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VC Mark Suster: “The bet we’re making now is on founder skills,” not customers or products - We recently caught up with longtime VC Mark Suster of L.A.-based Upfront Ventures,... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ZqXgsUdv1Ng/ #upfrontventures #venturecapital #apeelsciences #marksuster #thredup #bird #tc

Check out who’s coming to TC Sessions: SaaS 2021 - On October 27, less than two fast-moving months away, we’re hosting TC Sessions: S... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/2dUoV6W_W4E/ #artificialintelligence #tcsessions:saas2021 #softwareasaservice #cloudapplications #costanoaventures #upfrontventures #businessmodels #cloudcomputing #javiersoltero #as-a-service #caseyaylward #jaredspataro #kathybaxter #kobiefuller #salesforce #computing #microsoft #greylock #sarahguo

InfoSum raises $65M Series B as organizations embrace secure data sharing - InfoSum, a London-based startup that provides a decentralized platform for secure ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/QALo_xH0K7Q/ #generaldataprotectionregulation #identitymanagement #opendatainstitute #upfrontventures #cloudcomputing #unitedkingdom #datasecurity #nickhalstead #socialissues #unitedstates #humanrights #iaventures #chrysalis #security #articles #datasift #funding #germany #infosum

Former Snap employees raise $9M for Trust, emerging from beta to level marketing playing field - Trust wants to give smaller businesses the same advantages that large enterprises ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/1i6cRsQ6Vuw/ #lightspeedventurepartners #digitaladvertising #onlineadvertising #digitalmarketing #advertisingtech #upfrontventures #recentfunding #andreahippeau #brandnetworks #smallbusiness #lererhippeau #enterprise #jamesborow #marketing #startups #business #tc

Product-led sales startup Endgame raises over $17M - Endgame, enabling software companies to turn customer observations into go-to-mark... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/N1gz15gW45o/ #liquid2ventures #unusualventures #upfrontventures #recentfunding #menloventures #karanortman #naomiionita #enterprise #alexbilmes #gainsight #nickmehta #startups #funding #endgame #saas #tc

Sarah Guo, Kobie Fuller & Casey Aylward headline investor panel at TC Sessions: SaaS - While SaaS has become the default way to deliver software in 2021, it still takes ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/B7nLtBVckHA/ #tcsessions:saas2021 #costanoaventures #upfrontventures #caseyaylward #kobiefuller #enterprise #greylock #sarahguo #saas #tc

Bevy raises $40M Series C with 20% coming from Black investors - You might expect that a startup that makes community building software would be thriving during a pa... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/vVG0aCMC1Ok/ #upfrontventures #recentfunding #enterprise #diversity #startups #funding #accel #bevy

Share Ventures, an LA-based studio for company creation, is MoviePass co-founder Hamet Watt’s next act - Nearly eight years ago, Hamet Watt and Stacy Spikes launched MoviePass, the subscription-based movi... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ErEpHT-FbtQ/ #entrepreneurship #upfrontventures #trueventures #stacyspikes #losangeles #moviepass #tc

VCs, celebrities, and athletes are writing a new LA story to bring women’s soccer to the city - When Upfront Ventures partner Kara Nortman first met Natalie Portman a few years ago to talk about... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/b3Aj92s42jc/ #nationalbasketballassociation #playboyenterprises #manchesterunited #upfrontventures #jennifergarner #kleinerperkins #serenawilliams #venturecapital #alexisohanian #caseyneistat #unitedstates #julieuhrman #karanortman #basketball

Top LA investors discuss the city’s post-COVID-19 prospects - When it comes to venture capital, Los Angeles is a city on the rise.
In the past year, it’s seen one... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/8vVE4SZWpgc/ #greycroftpartners #casaverdecapital #investorsurveys #upfrontventures #venturecapital #venturefunding #muckercapital #fikaventures #karanwadhera #extracrunch #karanortman #danasettle #losangeles #marksuster #fifthwall #startups #covid-19 #willhsu #txzhuo

DroneBase nabs $7.5 million in a slight down round to double down on its work in renewable energy - DroneBase, a Los Angeles-based provider of drone pilots for industrial services companies, has raise... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/qbahVjtBt9g/ #unionsquareventures #valorequitypartners #renewableenergy #upfrontventures #hearstventures #precisionhawk #losangeles #articles #germany #energy #dji #tc

Los Angeles-based Open Raven raises $15 million from KPCB for its security tech to secure hybrid clouds - Open Raven, the Los Angeles-based security startup founded by a team of cybersecurity veterans from ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/CzbAX8XHQNs/ #enterprisesoftware #computersecurity #upfrontventures #cloudcomputing #informationage #kleinerperkins #signalsciences #cyberwarfare #goldmansachs #crowdstrike #losangeles #techcrunch #tedschlein #computing #davecole

Venture firms rush to find ways to support Black founders and investors - As protests against police brutality and economic manifestations of systemic racism in the U.S. cont... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/1cqV6WgmuIU/ #venturecapitalfirms #initializedcapital #macventurecapital #backstagecapital #upfrontventures #arlanhamilton #eniacventures #harlemcapital #marlonnichols #elizabethyin #adrianfenty #cleocapital #jasonlemkin #kobiefuller #hustlefund #saastrfund #tc

7 VCs discuss how COVID-19 is changing the media startup landscape - The world has changed dramatically since May 2019 when we last surveyed venture capitalists about th... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/XzGvOhj05xs/ #lightspeedventurepartners #betaworksventures #courtsideventures #par-jorgen-parson #investorsurveys #upfrontventures #marketanalysis #venturecapital #matthewhartman #extracrunch #coronavirus #mgsiegler #northzone #startups #covid-19 #funding #events #nfx

The startup cash countdown begins - Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/zcJ988QQVM4/ #growthandmonetization #investorsurveys #upfrontventures #fundings&exits #marketanalysis #extracrunch #jasonlemkin #marksuster #steveohear #techcrunch #startups #saastr

New guidance on SBA loans means most startups are still excluded from $349 billion stimulus - Under new guidance issued by the Small Business Administration it seems non-profits and faith-based ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Lmg64B2c_Ss/ #trumpadministration #entrepreneurship #generalcatalyst #managingpartner #upfrontventures #startupcompany #venturecapital #kevinmccarthy #privateequity #stevemnuchin #unitedstates #co-founder #investment #losangeles #marksuster #tc

This startup got a meeting with Mark Suster by getting clever with Google ads - Startups have done some wild things to get the attention of VCs. In fact, Instacart founder Apoorva ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/0OFWM8EanBw/ #upfrontventures #venturecapital #enterprise #marksuster #startups #tc

Pragma is a backend toolkit for gaming companies, so game developers can focus on games - These days, most of the games developed need to be social, multi-platform and extensible, but there ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ZmKlRQPXzi8/ #chieftechnologyofficer #onlinemultiplayergames #socialmediaplatforms #advancitcapital #upfrontventures #williamhockey #boardmember #gameengine #losangeles #riotgames #facebook #founder #partner #player #build #plaid #tc

Josh Kopelman on how to start and run an early-stage fund in a hypercompetitive market - Last week at the Upfront Summit in Pasadena, there was no shortage of glitz, from the venue (the Ros... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ZYhoZAe0D6g/ #firstroundcapital #upfrontventures #venturecapital #joshkopelman #tc

KPCB has already blown through much of the $600 million it raised last year - Kleiner Perkins, one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/UmCuye4osgg/ #u.s.securitiesandexchangecommission #farmersbusinessnetwork #chamathpalihapitiya #enterprisesoftware #firstroundcapital #upfrontventures #kleinerperkins #venturecapital #amoldeshpande #joshkopelman #spokesperson #ilyafushman #mamoonhamid #finance

LA tech industry mourns Kobe Bryant - The Los Angeles startup community is joining the rest of the world in mourning the death of NBA sup... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/m93iSr3SV6Q/ #nationalbasketballassociation #shaquilleo\\neal #managingpartner #upfrontventures #venturecapital #basketball #kobebryant #losangeles #marksuster #scopely #oscar #nba #tc

Solve, the startup creating an interactive “Law & Order” for social media, raises $20 million - When “Law and Order” ended its twenty-year run in 2010, it had already cemented its place as one of ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/dDaPJstfllE/ #lightspeedventurepartners #advancitcapital #managingpartner #upfrontventures #privateequity #iheartmedia #lawandorder #investment #jeremyliew #lightspeed #losangeles #marksuster #blackout #facebook #carrier #finance

Where LA’s top consumer VCs are looking to invest - From a geographical perspective, the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles startup ecosystems are n... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/IfZ-IwZfA6Q/ #macventurecapital #crosscutventures #upfrontventures #venturecapital #sinaiventures #weekendfund #ryanhoover #tc

Lawyers hate timekeeping. Ping raises $13M to fix it with AI - Counting billable time in six minute increments is the most annoying part of being a lawyer. It’s a ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/YzsZVyNesGA/ #artificialintelligence #initializedcapital #firstroundcapital #upfrontventures #fundings&exits #recentfunding #enterprise #legaltech #startups #boxgroup #funding #lawyer #apps #ping #tc

With $6.5M in funding, Aircam offers a fast, easy way to share photos at events - Aircam is a new startup that allows anyone to get instant access to pictures taken by professional p... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/JEHRfL8ZjLU/ #upfrontventures #fundings&exits #mobile #social #apps

Valence launches a social network for black professionals - Over the past two years, as technology companies continued to struggle with diversifying their work ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/qJbJzP-Qz8w/ #talentacquisition #upfrontventures #recentfunding #diversity #startups #valence #social #tc

Substance abuse affects about 15% of American employees, Path wants to ensure they get help - America has an addiction problem.
It’s a problem that serial entrepreneur Josh Bruno has seen first ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/AwJbPLcF71c/ #serialentrepreneur #healthinsurance #upfrontventures #businessmodel #unitedstates #losangeles #addiction #physician #president #hometeam #america #chevron #founder #sequoia #disney #cisco #coach #run #tc

Startups Weekly: Upfront Ventures bets on a bus service - Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworth... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/KVEZn8IUaRQ/ #u.s.securitiesandexchangecommission #bessemerventurepartners #forerunnerventures #matchstickventures #precursorventures #entrepreneurship #redpointventures #upfrontventures #venturecapital #aspectventures #bastianlehmann #ginkgobioworks #kleinerperkins #airbnb

L.A.-based Upfront Ventures has two new general partners, bringing its GP count to eight - Upfront Ventures, the 23-year-old, L.A.-based venture capital firm, is gearing up for far more deal-... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/rHXd9S_up_0/ #upfrontventures #venturecapital #tc

The future of car ownership: Cars-as-a-service - Car shoppers now have several new options to avoid long-term debt and commitments. Automakers and st... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/4V-gn_dA8q0/ #subscriptionservices #siliconvalleybank #upfrontventures #fundings&exits #venturecapital #onlineshopping #carinsurance #carownership #scottpainter #automotive #co-founder #losangeles #smartphone #carbuying #startups #carsales #softbank #funding #banking #porsche #truecar

Bird investor Upfront Ventures eyes $250M growth fund - Upfront Ventures, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, has filed paperwork with the U.S. Securi... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/S4Jos8YymRU/ #u.s.securitiesandexchangecommission #travisvanderzanden #upfrontventures #venturecapital #gwynethpaltrow #losangeles #marksuster #startups #tc

Looking Beyond Meat, the future of food investment looks pretty cheesy - As Beyond Meat continues its reign as one of the kings of this year’s IPO mountain and Impossible Fo... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/K9mZ_jXuvjY/ #revolutionventures #impossiblefoods #meatsubstitutes #upfrontventures #venturecapital #centraleurope #culturedmeat #distribution #eclipsefoods #foodanddrink #fooddelivery #hamptoncreek #latinamerica #unitedstates #burgerking #healthcare #grubhub

Meet Projector, collaborative design software for the Instagram age - Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures bonded with Trevor O’Brien in prison. The pair, Suster was quick to... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/nySreSUbXQY/ #presentationsoftware #microsoftpowerpoint #productmanagement #operatingsystems #brownuniversity #upfrontventures #venturecapital #maddocsoftware #defyventures #sanfrancisco #socialmedia #marksuster #instagram #startups #engineer #mayfield #software

With a new CEO and fresh funding from Upfront, healthy prepared food delivery service Territory looks to grow - With a new chief executive officer and $4 million in fresh funding from investors including the Los ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/iHYwJerpBgo/ #chiefexecutiveofficer #upfrontventures #businessmodel #foodanddrink #sanfrancisco #diapers.com #karanortman #e-commerce #losangeles #washington #baltimore #companies #eastcoast #territory #westcoast #diapers #tc

The Wing poaches Snap’s comms director - Women-focused co-working space The Wing has hired Rachel Racusen as vice president of communications... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/UORpHqlwzKs/ #skdknickerbocker #upfrontventures #venturecapital #generalcounsel #sequoiacapital #vicepresident #barackobama #startups #snapchat #the.wing #snapinc #airbnb #wework #msnbc #snap

Venture investors and startup execs say they don’t need Elizabeth Warren to defend them from big tech - Responding to Elizabeth Warren’s call to regulate and break up some of the nation’s largest technol... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/v3VbHya4jA8/ #newenterpriseassociates #chieftechnologyofficer #federaltradecommission #technologydevelopment #entrepreneurship #elizabethwarren #upfrontventures #startupcompany #venturecapital #privateequity #unitedstates