Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

Our defensible infrastructure comes from the fact that we now have huge volumes of customer storage earning the equivalent of SaaS revenue and any new entrant would have to invest in the fleet of cars, bins, drivers and warehouses that we now have not to mention 4.5 years of software development.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. 4 key areas SaaS startups must address to scale infrastructure for the enterprise. Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld’s Dave Linthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA’s most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. Paths to SaaS and cloud computing that will work for your enterprise. Scott Kriz.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Ashton Kutcher and his Los Angeles-based venture firm, Sound Ventures , are one of the backers of a new startup which says it can offer up on-demand, software development and design services. Gigster says its online service it targeted at both enterprises and startups.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference. One area with headwinds are non-mission critical SaaS niche solutions showing slower growth.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Today, one of the companies that is supplying produce and other items both to consumers and other services that are in turn selling food and groceries to them, is announcing a new round of funding as it gears up to take its next step, an IPO. Source tell us it is now between $400 million and $500 million.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

Some of the specific features in the app include ability to assign sales rights for inventory depending on country and region; limiting what geographies, site, and ad sizes specific advertising demand partners can sell; and specific pricing limits on demand partners. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based Dray Alliance , which operates a on-demand, short haul container delivery marketplace, has raised $10.2M in funding, via a Series A funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Matrix Partners, and also included Moving Capital, Craft Ventures, Act One Ventures, and Wonder Ventures.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2010

According to OptionEase, the growth came because of "strong market demand" for its software for streamlining equity administration and compliance. OptoinEase is venture backed by GADS Option Fund, Miramar Venture Partners, and others. Tags: optionease stock options software saas. READ MORE>>.

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Miramar SaaS Demand Equity 145

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Without the promise of riches or with reduced interest in blockchain-based exclusivity, where will consumer demand go? Our guest, Aaron Levie, built a successful SaaS business in Box, and now he’s on a mission to beef – respectfully – with web3 stans all over Twitter. Three Arrows Capital, Pantera Capital and Dragonfly Capital.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2020

Irvine-based Prodoscore , which develops software for monitoring employee productivity, has raised a Series A funding round, led by Troy Carter. According to Prodoscore, the funding goes towards sales and product development. Size of the investment was not announced.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2010

Pasadena-based software-as-a-service developer Central Desktop reported today that the firm had 44 percent, year-over-year growth, and boosted its staff by 50 percent in 2009, as a result of demand for the firm's online project collaboration tools. Tags: central desktop expansion hiring employment jobs software saas. READ MORE>>.

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SaaS Netflix Pasadena Demand 140

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

We discussed why in Q4 you will see large renegotiations of SaaS contracts and increased churn rates. Other companies have only seen a slight decline and may be expecting demand to return to normalcy later in the year. The reality is that when unemployment sinks in demand is likely to get worse. That may happen. But I doubt it.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2017

Irvine-based cybersecuriy sofware developer CrowdStrike has raised $100M in aa Series D funding, the company said this morning, which values the company a more than $1 billion. The new funding was led by Accel, and also included CapitalG (formerly Google Capital), Warburg Pincus, March Capital Partners, and Telstra. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Google Capital Software 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’ll spare you the math and point out that this means we funded 0.104% of the market. I am highly unlikely to fund your company strictly based on math and my only motive for publicly telling you what is going on privately is to help prepare you if in fact I’m right about the funding environment. Mostly, no.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

A decent showing, but well below a number of larger schools, as the ranking is based on the number of graduates who secured VC funding. Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community. Organic Academia.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

I take my hat off to people like Adam Miller , the CEO of LA-based Cornerstone on Demand, who started at the exact same time as I did (November 1999) and is still the CEO but now of a public company valued at around $2 billion. We grew 100% in SaaS revenue year-over-year and 650% over the past three years. In other words, Why now?

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Demand SaaS Startup Sales 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Those were the three categories, for a long time, that tended to be the domain of the LA ecosystems, just in terms of the number of startups house here, the funding, where you could attract talent, and really sort of where LA gained a reputation. We're on our third fund, and are now investing out of that fund.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

Lesson: As described in Go For The Quick Buck , wily startups also devise creative ways to secure funding from their customers, rather than from investors. Some musicians would have felt pressure to record hit singles to ensure the continuation of their recording contract.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) Traditional software vs. SaaS. It’s a bit of all of these. Think of web vs. mobile. SEO marketing vs. social marketing.

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Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. If your investor worked inside of a SaaS company for years and disagrees with me then listen to them. Venture capitalists have raised increasing amounts of money from their investors (LPs) every year. And importantly we’ve had revenue.

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Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2019

The company last announced a funding round in May of 2018; the company's board includes such notables as Qualcomm's Paul Jacobs and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, along with former House Majority and Minority Leader Richard Gephardt. Heal said that its survey found that 99 percent of Heal patients would use Heal again.

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Satisfaction Mobile Los Angeles Services 113

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. On Demand). There will be plenty of FREE food and drinks!

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2009

Steve Goldman: Ace Metrix is actually the first, on-demand measurement service of TV advertising effectiveness. All the calculations are done automatically, and everything is delivered online, and on-demand for our Ace Analyzer. Tags: software saas analytics content television advertising metrix startup interview.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. In the same year Salesforce.com launched a SaaS CRM platform to compete with Siebel. And that Palm Pre.

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Brentwood Mobile Google Web 326

socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2018

Cloudification was really important to us, as cloud guys, who had build SaaS in the past. We're now ramping up the team and production and capabilities along that demand curve. This was literally the reality on the ground, which was even tougher as they would buy companies or dispose of real estate.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . The buzz words of SXSW Interactive 2010: cloud computing, social, on-demand, sharing, collaboration, Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, monetization, Startup. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, Entrepreneurism, SaaS. . Ash Maurya, WiredReach.

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