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MARCH 26, 2019

The startup is backed by such investors and Tenaya Capital, Bullpen Capital, Crosscut Capital, 3L Capital, Naval Ravikant, and angels from the entertainment and sport communities. The startup has been offering up its electric powered bicycles--with wide, stable wheels and a seat--in eight location in San Diego.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The funding was led by Craft Ventures, and also included Fika Ventures, MaC Ventures, Naval Ravikant, WorkLife Ventures, Liquid2 and The Weekend Fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

If you track the venture capital industry it would be hard to miss the conversation going on this week over AngelList “Syndicates.” I had a chance to discuss AngelList Syndicates with Naval at Michael Kim’s Cendana LP/VC conference on a panel with Naval, Roger Ehrenberg (IA Ventures) and Mike Brown, Jr.

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JULY 20, 2017

contract with the Department of Defense, to provide counter-UAS systems to Naval Special Warfare units. SkySafe said that Lars Dalgaard of Andreessen Horowitz joins the company's board with the funding. In addition to the funding round, SkySafe says it has also received a $1.5M READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

The firm said that its Series B round came from MK Capital, as well as Shasta Ventures , First Round Capital , SoftTech VC, Richmond Park Partners , as well as angels, including Naval Ravikant , Jeff Kearl , Tom McInerney, and Allen DeBevoise of Machinima. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 20, 2017

The company says it wants to help "answer humanity's biggest questions" using a "ground truth dataset" initially focused on "human movement".

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The funding came from Shasta ventures, First Round Capital, Aydin Senkut of Felicis Ventures, Naval Ravikant and Nivi Babak of VentureHacks, Jeff Kearl, Tom McInerney, and Richmond Park Partners. Tags: angel clip streaming video movie hollywood content capital venture movieclips. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2011

The firm--which took first place at the event--has just raised $1M from Ashton Kutcher, Naval Ravikant, Paul Buchheit, and other angel investors. The firm is set to launch at SXSW this week. Zaarly is based out of Seattle, and is headed by Eric Koester. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2013

The funding came from MindFund, Charles River Ventures, Trinity Ventures, Naval Ravikant, as well as others. Los Angeles-based Cheers , the new startup from Bizrate founder Farhad Mohit, disclosed Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $2.5M

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

Want to debate Naval about AngelList? Struggling to get time with First Round Capital? I had come off of a Hashable party and dinner with Naval Ravikant , Farb Nivi (Grockit) & John Price (Vast). Moments after that Naval, Steve & I were having a discussion, “Are we really in a bubble?&#. Dave Morin of Path?

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JULY 21, 2011

The firm announced a funding round last week, from DFJ Frontier, DFJ JAIC, Gold Hill Capital, and angel investors Gil Elbaz (Factual), Auren Hoffman (Rapleaf), and Walter Kortschak (Summit Partners), and many others. Naval and Nivi were great from the start. We put our thing out, categorized it, and Naval got back to us.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 1, 2009

In the VentureHacks post Naval Ravikant argues in “the power of two&# – that you should have two co-founders as in Bill Gates / Paul Allen, Larry / Sergei, Jerry Yang / Larry Page. If the topic is important to you and you haven’t read these posts I think they’ll be worth your time. For me 3+ is usually a non starter.

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OCTOBER 2, 2008

The firm's technology is based on technology first developed as part of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Office of Naval Research (ONR) research. Avaak uses wireless mesh networking technology in connection with video to help consumers and small businesses monitor their homes and offices.

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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. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Tesla is not.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

We had a very sensible debate on the topic on VentureHacks sponsored by Nivi and including Naval Ravikant. This week I sat down with Chris Dixon, co-founder / CEO of Hunch and Partner at Founder Collective in the most recent installment of This Week in Venture Capital. If you haven’t checked that out you really should.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

HONK is backed by high visibility angels Paige Craig, Aaron Batalion (LivingSocial), Ben Huh (The Cheezburger Network), Naval Ravikant (AngelList), Jillian Manus, Mike Walsh, and Structure Capital, along with Double M Capital, Venture51, Expansion, and Karlin Ventures. Tell us a bit about what HONK is about?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while and was going to use AngelList by Nivi & Naval as the basis for my example and the perfect prompt came yesterday when I read Fred Wilson’s blog post on AngelList. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice. So what are you waiting for? Go get your anchors.

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MAY 23, 2017

Bill talks about growing up at the Naval Academy with his father, who was an assistant football coach there, and saying that was the most impactful experience on his coaching career. Our main two investors are Troy Capital Partners, based here in LA as our lead, and London Venture Partners, out of London. That's number two.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Then I saw this post from Nivi at AngelList so I thought I would invite Naval & him on to the show to talk about how AngelList works. Part 2/3 of Interview: AngelList: A Quick Introduction and Interview with Founders Babak Nivi & Naval Ravikant – [Minutes: 23:00 – 55:00]. My Personal Take on AngelList.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based MOVIECLIPS.COM (www.movieclips.com) announced the firm's Series A funding round, worth $3M, from Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital, and a number of Silicon Valley angels. From there, I did a couple of internships in the venture capital world, including with Hummer Winblad in San Francisco.

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MARCH 16, 2022

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. Angel Capital Association (ACA). This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. We read each of these statements from Chris Dixon, Babak Nivi, Naval Ravikant and me. 9mm – Investor: Sequoia Capital (Michael Moritz) – Read more: TechCrunch , PaymentsViews. YOu should check it out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. Angel Capital Association (ACA). This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

Approximately 50 executives from the worlds of technology & venture capital piled into the dining hall on June 30th to listen to Dr. Mark Drapeau speak about "innovation" and its sister topic, "STEM education." While this is not slated to change anytime soon, one possible way to bridge this gap is through federal venture capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. Angel Capital Association (ACA). This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. Angel Capital Association (ACA). This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. Angel Capital Association (ACA). This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. More tiers = more complication = more confusion. Yes, but who said they'd actually BUY the damn thing? - Final Thought.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Shortly after we sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, I had a conversation with the legendary venture capitalist Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. How To Pick A Co-Founder , by Naval Ravikant (Venture Hacks).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2011

Here are a few that I aspire to: Venture Hacks , by Babak Nivi and Naval Ravikant. Mark is a serial entrepreneur who is now active in the venture capital community for early-stage startups. These are both experienced entrepreneurs and angel investors. Both Sides of the Table , by Mark Suster.

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