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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). We will stay in LA and then Southern California before branching out into our 2nd & 3rd markets. Let me not bury the lede.

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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

We had another solid year filled with learning, growth, laughter, and new projects and partners. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. First check leads in 5 founding teams, all in stealth. We are truly grateful for your support.

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Where are the opportunities for machine learning startups? [guest post]

VC Cafe

So-called after the California Gold Rush where the purveyors of picks and shovels made a killing (whereas the outcome for prospectors was mixed), the picks and shovels of machine intelligence are hardware, data feeds, and (arguably) the algorithms themselves. It’s not uncharted territory?—?if Pick and Shovel’ plays. Better search.

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How to get beta signups for your startup in 9 steps

thenextweb.com

3 Don’t go too stealth. Unless you have tons of funding (see Kohort ), be careful about going too “stealth.” In California? Facebook partners with Opower & NRDC to create a social energy application. Users like Robert Scoble have a heavy say in what people will embrace. If not, try and organize one!

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Qwilt Raises $24M to Reduce Data Load of Video by Up to 80%

VC Cafe

They have been in stealth mode for 2 years now working mainly with network infrastructures and content providers. They are going to remain in semi-stealth mode and are testing their products in the US, Asia, and Europe. Qwilt has offices in Hod Hasharon, Israel and Redwood City, California.

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

Both Sides of the Table

AwesomeBox : AwesomeBox is currently in stealth mode so I’ll respect that. Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. In joining Launchpad he’s agreed to move here, which is a natural fit given their emerging set of media partners.

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Hacking For Defense In Silicon Valley

Steve Blank

The University of California managed research and development of the bomb design at Los Alamos while the US Army managed the Los Alamos facilities and the overall administration of the project. The offset strategy was smart weapons, smart sensors, and stealth using silicon chips, electronics and computers that only the U.S.