Masters Snags $2.7M For Virtual Coaching
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JANUARY 13, 2022
Los Angeles-based Masters, a startup that lets users get coaching and training from famous athletes, has raised $2.7M in a seed funding round.
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ringDNA Adds AI-Powered Sales Coaching
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
Los Angeles-based ringDNA , which develops artificial intelligence software for the sales market, has added a new sales coaching product that uses artificial intelligence to help improve sales teams. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.
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Day-J Finds $2.1M Funding For Health, Wellness Coaching
socalTECH
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Los Angeles-based Day-J, a new startup offering up health and wellness coaching from experts, said this morning that it has raised a pre-seed round of funding worth $2.1M. The funding came from Raine Ventures, Fuel Capital, and Watertower Ventures.
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Mustard Gets $3.75M For High Tech Coaching
socalTECH
JANUARY 18, 2022
Los Angeles-based Mustard, which develops technology which uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to evaluate an athlete's mechanics and to help with coaching, has raised $3.75M in a seed funding, the company said this morning.
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Freeletics raises $45M for its AI-powered mobile fitness coach
TechCrunch LA
DECEMBER 4, 2018
market with the help of several Los Angeles-based investors. Freeletics , headquartered in Munich, Germany, is today announcing its first round of private capital after bootstrapping since 2013. One of Europe’s most popular fitness applications is poised to flourish in the U.S. for one month or $74.99 for a year-long membership.
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264 The Skills Launches Celebrity Sports Life Coaching Startup
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Los Angeles-based The Skills , a new startup offering up subscription-based "life lessons" from celebrity athletes, launched today, saying that it is backed by Maveron, Global Founders Capital, and 8VC.
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LA-based Maslo pivots to professional services, launching an AI product for executive coaching
TechCrunch LA
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
When the Los Angeles-based startup Maslo launched its first product in early 2018 , the company was focused on a direct-to-consumer tool designed to encourage mindfulness and self-awareness through a machine learning enabled avatar that would respond to individual’s inputs.
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March Capital Partners Backs Dojo Madness
socalTECH
MAY 19, 2016
Los Angeles-based March Capital Partners is the lead investor in Berlin-based Dojo Madness , a developer of e-sports content and coaching tools, as part of a $4.5M The funding round also included Investment Bank of Berlin, DN Capital, and London Venture Partners. funding round, Dojo Madness revealed today.
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113 Los Angeles Dodgers Launch Venture Focused On Youth Sports
socalTECH
AUGUST 2, 2018
The Los Angeles Dodgers , along with Elysian Park Ventures , the private investment firm created by the ownership group behind the Los Angeles Dodgers specifically for investments in entrepreneurs in the areas of sports, technology, and entertainment, have launched and funded a new venture called E|L1.
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AUGUST 3, 2023
The subject of raising money is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending upon the capital efficiency of the enterprise. But few businesses grow into the sweet spot of $20 million to $30 million in worth to an ultimate buyer without the injection of outside capital.
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Insights and Opinions: The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators
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AUGUST 10, 2012
Southern California has the one of the largest gathering of organized angel investment groups, and a huge crop of startup accelerators: there's only one problem, which is they don't naturally work together. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasnt. The Angel funding process can be arduous. Continued.).
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Clovers Connects With $15M For Recruiting Software
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Los Angeles- and Nashville-based Clovers, a developer of interviewing and recruiting software, has raised $15M in a funding round, the company said this week. According to Clovers, the funding was led by Greycroft and Alpha Edison, and also included Crosslink Capital, Acadian Ventures, Fika Ventures and Act One Ventures.
NuOrder Gets $45M For Fashion Merchandising
socalTECH
MARCH 10, 2021
Los Angeles-based NuOrder, which provides technology that allows fashion brands and retailers to process and manage orders, has raised $45M in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Brighton Park Capital and Imaginary Ventures. The company's co-founders are Heath Wells and Olivia Skuza.
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Edufii Scores $1.4M For Athletic Training App
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
The funding was led by DFJ Frontier and the Pasadena Angels, and also included Gideon Hixon Fund, Tech Coast Angels, SLO Seed Ventures, along with Rudy Duran, who was the first coach for Tiger Woods. Edufii''s app lets coaches, teachers, and athletes capture and annotate training and coaching sessions. READ MORE>>.
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153 Crosscut Ventures Launches Effort To Tackle Mental Health, Well Being Of Founder
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JANUARY 29, 2020
Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures m, one of Southern California's most active seed stage venture capital investment firms, has launched a new effort to tackle the mental health and well being of founders, the firm said this week.
ChargerHelp raises $2.75M to keep EV chargers working
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 29, 2021
million from investors Trucks VC, Kapor Capital, JFF, Energy Impact Partners and The Fund. Terry often took matters in her own hands if issues arose with stations located in Los Angeles, where she is based. It was here that she met Ellis, a career coach at LACI who also worked at the Long Beach Job Corp Center.
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Arivale Brings Gene Sequencing Driven Wellness To Los Angeles
socalTECH
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Arivale , a health and wellness startup founded by genetic sequencing pioneer Dr. Leroy Hood, has launched itself into the Los Angeles market, as its first expansion beyond its home market of Seattle. Arivale raised $36M in 2015 from Maveron, ARCH Venture Partners and Polaris Partners.
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Female Entrepreneurs, AI and Investing: A Chat With Meredith Finn, March Capital
socalTECH
MARCH 28, 2019
The summit is now associated with March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com). What's your role at March Capital? Meredith Finn: I joined March Capital at the beginning of the year. How did you end up joining March Capital? I went to business school in between all of that. You can't be the best at everything.
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Launching from beta, ProGuides is making money ensuring that gamers never play alone
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 29, 2019
When ProGuides pulled the covers off of its service earlier this year, the young Los Angeles-based startup intended to give gamers a way to train with professional and semi-pro esports players from around the world. It’s backed by Accomplice and Advancit Capital.
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Streamlining The Sports Recruiting Process with FieldLevel
socalTECH
APRIL 4, 2013
That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. Brenton Sullivan: What we are is a private social network and platform for coaches to connect with each other, to exchange information on athletes.
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252 ServiceTitan Acquires Pointman
socalTECH
MAY 27, 2020
Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan , which develops a cloud-based software platform used by residential and commercial service contractors to manage their businesses, has acquired Pointman , a New York-based company that develops software for contractors. Rowe Price, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and ICONIQ Capital.
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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 20, 2011
If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. I'm a huge fan of this innovation. and Half.com. and Half.com.
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Ultrahuman Launches Meditation, Workout, Sleep App, With $8M Funding
socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2021
Los Angeles-based Ultrahuman, a startup developing an app focused on meditation, workouts, and sleep, said Wednesday that it has launched its first product, backed by $8M in funding. The company says the $8M, Series A funding round came from Nexus and Blume. The company's service runs on iOS and Android devices.
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Delane Parnell’s plan to conquer amateur esports
TechCrunch LA
MAY 29, 2019
Los Angeles-based PlayVS (pronounced “play versus”) wants to become the dominant platform for amateur esports, starting at the high school level. Starting at 21, I worked at a venture capital firm called IncWell based in Birmingham, Michigan then joined a startup called Rocket Fiber.
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Interview with Mike Napoli, Tech Coast Angels
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
In your opinion, are your angels more or less active this year? The Tech Coast Angels had great exit last year in Green Dot - anything which, in hindsight, made this one a home run? We've heard some entrepreneurs who have had some difficulty figuring out how to work with angels. Mike Napoli: It's quality versus quantity.
AKUA lands $3.2M to turn kelp into burgers
TechCrunch LA
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
The total funds include backing from a Republic campaign, pre-seed investors and capital from the co-founders. However, the company is dabbling in retail locations and has preorders from over 100 stores in New York, and she expects those will go out in the coming months, followed by stores in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Reflections On 2018: Matt Stodder, Startup Boost LA
socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2019
My biggest takeaway this year was truly understanding the strength and cohesion of the Los Angeles startup community. Startup Boost became global, growing to six cities in 2018 (Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Detroit, Dublin and London), helping over 70 early stage startups. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?
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157 Two Local Tech, Investment Executives Named In College Fraud Investigation
socalTECH
MARCH 12, 2019
Two people associated with Southern California's high tech investment and startup industry have been named as part of the far reaching investigation into a college admissions scandal , which named Hollywood actresses, CEOs, coaches at USC, UCLA, and UCSD, as well as many others. According to a complaint filed by the U.S.
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Gloria brings international soccer scouting into the 21st century
TechCrunch LA
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Future versions of the app will have professional tools like additional coaching features, the two co-founders said. As a result of the investment Initialized’s Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, is taking a seat on the company’s board of directors. .”
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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 5, 2010
I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum in Los Angeles back in January and wrote about it here. Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. The first event was a big success and brought out many of LA’s angel elite. Ambitious goals.
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Does your business need money? Read this!
Berkonomics
JUNE 8, 2017
The subject of raising money is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending upon the capital efficiency of the enterprise. But few businesses grow into the sweet spot of $20 million to $30 million in worth to an ultimate buyer without the injection of outside capital.
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Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips
Tech Coast Venture Network
MARCH 9, 2011
Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report. Meet angels via the entrepreneurs they’ve funded. Be coachable.
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Aspiration Gets $47M For Online Banking Efforts
socalTECH
DECEMBER 13, 2017
Los Angeles-based Aspiration , and online banking startup which calls itself "the financial firm with a conscience", said on Tuesday that it has raised $47M in a Series B funding round. Aspiration lets users pay what they want in terms of fees they pay to the company. READ MORE>>.
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Berkonomics
APRIL 28, 2012
Something like a marriage (and often lasting just as long statistically), your investment partner can be a great cheerleader, coach and resource. Angel investors tend to be much more understanding, and usually resort to coaching rather than replacing the CEO during bad times. Email readers, continue here.]
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174 Fastpoint Games Acquired By Weplay
socalTECH
MAY 21, 2012
Santa Monica-based Fastpoint Games , the developer of virtual fantasy sports games which was headed by Kelly Perdew, has been sold to Los Angeles-based WePlay , Weplay announced Monday. Mission Ventures, DFJ Dragon and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide, but had begun shopping around its assets in October.
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220 The Valuable Unsung Heroes of Startups
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 17, 2012
And speaking of coaching, if you haven’t read Googled by Ken Auletta you should. And in it he profiles the work of Coach Campbell who was once on the boards of both Google & Apple. EXECUTIVE COACHES. I loved the quote so had to include it, “All medal winners have coaches. VENTURE CAPITAL.
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363 How can you let a talented employee go to pursue a new career?
Berkonomics
MAY 31, 2018
Sometimes you can be the coach, helping them even if it means losing them. It doesn’t take much to publicly wish a departing employee well, to throw a small celebration, to coach the outgoing person if asked, and to listen and receive fair criticism at the moment of the exit interview. Celebrate the transition. Good to hear from you.
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Fuel50 Finds $2.5M For Career Management Tools
socalTECH
OCTOBER 5, 2017
Los Angeles-based Fuel50 , a startup developing career management and coaching tools, has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The funding came from Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures. According to Fuel50, the new funding brings its total funding to $4.6M.
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100 Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures, On Mental Health And Investing In Founders
socalTECH
JANUARY 29, 2020
This week, Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures announced a brand new effort to provide health and wellness to the founders of companies it invests in, helping those founders with well being, mental health, stress management, coaching, and leadership development. I think the bulk of the capital is Silicon Valley, Series A money.
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113 The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators
Steve Reich
AUGUST 9, 2012
At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t. The Angel funding process can be arduous. We know we’re short of capital, particularly in LA.
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Green LAVA Meeting
SoCal Tech Calendar
JULY 19, 2012
Los Angeles launched its cleantech business incubator to accelerate development of cleantech start-ups by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, and access to a growing network of experts and capital. Friday, July 20, 2012 -- Green LAVA Meeting. LACIis the business equivalent of baseball?s
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113 The VC Inclusion Clause #MovingForward
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 8, 2018
He suggested an idea that comes from the NFL called “ The Rooney Rule ” enacted in 2003 in an effort to end the era of all-white football coaches in a league with > 75% African American players. We immediately realized this was a great idea.
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