TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

The Los Angeles ecosystem is $76 million stronger today as Fika Ventures , a seed-stage venture capital firm, announces its sophomore investment fund. Fika invests roughly half of its capital exclusively in startups headquartered in LA, with a particular fondness for B2B, enterprise and fintech companies.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 10, 2018

Thursday, August 16, 2018 -- Global LAVA: "Exit Options in Today's Environment" Whether you are just starting a business or exploring exit options, this Global LAVA event is designed to educate entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers about the current market dynamics and opportunities to position a company for a successful exit.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Disruption of Education. He talked about how for centuries education had “no technological core” (meaning it was bound by physical locations) and thus disruption was very difficult. Today’s higher education is responding by making more courses online and available to people outside of physical boundaries. .

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2021

El Segundo-based human capital and policy management software developer NEOGOV, which is led by Shane Evangelist, has scored a round of funding from private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Warburg Pincus. The size of the investment--described as "significant"--was not announced. Warburg Pincus had an existing stake in NEOGOV.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Jennifer Schwab, the founder and CEO of Entity, has built the business since 2016 on virtually no outside funding, but said that this latest financing is a precursor to the company working on its first, more traditional VC-led equity round. Entity’s own story fits into both of those story lines.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Pasadena-based MobLab , a new startup which develops personalized learning software for the education market, has scored a round of funding, the company said today. Nikou is the founder, managing partner, and CEO of private equity investment firm OpenGate Capital. Size of the investment in MobLab was not announced.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2018

San Diego-based ultrasound education and training software developer Sonosim has received an equity investment from GE Healthcare , GE Healthcare announced on Monday. According to GE, the deal included a partnership effort which will offer enhanced education services to new and existing ultrasound users around the world.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

But underlying all that, in a sense, is education. We have long run stories about STEM education, educational technology, and more—and even put out a special Xconomist report on the future of education. Now we are bringing that coverage even more front and center with the launch of a national Education channel.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Newport Beach=based private equity investor L Squared Capital said on Wednesday that it has closed a new fund, L Squared Capital Partners III , at just over $500M. L Squared says its sectors of focus include education technology, tech-enabled services & software, and industrial technology & services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

One of the more active venture capital firms in Los Angeles, Greycroft Partners , said today that it has closed a $175M, third fund, Greycroft III. Greycroft is split between Los Angeles and New York, and has invested in such local companies as uSamp, AdLy, HipSwap, GameSalad, Scopely, Steelhouse, and Viddy, just to name a few.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Irvine-based United Scope , a maker of microscopes and accessories which operates under the name AmScope , has been acquired by private equity investor L Squared Capital Partners , via a majority recapitalization. Financial details of the transaction were not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2017

Los Angeles-based educational content management software developer Edlio said late Tuesday that it has acquired Sangha , the developer of a personalized, mobile parent interaction app.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

My participation has been on the impact investing and education side, where I''ve been involved as a mentor. It''s not only an education program, but it''s also a source of funding. What''s Beyond Capital, and how did you connect with the Pipeline Fellowship? Eva Helene Yazhari: Beyond Capital is a venture capital foundation.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2012

A new, financial education and family organization website, DoughMain , said yetserday that it has raised funding from a private equity fund managed out of Los Angeles and Boston. DoughMain provides a combination of financial education and online organizational tools for families. DoughMain is based in Princeton, New Jersey.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The only requirement is that they focus on educational video content targeting children and young adults. Next 10 says they intend to reinvest that into a growth fund for next year’s EduCreator participants and that any equity arrangements or follow-on investments will be discussed at the end of the program.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

Lynda.com , the online video education provider which has been one of the region's most successful, bootstrapped companies--is no longer bootstrapped, after inking a massive, $103M growth equity round. Lynda.com offers up online education courses on things like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Excel, AutoCAD, and much more.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

But I guess you could say the same about VC. Stock market declines would bring back dog days of VC. If you want a comprehensive summary of the industry in this era it’s worth a read: VC Ice Age Part 1 – What Happens When a Market Comes to a Standstill? VC Ice Age Part 2 – Why the Market Started Moving Again?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Although the sharing economy isn’t really new, here are a few of the arenas that Stephany and I believe are still ripe for disruption: Education. With crowdfunding, entrepreneurs and artists no longer need to wait for family money or venture capital. Chefs are beginning to offer peer-to-peer dining platforms or cooperatives.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2015

The funding came from Phillipnes-based private equity investor Navegar. Maddock starteed the company b ack in 2008 , after figuring out that he could tap a well educated, English fluent workforce in the Philippines for those tasks.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California. So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC. I run Revolution’s VC investments. Revolution, what is it?

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The startup has already secured a seed investment from Maveron and CRV, TechCrunch has learned, and will receive another $150,000 in exchange for 7% equity upon entering YC next year. million Series A led by Puma Private Equity, a U.K.-focused Another company, Tribe , has similarly raised VC to grow its American footprint.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2012

The California Institute of Technology is backing, Coursera , a startup in the area of online education with an equity investment, plus the promise to put some of its courses online for free, in a deal worth $3.7M, the school announced this morning with Coursera. in investments to back its efforts to put university courses online.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2019

Graduway is based in the UK, and offers up its software to educational institutions and non-profit organizations. Size and terms of the investment were not announced. K1 Investment Management says it invests in high growth, enterprise software companies.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Chris Dixon , September 12, 2010 My most useful career experience was about eight years ago when I was trying to break into the world of VC-backed startups. I applied to hundreds of jobs: low-level VC roles, startups jobs, even to big tech companies. How To Pick A Co-Founder , by Naval Ravikant (Venture Hacks). Let's recap.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. Your goal should be to turn your VCs into extended members of your team to get real value from them. He did it yesterday, “Mark, I’m going to write a blog post following on from your VC’s aren’t dumb.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Although the sharing economy isn’t really new, here are a few of the arenas that Stephany and I believe are still ripe for disruption: Education. With crowdfunding, entrepreneurs and artists no longer need to wait for family money or venture capital. Chefs are beginning to offer peer-to-peer dining platforms or cooperatives.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). equity debate. clearly didn’t cause this.”

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

venture capitalists were grasping at straws for ways to generate the returns they were once able to do. There''s just simply no way that the founder or the management or anyone with equity in the company, besides the investor with a six-x liq pref (liquidation preference), could make any money. In Adeo''s words, ".

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

Last week, Carpinteria-based Lynda.com announced one of the biggest investments in the region in the last few years--a $103M, growth equity investment in the company, which came from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Educational technology companies are augmenting the traditional educational system with their online coursework offerings, but they’re also creating a competing universe where students can find alternate learning experiences that may qualify them for a job, even if they don’t have an academic degree.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2013

Here are some basic “rules of thumb” that every Angel or venture capital equity investor uses, to help you anticipate their reactions. According to a recent Dow Jones VentureSource report, the average time to liquidity of an equity investment in a startup is now about five years. Build a path to 10x return.

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