socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

My background, is I''ve been designing and developing accessories for the top carriers in the country, companies like Sprint and Verizon, as well as others. We''ve written checks in the past from anywhere from $50,000 to $2 million, but our sweet spot is between $250,000 and $500,000. How did you guys end up working together on investments?

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 14, 2020

million in seed funding. Founded by Arjun Mehta, Shray Bansal, and Nigel Egrari, the company grew out of work the three men did while attending the USC Jimmy Iovine & Dr. Dre Academy for the Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation. .

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

million in seed funding since its founding in 2012. The curated design and photography-driven entertainment site is where GIFs and memes intermingle with stunning photography, video and the ability to purchase in app. There is real technology underneath the hood for a personalized experience at Tapiture.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Other investments include the lab grown diamond manufacturer, Diamond Foundry; the tea company promoting sustainable rainforest preservation, Runa Tea; recycling technology developer, Rubicon; the sustainable meal prep company, Love The Wild; and Magnus, an app that bills itself as a Shazam for art.

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2012

Baroda has been an investor in Fab since its seed funding back in June of 2010. Fab.com said the new funding round was led by Atomico, and also included Pinnacle Ventures, re-Net Technology Partners, Mayfield Fund, DoCoMo, Menlo VEntures, Andreessen-Horowitz, and First Round Capital.

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socalTECH

MAY 3, 2012

in a seed funding round, and has started offering up its service to automatically replenish everyday items for users from e-commerce sites.The funding came from 500 Startups, the investment fun of Dave McClure, Gold Hill Capital , BHV Capital, TEEC Angel Fund, Ludlow Ventures , as well as others. READ MORE>>.

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Ventura Compton Startup Seed Funding 140

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . Barnehama was tight-lipped about the specifics of the technology that Elementary is using for its robotic stack. Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

That means you need to lead with your credentials, rather than your disruptive technology. Every angel looks to scale the business after you have funded product design, perhaps with friends and family. Look to grants and strategic partners for seed funding. Angels prefer strong teams to big ideas.

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Venture Capital Angel Seed Funding Invest 106

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based MySocialNightLife.com (www.mysocialnightlife.com) announced a seed funding round, and its technology platform for the nightclub and bar industry. My actual background is in film and technology, and that's where the technology aspect came in. Then, worry about the design.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

Working in the film and event industry for many years, Taylor Freeman decided to put his career on hold and travel around Europe reflecting on what is important and discovering his true passion, technology. “My Taylor returned home and dove into learning web development and design on his own.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Jeff told us of his life-long passion for technology and start-ups, which spoke volumes about the drive, dedication and focus needed to make any business a success. Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

That means you need to lead with your credentials, rather than your disruptive technology. Every angel looks to scale the business after you have funded product design, perhaps with friends and family. Look to grants and strategic partners for seed funding. Angels prefer strong teams to big ideas.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

They have a related post: Designing startup metrics to drive successful behavior | For Entrepreneurs , but I think that looking at my Startup Metrics post provides a bit broader set of metrics to consider. Great stuff. Of course, one of the best ideas around this is to have Negative Customer Acquisition Costs.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Warby Parker produces modern eyewear at affordable prices, Apple produces elegant, premium technology products, Netflix offers an enormous library of binge-worthy, unique video. better than anybody we had spoke with and she had the marketing chops to know how to communicate this to her market once she designed & built her products.

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Product Course Custom Customer 296

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Now, we''re looking at Southern California because there''s lots of talent in the area of design, and we also want to start targeting enterprises here who want to start sourcing products in Asia. No knock on China, but with LA having the advertising agency we think we''ll be able to improve on the design side on our site.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, a brand new, startup incubator launched in town--with a slightly different focus, on biomedical technology. Richard Koffler: It''s an incubator of biomedical technology. The funding for this so far has been from myself, primarily, and each project has the capacity to raise funds on its own, via grants and equity.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Fair recently raised $16M in a seed funding round, from Javelin Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Foundation Capital, Sherpa Capital, Moonshots Capital, and others. If you've played with the app, it has a very elegant user interface, and it's designed to be very easy to navigate. We're designed a bit differently.

Startup 124

Startup Truecar Pricing Entrepreneur 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Those services work on volume, and the designs you can send--and which you receive--are from a limited selection, not at all personalized to the recipient, and for the florist delivering the flowers, provides slim margins and no opportunity to build a customer base. I have such respect for other platforms and technology.

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

The practical uses for uBeam technology is limitless. Here is where having Marc Berte and a team out of MIT who have designed systems like this for years gave one confidence we could do something others couldn’t copy and at price points that could make us market leaders over night. Did the physics actually work? Was it safe?

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire IP 418

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

Noam Ohana, who heads up Exor Seeds, the holding company’s early-stage investment arm, will join Via’s board. Via gets the “deal of the week” designation not just because its post-funding valuation is now $2.25 Enovix, which has developed a silicon-based lithium-ion battery, has raised $45 million in new funds.

Layoffs 136

Layoffs Startup Newsletter Santa Monica 136

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Jeff told us of his life-long passion for technology and start-ups, which spoke volumes about the drive, dedication and focus needed to make any business a success. Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. We designed K5Launch to fill the void left behind by local angel and VC investors. Exciting times in the Southern California tech community.

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San Diego Southern California Orange County SoCal 66

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

That means you need to lead with your credentials, rather than your disruptive technology. Every angel looks to scale the business after you have funded product design, perhaps with friends and family. Look to grants and strategic partners for seed funding. Angels prefer strong teams to big ideas.

Angel 106

Angel Startup Venture Capital Seed Funding 106

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. We designed K5Launch to fill the void left behind by local angel and VC investors. Exciting times in the Southern California tech community.

San Diego 56

San Diego Southern California Orange County SoCal 56

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

What are the details on your seed funding? round changes things for us, and will let us invest in infrastructure, build our team, invest in media, and also invest in technology to better leverage our spend on media. We''re designing for the iPad and iPhone generation. It''s completely customizable. million round.

Services 215

Services Technical Review Startup Pricing 215

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

Large technology firms who are training sums of talent, check; one box filled on the startup ecosystem checklist. Peek left Freshbooks to work with boutique UX design firm, Jet Cooper , which is another major staple to the Toronto tech scene.With a team of about 20 designers, Jet Cooper is well known in their city for their work.

Startup 109

Startup Incubator Seed Funding Platform 109

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The Pasadena, CA-based urban office real estate investment trust (REIT), founded in 1994, has grown into one of the country’s largest developers of world-class collaborative science and technology campuses. Both are accompanied by separate new investment funds of between $10 million and $25 million. So it ranges.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Startup San Diego Class 40

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

Large technology firms who are training sums of talent, check; one box filled on the startup ecosystem checklist. Peek left Freshbooks to work with boutique UX design firm, Jet Cooper , which is another major staple to the Toronto tech scene.With a team of about 20 designers, Jet Cooper is well known in their city for their work.

Startup 56

Startup Incubator Seed Funding Platform 56

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. The expanding pool of angel, seed, and super seed funds is another. m the f%*kin’ boss.”. believe that is certainly true.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

When I meet with Tom offline it’s obvious that he immediately is thinking about product issues, technology trends, funding rounds, etc. At Sony, he didn’t feel like he could “steer the ship” and get his ideas heard so he left and started GUBA, GUBA had no seed funding.

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Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , July 25, 2010 AVC regular Charlie Crystle asked me this question yesterday in the comments : Fred, it might be helpful to some of your readers to explain when a startup should seek angel vs seed/early stage VC. and tips for buyers looking for logo design. Not so bad. Metrics availability.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217