Silicon Beach Report April 12: L.A. Seed Funding up from Q1 2017
L.A. Business Journal
APRIL 12, 2018
seed funding up from Q1 2017; Amazon drops price of Ring Doorbell; Former Sony CEO Andrew House joins KEYPR’s advisory board.
Understanding a VC’s Seed Funding Policy is Critical
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 1, 2010
There has been much discussion about VCs doing seed funding in the past year. I’ve written about it myself (Is VC Seed Funding Dead?) and (Is There Really a Signaling Problem with VC Seed Funding?). Knowing What the Seed Funding Policy of your VC is. Short summary of my posts: 1.
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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. Across more than 10 years we have kept the size of our Seed investments between $2–3.5
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How Halla Is Using AI To Personalize Food, With Spencer Price
socalTECH
JULY 10, 2019
in seed funding, from E&A Venture Capital and SOSV. We spoke with CEO and co-founder Spencer Price to learn more about the company. Spencer Price: Halla is the only software company to dynamically profile human tastes so we can help people make better choices. Spencer Price: That's a fair question.
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FIGS Surges In IPO Debut
socalTECH
MAY 28, 2021
Los Angeles-based FIGS, which makes medical scrubs and other apparel, has surged in its IPO debut, pricing on Wednesday night at $22 a share, and ending Thursday up 36% in its debut to 30.02. The IPO priced above an earlier estimated IPO price of $16.00 The IPO raised $1.02
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TrackStreet Takes $2M For E-Commerce Monitoring
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday.
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What Entrepreneurs Should do about Price Fixing
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
They might not actively “collude&# and say “let’s collectively keep the price down&# but in the resulting discussion pricing information will flow – whether intentional or not. They’re not in search of price fixing or collusion, they’re in search of diligence information about the company.
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Sensible Weather Gets $4M For Weather, Climate Risk Insurance
socalTECH
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Los Angeles-based Sensible Weather, a new startup which reimburses travelers when bad weather impacts their trips, says it has raised $4M in a seed funding round.
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113 Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
As you can see below the number of seed funds shot up dramatically between 2006 and 2014. And with so many new funds in the market and looking to put capital to work it’s no surprise that there was an even bigger boom in the numbers of deals being funded in the early-stage markets. thus the rise of “pre seed” investing).
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Playhouse is TikTok meets Zillow for the next generation of homeowners
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 5, 2022
The feed shows videos of homes on the market, as well as a price tag. As you scroll, you can guess whether the price Playhouse showed you is higher or lower than the actual listing price, helping to educate future buyers about the market (… and also it’s fun, even if you’re not looking to buy a $2 million home in San Francisco).
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255 EngineEars Scores $1M In First Funding
socalTECH
MAY 6, 2021
Los Angeles-based EngineEars, a new startup that helps connect audio engineers with clients, said on Wednesday that it has raised $1M in a pre-seed funding round. The funding was led by Slauson & Co.,
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Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More - Ten Recent Great Startup Posts
SoCal CTO
MARCH 1, 2010
My experiments in lean pricing - Venture Hacks , February 16, 2010 Ash Maurya, a lean entrepreneur who runs a bootstrapped startup called CloudFire, discusses pricing issues for first versions (Minimum Viable Product – MVP). This post looks at the implementation details of HTML 5 video. where Tony Wright suggests charging right now.
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Men’s personal care startup Huron raises $1M
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 19, 2019
The startup has raised $1 million in seed funding from RXBAR founders Peter Rahal and Jared Smith, CXT Investments, and Lean Luxe founder M. . “For us, the broader mission is A+ personal care for guys everywhere — not just guys in New York or guys in the Bay Area or guys in Los Angeles,” he said. Paul Munford.
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Brainbase Gets $3M For IP Licensing
socalTECH
AUGUST 20, 2019
Los Angeles-based Brainbase , a developer of intellectual property licensing software, has raised $3M in a seed funding round, the company said today. The round was led by Struck Capital, and also included Tectonic Capital, Bonfire Ventures, Sterling Road, and Watertower Ventures. READ MORE>>.
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113 Stop, Breathe & Think Finds $1.3M
socalTECH
DECEMBER 13, 2016
in a seed funding round. The funding was led by LaunchPad Digital Health, and also included Aspect Ventures and angels. The startup, co-founded by Julie Campistron and Jamie Price, develops an app which helps user monitor their emotional health. The company previously raised funding from Amplify LA.
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Honk Launches On Demand Roadside Help Service, Raises $1.8M
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
Honk said it offers up roadside services for prices as low as $49, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week--and also claims to be 50 percent faster than services like AAA. Honk, which launched this morning, said that it has launched nationwide to help connect drivers with more than 20,000 tow and roadside assistance drivers nationwide.
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Upfront Backs Luxury Valet Parking Service
socalTECH
OCTOBER 24, 2014
in a seed funding round, from Redpoint Ventures, Google Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, Foundation Capital, BoxGroup, Slow Ventures, Data Collective, Eniac Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures, as well as others. Luxe said Thursday that it has raised $5.5M
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Bad Notes on Venture Capital
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
We raised a seed round. Me: At what price? Him: It wasn’t priced. So you did raise with a price. It’s just a maximum price. Him: But when I raised my first round we didn’t know how to price the company. How will you price the next round? The price is simply the price.
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The Changing Venture Landscape
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
On the other hand, the biggest winners will turn out to be much larger than the prices people paid for them and this will happen faster than at any time in human history. And as a result of this there are now very robust secondary markets where founders and seed-funds alike are selling down their ownership long before an ultimate exit.
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This Week in VC with Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 15, 2010
Heck, stick around and watch me discuss the seed funding debate that is going on right now and what is happening in the VC industry overall. If you’re an entrepreneur, all else equal you prefer convertible debt because the deal is priced at a later stage when you’re worth more.
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TheBouqs Gets $1.1M To Fix Online Flower Delivery
socalTECH
JUNE 25, 2013
in seed funding to make it happen. in a seed funding round, from Quest Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, and angel investors, including Mich Mathews (former CMO of Microsoft), Dennis Phelps (Institutional Venture Partners), Andy Dunn (Bonobos), and and Brian Spaly (Trunk Club). And, it now has $1.1M READ MORE>>.
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With its third fund, Revolution Ventures stays true to its mission
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
AOL co-founder and former chief executive officer Steve Case’s venture capital fund, Revolution , deploys capital to companies “outside of the hotbeds.” Competition for access to deals in the Bay Area, however, has priced many investors out of the most sought-after rounds.
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211 What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
So super angel and seed funds are proliferating – As a result there has been an explosion in the number of amazing early-stage investors such as Softtech VC , Floodgate , Felicis Ventures , K9 Ventures , OATV , Lowercase Capital , Founder Collective , and many, many more. . Some seed angles and seed funds clearly get it.
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The Damaging Psychology of Down Rounds
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2013
.” In the article I discussed the downside of raising capital at a too high of a price and referred people to a previous article I had written encouraging founders to raise “ At the Top end of Normal ” as opposed to stratospheric prices. If we count seed funds and large angels maybe that number goes up by 2x?
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Understanding the Risks of VC Signaling
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 3, 2010
I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. Because it is a “series&# I plan to get into some of the deeper complexities of funds such as “cross over funds&# and “why VC’s hate to price their own deals&# at a later stage.
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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2016
Some LPs have privately speculated that later-stage VCs may have a field day in the next 18 months, buying up large positions in firms with strong revenue at attractive prices given the recent squeeze on funding. I have also heard LPs express concern over the last few years about the seed stage of venture.
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Down bad
TechCrunch LA
JUNE 18, 2022
This week, we saw the interconnectedness of major institutions as crypto lending protocol Celsius stuttered and brought down Ethereum prices with it as investors feared a price collapse brought on by reportedly over-leveraged players like 3 Arrows Capital. As Celsius accelerates the crypto sell-off, who pays the price?
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ShopNation Raises $800K, Launches Fashion Discovery Site
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
Santa Monica-based ShopNation has raised $800,000 in a seed funding, and launched a new fashion discovery site today. ShopNation's web site allows users to find fashion products, including clothing, shoes, handbags, accessories, and lingerie, sort-able by brand, features, price, and other options. READ MORE>>.
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On Funding?—?Shots on Goal
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2021
If you’re a seed fund that takes 5–10% ownership and doesn’t take board seats you might have 50, 100 or even 200 investments. If you’re a later-stage fund that comes in when there’s less upside but a lower “loss ratio” you might have only 8–12 investments in a fund. We know this going into a new fund.
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The Authoritative Guide to Prorata Rights
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. New investors sometimes want early investors to put in money to “prove” they have confidence in the new price. but didn’t have funds to back-up their prorata rights?
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336 VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding!
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2009
A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. Many VCs who do lots of seed stage deals are very supportive and active. I think they definitely qualify as a VC and not a seed fund. What exactly is seed funding anymore? They do many early-stage deals.
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283 7 Seed-Stage Funding Sources To Finance Your Startup
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 5, 2015
A new VC seed market has been emerging, especially over the past five years: It usually appears in the form of a prototypical seed round of $1 million to $1.5 million and is normally syndicated from one to three institutional seed investors or larger VC funds. Business accelerator funding.
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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
” The new narrative is “will my seed funds be able to fund the prorata of their winners?” ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m Seed funds now represent 67% of all funds being created now, which is up 100% from 6 years ago.
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398 Interview with Jake Winebaum, Brighter
socalTECH
MAY 26, 2011
The way brighter makes that dental care more affordable, is it empowers consumers to find dental benefits, and allows them to compare that by price and reputation. We started looking to figure out if $6500 was a good price or a bad price, and we found out that there was no information on the Internet about what that procedure should cost.
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Reflections On 2017: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners
socalTECH
DECEMBER 28, 2017
We are seeing SaaS companies more and more are competing against other SaaS companies and experiencing more churn, price resistance and customer demand for customization. He has been an angel investor in over 50 tech companies, is an LP in 5 seed funds and has served on over a dozen venture-backed boards.
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How Many Angels is the Right Amount for a Startup to Have?
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 7, 2015
I save room in literally every deal to invite angels (or seed funds) to co-invest with me. If you can’t raise from a few strong angels, from seed funds or from a VC then raising from a ton (let’s say 20+) angels is a perfectly acceptable strategy. All of my partners at Upfront do.
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150 What is it Like to Negotiate a VC Round?
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2015
” Today I want to talk about how a VC thinks about equity pricing on your round and particularly if you’re coming off of a convertible note. In the old days there usually weren’t convertible notes on early-stage deals and there weren’t party rounds with 20 angels or 6 seed funds. Size of my check.
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Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups
TechCrunch LA
MAY 25, 2019
Bev , a canned wine business that recently raised $7 million in seed funding from Founders Fund, thinks marketing in the alcohol industry is the problem. The company raised more than $550 million after pricing at $17 per share a little over a week ago. Beverages are being disrupted, there's no stopping it.
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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 30, 2014
If electricity could be transferred like WiFi but as safe as a soundwave we use on pregnant women’s bellies and at a price-point that was attractive this is a multi-billion market. Could we produce this at cost? I followed my playbook on reference calls making sure to ask both positively worded as well as skeptical questions.
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418 My Chat with Dan Primack of PEHub
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 12, 2010
This could happen if every VC fund continues to launch a seed fund. I actually think there is a small bubble going on in seed/angel rounds. Prices are creeping up and angels are feeling bullish. The proliferation of seed funded companies will cause problems in the ecosystem in the future.
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232 How Fair, Scott Painter's New Startup, Is Creating A New Model For Car Ownership
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
Fair recently raised $16M in a seed funding round, from Javelin Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Foundation Capital, Sherpa Capital, Moonshots Capital, and others. The average price of an automobile is $20,000 to $30,000. What is Fair all about? We have to finance that acquisition every time.
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124 Startups and VCs Should Avoid “Pier” Funding
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2010
If a round of funding does happen then this debt is converted into equity at the price that a new external investor pays with a “bonus&# to the inside investor for having taken the risk of the loan. They also trust VC’s to determine the right price to pay for the company securities that they buy.
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LA’s Chewse Joins 500 Startups | A Better Marketplace For Us To Easily Order Great Food
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 31, 2012
LA-based company, Chewse has joined 500 Startups in Silicon Valley, making it the first starup from LA to join the prestigious accelerator program and seed fund. 500 Startups add that successful startups don’t just need great coders and designers but require scalable and cost-effective customer acquisition which they help startups at.
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TheBouqs.com: An Online Flower Service For The Next Generation?
socalTECH
JUNE 25, 2013
What are the details on your seed funding? The way we represent our product, how we merchandise it, and how we price it, and our UX is really targeted towards the younger clientele. The really important thing to those folks, obviously, was transparency in pricing and customer service. It''s completely customizable.
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