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Laurel & Wolf Raises $5.5M For Interior Design Marketplace

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West Hollywood-based Laurel & Wolf , a startup which offers up an online marketplace to connect people with top interior designers, disclosed Wednesday that it has raised $5.5M in funding. The funding included $4.4M in a Series A funding, along with $1.1M in seed funding. READ MORE>>.

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Wavemaker Portfolio Firm, Phunware, Goes Public Via Reverse Merger

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Stellar is a so-called "blank check acquisition company" specifically designed to for reverse mergers. As a result of the merger, Stellar is renaming itself as Phunware, Inc., and will start trading under the new stock symbols PHUN and PHUNw. The two said the acquisition values Phunware at an enterprise value of $301M.

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The Bouqs Company Finds $12M For Flower Delivery

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Venice, California-based The Bouqs Company , the direct, cut-to-order flower delivery provider led by John Tabis, is announcing today that it has raised $12M in a Series B funding. The funding brings the company's total raised to $20M. according to CEO Tabis. READ MORE>>.

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MyShape Raises $5.5M More

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more in funding. The funding came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tenaya Capital, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth Fund. The company said the new funding will go to grow its operations, aggressively build out its product assortment, and to further develop its personalization technology.

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MyShape Runs Out Of Cash, Shuts Down

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MyShape had raised north of $36M in funding from such investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Tenaya Capital.

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Genomatica Claims Milestone

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The firm--which is developing a renewable process for creating 1,4-butenediol, a widely used industrial chemical--said the milestone will validate the design and basic engineering package for construction of its first commercial-scale plant. The announcement comes a day after the Department of Energy said it will be providing $5.0M

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Siimpel Scores Investment From Korean Firm

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Siimpel develops MEMs modules which are used to design higher quality, mobile phone cameras. Qualcomm, Motorola, Micron Technology, along with investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Portage Venture Partners, Zone Ventures, Scales Venture Partners, and SunAmerica. Siimpel was formerly known as SiWave, and is backed by DOCOMO Capital Inc.,

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