Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

As a result that company is now as valuable as Invoca ( last round raised >$70 million ) so Jason ended up with two very valuable equity positions and has now raised an early-stage seed fund. Some start, some scale, some can do both.

Venture Capital 223

Venture Capital IP Startup Google 223

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

These tensions seep out in some angels or seed funds publicly or semi-privately deriding later-stage VCs for their “bad” behavior. But with the massive growth of seed funds being raised and the huge value increase of prorata rights many more LPs have stepped in to take their VC (industry term is GP) position.

Guide 336

Guide Venture Capital Startup Writing 336

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

We seed funded a company a few years ago called Parachute Home that has grown 180% CAGR (compounded annually) and is now doing tens of millions of revenue with very little capital raised. The press around the Parachute Home Hotel itself was worth the effort of having created it. even a DTC company?—?if

Product 296

Product Course Customer Custom 296

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

I told David, “Look at the changes we’ve seen in the VC / funding market. The whole movement to seed funds / early investments happened for a reason. I just read their press release and found out that they went one step further. He was the guy I wanted but couldn’t afford. Until just now.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles GRP Partners 299

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Talk about your funding? Our seed funding was more friends and family, and our Series A was led by Upfront. What was the hardest of getting the venture funding for you? They are pressing us to move as fast as we can. We provide the whole solution. Lior Elazary: We're venture backed.

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Westlake Village Startup Commerce Seed Funding 113

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2015

Good news, Fixed , the San Francisco app that helps drivers fight tickets has just launched in Los Angeles after raising an additional $650,000 in seed funding last February. Yeah, purposefully vague. Fixed claims that 50% of tickets are dismissed when challenged. You know it is bad when the mayor has to refund fake parking tickets.

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Los Angeles Angel Software Review Seed Funding 40

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

With top-ranked accelerators Lauchpad LA closing its doors and Y Combinator rebranding itself as a seed fund, it seems fair to ask the question, “Are Accelerators Dead?”. Provide High Impact Exposure Beyond Your Hometown Press. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.

Startup 100

Startup Class LAMP Santa Barbara 100

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

On average, not including our internal friends, every user who joins the site is inviting four new friends, and we haven't done any marketing except a press release. Can you talk about how your company is funded? Michael Wong: We're with StartEngine, and have received a small amount of seed funding from them.

CTO Coach 223

CTO Coach Startup Mobile Artificial Inteligence 223

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

We're on our third fund, and are now investing out of that fund. We have had a relatively consistent pattern of successfully raising follow on funding for our companies. We have a very high percentage of companies who have raised seed funding, and that percentage has only increased over time. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Entrepreneur Funding Incubator 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

in initial seed funding for an early stage company. How tough was it to start up a new fund? Verve we coinvested with the Associated Press, and they're up and running and aggressively growing the de-facto, standard mobile CMS for the newspaper industry. Brian Garrett: Fundraising was absolutely brutal, and still is.

Southern California 153

Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

You will learn about running board meetings, setting up the ultimate financial plan, leading a team from the top, dealing with the press, raising capital, etc. If you think about your career move as a “two-step process” then nothing sets you up to be the CEO of a better tech company than having already been CEO once.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital IP 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2018

While I tell founders not to let the lemons get to them I also have to remind people that “It only takes one yes to have a successful fund-raising round!” Founders read the tech press every day filled with stories about these $20 million fund-raisings by this firm and that firm and it sounds like everybody else is doing it except for you.

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Press Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 232

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

You raised your seed funds. You got your tech press and your parents are proud. You build a team, ship your product, more tech press, more funding. Our inner script is heroic and the struggles are mere battle scars on the inevitable journey to slay King Joffrey. But reality sets in after the first few battles.

Startup 371

Startup Press Blogging Entrepreneur 371

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Contrary to some press reporting, the boom in startups, the creation of accelerators and seed funds as well as the deserved popularity of AngelList do not signal doom for our industry. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I learned how to get press coverage when we were no longer “hot.&# I learned how to manage costs effectively. But the firm that funded my first startup was loyal to me for having stuck around in what they knew to be pretty tough times and having suffered much dilution. I was loyal to this group of people and still am.

Startup 285

Startup Venture Capital Sales Software Review 285

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

.&# One hour I might be spending time working with customers and partners, the next day raising capital, the day after that working on product vision and the next hour talking to the press. Companies need to be careful when doing such a transition. As with any growing company, it will most certainly continue to be a roller coaster ride.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40