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Interview with Eric M. Jackson, CapLinked

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My cofounder and I know how hard it is to get a company up and running, and funded, to keep your investors in the loop. Jackson: CapLinked is actually a collaborative platform, a social platform that connects entrepreneurs and investors. Finally, for CapLinked, how has the firm been funded? How do you do that?

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company. Let me not bury the lede. Nice sweep!

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Twiistup 6 Highlights

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I believe that Twiistup is now a platform from which to grow and highlight what is uniquely LA. For highlighting what is uniquely LA, for adhering to a strict quality standard for speakers and for building this great platform for the future Francisco Dao (aka “ The Man ”) should feel proud of what he has accomplished.

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CapLinked Raise $1.6m Series A Round & Appoint Adam Sroka As VP Technology

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LA based CapLinked , a cloud-based business transaction platform yesterday raised $1.6 CapLinked is changing this with our intuitive and easy-to-use platform.”. million which was raised from Thiel, David Sacks (CEO of Yammer), and Joe Lonsdale (co-founder of Palantir), 500 Startups and 7th Rig. million Raised.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

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I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Knewton – “Online adaptive test prep and virtual classroom platform&# - I love the innovation that is coming from the test prep industry. Others I have not.

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How Kaleo Is Tackling Enterprise Knowledge Sharing

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That can be a subject matter expert, product head, a sales head, any category in the enterprise, and they can use our lightweight platform for answers. There were things like Yammer, Jive, and all that. With Kaleo, I figured out from day one that we would need to raise outside funding.