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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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

For today''s Insights and Opinions section, where we feature contributions from our readers and others in the community, we have Peter Cowen , a veteran of the technology and venture capital industry at Clear Capital Advisors. He is also the organizer of the upcoming Recurring Revenue Conference.

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Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

Remove Your Date From the Web Today Incogni by Surfshark can help you reclaim your information from third-party vendors. Musk was one of several signatories who signed a letter demanding a research pause – which was published just two weeks after the billionaire registered the firm name “X.AI

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products. Position yourself to capitalize on the next frontier. Even a conversion rate of one percent can build a healthy business.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. com, and was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. Venture backers : Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., Tags: cocodot dewolfe chris spinout media demand demandmedia sodahead mindjolt platformg startup myspace. www.demandmedia.com). Generation Partners.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2010

We've dug through our database of high tech companies, web sites, and startups and found four Southern California companies and web sites looking to cater to that adventure traveler in you. . AdventureLink is backed by Allegis Capital, Anthem Ventures, and the Mailroom Fund, and is run by adventurer Jeff Dossett.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2021

It works best through effective use of social media, mobile apps, societal initiatives, becoming an influencer, and providing a modern easily-found web site with credible customer-focused content. Pull marketing is more effective with consumers. That trend is growing every day. Mobile devices and apps enhance social interactivity.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here are five exciting examples (in alphabetical order): Appetize, a cloud-based point-of-sale platform for large venues, recently raised funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, the NFL and the Dodgers. Nonetheless, I expect that in 2019 the VC market will shift toward demanding profit.

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Xconomy

MARCH 20, 2018

Mythic , which last year unveiled its novel computer chip designed for artificial intelligence, announced today that it has raised $40 million in a Series B fundraising round led by the venture capital arm of Japanese telecom and tech giant SoftBank.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. Total raised: $5.0mm.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The firms were ranked by how fundable they are, with the top 20 appearing to have a better shot at raising capital after interviews with Forbes.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2018

I have seen this in cases where a fight would take the CEO’s time & attention away from important business dealings or where the cost of not settling is huge (as in, inability to raise more capital until the dispute is resolved). It might be that you assess the situation and realize you can’t win if you were to carry on the fight.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

I believe the best entrepreneurs start by finding a large opportunity, and only then use good ideas to capitalize on that opportunity. The Internet is a business for transporting web services. They specialize in the depth of their selections that a true connoisseur demands. I have to disagree.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

I interviewed Eric for an hour for - This Week in Venture Capital. 8:17 How did you decide to go with either shrinkwrap or web only product? 26:44 Too much capital is not good. 36:30 Eric: Social media is great for people with social capital. 57: 00 How do you rectify company mission and customer demand.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2008

The new service is similar to offerings from Yahoo with its Yahoo Answers service, Los Angeles-based Sodahead , and Demand Media's Answerbag Q&A service. Mahalo is a human powered search engine which uses a team of editors to cull the web for information on the most popular search topics. and Sequoia Capital. READ MORE>>

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products. Position yourself to capitalize on the next frontier. Even a conversion rate of one percent can build a healthy business.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Every month, there’s news of another partnership among carmakers like GM and tech companies such as Uber, as they vie for dominant roles in a transportation future where individual car ownership may largely give way to rides-on-demand from fleets of autonomous and tech-enabled vehicles.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Brilliant web and iPhone app design. Joyent - An Enterprise Class Cloud Computing Company funded by Intel Capital, provides the most comprehensive cloud solution available today. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As inflation rates spiral and consumer demand takes a hit, business owners are forced to be more mindful of their bottom lines than ever. Want to browse the web privately? ? There's no denying that 2024 is a challenging year to run a business. You can unsubscribe at any time. Or appear as if you're in another country?

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

In any case, what we have, is a product that basically patterns itself on the Amazon Web Services platform and API, and stays compatible with Amazon, which allows the management of virtualizes resources so that they can be operated as a cloud platform. There's really big demand. Why the need for your services by service providers?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Elbaz said, in particular, that the firm's local data information is in high demand from developers of mobile and web applications. The firm currently hosts information such as data on businesses and other information. That data is being used by such partners as Facebook to power its Facebook Places check-in service.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

For today's interview, we spoke with Brandon Hance, the firm's founder, about how his startup is helping musicians to sell both digital and physical merchandise on the web. We started out with a laser focus on the independent musician, where one of the biggest issues is that they don't have capital for upfront inventory.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Current round: $7.0mm Series-B led by MK Capital, withClearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

Veracity, which is backed by Microsemi and Frost Data Capital, recently inked a contract with the U.S. However, in the last ten years-- especially with the power grid--regulatory agencies have started to demand that those systems be able to be monitored for compliance. We raised money from Frost Data Capital.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 8, 2019

Chipmakers and software developers leapt to fill that demand , and in turn they helped spur a sea change in. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Venture capital for innovators. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. LLP , Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth , and Vistage. Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com).

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2015

They push the boundaries on eReaders on video streaming on web hosting on logistics and a variety of other fronts. You want it G-ddamn now and you demand it now and you demand the perfection out of Amazon and in a very Nicolsonesque way you want people with guns guarding walls and you don’t want to know about it behind the scenes.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 28, 2018

Puls Technologies , whose on-demand technicians repair broken smartphones and install connected home devices, announced today it has raised $50 million to expand its reach as a unified source of device maintenance and consumer support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2019

I believe the best entrepreneurs start by finding a large opportunity, and only then use good ideas to capitalize on that opportunity. The Internet is a business for transporting web services. They specialize in the depth of their selections that a true connoisseur demands. I have to disagree.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We caught up with CEO and co-founder Brett Rossman to learn more about the company and how it''s been able to grow, profitably, all without raising a dime of outside capital. We generate thousands of new customers everyday for clients such as Ally Bank, GE Capital, Transunion, and a few other big brands.

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Xconomy

MARCH 9, 2017

Among the pressures the company has been facing: Cities have demanded background checks on drivers to protect passengers, while drivers have sued for the right. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Final le web london (june 2013) from Mark Suster. Tapping into global markets – There are talented people in the world who can’t earn a “global market rate” for their services but when you open them up to global demand – boom! Venture capital will be easy and then hard. Will this Trend Last?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Investors demand more than that. A Beginner's Guide to Investors How to Speak the Language of Venture Capital But never forget that traction is necessary, but may not be sufficient, to lower the risk perception of investors, and assure an investment. What The Heck Does “Traction” Really Mean To A VC?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

And Ron Conway has proclaimed that he wants to do up to 40-50 rapid-fire deals in the next 18 months in what is becoming known as the “real time web” (e.g. So what is driving the new energy in the remaining venture capital firms when we kept hearing how much the whole industry was “against the ropes?&# … 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2017

It works best through effective use of social media, mobile apps, societal initiatives, becoming an influencer, and providing a modern easily-found web site with credible customer-focused content. Pull marketing is more effective with consumers. That trend is growing every day. Mobile devices and apps enhance social interactivity.

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