Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Upfront Ventures was created 20 years ago as one of the original VC funds in Los Angeles. Back then only 15% of our dollars were invested locally whereas today 50% of our dollars are invested in LA. Candidly all three were on our short list of VCs that we secretly wanted to poach (seriously, they were!)

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based Retina, a startup that is using artificial intelligence for predicting customer lifetime value, said on Tuesday tht it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Alpha Intelligence Capital and Vertical Venture Partners. Retina is led by co-founder and CEO Emad Hasan.

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socalTECH

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. However, for members of socaltech.com, it's a click away with our real time analysis of venture funding flows. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Brian Lee, CEO and Founder of The Honest Company, which has raised $222 million in VC funding. Mike Jones, Founder of Science, which has invested in some of LA’s top startups, like Dollar Shave Club. Leura Fine, CEO and Founder of Laurel and Wolf and Sean Brecker, CEO of Headspace.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

However, local startups still tell us that it can be difficult to find an investor for their company, particularly beyond the seed and Series A rounds. In this special report, we've mined our extensive database of venture capital. being funded. being funded. Siemer Ventures. Image courtesy Bigstock.

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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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socalTECH

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. According to Fortune, the funding came from private equity investor Silver Lake Waterman. READ MORE>>.

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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 targets companies who want to provide in-house meals to their employees. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2016

in a funding round, which came from Science plus undisclosed angels. portfolio company Dollar Shave Club, and appears to be the first publicly announced investment by Science Inc. According to Plowz & Mowz, it has raised $1.5M Plowz & Mowz is based in Syracuse, New York, and is led by Wills Mahoney.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2016

But one tech news story stood out for me — the fact that LA-based Dollar Shave Club (DSC) was sold to Unilever for $1 billion. Because I work so closely with video companies I’ve been very vocal with startups I’ve backed about the need to invest in high-quality video to help support a brand. This is a big win, for sure.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

My colleague at the time James Bailey was bugging me to take a meeting when it was an unknown company because he had younger family members and friends obsessed with Snapchat who were in university at the time. To be fair to TigerText they build a company focused on the healthcare industry and HIPAA compliance.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2015

Crosscut Ventures has just announced their 3rd fund and clocking in at $75 million , which will be focused heavily on Los Angeles – FTW. This week Michael Dubin’s startup Dollar Shave Club announced a $75 million funding round at a rumored $650 million valuation. They had only one problem.

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