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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

They might not actively “collude&# and say “let’s collectively keep the price down&# but in the resulting discussion pricing information will flow – whether intentional or not. They’re not in search of price fixing or collusion, they’re in search of diligence information about the company.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The median VC exit price for deals is $70 million (FLAG Capital via Bryce.VC). There is a mythology amongst some LPs (funds that invest in VCs) and some VCs that “entry price doesn’t matter – only investing in the absolute best entrepreneurs.” So entry price matters a lot.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 16, 2021

Squarespace has raised $300 million in a round of funding that values the company at a staggering $10 billion valuation. New backers include Dragoneer, Tiger Global, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and Spruce House.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2021

Investors expect a great return for their risk, so they look for people who can look beyond the technology and their own passion to see a customer need that perhaps even the rest of us haven’t yet envisioned. Some people like to talk incessantly about their idea and possibilities. Driven by a higher purpose as well as profit.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers. I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built. I see your $500 million fund and I raise you with a $1.5 billion fund. And it changed the culture.

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JULY 22, 2020

in a funding round. According to the company, the round--a Seed-2 funding--was led by Okapi Capital, and also included The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners and Brad Perry (co-founder of Dealer Socket), along with others. The founder and CEO of TrackStreet is Andrew Schydlowsky.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

This week, we saw the interconnectedness of major institutions as crypto lending protocol Celsius stuttered and brought down Ethereum prices with it as investors feared a price collapse brought on by reportedly over-leveraged players like 3 Arrows Capital. I think it’s a technology that is now wrapping all asset classes,” Dorman said.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Just Insure , a pay-per-mile insurance technology company, has raised $8 million in a funding round. . CrossCut Ventures, ManchesterStory and Western Technology Investments co-led the investment, which brings its total raised to $15.3 “The [Just] per mile price that a customer gets can change every month.

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JUNE 27, 2013

I am super excited to announce that today is a day of lots of new things for my partners & me: A new fund, a new office and a new brand. Let’s start with the fund. We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). This month we closed our 4th fund of $200 million.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

ParkMe , the startup provider of parking information and data founded by Sam Friedman and Alex Israel, announced this morning that it has raised a new round of funding, from Angeleno Group, Fontinalis Partners and IDG Ventures. As part of the funding, Daniel Weiss of Angelo Group has joined the company's board of directors.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed. Why no winter?

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

Santa Monica-based GoodRx , a venture-backed startup which runs a prescription drug pricing marketplace, has named Jody Mulkey as the company's Chief Technology Officer. GoodRx is backed by Founders Fund, Upfront Ventures, Highland Capital, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, Dawn Lepore (drugstore.com), and Mike Ovitz. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2020

Orange, California-based Alignment Healthcare , which develops technology used for population health management around Medicare Advantage, has raised $135M in a Series C funding round, the company said on Wednesday. Alignment Healthcare said the funding came from Fidelity Investments, T. Rowe Price and Durable Capital Partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

These don’t get funded. The best startups find a way to drive the market with their technology, rather than push their new technology-driven ‘solution’ on the marketplace. An example of market-driven technology is the basic automobile, but combining a car with an airplane is technology looking for a market.

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MAY 3, 2022

However, although they are providing such significant value, a lot of them operate with limited funding and resources, which ultimately affects the customer experience. All of the stylists are independent contractors and set their own pricing. The price a consumer pays depends on the stylist chosen.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Ventura-based NetPlenish , a startup which is developing a service which will provide automated replenishment of items, combined with an automatic price comparison engine, has quietly raised funding from 500 Startups. NetPlenish is part of the Ventura Ventures Technology Center. Size of the investment was not disclosed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2013

One of the toughest decisions for a startup is how to price their product or service. The alternatives range from giving it away for free, to pricing based on costs, to charging what the market will bear (premium pricing). In this more traditional product pricing model, the price is set at two to five times the product cost.

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MAY 23, 2010

If a round of funding does happen then this debt is converted into equity at the price that a new external investor pays with a “bonus&# to the inside investor for having taken the risk of the loan. They also trust VC’s to determine the right price to pay for the company securities that they buy.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

Costa Mesa-based Balboa Water Group Helios Technologies , in a deal worth $218.5M. According to Helios, it acquired Balboa Water Group from investment funds affiliated with AE Investors LP. purchase price representing a 2020E Adjusted EBITDA transaction multiple of 9.3x on a pro forma basis. on a pro forma basis. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 10, 2018

ASG Technologies, the Florida-based software company backed by activist hedge fund Elliott Management, has upped its offer for San Diego’s Mitek Systems to $11.50 The stock price of Mitek (NASDAQ:MITK) rose nearly 9 percent on the news, closing at $9.75. per share from $10 apiece. That’s according to a Nov.

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APRIL 8, 2011

Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the marketing analytics technology firm run by Wes Nichols, has scored another $10M in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Thursday. MarketShare was unable to provide additional details on the funding. MarketShare is backed by private equity firm Elevation Partners.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Seismic recently raised another $92M in funding, which valued the company at approximately $1.6 billion, putting it into the exclusive list of Southern California technology unicorns. The company is backed by Permira Funds, Ameriprise Financial and EDBI, along with Jackson Square Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and T.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

million shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $11.75 HyreCar said it intends to use the new funding for working capital and general corporate purposes including sales, marketing, and technology investments to continue to expand its platform.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Solana Beach-based Flock Freight , a startup which develops software which uses algorithms to pool multiple, less-than-truckload freight shipments together so they can take advantage of full truckload pricing, has raised $50M in a Series B funding, according to the company. The funding was led by SignalFire and GLP Capital Partners.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Los Angeles has been in the midst of a technology boom over the last few years, with many of high profile startups growing in the area. We spoke with Bryce Maddock , founder of TaskUs, about the company and how it has been providing the manpower behind a lot of LA''s technology startups. So, what is TaskUs?

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FEBRUARY 14, 2021

All of these are competitors in terms of speed, price, or luxury. Investors are looking for technology, process, or business model breakthroughs, to move costs to a new level. Competition for your new hydrogen fuel auto engine is not limited to other hydrogen auto engine offerings, or even other autos. This approach is not convincing.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In a bid to prevent the damage from those plumbing failures and also help save water, Los Angeles-based Flo Technologies (www.meetflo.com) has developed a water monitoring device and shutoff valve for your home, which is connected to your smartphone and its own app. At first, many plumbers are hesitant about our technology.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 23, 2021

Indeed, two of the best funded companies in the lab-grown meat market hail from The Netherlands, where Mosa Meat is being challenged by a newer upstart, Meatable , which just announced $47 million in new financing. Meatable has a long road ahead of it, because, as Gates acknowledged in his interview with MIT Technology Review (ed.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The Facebook parent-company saw its stock price get bludgeoned after a bad earnings report showcased that Apple’s ad-blocking changes are shaving billions off its books and the company’s crown jewel — the Facebook platform — has stopped growing and actually shrank this quarter. Image Credits: Facebook. the big thing.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

Cruise, the subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, automaker Honda and T. Rowe Price & Associates, is turning to a heavy hitter to head up its legal team. The autonomous vehicle technology company has hired Jeff Bleich, board chairman of utility Pacific Gas & Electric, as its chief legal officer.

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MARCH 24, 2020

Irvine-based technology distributor Ingram Micro says it is looking to help the many U.S. Those include a new "Future Funds" program interest only payments for six months and starting payments as low as 1.5% of the total purchase price.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

But today a startup that’s tackling a different aspect of the market — addressing the supply chain that subsequently turns the wheels of the bigger food distribution machine — is announcing a big round of funding as it continues to grow. The funding is coming from a wide mix of investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

There has been much discussion about VCs doing seed funding in the past year. I’ve written about it myself (Is VC Seed Funding Dead?) and (Is There Really a Signaling Problem with VC Seed Funding?). Knowing What the Seed Funding Policy of your VC is. million of our $200 million fund for seed funding.

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APRIL 29, 2020

Ford has cancelled an electric SUV it had planned to develop using technology from electric truck developer Rivian , as the automaker has gone into survival mode due to a massive impact from the ongoing pandemic. billion in funding in December of 2019 , from such investors as T. Rowe Price, Amazon, Ford Motor Company, and BlackRock.

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