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What Did I Learn From the First VC Check I Ever Wrote?

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Bank as well as many startups like Gusto and MakeSpace and innumerable massive clients that weren’t on my approved list of clients I could disclose ;) but we partner with Google, Adobe, Salesforce and many others. We have invested in every round and as a result our ownership has actually gone up over time. Over the past 2.5

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How Catalog Is Helping SMBs Compete Against Big Brands

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We caught up with Catalog's co-founder and CEO Patrick Ip , along with co-founder Jacobo Lumbreras , to learn more about the startup. Patrick Ip: My background is I spent the last three years at Google, working on advertiser retention for small and medium businesses. Patrick Ip: As we mentioned, we raised $1.5M

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MalibuIQ, HRL Team On Commercialization Effort

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Malibu-based MalibuIQ and HRL Laboratories , the former research and development arm of Hughes Aircraft which was previously known as Hughes Research Laboratories, said Tuesday that they have tied together to commercialize inventions and IP from HRL. Size of the investment was not disclosed. Plant, and General Motors Holdings LLC.

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How to Use Generative AI and LLMs to Improve Search

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This enables internal users to swiftly find answers to queries such as "What is our internal IP address?" It gives stakeholders an opportunity to assess the benefits and challenges before making additional investment on iterative improvements. or "How can I modify my direct deposit account?"

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Interview with Wes Nichols, MarketShare

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We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments. Dominique Hanssens, who is a prominent UCLA professor and specialist in the area of market response models.

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Science37: Using Technology To Enable Remote, Clinical Trials, with Belinda Tan

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The company is backed by more than $67M in funding from such investors as Glynn Capital Management, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Amgen Ventures, Lux Capital, Redmile Group, dRx Capital (a Qualcomm and Novartis joint investment company), and Sanofi Ventures. We see you have the backing of Google?

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital? Acquired by Google for $700mm in cash. TechCrunch.