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APRIL 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based AppOnBoard , a developer of a mobile technology platform aimed at helping app developers create app demos, has raised $15M in a Series A funding. The company bills those experiences "Full-Fidelity Demos".

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based AppOnboard , the startup developing mobile app demo and analytics software, has raised $15M more in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday morning.

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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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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. ” The other Paul Graham quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. VC Financings: 1. Investors: Google Ventures. 5.0mm in Series B.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “Pitching a VC&# – the outline is here. You’ve pitched several angels and VC’s. Your friends and advisers tell you that this means you need revenue because in this economy VC’s will only fund businesses with revenue. Unfortunately your advisers are wrong.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2014

Now the clock reads 46:23:50:43, 42, 41… “That’s the amount of time we have left until demo day,” the founder stated with a smile. ” Thursday: 500 Startups’ Batch 8 Demo Day… And we’ll be right there to cover all the action! ” I wondered. Introducing Batch 8.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

This class of investor, once quite disorganized, has become much like the venture capital community, creating a process including due diligence (careful examination of a business before investment), terms of investment that match those of venture capitalists, and a process that sometimes takes months from introduction to investment.

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MARCH 5, 2019

In addition, the accelerator says it also helps with investment strategy counseling sessions, Meet the VC Luncheons, a Demo Day and targeted investor introductions. The Preccelerator invests $25,000 in each company, and provides up to $25,000 in non-billable legal advice and legal services, plus 24/7 access to its own coworking space.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Throughout all of these years I was a full-time VC so Launchpad really came out of evenings and weekends for me. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). And Jim & I went on to raise several more venture capital funds in our day jobs. Demo’d to death.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

The Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator sponsored by Walt Disney and being run by TechStars, had its demo day Tuesday, showing off the nine companies to emerge out of the accelerator. Disney offered up up to $120K in investment capital, access to entrepreneurs and executives at Disney, and other resources to its startups.

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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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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Suster said that there is "too much supply" in the market in terms of accelerators, and that investors have been "demo''d to death", and that there is "only so much room in the market for accelerators". launchpadla accelerator startup venture capital upfront mark suster' READ MORE>>.

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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. There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers. They are venture bankers not investment bankers. What stage?

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JANUARY 16, 2013

MuckerLab , the Los Angeles startup accelerator headed by Erik Rannala, is presenting its newest startup class today in a Demo Day. MuckerLab has been fairly successful in attracting venture capital interest in its prior class of companies, with a significant chunk of the group's inagural class gaining venture or angel funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

And there’s none that makes me happier than to announce that Jordan Hudson has been promoted to a Principal at Upfront Ventures. What is a principal at a VC firm and how does it work at Upfront Ventures? ” Associates have different functions at different VCs. VC firm admin. Portfolio community building.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2014

I avoid Demo Days like the plague and have publicly said so. By the time it’s hit demo day I’m too late. Fred Wilson said it best in his post about loss ratios in VC. I think the VC industry tends to pressure new entrants to feel like strategy consultants did. VCs don’t need to be perfect.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. The first rule is to separate your advisors from your investors.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2010

For those who may not know of DEMO , it is a jammed packed twice a year 2 day conference filled with 6 minute on stage pitches, a demo pit, networking events, and not to mention one of the longest running emerging tech conferences. They are gearing up for DEMO Fall 2010 which is happening Sept. 13-15 in Silicon Valley.

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MARCH 24, 2015

in a Series A funding, which was led by Greycroft Partners, and also included NEA, ForeRunner Ventures, Lere Hippeau Ventures, plus angels which included Lee, along with Josh James (Demo), Jeff Kearl (Stance), Neil Blumenthal (Warby Parker), Dave Gilboa (Warby Parker), and Andy Dunn (Bonobos). READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 21, 2021

MuckerLab says it invests between $100,000 and $200,000 in companies in its accelerator program, with follow-on capital available over the lifespan of its investment. MuckerLab says it looks to partner with 10-15 companies each year; unlike many other accelerators, there is no defined period, no boot camp, and no demo day for its companies.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm has named the finalists in its second annual QPrize Venture Investment Competition, the firm's global venture capital competition for investment dollars.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

StartupDemo partners Mixergy & AsAble.com have just announced their VC/Angel investor panel for the event. Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures. Startups Apply to Demo. Helping Startups Get Exposure – Startup Demo offers a handful of startups an opportunity to showcase in an expo-style for FREE. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

This class of investor, once quite disorganized, has become much like the venture capital community, creating a process including due diligence (careful examination of a business before investment), terms of investment that match those of venture capitalists, and a process that often takes.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

Our most recent Demo Day in November 2018 (at Google/Venice on the main stage) was the most well-attended Demo Day in the history of Startup Boost. where I am co-director, we helped 16 companies over two six-week cohorts (selected from over 220 that applied).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2016

Why would a VC do that? I’m simply pointing out that by numbers more startups are founded in that younger demo). Today we have all of my past videos with categories so you can more easily explore topics like: fund raising, HR, VC advice, negotiations, sales, marketing, etc. Just that Snapchat is less crowded.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

TouchFrame is one of the nine companies which launched themselves at MuckerLab's big Demo Day yesterday, the second class of startups to launch out of the accelerator. MuckerLab is run by Erik Rannala, a former Silicon Valley VC who moved specifically to Los Angeles to startup the accelerator.

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MAY 25, 2012

The firm--which has been seeing intense interest from investors since both the recent MuckerLab demo day and Jason Nazar's LA Demo Day--apparently has significantly boosted its target for its ongoing funding round.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Investors Really Want Evidence of Traction So you built your MVP; you bring it to the investor; you demo it; and I will guarantee they will ask you: "So how many users do you have? What The Heck Does “Traction” Really Mean To A VC? Great analysis from John Greathouse: Do You Speak VC? " And other similar questions.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2019

According to the accelerator, whichi s managed by Anne Wellington, the teams will spend three months in the Cedars-Sinai Innovation Space, which is immediately across the street from the Cedars-Sinai medical center; all of the startups will received $100,000 in an investment, and present at the accelerator's Demo Day.

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JANUARY 27, 2013

The main reason that your advisors tell you to focus on your vertical, your age demo or your users favorite destination is that this is the obvious way to interest your user base. Trust me, you’ll regret it the next time you’re preparing for a fund raising event and every VC you meet knows your strongest competitor and not you.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 9, 2018

René Pinnell says he and his wife Selena Pinnell were “blown away” by the virtual reality projects their friends were creating in 2014, so they looked for an entrepreneurial niche that would allow them to support such artists. That year the couple, both trained in design, founded a startup in San Francisco, then called KaleidoscopeVR.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series, “ Pitching a VC.&#. I recently wrote a blog post here in which I argued that the best VC meetings are discussions and not sales pitches. I hope that when you’re presenting to a VC this will give you some sense of what might be going on in our minds. Both presenters are anonymized.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

Marco Zappacosta served up an cogent, business focused and nicely demo’d pitch of their product. would acknowledge – they needed to get to the demo more quickly. Jason let them run over their time slot by a long time – the demo was worth seeing and he obviously knew this. As I’m sure Pip.io

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I’m enjoying being a VC. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. I swore never to do that as a VC. What do VC’s Experience?

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Most early-stage entrepreneurs who have worked with me (either as an angel or as a seed VC) know that I don’t rely at all on the social proof of other investors. Importantly any VC investor will understand the “first close&# mentality since nearly all VC funds are raised this way from our investors.

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