Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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MARCH 26, 2015

Santa Monica-based HONK , the on-demand, roadside assistance app startup led by Corey Brundage, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Altpoint Ventures, and also included Structure Capital, Karlin Ventures, Expansion VC, and Venture51. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it received approximately $77.2M Demand's IPO offering was for 10,235,000 shares of common stock at $17.00 per share, with 5,175,000 shares of the offering coming directly from Demand Media itself, and the rest from other shareholders. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Santa Monica-based TigerConnect , which provides collaboration and communications tools for the hhealthcare industry, says it has raised $45M more in a Series D funding round, as it has seen surging demand due to the pandemic. The company says it now has over 750,000 registered users using its services. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, has finally filed for its long awaited IPO. Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, Pacific Crest Securities, Raine Securities, and JMP Securities.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter rental startup Bird is in the midst of raising $300M more in a funding round, according to a report on Wednesday. The report said the funding, led by Fidelity, is an extension to Bird's latest funding, and will be at a $2 bilion pre-money valuation. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Santa Monica-based Honk has launched a service for you, specifically to let you summon roadside help using your smartphone--without a membership. assistance highway call roadside investment investor angel capital venture brundage corey help honk' Honk also revealed that it has raised $1.8M READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter company Bird has raised $75M more, and acquired a Berlin-based Circ , which operates its own scooter business in Europe.

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JUNE 8, 2015

Santa Monica-based TaskUs , the startup led by Bryce Maddock which is the secret weapon behind the rising tide of on-demand and Internet startups, has raised $15M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Phillipnes-based private equity investor Navegar.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Ridesharing giant Uber is considering a major deal to buy either Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter rental service Bird , or possibly, Bird's key rival, Lime , according to a report. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Santa Monica-based Leaf Group , the publicly traded consumer Internet company best known for running such sites as Saatchi Art, Society6, EHow, and Livestrong, said it is looking to offer and sell approximately $22M in shares of its common stock. Leaf Group was last known as Demand Media. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 14, 2020

Irvine-based Prodoscore , which develops software for monitoring employee productivity, has raised a Series A funding round, led by Troy Carter. According to Prodoscore, the funding goes towards sales and product development. Size of the investment was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Philz Coffee , the Silicon Valley coffee chain which has a single outpost outside of the Bay Area--in Santa Monica has raised $15M to expand its footprint, the company said Wednesday. The funding came from Cowboy Ventures, Crunchfund, Maynard Web, Snoop Dog, and a number of other angels.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Santa Monica-based Heal , the startup which provides on-demand, doctor house calls to patients, has raised $14.8M in a Series B funding, and added former House Majority and Minority Leader and U.S. The Series B funding came from Fidelity Management and Research Company.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Santa Monica-based YouTube food show producer Tastemade has raised $10M in new funding, the firm said Thursday, led by Raine Ventures and also including Redpoint Ventures. Tastemade is the producer of a number of online, Youtube food and cooking shows, which had been founded by former Demand Media executives. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 26, 2022

With that, changes are happening even at the highest levels in the industry with well-known brands like Dunkin’ and Krispy Kreme pivoting to supply and advertise new product ranges that meet the demands of people wanting to make healthier choices, he explained. The firm’s Tony Conrad is on Holey Grail Donuts’ board of directors.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

One of the on-demand, parking services that serves Los Angeles Zirx , said this morning that it is specifically looking to solve those issues for companies, with the launch of a new service. In fact, at least two of ZIRX's initial customers for the on-demand parking--Live Nation and Insomiac--are in the LA area.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

Santa Monica-based business outsourcing service provider TaskUs , founded by Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir, said this morning that it has raised $250M in an investment round. According to TaskUs, the funding round values the company at $500M. The investment came from private equity investor Blackstone Group. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Santa Monica-based Leaf Group , which runs such businesses as Saatchi Art, Society6, EHow, and Livestrong, has raised $23.3M via a registered public offering of its public stock.

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JUNE 5, 2018

Santa Monica-based Bird appears to filling its war chest for a massive battle with San Francisco-based competitor Lime , and is looking to raise $200M in funding, according to regulatory filings by the company this week. The news comes as Lime apparently is raising $250M of its own, led by GV (formerly Google Ventures).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Santa Monica-based Factual , the new data focused startup run by Gil Elbaz , the co-founder of Applied Semantics , which invented Google's AdSense technology, is announcing the investors in the firm this evening. Tags: capital venture mashup data google semantics applied factual. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 6, 2020

metro area, San Diego and Santa Monica. This week, we’ll highlight Via’s Series E funding round that was led by Exor. The on-demand shuttle startup raised $400 million, TechCrunch learned. Via gets the “deal of the week” designation not just because its post-funding valuation is now $2.25

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APRIL 21, 2015

Santa Monica-based Campus Steps , a new startup aimed at college counseling, said this morning that it has raised $3M in a funding round. The funding included $2M in a strategic investment and $1M in a venture commitment, according to the company. Names of those investors were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2021

How did you go from running a venture fund to starting Miso? Buck Jordan: The story is, I was at the tail end of my last fund, Canyon Creek Capital, and I wanted to try something different. We were sitting at Huckleberry Cafe in Santa Monica, and I asked him if labor was a big problem for his business.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The magazine turned its attention this month towards the Los Angeles innovation and technology economy in a section guest edited by StartEngine co-founder Howard Marks , including a reception held Wednesday evening at the Viceroy in Santa Monica. Big disclaimer: the author and editor was one of the honorees at the event).

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here are five exciting examples (in alphabetical order): Appetize, a cloud-based point-of-sale platform for large venues, recently raised funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, the NFL and the Dodgers. ZipRecruiter, based in Santa Monica, closed a $156 million Series B round that valued the company at $1.5B.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

Santa Monica-based Factual , the open dataset and API provider started by Gil Elbaz, announced this evening that it has raised $25M in a first round of funding. The funding was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures, and also included Michael Ovitz and Ron Conway's SV Angel fund. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2011

Derek Norton is head of Los Angeles-based Watertower Group (www.watertowergroup.com), a firm which helps companies raise funding, one of the rare companies which has a track record and good reputation helping companies with fundraising, and also runs its own investment fund. That's why we're called the creative capital of the world.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

But more importantly we talked in the video about fund raising and how Scott has become so efficient at it. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. New capital to be used for international expansion and to challenge Skype.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link.

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MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? James Segil: There's a couple of things to consider with growth, around what does it take to fund a company's growth.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

94 new startups have launched since January 2013 to June 2013 and the startup ecosystem has raised $500 million in funding in 2013 so far. The area between Santa Monica and Playa Vista, otherwise known as Silicon Beach, houses more than 35% of startups in Los Angeles. Los Angeles has a diverse area of startups. With Yahoo!,

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MARCH 14, 2017

Last week, Los Angeles-based iExhale (www.iexhale.com) announced a seed funding round, to bring its mobile, mental health service to life. Aaron Robin: Essentially, iExhale is an online, on-demand, wellness and mental health platform. I was working at a job in Santa Monica, helping to run somebody's company.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

1 of a product up and running in a few months weeks getting thousands of users for next to no capital, in Los Angeles many folks will take over a year and spend a million dollars just to get a beta product ready. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Recently, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) launched a new marketplace on its site, for anyone interested in selling professional documents. There is a huge demand from people, who have gone there to buy products. We're leveraging that huge demand we have for people looking for documents, to build this marketplace.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day. The Startups.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. He is currently a Managing Director of the Clearstone Global Gaming Fund and sits on the boards of IMI Exchange, Xfire, Playsino, ExpressCoin, GoCoin, FGL, Spicy Horse Games, KnCMiner.cn, Robocoin China and the Mastercoin Foundation. On Demand).

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