L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 6, 2017

venture capitalists have formed Bonfire Ventures, a Brentwood VC firm focused on software for businesses. Two veteran L.A.

Venture Capital 173

Venture Capital Brentwood Software 173

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” I realized 18 months ago what the LA Business Journal just recognized last week. ” Numero uno. I was nowhere to be found.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Journal Invest Santa Monica 150

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 11, 2018

Venture capital investment to L.A. region falls again; Internet Brands to acquire lawyer search website Avvo; and SpaceX delays commercial crew test flights to latter half of 2018.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Internet Brands Invest Capital 100

L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

1, 2018 to become a managing principle of venture capital firm OCV Management. J2 Global Inc. of Hollywood announced on Thursday that Chief Executive Hemi Zucker will resign on Jan.

Venture Capital 159

Venture Capital Hollywood Capital 159

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 22, 2016

Kobe Bryant has launched a $100 million venture capital fund.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding 100

L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Timothy Draper has a history of funding some of the technology sector’s most prolific startups and now the venture capitalist is bringing his money to Los Angeles.

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Draper Venture Capital Los Angeles Funding 182

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 22, 2016

Kobe Bryant launches $100 million venture capital fund, L.A. Dodger announces second accelerator class, and SpaceX puts first vertical rocket landed on display in Hawthorne.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Capital Hawthorne Funding 100

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 12, 2017

Venture capital investment in Los Angeles drops, Honest Co. recalls baby powder, Snap Inc. sued for alleged patent infringement, and more.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Los Angeles Invest Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

My primary role was “chief psychologist&# and as I’ve learned over the past few years the same has been true as a VC. Once you’ve been around for a few years, attracted some great people, landed real, paying customers and raised venture capital you’ve likely got a talented team around you.

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Venture Capital Startup Sales Custom 319

L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 1, 2018

LA-Tokyo entertainment tech fund hires VC; EVgo reduces charging station prices; and Scalefast raises $8 million in Series A funding.

Venture Capital 124

Venture Capital Entertainment Funding Pricing 124

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2014

A recent analysis by the Wall Street Journal uncovers a surprising number of Southern California startups in the billion dollar valuation -- led by Hawthorne-based SpaceX , with a $4.8 billion dollar startups venture capital exit merger acquisition spacex snapchat beats' billion dollar valuation at its last round. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Snapchat SpaceX Startup 213

L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

J2 Global’s Hemi Zucker to step down, lead VC firm, Lockheed Martin ramps development of SR-72 at Palmdale’s Skunk Works and Snapchat launches sponsored World Lenses.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Snapchat Report Develop 100

TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a newsletter published every Saturday that dives into the week’s most noteworthy venture deals, fundraises, M&A transactions and trends. Finally, the wellness movement is taking over, driving VCs toward some odd upstarts. Let’s take a quick moment to catch up. Fundraising.

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Startup Venture Capital Newsletter Tips 223

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm DFJ Frontier has significantly bolstered the company''s team, saying Tuesday that it has added Merrill Brown --former founder of MSNBC--as a Venture Partner. DFJ Frontier said that Brown will be based in New York, and will work both on the East Coast and the Northwest.

Media 260

Media Journal Venture Capital Los Angeles 260

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

I mostly like to have coverage in the tech press where most of my customers (entrepreneurs) and business partners (other VCs) are. But I also need to address the other side of my customer base – the people who fund VCs (they are called LPs). Frankly, every VC’s, too. Perception = reality. They want validation.

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Blogging Journal Press Startup 309

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

We are a holistic health platform that approaches things as more of a holistic health medical journal — everything is backed by science.”. million in seed funding from Crosscut, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, and Female Founders Fund. What we are creating is less of a consumer magazine.

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Guide Research Journal Seed Funding 241

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

I have been on every end of the business in terms of journalism and publishing. For all those who want to talk about the fragmentation of media and the models for journalism is in trouble; it’s actually not. Journalism is stronger than ever, but the outlets are fragmented. But there is more journalism than ever.

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Journal Startup Writing Media 90

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

When those investors do open their wallets, they’re shunning risky investments in favor of what the Wall Street Journal called “the upper echelon of highly valued startups” such as Airbnb and WeWork. You could make a good case that these investors are taking the “venture” out of “venture capital.”

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Angel Entrepreneur Journal Venture Capital 66

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It’s been nearly a decade since Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Glenmont Mucker Management, doing business as Mucker Capital, launched its startup accelerator for fledgling tech companies.

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Santa Monica Startup Venture Capital Capital 204

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Handling PR with VCs. This is part of my series on How to Raise VC but could equally be filed under Startup Advice more generally. Just notice how many VC emails you get after your TechCrunch article or after you were on stage at TC50. In your VC pitch your PR page should take no longer than 30 seconds – Wait.

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Venture Capital Press News Startup 291

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She hasn’t raised any venture capital. It represents the great majority of entrepreneurship and eschews the fairytale rags-to-VC-riches stories we so often read about in the press. I blog on entrepreneurship & VC precisely because entrepreneurs and other VCs are my customers. That may soon change.

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Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Every tech or major news journal in the country is preparing to write their Snap, Inc (creators of Snapchat, Spectacles, etc) stories and many of them seem to want a “How does it feel to have missed this investment story.” My job as a VC isn’t to beat myself up or any other partner up for the one deal we didn’t do.

Snapchat 214

Snapchat Invest Technical Review Dollar Shave Club 214

Tech.Co

AUGUST 22, 2016

So when it comes to Kobe Bryant’s latest venture, let’s hope he can make it a slam dunk. That’s right, Kobe Bryant has just launched a brand new $100 million venture capital fund. Bryant hopes his entry into the venture capital game won’t ruffle any feathers, considering his competitive past.

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Venture Capital Journal Competition Invest 70

L.A. Business Journal

MAY 15, 2019

million in seed funding led by New York-based E&A Venture Capital. Burbank-based Shag Enterprises Inc, an artificial intelligence company that’s created a predictive platform for online ordering, announced on May 15 it raised $1.4

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Seed Funding Artificial Inteligence Platform Burbank 221

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

Adding to the confusion, the most-recent MoneyTree Report on San Diego venture capital activity shows that Ostendo raised almost $10 million in VC funding during the second quarter. It’s unclear, though, if the $41.8 million disclosed in a July 14 filing includes $27.3M

Technology 40

Technology Venture Capital Beverly Hills Funding 40

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2010

Along with is appointment as Athletic Director, USC said that Haden will receive a joint appointment in the USC Marshall School of Business, and with the USC Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism. Tags: haden private equity venture capital. Haden is currently on the boards of Tetra Tech and The Apothecary Shops.

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USC Equity Southern California Journal 150

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

The Glazed Conference will seek to bring in all the major players into the discussion including: Over $20bn funding on stage from Blue Chip Investors like Mayfield, Samsung Ventures, Rising Tide Ventures, DN Capital, KPCB, Quallcom Ventures, Spark Capital, Bloomberg Capital and Softtech VC.

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Conference Journal Capital Funding 111

Xconomy

JULY 17, 2020

In the second quarter, 16 of the top 25 largest early-stage venture capital deals were investments in life science companies. The figures come from the National Venture Capital Association and financial research firm Pitchbook.

Venture Capital 90

Venture Capital Invest Research Capital 90

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2009

Hollywood-based TheWrap.com , a new online news site focused on entertainment and media, said it launched today, backed by venture capital firm Maveron. Maveron is a Seattle-based venture capital firm headed by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and Dan Levitan. Amount of the financing from Maveron was not disclosed.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood News Journal Entertainment 100

L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 19, 2018

Underwriting for this round of funding was provided by Companion Fund, a $100 million pet-centered venture capital fund, as well as Struck Capital, TTV Capital and SWS Venture Capital. Eagle Rock’s Scratch Financial Inc., doing business as Scratchpay, announced June 19 that it received $6.4

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Funding Venture Capital Capital 149

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

In a proof that it's not all social media and e-commerce here in Southern California, number two ranking startup in The Wall Street Journal's ranking of the "Top 50 Startups" is none other than wireless hardware provider Xirrus , based in Thousand Oaks.

West Hollywood 145

West Hollywood Thousand Oaks Southern California Journal 145

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 31, 2020

Venture capital and private equity investment firm Draper Goren Holm has made its first investment since a major management move in December, leading a seed round for Costa Mesa-based LunarCrush Inc.

Draper 130

Draper Venture Capital Equity Invest 130

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 14, 2016

A previous firm of Kobe Bryant’s venture capital partner Jeff Stibel netted several lawsuits with its business practices.

.Net 246

.Net Venture Capital Capital 246

L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 19, 2019

Downtown headquartered venture capital firm Greycroft Partners led a $8 million Series A round for Austin, Texas-based human resources software developer Enboarder Inc.

Venture Capital 140

Venture Capital Resource Software Development Software 140

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I’m enjoying being a VC. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. So readers of tech journals gain a bias of the chances of success. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. Holy sh*t!!!

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 384

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

The Los Angeles Business Journal recently reported data compiled by SoCalTech.com showing that “L.A. According to the Wall Street Journal , these included Ooma founder Andrew Frame purchasing in Bel Air, and Facebook head of market development Matt Jacobson buying in Manhattan Beach. percent higher than those of last year.

Entertainment 108

Entertainment Santa Monica Journal Belkin 108

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel is reportedly moving his residence, as well as his venture capital firm and non-profit, to Los Angeles after expressing frustration with what he sees as Silicon Valley’s overwhelming liberal politics and diminishing opportunities for tech investing.

Los Angeles 174

Los Angeles Angel Venture Capital Report 174