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OCTOBER 23, 2018

Santa Monica-based Tala , which provides financial services for underserved consumers using their mobile phones, has scored new funding, from PayPal, the company disclosed this week. Size of the new funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Santa Monica-based Science, the startup studio led by Mike Jones and Peter Pham, has launched its own Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), called Science Strategic Acquisition Corp. Alpha (SSAA). According to Science Strategic Acquisition Corp.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

Santa Monica-based Tala , the fintech startup led by CEO Shivani Siroya, has raised $110M more in a Series D funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by RPS Ventures, and also included GGV Capital, IVP, Revolution Growth, Lowercase Capital, Data Collective VC, ThomVest Ventures, and PayPal.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Santa Monica-based Tecca said today that it has launched a new, personal electronics shopping and information service with the backing of Best Buy Co. and Fuse Capital. Tecca's chairman is Ross Levinsohn, and the firm is headed by Mickie Rosen, who also is a partner at Fuse Capital. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 9, 2014

Santa Monica-based Washio , which operates a smartphone driven, laundry and dry cleaning pickup and delivery service, said today that it has raised $10.5M washio venture capital laundry pickup smartphone mobile launder service uber' in a Series A funding round. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 18, 2018

Santa Monica-based Tala , which provides financial services for underserved consumers using their mobile phones, has raised $50M in a Series C funding, plus an additional $15M in separate funding, according to the company.

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JULY 16, 2014

Santa Monica-based Siemer Ventures said Wednesday that the venture capital fund has launched a new, $45M third fund, and rebranded itself as Wavemaker Partners. According to Wavemaker Partners, the new fund will be focused on mobile services, Internet, and software. READ MORE>>.

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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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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Santa Monica-based CARD.com , the online financial services provider led by Ben Katz, is announcing this morning that it has raised $9M in a growth capital facility, from Columbia Pacific Advisors' Growth Capital Strategy and Fenway Summer Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Santa Monica-based Fair , a startup offering up a mobile app which lets users find, purchase, and finance an automobile--started by automotive startup veteran Scott Painter--has raised $16M and launched its services. The company also says it is in the midst of a Series A-1 financing being led by BMW i Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Santa Monica-based Aircam , founded by serial entrepreneurs Evan and Ryan Rifkin, has raised $6.5M in a funding round, to offer up a new service giving attendees at events instant access to pictures taken by professional photographers. The Rifkins previously founded Burstly/Testflight. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

Santa Monica-based startup accelerator MuckerLab unveiled its latest class of startups yesterday at its Demo Day, showing off the third class of companies out of its program. demoday demo incubator capital venture software accelerator startup muckerlab' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 16, 2014

Santa Monica-based Siemer Ventures said Wednesday that the venture capital fund has launched a new, $45M third fund, and rebranded itself as Wavemaker Partners. According to Wavemaker Partners, the new fund will be focused on mobile services, Internet, and software. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Venice, California-based Vetted , a new startup offering up on-demand, veterinary services at your home, has raised $3.47M in seed funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Foundation Capital, Amplify LA, Sterling.VC, and ReImagined Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Santa Monica-based TigerText , a startup providing secure mobile messaging services for healthcare companies, announced today that it has raised $8.2M The round was led by Easton Capital and New Science Ventures. in a second round of funding. READ MORE>>.

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metro area, San Diego and Santa Monica. 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. Exor contributed $200 million of that raise.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Santa Monica-based OpenHouse has launched a new site which helps home buyers get personalized, real estate recommendations and information on neighborhoods, the company said today. in a Series A funding from Triangle Peak Partners and March Capital back in November. Bethesda, Miami, and Boston. OpenHouse raised $13.5M

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Santa Monica-based Total Beauty Media 's John Hadl has joined venture capital firm U.S. Venture Partners, Hadl has been appointed as Venture Partner on the firm's Consumer Internet and Business Services investment team. Hadl is also CEO of Brand-in-Hand (BIH), a provider of mobile advertising to brands.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

Santa Monica-based Lenny , a startup which develops a mobile app and service which provides microloans to Millenial students, said today that it has raised a new round of fudning. Size of the seed funding was not announced.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Santa Monica-based Geodelic , the mobile application development firm run by Rahul Sonnad, has signed up Clear Channel's airport division, Clear Channel Airports , the companies said today. Geodelic is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, MK Capital, and Shasta Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. That network effect is a subtle but has a powerful effect with all this new technology.

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MARCH 8, 2018

Santa Monica-based movie ticketing service provider Atom Tickets announced this morning that it has raised over $60M in a new, Series C funding round, which was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, and which also included Lionsgate, Disney, and Twentieth Century Fox Film.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Santa Monica- and London-based Echoecho , which is developing a service to provide location information to your friends via a mobile application, announced today that it has raised $750,000 in a seed funding round. The round came from Google Ventures and PROfounders.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Santa Monica-based mDialog said Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $5 million in a Series A round of funding. mDialog said the investment will be used to expand its producrs across mobile and connected devices such as the iPad and iPhone, as well as Android, Roku and other platforms.

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MARCH 12, 2012

Santa Monica-based Docstoc has a new iPhone app for you, focused entirely on how to raise venture capital and get a business started. Docstoc's online document sharing service is aimed at providing business documents to small businesses. Are you an entrepreneur looking for funding or to help get your business started?

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APRIL 7, 2011

Todd is now Chief Operating Officer of Marmol Radziner (www.marmol-radziner.com), an architecture and construction company, which recently installed a eco-friendly mobile home park project in Santa Monica which was focused on applying clean and eco-friendly technologies to the pre-fab building market.

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MARCH 22, 2018

If you run a restaurant, it turns out the move towards online ordering is a recipe for chaos--with multiple online order services and apps, all with their own way of getting orders to your restaurant. Ordermark is venture backed by TenOneTen Ventures, Act One Ventures, Mucker Capital, and others. What is Ordermark?

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JULY 17, 2012

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Clearstone Ventures is backing a Bay Area gift card-based, payment network, Openbucks , as part of a Series A funding for Openbucks. in a Series A for the company, which allows users to trade in gift cards from a number of retailers to pay for merchandise and services online.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

A couple of weeks ago, Santa Monica-based Parking In Motion , a developer of parking information apps for mobile devices, announced a new round of funding, from IDG Ventures and Fontinalis Partners, the venture arm of William Clay Ford, Jr., We also have our own, branded mobile phone alls. Does your service work there?

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Tecca (www.tecca.com) launched a consumer electronics, consumer information service, backed by Fuse Capital and Best Buy. The service--currently only available on iPhone and Android--allows users to find reviews and information about consumer electronics products.

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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 According to Heal, the new funding will help it expand its geographical footprint, broaden the range of medical services it offers and increase patient reach.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Santa Monica-based Transpera , a provider of mobile video advertising technology, announced Thursday that it has raised $8.25M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Flybridge Capital Partners, and included new investor Labrador Ventures.

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JUNE 19, 2013

TestFlight recently joined forces with Burstly (www.burstly.com) to create a suite of apps for mobile developers and publishers. We spoke with Ben about how Burstly is now creating a company to help mobile developers create, develop, distribute, and monetize their apps. Burstly is located in Santa Monica.

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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. Elbaz said, in particular, that the firm's local data information is in high demand from developers of mobile and web applications. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). People don’t want to speak to customer service reps.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

In emerging markets and the developing world, access to banking, capital, and financial resources is fare more difficult than here in the U.S., billion people lack access to formal financial services, because they don't have a history, and don't have a credit score. Why this is needed in emerging markets? I love LA now.

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JULY 1, 2010

A location based service which incorporates social and gaming elements. 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. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad.

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