Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Evan and I met regularly over a three year period from the time he was running Flux, which he sold to Viacom ( who was his strategic investor ). This is his third company that is in this related space and he was an early investor in Adconion. Optimization technology is not new. What does it do?

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

And a record-breaking $7 billion was invested through venture capitalists and strategic investors in private gaming companies during the first half with 11 large rounds that exceeded $100 million. On that note, I recommend Joost van Dreunen’s review of Matthew Ball’s new book on the Metaverse.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Corporate venture funds are often referred to as ‘strategic’ investors because of the unique benefits they bring to the table. Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. Some corporate VCs even have seed funds.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Startups are so dominated by 20-somethings in most major tech centers that little thought is given to the issues of the more mature set from which may come the most important cogs in the next stage of the organization. I’m familiar with many deals where a looming strategic investor froze all other fundraising.

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 14, 2016

This is usually followed by several weeks or longer of legal due diligence. As a result, most VC’s do most of their due diligence up front, and bring companies through a full evaluation and decision-making process before signing a term sheet. It’s really really bad business. How do you address this?

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