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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. Is Funding a Worthy Announcement? There are reasons you may delay funding announcement but rarely reasons not to announce. But trust me on this.

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Silicon Beach Report June 29: Recreational Video Game Competition Super League Gaming Raises $15 Million.

L.A. Business Journal

Recreational video game competition Super League Gaming raises $15 million, Boring Co. completes test tunnel and Upfront raises $400 million for sixth early-stage fund.

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Esports One Secures $4 Million for Fantasy Esports League

L.A. Business Journal

has raised $4 million in early stage funding to support a fantasy sports platform for competitive video gaming. Santa Monica-based startup Esports One Inc.

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Kobe Bryant Launches New $100 Million Venture to Solidify Retirement

Tech.Co

That’s right, Kobe Bryant has just launched a brand new $100 million venture capital fund. Simply named Bryant Stibel, the firm will be based out of Los Angeles, for obvious reasons, and is not seeking any outside funding at this time, for even more obvious reasons.

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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

Both Sides of the Table

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” But over time I found that with broader responsibilities (fund raising, recruiting, biz dev, etc.) ” Numero uno. I was nowhere to be found.

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Silicon Beach Report May 26: Boring Co. Releases Images of Electric Vehicle for its Proposed Tunnel Network

L.A. Business Journal

releases images of electric vehicle for its proposed tunnel network, loser of ULA’s Vulcan engine competition could lose Air Force funding, and Seriously launches series of shorts for its mobile game “Best Fiends.”

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Here’s How to Do PR on a Budget

Both Sides of the Table

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. I have no money?

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