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JANUARY 2, 2020

Today, we share the thoughts of Peter Cowen , Managing Director of Sutton Capital Partners (www.suttoncapitalpartners.com). Socaltech has partnered with Sutton Capital Partners with their Recurring Revenue Conference for several yars. So I suggest if you are fundraising, raise more now and give yourself a longer runway (i.e

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2021

A number of Southern California music and entertainment names are backing a Silicon Valley prediction startup, VersusGame, in a $3M funding.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

.” After graduating from Y Combinator in the summer of 2019, the company tested its services in the Southern California region. Now, as construction looks ready to return to a more normal schedule in the aftermath of the COVID-19 epidemic, the company is capitalizing on increased demand to offer its services nationwide.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2019

San Diego-based Bitmo , a startup developing a mobile gifting and payment app, has raised $3M in a seed funding round, the company said on Thursday afternoon. Michael Smallwood is the founder and CEO of Bitmo.

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socalTECH

MAY 3, 2018

in a seed funding, to help it to "greatly expand" its operation sin Los Angeles, as well as expand into other new markets. Washe currently offers up its services in South Florida, Southern California, Georgia and New Jersey. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2015

A couple of Southern California investors-- os Angeles-based DreamHost and Rincon Venture Partners --have backed a new OpenStack software startup called Akanda. Dreamhost and Rincon are based in LA, and Double M Partners is among one of the more active investors in Southern California startups. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

APRIL 5, 2019

—Mobile app startup Bitmo announced it had raised more than $3 million in seed funding from investors including Everplus Capital, Longboard Capital Advisors, and several Southern California-based family fund offices.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. Rami Rostami: As Gerard mentioned, I grew up in Southern California, in los Angeles, and I think some of this is to help contribute back to the community.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures is one of the investors in a new, luxury valet service launching in San Francisco, called Luxe. Valet parking seems to be on the minds of investors lately, with at least one Southern California startup--valet parking startup Curbstand --also recently announcing a round of funding.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based travel startup Elude said this week that it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The company said the funding came from ATX Venture Partners, and also included Mucker Capital, Unicorn Ventures, Upfront Scout Fund, StartupO, Grayson Capital, Gaingels, Maccabee Ventures and Flight VC.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Irvine-based K5Launch , a new venture accelerator started by angel investors Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, is looking to spawn the growth of startups in Southern California, saying today that it has launched its efforts in the area.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2016

in a seed funding round. The funding came from Aristos Ventures, private angel investors and investment from serial entrepreneurs, founders and executives from several high tech companies, according to the company. Army Research Office. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Los Angeles-based Statis Labs , a developer of vital signs monitoring equipment, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, the company said last week. The funding was led by RTP-HC, and also included Wonder Ventures, Techstars Ventures, and others.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

The TCA is the biggest angel investment group in Southern California, and is among the largest nationally. Tags: tech coast angels funding venture capital seed fund. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2017

We are fortunate to have great new institutional LPs and investors, including foundations and endowments who are well known in the venture capital industry and have backed some great, high quality funds. We feel this is a great validation for the LA and SoCal venture market place, and for the startups and founders in LA.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 15, 2010

Heck, stick around and watch me discuss the seed funding debate that is going on right now and what is happening in the VC industry overall. What advice do you have for people who want to get into venture capital? I talk in the video about the economics of venture capital and how we make money. Don’t.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions for 2019 from Southern California's technology industry. Here's the contribution by Matt Stodder of StartupBoost LA (our apologies to Matt for the late post, our fault, not his!).

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 24, 2016

Today, start-ups have more choices for accessing business resources and seed funding than ever. This is especially true for first-time and early-stage entrepreneurs not yet ready to pursue venture capital or who lack certain critical capabilities. Thursday, June 30, 2016 -- Alternative Accelerators and Start-Up Resources.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 17, 2016

Today, start-ups have more choices for accessing business resources and seed funding than ever. This is especially true for first-time and early-stage entrepreneurs not yet ready to pursue venture capital or who lack certain critical capabilities. Thursday, June 23, 2016 -- Alternative Accelerators and Start-Up Resources.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 8, 2016

Separately, SPACES said it has raised $3M in seed funding, in a round led by Comcast Ventures, and which also included Boost VC, Canyon Creek Capital, Colopl VR Fund, GREE, Kai Huang, The Venture Reality Fund, the Sinovation Fund, Youku Global Media Fund, and CRCM VC.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

One of the biggest complaints that local entrepreneurs have with Los Angeles has been a dearth of local sources of venture capital. However, the recent surge in startup activity has attracted a lot more capital into the area, including a significant amount of capital from LA's latest fund: Karlin Ventures (www.karlinvc.com).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series about Raising Venture Capital. A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. But I’m no longer an entrepreneur – I’m a VC at a $200 million fund called GRP Ventures , the largest active fund in Southern California.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. We closed our fund in August of 2008. You mentioned you're a microcap fund--can you talk more about that?

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

One of Southern California's successful, serial entrepreneurs is Winston Damarillo , who founded Gluecode, which he sold to IBM in 2005. Earlier this month, his latest startup, El Segundo-based Morphlabs announced it had raised a Series B funding worth $5.5M. Winston, nice speaking with you again.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Bain Capital Ventures' Jamison Hill. We are in phase three of the influencer economy,” Bain Capital Ventures senior principal Jamison Hill, who led the firm’s investment in the influencer shoutout marketplace Cameo , tells TechCrunch. In fact, new funds have launched there with expertise in the category.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 6, 2011

Bruce Blomstrom of the Pasadena Angels will present a talk on ANGEL INVESTING: WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT OPERATES describing how angel capital fills the gap in start-up financing by providing seed funding prior to venture capital to advance high-growth, start-up businesses and economic development in local communities.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program. If you're familiar with YCombinator or TechStars, you know that companies also get access to a deep network of top tier mentors and advisors, who help them with a variety of things, such as product marketing, go-to-market, and funding.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Fair recently raised $16M in a seed funding round, from Javelin Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Foundation Capital, Sherpa Capital, Moonshots Capital, and others. Scott Painter: I think you have to make sure your source of funding is a real partner. What is Fair all about?

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2013

We have our own small seed fund, which we trigger to fund that company and hire a team, a CEO and a CTO. Once we get our initial proof point and prototypes, we raise more money, both from internal and external venture capital. I'm not a detailed micromanager, and never was, so it's working.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

- A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , February 18, 2010 Great post from Fred Wilson that questions a common metric – unique visitors. Seed funding best practices - StartupCFO , February 11, 2010 Good post looking at seed funding which often doesn’t get quite as much attention.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

For a high-volume seed fund that adds many portfolio companies every year (such as our friends at 500 Startups who invest in over 100 distinct companies annually), the cost of a bad affirmative decision (a false positive) is quite low, since it accounts for a relatively small portion of their total fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. In SoCal we have Crosscut Ventures, Matt Coffin, Mike Jones, Klaus Schauser, etc. Also, make sure that your investors are accredited. They exist in every town.

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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. The expanding pool of angel, seed, and super seed funds is another. believe that is certainly true.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

At Sony, he didn’t feel like he could “steer the ship” and get his ideas heard so he left and started GUBA, GUBA had no seed funding. Today, innovation is happening at an increasingly faster rate and , that being true, Thomas thought it was more efficient to match capital to ideas than execute the ideas himself.

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