socalTECH
OCTOBER 5, 2009
Jason Calacanis , CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com and co-producer of the TechCrunch50 conference--not known for pulling his punches--publicly targeted angel group The Keiretsu Forum today for their presentation fees. In Calacanis' personal blog, he called for bloggers to launch a public campaign against Keiretsu.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 13, 2009
A personal campaign by Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com 's CEO, Jason Calacanis, to put pressure on for-profit angel investment firms to stop charging entrepreneurs to pitch, has ramped up, as Calacanis said Tuesday that he has been informed that Keiretsu Forum is filing a lawsuit against him.
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socalTECH
APRIL 25, 2013
The firm said the funding came from 37 Technology Ventures, Jackrel Ventures , Tech Coast Angels , Maverick Angels , Keiretsu Forum , and other angels. evconnect connect funding venture capital electric vehicle cleantech energy' Size of that funding was not disclosed. The firm is led by Jordan Ramer. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Calacanis--who started the group as an outgrowth of his crusade against pay-to-pitch angel groups like The Keiretsu Forum--said in his blog today that he has signed up Matt Coffin , Sky Dayton , and Bill Woodward as members of his group.
socalTECH
MARCH 20, 2013
Rady Venture Fund , the student run venture capital fund run by students at UC San Diego's Rady School of Management, also participated, in addition to the Keiretsu Forum , the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) and the North Texas Angel Network (NTAN).
socalTECH
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Los Angeles-based Draper Goren Holm , a new venture capital fund founded by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25M in its very first fund. According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 15, 2014
Luckily since then we elected Mayor Eric Garcetti who understands the importance of startups and of technology and venture capital on job creation. It’s no wonder hundreds of jobs migrated. But we still need more funds. No – I’m not worried about the competition. We’ll win our fair share of deals.
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