L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 9, 2021

GoGuardian, an El Segundo-based educational technology company, has raised $200 million from a New York-based private equity firm in a deal that values GoGuardian at well over $1 billion.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 31, 2020

Venture capital and private equity investment firm Draper Goren Holm has made its first investment since a major management move in December, leading a seed round for Costa Mesa-based LunarCrush Inc.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 3, 2020

Private equity firm LS Power Group, which invests in clean power and alternative energy sources across the country, has acquired a majority stake in EVgo Services.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

From wellness chat and journaling apps to therapy substitutes to fitness companies, stick wellness in a pitch and investors will take a second look. Y Combinator, the popular accelerator program and investment firm announced this week that it has promoted longtime partner Geoff Ralston to president. It closed Friday down 3 percent.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Cornerstone OnDemand, a personnel management software developer, announced on Wednesday that private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and Microsoft Corp.’s s LinkedIn plan to invest $300 million in the company.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. Although this approach requires a significant investment of a startup''s time during the early phases of the patent process, it can reduce the overall time you expend on the process, by creating a solid foundation upon which the IP lawyers can draft the legal language.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 9, 2018

Valor Equity and Index Ventures were the primary investors, while Craft Ventures and Goldcrest increased their existing investments. Santa Monica-based Bird, an electric vehicle sharing company, announced a $100 million Series B funding round on March 9. Additional investors included Tusk Ventures and Upfront Ventures.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 7, 2013

A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. The Numbers - Most Accelerators offer participating startups a modest capital investment in exchange for a 5% to 10% equity interest. Hopefully you will matriculate from your Accelerator with enough investment capital to stay out of mom''s basement.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

The financing includes both new investment funding and a conversion of debt to equity, according to a notation in the filing. The Journal also reported at the time that Ostendo had raised $90 million from venture capital firms and Pieter Thiel, the investor and PayPal co-founder. million, according to a recent regulatory filing.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. It is for this reason that Rincon Venture Partners typically invests in serially successful teams who have previously experienced success together. Balance is one of the most important aspects of skiing.

Startup 257

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2013

It helps it cients close deals faster, exchange files securely, and manage more deals at any given time making it “the go-to place for setting up and closing deals” according to The Wall Street Journal and making it among the “5 Back-Office Tech Innovations” as listed by Inc. Founded in 2010 by Eric M.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

So readers of tech journals gain a bias of the chances of success. One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. I learned this lesson long ago – many investors wait until you’re staring at a cliff before committing whether to re-invest in you.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 384

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

So readers of tech journals gain a bias of the chances of success. One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. I learned this lesson long ago – many investors wait until you’re staring at a cliff before committing whether to re-invest in you.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 176

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. magazine and the LA Business Journal. is a good monthly investment? Well, they’re all wrong, and Los Angeles is about to prove it. LA is a special place right now.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 27, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! It could take only one moment of negativity to ruin months or years of positive equity. But be careful.

Startup 40

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! It results in a lack of focus and diluted brand equity. ► October (1) New Video! .

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