I thought I’d expand on a post written by Ben Kuo (Venture Capital Booms in the OC) and point out while our county’s start-ups have raised ~$110M in the last week or so, we have also had our recent share of liquidity events.  Tags: OC VCs Start-Ups Venture Capital Orange Count A very big congratulations to Michael Hajeck and his team at SiliconSystems [...] ...Tags:

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If you haven’t already registered for VC in the OC, get to it as tickets have been going fast and we’re on track to sell out (again) this year.  For details, and to register, visit VC in the OC.  Like last year, I will be moderating a panel and will take any questions thereof in

Tags: Networking Orange County OC VCs Venture Capital Start-Up Well, January has come and gone and the year is off to a “shaky” start in case you haven’t been paying attention to what is going on in the global economy.  Some are faring better…some worse.  In the end, we will eventually

Tags: Networking Orange County OC VCs Regional VC Groups Start-Ups Venture Capital Networking Group So far, so good.  We’re averaging 8 entrepreneurs / VCs so I guess I’ll keep this party going and see where it ends up.  This month, we will be meeting March 19th, 9am-11am, at the Pacific Whey in Ladera Ranch at 25672 Crown Valley Parkway (in the Mercantile West Shopping Center). 

To give a shameless plug for our upcoming VC in the OC on September I thought I’d give a big shout out to Stuart, Mark, and the rest of the DATAllegro team and congratulate them on their recently announced acquisition by Microsoft.  I love to see local start-ups succeed!!!   

I’ve been toying with the idea of holding regular “office hours” at a set time and place to meet with folks in the community — be they entrepreneurs, service providers, or others — in lieu of some of the traditional networking events and thought I’d throw the thought out to all of you to see

I have been looking at the “water sector” (broadly defined) for awhile now but haven’t seen many investments being done thus far… so I was pleased to see fellow local VC, SAIL Ventures, announce that they recently made such an investment.  Tags: OC VCs Start-Ups Venture Capital Orange Count In fact, I reached out to Walter Schindler and asked him to send me [...] ...Tags:

Tags: Networking Orange County OC VCs Start-Ups Venture Capital Social Networks Networking Group After an overwhelmingly positive response, I’ve decided to give the “office hours” idea a go for the first six months this year and then will make a decision as to whether to continue them.  My hope is that this becomes something that continues without my presence or involvement — a free, no-hassle, relaxed atmosphere for [...] ...Tags:

Was having pleasant cup of joe reading the paper (yes once in awhile I still like the "print dinosaur") when I read the article on slowing VC fundings in 1q 2008 . If you were a VC, why would you deploy risk capital - particularly early stage - in a time of upcoming economic uncertainty? Focus on capital efficiency and position for a stronger 2009. Both PWC and E&Y do a great job covering the field. On the same page or close to it, was an article on recession and unemployment rising.