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JUNE 5, 2013

the startup incubator headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones, is reportedly raising another $30M in funding to put towards its startups. According to a report this morning, the fund will also invest in non-Science incubated startups. The startup studio is managed by Jones along with former Photobucket exec Peter Pham.

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Dollar Shave Club Funding Incubator Startup 185

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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JULY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based Postie , a new startup focused on using machine learning and "quant marketing" to direct mail, said on Tuesday that it has raised $3.5M The startup was started by Dave Fink (CEO and co-founder of Postie) and Jonathan Neddenriep (CTO and co-founder), who both previously were at startup studio and incubator Science Inc.,

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Artificial Inteligence Dollar Shave Club Seed Funding Incubator 183

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2014

One of the hottest segments in Silicon Valley over the last few months has been restaurant delivery services, which are delivering gourmet and other meals to local startups, companies, and homes all over the Bay Area. The company did not say what coverage area it is offering up in the Los Angeles area. READ MORE>>.

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Dollar Shave Club Startup Los Angeles Venture Capital 202

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

(www.science-inc.com), which has been behind such companies as Dollar Shave Club, August Home, DogVacay, Hello Society, Playhaven, and many others. What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti --who may be looking to a Presidential run in 2020--is launching a new nonprofit which looks to take his pro-innovation and pro-startup approach in Los Angeles, and takes it nationwide. Garcetti has started a new nonprofit, Accelerator for America , which will help fund "innovation investments" around the U.S.

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Dollar Shave Club Los Angeles Angel Startup 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Chicago-based venture capital investor Pritzker Group Venture Capital announced this morning that it is expanding its efforts to invest in early stage companies in Los Angeles, and has moved partner Gabe Greenbaum to Los Angeles. The company also said it will look to invest smaller amount of capital in "unique" opportunities.

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Dollar Shave Club Los Angeles Artificial Inteligence Angel 100

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The funding came from angels, including Nancy Tellem (Executive Chairman, Eko Studios and former President of CBS Network Television Group), Daniel Murray (CFO Dollar Shave Club), Angela Mathes (Entrepreneur & former President, ABC Daytime TV) and Kent Wakeford (COO & Board Member KSV esports). READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2018

The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included startup studio Science Inc, CrossCut Ventures, Coatue Management, Cross Culture Ventures, the San Francisco 49ers, Nas, Michael Dubin of Dollar Shave Club, Kevin Lin of Twitch, and other angels.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2014

Los Angeles-based CAA Ventures , the venture capital arm of the Creative Artists Agency, has made an investment in a monthly delivery service focused on do-it-yourself (DIY) crafts. The Creative Artists Agency created a new venture capital fund--CAA Ventures I--in 2013, however, has been fairly quiet about the group''s activities.

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Dollar Shave Club Venture Capital Los Angeles Activity 140

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2018

How do you take the energy of such successes as Dollar Shave Club, Ring, Cornerstone Ondemand, and the many other local successes from the startup energy, and tap into the resources of local universities and research institutions? READ MORE>>

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Southern California SoCal Dollar Shave Club Cornerstone OnDemand 113

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Back then only 15% of our dollars were invested locally whereas today 50% of our dollars are invested in LA. And I constantly have to remind people that the largest tech startup employer in LA is actually SpaceX and that, yes, Elon Musk does live in LA. Don’t we know it. It’s not just Snapchat, although there’s that.

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Dollar Shave Club Cornerstone OnDemand Riot Games Venture Capital 321

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2015

Venture capital investment firm Shasta Ventures said Wednesday that it has promoted Sean Flynn --who has been key to that firm''s many investments in Southern California--to Managing Director. Flynn focuses on early-stage investments on mobile-enabled consumer Internet and enterprise software startups. READ MORE>>.

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Dollar Shave Club Southern California Invest Venture Capital 100

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AUGUST 29, 2016

Los Angeles-based startup studio Science Inc. has backed a startup, Plows & Mowz offering up an on-demand marketplace for snow plowing and lawn care. portfolio company Dollar Shave Club, and appears to be the first publicly announced investment by Science Inc. since 2015. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Los Angeles based startup incubator/studio Science --which is behind such local startups as Dollar Shave Club and DogVacay--has quietly raised $20M in a debt financing round, according to the companies. Science says it now has more than 150 people on staff working on its startups. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

There's been a lot of talk about the boom in Southern California's startup world. Driven by success in the sector, accelerators, serial entrepreneurs, and more, there are more startups starting and relocating here than ever. In this special report, we've mined our extensive database of venture capital. 500 Startups.

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Dollar Shave Club Report Southern California Funding 170

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

www.science-inc.com), the startup �studio� led by former MySpace CEO and technology veteran Mike Jones , just saw its third acquisition out of its portfolio this year�the acquisition of FameBit by Google/Youtube. This is your third exit this year, including Dollar Shave Club and HelloSociety.

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Dollar Shave Club Entrepreneur Startup Google 100

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Are you a startup looking to find funding in Southern California? It's often tough to figure exactly who the venture capital funds are who are funding startups in the area. Local exits: Dollar Shave Club, Telogis. Most recent investments: EventBoard, Sensay, Shipt, Scopely, ALL DEF DIGITAL.

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JUNE 7, 2012

What's the latest startup to launch of out Santa Monica-based business "studio" Science Inc. , Gumhouse reported its funding via a regulatory filing, but has not yet detailed what the firm is up to otherwise. Gumhouse reported its funding via a regulatory filing, but has not yet detailed what the firm is up to otherwise.

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Dollar Shave Club Legalzoom Santa Monica Report 164

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2015

Today is a huge validation for Crosscut and continued faith that LPs that any national VC would covet are placing on the LA market and two great institutions – The James Irvine Foundation and Top Tier Capital – have underscored this by backing Crosscut. LA has grown up a lot over the past 5 years. But that was so 2008.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

But, if you think about a business, as it scales, you end up collecting lots of data, and important data on your customers, including from different data sources. Have you started making investments yet? We're pretty sure in the next couple of weeks the community will start to learn about the investments we've made.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

My job as a VC isn’t to beat myself up or any other partner up for the one deal we didn’t do. If you swing at every pitch you’ll end up with a lot more losers. We knew about it before people up North because it’s our job to know about everything local at the time of creation. That’s a benefit for us as a local VC.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2016

It wasn’t so long ago that venture capital was a suburban California phenomenon. Now, VC offices have sprung up in San Francisco, moving more of the investment energy up there. Los Angeles didn’t have much in terms of a real tech scene — and even San Francisco only had a few VCs or tech companies.

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