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JUNE 29, 2017

We've summarized the funds that have announced new funds in the last nine months or so, or that are in the midst of raising funds--a total of more than $1086 million in total funds. List ordered by fund size). Upfront Ventures. Greycroft Ventures. Fund size: $230M fund. Okapi Ventures.

Southern California 178

Southern California Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Capital 178

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JANUARY 28, 2014

If you look at the last few weeks of deals here, you might be surprised: it''s almost been entirely enterprise software. Yesterday, TigerText , a developer of enterprise, secure texting tools, raised a big $21M funding and last week, the big funding round was for Kareo , which raised $29.5M Image courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>.

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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. - First Principles.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Manufacturing software maker FactoryFour, which recently opened a new Culver City office, received a $5 million round of funding led by Menlo Park, Calif.-based based venture capital firm August Capital, with participation from Refactor Capital.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Culver City Capital Funding 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Gregg Johnson, CEO of Invoca For the first 5 years or so after I became a VC I didn’t talk much about what I thought a VC should be excellent at since frankly I wasn’t sure. It’s easy to think the role of a VC is to have strong opinions about markets, trends, tech dynamics and so forth. The role of VC is sparring partner.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Capital CTO Coach Startup 150

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Los Angeles-based Bonfire Ventures said this morning that it has officially launched with its first fund, a new $60M fund aimed at early stage startups. READ MORE>>.

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Venture Capital Southern California Funding Capital 157

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DECEMBER 7, 2014

I had dinner this week with a top new customer at one of our enterprise software investments. I wish I did more enterprise software investing because when I attend meetings like this I realize that this is my core DNA – rolling out business software solutions to customers. Contrast that with a VC conversation I had.

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Customer Custom Venture Capital Software Review 341

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. As I was trying to figure out the role I wanted to play in the VC world I decided I wanted to focus on businesses that were building deeply technical products to solve problems for business users. We not only have our Series A funds that can write $500k?—?$15

Venture Capital 223

Venture Capital IP Startup Google 223

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

has secured $165 million in funding from a venture capital group to build out its home services software firm through acquisitions and moves into new markets. Glendale-based ServiceTitan Inc.

Venture Capital 147

Venture Capital Glendale Capital Acquisition 147

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MARCH 21, 2013

deliver profitable revenue that while on gross margins of 50% vs. software at 85-95% it is still profits to help you cover fixed costs. You don’t want to run the risk that having a PS business that takes your eye of off the ball of growing a large software business. That is the software business. rollout support.

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Software Review Software Services Company 321

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JUNE 21, 2017

Santa Monica-based BlockFraud , a developer of machine learning and artificial intelligence software used for detecting mobile fraud, has reportedly raised $5M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed on Wednesday. The funding was led by Palisades Venture Capital. BlockFraud is led by CEO Massimo Cristini.

Artificial Inteligence 168

Artificial Inteligence Software Santa Monica Venture Capital 168

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MAY 6, 2018

Fund raising. But it’s critical for your business, for you as a leader and people who excel at fund raising have an extreme advantage over those who do not. As a VC I also have to fund raise every three years and these posts 100% apply to VCs raising money, too. Below is the outline Upfront.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 236

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

We met at a private party hosted by his venture partner Mike Yavonditte and I outlined my concerns for the lack of precision of the algorithm. I had been hanging around Klout for a year and many of my friends had angel funded the company and were champions. 2:00 Why don’t you like the term VC? I was used to this debate.

Cornerstone OnDemand 303

Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303

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JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. 2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. What do you do with a $650 million platform?

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Startup Venture Capital Writing Invest 408

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Pasadena-based Calibrate Ventures , a brand new venture capital firm founded by Kevin Dunlap and Jason Schoettler, announced on Tuesday morning that it has raised $80M in its very first venture capital fund, Calibrate Ventures, L.P. READ MORE>>.

Dollar Shave Club 173

Dollar Shave Club Invest CalTech Funding 173

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Los Angeles-based Untapped Ventures said on Wednesday that it has launched a new, early-stage venture capital fund, which it says invests in companies that "help people live the best version of themselves, personally and professionally." The size of the new fund was not announced.

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Venture Capital Funding Los Angeles Invest 113

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JANUARY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Kevin O'Connor , a longtime investor and serial entrepreneur, who is now running venture capital investment firm ScOp Venture Capital. Congrats on the new name for your venture capital firm. It's always hard with venture capital. I was blown away.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest Capital 145

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. This is a big news day at Upfront Ventures. In other news we announced the closing of $61 million in funding at Maker Studios , which I’ll talk publicly about soon. Mark, why wouldn’t you fund him? Startup DNA.

Invest 340

Invest Venture Capital Startup News 340

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JUNE 8, 2014

To build applications we needed databases (Oracle), browsers (Netscape), servers (Sun Microsystems), storage (EMC), security (Semantic), application servers (Apache), caching software, load balancers, hosting facilities, programming languages and methods, CDNs, DSL equipment, Wifi routers and so forth. And then the world changed.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

in a Seed funding round, the company announced this morning. The company said the funding came from InReach Ventures and Taggia Investments, the personal investment vehicle of former Balderton Capital founder Barry Maloney. The startup is led by co-founder and CEO Paul Yarwood.

Software 202

Software Santa Barbara Seed Funding Invest 202

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NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Back then there was no “cloud” so we had to plow money into hardware, software licenses and web hosting. My starting salary when I joined a VC fund as a partner at the age of 39 (and after 2 exits)? That’s less than most startup CEOs who have raised a few rounds of VC are paid. But I explained.

Startup 409

Startup Invest Venture Capital Writing 409

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

But last week I noticed a blog post by a woman, Tara Tiger Brown, that asked the question, “ Why Aren’t More Women Commenting on VC Blog Posts? She has a quote from literally every major VC from whom you’d want to hear. million to launch a SaaS software company and we took $2.5 Please watch this. Even at 18.

Entrepreneur 341

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Startup Blogging 341

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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

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JULY 7, 2021

Ventura-based advertising technology developer The Trade Desk is launching its own venture capital arm, and has made its first investment, the company said this morning. The company said that the new investment fund, TD7, will invest in open Internet startups.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Invest Capital Ventura 113

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JUNE 17, 2017

To grow faster businesses need resources in today to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year. Do you imagine eventually raising VC and trying to build a faster growing company?” They don’t want high burn rates but they will never fund slow growth. million to fund operations in their first year of operations.

Startup 227

Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

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MARCH 6, 2015

At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. But back in 2005 there were a few people who spotted the trend before others and one of the true pioneers was (and continues to be) Jeff Clavier who founded SoftTech VC. But not many others.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Startup Invest Cloud Computing 150

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MARCH 6, 2017

San Diego-based Raken has raised $2M in a funding round, for the company's construction reporting and compliance software. The funding was led by Rincon Venture Partners , and also included Eniac Ventures and Spider Capital.

Software 171

Software Report San Diego Capital 171

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JANUARY 11, 2019

billion in venture capital in Q4 of 2018, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource , released on Friday. According to the report, Los Angeles garnered the lion's share of the local funding, with $1.77 Southern California raised $2.96 billion in deals, followed by $0.77 billion in San Diego and $0.42

Southern California 150

Southern California Orange County Venture Capital San Diego 150

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

El Segundo-based CUJO AI , a developer of artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity software for telecom network operators, has raised a round of growth capital from KPN Ventures, the company said this morning. KPN Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Netherlands-based KPN, a large telecom company.

Artificial Inteligence 147

Artificial Inteligence El Segundo Funding Venture Capital 147

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according to a classic Crunchbase article. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Some VC firms are bogged down by their own weight.

Guide 136

Guide Venture Capital Funding Class 136

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Los Angeles-based Parabol , a startup developing software management tools, used to manage the efforts of development teams, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding came from CRV, Haystack, and the SlackFund.

Software Review 159

Software Review Tool Development Team Review Software 159

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MAY 25, 2018

Greycroft Ventures , which has a big presence in Los Angeles, has backed Silicon Valley-based BlueCart , a developer of machine learning software and other tools for the hospitality industry, to the tune of $5M. BlueCart said this week that it raised $5M in its Series B-1 funding, bringing its total raised to $22M.

Artificial Inteligence 189

Artificial Inteligence Funding Sales Los Angeles 189

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Bonfire Ventures is looking to raise $165M in its third fund, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. As expected, due to legal restrictions, venture capital investor--led by Jim Andelman, Mark Mullen, and Brett Queener--has not detailed its fundraising efforts.

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Funding Santa Monica Software Review Venture Capital 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according the Crunchbase. Individual angel investors and crowdfunding have been adding to the momentum, some say exceeding VCs in total amount invested.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Class 125

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MAY 19, 2020

Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with with $15 million to Prove It The venture capital world has started firing up a few cylinders again and looking for businesses that it believes will help us all succeed in ways that resonate with new ways of working as we begin to return to work.

Software 234

Software Startup Tool Platform 234

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

Santa Barbara-based Beni, a startup which lets users find and buy secondhand apparel and accessories, said this morning that it has raised $5M in funding. According to the company, the funding was spit between a seed round of $4M, and earlier pre-seed and seed funding.

Software 113

Software Seed Funding Santa Barbara Startup 113

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Toba Capital , the venture fund run by former Quest Software founder Vinny Smith, has backed reporting and analytics dashboard software developer Grow.com in a $16M Series B funding round. The funding also included Peterson Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Kickstart Seed Fund, and HubSpot.

Orange County 157

Orange County Capital Funding Seed Funding 157