socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

There's a new opportunity in clean technology investments, according to venture capitalist Aaron Fyke , the head of a new, Pasadena-based venture capital investment fund, Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com). This is not a typical, venture capital investment. Those $60M rounds really don't fit the venture capital model.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The company said the funding came from East Los Capital. The company offers up "container orchestration" software, which is used to deploy software into clouds, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS). Irvine-based cloud computing services provider Caylent has raised $16M in a growth equity investment round, the company said on Monday.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2019

Los Angeles-based web application security software developer Signal Sciences says that it is seeing strong revenue growth, as it grows its headcount by nearly 100 employees just in the past year. The startup is backed by Lead Edge Capital, CRV, Index Ventures, Harrison Metal and OATV. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? Capital is a lot less patient at scale. Of course we can’t. dot-com bonanza.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2020

SmartAction is backed by private equity firms Staley Capital and TVC Capital. SmartAction's cloud-based software is used to automate customer service communications on phone, SMS, web chat, Facebook Messenger, and Skype. Davis was previously the company's President, and earlier had served as Chief Operating Officer.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2021

Culver City-based Replicated, a startup that provides commercial and open source tools to streamline distribution and management of third party applications into enterprises, says it has linked in with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) Global Startup Program. Replicated is led by co-founder and CEO Grant Miller.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Los Angeles-based RingDNA , which develops analytics software used for understanding the sales process and sales conversations, said last week that it raised $30M in a growth capital funding. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity (GS Growth), and also included Palisades Growth Capital and Bryant Stibel. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2015

Today, we have some thoughts from Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital , a private equity investment company in San Diego. Build a great team that is focused on providing a unique product or service that offers something of great value that your customers simply cannot live without. Then treat these customers well and great things will happen.maybe

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2013

According to the company, the funding was structured as a $25M term loan and $5M revolving line, and will go towards buying back the stake of one of the company''s founders, to pay down equipment financing, and to make cash available for growth and working capital. The company was advised by DH Capital in the funding. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Investors: Foundation Capital (lead), with existing investors: Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners. Investors: FirstMark Capital (Amish Jani)(lead), with existing investors: Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Reid Hoffman. Online peer-to-peer lending. 14.7mm in Series D.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Greylock Partners and Village Capital. Watson--along with his co-founders, John Myers, Ali Golshan and Laszlo Bock--were engineers and developers who had worked for the National Security Agency, Google and Amazon Web Services. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2018

Unfortunately, some are so focused on this principle that they forget that every business, even nonprofits, have to practice the basic principles of capitalism (build a business model to make money) to cover their costs to do good things another day. You can find dozens more on the Conscious Capitalism web site.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. mm in Series A; IdealLab ( Bill Gross ), Index Ventures ( Danny Rimer ), Revolution LLC ( Steve Case ), First Round Capital , BetaWorks , Jason Calcanis.

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Tech.Co

MAY 16, 2024

In addition to the regular pressures of running a business in this climate, Black business owners have to contend with discriminatory lending practices from banking institutions and racial prejudices from buyers – with a recent report revealing that 76% of Black business owners claim they’ve experienced racism from a customer.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Here’s why that is important: when users are on your website you want to convert them to become paying customers. It’s true that the carrier then gets their huge slice for being the billing and payment engine but the idea is that you as a website more than make up for this in terms of customer conversion.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It has developed technology to give people a way to pay bills outside of traditional methods, such as through the mail, over the phone or via a Web portal. Our cost of customer acquisition is very low relative to a lot of fintechs,” he said. But of course, part of its capital will go toward building awareness and growing its headcount.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Unfortunately, some are so focused on this principle that they forget that every business, even non-profits, have to practice the basic principals of capitalism (build a business model to make money) to cover their costs to do good things another day. You can find a dozen more on the Conscious Capitalism web site.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7

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Xconomy

MAY 16, 2018

CEO Gerry Widmer said Wednesday the San Diego-based company is expanding its workforce and extending its Web content management system (WCMS) to international customers. After establishing a partnership with the Google Cloud Platform, Zesty.io founder Randy Apuzzo at the end of 2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Practice being a good communicator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2023

Unfortunately, some are so focused on this principle that they forget that every business, even nonprofits, have to practice the basic principles of capitalism (build a business model to make money) to cover their costs to do good things another day. You can find dozens more on the Conscious Capitalism web site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. High customer loyalty and high team passion. Both have worked. Martin Zwilling

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. High customer loyalty and high team passion. Both have worked. Martin Zwilling.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

With the new capital, SpotOn has raised $628 million since its inception. So for example, when you’re ordering food at a game or concert, Appetize’s technology makes it easier to pay in a variety of contactless ways through point of sale (POS) devices, self-service kiosks, handheld devices, online ordering, mobile web and API integrations.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The score allows online stores to see, at a glance, what their performance is with customer retention. Retention Science said its new score helps businesses predict customers are likely to churn or unsubscribe, and also provides campaign recommendations that the business can take actions on to improve its customer retention.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2021

Orca Security develops cloud security and compliance software running on Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. The company says its customers include Robinhood, Databricks, Unity, Live Oak Bank, Lemonade, and BeyondTrust. The funding was led by CapitalG, the growth fund of Alphabet, and Redpoint Ventures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2016

Unfortunately, some are so focused on this principle that they forget that every business, even non-profits, have to practice the basic principles of capitalism (build a business model to make money) to cover their costs to do good things another day. You can find a dozen more on the Conscious Capitalism web site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Practice being a good communicator.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2021

Here are some key strategies that I recommend to prompt you when changes to your business may be required: Look for a changing customer sense of value. You may be getting killed today by customer expectations you never worried about just a few years ago. Make sure you think creatively to add as many new items as you phase out old ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The ideal business model is to establish a direct-to-consumer service that enables you to bill the customer directly. Through a free base product, you give the first taste of the service or game away for free, get users hooked, and then convert as many as possible to paying customers. Build your own marketplace platform.

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socalTECH

JULY 5, 2016

Are we helping you to find and win customers and deals? Our coverage is supported by our members and sponsors -- not by web or mobile advertising -- and we need you to show your support by becoming an ongoing member. If so, we need YOUR support. Join today at [link] READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2020

Unfortunately, some are so focused on this principle that they forget that every business, even nonprofits, have to practice the basic principles of capitalism (build a business model to make money) to cover their costs to do good things another day. You can find dozens more on the Conscious Capitalism web site.

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socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

Amazon is tapping Eucalyptus to make it easier for enterprise customers to migrate their web applications between Amazon and their own IT environments. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

This week, we saw the interconnectedness of major institutions as crypto lending protocol Celsius stuttered and brought down Ethereum prices with it as investors feared a price collapse brought on by reportedly over-leveraged players like 3 Arrows Capital. Three Arrows Capital, Pantera Capital and Dragonfly Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Here are some key principles to consider in every case: Solve a significant problem for customers with money. Every sustainable business model has to attract paying customers and revenue, as well as provide something with significant economic or emotional value. They also offered an app to make the whole process simpler.

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