socalTECH
APRIL 12, 2011
Watertower has been involved in a number of high visibility exits and fundings in recent months, including Riot Games (rumored to be $400M+), Machinima, and ExtendMedia. I think you know Riot Games, where we put together their first institutional money. Those are two big gaming companies. READ MORE>>.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
And there is so much money around being thrown at so many entrepreneurs that many firms don’t even care about board seats, governance rights or heaven forbid doing work with the company because that would eat into the VCs time needed to chase 5 more deals. And the truth is that several entrepreneurs prefer it this way.
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socalTECH
DECEMBER 27, 2018
Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. We're already seeing strong engineers and founders from Snap, Riot Games, Musically and others launch their new startups in LA.
SoCal Tech Calendar
NOVEMBER 5, 2008
What mistakes did you make during in the early days and what lessons would you pass on another entrepreneur?
SoCal Delicious
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Brandon Beck – Riot Games. They raised some money, stole some guys from Blizzard, and released the game for free.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 6, 2017
They are superstars, the hardest working entrepreneurs out there. To be absolutely honest, we could have raised a lot more in the fund, but we wanted to stay small and scrappy, so we could stay close to the entrepreneurs and founders. You've got to get very close to the ground, and work with entrepreneurs and founders side-by-side.
TechCrunch LA
MAY 29, 2019
Eric P: You have a fascinating background as a serial entrepreneur while you were a teenager. I recently sat down with Founder & CEO Delane Parnell to talk about his company’s formation and growth strategy. Below is the transcript of our conversation (edited for length and clarity) : Founding PlayVS. Delane P. :
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