socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2017

San Diego-based Lightpost Digital , a digital agency which provides online marketing services to local businesses, has raised a round of funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Canal Partners and DWP Investments. The company is a spinout of Deal Current, and was founded in 2015.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Arteen Arabshahi: While Karlin Ventures has had an excellent first few years as a firm seeing over 6 exits and making 40+ investments within 3 years, what was most exciting in 2015 was the addition of our third team member, Erin Shipley. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Add New Revenue Streams and More Aggressive Marketing: At the same time, most small businesses plan to spend more on digital marketing in the year ahead, and pursuing new revenue streams is seen as a top priority for transforming bottom line profits. 2015 business optimism entrepreneur strategy' Marty Zwilling.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2020

” The new financing from Humana will go to support Heal’s geographic expansion, product development, and sales and marketing, Desai said. To date, the company has linked patients with over 200,000 home visits from doctors since its launch in 2015.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Gunnar Lovelace and Nick Green , Thrive Market. The socalTECH 50 is aimed at identifying and highlighting the top 50 people in the technology industry here, who are most likely to create the next big thing, produce the next big exit, or influence the industry in a significant way. Donovan Janus , 17hats. Tucker Kain , LA Dodgers Accelerator.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

If you didn’t notice that the stock markets in the US dropped nearly 4% today (after falling last Thursday and Friday) then you were probably completely off-the-grid and on vacation. You thought media twitter was bad… You thought tech twitter was bad… — Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) August 24, 2015. I’m not so sure.

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MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. However, they have been sending VCs far more investment checks in the last ten years than they’ve gotten back as distributions.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

And while the grocery delivery market has become increasingly competitive, Hall argued that Good Eggs stands out thanks to the quality and breadth of its products — 70% of its products are locally sourced, and it often delivers them within 48 hours of harvesting. And it sounds like he isn’t in a rush to launch in a bunch of new markets.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

New York-based Foot Locker said the strategic minority investment came through its subsidiary in 1661, Inc. in total since it was founded in 2015. Foot Locker explained the move will also go to help help accelerate GOAT Group's global operations, expanding its omnichannel experience and technologies. GOAT has now raised $197.6M

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

The speaks to the continued confidence in the venture capital markets and as I had predicted some time ago the VC markets right now are a great place to invest – especially relative to other places to put one’s money. Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 31, 2016

Two, Southern California investors-- Qualcomm Ventures and Greylock Partners --have backed San Jose-based Innovium , on its efforts to develop semiconductors for the next generation, data center market, Innovium revealed this morning. Specific breakdown of the two investments was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested. Marketing, recruiting, building data products & tools, event management, analyzing the portfolio, etc. So What Does All This Mean?

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 So VCs made fewer investments at lower prices and generally on terms that were more favorable to investors relative to 2015. On stark graph should give you a sense of the picture.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Clutter has now raised nearly $300M in total funding since 2015. As part of the new investment round, it has added Justin Wilson of SoftBank Investment Advisors to the board. Clutter says it will use the new funding to accelerate expansion, grow its workforce, and other efforts.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2017

Venture capital investment dollars declined in Q4, to $12.7 billion invested across 1,736 companies, according to the new Pitchbook-NVCA Venture Monitor , the new report tracking venture capital investment across the U.S., as the venture market eased off its torrid funding pace.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2020

Carbonated focuses on developing "highly competitive" games for mobile devices, which are more in line with the hard core games found on consoles and PCs, rather than the more usual casual gaming market. The company says its founders are from Zynga, Electronic Arts and Blizzard, and that it was founded in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Los Angeles-based MarketShare Partners , the marketing analytics technology developer led by Wes Nichols and Jon Vein, has been acquired by Neustar , in a deal worth $450M. According to Neustar, Marketshare generated $57M in revenues for the twelve months ended September 30, 2015. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. We went out to market to LPs. We got a lot of interest. ”

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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

” There are a lot of data points that one can observer to get a sense of the venture capital markets – both LP fundings into venture and VC financings of startups. But these data points are often lagging indicators and perhaps a better barometer of the future would be to gather data on VC perceptions in the market right now.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2016

A report, issued earlier this week by venture firm the Female Founders Fund , says that Los Angeles, and New York, are better markets than Silicon Valley to find funding for female founders. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The funding is coming from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Reimagined Ventures, Trinity Capital Investment, Celtic House Venture Partners, Marubeni Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, Mojo Partners alongside with previous investors GGV Capital, WI Harper Group, Digital Garage, CentreGold Capital , Scrum Ventures, and other unnamed participants.

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APRIL 26, 2015

So Why Did We Invest? Imagine if your friends could all contribute the Burning Man 2015 album and create a group story. Mark Suster (@msuster) April 23, 2015. And searching to see whether we’ve hit product / market fit and refining, refining, refining until we do. Yes, we’ve only launched on iOS for now.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Thus began my marketing campaign. Investment experience (5 years a VC at Battery Ventures). Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman). Competitive (Athlete: skier & rowed at Princeton, hates losing at everything she does). billion).

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socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2015

The company said it was selected to participate in the 2015 class of REach , a growth technology accelerator program sponsored by Second Century Ventures, the strategic investment arm of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). assetavenue real estate loan funding marketplace realtor market realestate' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Every year at Upfront we try to analyze the venture markets. Of course we fund companies in good markets and bad. To do so we need entrepreneurs who can build companies that scale well in booming markets and also control costs appropriate in correcting markets. VC survey data 2016 from Mark Suster.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2016

Other big fundings contributing to the total included a $220M funding round for San Diego biotech firm Human Longevity Inc. , $111M raised by Marina Del Rey-based Thrive Market , and $100M raised by Irvine cybersecurity sofwtare developer Cylance. billion raised in the region just a year ago in Q1 of 2015.

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MARCH 30, 2016

It is an heroic accomplishment in a brutal fund-raising market in which only market leaders can bring in that sort of money. Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x But of course public markets had begun gyrating.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2021

We created this in 2003 for the medical interpreting market, but since then, we've expanded the platform so that it's not just about language. Jamey Edwards: Our go-to-market platform is an iPad Pro mounted on a specialized cart. Jamey Edwards: We did a financing in 2015 with Kayne Partners, which put $15M into the business.

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Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

Showing little concern for stock-market volatility or worries over the Brexit, venture capital firms pumped $15.3 Still, the amount invested marked a 12 percent drop from the $17.4 venture capital market leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers. billion invested in Venice, CA-based Snapchat. Included is the $3.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. Way back in 2015, the Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Early crowdfunding successes have been undeniable. Risk is increased.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Prices for agricultural commodities such as corn, soy, and wheat are at their lowest levels in years, but investment in agricultural technology has never been better. Just 10 percent of corporate investments were made to build new technological capabilities, the report says.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. Way back in 2015, the Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 This means less capability to ensure that invested funds are spent wisely or as planned.

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JUNE 5, 2016

The funding environment for tech startups is an ever shifting ground as we go through predictable shifts that go hand-in-hand with the slowing of the overall market. With a massive increase in companies created and a huge number of sources one trend that we witnessed from 2012–2015 was the rise of the undisciplined round.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2015

What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015? I''m very interested in seeing how the so-called "marketing cloud" emerges and develops further. but I''m eager to see an emerging company or companies tie the silos together, so that large enterprise customers can utilize a unified marketing cloud offering.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 11, 2022

Its approach is also drastically different from most fertility service providers — it has savvy, intelligent marketing; a tech-enabled and fully virtual care facility; a focus on compassion; and ample customer education to help patients feel involved and understood. The company today has 12 outlets in 10 cities in the U.S.

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MAY 3, 2015

. — Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky) April 29, 2015. I went as far as to call it the best Tweet of 2015 so far because it encapsulated my advice so succinctly. I am often asked how we make decisions on investments at Upfront Ventures. A typical investment discussion is not a bed of roses. He took two words where I take 1,000!

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DECEMBER 6, 2015

Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) November 22, 2015. Doers : Those more inclined to pick up spreadsheets, code, marketing docs, product designs or even the telephone or hop on a plane to solve a problem vs somebody who tells you all the things wrong with the world. I stepped back and realized how true that was.

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