socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Santa Monica-based Graze , a new startup backed by Wavemaker Partners, said this morning that it has launched a new, robotic lawn mower targeted at the commercial market. Graze says it is using equity crowdfunding through SeedInvest for its funding efforts. READ MORE>>.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued?
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socalTECH
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
Although the region has had a number of IPOs in the last year, most of them have been on the biotechnology and medical devices side, with a notable drought in IPOs from the high technology side of the market here--a big contrast to the huge debuts in Silicon Valley of such firms as Twitter and Facebook last year. READ MORE>>.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 21, 2021
When you see startups like SpaceX and Pinterest grow from a low valuation to a billion dollars in just a few years, it’s easy to assume that if you just keep doing what you are doing, you can get there as well. Of course, that means a mindset willing to give up much more equity, and taking on a whole new level of risk.
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Manufacturing can be done within 60 days, according to the company’s claims, and its vehicles have a payload capacity of up to 1250 kilograms ( SpaceX’s largest rockets will have roughly 100 times that payload capacity). Relativity Space chief technology officer Jordan Noone next to one of the company’s 3-D printers.
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 25, 2022
Starship Technologies is describing this as a “quasi-equity facility”, meaning there is a venture loan involved in the mix. The addressable market for campuses that would likely use Starship’s services is around 400-500, he said, “but grocery is billions of dollars.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 19, 2015
That’s why I recommend that they find a co-founder who loves business challenges, including marketing and finance. Business people know how to downplay the technology and market the value of the solution. Marketing is a necessary evil to mask poor technology. The right marketing efforts can cost as much as the technology.
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