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JULY 1, 2019

RealWear , a developer of helmet-mounted, wearable Android computers, has scored backing from San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , in a $80M funding, the company said this morning. Teradyne, Bose Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures LLC (QCOM), Kopin Corporation (KOPN), and investors from JPMorgan's (JPM) Private Bank. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

San Diego-based Global Village Concerns , which provides an online service which helps school with their branding and marketing--via online e-commerce shops with branded merchandise and gear--has raised ar round of debt funding. The funding came from Agility Capital, a provider of venture debt to startups and other high tech companies.

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JULY 8, 2013

San Diego-based Global Analytics , the operator of Zebit , a developer of lending and underwriting software, has raised $30M in a term debt facility, the company said Monday. Zebit currently operates a lending business in the UK, with plans to expand into other markets. The funding came from Crystal Financial LLC. in the financing.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based mobileStorm , the provider of mobile messaging and email marketing services headed by Jared Reitzin, has scored a venture debt funding, according to provider Agility Capital. Financial details of the funding and terms were not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Many first-time entrepreneurs find themselves unable to bootstrap their startups, and also unable to find early funding at the venture capital level or even with angel investors. These are the only people likely to believe in newbies, with only minimal product evidence or business experience.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

in funding in a combination of its Series A funding and venture debt. The funding came from Coinstar and Claremont Creek, along with venture debt from Silicon Valley Bank. ecoATM said the new funding will go towards commercialization and product launch. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Things have already plunged so quickly at the signal of a recession that insiders fear a lengthy bear market could hit crypto far more brutally than expected — tearing tokens to lows far below the highs of the 2017 bull run. million in its seed round from Keen Venture Partners, Yellow Accelerator and others. the week in web3.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen , Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Given SVBs market position, that is great news. The Playa Vista company is aggressively taking market share and could go public. Nonetheless, I expect that in 2019 the VC market will shift toward demanding profit.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Seth Levine of Foundry Group addresses this important topic this morning on his blog with a post, “ Has Convertible Debt Won ?&# I have to say that I didn’t take the question to mean that convertible debt had won for the entire market, but either way it’s clear that convertible debt has become an increasing trend.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Irvine-based Cove Financial Group , a financial startup developing alternative, mortgage funding products, said this morning that it has raised $10.4M The funding round came from an affiliate of Jacobs Asset Management, and included both preferred stock and convertible debt. The company also offers digital marketing technology.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 25, 2019

. “Cannabis will become a broad, mature industry just like any other, and if that is going to happen, there needs to be a debt structure that can support that,” Mancheril says. The biggest impediment to the industry’s growth is the one that Bespoke Financial wants to tackle first — and that’s access to debt.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 6, 2013

Jim Andelman, my Partner at Rincon Venture Partners , aptly describes the genesis of the Series A crunch, stating that: "Over the next 12-to-18 months, a lot of good companies that have been Seed financed are going to have a tough time raising a Series . There is a similar Darwinian aspect to venture capital investing.

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JUNE 16, 2009

Tustin, California-based Permlight Products , a developer of products for the LED-based lighting market, has raised $750,000 in a venture debt round, according to funding provider Agility Capital. Tags: permlight lighting energy venture debt capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2021

Also, don’t expect investor enthusiasm for your gambling site, porn site, gaming, or debt collection business. Investors are looking for a large and growing market, to offset the huge risk of funding a startup. Don’t expect a straight answer on your rejection reason from most angels or venture capital people.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The funding came from Miramar Venture Partners and CityHill Ventures. The firm also said it has received $200,000 in debt from Silicon Valley Bank. The funding will go towards development of its product line, distribution, and go-to-market and pilot programs. in a seed funding round, the firm said today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many first-time entrepreneurs find themselves unable to bootstrap their startups, and also unable to find early funding at the venture capital level or even with angel investors. These are the only people likely to believe in newbies, with only minimal product evidence or business experience.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The firm said the round, the first institutional funding for the firm, was made up of $14M in equity, $5M in mezzanine debt, and a $5M revolving line of credit. The equity funding came from Psilos Group, along with Capital Resource Partners, which also provided mezzanine debt to the firm.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

“What was cool about our financial management product was that we were trying to use Dave as a replacement for their current bank,” says Jason Wilk, Dave’s co-founder and chief executive. Dave’s products and services have a few advantages for customers that are just getting started on the path to financial security.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

in existing trade debt. The firm said the new funding will go to ramp up manufacturing of its products, as well as for sales and marketing efforts. Tags: vycon energy flywheel storage systems alternative venture capital. The firm said the investment included conversion of $6.5M of its existing convertible notes and $1.1M

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2018

This is especially true because incumbents now know how much is at stake when they let a startup get a huge head start in a market. I’ve had this at times in dealing with big companies like Facebook and Apple where we realized that going against the machine was going to be counter-productive. then go for it.

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MAY 30, 2012

If you're a startup business owner, how do you get to the next step, and build your first product? That's the idea behind a new startup, Fundable , headed by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter , which allows you to use rewards -- product, company schwag, an even equity -- as a tool to get your startup to the next stage.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Paul Graham’s assertion that “any startup founder can tell you the most common question they hear from investors is not about the founders or the product, but “who else is investing?&# The reason I have generally been against convertible debt is that historically it was a mechanism that avoided price.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

in a debt funding round, which came from Goldman Sachs and Atalaya Capital Management. The two, who provide "buy now pay later" financial products, said the funding will help it with expansion in the the U.S. payments market. Terms of that debt were not announced. announced this week that the two have raised $271.4M

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

Often when startups who have raised venture capital need another round of financing they will turn to their existing investors to give them money before raising from outsiders. It starts as a debt instrument (e.g. Maybe the market views this as not worth the price you paid?

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The reality is that most venture capitalists are not very venturesome. Thus, it is incumbent on entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into viable businesses before seeking venture funding. I recently was sent a Tweet from an aspiring entrepreneur which said, “I have a prototype but I need funding to bring it to market. I’m stuck.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2020

Then you don’t have to worry about the fact that most angel investors and venture capitalists won’t take a bet on you if none of your friends and family have given you a vote of confidence with money. In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest. Tie payments to your product or service revenue.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

We caught up with CEO Simon Anderson to learn more about the big debt funding round and how it came about, the complexities of providing founder liquidity in a bootstrapped company--and how the company is looking to use those funds to take the company to the next level. Our target market is entrepreneurs, creatives, and developers.

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JANUARY 15, 2009

Looking to make lemonade out of lemons, Los Angeles-based Internet leads firm LeadPoint said late Thursday that it has launched a new product to generate leads from homeowners looking for loan modifications. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

Financial capital – revenue, equity, debt, funding. Key sources of financial capital for any startup community must include friends and family, local angel investors, and venture capital access. Institutional capital – markets, system of laws, stability.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

So, if you are starting a beauty company, like Justine and I were with LovingEco, which was natural and organic products and skincare, lots of men just didn't understand why you would need organic skincare products, or why organic jeans were just much more sustainable, because of water use and all these other things.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. I can’t control the market. Private markets for stocks are the opposite.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

They have seen one side of a market where many of us have seen the ebb and flow multiple times. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. I spoke about a lot of things during the keynote.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

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AUGUST 16, 2013

Scott Morrow is an Internet and startup veteran, having run such companies as Oversee.net and ThisNext, and headed up product marketing for IAC/Citysearch. We''re privately owned, and we don''t disclose our financials, but we''re profitable, debt free, and growing. When did you get involved with the company?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. They also avoid Reg D. YOu should check it out.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. However, because of our marketing and how efficient we are, we're able to make it work. We were able to boot strap the company on only $800, and scaled it to millions in revenues without investment, because of the efficiency of our marketing.

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