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Los Angeles Venture Investors Get Their Mojo Back

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Local investments funds have had issues raising their new funds, and venture investors had started to hunker down with their portfolios, waiting for some sign of a thaw in the exit environment. For several years, the phrase "Los Angeles Venture Capitalist" had almost become an oxymoron.

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Menlo Ventures Karl Mehta Launches CodeForIndia.Org To Empower Citizens In India

Tech Zulu Event

Organizations such as TiE Silicon Valley, TiE Mumbai, TiE New Delhi and The Morpheus Fund and several others are among the first to support CFI. Over 20 years of experience. and international markets, something great will happen. Mehta is not calling guys to join a gamble. He build a venture, PlaySpan Inc. and sold it to VISA Inc.

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TechZulu Recaps: The Annual Startup Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund. An audience member brings up education. Csathy takes the lead and hints at a company on the horizon that’s working on combining gamification with education.

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What Do VCs Read

The Quigley Report

They get funded by VCs who have little more than a superficial understanding of the underlying trends in the industry. When Paypal came to Clearstone in 2000 looking for funding, many other VCs simply could not get past the fact that it was a 'dot com'. Getting a VC educated about your market space is no easy task.