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The SBA Needs To Get It’s Act Together On The PPP

VC Adventure

That rule was designed to prevent companies under common ownership from accessing SBA funds, but as it applied to PPP, it potentially excluded any venture-backed companies where venture firms owned greater than 20% equity (and where the companies were not affiliated, they just shared a common investor).

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. Total raised: $29.5mm.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

Splitting time between Austin and Los Angeles, Amber is a whirlwind of energy and is always working on an exciting new project with some mega-brand using her latest tech. Working with Joe, he founded RideAustin to provide ridesharing to Austin when Uber and Lyft were driven out by city council.

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Magento Keeps Going from Strength to Strength

VC Cafe

million in an equity deal to an undisclosed investor. We didn’t hide the challenges Magento faces in distributing an open source ecommerce solution when covered Magento last November , but customers are continuing to adopt it as their ecommerce platform of choice. million in an equity deal to an undisclosed investor.

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Shark Tank 2012 Holiday Episode Breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The most interesting company to present was The Coop , a modern, design-focused, indoor-outdoor children’s playspace in Los Angeles. As O’Leary said, this isn’t an equity investment. By all accounts, the Coop is quite successful. This is a loan with a 15% warrant attached at a zero strike price.

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My XOXO Talk

Bryce Dot VC

For $100,000 we actually don’t take any equity in your company unless you raise more venture capital, at which point we’ll convert into that round of funding or if you sell the company, we’ll have a small piece of that acquisition. If you continue to make those distributions it flips- 80 percent to the creator and then 20 percent to us.

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5 Critical Factors for Optimizing Luxury Ecommerce Sites

ConversionXL

The most common example of distribution and information based scarcity used in luxury is one most brands should implement without exception: the “limited quantities available” message. Take this segment of a description for a $2000/night villa in Los Angeles from luxury rental site Luxury Retreats. Image source. Image source.

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