VC Draper Moves into LA
L.A. Business Journal
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Timothy Draper has a history of funding some of the technology sector’s most prolific startups and now the venture capitalist is bringing his money to Los Angeles.
This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 21, 2010
Investors: Foundry (Ryan McIntyre) (lead), new angel investors: Scott Petry (Postini founder), Matt Mullenwag (WordPress), and existing investors: Highway 12 Ventures, TechStars (David Cohen), SoftTech VC (Jeff Clavier), FF Angel (Dave McClure). Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry. 7.5mm in Series C.
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Draper Goren Holm Raises $25M Blockchain Fund
socalTECH
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Los Angeles-based Draper Goren Holm , a new venture capital fund founded by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25M in its very first fund. According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world.
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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. To provide an opportunity for VCs and senior executives to engage with the community by giving back rather than just attending more cocktail parties.
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Draper Goren Holm Backing LunarCrush
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 31, 2020
Venture capital and private equity investment firm Draper Goren Holm has made its first investment since a major management move in December, leading a seed round for Costa Mesa-based LunarCrush Inc.
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130 Halogen Ventures, Led By Jesse Draper, Find $10.4M For First Fund
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MARCH 30, 2018
Santa Monica-based Halogen Ventures , a brand new, female-focused venture capital fund which is focused on consumer technology, has raised $10.4M as part of its first fund, Halogen Ventures LP. The fund says it makes early stage venture capital ivnestments in female founded consumer technology companies.
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SoCal Venture Capital Investments Total $497.8M In Q4
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JANUARY 20, 2011
Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Nationally, venture capital investors invested $21.8
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VC Fundraising Down Drastically In Q3
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OCTOBER 12, 2009
A new report on the venture capital market was released Monday from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital association, and finds that venture capital fundraising has dropped to $1.6 billion in Q3, with only 17 venture capital funds raising money.
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147 Halogen Ventures, Led By Jesse Draper, Raises $21M In Second Fund
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FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Los Angeles-based Halogen Ventures, the venture capital firm led by Jesse Draper, has raised $21M in its second fund, the firm said on Wednesday. According to Halogen Ventures, the fund will continue to invest in women and diversity. Halogen's investments including Squad App (acquired by Twitter), ThisisL.
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Sense.Chat Adds Tim Draper To Board
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Santa Monica-based MakeSense Labs , the startup behind Sense.Chat , a messaging app which lets users share cryptocurrency tokens and connect via audio and video chats, says it has added venture capitalist Tim Draper to its board of directors. Sense.Chat is led by founder and CEO Crystal Rose.
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Giftz Gets Additional Funding From Draper Goren Holm
socalTECH
AUGUST 5, 2020
Los Angeles-based Giftz , a startup that offers up a mobile wallet and marketplace for points, miles, and gift cards, has received an investment from LA's Draper Goren Holm , the two said on Wednesday. Draper Goren Holm is the venture studio run by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm.
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How to Raise Venture Capital
SoCal Tech Calendar
MAY 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 -- How To Raise Venture Capital. This months Startups Uncensored will be on How to Raise Venture Capital. Startups Uncensored. See [link] (more).
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100 CapLinked Adds $1M, New Investors In Funding Round
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
The company''s platform includes document sharing, collaboration, and other features, and it counts such clients as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, NextView Ventures, Edwards Lifesciences, Draper and Kramer, and Proprietary Capital. READ MORE>>.
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Local Clean Energy Business Plan Contest Awards $160,000
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MAY 29, 2013
First Look West also said it provided $5,000 in a "Tansformational Idea Award" funded by Draper University, the entrepreneurial education program from venture capitalist Tim Draper. firstlookwest first look business plan competition venture capital prize award cleantech university education spinout' READ MORE>>.
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Ranker Finds More Funding
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APRIL 4, 2012
The funding came from Siemer Venture Capital, Rincon Venture Partners, Draper Associates, the Tech Coast Angels, and the Pasadena Angels, according to CEO Clark Benson. Los Angeles-based Ranker , the online rankings website where consumers can rank anything they like, has scored a new round of funding, in an inside round.
AuditFile, Started At UCLA, Raises $3M For Auditing Software
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AUGUST 14, 2014
The funding came from Banneker Ventures, Tim Draper, Nas Draper, as well as other angel investors. auditfile venture capital cloud software auditing accounting saas ucla dorm room student' The company now has its headquarters in San Francisco. Kevin--now COO--studied computer science and accounting at UCLA.
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Ranker Raises $1.3M
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APRIL 4, 2011
The funding was led by Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson , and also included Rincon Venture Partners , Newport Coast Investments , Gil Elbax of Factual, the Pasadena Angels , and Siemer Venture Capital. in a Series A funding.
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162 Silverpop Lands $25M In Venture Debt For Email Marketing
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APRIL 24, 2013
The funding came from Escalate Capital Partners and Silicon Valley Bank. Silverpop is venture bcaked by D.E. Shaw & Co and Draper Fisher Jurveston. silverpop venture capital debt email marketing automation software' READ MORE>>.
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Launchpad LA – More Details Revealed
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 18, 2010
When I kicked off Launchpad LA a year ago I had a few objectives: Create an ecosystem where all Southern California VC’s had the chance to work together more actively outside of the boards on which we mutually sit. We get participation from nearly every major VC firm in Southern California, which was magical. How’d we do?
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259 Siemer Summit 2015 Announced, Tim Draper To Keynote
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AUGUST 28, 2015
According to Siemer & Associates, this year's conference, the Siemer Summit 2015, will be held from October 13th to 14th, and will feature Tim Draper as the keynote speaker. This time, the event is being held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, rather than Santa Monica, where the event had been held in prior years.
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How to Raise Venture Capital – Startups Uncensored #17
Jason Nazar
MAY 4, 2010
This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Raise Venture Capital”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation where we bring in venture capitalists from the top firms across the country to talk about the process and requirements entrepreneurs need to go through to successfully raise money from venture capitalists.
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108 Local Startups Draw Far And Wide For Funding In Q4
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JANUARY 18, 2013
According to data from the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report, the funding for Southern California's startups in Q4 of 2012 came from a total of 124 different venture groups, only 26 of which (20%) were actually based in Southern California. The report found that there was $683.7M READ MORE>>.
Clean Technology Deals Hit $1.9B In Q1
socalTECH
APRIL 1, 2010
The most active venture capital groups in the clean technology industry were Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Braemer Energy Ventures, Carbon Trust Investments, Foundation Capital, Good Energies, Intel Capital, Nth Power, Rho Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and VantagePoint Venture Partners.
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Miven Re-Ups On ViVOtech
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JUNE 27, 2011
Irvine-based Miven Ventures , the venture capital arm of Victor Tsao , the founder of Linksys , has re-upped its investments in a near field communications (NFC) firm, ViVOtech. The round included new investors Singapore EDBI, SingTel Innov8, and Motorola Solutions Venture Capital.
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154 Raise $1 Million for your Startup
SoCal Tech Calendar
AUGUST 14, 2012
Adam Draper knows Venture Capital. His dad, Tim, is a venture capitalist and so is his grandfather, William who is credited for starting the venture capital industry in tech. The Draper Family is a dynasty in the Venture Capital world (see recent Fast Company article) like no other.
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113 Altra Biofuels Spinoff EdenIQ Gets $12.4M
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APRIL 30, 2010
venture funding round. According to EdenIQ, the Series B funding round was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and also included The Westly Group, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Cyrus Capital, Angeleno Group, Element Partners, Morgan Stanley & Company, Advanced equities, OmniNet, Nimes Capital, and others.
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MomentFeed Raises $5.5M
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2013
The funding was led by Signia Venture Partners, along with Draper Nexus, DFJ Frontier, Double M Partners, and Daher Capital. Ed Cluss of Signia Ventures joins the company''s board as part of the funding. momentfeed venture capital location analytics software retail marketing social media' READ MORE>>.
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Crowdfunder Raises $3.5M
socalTECH
OCTOBER 8, 2014
The funding came from Tim Draper (DFJ), Bill Quigley (Clearstone, Crypto Currency Partners), Bridge 37 Ventures, Ideas & Capital Venture Capital, Maura O''Neill, Capital Nuts, Marcus Segal (Zynga), Mark Rampolla (ZICO Coconut Water), David Wilner (Windriver Systems), and others.
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MyShape Picks Up $10.5M
socalTECH
AUGUST 27, 2009
No details on the funding have yet been announced by the company, which is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, the Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. Tags: myshape fashion ecommerce venture capital. READ MORE>>.
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Tim Draper’s Los Angeles-based blockchain-focused venture studio adds a venture partner
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 1, 2020
The Los Angeles-based venture capital studio focused on blockchain and fintech startups which longtime venture investor Tim Draper now calls home has added a new venture partner to its team. Rodney will play a key contribution to Draper Goren Holm’s strategy to diversify our deal flow.
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Entangled Media Raises $3.5M For Youunity
socalTECH
AUGUST 12, 2013
The funding came from Crosslink Capital, Draper Associates, PROfounders Capital, Lowercase Capital, Michael Birch, Tekton Ventures and Knight & Bishop, along with Kamran Pourzanjani, Brian Lee, Brad Jones, and other local angels. younity entangled media venture capital personal data storage muckerlab cloud'
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157 Siimpel Snags $813,000
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 30, 2009
The filing indicates the fundraising includes both equity and debt, and appears to be the first investment in a new venture round. Siimpel is venture backed by such firms as Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DoCoMo Capital, LG Innotek, Zone Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, Motorola, Micron, Portage Ventures, and SunAmerica.
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145 Genomatica Raises $15M
socalTECH
MARCH 25, 2010
According to the firm, the new funding was led by TPG Biotech, and also included prior investors Mohr Davidow Ventures, Alloy Ventures, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Tags: genomatica chemical engineering materials biotech lifescience venture capital.
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150 Anthem, DFJ Frontier Back Janrain
socalTECH
AUGUST 3, 2011
Two Los Angeles area venture capital firms have re-upped their investments in a provider of identity management software. in its new round of funding, which was led by Emergence Capital Partners. Other investors, aside form Anthem and DFJ Frontier, were RPM Ventures, Tim Draper, and Square 1 Bank. READ MORE>>.
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The Startup Game ?? Then and Now!
SoCal Tech Calendar
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
Join SDVG for the September keynote breakfast with Bill Draper and Tim Draper. The father-son duo of Bill Draper and Tim Draper will share their inter-generational viewpoints on the venture capital business. Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- The Startup Game Then and Now! The Startup Game Then and Now!
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113 DFJ Mercury Promotes Venture Partner In San Diego
socalTECH
APRIL 19, 2011
DFJ Mercury , one of the affiliate venture firms of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, said Tuesday that it has promoted a venture partner who will be splitting his time between La Jolla and Houston, its headquarters. The firm--which invests in seed and early stage venture capital--said that it has promoted Russ Lebovitz, Ph.D.,
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145 Siemer Ventures Backs Ribbon
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FEBRUARY 5, 2013
Los Angeles-based Siemer Ventures , the venture capital arm of investment bank Siemer & Associates, has been one of the most active local investors lately--and is continuing that trend, with the investment in Ribbon. in a seed funding round. in a seed funding round.
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164 Mogreet Gets $4.1M More
socalTECH
APRIL 4, 2012
The round was led by Black Diamond Ventures, and also included DFJ Frontier, Ascend Ventures, Bryant Park Ventures and Draper Associates. Los Angeles-based Mogreet , the provider of mobile video marketing services which is run by James Citron, said this morning that it has raised $4.1M in a strategic investment round.
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213 Forbes Midas List Gives Cold Shoulder To SoCal VCs
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MARCH 26, 2014
Sequoia Capital''s Douglas Leone, was placed at number six for his role in funding San Diego''s ServiceNow ; Bessemer''s Byron Deeter was ranked #36 due to his role in funding Santa Monica''s Cornerstone OnDemand ; Stephen Jurveston, of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, was ranked at #59 for his investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX.
Altra Biofuels Spinout Gets $30M More
socalTECH
MAY 9, 2012
EdenIQ , the spinout of San Diego-based Altra Biofuels , the developer of biofuels processing technology, has scored $30M in new venture capital funding, the company said today.
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MyShape Confirms Funding
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
Glendale-based MyShape , which operates an online retailer focused on matching women to clothing based on their body type, confirmed this morning that it has raised a third round of venture funding. Tags: myshape ecommerce fashion clothing women venture capital executive. READ MORE>>.
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Ripple TV Acquired By TargetCast
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
in venture capital from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Trinity Ventures; TargetCast is venture backed by Claremont Creek Ventures. Ripple Tv's former CEO, John McMenamin, has become Chief Revenue Officer at TargetCast network. Ripple had taken around $19.0M Ripple was formerly known as ActiveMaps. READ MORE>>.
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Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Launches New Fund
socalTECH
APRIL 15, 2020
Pasadena-based Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health , a healthcare innovation fund led by Jay Goss and Dr. John Nackel, says it has launched a new venture capital fund, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Fund II. Size of the new fund was not announced. READ MORE>>.
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Cognition Raises $200K
socalTECH
JANUARY 31, 2011
Cognition has previously raised funding from the Tech Coast Angels and Draper Associates, as well as Tim Draper and Scott Jarus. No details on the funding have been announced. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.
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