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Biolase Gets $35M In Private Placement

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The publicly held company said the investment came from Jack W. Schuler, Oracle Partners, L.P. and other Oracle funds, three funds managed by Camber Capital Management, LLC, Eagle Growth Partners I and II, Birchview Capital L.P., biolase dental laser lifescience equipment manufacturing equity' READ MORE>>.

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Who Should you Hire at a Startup?

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Please don’t also confuse this with whether a VC should invest in a CEO who’s done it before – that’s a given. He’s joining you because your company offers him/her the hope of the big equity package but likely the step forward in his career that he’s been looking for. I’ll explain both below.

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What Makes a Great Independent Board Member?

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When an entrepreneur takes on investors who take equity (i.e. The board is where large equity investors get their representation. I had the former head of Oracle, UK, Philip Crawford , on my first board and I found his advice and experience invaluable. 25,000 is still skin in the game to them.

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Data Collective | New Dawn for Big Data Entrepreneurs

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The firm is not new; the fund has been around for two years with investments in more than 45 firms as listed here. 35+ Equity Partners on board. Data Collective based in San Francisco was launched by Zachary Bogue, Matt Ocko, Michael Driscoll and Bradford Cross. The founders profiles are laid down in detail here.

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A Chat With Jamie Montgomery On How LA's Tech Ecosystem Has Grown

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The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. One is the traditional buyer, the Microsofts, Oracles, Googles, and Ciscos of the world, with their cash. The third area, are the private equity players. There are four kinds of buyers in M&A.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. Side note: LA seems to have had some success in mega deals led by private equity firms as evidenced by DemandMedia and Chris DeWolf’s latest company backed by more than $20 million in private equity. LA investors are more pragmatic.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. The magic that is Silicon Valley is that every tech entrepreneur who has made a bit of money chooses to “recycle&# it by investing back into the startup community. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). I plowed it back into 9 deals.