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OCTOBER 30, 2020

According to the company, it received a pre-seed funding round from a number of female investors. The company did not say if those investments were personal investments by those investors, or done through their respective venture capital funds.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. As I was trying to figure out the role I wanted to play in the VC world I decided I wanted to focus on businesses that were building deeply technical products to solve problems for business users. VCs have different views and strategies on this.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures is one of the investors in a new, luxury valet service launching in San Francisco, called Luxe. luxe valet parking services smartphone iphone luxury upfront ventures' Luxe said Thursday that it has raised $5.5M READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2015

Irvine-based Visage , which offers up a service aimed at online marketers to help create infographics, said this morning that it has raised $2.15M in a seed funding. The funding was led by Venture51, and also included K5 Ventures and Kima Ventures, along with angels Robin Pimentel and Dan Martell.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based Mave has raised seed funding, for a yet-to-be-launched personal concierge startup, according to Fortune this morning. Details on the funding have yet to be announced, and the company's site consists of a waitlist and no other details on the service. White was previously COO of Snapchat.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5 Identify the right people in the right venture firms.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Culver City-based Encantos , a developer of family entertainment and education titles, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, the company announced this morning. The startup said it will use funding for its subscription services, which revolve around hands-on craft activities for pre-school and primarly school age children.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

San Diego-based Trust & Will , which operates an online estate planning service, has raised $15M in a Series B funding round, the company said on Tuesday. According to the company, it has now raised $23M in total funding.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Leonardo DiCaprio is making a significant commitment to the Los Angeles-based investment firm, Struck Capital , as part of the actor’s commitment to building LA into a tech development powerhouse. DiCaprio is also investor in the Los Angeles-based ethically and sustainably focused financial services firm, Aspiration.

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APRIL 24, 2011

I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Los Angeles-based PayEngine, a startup developing a white label, payment platform for software-as-a-service companies, has raised $1.6M in a seed funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Mucker Capital, BAM Ventures, I2BF Global Ventures, HIVE Ventures and other strategic investors, according to the company.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

New York-based Vertoe , it just raised $1.85M in a seed funding round for its startup, whose founders, Sid Khattri and Neha Kesarwani, ended up hauling their suitcases around Los Angeles for six hours, turning what had been an effort to "explore LA" into a "complete nightmare". READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. And covered we did.

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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 in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Canaan Partners, and also included A Grade Investments, Pejman Mar Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, and Jerry Yang (Yahoo).

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Los Angeles-based Perch , a startup which helps users grow their credit by allowing them to pay for such things as Netflix, Spotify, Hulu, and other services on credit, has raised $2.5M in a seed funding, the company said this week. The company also says it also allows users to pay rent with its service. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Valencia-based Sanguine Biosciences , a startup developing a service around blood sample collection for research and development, said Thursday that it has closed on a seed financing round. The funding was led by INVENT Ventures and Heliant Ventures. Size of the round was not announced.

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APRIL 16, 2021

in its seed funding round. The funding was led by S2G Ventures, and also included Serra Ventures via their new AgTech fund, Harvard Business School Alumni, Wells Street Capital, VTC Seed Fund, and Rinvest, along with angel investor Soren Schroder (Bunge).

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MARCH 12, 2018

According to Blast, the company's $5M seed funding came from Forbes and Roth families, Core Innovation Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Snowmass Private Equity, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and others. Blast said it is current in closed beta, and will launch its services soon. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2010

One of things I’ve loved the most about doing now 11 weeks of This Week in VC is a chance to have an hour-long recorded conversation with investors. And in my interviews with many VCs I feel that people can watch these and get to know the VC’s as human beings a bit better. So how did Mike get into VC?

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APRIL 8, 2014

There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. We do invest directly in companies that don''t need a shared service, as long as they''re tilting their industry. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2014

We all know that funding markets have changed for startups. The trends are well understood: more angels, more seed funds, more crowdsourcing and so forth. Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs? Has written a book on venture capital. There is a reason for this. You betcha.

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APRIL 12, 2021

According to Sunstone Management, a private capital and investment firm, VITALINK, a biotech smart watch accessory startup developing a "a dermal caffeine dosage system" received $15,000 in seed funding and will also receive co-working space, marketing, legal and accounting services totaling up to $35,000.

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JULY 21, 2014

Los Angeles- and San Francisco-based Dealflicks , an online service which offers up discounted movie tickets to help theater chains fill empty seats, has raised $1.7M in a seed funding. market show hollywood content movie marketplace capital venture dealflicks' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Los Angeles-based Steno , a new startup which offers up remote court reporting services, has raised $3.5M in a seed funding, according to the company. The funding round was led by First Round Capital.

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MAY 21, 2023

Trade equity or services for startup help. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors. This is most often called bartering your skills or something you have for something you need.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

in a seed funding, which included Los Angeles-based TenOneTen Ventures. According to HiHello, the seed funding was led by August Capital, K9 Ventures and TenOneTen Ventures. Villi Iltchev of August Capital has joined the company's board with the funding. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Los Angeles- and New York-based venture capital investment firm Greycroft Ventures is the lead investor in a new, online marketplace for the freight and trucking industry. Emerge says its service will provide quote management, real-time tracking, real-time chat, analytics, history, and automated lane/repeat shipment creation.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

Los Angeles looks to be the center of the mobile-phone enabled, personal services market, as Wash.io --a new startup--announced today that it has raised $2.25M in a seed funding round. offers up a smartphone app-driven service which schedules laundry pickup and delivery ala Uber. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

A new, Burbank-based startup, Loop Media , said on Thursday afternoon that it has launched a new "short-form" streaming media service, which it says will feature music videos, film trailers, game trailers and TV clips. The startup--which says it has been in "stealth" mode for over two years--says it is backed by $10M in seed funding.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Los Angeles-based Travo , a startup developing a service to help business travelers book business trips, has raised $2.4M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Great Oaks Venture Capital, Baroda Ventures, Valence Ventures, TYLT Lab, and angels.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Los Angeles-based venture investment firm Greycroft Partners is one of the backers in a $2.25M funding round for Chartable , an online service which provides statistics for podcast downloads. Chartable's services are used by both publishers and advertisers to better understand their audience. READ MORE>>.

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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. Bev , a canned wine business that recently raised $7 million in seed funding from Founders Fund, thinks marketing in the alcohol industry is the problem.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

This morning, Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com), led by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings , announced its first formal fund, a $19M seed stage fund. We had been doing that for several years, and decided we wanted to start syndicating deals in September of 2014, so we formed Moonshots Capital.

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JUNE 1, 2021

Playa Vista-based iLife, a startup which is developing tools to help life insurance agents set up their own, branded "digital insurance agency", has raised $4M in a seed funding round, according to the company. iLife said the funding was led by Foundation Capital, and also include AME Cloud Ventures and Cherubic Ventures.

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JULY 9, 2013

in a seed funding round. The funding came from Double M Capital, Pegasus Capital, Siemer Ventures, 500 Startups, Clark Landry, Paul Bricault, and others. The company, founded by Adam Glickman, said that the new funding is going to automate its processes, sales, and marketing. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

launching today, is an invite-only subscription-based platform for holistic healthcare providers to list their services and share knowledge. million in seed funding from Crosscut, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, and Female Founders Fund.

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AUGUST 16, 2013

Los Angeles-based SnapMD , the startup helping to connect patients with doctors via cloud-based telemedicine software, has raised $600,000 in a seed funding round, the firm said Thursday. The funding came from Shea Ventures, the venture capital arm of J.F. The seed funding is the first for SnapMD.

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