InfoChachkie

AUGUST 20, 2010

Yes” was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC's to work with - John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator.

Southern California 113

Southern California GRP Partners Blogging SoCal 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. Earlier today, we talked with Greg Martin at Archer Venture Capital. Below, we collect the thoughts of Jim Andelman , a venture capitalist at Rincon Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Who are the top 50 people to watch in Southern California? Congratulations to our third class of the socalTECH 50! We've attempted to do that for the last three years, trying to ferret out exactly who the people--not companies--are to watch in the region's technology industry. Harrison Tang , Spokeo. Alice Taylor , MakieLab.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Lootcrate Southern California Snapchat 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. This morning's reflections are from Kelly Perdew , managing general partner of at Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com).

Capital 113

Capital Venture Capital News Patents 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2011

The accelerator--just one of the many accelerators to emerge in Southern California in recent weeks--also said it has added John Maataa, the COO of the CW; Hayward D. Fisk, former VP and General Counsel of Computer Sciences Corporation; General Merrill A.

Funding 214

Funding Southern California Activision Class 214

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. All-Star Alumni. Am I biased?

Santa Barbara 258

Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2013

USC has just thrown their hat into the ring of the flurry of startup activity happening in SoCal with the introduction of a new accelerator, the Viterbi Startup Garage. The program is open to current students and alumni who have graduated in the past 5 years. Viterbi Startup Garage is accepting applications now.

USC 94

USC Startup Hollywood Venture Capital 94

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

So far, under Nicks leadership, weve built sourcing and pipeline management systems, a portfolio growth and development platform, and a job board to serve the entire city named Interchange. Our goal is to build a platform that helps our companies achieve best practices as quickly as possible on their way to becoming world-class companies.

Southern California 100

Southern California News Platform Class 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2019

There were lots of deals flowing my way, because Southern California is a hopping market, and I've had a lot of success in my career. As you know, HauteLook sold to Nordstrom in one of the biggest exists in Southern California, as was LowerMyBills. He has a family office out of both Los Angeles and Connecticut.

Startup 100

Startup Venture Capital Southern California Entertainment 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

The Founder Institute (www.founderinstitute.com), an entrepreneurial training program that originally launched by Adeo Ressi in Silicon Valley, recently announced that it is setting up shop in Southern California, with branches both in San Diego and Los Angeles. Ken Rutkowski is the man making happen here. As President of the L.A.

Mentor 185

Mentor Class Entertainment Technical Review 185

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. It was a great chance for the class to interact with the community in LA. Almost every VC I’ve spoken with in LA is tracking DataPop.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

Their mission: to support a charity, savor the hot SoCal nightlife, and transform Los Angeles into the startup capital of the world. Business Entrepreneurship Events Startups Angels Be Great Fest Be Great Partners Celebrities Entrepreneurs Lin Miao Los Angeles VC Venture Capital'

Los Angeles 101

Los Angeles Angel Startup Venture Capital 101

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

“Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. So what are you waiting for?

Guide 293

Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

This is class four for Launchpad LA. Swing by Swing, a mobile app for golfers, has over 1,300,000 members.was one of the innuagural investments for 28-year-old Mike Rothenberg’s Rothenberg Ventures. We’ve been blown away by the performance of the eight companies in this class.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

We're looking to launch our first class in the fall, with five to ten companies, with the TechStars model of a small capital investment, and a seed investment of $6000 per founder. I've also worked with startups in Southern California, including TouchCommerce, and I was with them when they were on their first round of funding.

Startup 221

Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

You were most recently in venture capital, what drove you to move down here to Los Angeles and start this up? Like other people that live here, I personally love Southern California, and wanted to live here. The first class will start in late January and run for three months. READ MORE>>.

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Still, as a VC I value proprietary dealflow & long term relationships. I know it was over heated when a deal where I wrote one of the first checks on (as an angel, not VC) went out on AngelList. Mostly, I don’t believe that a VC not being on AngelList is “anti entrepreneur&# – it is not. My personal use.

Venture Capital 267

Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

So how'd you end up here in Southern California? Jackson: I was originally from Southern California, and just took a ten year journey to the Bay Area. We've had a class of people who have gone on to start fantastic companies, such as LinkedIn, YouTube, Yelp, and Yammer. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

Southern California 243

Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

What was nice was that I got to take some of my practical skills from consulting and apply them into class discussions with operational leaders. I talked with a few VCs and batted around the idea of becoming a VC. No prizes for guessing how my VC chats went. But you don’t really have VC experience.”

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. David Waxman: Los Angeles is a tremendous hotbed of creativity, and there''s so much potential. We have a lot of world class universities here.

Invest 159

Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Think about venture capital. Those that were around 30+ years ago never had to think about branding – there were hardly any other VCs. So many had names of partners (Kleiner Perkins) or local favorite identifiers like trees (Sequoia). And for me.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

com) recently scored a round of funding from such notable investors as Data Collective, Brad Jones of Redpoint Ventures, Horizon Ventures, and TenOneTen Ventures, the new Southern California venture capital firm headed by Gil Elbaz and David Waxman. It''s really a Southern California story.

Technology 216

Technology Google Commerce Southern California 216

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).

Funding 253

Funding Startup Invest Commerce 253

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2013

We are really set up to solve those problems, and deliver the hard core, enterprise class tools and applications that people need, in order for big data to go mainstream. Once we get our initial proof point and prototypes, we raise more money, both from internal and external venture capital. EMC's a big investor in one company.

Incubator 208

Incubator Startup CTO Hire Ideas 208

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The firm is initially focusing on the Los Angeles market, and connecting people with fun, interesting classes, activities, and more in the local area. The company was founded by Bong Koh, a former EIR at Prism VentureWorks and venture capitalist at Advanced Technology Ventures; he also co-founded ibeatyou.

Startup 271

Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Over the last few years, there''s been an explosion in startup accelerators in Southern California, and in particular along "Silicon Beach" on the Los Angeles westside. One of the accelerators to emerge out of that boom a few years ago was MuckerLab (www.muckerlab.com), headed by Erik Rannala.

Incubator 187

Incubator Southern California Startup Ideas 187

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007. Company founders, led by Ravishanker, made the strategic choice early on to bypass venture capital.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

We talked with Noah about how the company grew out of a business plan competition at the University of Southern California, his recent funding from the Maverick Angels, as well as how the firm hopes to stand out among a crowded list of comparison shopping sites. Noah, thanks for the interview.

USC 207

USC CPC Sites Startup 207

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

This post isn’t about Formation Media so I won’t drill down. But Sam is a first-class act and boy does he know how to nail an intro. So 2 things reminded me of that story and got me thinking about writing this post: I was on a panel this week talking to a crowd of a couple of hundred aspiring entrepreneurs.

Startup 315

Startup Content Conference Media 315

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

One of the accelerators which recently set up shop in town which does is Amplify , which is headed by Paul Bricault, who runs Amplify and also is a Venture Partner at Greycroft Partners. That's actually borne fruit in our first class. We sat down with Paul to learn a bit more about the program at Amplfify.

Startup 254

Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

Spotlight: LA Tech is part of a quarterly demo series that will highlight the finest technology entrepreneurship in Southern California. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and a SuperDemo.

Tech Coast Angels 80

Tech Coast Angels Southern California Los Angeles Santa Monica 80

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2013

Angel Investors look for very different things than more advanced VC’s who’ve been investing for years, who are different still from those who are just getting into the investing world. Since he’s a key player and larger scale VC at Upfront Ventures and Launchpad LA, keep that in mind when/if you apply to their accelerator.

Tech Coast Angels 87

Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Invest Venture Capital 87

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. If you’d like to see some of the best technologies and meet some of the brightest minds in beautiful Southern California, SIGN UP NOW. Event Details.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Peter Csathy is CEO of Manatt Digital Media Ventures, a division of Manatt Digital Media, which offers innovative full-service business consulting and legal services, as well as venture capital. Babak Razi - Founder Third Wave Ventures. Extensive experience as an executive, entrepreneur and as an investor.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Where: Baxter Hall | CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Event Details.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

In attendance we had startups galore with VC's and Angle's mixing and mingling all through the night. TechZulu captured the entire VC/Angle panel and we also had a chance to interview every StartupDemo startup company that participated. VC/Angel Panel. However, you know we always bring a little something back just in case.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Our global and diverse team of engineers, scientists, and researchers with world-class expertise in video conferencing, object recognition, object tracking, and augmented reality is committed to continuous innovation and fostering an entrepreneurial culture that will accelerate the commercialization of our revolutionary technologies.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100