socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Los Angeles-based Honest Company , the online provider of eco-friendly baby, personal care, and other household goods led by Brian Lee and co-founded by Jessica Alba, has quietly let go of 80 employees --or nearly 14% of the company--in what the company has billed as a "growth positioning".

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The Honest Company , the Los Angeles-based e-commerce company founded by Brian Lee and celebrity Jessica Alba, has raised $25M more in a funding round, the firm said this morning. The Honest Company offers up a variety of eco-friendly baby- and kids- products via subscription. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Is another, Los Angeles consumer startup-- The Honest Company --about to be acquired by Unilever ? An unconfirmed report Thursday afternoon, from TechCrunch, says that Unilever is in early talks to acquire the company, founded by Jessica Alba and SoCal serial entrepreneur Brian Lee. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2013

Santa Monica-based e-commerce site The Honest Company has launched an iOS application, which run on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The Honest Company is the celebrity driven, subscription startup which offers up nontoxic, eco-friendly baby and kids products, including everything from diapers to home cleaning.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Santa Monica-based e-commerce startup The Honest Company --whose co-founders include subscription e-commerce entrepreneur Brian Lee and celebrity Jessica Alba--said today that it has launched a new line of designer, limited edition products. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2012

Online, eco-family products company The Honest Company , started by celebrity Jessica Alba and Los Angeles e-commerce master Brian Lee, said late Friday that it has raised $27M in funding. According to The Honest Company, the funding will go towards accelerating growth and developing its products and brand.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Los Angeles-based Honest Company is one of 44 companies who are backing an effort this week by the current White House, to bolster equal pay efforts in the United States. The Honest Company appeared to be the only, Southern California technology company on the list to join the effort.

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AUGUST 14, 2015

Santa Monica-based The Honest Company , which provides baby care, personal care, home care, and other healthy lifestyle products, said this morning that it has raised $100M in a Series D funding round. The company has now raised around $228M in funding.

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MARCH 29, 2017

Los Angeles-based, eco-friendly baby products company The Honest Company , and retailer Babies"R"Us are in a a new, in-store partnership, where Babies "R"Us will begin carrying The Honest Company's products at its retail stores. Financial details of the partnership were not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

More than ever before, people want to buy from, work for, and invest in companies that matter. Your company and team members have to be seen as going above and beyond to solve the problems of internal and external customers. Be ruthlessly honest with yourself in building the right relationships and eliminating misaligned behaviors.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2021

Los Angeles-based Honest Co., the lifestyle brand offering up baby, skin, and household products, debuted in its IPO on Wednesday, raising $413M for the company--and bringing yet another Southern California startup to the public markets. priced its IPO last night at $16.00 per share, at the midpoint of its $14.00

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2023

I know that dates me a good bit, but it also shows that I have been hanging around startups and big companies for a long time. The honest truth is that I worked directly with him in the early days of Microsoft from my “safe” perch in big IBM, during the startup of the IBM PC.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 24, 2019

The company founded by two former Bain consultants is the latest to take on the growing market for non-alcoholic intoxicants that use a combination of chemicals traditionally found in the marijuana plant to make their drinks. million for their venture. ” .

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socalTECH

MAY 6, 2021

Two veterans of Honest Co. According to ELM Foods, its two founders--Joel Jackson and Melissa Williams--were both at Honest Co., The company's service revolves around helping customers to shop for groceries the way they use them, in meals, according to the company. Joel Jackson is CEO at ELM Foods.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

But in the face of a global pandemic, every company has had to improvise and in the few months since its launch in 2019, that’s just what Bümo did. The company said the money went to boost the development of new curriculum and hire educational and operational staff. In April the company shifted its attention to virtual classes.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 24, 2020

Relativity Space has a new customer for its 3D-printed rockets: Established satellite maker and operator Iridium, which has picked the company for launches in 2023. To accomplish those, and other launches like them, the company is also setting up a new launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Los Angeles-based eco-friendly products company The Hoenst Company says it is reformulating its products, to remove the use of sodium laurel sulfate , an ingredient that the company had pledged to avoid, but had managed to be used in a number of its products. s products in a investigative report earlier this year.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

A report Friday from Bloomberg says that Los Angeles-based Honest Co. Bloomberg--citing "people familiar with the matter"--said Honest Co. The report says that Honest Co.'s s latest funding round valued the company at around $1.7 The Honest Co. has hired Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to head up the IPO effort.

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JULY 16, 2019

Carpinteria-based Procore Technologies , the very fast growing developer of construction management software led by Tooey Courtemanche, has acquired Honest Buildings , a developer of project management software for owners and developers, the company said on Tuesday. office portfolio company. office portfolio company.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2020

The pair made a mix of early- and late-stage investments in Los Angeles-based companies like LegalZoom, Scopely, Art of Sport, The Honest Company, RingDNA, FocusMotion, DyshApp and Represent. “As a founding partner to [Art of Sport] he was woven into the very fabric of our company and its vision and DNA. .

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MARCH 15, 2016

The Wall Street Journal is keeping the pressure on Los Angeles-based Honest Co. saying this morning that the company that makes Honest Co's laundry detergent, Earth Friendly Products , removed all of the claims that its laundry detergent was free of sodium laurel sulfate (SLS) last spring. Honest Co.'s READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 30, 2017

Actress Jessica Alba’s Honest Co. million settlement in a marketing fraud lawsuit that alleged the company fraudulently labeled home and personal care products as natural, plant-based or chemical-free. has reached a $7.35

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JUNE 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based LegalZoom , which provides online legal help and documents, says it has named Nicole Miller as the company's General Counsel. Miller was most recently General Counsel at The Honest Company, and also had previously served at Cooley and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Southern California has seen another, big venture capital investment quarter, with companies raising $1.46 raised in 15 companies. The largest deal in the quarter was for Suja Life ($149.4M), followed by Honest Company ($100.0M) and CrowdStrike ($100.0M). in 108 deals. Orange County saw $340.3M

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Joining Initialized in the round is the serial entrepreneur Moise Emquies, whose previous clothing lines, Ella Moss and Splendid, were acquired by the fashion holding company VFC in 2017. The company’s first product is a hand soap, Keeper. Emquies is also joining the company as its chief brand officer. The Honest Co.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The company said the funding brings its valuation to $400M. Murat Bicer, a General Partner at CRV, has joined the company's board with the new funding. Along with the funding, the company said it has named two executives, naming Adam Waid as Chief Customer Officer and Oleg Pylnev as Chief Technology Officer.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based perfume startup Skylar has raised $8M in a Series A funding round, for a "natural" beauty and perfume brand, the company said this week. Skylar is led by CEO Cat Chen, a veteran of the Honest Company. As part of the funding, FirstMark's Beth Ferreira will join the company's board of directors.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2019

The fund--managed by Arjan Schutte and Kathleen Utecht--invests in financial technology companies, and counts such portfolio companise as Fair , Honest Dollar (acquired), CoverHound , Mirador (acquired), Nerdwallet , Ripple , Tio (acquired), and many others. As expected, the company has not detailed any information on the new fund.

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MARCH 14, 2016

Los Angeles-based Honest Co. , the natural baby products retailer founded by Jessica Alba, is facing a major crisis after an investigative report published by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, which claimed the Honest Co.'s s laundry detergent uses sodium laurel sulfate (SLS)--an ingredient that the company had pledged not to use.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Los Angeles-based Navitas Capital , a venture capital investment fund focused on real estate and construction technology, said today that it has named Michael Spies as a Venture Partner at the company.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 18, 2010

Thursday, June 24, 2010 -- Grow Your Companys Trust Online. As a result, it is vital for an honest company that offers quality products or services to maintain its reputation of integrity.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 28, 2020

Even as oil companies are getting crushed by the collapse of demand for energy in the wake of international shutdowns responding to the global pandemic, investors representing one of the world’s savviest financiers are placing a small bet on electric charging as the future of transportation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. But we have a great city for building technology companies.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

The startup was founded by CEO Cat Chen, formerly of Honest Company. Los Angeles-based Skylar Body/ , a perfume brand, has raised $3M in funding, from Upfront Ventures and Brian Lee, plus Brilliant Ventures, and Kaktus Capital. Skylar Body is part of the Amplify LA startup accelerator. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 14, 2016

Los Angeles-based fintech venture investor Core Innovation Capital has scored a quick exit at one of its portfolio companies, Honest Dollar , just a year after its seed funding. Goldman Sachs said this morning that it has acquired Honest Dollar, which will become part of its Investment Management division. READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 7, 2018

Snap rolls out ticket-purchase option, Insomniac launching VR collab with Oculus, Honest Company lands $200M investment.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Hollar's executives were previously at Honest Co., including David Yeom (CEO, formerly in Business Development at Honest Co.) and tech veteran Brian Lee (LegalZoom, Honest Co., ShoeDazzle), who serves as Executive Chairman of the company. The funding came from Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and others.

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