising to TV, radio, print, and online channels, has raised $1.0M The firm's web site indicates it is launching in January of next year. Tags: impact radius venture capital. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

What a sweet feeling it was last week to see the launch of the photo sharing site Pose , whose application targets shoppers of apparel. I hope you’ll excuse me when I do the latter in combination with the former to try and explain how I see macro trends and help you think about the mind of a VC. “And importantly Web 2.0

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Why You Should Write.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

Los Angeles-based Border Stylo , the developer of the Glass browser add-on and GlassThis web site for sharing and conversing about web sites, plus the Retrollect mobile app for social sharing, has raised $20M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. Border Stylo is headed by Oscar Guido.

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APRIL 6, 2009

Los Angeles-based Planetwide Games , a publisher of entertainment software and web sites, has raised $3.6M Planetwide Games published the title Comic Book Creator, and runs the MashON web site, which allows users to create and shore their own graphic novels and comic books.

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JULY 12, 2011

He and I once took different sides of an debate about whether “VC signaling&# in early-stage deals is a serious problem or not. Chris runs a popular web interview series on TechCrunch so is used to being the guy asking the questions. I’ve also found him to not be dogmatic either.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Los Angeles-based NationBuilder , a startup developing an online system to help political candidates and other organizations to create web sites, organize volunteers, coordinate campaigns, and more, said Thursday that it has raised $6.3M in a funding round. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

Last year 300,000+ American angels invested an estimated $25 billion in more than 70,000 startup deals. Crowd funding is setting new records worldwide, with $17 billion from North America alone, and VCs poured another $100 billion more into small growth companies last year. Cost of entry for a startup is at an all-time low.

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