socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2013

Venture capital investments saw a sharp drop in Q1 in Southern California, according to the latest venture numbers from the MoneyTree report. invested in 81 deals in the Southern California region in Q1 of 2013, down from Q4, when there was $674.2M The local drop in investment was across the board. was invested in 55 deals.

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Southern California Invest Orange County Venture Capital 140

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APRIL 18, 2010

I’m not a shareholder and I’m not even actively looking at making an investment. I was recently over at the Mahalo offices in Santa Monica and I noticed that they had a great big screen TV with Chartbeat displaying their traffic data. In fact, I’m surprised by how antiquated Google Analytics feels.

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Blogging Google Screening Mahalo 287

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

There is a mythology amongst some LPs (funds that invest in VCs) and some VCs that “entry price doesn’t matter – only investing in the absolute best entrepreneurs.” Being a radar screen of a buyer helps. ” That’s b t. People justify winners after the fact. They say the same about VC.

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Startup Technology Venture Capital Santa Barbara 323

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

We dropped in recently, and found a screening session for the Tech Coast Angels; a number of former StartEngine, MuckerLab, and LaunchpadLA startups in residence; not more than a few startup founders wandering the halls; and a long list of upcoming technology networking events on the calendar. We just see so much potential.

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Google Tech Coast Angels Screening Santa Monica 253

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 -- Angel Investing - Demystified. In the current economic and venture capital climate, angel investment is an increasingly important component of the start-up capital structure. Angel networks, where high-net-worth individuals come together to screen and vet deals, are the source of much of this funding.

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Invest Angel Tech Coast Angels Southern California 100

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APRIL 30, 2011

We are investing heavily in these changes. But I can tell you as my firm invested in Overture who created the category of pay-per-search that Google perfected – our company underwent three years of ridicule in Silicon Valley until people looked at the performance data and realized that efficacy matters.

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Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The Tech Coast Angels , Southern California's most active , organized angel investment group, has a goal: cut down the time it takes to fund a startup presenting to the organization.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Funding 168

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

But as we’ve all gotten used to the standard “banner&# across the top of our screens or the “sky scraper&# along the right-hand side we’ve trained ourselves not to look there any longer. The standards were set by the IAB ( Interactive Advertising Bureau ), which was founded in 1996. It certainly resonates with me.

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Media Advertising Screening Content 288

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

When computers moved from “green screens” to Windows we – the educated, young, technophiles – easily grasped the concept. It was hard to imagine customer service reps who had learned every keystroke short-cut by heart on a green screen and weren’t eager to embrace the obvious future.

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Product Design Technical Review Screening 408

socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based RadPad , which develops a mobile app which helps connect renters and landlords, announced this morning that it has raised $1M in additional capital, from Deep Fork Capital, Post Investments, Michael Huffington, and Brian Lee (BAM Ventures & Honest Co.), along with others. The startup is led by Jonathan Eppers.

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Screening Mobile Los Angeles Capital 199

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JANUARY 16, 2013

It’s the first EIR that we’ve had in the years that I’ve been with the firm and I hope will be the start of our investment in this program. We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. Sam had different plans.

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Startup Course Ideas Invest 372

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AUGUST 8, 2009

Most of them are telling you that they just need to see a bit of traction before they’d be prepared to invest. Investors are giving you a version of the “soft no,&# which basically means that they’re not prepared to invest now. After more than a year of updates I pulled the trigger and invested.

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Venture Capital Guide Startup Technical Review 309

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. As an angel you can look for the social proof in deals “Dave Morin is investing …” to make your decision. Less investments, more active. Social proof can be helpful. This is what leads do.

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Venture Capital Invest Course Technical Review 356

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Frank takes a look at the angel investing process, and thinks about how to make it better: There must be a better way. If I'm such a smart guy why can't I make any money at angel investing? Tags: angel peters investing opinions insights frank. I suspect there are fundamental problems with the way I've been going about it.

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Screening Tech Coast Angels .Net Invest 100

socalTECH

MAY 31, 2012

RealD said that HNA Group will install RealD's 3D technology on up to 500 cinema screens across a newly formed cinema circuit, HNA Vigor Film Investment. RealD said the deal places the firm's future commitments to 1,250 screens in that country, on top of a current 650 cinema screens installed. READ MORE>>.

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Screening Los Angeles Report Invest 140

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Financial details of the investment were not announced. Nexon said the investment will go towards developing games based on Robotoki's multi-screen, cross-platform games. Robotoki , a Los Angeles-based game developer headed by Robert Bowling, formerly working on Call of Duty, has raised a funding round from NEXON Co.,

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Funding Screening Platform Los Angeles 164

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems , a developer of real estate investment management and property management software, said late Tuesday that it has acquired RentGrow , a developer of resident screening services for the property management industry. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara Screening Acquisition Software 145

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

They want Netflix to address a list of demands in the categories of content investment, employee relations and safety, and harm reduction. I want to say that we are deeply committed to inclusion on screen and behind the camera and in our workplace,” Sarandos told the Hollywood Reporter. brb walking out.

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Netflix Demand Content Hollywood 300

socalTECH

JULY 14, 2009

The bulk of all professional Venture Capital is managed out of offices based in Silicon Valley and most of these fund managers like to invest close to home. So how does an entrepreneur based in SoCal get the attention of VC funds today?

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Venture Capital Southern California Invest Tech Coast Angels 100

socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based The Gores Group , the private equity investment firm, reported this morning that it has completed its acquisition of touch screen technology provider TE Connectivity. The deal was worth $380M in cash. Elo Touch was based in Menlo Park, California. Gores said that Elo Touch Solutions had sales of $413M in fiscal 2011.

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Screening Company Companies Equity 140

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JUNE 29, 2017

Upfront VI is our latest core fund and is $400 million to invest in early stage entrepreneurs. LPs (the people who invest in VC firms) have clearly voted in favor of LA with the creation of 15+ new early-stage venture firms and the continued growth is size and team of the great larger firms that are well established.

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Funding Venture Capital Santa Monica Invest 287

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. Prepare an investment-grade business plan.

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Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

RealD said it has signed an agreement with SHIMAO Cinema Investment Company Limited, to install its technology in 100 cinema screens in China. RealD said SHIMAO has the option to increase the number of its installations, to up to 500 screens. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed.

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Screening Los Angeles Report Invest 124

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JANUARY 28, 2012

The power of large screen real estate. I think many recent companies make the mistake of not investing enough in web products, if they invest anything at all. So I thought I’d try a different approach and reword Fred’s title and call it “Web Second, Mobile First.” The power of a keyboard.

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Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

What happened with smart phones, is consumers are buying more and more applications, but a screen can only fit a dozen icons. What we find, especially in the mobile world, is you've only got one or two screens to get a consumer to make a purchase, before they abandon the visit. We're really headed for three screens.

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Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

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MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. There is one source that was always problematic for me – intros from investment bankers. Big difference.]. Big difference.].

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Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

Berkonomics

JULY 17, 2014

Sometimes, you will have an opportunity to present to several levels of an investor organization, from first prescreening, to a screening session with many present, to the final meeting of the members or partners. Plan to incorporate the appropriate responses to earlier questions in the presentation to avoid those being repeated.

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Screening Venture Capital Resource Email 214

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Consumer spending is 70% of the economy and will continue to be stretched – We can look all we want at tech innovation, VC funding cycles and hot M&A deals, but ultimately growth and therefore investment must be underpinned by revenue. So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii.

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Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

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JANUARY 31, 2010

Nobody wants to read your text on a big screen. Sending out a follow up deck with a lot of images is silly – no one remembers the “meat.&# But writing lots of words on a slide you put up on a big screen so that later people will be able to understand what you said is also suboptimal. Far more expedient. Big pet peeve.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Despite the proliferation of entrepreneurial courses within Business Administration programs, business schools are essentially vocational training grounds for consultants and investment bankers. Entrepreneurs should leverage the screening performed by B-schools and not dismiss MBA applicants outright. Look For MBA Outliers.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Case Study Class 279

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

We're helping Los Angeles-based StartEngine screen possible startups this Wednesday at their offices all day. StartEngine is the startup accelerator headed by Howard Marks , the co-founder of Activision, which invests up to $20,000 in startups and helps them build their businesses through a 90 day mentoring program. READ MORE>>.

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Activision Screening Mentor Los Angeles 147

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JULY 25, 2010

Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California. Nowhere is social proof more prevalent than in angel investing. From there Rob decided to make a small investment.

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Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

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MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers. Big difference.]. ” Fair play.

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Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

According to GumGum Sports, its analysis found that the stadium wall below the stands--which was unsold, with no sponsor logo present--could have netted a sponsor $1M per match in value, and given a World Cup partner the greatest return on investment of any sponsorship placement. Women's National Team matches. READ MORE>>.

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Artificial Inteligence Screening Santa Monica .Net 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2011

According to TaskRabbit, Eisner has agreed to become an advisor to the company, and also invested in the company via The Tornante Company , his investment firm. Eisner joined lead investor LightSpeed Venture Partners and Allen & Company in the $17.8M, Series B funding round.

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Screening Invest Help Funding 133

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JUNE 12, 2013

But less as a complaint and more as advice to younger networkers, the more you invest in relationships the more you will get when you need. And sometimes I feel happy to help somebody even when we’re just getting to know each other. That happened yesterday with a nice lady who moved to LA last year. I wrote about there here.

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Venture Capital Press GRP Partners Blogging 407

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

That's what I thought 3 years ago when the Tech Coast Angels screened BikeStation. Maybe if I applied more discretion to my investments I'd see better results; so I thought at the time. Today 3 years later, I have a much greater appreciation of BikeStation and the work they do.

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Tech Coast Angels High Tech Satisfaction Screening 170