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NOVEMBER 15, 2014

A few years later they announced $150 million in a funding round at $1 billion+ valuation and are ramping up jobs to secure their market-leading position. But I know with local funding and local support that’s certainly less likely. I often point out the story of when we raised our fourth fund a few years ago.

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JUNE 2, 2011

LegalZoom [ profile ] Business: Online legal documents. Backers: Elon Musk, Founders Fund. Backers: A123 Systems, Ace Investments, Eco-Drive (Capital) Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, New Enterprise Associates, Palo Alto Investors, Qatar Investment Authority. SpaceX [ profile ]. Fisker Automotive [ profile ].

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Lawrence Ng , the co-founder of Oversee.net, said this morning that it has launched a new, startup fund called the OnRamp Fund , a $10M, international incubation fund that invests in early stage startups. The company said one of its first investments is bridal retailer SimplyBridal.

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MAY 3, 2011

A set of three, well known Los Angeles investors with military connections are funding a new startup, Troopswap.com , focused on providing daily deals to the military community. As part of the funding, Kelly Perdew joins the company's board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

In an interesting intersection of LA's world of technology, investing, and sports, Kobe Bryant , the LA Laker star, and technology startup veteran Jeff Stibel have teamed up to create a new, $100M venture capital fund, to invest in technology, media, and data companies. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 1, 2019

Defy , the early-stage venture investment firm founded by Neil Sequeira and Trae Vassallo, is putting a new twist on the venture partner model as it brings Brian Lee and Sujal Patel on board to help out with investing and guiding companies in the firm’s portfolio. Just don’t call them venture partners. million round.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Think USV is only invested around Union Square in NYC? And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. Think the next big startup can’t come from Dallas, TX? Think again. Angry Birds? Otherwise, good luck!

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). We generally have a policy to only fund entrepreneurs once the first version of a product has shipped or it near to shipping.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I’ve heard it many founders of VC backed companies in LA who tell me that in their NorCal VC meetings they are told, “we might be interested but we’d want you to relocate to the Bay Area if we funded you.&#. Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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JULY 29, 2010

tevye2009 , Q: “can you briefly explain why it’s best to get a small valuation when getting investment.&# Mike Stern (wasn’t sure which one so leave a comment if it’s you): Q: “is it possible to sell your startup without venture investment if the company has big traction and a large user base?&#

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We have spoken with the firm in the past, and the company recently raised some new funding and went through some reorganization, including moving the firm to Irvine. We thought it would be worth hearing about where the firm is today, as well as Carey's strategy to create something similar to LegalZoom, but for attorneys. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

City of Industry-based NZXT, a maker of custom, gaming PCs, has raised $100M in a strategic investment, the company said this week. The funding came from private equity investor Franciso Partners. NZXT's custom gaming PCs start at $799, but can be customized and can cost more than $3800.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Kobe Bryant , the basketball legend who also was one half of Los Angeles private equity investment firm Bryant Stibel , is dead at the age of 41, after a tragic helicopter crash in Calabasas took his life, the life of one of his daughters, and seven others.

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APRIL 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based SocialAnnex , a startup helping online retailers to use social media to spur sales, has scored a round of funding from a who's who of Southern California technology angels, the firm said Tuesday. Lee of Legalzoom.com and ShoeDazzle, Jody Mulkey of Shopzilla, and Lawrence Ng of Oversee.net have all invested in the site.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

Also, we had an investment in a company that went public this year, BroadSoft, which is one of 2010's best-performing IPOs. Most of the new investments we made this year -- and the ones in the pipeline we're most excited about -- were referred to us by founders with whom we've already invested. It's been really gratifying.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2021

Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding. The best way to short-circuit this problem is to have a frank and open discussion with former employers, perhaps under the guise of asking them to invest in your venture. Disclosing inventions before the patent application is filed.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

It occurred to us that a startup company with limited funding is not going to pay $5000 upfront, and that we would have loved to know the prices up front and not have to go through the same eight conversations eight times. It sounds like you have some angel funding? We haven''t gone to institutional funding yet.

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JULY 10, 2012

Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding. The best way to short-circuit this problem is to have a frank and open discussion with former employers, perhaps under the guise of asking them to invest in your venture. Disclosing inventions before the patent application is filed.

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AUGUST 7, 2013

Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding. The best way to short-circuit this problem is to have a frank and open discussion with former employers, perhaps under the guise of asking them to invest in your venture. Disclosing inventions before the patent application is filed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2013

Based on the latest Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom, personal money, or bootstrapping, continued to be the primary startup funding in 2012. Eighty percent of new entrepreneurs used this approach, with only six percent using investor funding. entrepreneur startup investor funding business'

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AUGUST 6, 2012

For Legalzoom, it's a very different model. We also do put a large amount of content on YouTube, which is not part of the channel program system that YouTube funded, on a regular basis. We're now driving 2 million unique views on USA Today every single month, via the partnership with Demand.

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DECEMBER 15, 2014

Based on the Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom a while back, personal money, or bootstrapping, continues to be the primary startup funding source. Eighty percent of new entrepreneurs use this approach, with only six percent using investor funding.

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JULY 5, 2017

We caught up with co-founder and CEO Shaan Sethi to hear more about the startup, as well as Shaan's journey from investment banking to running an apparel startup. In the early 2000's, I'd worked as a consumer, retail investment banker. There were lots of things we did around investment and acquisitions.

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