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APRIL 7, 2015

A couple of Southern California investors-- os Angeles-based DreamHost and Rincon Venture Partners --have backed a new OpenStack software startup called Akanda. Dreamhost and Rincon are based in LA, and Double M Partners is among one of the more active investors in Southern California startups. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures is one of the investors in a new, luxury valet service launching in San Francisco, called Luxe. luxe valet parking services smartphone iphone luxury upfront ventures' Luxe said Thursday that it has raised $5.5M READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2018

in a seed funding, to help it to "greatly expand" its operation sin Los Angeles, as well as expand into other new markets. Washe currently offers up its services in South Florida, Southern California, Georgia and New Jersey. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based venture investment firm CrossCut Ventures (www.crosscut.vc) announced this morning that it has raised its fourth fund, CrossCut 4 , a brand new, $125M early stage investment fund. We spoke with one of the firm's four Managing Directors, Clinton Foy , about the big new fund and its investments.

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APRIL 5, 2019

—Mobile app startup Bitmo announced it had raised more than $3 million in seed funding from investors including Everplus Capital, Longboard Capital Advisors, and several Southern California-based family fund offices.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Valuations have continued to soar from early stage through later stage at an unsustainable rate, driven by large amounts of available capital, notably the increased presence of seed funds and PE firms in software. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets/devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2019?

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Los Angeles-based Statis Labs , a developer of vital signs monitoring equipment, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, the company said last week. The funding was led by RTP-HC, and also included Wonder Ventures, Techstars Ventures, and others.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

The group also said it is focusing on its SeedTrack program, which is specifically focused on seed stage funding and extensive mentoring. The TCA is the biggest angel investment group in Southern California, and is among the largest nationally. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. So you need to do one and have it in your back pocket ready to whip out your presentation or your laptop at any moment and go through it in case you’re asked or in case you’re not building the rapport you hope to just verbally. Very few people fund individuals.

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JUNE 8, 2016

and also raised a separate, $3M equity funding round. According to SPACES, the Chinese joint venture will bring virtual and mixed reality to Songcheng's theme parks and stage shows. SPACES said the new joint venture with Songcheng will be based in Hangzhou, China, but co-managed by the company from its Los Angeles headquarters.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series about Raising Venture Capital. A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. If the large VC doesn’t agree to do your A round then you’re in a bit of trouble. If a VC term sheet comes in they begin their due diligence process.

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Seed Funding Venture Capital Funding Software Review 283

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

VC's love to talk about their successes. Yet most VC's bury their failures under six feet of denial. In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In retrospect, our decision was both perfectly rational and completely lame. Unicornless.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

One of the biggest complaints that local entrepreneurs have with Los Angeles has been a dearth of local sources of venture capital. However, the recent surge in startup activity has attracted a lot more capital into the area, including a significant amount of capital from LA's latest fund: Karlin Ventures (www.karlinvc.com).

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JANUARY 7, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions for 2019 from Southern California's technology industry. And, many of the presenting companies received sizable funding commitments and offers of ongoing help.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup Coach 157

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 24, 2016

Today, start-ups have more choices for accessing business resources and seed funding than ever. This is especially true for first-time and early-stage entrepreneurs not yet ready to pursue venture capital or who lack certain critical capabilities. Thursday, June 30, 2016 -- Alternative Accelerators and Start-Up Resources.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Today, start-ups have more choices for accessing business resources and seed funding than ever. This is especially true for first-time and early-stage entrepreneurs not yet ready to pursue venture capital or who lack certain critical capabilities. Thursday, June 23, 2016 -- Alternative Accelerators and Start-Up Resources.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. Let's start with an overview of the fund. Brian Garrett: We started Crosscut Ventures about a year ago.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , February 18, 2010 Great post from Fred Wilson that questions a common metric – unique visitors. Seed funding best practices - StartupCFO , February 11, 2010 Good post looking at seed funding which often doesn’t get quite as much attention.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Her newest venture, Moe Assist, claims to be the first project management and payments tool for influencers. million in funding from Rebecca Minkoff and other unnamed investors. Naturally, these were also the first business to get funded. million in funding to date, including a recent $3.6 focused fund.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 6, 2011

Bruce Blomstrom of the Pasadena Angels will present a talk on ANGEL INVESTING: WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT OPERATES describing how angel capital fills the gap in start-up financing by providing seed funding prior to venture capital to advance high-growth, start-up businesses and economic development in local communities.

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JULY 20, 2010

One of Southern California's successful, serial entrepreneurs is Winston Damarillo , who founded Gluecode, which he sold to IBM in 2005. Earlier this month, his latest startup, El Segundo-based Morphlabs announced it had raised a Series B funding worth $5.5M. earlier this year, and then got it funded, raising about $5.5

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Southern California Startup Cloud Computing El Segundo 242

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Still, as a VC I value proprietary dealflow & long term relationships. I know it was over heated when a deal where I wrote one of the first checks on (as an angel, not VC) went out on AngelList. An investor called the founder, spoke for 30 minutes on the phone and committed to funding having never met the team.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Accelerator programs--like YCombinator in Silicon Valley, and TechStars in Colorado--have come to the forefront of the minds of entrepreneurs as a way to boost their ideas quickly into the market, find funding, and into existence. We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

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MAY 26, 2011

Jake Winebaum is a veteran of the Southern California technology industry, having run and sold a number of successful, Southern California startups. So we got going on this, and we've been working on it for two years. We raised funding in January from Mayfield, on top of the seed funding we raised at the onset.

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Startup Pricing Southern California Networking 249

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MARCH 8, 2013

We now have seven companies, and have our own venture fund as well, and we'll be doing four or five for the next few years. We have our own small seed fund, which we trigger to fund that company and hire a team, a CEO and a CTO. I'm not a detailed micromanager, and never was, so it's working.

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Incubator Startup CTO Hire Ideas 208

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). I've funded some myself. How it happens.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The interesting thing about working with angels (the tech founder kind) is that they’ve all run their own startups before so there is instant resonance with what you’re going through, the issues you’ll face and how to best help. at a level of specificity you don’t always find in VCs. Someone who inspires others.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. Not so bad. Angel vs VC? -

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