Video: Bubbles, valuations and a guide to fundraising in LA
Vator Splash LA 2015 panel
At Vator Splash LA 2015, Rob Kornegay, Partner at Wilson Sonsini, moderated the panel "Bubbles, valuations and a guide to fundraising in LA". He was joined by panelists, Peter Lee, Partner at Baroda Ventures; Erik Rannala, Co-Founder & Partner at MuckerLab; James Conlon, Partner at Bullpen Capital;Tianxiang Zhuo, Managing Partner of Karlin Ventures.
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Bullpen Capital
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Bullpen Capital is second round investor who invests in companies previously seeded by the Super Angel funds.
Baroda Ventures
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Baroda Ventures is a Los Angeles based venture capital firm founded in 1998 by philanthropist and technology entrepreneur David C. Bohnett, the founder of GeoCities, an Internet-based media company, publicly traded on NASDAQ and subsequently acquired by Yahoo!
Karlin Ventures
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Karlin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Los Angeles. They are value-add partners helping entrepreneurs who take contrarian approaches to create impactful solutions to big, interesting problems. Karlin Ventures is an affiliate of Karlin Asset Management, a private investment firm managing over $1.4 billion of unleveraged equity capital.
Robert Kornegay
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Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Mucker CapitalPeter Lee
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LA based seed fund.James Conlon
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TX Zhuo
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General Partner @Karlin Ventures. Worked at McKinsey & Co, Innovation Endeavors and founded online textbook retail company. Stanford GSB MBA.