article thumbnail

Draftpedia Aims At NFL, NBA Fans

socalTECH

The app--which is free--is the brainchild of David Rabie and Joe Sarafian, two Santa Monica entrepreneurs who were born and raised in Los Angeles. The two were roommates at UC Santa Barbara and hatched the idea because they are diehard sports fans. READ MORE>>.

article thumbnail

Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re funding the same stuff as everybody else and if you started your activities when the clues were obvious you’re much less likely to drive enormous returns. When Fred Wilson funded Twitter I guarantee you it wasn’t obvious that it was a billion dollar idea. Venture Capital is a tricky industry. Far from it.

Funding 362
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Who's In Southern California's Unicorn Club?

socalTECH

A look at the companies who are private, backed by venture capital, and are valued at more than $1 billion across Southern California -- from San Diego to Los Angeles to Santa Barbara -- is an interesting contrast in the wide range of types of technology companies across the region. Honest Company (www.honest.com).

article thumbnail

Report: Southern California Venture Capital Totals $464M In Q3

socalTECH

Silicon Valley had the lion's share of the venture funding dollars in Q3, with $1.75 in funding raised; followed by Otonomy , a San Diego maker of treatments for hearing disorders, which raised $38.5M. Other large deals include Santa Barbara-based CytomX , with a $30.0M in funding. in funding.

article thumbnail

Avoid Death By PowerPoint – Create Slides That Don’t Suck

InfoChachkie

For instance, I might show a logo of Computer Motion, GoToMeeting, Citrix, UC Santa Barbara and Rincon Venture Partners on my first slide as a means of depicting my past and current professional affiliations. If you are a startup seeking funding, convey your company's origins, your current status and your ideal exit.

Slides 258
article thumbnail

Why Millennial Entrepreneurs Should Never Watch Shark Tank Alone

InfoChachkie

The reality television show Shark Tank makes for entertaining content but many of its underlying messages are potentially detrimental to tech entrepreneurs. I get that Shark Tank is a TV show focused on entertaining its viewers. Experienced entrepreneurs have no issues parsing where reality stops and entertainment begins.

article thumbnail

TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

He is currently a Managing Director of the Clearstone Global Gaming Fund and sits on the boards of IMI Exchange, Xfire, Playsino, ExpressCoin, GoCoin, FGL, Spicy Horse Games, KnCMiner.cn, Robocoin China and the Mastercoin Foundation. Mr. Csathy’s career spans Internet, music, motion pictures/video, live entertainment, and technology.

Startup 111