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Sunbit, Fresh Off Massive Funding Round, Names Chief Customer Officer

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JULY 7, 2021

Los Angeles-based fintech startup Sunbit announced this morning that it has appointed Bill Walsh as the company's first Chief Customer Officer. Sunbit recently raised a huge, $130M Series D funding round, which valued the company at an $11 billion unicorn.

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8 Angel Funding Realities In Search Of A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which In the U.S. contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes. Angels prefer strong teams to big ideas.

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Upgrade gives hair stylists tools to market, sell custom wigs from one marketplace

TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

Upgrade’s e-commerce marketplace has two sides: one that enables consumers to choose a vetted stylist and have their wig colored or customized based on their desired look. However, although they are providing such significant value, a lot of them operate with limited funding and resources, which ultimately affects the customer experience.

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eTailPet Finds $800K Seed Funding

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APRIL 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based eTailPet , a new startup which helps pet store owners create online e-commerce sites, has received a round of seed funding, the company said this week. The seed funding was worth $800K, and led by Moonshots Capital, and also included individual angels from the pet industry.

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6 Keys To A Winning Business Model For Your Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Proof of any business model starts with a finished product or solution, sold to a new customer for full price, with high satisfaction for the value received. Customer support is more than handling exceptions. Your challenge is to present a total business solution to the right customer set to build your credibility and momentum.

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Food Rocket blasts off after securing funding, grocery delivery deal with Circle K parent

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 26, 2022

Food Rocket has taken an unconventional route, striking a funding deal with Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. We are creating new habits of customers. Many grocery delivery startups begin small, in one city, building up locations to cater to a certain neighborhood. locations.

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Retina.AI Finds $2.5M In Funding

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Los Angeles-based Retina has raised $2.5M more in funding, the company announced on Tuesday. The funding came from prior investor Crosscut Ventures. Retina develops customer lifetime value software which companies used to determine how much their customers are worth to them, helping them to optimize their cost-per-acquisition.

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Pitching access management on the fly, Los Angeles-based Britive raises $5.4 million

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

It seems Los Angeles is becoming an enterprise software hotspot. million from LA’s own venture fund, Upfront Ventures and a clutch of security experts. The company already has over a dozen customers using its technology after launching merely two years ago.

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Angel Funding Advice

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AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money. Very few people fund individuals. Team: You need a team.

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5 Venture Periods Call For Unique Funding Strategies

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue). Thus your startup maturity and growth stage is the primary key to success with potential funding sources. Marty Zwilling

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eTailPet Finds Seed Funding

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APRIL 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based eTailPet , a new startup which helps pet store owners create online e-commerce sites, has received a round of seed funding, the company said this week. Size of the funding was not announced. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital. READ MORE>>.

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Electric charging gets more juice as Soros Fund Management makes a bet on Amply Power

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 28, 2020

Soros Fund Management, the financial investment vehicle led by famed investor George Soros, is placing a small, $13.2 million bet, alongside Siemens and a host of other investors into the Los Angeles-based electric charging startup, Amply Power.

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9 Business Model Components For New Business Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. The canvas is a visual chart with elements describing your value proposition, structure, finances, and customers, to help companies identify and align business activities.

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Creadev seasons Salted with new funding for its QSR brands

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Salted , a Los Angeles-based startup creating digitally native quick-service restaurant brands, brought in a new round of $16 million in Series A funding to continue its nationwide expansion. Our technology and Salted Analytics product helps us grow at the rate we want to and still maintain customer experience,” Applebaum said. “We

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PeerStreet Launches Real Estate Investment Fund

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AUGUST 19, 2020

Los Angeles-based real estate loan marketplace PeerStreet announced on Wednesday morning that it is launching a new fund, called the Peer Street Credit Opportunity Fund LP , which will provide another way for its customers to diversify, expand, and customize their real estate debt portfolios.

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6 Funding Resources For Ideas Needing More Validation

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Commercial product prototypes. Product verification and clinical trials.

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Perch Mobility Snags Funding For Scooter Charging Network

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based Perch Mobility, a startup that is developing portable charging "pods" aimed at helping professional chargers and scooter operators to bulk-charge scooters and e-bikes, says it has scored seed funding for its efforts. The company said the funding came from Lorentzen Investments.

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FastPay Tops $100M In Funding To Customers

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Los Angeles-based FastPay , which provides specialized line of credit to online publishers, e-commerce companies, videogame companies, and other digital media companies, reports this morning that it has placed over $100M in funding to over 100 customers since its launch in 2010.

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The/Studio Finds $11M For Custom Manufacturing Network

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Los Angeles-based The/Studio , a startup offering up custom manufacturing of products through a worldwide network of apparel manufacturers, accessory makers, textile manufacturers, and many others, has raised $11M in a funding round. The company says it has offices in China, Romania, Philippines, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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SteelHouse Names Chief Customer Officer

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Los Angeles-based SteelHouse , which develops online retargeting and advertising software, has named Rory Mitchell as Chief Customer Officer (CCO) at the company. Mitchell was previously VP of Client Success at SteelHouse, where he has been for less than a year. READ MORE>>.

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8 Parameters To Bracket New Venture Funding Requests

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

One of the big questions that every entrepreneur struggles with is how much funding they should request from investors in the first round. Angels usually won’t consider requests above $1 million. Can you justify your use of funds to this investor? Every type of investor has comfortable ranges and limits.

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LA's Arrowroot Capital Leads $45M Funding In mParticle

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MARCH 10, 2020

Los Angeles-based investor Arrowroot Capital is the lead investor in a $45M funding round in New York-based mParticle , a developer of a platform used to manage customer data. The funding--a Series D--brings the total investment in mParticle to more than $120M.

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Greycroft Backs ZenBusiness In $15M Funding

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investor Greycroft is the lead investor in ZenBusiness , a new startup providing small business services. According to Austin, Texas-based ZenBusiness, the funding will go to expand its footprint, and build out platform and community features for its customers. READ MORE>>.

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IntraStage Raises Angel Funding

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AUGUST 26, 2010

San Diego-based IntraStage , a developer of quality management software for companies who design and manufacture electronic products, including statistical process control (SPC) and other testing and data analytics tools, has raised a round of angel funding. IntraStage's customers include Motorola, Panasonic and Northrop Grumman.

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Lumi Lands $9M For Custom Packaging For E-Commerce Brands

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Los Angeles-based Lumi , which provides the fancy, custom packaging you might see from MeUndies or FabFitFun, has raised $9M in a Series A funding, the company said on Wednesday. According to Lumi, the funding round was led by Spark Capital, Forerunner Ventures, and Homebrew. READ MORE>>.

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Digsy Expands To Silicon Valley, Backed By Angel Funding

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MARCH 23, 2016

The startup also revealed a funding by investors Gil Amelio (former CEO of Apple), Gordon Stephenson (board member with Zillow) and Sean Ellis (GrowthHackers.com and DropBox), K5 Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, early LoopNet executives and other angels.

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Aspiration Draws $135M More In Funding

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MAY 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based Aspiration , which offers up financial services, no-fee checking accounts, and a debit card focused on socially conscious spending, has raised $135M in funding, the company said Thursday. million customers. The company says it has now raised $200M in total. The company says it has around 1.5 READ MORE>>.

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6 Tips On Where And When To Look For Startup Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

They don’t realize that according to statistics from Startup.co , almost 60 percent are funded with personal savings and credit, and another 25 percent get their money from friends and family. That leaves only about fifteen percent that actually get their funding from investors, through crowdfunding, banks, angels, and venture capitalists.

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FiveStars Expands In Los Angeles

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Customer loyalty and marketing automation software developer FiveStars said this week that it is "aggressively" expanding in the Los Angeles market, after recently receiving a $26M funding round from Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed, DCM, Rogers and Y-Combinator. READ MORE>>.

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Greycroft Leads $6.3M Funding In Frame AI

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APRIL 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based venture investor Greycroft , which has made investments in such companies as AwesomenessTV, Maker Studios, Sometrics, Venmo, and others, is one of the lead investors in New York-based Frame AI. Frame AI is a developer of artificial intelligence and machine learning used by companies to understand customer churn and behavior.

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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Josh Kaplan and Dee Murthy, both founder and co-CEO of the Los Angeles–based company, started Ghost in 2021 after previously working together at Four Five Group, a men’s apparel business. million in new funding for its predictive inventory recommendation platform, joining other similar companies, including Zippedi and Inventa.

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Fika Ventures raises $76M to fund the growing LA tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

The Los Angeles ecosystem is $76 million stronger today as Fika Ventures , a seed-stage venture capital firm, announces its sophomore investment fund. The pair raised $41 million for the debut effort, opting to nearly double that number the second time around as a means to participate in more follow-on fundings.

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LegalMation Lands Funding Round

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

Los Angeles-based LegalMation , a startup which develops artificial intelligence and machine learning-based software for litigation and law practices, has raised a round of funding, according to the company. Size of the funding was not announced. The company is led by CEO James M.

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HopSkipDrive Commits $2M For Ride Credits To Customers

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based youth transportatoin service HopSkipDrive announced this morning that it will invest $2M in free ride credits, to help solve a school bus driver shortage. According to the company, it will provide those $2M in ride credits to existing education partners in CA, CO, WI, and WA as part of its Opportunity for All Community Fund.

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Gemist Finds Funding From Diamond Giant De Beers

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JULY 20, 2020

Los Angeles-based Gemist , a consumer startup which lets users "try and buy" jewelry, has raised a round of funding, the company said today. The funding came from De Beers Group Ventures, Legendary Ventures, Lightspeed Scout, and Luma Launch. Size of the funding was not announced. Gemist is led by CEO Madeline Fraser.

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With its third fund, Revolution Ventures stays true to its mission

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Most of the venture capital firms covered in TechCrunch and other tech publications compete for a spot on the cap table of the hottest Bay Area, New York or Los Angeles companies of the moment. Today, Washington, DC-based Revolution is announcing its latest fund. Few seek out companies in Indianapolis, Milwaukee or Tampa.

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6 Tips On Positioning Your Needs For Investor Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2023

Entrepreneurs looking for investor funding often fail to realize that all money comes with strings. For example, if you have watched the Shark Tank TV series, you probably noticed that the Sharks always ask the entrepreneurs for their intended “use of funds.” Funding for founder salaries at this stage is a red flag.

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8 Tactics To Highlight Your Startup For Early Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Many first-time entrepreneurs find themselves unable to bootstrap their startups, and also unable to find early funding at the venture capital level or even with angel investors. Show them that you have done your homework with industry experts and potential customers, and convince them you are not asking for charity or a donation.

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Relativity Space gains new customer in Iridium and new launch site at Vandenberg

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 24, 2020

Relativity Space has a new customer for its 3D-printed rockets: Established satellite maker and operator Iridium, which has picked the company for launches in 2023. “Not only do we have a second launch site, but we have an anchor customer. . “Not only do we have a second launch site, but we have an anchor customer.

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

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JANUARY 26, 2013

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. Is Funding a Worthy Announcement? There are reasons you may delay funding announcement but rarely reasons not to announce.

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10 Alternative Funding Sources For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. Apply to local angel investor groups.

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Elementary Robotics raises cash to expand in Los Angeles’ growing robotics hub

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . “Nothing is final because we are still quite early, but we’re using 3D depth-sensing cameras along with proprietary custom hardware elements.

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Bitvore Brings Latest Funding Round To $14.2M

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Irvine-based Bitvore , the big data, artificial intelligence, and data analytics startup, has upped its latest funding round to $14.2M, as part of what appears to be an ongoing $17.75M funding effort. READ MORE>>.

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Funraise Creates $600K Fund For Nonprofits

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JULY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based Funraise , the Los Angeles startup which develops customer relationship management (CRM) and other technology for nonprofits, says it has created a new, $600,000 fund to provide grants to nonprofits.

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Sunbit, Fresh Off Massive Funding Round, Names Chief Customer Officer

8 Angel Funding Realities In Search Of A New Venture

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Upgrade gives hair stylists tools to market, sell custom wigs from one marketplace

eTailPet Finds $800K Seed Funding

6 Keys To A Winning Business Model For Your Customers

Food Rocket blasts off after securing funding, grocery delivery deal with Circle K parent

Retina.AI Finds $2.5M In Funding

Pitching access management on the fly, Los Angeles-based Britive raises $5.4 million

Angel Funding Advice

5 Venture Periods Call For Unique Funding Strategies

eTailPet Finds Seed Funding

Electric charging gets more juice as Soros Fund Management makes a bet on Amply Power

9 Business Model Components For New Business Funding

Creadev seasons Salted with new funding for its QSR brands

PeerStreet Launches Real Estate Investment Fund

6 Funding Resources For Ideas Needing More Validation

Perch Mobility Snags Funding For Scooter Charging Network

FastPay Tops $100M In Funding To Customers

The/Studio Finds $11M For Custom Manufacturing Network

SteelHouse Names Chief Customer Officer

8 Parameters To Bracket New Venture Funding Requests

LA's Arrowroot Capital Leads $45M Funding In mParticle

Greycroft Backs ZenBusiness In $15M Funding

IntraStage Raises Angel Funding

Lumi Lands $9M For Custom Packaging For E-Commerce Brands

Digsy Expands To Silicon Valley, Backed By Angel Funding

Aspiration Draws $135M More In Funding

6 Tips On Where And When To Look For Startup Funding

FiveStars Expands In Los Angeles

Greycroft Leads $6.3M Funding In Frame AI

Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

Fika Ventures raises $76M to fund the growing LA tech ecosystem

LegalMation Lands Funding Round

HopSkipDrive Commits $2M For Ride Credits To Customers

Gemist Finds Funding From Diamond Giant De Beers

With its third fund, Revolution Ventures stays true to its mission

6 Tips On Positioning Your Needs For Investor Funding

8 Tactics To Highlight Your Startup For Early Funding

Relativity Space gains new customer in Iridium and new launch site at Vandenberg

Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

10 Alternative Funding Sources For Your New Venture

Elementary Robotics raises cash to expand in Los Angeles’ growing robotics hub

Bitvore Brings Latest Funding Round To $14.2M

Funraise Creates $600K Fund For Nonprofits

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