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JUNE 18, 2015

Irvine-based Visage , which offers up a service aimed at online marketers to help create infographics, said this morning that it has raised $2.15M in a seed funding. The funding was led by Venture51, and also included K5 Ventures and Kima Ventures, along with angels Robin Pimentel and Dan Martell.

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APRIL 3, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Understanding Venture Capital. I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. I believe these VC funds have suffered some amount of reputation fall out.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? How our VC Firms Like Ours Organizing to Meet the Challenges?

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JULY 15, 2010

We started this week’s show with a Q&A session where I answered viewer questions about fund raising and the VC industry. Heck, stick around and watch me discuss the seed funding debate that is going on right now and what is happening in the VC industry overall. Don’t. Beyond The Rack.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which In the U.S. Angels prefer strong teams to big ideas.

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JULY 16, 2010

Lots of discussion these days about the changes in the VC industry. The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Crush Capital, a startup founded by Darren Marble and Todd Goldberg, said on Wednesday that it has raised $3.25M in a seed funding round, which will go towards its own, online streaming series called "Going Public".

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MARCH 18, 2021

Venice, California-based Pledge, which provides a fundraising platform which links businesses, nonprofits, and individuals to help raise money for nonprofits, has raised $3M in additional seed funding, the company said this week. The company says it has now raised $12M in total.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

No VC will be so naive as not to see straight through it. When I first became a VC, seed rounds were typically $500k – $1.5 If you''re newer to VC math here''s a great primer]. So VCs started writing some smaller A-rounds. Nobody cares. ” Here’s how all the drama started for me. Why the latter?

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OCTOBER 8, 2023

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which In the U.S. Angels prefer strong teams to big ideas.

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MAY 13, 2021

Los Angeles-based Curio, which says it is partnering with collectible brands to product NFTs ("non fungible tokens"), has raised $7M in a seed funding round. Curio says it has partnered with trading card brand Topps to produce NFTs from iconoclastic, cult classic Mars Attacks!,

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MAY 31, 2022

Bonfire Ventures , a Los Angeles venture capital firm, invests in seed-stage business-to-business software companies and aims to change the odds so that more than the average 33% of companies in this sector make it to Series A. It says over 85% of its portfolio companies raise follow-on funding — a collective $1.15

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APRIL 28, 2010

This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. VC Financings: 1. So my gut says this will be a youth-oriented product.

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APRIL 8, 2014

There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. Gerard Casale: We''ve been agnostic to the kinds of deals we''ve been making over the last five or six years we''ve been angel investors.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5 Identify the right people in the right venture firms.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

Los Angeles-based Dalan Animal Health, which is developing vaccinations for one of the major diseases that impacts honeybees, American Foulbrood, has raised $1.9M in a seed funding round. Source of the seed funding was not announced. The disease can be spread by beekeepers moving equipment and tools between hives.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Los Angeles-based Lyre's Non-Alcoholic Spirit Co. in a seed funding round. The funding came from VRD Investment, Doehler Ventures, DLF Venture, Maropost Ventures, and HNWI, along with a number of family offices. Lyre's said it originally launched in July of 2019 in Australia.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. 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.

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APRIL 24, 2011

I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active.

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

Los Angeles-based Groundswell, a fintech startup which helps companies offer up personal, donor-advised funds to their employees for charitable giving, said this week that it has raised $15M in a seed funding round. The startup said the funding will go towards bolstering its staff and commercialization.

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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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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Los Angeles-based Mustard, which is developing a social, food shopping video app, said on Tuesday that it has raised $1M in a pre-seed funding round. The funding came from Operate Studio, Newfund, Great North Ventures and Fund LA.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Los Angeles-based Travo , a startup developing a service to help business travelers book business trips, has raised $2.4M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Great Oaks Venture Capital, Baroda Ventures, Valence Ventures, TYLT Lab, and angels.

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JULY 7, 2015

If you follow the Twittersphere you may have noticed several people weighing in on this recent piece by Mike Isaac of the NY Times, asking “ How Many Angels is Too Many? ” I found myself nodding through all of it with quotes like, “Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley,” said Sam Altman. Hua of Apptimize.

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MAY 13, 2021

Los Angeles-based Cartwheel, a startup that develops on-demand delivery management software, says it has raised $1M in a seed funding round, which came from TenOneTen Ventures, Act One Ventures, as well as famed hot dog restaurant chain Portillo's Hot Dogs, along with other angels.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

The Disney Accelerator said that Smart Toy was acquired by Los Angeles-based children''s product firm Cartwheel Kids, and that SnowShoe raised $2.2M in its seed funding round. Disney offered up up to $120K in investment capital, access to entrepreneurs and executives at Disney, and other resources to its startups.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Los Angeles-based Retention Science , the big data-focused analytics firm led by Jerry Jao, said this morning that it has raised $750,000 in a new funding round. The funding came from Forerunner Ventures, and comes on top of an earlier, $1.3 million seed funding from Baroda Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

in a seed funding round, and emerged from stealth mode, the company said today. The startup said it will launch its first product in the travel and leisure area next year. Section 32 is the venture capital fund led by former Google Ventures CEO and founder Bill Maris, which is also based in San Diego.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

We’re the antithesis of Goop,” Berlincourt, a fintech veteran who previously led marketing and product at Simple Finance, tells TechCrunch. million in seed funding from Crosscut, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, and Female Founders Fund. Health , hopes she can take back the narrative.

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JULY 16, 2013

In what might be the geographically furthest investment so far by Los Angeles startup accelerator Launchpad LA , the accelerator is one of the investors in a Boston-based startup tackling law enforcement information sharing software. mark43 launchpadla seed accelerator venture capital enforcement software' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based Harbor , a startup that is gamifying disaster preparedness through an app, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, the company disclosed on Thursday. The funding came from 25madison. Harbor says it plans to launch its product in October.

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

Seed-stage, meanwhil e, is technically that critical period when you need funding to do solution- and business-model development, to prove that your new product or service works, before you try to sell it to customers. A seed-stage “super angel.” A micro venture capital firm.

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APRIL 17, 2019

Los Angeles- and Austin-based Slingshot Aerospace , which develops artificial intelligence software that automatically processes large amounts of imagery data collected by drones, satellites, and aircraft, has raised another $5M, in a new seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc. In the VC & Private Equity world there’s a small number, too, with one of the most respected being PEHub.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based Milk and Eggs , a new grocery delivery startup which helps connect consumers with farmers and others who will deliver perishable groceries, has raised $6M in a seed funding round, and launched its services. Source of the seed funding was not announced.

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APRIL 30, 2013

in funding, including an earlier seed funding. Coryat has also been an angel investor in recent years in local startups. Local Market Launch said it will use the new funding to expand its market presence, plus to accelerate delivery of its products. The company said it has now raised $2.7M READ MORE>>.

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