socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
Startups related to the many University of California campuses in Southern California may soon have a new source of funding: The University of California itself, via a new, $250M venture capital. The fund would seek to invest in companies started on campus, from University research, and from students. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MARCH 29, 2017
The funding was led by Brace Pharma Capital, an also included NS Investment, Osage University Partners and Alexandria Venture Investments, plus Canaan Partners and Sofinnova Ventures. Vinzenz Ploerer of Brace Pharma has joined the company's board with the new funding. READ MORE>>.
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socalTECH
MARCH 12, 2019
Two people associated with Southern California's high tech investment and startup industry have been named as part of the far reaching investigation into a college admissions scandal , which named Hollywood actresses, CEOs, coaches at USC, UCLA, and UCSD, as well as many others. According to a complaint filed by the U.S.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2021
The thesis is that before investing in an early-stage startup it is close to impossible to know which of the deals you did will break out to the upside. This is Venture Capital. You’ll find engineers out of MIT, Stanford, Harvard, UCSD, Caltech or execs out of UCLA, Spelman, NYU, etc. Venture is a numbers game.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I had to laugh a bit reading it. So back to MBAs.
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 25, 2011
Mark Suster is a 2x entrepreneur who has gone to the Dark Side of VC. Mark is a UCSD graduate and writes one of the best startup blogs on the Internet. Come hear him talk about about SoCal startups, entrepreneurship and the investment scene. He focuses on early-stage technology companies. See [link] (more)
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 25, 2014
The venture capital firm that bears his name. Investment Partner Megan Quinn weighed in publicly. So if you need any proof that Perkins has no connection to his former firm if an investment partner hasn’t even met him he clearly doesn’t cast a long shadow over the firm. Tech Market Analysis VC Industry'
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