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APRIL 15, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. Overture never built the destination site to monetize from. So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. In fact, their affiliate partners dissuaded them from doing so.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Silicon Valley technology hiring site Hired said this morning that it is rolling out its services in Los Angeles, looking to capitalize on the area''s growing startup community. The startup is based in San Francisco READ MORE>>. hired angeles recruiting technology engineering posting'

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JULY 19, 2012

Los Angeles investor Baroda Ventures , the venture capital arm of David Bohnett, has re-upped on online fashion and e-commerce site Fab.com , in a big, $105M third round of funding for that site. Baroda has been an investor in Fab since its seed funding back in June of 2010. Bohnett is the founder of Geocities.com.

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MARCH 28, 2019

San Diego-based Dvele , a new, technology startup which is using technology that allows people to order up, custom-febricated homes, and handles everything from design to on-site construction, has raised $14M in a funding round, the company announced on Thursday.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. Relativity has also completed tests of its avionics architecture and hardware and conducted an analysis of the vehicle’s design and coupled loads. space industry.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Capillary Biomedical says its technology is designed to increase the wear time of insulin infusion sets by addressing the common causes of infusion site failure. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

Los Angeles-based online luxury resale site Shop-Hers said Tuesday that it has raised a Series A funding round, which came from Elevation Partners, as well as others. According to Shop-Hers, the site lets women the ability to buy and sell pre-owned designer merchandise. Size of the funding round was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2020

Barnehama also emphasizes that Elementary’s robots are not designed to replace every human interaction or assessment in the manufacturing process. “Machine learning paired with humans always performs better,” says Barnehama. “ At the end of the day the human is running the factory.

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JUNE 27, 2018

The nation's largest energy storage system being used for on-site power has been installed in Irvine, according to the Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD), which said this week that it has installed a 2.5MW/15MWh energy storage system at its water recycling plant in Orange County. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 3, 2014

The startup, lets consumers order flowers from local florists and designers, instead of generic mass marketers, and is one of the companies out of MuckerLab. BloomNation other backers include Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Chicago Ventures, and CrunchFund.

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

Carpinteria-based Lynda.com , which offers up an online learning and education site, has been awarded by the Department of Energy for its sustainability initiatives around plug in vehicles, the company said this week. lynda.com is venture backed by Accel Partners, Spectrum Equity and Meritech Capital Partners. READ MORE>>.

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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. Their realm fits between crowdfunding and venture capital sources. contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year.

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

Onestop Internet is backed by Bessemer Ventures and Fund Capital USA. OneStop helps brands launch their own e-commerce sites, handling everything from the e-commerce software and design to actually shipping product and dealing with customer service. She will be based in New York. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2022

“Twenty years ago, if you started a brand, your first hire, outside of a designer, would have been a salesperson,” Murthy told TechCrunch. Today, when you start a brand, your first hire is probably someone to build out your Shopify site. That salesperson would have had relationships with all the different release valves for inventory.

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JUNE 16, 2020

The two met in their early twenties when Nguyen was trying to launch a fashion business and Lim was solidifying her career as a social media celebrity and designer. . Based in Los Angeles, Bümo had already managed to lock in a $2.4 million seed round which the two founders began raising in November and closed in May.

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APRIL 29, 2023

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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JANUARY 14, 2015

lynda.com offers up an online education site where users can learn about a huge library of topics, ranging from everything from web and graphic design software to business topics, 3D animation, and more. education content equity private funding capital venture lynda' lynda.com said it was advised by Allen & Co. in the deal.

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MARCH 20, 2015

Rexter''s software--which runs across mobile platforms, tablets, and PCs--helps consolidate and manage their contacts from across social networking sites and email, and helps users manage those contacts and activities. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. MindJolt offers up a broad catalog of casual and social games from its site. www.cocodot.com).

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AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

CrownPeak, which is headed by Jim Howard, develops software used by companies to easily modify and maintain web sites, without requiring web designers. Tags: software management content capital venture crownpeak. The firm's software-as-a-service tools are used by customers such as Nissan, Earthlink, and Skype. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The funding came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tenaya Capital, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth Fund. The firm also said as part of the funding announcement that it has redesigned its web site. Tags: capital venture ecommerce fashion personalized clothing womens myshape. more in funding.

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APRIL 7, 2011

The prefab building area has seen some recent venture capital interest, most recently with Blu Homes in Boston, which just scored some new venture capital. We're unique in that we are a design and build firm, we do both architecture as well as construction. Personally, I also had lots interest in architecture and design.

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APRIL 6, 2020

The remaining $200 million came from new investors Macquarie Capital, Mori Building and Shell, as well as existing investors 83North, Broadscale Group, Ervington Investments, Hearst Ventures, Planven Ventures, Pitango and RiverPark Ventures. Rodgers and York Capital participated, as well as an unnamed “major new strategic investor.”

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

According to a message on the firm's site, it is "temporarily suspending its retail operations" and is no longer offering products. MyShape had raised north of $36M in funding from such investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Tenaya Capital. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 25, 2022

— Fat Tail Capital (@FatTailCapital) March 25, 2022. Instacart also launched a new set of digital tools yesterday, “Instacart Platform,” which is designed to help retailers and grocers offer faster fulfilment, get better analytics, and potentially get started with advertising. Instacart Explores Advertising.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

” The professional gamers who list their services on the site charge an average of $10 per session and ProGuides takes about a 25% cut. It’s backed by Accomplice and Advancit Capital. . “Our tagline is ‘Play with pros’ now,” says Wang.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Los Angeles-based MyShape , the online personalized clothing retailer backed by DFJ, Tenaya Capital and DFJ Growth Partners, said this week that it has launched a new promotion to drive women to the service. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Mark Suster , the highly visible venture capitalist blogger at GRP Partners, has invested in UK-based TreeHouse , an online, video-focused site for helping users learn web design and development. Other investors in the firm include Kevin Rose, Reid Hoffman, David Sze, Josh Elman, and Chamath Palihapitiya. The deal was worth $600,000.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. Raised angel money from Rob Lord, Reid Hoffman, Benchmark Capital and others. Current round: $8.1mm in Series C by S3 Ventures (lead), Adams Capital Mgmt, Triangle Peak Partners.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

This event series is designed to help investors and entrepreneurs engage with one another. This program provides education about the capital raising process, perspectives on the current market and useful tools and insights into the current state of the venture capital business. Register for the event at the LAVA web site today!

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

I believe the best entrepreneurs start by finding a large opportunity, and only then use good ideas to capitalize on that opportunity. With the widespread popularity of social media, I now see many businesses looking at niche market interest groups, such as sites for travelers, hunters, cancer support, and crafts. I have to disagree.

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APRIL 8, 2021

Six years ago, the company had proved that its reactor design could sustain plasma indefinitely — meaning that once the switch is flipped on a reaction, that fusion reaction can continue indefinitely. Now, the company said, it has achieved the necessary temperatures to make its reactors commercially viable.

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JANUARY 8, 2009

San Diego-based Chumby, which makes Internet-connected devices, has rolled out a new reference design that incorporates the firm's software to create Internet-connected digital photo frames. The firm said that the new reference design--which uses an application processor from Samsung--is available for developers.

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JUNE 21, 2013

We''ve created a marketplace that allows these business to instead access capital from individual and institutional investors, who get a return and also get to support small businesses in a way they couldn''t do so before. How''d you come up with the idea for the site? The site itself is the most efficient way to create a request.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Los Angeles-based GRP Partners , has invested in UK-based TreeHouse , an online, video-focused site for helping users learn web design and development. Other investors in the firm include Kevin Rose, Reid Hoffman, David Sze, Josh Elman, and Chamath Palihapitiya. The deal was worth $600,000.

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