Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Several years ago I made an appearance in a burgeoning new podcast called “20 Minute VC,” which by now needs no introduction. That’s not surprising since VCs are going through triage and also waiting for more certainty to return back to the market. We Talked About VC Reserve Strategies This is an “inside baseball” topic for VCs.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

With a focus on female venture capitalists and founders, All Raise hosts an annual conference, several in-person and virtual fundraising workshops and networking sessions and, recently, the group began creating curated peer groups for investors. Scaling a nonprofit, startup style. It’s highly concentrated. All Raise members.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 22, 2019

Location: Cross Campus 929 Colorado Ave Santa Monica, CA 90401 Date: Thursday March 28, 2019 Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm Speakers: Moderator: Joe Daniels, McCarter and English Robert Mai, Scopus Ventures Andrew Ly, Angel Investor Brandon Maier, Quake Capital Mark Linao, AET Fund Kelly Perdew, Moonshots Capital Richard Sussman, Nordic Eye VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The typical VC process is as follows: They say there are three rules in property: Location, location, location. The surest sign a fund-raising process has stalled is when you aren’t getting follow-up meetings or hearing from the VC or hearing from friends that they got a phone call or email asking about you. Same with VC.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 -- Los Angeles VC and Angel Investor Roundtable. Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Los Angeles? Join FundingPost for our 400th Conference on Wednesday, September 27, 2017! FundingPost. See [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

In the VC insider baseball world a discussion has gone on about “VC platforms” over the past 5 or so years. While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2020

I am due to speak at the SaaStr conference next week: Wednesday, March 11th at 10:45 AM. I had originally signed up to talk about the “VC Market Trends” overall but it seemed inauthentic to speak about VC funding without addressing the virus in the room.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

This week I attended the All Things D Conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes. His imagination of what is wrong with VC has captured perfectly in satirical format what ails our industry. It is Nikolas Tesla pitching a VC firm. The first time I met Andy Dunn he was working for the venture capital firm Maveron.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences. I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal. Web Summit.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

One of the questions I’m most often asked is, “what’s it like being a VC?&# I’ve been a VC for nearly 3 years now. I always start my answer to this question with, “you’d have to be a pretty big baby to complain about being a VC.&# And the VC job has plenty of admin and minutiae.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Monday, February 23, 2009 -- Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship Conference with Adeo Ressi. How can we get capital into the hands of entrepreneurs?" Keynote Speaker: Adeo Ressi, CEO of TheFunded.com; Also Featuring Venture Capitalist John Garcia, Innovateur Capital, LLC. See [link] (more).

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Steve Reich

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Now tell the truth, have you ever said that after a Banking/FinTech conference? Treat working with a FinTech as free customer acquisition–their venture capital money can bring you new customers and detailed data about their activity. But I heard a banker say it at the 2022 FedFis Roundup. What made it so exciting?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2022

The Upfront Summit, the high tech and venture capital company run by Upfront Ventures, has been delayed, the latest victim of resurging COVID-19 numbers and the Omicron variant. Upfront's last tech conference, in 2020, was held at the Rose Bowl.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. And covered we did.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 18, 2011

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 -- VC in the OC. Join OCTANe for this unique conference to get the inside view on cutting edge technologies, hot start-ups, venture investments, and industry leaders. This is the conference to connect with the Orange County marketplace. See [link] (more)

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

Beware of VC Seagulls, who shit on you and then fly away (or worse yet leave you with Red Herrings). I write this post as a warning to pick your VC’s carefully. I like to say to first-time entrepreneurs, picking a VC is more permanent than marriage. I guarantee this is a bad VC. Let me explain.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2011

The Los Angeles technology industry appears to have landed as the first stop of Prince William and new bride Catherine in Los Angeles today, as the two are scheduled to present at the Variety Venture Capital and New Media Summit in Beverly Hills. Prince William and Catherine are making a whirlwind stop in Los Angeles over the weekend.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

I recently got an email from a friend who had been approached by a well known VC. I’m an investor at [Big Name, Large Fund VC] and recently came across [Your Company]. They are at the tops of their classes and want to get into private equity or venture capital some day.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. As a VC you want to feel like you have “proprietary sources” of deal flow. ” I love businesses that don’t lend themselves well to VC Panels at conferences or Demo Days. It was … VCs need proprietary deal flow.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2011

The Los Angeles technology industry appears to have landed as the first stop of Prince William and new bride Catherine in Los Angeles today, as the two are scheduled to present at the Variety Venture Capital and New Media Summit in Beverly Hills. Prince William and Catherine are making a whirlwind stop in Los Angeles over the weekend.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

I recently attended and presented at Dave McClure’s PreMoney conference in San Francisco. What you’ll see if you watch the video is an unscripted and unfiltered look into how Scott Kupor & I see some of the changes and challenges of the venture industry. tl;dr version. tl;dr version.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. The Montgomery Conference : one of the top technology events of the annual calendar in the United States and held every March. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital? We discussed: 1.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The Montgomery Summit, the investment, business, and technology conference run by Jamie Montgomery, and being run now by March Capital, announced its keynote speakers and presenting companies on Friday, saying it will be running virtually this year--and, for the first time, will be free.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

TechZulu is happy to announce that we will be bringing you all the action live from the GLAZED Conference Monday, September 30th starting at 9AM. Steve Schlenker, Principle, DN Capital. The post GLAZED | Wearable Tech Conference [Live] appeared first on TechZulu. The Top GLASS focused entrepreneurs in the world.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 23, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 -- Growth Capital Conference. Network wit * Angels: Tech Coast Angels and Maverick Angels * Venture Capital Firms - Early Stage * Strategic Investors * Investment Bankers * Advisors and Deal Makers * 50+ Entrepreneurs Seeking Capital, Advisors, Strategic Partners. See [link] (more).

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MARCH 29, 2014

Maybe they’ve hit a few set backs: They’ve struggled to raise money, they haven’t gotten press coverage or they haven’t gotten accepted to present at prestigious conferences. Do you think that every conference organizer will promptly meet your needs? It’s your job to persist. Nothing beats a warm intro.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Los Angeles-based BeautCon , which organizes conferences and runs a website focused on beauty and fashion as it intersects with online media, has raised $5M in a seed funding round. Rachel Zoe Ventures, Queensbridge Venture Partners, and other angels. The funding came from Hearst Corp., The company is led by Moj Mahdara.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Los Angeles-based Draper Goren Holm , a new venture capital fund founded by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25M in its very first fund. According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. Speaker List.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2013

Now we’re able to see those imaginations come to life as Stained Glass Labs announces today the first ever wearable technology conference, GLAZED. You can nab your tickets below: The post Stained Glass Labs | First Glass and Wearable Tech Conference GLAZED appeared first on TechZulu.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Jason Calacanis , the serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and conference organizer, announced Tuesday morning that it has closed his first, formal angel investing fund, The LAUNCH Fund I. jason calacanis launch fund conference venture capital angellist angel investment' READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2013

Now we’re able to see those imaginations come to life as Stained Glass Labs announces today the first ever wearable technology conference, GLAZED. You can nab your tickets below: The post GLAZED | First Glass and Wearable Tech Conference GLAZED appeared first on TechZulu. The Top GLASS focused entrepreneurs in the world.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment. 8% of VC partnerships, for example). Now 33% of Supreme Court Justices are women (vs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

But VC is like congress. “I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.” As you can see from the chart their data suggests there are about $25 billion of VC distributions per year in the US. Their data looks at tech VCs.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Of the ones I have been to recently, the Nantucket Conference has been my favorite. Tesla is not.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Steven Burrill, once a noted biotech investment fund founder, sought-after conference speaker, and life sciences publisher, was sentenced Wednesday to serve 30 months in federal prison for defrauding his investors and evading taxes. Burrill was indicted by a federal grand jury on September 14, 2017.

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