Berkonomics
DECEMBER 20, 2018
They will be more willing to pay a royalty fee if your product gets them to market earlier or is protected by patent to create a barrier to their competition. What are the advantages of using royalties instead of raising investor funds, other than no dilution of equity? Does the average agreement call for advance payment of royalties?
Berkonomics
DECEMBER 20, 2018
They will be more willing to pay a royalty fee if your product gets them to market earlier or is protected by patent to create a barrier to their competition. What are the advantages of using royalties instead of raising investor funds, other than no dilution of equity? Does the average agreement call for advance payment of royalties?
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Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 14, 2017
And of course we help with business development introductions and with fund raising events. The rise of crowd funding saw the first wave of founders gleeful that they could raise capital without having to deal with terrible VCs. Often we are asked to get involved in executive-level recruiting. Those seldom get reported.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 3, 2008
The firm's technology--which creates a 3D, virtual avatar from digital photos--was originally developed at the University of Southern California for the CIA, and was spun out into a venture funded company targeting the consumer market. For those not familiar with BigStage, tell us what the company is doing with your avatar technology?
socalTECH
OCTOBER 22, 2020
What kinds of areas does the fund make investments in? Krisztina Holly: We are an early stage fund, known for our ability to discovery and cultivate very complex science and technology deals. We just launched a third, $100M fund focused on seed to Series A investments in transformative science and technology companies.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Nikhil told us a bit about the startup,which was spawned out of Idealab, and recently raised a round of funding from CrestValue Capital, Cybernaut Westlake Partners, Leaguer Venture Investment Co., Third Wave Digital (Allen DeBevoise), Dream Maker Entertainment Ltd. Entertainment Co.,
socalTECH
JANUARY 28, 2009
When we got funded, we worked harder to put together a product which was longer lasting, and not just a beta attempt like what we had done before. We filed for a patent in 2000, but in 2001, when we filed for the final patent, the market tanked. Kent also went off to other things, but in 2005 we got awarded that patent.
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