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Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures

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Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. It would be interesting to hear about where your interests are nowdays, there was a rumor Redpoint had backed off activity here lately. People can come in and have a coffee.

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Universal In Licensing Deal With Hark

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Hark is based in Seattle but also is active in Los Angeles in business development; ElNaggar might be familiar to Los Angeles entrepreneurs for his short stint sourcing venture deals for Redpoint Ventures in Los Angeles. The titles include Animal House, The Blues Brothers, and The Breakfast Club as well as Bridesmaids and Fast Five.

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Ad.ly Co-Founders New Startup: Namesake

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Existence of the new startup has been circulating among Los Angeles entrepreneurs for the last month or so, but only recently reported elsewhere. Giang Biscan, who runs private networking events for entrepreneurs in the LA area, posted earlier this year in May that Namesake is working on "an industry network" effort.

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What Mattered in 2010: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

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We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital. 2010 was a momentus year for me personally.

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Reflections on 2020: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

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In a year filled with challenging news, we were fortunate (across Archer Venture Capital and Liquid Stock) to have some high quality exits in our portfolio, but moreover to see how our amazing entrepreneurs successfully managed the disruption caused by COVID-19. What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021?

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Thanks to our sponsors!

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Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. It's time again for us to thanks all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible. Please let them know how much you appreciate their support of socalTECH!

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Interview with David Aronchick, Hark

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Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. Hark is backed by Redpoint, and happens to be co-founded by Fouad. Was Fouad with Redpoint at the time? David Aronchick: He was being courted very heavily be Redpoint at the time.

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