Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

I’m often asked about the differences between being at a VC and being an entrepreneur and whether I prefer one or the other. The biggest difference I cite is that Venture Capital often feels like an “individual sport” while startups are a “team sport.” And LA shifted to Santa Monica and Venice.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Santa Monica-based startup studio Science , led by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones and Peter Pham, has launched a new company called SpringRole , to tackle the fraud in user profiles. According to Jones, SpringRole is the first professional reputation network powered by artificial intelligence and blockchain. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2014

For several years, the phrase "Los Angeles Venture Capitalist" had almost become an oxymoron. Local investments funds have had issues raising their new funds, and venture investors had started to hunker down with their portfolios, waiting for some sign of a thaw in the exit environment.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2012

Santa Monica-based Engrade , a developer of online classroom management tools, said today that it has raised $3M in a funding round. The round was led by Rethink Education, and also included NewSchools Venture Fund, Greg Gunn, Zac Zeitlin, and Richard Chino. Engrade says it has more than 4.5 READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds. Still, I kind like the name, well, um, … Santa Monica. Think about venture capital. Also East of the 405? So, yeah, I would like LA to be LA.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. Higher education. The first investment I ever made as a VC was in a company now called Invoca. Much more data in the full post. They have grown at a 200% CAGR over the past 4 years.

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LATechDigest

MAY 30, 2016

MARCH CAPITAL Opens LA Shop with $240M Fund ( link ). Students & Educators — Win $25k in THE MAYOR’S CUP ( link ). UCLA ANDERSON Hosted a VR / VC Event. Preparing to speak with Shahin Farshchi of Lux Capital & Seth Gerson of @Survios at @uclaanderson VC event pic.twitter.com/YwqpmyHvYg.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2017

Santa Monica-based WorkToday (www.worktoday.com) has created a text-based marketplace to help connect workers with employers. in a funding from Mucker Capital, Social Capital, Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital), E-Merge, and GAN Ventures. How are you funded?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

They have partnered with Cross Campus to bring education and offline matchmaking events to Santa Monica quarterly. s first accelerator called The Fort and raised VC funding. CoFoundersLab was created by Shahab Kaviani after he left an 8-year run at the successful startup HyperOffice. “I

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APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Revolution Prep announced its first, institutional round of funding, worth $15M, from Kennet Partners. It was us, funding ourselves from credit cards, literally, to a company that is now on par with Kaplan and Princeton Review. How did you manage the growth you have, without outside funding?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica. The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. Dan has helped his companies raise more than $50 million in venture and corporate financing. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza and drinks! Our Panelist Include.

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JUNE 17, 2011

He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

He has contributed to the success of dozens of companies, including the funding and strategic acquisitions of Movoxx, Tsavo and People Media. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Alex is a member of the New Venture Group at Idealab, headed by Allen Morgan. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers!

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In 1991, Bill started Knowledge Adventure, an educational software publisher that grew to be the third largest educational software publisher in the world and was eventually sold to Cendant Software and is now a division of Havas Interactive, which is owned by Vivendi. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. Named as one of the 20 most innovative startups in the country, based in Santa Monica.

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