Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Even then private market investors can paper over valuation changes by investing at the same price but with more structure so it’s hard to understand the “headline valuation.” No blog post about how Tiger is crushing everybody because it’s deploying all its capital in 1-year while “suckers” are investing over 3-years can change this reality.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

We hired IP specialists to review prior art. We grilled their IP attorneys. He was doubling down on his investment and also gave me a great lay of the land on handicapping how all of the other seed investors saw the company. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? It was impressive.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

But in my experience as an entrepreneur and now spending my time amongst investors I can generalize that almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. If I feel a priori that the CEO can’t cut it I’m highly unlikely to invest.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. We have invested $17.3 One measure of CincyTech’s overall impact is that in 2013, its portfolio companies represent 80% of total seed and early stage capital invested in Southwest Ohio.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Grade A Entrepreneurs , September 5, 2010 Why Krispy Kreme failed in Australia - Start Up Blog , November 3, 2010 Mellow Johnny’s: Retail Stores as Community Hubs - IDDICTIVE.COM , July 14, 2010 Is crowdfunding an option for my business?

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

At Upfront, our partners have been fortunate enough to be part of 18 companies that have reached north of $1 billion and the average tenure of an investment that exits at this scale is more than 10 years. 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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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

San Diego-based CyberFlow Analytics has raised $2M in a seed round of funding, to go towards its software for protecting corporate IP from corporate espionage and malware. The company said it will use the investment to commercialize its security technology. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Investment in training, adherence to process, global knowledge sharing systems, quality control / partner reviews and campus recruitment programs that attracted the right talent. It’s why as an investor I look for talented teams with long-term vision, a unique point-of-view, differentiated IP and a desire to build something enduring.

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Technical Review Marketing IP Outsource Development 302

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. For a very small fee they can get your Delaware C corp registration, make sure that you have IP protection and ensure you didn’t make an early bumbling mistakes that you’ll pay for dearly in the next 7-10 years of hard work.

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Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Middle Market Investment Banking. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP portfolio management - U.S. Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies.

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Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Customer Acquisition – social media, SEO, SEM, etc Economies of Scale – not as big a barrier in web world Investment – little to none required to get started Pricing – free or freemium makes trial simple Distribution – syndication and APIs make partnering easier IP – in general the battle has been over users and less on IP many more (please comment (..)

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Los Angeles-based Gaikai , the streaming game service run by David Perry, is one of seven software companies which Intel announced it had made investments in today, for a total of $24M invested by the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else read the document. Because I invest in “ lines, not dots ” it’s actually the delta that I’m investing in.

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Funding Venture Capital IP Email 239

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2012

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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Lakewood Malibu IP Research 140

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

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. If you have a market lead then raising capital and making investments now will help you as others enter the market. ” The Details.

Startup 418

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. What is your VoIP service all about, and how is this different from what seems to be lots of Voice over IP service providers? Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Most investors wait to see who else is investing. &# Social Proof&# weighs heavily on investors in making their decisions. Paul Graham’s assertion that “any startup founder can tell you the most common question they hear from investors is not about the founders or the product, but “who else is investing?&#

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Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review Startup 286

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Middle Market Investment Banking. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP portfolio management - U.S. Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies.

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2019

San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , the venture investment arm of Qualcomm, is one of the new investors in Silicon Valley-based RISC processor developer SiFive. SiFive develops RISC-V processor IP and silicon; the company says it has now raised a total of $125M. SiFive said last week that it has raised $65.4M READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Designed to be a collaborative startup company incubator alongside corporate partners, Launchpad focuses on developing new consumer tech businesses focused on M13’s main investment areas: health, food, transportation, and housing. M13, for its part, is developing a strong team of women partners who are investing at the firm.

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Startup Incubator Los Angeles IP 178

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Middle Market Investment Banking. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP portfolio management - U.S. Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies.

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2009

in a Series A funding round, for the firm's voice-over-IP services. According to XCast, the funding includes an investment by Siemer and Associates, as well as Frontera Capital and the Pasadena Angels. Los Angeles-based XCast Labs is announcing this morning that it has raised $2.7M

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2009

in a Series A funding round, for the firm's voice-over-IP services. According to XCast, the funding includes an investment by Siemer and Associates, as well as Frontera Capital and the Pasadena Angels. Los Angeles-based XCast Labs is announcing this morning that it has raised $2.4M

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

For years, AT&T invested more than $1.9 billion Investment. billion Investment. McNeely said,“I’m proud of the investment AT&T continues to make in California. Toebben added that this investment by AT&T will help more people and businesses stay connected in today’s fast-moving technological world.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2012

We have one, major original IP game in development, and a couple of weeks ago we announced a publishing deal with Zynga to publish our new game on Facebook and Zynga's own platform. We started working on the new IP, and that's the game we announced the deal with Zynga on. We spoke with CEO Michael Witz about the company.

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IP PHP Design Startup 217

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 26, 2016

Belkin said it will transfer its IP, staff, and non-monetary assets into Phyn, with Uponor investing $15M for a minority stake in the company. Wemo Water is a water sensing device, which uses a single connection in the home to sense water usage across the home. Belkin will own 62.5

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

“The way I look at it… a lot of it is going to be like any kind of content studio,” says Peter Rojas, a partner at the New York investment firm Betaworks Ventures. “We understand how much money you can make from the IP. ” Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

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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Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2009

The deal is worth $63M after accounting for Catapult's cash and investments. Ixia said the acquisition will complement its IP performance test systems and service verification products. According to Ixia, it will pay $9.25 per share in cash for publicly traded Catapult, or approximately $105M.

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Calabasas IP Acquisition Networking 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 1, 2009

They will join those representing the investment community and entrepreneurs on a panel discussion about 'Common mistakes entrepreneurs make regarding intellectual property'. The workshop will include case studies on how these subjects are utilized to protect actual products or services.

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Case Study SoCal Southern California IP 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Patents IP Social Media 145

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

The other thing we do is continue to invest in products and build really new, innovative technology in the markets we already serve. They are IP acquisitions with some amount of channel and product, and are really meant as an IP acquisition into our core platform. We always like to buy companies like Anue.

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Acquisition IP Networking Marketing 173

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. The magic that is Silicon Valley is that every tech entrepreneur who has made a bit of money chooses to “recycle&# it by investing back into the startup community. They’re doing stuff – just not enough. Seattle has its patrons.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2018

Comcast led our investment round, and the former CFO of Dreamworks joined us soon after. Investing along with Comcast was a Chinese theme park operator, Songcheng, which has the second largest theme park in China with north of 25 million guests. About two and a half years ago, we spun out of Dreamworks.

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Entertainment Santa Monica IP Startup 180

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2010

We're also very much marching down the path of IP reputation as well. Because Webroot was looking to bring that technology in-house, and own their own IP, they were looking for the best-of-breed product, and BrightCloud fit that criteria on both fronts. You'd mentioned you had some investors?

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San Diego IP Acquisition Web 145

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Offer tools to allow content producers to build their own websites & mobile apps.

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Networking Media Content Customer 366

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

We can tell that they're using a voice-over-IP phone number or prepaid mobile phone, and we might not allow them to register because their experience is that a majority of their fraudulent activity comes from those type of phone numbers. One of the partners, Greg Goldfarb, was really excited about Telesign. I was introduced to the founders.

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Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238