Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Based on the best evidence I can find, the genesis of this trend and the advantages come from several evolutionary changes in the startup investment industry, and some innovations driven by the recession several years ago and the recent pandemic: Venture capital funds are regaining momentum. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2023

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Taking notice of the gap between the amount and depth of research and technology at local universities, and new company formation, a new group has quietly formed in Los Angeles to tackle the issue. The group includes a number of experienced CEOs with experience raising venture capital as well as bringing companies to an IPO or exit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2021

Universities are a rich source of new ideas from their students, their professors, and their own research, and they value entrepreneurs from the real world to decide which ones are viable in the marketplace. Product research and prototype development. They also provide incubator services and space for early startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Based on the best evidence I can find, the genesis of this trend and the advantages come from several evolutionary changes in the startup investment industry, and some innovations driven by the recession several years ago: Venture capital funds are still regaining momentum. Some VC firms are bogged down by their own weight.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2010

Los Angeles-based Mojix , which develops RFID technology based on research out of JPL/NASA, said Monday afternoon that the firm has named Samuel Levy as Sr. Vice President, Global Professional Services. Mojix is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Red Rock Ventures and InnoCal Venture Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2020

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

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Marketing Statistics Research Report 157

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

” Much of this will look and feel like a Green New Deal, but sold under a package of infrastructure modernization and service upgrades that the country desperately needs. . Another $30 billion is designed to be targeted toward rural development; and finally the $40 billion in upgrading research infrastructure.

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socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2014

San Diego-based Assay Depot , which operates an online marketplace focused on scientific services, said this morning that it has raised $3M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Bootstrap Venture Fund. assay depot venture capital marketplace scientific service market' READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Barter your services for their services. Apply for contests and business grants.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Tagging along for the ride are a motley assortment of millionaires and billionaires, movie stars and media moguls that are providing the money the rocket launch services provider and manufacturer of large-scale, 3-D printers needs to achieve its goals. space industry. “We’re building the future of humanity space,” he says.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Los Angeles-based Growthink , a provider of business plan consulting, corporate branding, venture capital research, investment banking, and other services, has upped its funding to $3.1M, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. According to the filing, the funding is part of an ongoing $5.0M

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

We have every major research university in Southern California in the Alliance now, and that was extremely hard to do. There's not much of a track record of universities and research institutions working together. As you know, Silicon Valley has a locker grip on the venture capital community. We have a way to go.

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MAY 9, 2019

Are you willing to share your DNA with researchers, if only they'd pay you something for that data? The funding included ARCH Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Illumina Ventures, and Osage University Partners. in a funding round, according to the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

As a VC with scores of startups in our portfolio we have ringside seats to many, many fund raising processes plus I had to raise money across about 5 different rounds of capital as an entrepreneur so I’ve developed some thought on the process that I hope can be helpful to some of you before you start. just don’t lead with them!

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Xconomy

JUNE 28, 2018

The Series D round included investments from previous BitSight backers Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital, and Singtel Innov8. The new funding brings BitSight’s total venture capital haul to $155. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2010

A long list of California venture capital investors have joined to oppose Proposition 23, the California ballet initiative coming up in the polls, which looks to halt the state's recently passed AB32 clean energy law. Venture Partners, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Velocity Venture Capital, Venrock, and Walden Asset Management.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2018

But Alphabet’s investment team is far from the only group investing in the restaurant infrastructure as a service business. Perhaps the best capitalized company focusing on distributed kitchens is CloudKitchens , one of two subsidiaries owned by the holding company City Storage Solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Barter your services for their services. Apply for contests and business grants.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Los Angeles-based Kharon , a research and data analytics company focused on global security threats, says it has received a strategic investment from Barclays. Kharon's services focus on providing information on trade, regulatory and financial crime compliance. The size of that investment was not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over 60 times as many companies, according the Center for Venture Research. The large investment amounts preferred by VCs are no longer needed to launch winners.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

you were sure to get a rush of 60,000-70,000 new user registrations, a ton of pageviews and interest from a rash of people from investors to people trying to sell you services. Trust me, you’ll regret it the next time you’re preparing for a fund raising event and every VC you meet knows your strongest competitor and not you.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) held its annual awards event last night, honoring former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, as well as local, venture backed companies in a banquet last night at the Luxe hotel in Los Angeles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

Access to intellectual property and current research. Other project and research reports in their library are a rich source of new ideas, if you are still looking for a place to start. Both provide incubator services and space for early startups, have patent portfolios for licensing, and many other resources.

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JULY 9, 2018

In a move which is bound to further heat up the race between Santa Monica's Bird scooter rental service and San Francisco competitor Lime , Lime said today that it has raised $350M--and also inked a co-branding deal which will offer up Lime's scooters and bicycles from within the Uber app. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Barter your services for their services. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Tips Startup Technical Review Equity 104

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OCTOBER 14, 2015

San Diego-based DNA sequencing equipment maker Illumina has joined in a new venture funding round for high profile, genetic testing startup 23andMe. Illumina is a prior investor in 23andMe, which provides personalized genetic testing services. 23andMe has now raised over $200M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Allset--which currently has operations in San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Manhattan--said the funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Metamorphic Ventures, FJ Labs, as well as SMRK VC Fund and Alexandr Chernyak.

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Funding Los Angeles Venture Capital Research 100

Xconomy

MAY 15, 2017

San Diego’s Scientist.com set out in 2006 to disrupt part of the pharmaceutical business by providing an Amazon-like approach to the business of hiring contract research organizations (CROs). Founding CEO Kevin Lustig said Scientist.com will use the additional cash to expand its operations. Lustig argued.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Valencia-based Sanguine Biosciences , a startup developing a service around blood sample collection for research and development, said Thursday that it has closed on a seed financing round. The funding was led by INVENT Ventures and Heliant Ventures. Size of the round was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

The structure of Idealab has allowed us to test many ideas at once and turn the best of them into companies, attracting the human and financial capital necessary to bring them to market. Bill Gross started Idealab in 1996 to create and operate pioneering technology companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. Much more data in the full post.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2019

AngelList claimed in its report, Startup Growth and Venture Returns, that someone who "blindly invests in every credible deal" would do better than an angel investor who happened to miss "the best-performing seed investment". AngelList's service is aimed at promoting seed investment.

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JUNE 25, 2010

per month, and gives you access to our complete database of high tech companies in Southern California, investors who invest in Southern California firms, service providers, and much more. Membership is only $24.95 Find our news useful?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 16, 2019

Ultimately, the mobile clinics serve as a marketing strategy for Kindbody’s core service: egg freezing. Soon, the company will expand to include mental health, nutrition and gynecological services. ” After all, there is limited research confirming the efficacy of egg freezing.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 10, 2018

It’s often difficult for military researchers to find investors who will help them privately commercialize the innovations they develop, in part because the duties of military physicians are different than those of civilian doctors. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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