Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. I’m not a doomsday guy, but just believe that we won’t see a V shaped recovery, which could make VC funding more difficult for tech start-ups (don’t shoot the messenger!).

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

As an early stage investor, I recognize the importance of being accessible to your portfolio executives, so a concentration of venture funding in Silicon Valley is certainly not a surprise. However, the fact that nearly half of all venture funding in the United States consistently occurs in Silicon Valley is shocking. Do The Math.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

Lots of discussion these days about the changes in the VC industry. The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Los Angeles-based Parabol , a startup developing software management tools, used to manage the efforts of development teams, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The company's software helps development teams manage their processes, and is focused on Agile development processes. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2011

Manhattan Beach-based CapLinked , the developer of a software-as-a-service tool for managing venture capital and angel fundraising efforts for companies, said today that it has launched a free library of document templates covering the startup process. CapLinked, which is headed by PayPal alum Eric M. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Today I’m handing her the largest A-round check I’ve ever written as a VC as we lead her $10 million A-Round at uBeam. As I’ve written about recently, at Upfront Ventures we started talking a couple of years ago about wanting to fund stuff with more meaning. We hired IP specialists to review prior art.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 30, 2018

Wednesday, September 5, 2018 -- Thinking Like a VC. Featuring: Rob Vickery, Partner and Co-Founder: Stage Venture Partners. Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2016

Note: I invest almost exclusively in b-to-b software companies. In contrast, we value entrepreneurs' time and thus our diligence generally includes introducing them to potential customers and partners. The post VC Confessions: I Don’t Really Care About Your Product Demo appeared first on John Greathouse. Don’t Demo Me Bro.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

He spent a few months building out the software because just taking stuff from people isn’t that difficult. After 9 months it was time to raise seed capital and go test drive our new software and processes. Sam moved back to NY and we announced our seed round of capital, which we led. Full on burger flipping mode.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. We only want software revenue.” We prefer to sell software, not get involved with client systems.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. was starting.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2010

It makes no sense to meet in August or December due to travel schedules of most investors. For the record, this is not a secret, coded messages to companies for which I am on the board! VC’s Want to Help! Most VC’s want to help. So help your VC’s help you. Running the “Agile&# Board.

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Startup Venture Capital Software Review Email 301

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Woodland Hills-based Gumiyo , the mobile publishing software firm led by Shuki Lehavi, reported this week that it saw a surge in mobile traffic due to Hurricane Irene. Gumiyo develops software which helps publishers create mobile apps. West/Crosspoint VC), and Chuck Abronson (Amplica/CAP Wireless/Accordance Ventures).

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Woodland Hills Software Review Mobile Venture Capital 174

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Do you imagine eventually raising VC and trying to build a faster growing company?” ” Because of the circles I run in I tend to meet many people who eventually do want to build large companies and therefore do want to eventually raise VC and “go big.” They raised $5 million in venture capital to fund growth.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the developer of software for helping companies to raise capital which is headed by Eric M. Companies use CapLinked to help manage the fundraising process in angel, venture capital, and other fundraising efforts. According to CapLinked, the PRO accounts start at $39 per month.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles 140

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Southern California venture totals for Q3 totaled around $1.0 billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. in investments, followed by Retail Products, at $140M, and Software, at $77.8M. billion invested in Q2.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Dat Do: We produce valuation software that solves a lot of complex valuation issues for privately held companies, backed by venture capital and private equity. Who would be purchasing the software? Dat Do: It would be the VCs, the PEs, management of privately held companies. What does your company do?

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Software 193

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Los Angeles-based Jurny, a developer of software used by independent hotels and vacation and short-term rental property operators for property and guest management, has raised $9.5M The funding was led by Mucker Capital. in a funding round. The startup is led by Luca Zambello, Co-Founder and CEO.

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Software Review Screening Los Angeles Software 196

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. Yes, the software patent process is a mess. I say this with conviction even after I survived the process, and have a software patent pending. Software technology changes rapidly.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Los Angeles- and Tel Aviv-based Intelligo, a software startup which develops software for financial risk intelligence and investment due diligence, said today that it has raised $22M in funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Felicitas Global Partners LLC.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

On Losing in VC. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! They hired a consultant to help them with the review. The one you were counting on.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

An external consultant helping the procurement team overturned the decision and got the company to select a small software company owned by the consultancy. Tags: Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. That is, until I lost. Here was my biggest take away from the loss.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

My company had raised venture capital in April 2001 but we were told that there may never be any more coming. But in these years I learned how to sell software – necessity is the mother of all invention. But in our first year of sales (and those were really shitty years to be selling software) we sold $2.1

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Software Review 285

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

On Losing in VC. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! They hired a consultant to help them with the review. The one you were counting on.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. 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. That’s why I say, “ It’s Morning in VC & the Startup World. As I point out in my video.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Long Beach-based Apriso , a developer of planning and control software for the manufacturing industry, reported Thursday that the firm had record revenues in 2009. According to Apriso, the record revenue came due to growth from had software license revenue, which it said increased 26 percent year to year. READ MORE>>.

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Brentwood Software Review Long Beach Technical Review 124

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

A quick analysis of venture capital deals in Q1, tracked by socalTECH, finds that there was around $1.4 billion in venture activity here in Q1, up significantly from around $997M tallied in Q4. Tags: southern california angeles venture capital diego santa barbara startup investment finance.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Reviewing financial & operational performance. In the Early Days.

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Startup Sales Technical Review Venture Capital 325

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , which develops a range of software used for corporate finance deals and information sharing, has raised a $2.5M The funding came from Alphabit Fund, Translunar One, Kenetic Capital, NextProtocol Ventures, and BKCM. in seed funding. CapLinked's founders are CEO Eric M. Jackson and COO Chris Grey.

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Software Review Seed Funding Los Angeles Software 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2022

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Bonfire Ventures is looking to raise $165M in its third fund, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. As expected, due to legal restrictions, venture capital investor--led by Jim Andelman, Mark Mullen, and Brett Queener--has not detailed its fundraising efforts.

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Funding Santa Monica Software Review Venture Capital 113

socalTECH

JULY 30, 2020

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software used by retail brands for optimizing mobile and proximity searches, has raised $10M more in funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus, and DFJ Frontier, all prior investors. READ MORE>>.

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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. When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? I continue to be intensely interested in the growing integration of AI across multiple products and industries, from simple applications on up to highly sophisticated software and services.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2021

Builders VC led the round, which included participation from Celtic, Newfund and Wish co-founder Danny Zhang. As more people spent time at home last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the startup saw its contract revenue spike by 5x, Wu says. Jim Kim of Builders VC, said he first encountered Wu and Jung while they were at Wish. “We

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Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Software Review 185

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 29, 2021

One customer assumed that poor usage rates at a particular station was due to a lack of EVs in the area, Terry recalled in a recent interview. million from investors Trucks VC, Kapor Capital, JFF, Energy Impact Partners and The Fund. Terry, who co-founded ChargerHelp! , That wasn’t the problem.

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Incubator Outsource Development Los Angeles Startup 287

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

His message was that he realized he needed to move his girlfriend’s stuff into a storage facility due to apartment flooding. They built the software. One VC firm who decided to invest – High Peaks – liked the deal so much that one of their team members, Rahul Gandhi left to join MakeSpace! I felt bad.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2012

CapLinked operates an online service which helps entrepreneurs and startups organize due diligence documents, find investors, share and communicate with their investors, and more. CapLinked was founded by Eric Jackson and Christopher Grey, and is backed by a long list of Silicon Valley angel investors.

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