socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Los Angeles-based Image Metrics, which is developing facial animation products for the entertainment industry, announced Tuesday that it has raised $6.5M in a Series B funding round. Image Metrics develops technology for facial animation, being applied to the film and video game industry. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The firm recently announced $895,000 in a funding round. The site says it had 8.6 million visits and 78 million page views, from 4.1M unique visitors in Q4 of 2012. The site features photos, images, and videos of everything from stylish products to (not unsurprisingly) beautiful women. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2015

Los Angeles-based game analytics software developer Ninja Metrics has raised $2.8M of an ongoing, $5M funding round, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing this week. The startup, led by Dmitri Williams, and helps mobile, online, and social game developers better monetize their properties. The round is being led by 37 Ventures.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Analytics/Metrics - what are the key startup metrics that you will need to track? Are there specific metrics needed for future funding rounds or for operations? Tell me about the business.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Analytics/Metrics - what are the key startup metrics that you will need to track? Are there specific metrics needed for future funding rounds or for operations? Tell me about the business.

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Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

But it will be patiently deployed, waiting for a cohort of founders who aren’t artificially clinging to 2021 valuation metrics. million, our Seed Funds mostly between $200–300 million and have delivered median ownerships of ~20% from the first check we write into a startup. How Does the Industry Really Work?

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Venture Capital Marketing Technical Review Seed Funding 416

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based Image Metrics (www.image-metrics.com) recently landed a $6.5M, Series B funding round for the firm's facial animation products. I was introduced to Image Metrics a year before I joined, and was helping them along. Editor's note: you can see Image Metrics "Emily" demo on their web site ).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I Know Everybody Told You to Send Your Fund-Raising Decks as a Link. Here’s Why You Should Just Send the Deck I know you have your document sending tool to send your fund-raising deck to VCs and track who read your deck, which pages they read and how much time they spend on each page. A deck is a deck. Just send it.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In a move to convert that huge pile of data into something much more meaningful, Los Angeles-based Ninja Metrics (www.ninjametrics.com) launched a new predictive analytics product for the industry. The company announced a first round of funding Monday for its technology. Explain what Ninja Metrics is doing? READ MORE>>.

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Metrics Software Review Research Startup 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Recover , a company which is producing recycled cotton fiber and cotton fiber blends, says it has received new funding from Los Angeles-based STORY3 Capital. The amount of the funding was not announced. Recover says it develops sustainable recycled cotton, and will use the new funding to scale its operations. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In a move to convert that huge pile of data into something much more meaningful, Los Angeles-based Ninja Metrics (www.ninjametrics.com) launched a new predictive analytics product for the industry. The company announced a first round of funding Monday for its technology. Explain what Ninja Metrics is doing? READ MORE>>.

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Metrics Software Review Research Startup 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 16, 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 -- Funding Early Stage Tech Companies. What are the metrics investors look for today? Pasadena Angels. How will the stock market and possible recession impact early-stage company financing? What companies and deals are most attractive to investors? Can you build a high growth startup inexpensively?

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Company Companies Funding Pasadena Angels 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

We all know that funding markets have changed for startups. The trends are well understood: more angels, more seed funds, more crowdsourcing and so forth. They asked LPs to rush to get into their next side-car fund to have access to this great deal plus the LPs also get the “benefit” of investing in their next fund.

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Venture Capital Seed Funding Email Blogging 352

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2016

That should make you wonder - how do you measure traction in a metric? If it’s so important to investors, perhaps you should be using traction to measure your own progress, independent of a need for additional funding. Growth constraints would include staffing shortages, funding needs, quality problems, and sales coverage.

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Metrics Funding Startup Customer 57

TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Analytics/Metrics What key startup metrics will you need to track? What metrics will you need for future funding rounds or operations? Tell me about the business. What are your big milestones?

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Develop Development Technical Review SEO 520

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Now that you’ve gotten the round done I’d love to get together at your convenience and learn more about your business so I’ll be ready well before you’re next fund raising event. Not everybody agrees that entrepreneurs should take investor meetings outside of “funding season&# when they’re raising capital.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 19, 2013

In the process of raising funds to create and develop a business, entrepreneurs make many statements to those they seek to attract as investors. Email readers, continue here.] Metrics and management: What might be the first indication the company will not be able to achieve its goals and objectives? By: Arthur Lipper.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

Because at least while the VC spigot is open and flowing for high-potential individuals that fit a pattern that some VCs seem to favor they can access cheap capital that isn’t terribly dilutive and can use the to fund development and swing for the fences with limited focus on monetization. That leaves 99.99% of you. Let’s see.

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Venture Capital Startup Funding Snapchat 412

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

TestFlight's product provides iOS developers with information on an app's audience, revenue, engagement, and other metrics. funding round in November. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Burstly is backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, and SoftBank, and announced a $5.5M READ MORE>>.

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GRP Partners Metrics Advertising Mobile 154

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2014

His fund is > $500 million and I guaranfuckingtee he ain’t calling me if that company is crushing it. You have a big fund. I offered to fund the seed round of a guy I’ve known for years. He opted for two big VC funds up North who split $1.5 He was calling me about the A round. But I always ask.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Email 333

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. ” Scary because that hard earned $40,000 you have slavishly saved “for the future” is going to dwindle fast if you can’t bring in funding. It’s 2003 and VCs aren’t exactly lining up to fund startup businesses. Sorry, brah.” It was not.

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Startup Course Venture Capital Writing 417

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2012

in a Series D funding round. Brand Affinity Technologies operates an online service which helps brands connect with celebrities and athletes for endorsements, providing metrics to find celebrity talent on a city-by-city basis. BAT said it has now raised $34M in funding.

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Technology Miramar Metrics Venture Capital 159

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Please be able to provide me with a few specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, what the system will do for them. Tell me about the business. What are the big milestones you have as a business?

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Software Development Develop Development Startup 292

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

This is why I am such a big fan of General Assembly both because they’re teaching more tangible skills but also because they’re working directly with employers to fund classes as well as to onboard the more successful GA students directly. We spoke about the disruption of VC through crowd funding. I don’t believe it.

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Venture Capital Education Offshore Outsource Development 403

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

There are many types of metrics, some very easy to manage. Those include funding, people, training and facilities. If there is no attempt to measure, no-one will know if the work is up to standards for timeliness, quality, or the vision of the leader. But failure to find and use them regularly is a failure at the top. Third: support.

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Organization Metrics Training Course 220

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

Can you talk about how your company is funded? Michael Wong: We're with StartEngine, and have received a small amount of seed funding from them. We're also funding it out of pocket. As we've built this relationship with them, we let them see the mobile and social metrics, and make it so that they're able to create a campaign.

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CTO Coach Startup Mobile Artificial Inteligence 223

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Okapi Venture Capital, and also included Serra Ventures, Cove Fund II, 1855 Capital, and Mooring Ventures LLC. San Diego-based Daasity , a startup working on data analytics for direct-to-consumer retailers, has raised $2.3M

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Metrics San Diego Venture Capital Commerce 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

For this morning's company profile, we thought we'd connect with ShareSquare (www.getsharesquare.com), a newly funded Los Angeles startup focused on QR barcodes -- 3D barcodes -- focused on musicians and entertainers. In that market, there are literally no ROI metrics. The best metrics are estimated impressions.

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Startup West Hollywood Metrics Entertainment 220

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

As a company you need to invest in ROI calculators (spreadsheets) that are easy for sales reps to plug in basic customer metrics and pop out with an expected benefit. We’ve investing in R&D at a faster rate than the competition which is why we raised $10 million to fund extra development.&#. You can have best of both worlds.

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Sales Startup Training Pricing 289

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In his classic book, “ The Leadership Capital Index ,” Dave Ulrich, a best-selling author, business consultant, and business school professor, provides some real insights and metrics on what makes up the elements of goodwill in the minds of top valuation experts. I have paraphrased his key points here as follows: Leader personal impact.

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Technical Review Funding Organization Coach 129

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. New funding will be applied toward user acquisition and to expand into new product categories (gourmet food, wine and new services).

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Topspin's software is being used by such artists as the Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Paul McCartney, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Arcade Fire, Eminem, Linkin Park, Trey Songz, Peter Gabriel, Carly Simon and Metric. Rogers was the former GM of Yahoo Music, and Topspin has raised funding from the Foundry Group and Redpoint Ventures.

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Redpoint Venice Yahoo Metrics 150

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

To grow faster businesses need resources in today’s financial period to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year. You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

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. For investors, it gives them a dash board of key metrics, and ensures those investors stay in the loop. The company was about to close their Series B funding, and the company had just launched the website.

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Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The VC industry has different segments in it that have different fund sizes, different investment amounts and different risk / return expectations. We need people at all stages of the funding lifecycle and not just VCs. When I look through our own returns across our many funds it has always played out this way.

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Venture Capital Training Startup Entrepreneur 308

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Demographics at funds and startups will also be under the microscope, since signatories have agreed to report on their composition by race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability status, immigration status, veteran status, educational attainment, socioeconomic origin, tenure at a firm.

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