Xconomy

JUNE 19, 2018

CrowdStrike , a Silicon Valley cybersecurity company that fends off hackers by patrolling the edge devices connected to a network, announced today it raised $200 million in a financing round that sets the company’s valuation at more than $3 billion. CrowdStrike’s Series E financing round was led by General.

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Report Web Mobile Activity 49

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Some have made the model work.

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

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. This was the first in her string of web properties. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. That may soon change.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

They were stark in that he had just sold his company to Microsoft for a reported $1.2 We once thought nobody could unseat Google since all inbound traffic to the web came from them. I remember a discussion with an older VC who told me that in the early 90′s they wondered whether the VC industry had a future.

Technical Review 299

Technical Review Venture Capital Yammer Google 299

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. The VC partner, somebody I greatly respect said, “Yeah, we like Gil and what they’re doing. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). clearly didn’t cause this.” How it happens.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I need to take some VC meetings. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. I re-connected with Andy Liu the founder & CEO of BuddyTV – the largest destination for social TV enthusiasts on the web.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Accepted participants will receive $120,000 in investment capital to develop their ideas, along with mentor support from top Disney executives, including Chairman and CEO Robert A. Another interesting tidbit: participants will have access to stories, characters, technology, and other resources from across The Walt Disney Company.

Entertainment 102

Entertainment Santa Monica Ideas Mentor 102

Frank Addante

AUGUST 29, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ▼ August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Capital Startup Outsource Development 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Final le web london (june 2013) from Mark Suster. Network Up. Venture capital will be easy and then hard. But the key drivers: un / under-employment, personal & governmental debt, globalization, resource scarcity, transparency & shifting demographics will mean collaborative networks will form throughout our life.

Marketing 361

Marketing Course Pricing Networking 361

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Venture capital for innovators. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com).

SoCalTech 127

SoCalTech Advertising Rustic Canyon Glendale 127

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

Wil--who has previously been involved in such starutps as Affordit, GotCast, GoBig Network, and several others--sat down with us to talk about his new startup. You and I live in the startup, angel, and venture capital world, but most companies have nothing to do with the traditional angel or venture capital ecosystem.

Startup 223

Startup Equity Venture Capital Ideas 223

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

First, I believe that Seesmic has an excellent product – especially the web version of their product and that having another senior and experienced exec like Loic Le Meur would be great for Twitter. would be “multi-stream&# ad network (e.g. 2) I also clarified that the strategy of Ad.ly

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Develop Development Conference 287

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Technology. Advertisers.

Orange County 113

Orange County Southern California IP Glendale 113

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. I'm Tired of Creating Your Content - Babbling VC , November 12, 2010 Jeff triggered this post in regards to his Check-in Fatigue on Foursquare.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Peter Marx: I started in the technology industry by writing software for imaging microscopes--looking at things like cell populations using early CCD cameras and understanding cell morphology; working on video compression; working on networking stuff and software for early digital telephony like ISDN and on forward.

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Los Angeles Technology Startup Examples 203

Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

It’s not that often in a VC career you get to work with teams you’re sure will be featured in documentaries about how major industries changed,” wrote Matt Ocko of Data Collective Venture Capital , which joined DFJ in Nervana’s initial venture funding.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Framework Venture Capital 40

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2017

The world of mobile apps has added serious challenges for software developers, who don't just have to deal with crashes�they have to deal with slow performance, strange hangs, multiple carrier networks, and more. More importantly, the tools that already exist on the web, just don't exist on mobile.

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Mobile Develop Development Tool 178

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

When I first got into VC I decided I better have some investment themes. We now know that the medium has changed the news industry leading to blogs, real-time reporting, integration of text and video, two-way discussions, stories surfaced based on what your friends are reading, etc. “People still want calls …&#.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report. million in angel and venture capital.

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Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

I asked him if he’d be willing to allow me to interview him for This Week in VC and we filmed it in the offices of Stack Overflow – his new company. The program manager was the key person at the center of the product, yet wouldn’t have anyone reporting to him/her. There is no perfect structure. Distinct Communities.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

(there’s a great story from Jonah in the video but you have to watch to hear it :)) But it’s undeniable that it has become a digital media powerhouse having raised around $500 million in capital with a valuation reported at $1.7 billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million).

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. 9:00 – 10:30pm – cocktail reception and networking.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

There are trade publications such as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline at one end, and gossip celebrity news at the other end. It really showed me how you can leverage the power of an online platform for marketers, helping to convince marketers that leveraging the web was a good way to spend and invest their money.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mobile Web America, Inc. Early-stage companies in the web, mobile and ecommerce space are encouraged to apply for the program which completes four cycles per year, culminating in Demo Days that are attended by the region’s top angel investors and VCs. It’s a clutter-free, haggle-free, hassle-free solution to self storage.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

First, we’d like to thank our exhibitors, sponsors, and venue (Dave and Buster’s Westchester) for supporting the all-encompasing day of industry insights and networking. Today, the conversation on Cleantech with a panel of entreprenurs, doing work as local VC’s, university, incubators, and startups.

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UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

We saw that the company was starting to have some potential to take venture capital, and got a little more involved, recognizing the need to step up management. The board asked me to jump in, and I did, working with Ted Alexander and Jim Armstrong, of Mission Ventures and Clearstone Ventures, respectively. So we jumped.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

Startup 40

Startup Competition Venture Capital Advertising 40

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Advertising Email 40

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

Google 40

Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Sand Hill Road has so many venture capital firms and they are so large, and they have been around for so long and they are very closely coupled and tied with Stanford [University]. Report Content February 27, 2010 at 11:05am by Antone Johnson Great interview. And what happened in L.A. is--were not Sand Hill Road, right?

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Frank Addante

JULY 30, 2007

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Advertising 40

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 5, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Develop Development Product 40