socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Santa Monica-based Happy Returns , which operations real, physical locations for online shoppers to return their unwanted products for a refund, has raised $8M in a new funding round, the company disclosed this morning. The new funding came from U.S. Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, and Brian Spaly the founder of TrunkClub.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Happy Returns says it already has 40 locations accepting returns for such online retailers as Tradesy, Shoes of Prey, Everlane, and others. As part of the funding, Upfront's Greg Bettinelli joins the company's board of directors, as does Brian Spaly, an angel investor in the company and the co-founder of Bonobos and Trunk Club.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Tracy DiNunzio, Founder and CEO of Tradesy , recently shared her insights regarding the best approach for entrepreneurs to address competition. Note: I am an investor in Tradesy via Rincon Venture Partners.). We eventually sold our company to Citrix, which went on to grow the products into the world''s third largest SaaS offering.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2013

The company handles insurance, gassing up your car, and gives you a carwash--as well as gives you a cut of any rental fees it gets from people who drive your car while you''re away. Tradesy lets you turn your closet into a source of cash, letting you offer up your fashionable clothing and other items to other, like minded individuals.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Tx Zhuo has been at at Karlin Ventures as a venture capital investor; Eva Ho was most recently at Susa Ventures, was EIR at the City of Los Angeles, had served at Stamps.com, Applied Semantics, and Factual, and also has been an angel investor in such companies as Tradesy, Laurel & Wolf, SHIFT, and others. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2013

The company handles insurance, gassing up your car, and gives you a carwash--as well as gives you a cut of any rental fees it gets from people who drive your car while you''re away. Tradesy lets you turn your closet into a source of cash, letting you offer up your fashionable clothing and other items to other, like minded individuals.

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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. Recent investments: Club W , CapLinked, Tradesy , Chromatik , TripTrotting. Recent investments: Club W , CapLinked, Tradesy , Chromatik , TripTrotting. being funded.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2013

of privately held companies had a female founder, 6.5% At Rincon Venture Partners , we have invested in several female entrepreneurs(so far), including Tracy DiNunzio, Founder and CEO of Tradesy. As more female CEOs build successful companies with great outcomes, this should change. During the period studied, only "1.3%

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

And it was convenient for me because we also held our annual London board meeting of DataSift , who helps companies processes and analyze large volumes of social plus enterprise data in realtime. Why is Collaborative Consumption Becoming a Hot Trend for Startup Companies? What are the Types of Collaborative Consumption Companies?

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

They eventually turned the failing, four-store cosmetics chain into a global, public company. During Mark's tenure, Citrix has grown from 50 employees and few million dollars of revenue to a company of over 10,000 employees, generating revenue in excess of $3.1 You can lean how Good Guys Finish First HERE.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created. You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

It is far more detrimental to one’s returns to make investments in companies which fail to return capital. A VC has done their job when their funds include enough great companies to generate an industry-leading outcome. He is now a Senior Executive at Uber, although back in 2010 he had no formal affiliation with the company.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

For instance, at Rincon Venture Partners , we typically do not invest in consumer facing companies. However, we made an exception at Tradesy , because we were so impressed with its Founder, Tracy DiNunzio. I have turned down opportunities to invest in several companies that later proved to be huge successes.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2015

After the earnout after selling EQAL, I was investing in companies, and looking at the landscape, and saw this opportunity to improve the efficiency of healthcare and help doctors save money. A lot of those were investors in my last company or were friends. It was the first company I started, and I learned a ton.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2016

Los Angeles didn’t have much in terms of a real tech scene — and even San Francisco only had a few VCs or tech companies. That great migration of companies and activity touches upon what is now… Read More. Now, VC offices have sprung up in San Francisco, moving more of the investment energy up there.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Poshmark , a social media e-retail company, has raised $87.5 That brings the total funding raised by the Redwood City, CA-based company to $160 million. million in a Series D investment round led by Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek.

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