socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based venture investment firm CrossCut Ventures (www.crosscut.vc) announced this morning that it has raised its fourth fund, CrossCut 4 , a brand new, $125M early stage investment fund. We spoke with one of the firm's four Managing Directors, Clinton Foy , about the big new fund and its investments.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 8, 2016

The company--which is led Dr. Renee Dua--said McCourt was already a founding investor in the company, having invested in the company's seed funding via Jamie Enterprises.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. Many VCs who do lots of seed stage deals are very supportive and active. I think they definitely qualify as a VC and not a seed fund. They have a large-ish fund. What exactly is seed funding anymore?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- Cocktail Reception for Golden Seeds / Tech Coast Angels Partnership Fund. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies. Let's start with an overview of the fund. What do you invest in? We closed our fund in August of 2008. in initial seed funding for an early stage company.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 3, 2011

A free 2-hour workshop that shares "best-practices" on how to to find, evaluate and engage early stage companies needing seed funds from $5,000 to $100,000. Open to all interested, aspiring investors who want to learn the "tangibles" and "intangibles" of angel investing.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Accepted applicants will not only be eligible for a pre-seed fund up to $25K to begin developing a prototype, they will also be guided through the process of building a lean company during K5Launch. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Accepted applicants will not only be eligible for a pre-seed fund up to $25K to begin developing a prototype, they will also be guided through the process of building a lean company during K5Launch. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. In SoCal we have Crosscut Ventures, Matt Coffin, Mike Jones, Klaus Schauser, etc. They know that the money they invest may be lost. They exist in every town.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How I Think About Seed Investing As A VC - Feld Thoughts , August 2, 2010 Last week saw an explosion of discussion around seed investing, including plenty of negative comments around VCs as seed investors. Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.”.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

We are in phase three of the influencer economy,” Bain Capital Ventures senior principal Jamison Hill, who led the firm’s investment in the influencer shoutout marketplace Cameo , tells TechCrunch. 2020 will be a watershed year for investment in businesses around the creator economy,” Neil Robertson tells TechCrunch.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

It’s not that seed investors are smarter – it’s that entrepreneurs are - Chris Dixon , July 5, 2010 Paul Kedrosky recently speculated that there might be seed fund “crash&# looming. At some point it will be quite obvious whether the super angels’ investments and strategy succeed or fail. at a $2.5M

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