CIO CitySearch Funding Services 
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 17, 2012
ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out. North of the 101]. But consider the following: 1.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
I’ve heard it many founders of VC backed companies in LA who tell me that in their NorCal VC meetings they are told, “we might be interested but we’d want you to relocate to the Bay Area if we funded you.&#. Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.
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