socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. It would be interesting to hear about where your interests are nowdays, there was a rumor Redpoint had backed off activity here lately.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M invested in Southern California in Q4. was invested in the region. in investments.

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Southern California Venture Capital Invest Orange County 154

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2010

An analysis of Q2's venture capital deals and investment activity in Southern California find that venture capitalists invested around $1.6 billion invested in Q1, and up from $1.0 in investment), Energy ($190.2M in investments) and Medical Deviecs ($128.1M in investments in Q2).

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Southern California Westlake Village Invest Tech Coast Angels 195

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. I’d link to it but it’s behind a paywall.

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

socalTECH

JULY 17, 2014

The latest venture capital totals from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association''s MoneyTree Report was released this evening, tallying up $761.12M in investments in Q2 of 2014 in Southern California, up from Q2 of 2013, when $616.83M was invested in the region. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California El Segundo Culver City Orange County 240

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Go Boulder! Total Raised: $9.64mm. Total raised: $16.5mm.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 5, 2009

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 -- LAVA's Annual VC Breakfast. Come meet LAVA's newest VC board member firms and their representative. Find out what they are looking to invest in. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. Learn about the hottest trends and the mistakes NOT to make.

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Venture Capital LAVA Redpoint Invest 100

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

The company--which runs online degree programs for the University of Southern California (USC) and many other schools--had been backed by Redpoint Ventures, which funded the company out of its Los Angeles office. Those investments were led by former Redpoint VC Greg Martin. Redpoint Ventures owned 23.2

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Redpoint USC Southern California Education 166

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M invested in Southern California in Q4. was invested in the region. in investments.

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Southern California Invest Venture Capital Orange County 113

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Machinima.com , an online entertainment site focused on video gamers, has raised $9M in a investment from Redpoint Ventures, the firm said this week. As part of the investment, Geoff Yang of Redpoint will join the firm's board. READ MORE>>.

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Entertainment Content Redpoint Venture Capital 164

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. Interestingly, only Redpoint, Domain, Anthem, and DFJ Frontier have local offices in Southern California.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

Investments by venture capitalists in Southern California were up, both in terms of deals and dollars in Q2, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). in 91 investments, up significantly from the $451.8M Nationally, venture deals in the U.S.

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Southern California Orange County Rustic Canyon SoCal 174

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Here, we have Greg Martin, Founder and Managing Partner of Archer Venture Capital (www.archervc.com). Greg Martin is Founder and Manging Director of Archer Venture Capital (www.archervc.com). Greg focuses on early, growth stage and secondary technology investment opportunities. Contact our editors for details.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Brentwood 124

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2017

Los Angeles-based esports team, Immortals has received an investment from AEG , which said that the Immortals will host its home events at L.A. The size of the strategic investment was not announced. According to AEG, the investment will help it further expand its footprint in esports. READ MORE>>.

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Invest Redpoint Activision Venture Capital 113

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy news pertaining to startups and venture capital. Landline , the operator of a bus network in the Midwest, is one of the latest companies to raise venture capital. Ginkgo Bioworks raises capital at a $4B valuation.

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Services Startup Venture Capital Redpoint 207

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2013

A report from AllThingsD says so , saying that Machinima is looking for an investment of more than $70M. Machinima last raised funding in May of last year, raising $35M from such backers as Google, Redpoint Ventures, and MK Capital. machinima venture capital content youtube network' READ MORE>>.

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Report Funding Redpoint Venture Capital 147

socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2014

For several years, the phrase "Los Angeles Venture Capitalist" had almost become an oxymoron. Local investments funds have had issues raising their new funds, and venture investors had started to hunker down with their portfolios, waiting for some sign of a thaw in the exit environment. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Truecar Angel Anthem 187

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners has scored a quick exit at Redwood City-based Mertado , after Mertado said Friday that it has been acquired by daily deals site Groupon. in a round from Rustic canyon, Redpoint Ventures, Y Combinator, and Blumberg Capital. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Redpoint Venture Capital Acquisition 140

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the firm developing online video programming guides for the Internet, said today that it has raised $11M more in a Series B investment round. The new funding was led by JAFCO Ventures, and also included prior investors Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Redpoint Guide Venture Capital Web 145

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Krikorian is also investing in the firm. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. Clicker is venture backed by Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures, and was founded by former Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone. Kirkorian joins Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital and Geoff Yang of Redpoint on Clicker's board.

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Redpoint Venture Capital Media Content 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

in angel funding, according to the firm's angel investment backers. The site--which was originally a project of Namesake--gained funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Redpoint Ventures, Atlas Venture, Paul Kedrosky, and Michael Arrington of TechCrunch. Chill was spun up out of Namesake on August 10th.

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Redpoint Invest Sites Los Angeles 171

socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

To do that, it has snagged the funding of Data Collective, Brad Jones of Redpoint Ventures, Horizon Ventures, and TenOneTen Ventures, a new Southern California venture capital firm headed by Gil Elbaz and David Waxman. Size of the funding round was not announced.

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Southern California Funding Google Redpoint 164

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

OVP Venture Partners , a venture firm in Oregon and Washington, is highlighting its latest "missed deal" in Aliso Viejo-based Networks In Motion. NIM, which was acquired last week for $170M, had been backed by venture firms Redpoint Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Networking Orange County Redpoint Mission Ventures 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

in the round at that time, led by Redpoint Ventures. The new filing seems to indicate an additional $353K has so far been invested in the round, with a target round size of $9.1M. According to the filing, BetterWorks is now looking to raise a total of $9.14M in the firm's Series A round, which had been announced in August.

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Redpoint Santa Monica Invest Funding 154

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2015

According to Cyanogen, Qualcomm joins Premji Invest, Twitter Ventures, Telefonica Ventures, Smartfren Telecom, Index Ventures, Access Industries, Rupert Murdoch, and Vivi Nevo, plus prior investors Benchmark, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, and Tencent Holdings Ltd. READ MORE>>.

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Redpoint San Diego Venture Capital Mobile 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures ‭is one of the participants in a new funding for online used clothing marketplace thredUP , which announced a big $81M funding today. thredUP said this morning that the $81M, Series E funding was led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP).

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Funding Redpoint Venture Capital Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2012

Sonos had raised $41M in funding--mostly from BV Capital, the investment fund of Andreas von Blottnitz--before this late stage injection from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Elevation Partners, and Redpoint Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara Funding Redpoint Equity 140

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2016

The last time Forbes has placed a Southern California venture capitalist on the Midas List appears to have been in 2009, when Jim Gauer of Palomar Ventures made the list.

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Southern California SoCal Palomar Santa Barbara 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B

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Southern California SoCalTech Technical Review Draper 100

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2011

Derek Norton is head of Los Angeles-based Watertower Group (www.watertowergroup.com), a firm which helps companies raise funding, one of the rare companies which has a track record and good reputation helping companies with fundraising, and also runs its own investment fund. We also put together the Series B with Redpoint for Machinima.

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Riot Games Technology Los Angeles Entrepreneur 199

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Orca Security said the funding round also included CapitalG (Alphabet's independent growth fund), Redpoint Ventures, GGV, ICONIQ Capital, Lone Pine Capital, Stripes, Adams Street Partners, Willoughby Capital, and Harmony Partners. Orca Security was founded in 2019.

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Redpoint Los Angeles Capital Funding 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2017

Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary 's Sound Ventures, which is based in Los Angeles, has made an investment in the Series B funding round for San Francisco-based software development provider Gigster , in a round that also included basketball legend Michael Jordan.

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Artificial Inteligence Redpoint Software Development Tool 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The startup is headed by Robert Flynn --a former VC, and co-founder of Liquid Audio, and most recently head of Modern Feed, the company that is now Clicker--who talked with us about his new company. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. What is Aggregage? How did you connect with Tony?

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Startup Content Advertising Sites 162

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Middle Market Investment Banking. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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Orange County Southern California IP Glendale 113

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The funding came from Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company, Evolution Media Partners--the investment joint venture which involves the CAA's Evolution Media Capital, TPG Growth and Participant Media--and Chine Media Capital (CMC), along with ProSiebenSat.1

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Los Angeles Angel Burbank Redpoint 100

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California. In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments. If there were more great companies coming out of LA then it would create more demand for high quality VC firms. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2018

The Forbes' list hasn't included a Southern California venture capitalist since around 2006 , when it included Jim Armstrong (then at Clearstone Venture Partners), Brad Jones (then at Redpoint Ventures), Andrew Senyei of Enterprise Partners, Bill Elkus, also of Clearstone, and James Blair of Domain Associates.

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Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Clearstone Redpoint 100