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Putting the band back together, ExactTarget execs reunite to launch MetaCX

TechCrunch LA

The former President of ExactTarget and later chief executive of Salesforce Marketing Cloud has made billions of dollars building products to help support customer service and now he’s back at it again with his latest venture MetaCX. And, from that respect, the success of the MetaCX round speaks volumes. Midwest rising.

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AvantStay, a platform for kitting out — and then renting out — high-end vacation rental homes, raises $160M

TechCrunch LA

The company saw revenues grow tenfold in the last two years and its total number of properties balloon to over 1,000, and now it will use the new funding for expansion, specifically adding more properties to its platform; and to continue developing its technology as it expands into more aspects of the property rentals business.

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Boulevard books $70M to help beauty and wellness salons with their bookings

TechCrunch LA

This round is being led by Point72 Private Investments, with previous backers Toba Capital, Index Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, and VMG Partners also participating. Danna and his co-founder, CTO Sean Stavropoulos, previously worked together at Fullscreen as head of product and head of engineering, respectively.

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Yet Another LA Incubator Opens: Io/LA

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If the Los Angeles accelerator/incubator market is not yet crowded enough, Hollywood-based io/LA opened its doors over the weekend, looking to recruit a class of five to six companies in a three month mentorship program.

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Here is How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice

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There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. When I meet other VCs I’m constantly asking how they decide which investments to make, when to pass, when to do follow-on rounds, when to sell a company vs. when to go long, etc. What is a founder to do?

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Announcing The socalTECH 50, 2015 Edition

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The socalTECH 50 is aimed at identifying and highlighting the top 50 people in the technology industry here, who are most likely to create the next big thing, produce the next big exit, or influence the industry in a significant way. Joe Devon , CTO Mixers. Congratulations to our third class of the socalTECH 50! READ MORE>>.

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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

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Meredith came to see me along with the CTO Marc Berte. Would they build a world class team. He was doubling down on his investment and also gave me a great lay of the land on handicapping how all of the other seed investors saw the company. The more we dug the more confident we became (and so did every advisor we used).