TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The new funding was led by Glade Brook Capital Partners, with participation from GV, Tao Invest, Finistere Ventures and Rich’s, as well as previous investors Benchmark Partners, Index Ventures, S2G, DNS Capital and Obvious Ventures. .” Good Eggs CEO Bentley Hall. Glade Brook’s J.P.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Investors including Index Ventures, Toba Capital, VMG Partners, Bonfire Ventures, Ludlow Ventures and BoxGroup agreed. There is more than $250 billion spent per year across roughly 3 million businesses in the salon and spa category, according to data provided by the company. million in funding. million in funding.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

The funding was led by FirstMark Capital, and also included Causeway Media Partners, BDMI, Tusk Ventures, Inherent Group, Gaingels, Penni Thow's Copper and Guy Oseary. According to Omaze, it will use the funding to expand its "experience categories" and accelerate international growth.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The funding is coming from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Reimagined Ventures, Trinity Capital Investment, Celtic House Venture Partners, Marubeni Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, Mojo Partners alongside with previous investors GGV Capital, WI Harper Group, Digital Garage, CentreGold Capital , Scrum Ventures, and other unnamed participants.

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MAY 13, 2013

Greentoe''s website lets users name what they''d be willing to pay for all kinds of electronics and other items; the company said that it''s been seeing the most traction for photography and consumer electronics categories, but also has seen lots of growth in the baby product category. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

Sales are growing, according to the two women, and the company’s chances have certainly been improved by the capital infusion from Drumbeat Ventures and TA Ventures, a European female-founded fund focusing on technology innovation. ” .

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 22, 2019

So the former venture capital investor from the consumer startup brand studio Launch set out to create one. After coming up with the idea Paiji had to find a manufacturer, who’d be willing to help reinvent an entire product category for a startup retailer. Blueland refills/Image courtesy of Blueland.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

El Segundo-based medical apparel company Jaanuu , the venture-backed startup led by Shaan Sethi, said it has received a new, strategic investment round today. Jaanuu said the new funding will go towards expansion into new apparel categories and senior level staffing hires. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 11, 2019

In an awards program, it can seem like a competition, but in the Commitment to Diversity category, many of the finalists are in fact collaborating with each other or share common roots. For example, finalist Silvia Mah is also a co-founder of one of the other finalists in the category, Ad Astra Ventures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

You have to cater to many different user categories. The biggest challenge is that a user from one category can’t even realize that there are other users not like them. Yet, in my experience, the people who pursue the new venture alternative are generally more satisfied than all the rest.

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MARCH 25, 2014

San Diego-based TakeLessons , the online private lessons marketplace startup led by Steven Cox, said this morning that it has raised $7M in a venture funding round. The funding was led by Lightbank, and also included Crosslink Capital, SoftTech VC, Triangle Peak Partners, and Moore Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 5, 2013

There''s been a constant drumbeat from both local entrepreneurs and investors on the lack of venture capital sources in Southern California. So, anytime a new, Southern California venture capital investor show ups, technology entrepreneurs usually flock to their doorstep. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2016

This is a huge moment for Michael Dubin who had the vision, the market genius, the operating chops and the perseverance to prevail even after the venture funding markets had wrongly written off eCommerce as a category. Frankly, it’s awesome to see a VC articulate a vision for the kind of company they would back in a given category.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Today, we share the thoughts of Brett Brewer , co-foudner and Managing Director of Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscut.vc). in 2005 for $680M.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The funding, which was led by Two Sigma Ventures and included existing investors like Plexo Capital, Amplify, and BoldStart values the company at over $100 million. Replicated lets software vendors unlock the opportunity of the on-prem software category with lower engineering overhead and faster time to market.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

The investment was led by Union Square Ventures and included participation from Eniac Ventures, Human Capital and Flexport. The company raised $5 million in equity last November from Equal Ventures and Eniac to give it $28 million in total equity and debt funding. Syrup Tech bags $6.3M

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 13, 2020

In 2018 alone, venture investments in space topped $2 billion for the first time, and 187 investors wrote checks to 90 startups, according to Bryce Space and Technology. In that spirit, TechCrunch is pleased to announce our first TC Sessions: Space , a single-day show dedicated to this fast-emerging startup category.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

The company said the funding round came from Viking Global Investors, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, Upfront Ventures, and S2G Ventures. and international fresh food suppliers and retailers, across the avocado, citrus, berry, stone fruit, and asparagus categories. Apeel was founded and is led by CEO James Rogers.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

. “What we are seeing is that there’s a significant appetite from public market investors to interactive entertainment as a category,” said Scopely co-chief executive Walter Driver. “We were excited to crossover and invest in Scopely.” ” LA-based gaming studio Scopely raises $200M at a $1.7B ” .

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MAY 18, 2021

ClickUp has raised $135M in venture capital so far. The Series A round was led by Craft Ventures, with our Series B led by Georgian Venture Partners. We compete in several different categories within the market. What is ClickUp? Zeb Evans: We've now raised a total of $135M combined between our Series A and B rounds.

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AUGUST 16, 2018

Since we're deeply focused on the innovation ecosystem and bank over 50% of venture capital-backed companies, I have the luxury of seeing trends across the startup ecosystem. Because mobile gaming was the first category to dominate the App Store, these entrepreneurs are leveraging their 10+ years of experience to create a distinct advantage.

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MARCH 15, 2013

In the "recent fundings we've missed" category, Los Angeles-based YouTube network StyleHaul quietly raised $6.5M StyleHaul's prior investors include Juvo Capital, RezVen Partners, Siemer Ventures, and Machinima's Allen DeBevoise. in a Series B funding led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, along with its prior investors.

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AUGUST 1, 2013

the startup which delivers a curated set of gifts, via subscription, to customers every quarter, is expanding into the food, health, and fitness category. Quarterly is venture backed by True Ventures, Collaborative Fund, VegasTechFund, SV Angel, and others. Hollywood-based Quarterly Co. , READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based Mogreet , the provider of a mobile video marketing product which is headed by James Citron, said yesterday that it has been targeting the Hispanic market with its services, and now counts a number of large customers in that category. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Forerunner Ventures led the deal and the investment was made by Kirsten Green, the firm’s famous founder and managing partner. I was drawn to the unique design-driven approach because that’s what is needed to create a new category here.”.

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JULY 22, 2013

In the big-fundings-we-recently-missed category, Los Angeles-based Topline Game Labs recently announced that it has raised $25M in a funding round for its fantasy sports and social gaming marketplace. The funding came from Cantor Ventures, the venture capital arm of New York investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

The Vinetta Project (www.vinettaproject.com), a group which is focused on helping to accelerate the growth of female-led startups, announced a few weeks ago that it is working with P&G Ventures, the internal "startup studio" of Procter and Gamble on an effort to help female-led companies in Los Angeles. What is The Vinetta Project?

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

The data startup--which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Founder Collective, Index Ventures, Miramar Venture Partners, and others-- just posted a data scientists''s view of holiday shopping, using the company''s vast trove of location-based data to pinpoint where to go shopping for certain items in Los Angeles, by crunching the numbers.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I recently reviewed Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s book Venture Deals , in THIS ENTRY. Thus, I was excited when Brad agreed to chat with me via Skype to discuss the book’s genesis, along with the reaction of his fellow venture capitalists to the book’s revelation of numerous fundraising “secrets.”. There were a couple motivations.

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MARCH 2, 2017

The funding was led by Imagen Capital Partners, and also included Mark Cuban's Radical Investments, Google Ventures, Indicator Ventures plus angels Jason Calacanis, Howard Lindzon and Don Dodge. Nimble has now raised $12.5M in funding, including an earlier seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 8, 2019

The company has raised $11 million in financing from undisclosed strategic investors and Craft Ventures, the investment firm set up by former Yammer founder, David Sacks. “We’re going to be focused on dentistry and the dental category and the laboratory for quite a while.”

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 18, 2022

The alternative protein space is hot, hot, hot as evidenced by both the number of companies developing products and the venture capital going into the space. The latest company to attract venture capital is Nowadays , a company founded in San Francisco in 2020 as a Public Benefit Corporation by Max Elder and Dominik Grabinski.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

“The way we’ve chosen the categories and the products are really around what’s relevant in the times right now and what’s essential.” Its most recent funding came last September as part of a $21 million Series B round led by EQT Ventures.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Her newest venture, Moe Assist, claims to be the first project management and payments tool for influencers. Bain Capital Ventures' Jamison Hill. While some businesses, like Cameo, have successfully raised venture financing , VCs have yet to fully tackle the influencer and creator economy.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based venture fund Siemer Ventures , the early-stage, venture capital investor run by David Siemer and Eric Manlunas, has funded Tradesparq , the operator of an Asian, B2B marketplace that matches volume buyers and suppliers. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

With a focus on female venture capitalists and founders, All Raise hosts an annual conference, several in-person and virtual fundraising workshops and networking sessions and, recently, the group began creating curated peer groups for investors. I think the movement is just gathering momentum. Scaling a nonprofit, startup style.

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JUNE 18, 2015

Los Angeles-based StackSocial , which offers up online technology sales and deals on software and other products, is in a major expansion, saying yesterday that it has launched a new Health & Fitness category.

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