socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Jason Calacanis , CEO of Santa Monica-based Internet search site Mahalo , has signed on several angels for his new angel group, the Open Angel Forum - Los Angeles. Tags: jason calacanis mahalo angel investment venture capital keiretsu forum openangel executive.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2010

The Open Angel Forum , the new angel investment group run by Mahalo's Jason Calacanis , is expanding into Colorado with a new event, the group said Friday. The Colorado chapter is being headed up by David Cohen of TechStars , a Boulder-based incubator and Internet seed investment effort by local Colorado angels and venture investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

When I described to people why I initially invested my calls went something like this, “He’s taken kicks to the face for nearly 2 years and is still standing. I was sick of hyperbole articles pronouncing that VCs were “scared or AngelList&# or “it was disrupting VC&# or some other BS exaggeration like that.

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socalTECH

MAY 26, 2010

The Open Angel Forum , the new angel investment group started by Mahalo's Jason Calacanis, has set its eyes on Boston for a new chapter of the group. Tags: open angel forum jason calacanis investment venture capital boston.

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2010

is an investment of GRP's Mark Suster, who hosts This Week in Venture Capital along with Mahalo's Jason Calacanis. The deal was announced by Sean Pervical, Director Content Socialization for MySpace, who also runs LA technology blog Lalawag; Ad.ly Suster also runs Launchpad LA.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2011

The Open Angel Forum , the angel investment group started by Mahalo's Jason Calacanis, is looking to expand, according to the group. The group said Wednesday that it is looking to add five more chapters on top of existing chapters in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Boulder, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, London and Seattle.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Docstoc, Ken Rutkowski of MeTAL, Mark Suster of Upfront, Jason Calacanis of Mahalo--but we had to pass them up, too, in favor of some of the new folks to the scene. Internap , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Demand Media , Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , Oracle , Cresa Partners , UK Trade & Investment , PIXT , and many others.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We are also home to DemandMedia (Richard Rosenblatt) and Mahalo (Jason Calacanis). We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle). We have accomplished much yet have much work to do.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles. There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California. In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments. Opportunity #3 – There is Plenty of Capital for Great Team/Products.

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From the Venture Trenches

MAY 21, 2013

This is particularly true if you have never raised investment capital before and do not have a record of exists like Calacanis. Because of his persona and reputation a bigger perceived risk for an investor is not having a chance to invest in the business at all.

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