Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. Of course we can’t. On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. That used to be called A-round investing. The biggest change for us in early-stage investing is that we now need to commit earlier.

Venture Capital 471

Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2015

It's super interesting, in particular, for Southern California, where Blizzard and Riot Games have been really helping to lead that charge, both locally and internationally. Blizzard has been one of the founders of e-sports, an created many of the early e-sports games, and Riot Games is well known for League of Legends.

Riot Games 100

Riot Games Southern California Invest Mobile 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Bambi Francisco is founder and CEO of Vator.tv, a leading platform for entrepreneurs and innovators to broadcast and communicate with industry professionals, and VatorNews, a video business network. Rick led Pequot’s investments in StubHub (Acquired by eBay), First Advantage (NASDAQ: FADV) and US Search. Bambi Francisco.

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

You see – running a SaaS platform for customers like you is the ONLY thing our team does. When we went to raise funds we faced lots of competition as there are of course many other VC funds in the country. How responsive are they to your needs now? Do they carry pagers and respond to outages 24/7/365?

Sales 150

Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150