Start-up World Cup - Los Angeles Regional Pitch Competition
SoCal Tech Calendar
APRIL 22, 2019
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 -- Start-up World Cup - Los Angeles Regional Pitch Competition. See [link] (more)
CookUnity Picks Up $15.5M, Eyes Los Angeles
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JANUARY 13, 2021
CookUnity, a startup which connects up and coming chefs with consumers with fully cooked and prepared meals delivered via weekly subscription, says it is opening up a new kitchen in Los Angeles, after raising $15.5M The company says its meals start at $10.49 in a Series A funding round. per meal.
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SoCal CTO
MAY 17, 2011
I was just talking with someone who's new to Los Angeles and wanting to connect into the Los Angeles Startup Community. I will do my best to keep this up to date. Los Angeles Startup Community Posts/Articles Here are some interesting articles and posts on the ecosystem around startups in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles Startup Community
SoCal CTO
MAY 17, 2011
I was just talking with someone who's new to Los Angeles and wanting to connect into the Los Angeles Startup Community. I will do my best to keep this up to date. Los Angeles Startup Community Posts/Articles Here are some interesting articles and posts on the ecosystem around startups in Los Angeles.
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Startup Surge in Los Angeles
SoCal CTO
MAY 14, 2012
Ben Kuo just posted on SoCalTech: Are the good times for startups back? At the event, the enthusiasm for startups was palpable. Certainly it feels like there's been a recent surge in Startup activity here in Los Angeles and as well nationally. Are others seeing this as well?
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254 Los Angeles Venture Investors Launch New Podcast
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AUGUST 22, 2019
Are you an entrepreneur who'd like to get to know local venture capital and other investors in Los Angeles? A new podcast, called LA VENTURE , run by David Waxman and Minnie Ingersoll, partners at TenOneTen Ventures, has recently started offering up interviews of other local investors. READ MORE>>.
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India’s Haptik acqui-hires Los Angeles startup Convrg in international expansion push
TechCrunch LA
JULY 23, 2019
Now the five-year-old firm, with newly found significant capital in the bank , is attempting to replicate its success in international markets. On Tuesday, Haptik announced it has acqui-hired Convrg, a Los Angeles-based startup that develops chatbots, to serve customers in North America. You can’t expand in the U.S.
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Startup Boost Targets Los Angeles With Pre-Accelerator Program
socalTECH
MARCH 6, 2018
Do you have a startup idea, and a team, but no seed funding, and are even too early for an early stage startup accelerator? The program--which is taking applications here in Los Angeles until March 22nd--said it is looking for eight startups to include in a six week mentorship and training program. READ MORE>>.
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Techstars Los Angeles Sets Kozlov As Head
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FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Startup accelerator network operator Techstars has named Matt Kozlov as Managing Director of Techstars LA, the company's Los Angeles startup accelerator program, the accelerator said on Wednesday. Barber stepped down last year to become a Partner at a new venture capital firm, M13.
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Tech Coast Angels Los Angeles Launches New Members Only Fund
socalTECH
JUNE 15, 2020
The Tech Coast Angels says it has launched a new, annual fund, and is continuing to invest--despite the pandemic. The angel group, the largest in the nation, said it invested over $19M in 2019, in part due to a similar fund created by its San Diego chapter, the TCA-San Diego, last year.
Good Growth Capital Expands Venture Capital Efforts To SoCal
socalTECH
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Good Growth Capital , a venture capital investment firm focused on complex science and technology start-ups, says it has set up shop in Southern California, and hired a new, West Coast Venture Partner in Los Angeles. who also is in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.
Los Angeles investors and entrepreneurs launch PledgeLA, a diversity and inclusion program
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 22, 2018
In an attempt to boost diversity and inclusion efforts and civic engagement between the growing technology industry in Los Angeles and the community that surrounds it, over 80 venture capitalists and entrepreneurs joined the city’s mayor, Eric Garcetti, and the non-profit Annenberg Foundation to announce PledgeLA. The landmark.
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Los Angeles-based Frame launches mental health gateway for a pandemic-stricken generation
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 14, 2020
The story behind Frame, the startup aiming to be the nation’s gateway into the world of therapy and mental wellness, seems like a tailor-made story of American entrepreneurial success. “There was no brand that was representing what it means to be a modern therapy goer and that’s why we started Frame,” says Bird. .
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MiLA Capital Raises First Venture Fund
socalTECH
MARCH 29, 2019
MiLA Capital , the venture capital firm that is behind the Make In LA hardware accelerator, says it has raised its first official venture capital fund, officially closing its first fundraise. Source of the funding for the new venture capital fund was not announced. Size of the fund was not announced. READ MORE>>.
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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 24, 2021
The Valley has obsessed with a quick up-and-to-right momentum story because we were thought to live in “winner take most” markets. But markets have changed and I think investors, founders and experienced executives who want to join later-stage startups can all benefit from playing the long game. It literally drove FOMO.
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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Welcome back to Human Capital, where we explore some of the latest news in labor, diversity and inclusion in tech. Human Capital will soon be available as a weekly newsletter. You can sign up here. Let’s start with Prop 22. GitHub to sunset master/slave terminology . These changes will go into effect on October 1.
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500 Startups Extends Presence To Los Angeles
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MARCH 10, 2016
Venture capital investor 500 Startups appears to be extending its presence in the Los Angeles area, with the appointment of Jess Erickson as LA Program Director at the firm. The move was first noted by Fortune. READ MORE>>.
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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 26, 2022
We believe this consistency in leadership and intuition for where the markets were going in the heady days of 2019–2021 helped us to stay sane in a world that momentarily seemed to have lost its mind and since we have new capital to deploy in the years ahead perhaps I can offer some insights into where we think value will be derived.
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Report: Los Angeles Ranks Sixth In Active Startup Ecosystems
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APRIL 12, 2012
A new report this week from the Startup Genome Project has ranked Los Angeles as number six in a list of the world's most active startup ecosystems. Los Angeles beat other startup hubs such as Seattle, Boston, and Mumbai in the rankings. READ MORE>>.
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Startup Game Changers Panel - Los Angeles 2017
SoCal Tech Calendar
JULY 29, 2017
Friday, August 4, 2017 -- Startup Game Changers Panel - Los Angeles 2017. Startup fundraising can be an arduous journey. Team startup to the rescue! Wouldnt it be easier if you had your own team of guides to help you along your way? See [link] (more)
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Report: Los Angeles, San Diego Among Top Startup Markets
socalTECH
OCTOBER 20, 2017
Los Angeles and San Diego are among the metro areas with the highest startup activity, based on a new report from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Miami was ranked number on in the nation.
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Tim Draper’s Los Angeles-based blockchain-focused venture studio adds a venture partner
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 1, 2020
The Los Angeles-based venture capital studio focused on blockchain and fintech startups which longtime venture investor Tim Draper now calls home has added a new venture partner to its team.
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133 Galvanize Plans Expansion To Los Angeles
socalTECH
JULY 30, 2018
Galvanize, which is based out of denver but has locations in Austin, Boulder, Denver, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Seattle, said the acquisition and funding will add Los Angeles to its "innovation hubs" technology students, alumni, entrepreneurs, startups and established companies.
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Los Angeles-based childcare and co-working startup Bümo adds more virtual classes for kids at home
TechCrunch LA
JUNE 16, 2020
Based in Los Angeles, Bümo had already managed to lock in a $2.4 and infection rates were rising in Los Angeles, the two founders realized that the cash they’d raised to open their first site at a Westfield mall in LA wouldn’t happen. As the pandemic began to spread across the U.S.
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167 Los Angeles is using ride-hailing startup Via to shuttle people to public transit
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 28, 2019
Los Angeles is partnering with on-demand shuttle-based service Via as part of a pilot program that will give people rides to three busy public transit stations. Cities like Los Angeles are looking for ways to bring to public transit the dynamic, on-demand features that make ride-hailing popular. and New York.
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165 Core Innovation Capital Backs Digital Banking Startup One
socalTECH
MARCH 18, 2020
Los Angeles-based fintech investor Core Innovation Capital is one of the lead investors in One , a digital banking startup which was founded by Bill Harris, the former CEO of both Intuit and PayPal. The funding was led by Foundation Capital, Core Innovation Capital, and Obvious Ventures. READ MORE>>.
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Elementary Robotics raises cash to expand in Los Angeles’ growing robotics hub
TechCrunch LA
DECEMBER 19, 2018
million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . “Up until now, robotic actuation was mostly about super rigid, super stiff, super strong, repeatable actuation, mostly for manufacturing. .
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207 Warner Launches Startup Accelerator In Los Angeles
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
It looks like there's a new startup accelerator in town today: MediaCamp , an entertainment-focused startup acceleration program backed by Turner Broadcasting, a division of Warner Bros. its Media Camp accelerator program wil lbe launching in Los Angeles, to help early stage companies create "disruptive innovations" in entertainment.
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Los Angeles-based ‘deep tech’ investment firm Riot Ventures is raising a $75M fund
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Riot Ventures , the Los Angeles-based, early-stage and deep technology investment firm is going out to market to raise a $75 million second fund to finance the development of startups in LA and beyond, according to fundraising documents viewed by TechCrunch. Marcus has a long background in angel investing and company creation.
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Los Angeles-based Luxury Presence raised $5.4 million for its real estate marketing services
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 7, 2020
Real estate is a big business in the sprawling city of Los Angeles, and new technology tools to target the industry continue to attract investor attention. billion, active in the real estate industry in Los Angeles. million in financing to support the buildout of its services and sales teams to manage clients.
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Closing on $103M, MaC VC is changing the face of venture capital
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 25, 2021
The partners at MaC Venture Capital , the Los Angeles-based investment firm that has just closed on $103 million for its inaugural fund, have spent the bulk of their careers breaking barriers. MaC Venture Capital co-founders Marlon Nichols, Michael Palank, Charles King, and Adrian Fenty. Image Credit: MaC Venture Capital.
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Minkonet Raises $1M, Sets Up Headquarters In Los Angeles
socalTECH
DECEMBER 6, 2017
Minkonet , a South Korean startup which is developing 3D video game capture technology, said this morning that it has raised $1M in a "Pre-Series A" investment round, and has set up a brand new headquarters in Los Angeles. Minkonet says it has now raised a total of $2.5M. Minkonet's co-founder and CEO is Peter Kim.
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Los Angeles, San Diego Among Top 10 Cities For Startups
socalTECH
AUGUST 24, 2012
A list of the top ten cities for startups was released by USA Today and the National Venture Capital Association today, naming both Los Angeles and San Diego among the best cities for startup companies. READ MORE>>.
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188 How TuesdayNights is Helping Women Entrepreneurs Connect With Capital
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Raising capital for a female-led startup can be very diffiult--which is what Justine Lassoff and Melinda Moore found out when they started their own company, LovingEco, in Los Angeles. We actually started the organization in 2013. I think one of the hardest things for women, is to access capital.
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Los Angeles Accelerator Report Card: Too Early To Tell
socalTECH
JULY 23, 2012
There's been a surge in startup accelerator activity in Los Angeles in the last year, as interest in starting a company in the region has grown, and a wide range of experienced entrepreneurs and investors have pitched in to help companies get to the next level. Of that, $97.47
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234 Car Sharing Firm Zipcar Heading To Los Angeles
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
It looks like Los Angeles is set to get access to peer-to-peer car sharing service Zipcar , as it plans to open an office in Hollywood tomorrow. City Council President Eric Garcetti, to mark its entry into Los Angeles, the 16th market covered by the company.
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213 Los Angeles-based BuildOps, subcontracting software for real estate, raises $5.8 million
TechCrunch LA
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Software development companies tackling services for niche industries, like commercial real estate subcontracting, continue to find Los Angeles to be fertile ground for development. million in seed financing from some big names in the Los Angeles tech ecosystem.
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129 Backstage Capital Launches New Startup Accelerator In LA
socalTECH
MARCH 14, 2019
West Hollywood-based Backstage Capital , a venture capital investor which focuses on minorities--including women, People of Color, and LGBT founders, said recently that it has launched the Backstage Accelerator , a three month, startup accelerator which will provide in-person resources and support to its portfolio of companies.
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Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Gets $200,000 Grant, Eyes Investment Fund
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
The incubator effort looking to make Los Angeles a key part of the clean technology industry, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) , announced this morning that it has received a $200,000 grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, to help advance its program--and may even start its own investment fund.
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190 Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups
TechCrunch LA
MAY 25, 2019
Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a newsletter published every Saturday that dives into the week’s most noteworthy venture deals, fundraises, M&A transactions and trends. Let’s take a quick moment to catch up. Haus, like any good consumer startup in 2019, is shipped directly to your door. Fundraising.
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223 Karlin Ventures Takes Aim At Los Angeles Startup Investments
socalTECH
OCTOBER 22, 2012
Los Angeles has a new, well funded, investment firm in town, with big plans for local investments: Karlin Ventures. Zhou recently moved to Los Angeles, after a stint at Innovations Endeavors, the venture fund of Eric Schmidt. Karlin Asset Management has $1.4 billion in assets. READ MORE>>.
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Meet Lumi, the Los Angeles startup that just raised $9 million for a packaging business
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Alongside co-founder and longtime partner Stephan Ango, Jesse Genet has built a business with Lumi that’s already been profitable, and has just raised $9 million in venture funding to boost its growth. Read More.
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With $12 million more in the bag, the furniture subscription service Feather heads to Los Angeles
TechCrunch LA
MAY 15, 2019
Furniture subscription rental service, Feather , is heading to Los Angeles and Orange County, California with $12 million in new funding and “thousands” of customers in New York and San Francisco. Feather’s furniture is delivered and assembled free of charge using its own logistics system, the company said.
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Bonfire Ventures closes $60 million to invest in SoCal B2B startups
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 29, 2018
Los Angeles is becoming one of the more interesting destinations for startups and the investors that provide money for venture capital firms to place bets on young companies are increasingly starting to take notice.
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