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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

SketchAR — this Lithuanian company is developing an AI-based mobile app for teaching drawing using augmented reality. Stipop — a Seoul-based sticker API developer with a library of over 100,000 stickers created by 5,000 artists.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based Camera IQ , a developer of augmented reality (AR) software, said this morning that it has raised $5M more in its Series A funding, bringing its total raised to over $14M. The company is developing augmented reality software specifically for use for brand marketing. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Among the announcements at the demo day were the funding of smartphone toy company SnowShoe , and an acquisition of Smart Toy , a developer of an interactive toy. in its seed funding round. in its seed funding round. disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars'

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JULY 28, 2014

Along with this, tech experts have also developed other social apps for both Android and iPhone users, focusing on photos and icons. There’s Snapchat that uses photos and then instantly disappears after 10 seconds, and then there’s the up-comer, Emojli , that uses tiny cartoonish icons for engagement. Snap Away with Snapchat.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

to the Skysource / Skywater Alliance team , which has developed technology which wrings water out of thing air. The XPRIZE Foundation also said it has awarded a Haawaiian team, JMCC Wing, with $150,000 to acknowledge that team's development of a "unique technological approach" to the challenge.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

Santa Monica-based food content and programming startup Tastemade has raised $40M in a Series D funding, the company announced this morning, to further expand its content channels. Tastemade has now raised around $80M in total funding. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 27, 2016

Beverly Hills-based Influential , a developer of influencer marketing software, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The company says it has now raised a total of $9M. The company says its clients include Hershey's, Coca-Cola Company, NBC Universal, Nestle, General Mills and Sony Pictures.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

in funding, according to the latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in funding in Q3, down from the much larger, $2.5 billion in funding received in the region in Q2. Q2 fundings in Southern California were much higher, due to a giant $1.27 READ MORE>>.

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JULY 21, 2017

Interested in getting involved in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones)? We've combed through our database of companies to figure out which companies are involved in this industry here, ranging from key developers of military UAS/UAV platforms, to startups developing the software behind the growing consumer drone market.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Overall, great news for our fair city with a 25% increase in funds raised in 2013 over the year before. JustFab , the ultra-successful fashion membership company, upped the ante with two additional rounds of funding that totaled $55 million. Originally posted by the good people at Built In Los Angeles.

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JULY 15, 2016

The boost in funding came despite a lower overall deal count, with 89 funding deals in Q2, versus 97 in Q1. The big numbers were directly impacted by several large fundings in Southern California--most notably, a giant, $1.27 billion round for Venice based Snapchat.

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JULY 18, 2013

The biggest deal for the quarter was for Venice-based photo messaging app developer Snapchat , which raised a huge, $60M funding round in the quarter. By far, the largest investment category for the quarter was software--helped by Snapchat--with $177.872M in investments for Q2, according to the report.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Oculus has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into funding VR content, and while the headset market is still small, developers have built plenty of games and experiences. Fewer AR/VR startups seem to be raising big seed rounds in 2018, but how have early-stage investors changed their approach to funding new talent in the space?

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JULY 23, 2014

The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m Why is this?

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. We want to develop characters and we want to tell fictional stories rooted in reality.”

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated.

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MARCH 11, 2014

Last week displayed the best of LA last week for a gala event of all of Upfront’s portfolio companies + the CEOs of many of LA’s top technology companies + 75 VC firms from LA, SF, NY & Boston + 25 LP Funds + the Chairman of Yahoo! Burstly is a Santa Monica-based team that I also proudly funded. Maker Studios.

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MAY 6, 2015

Everybody now knows that LA produced SnapChat, Tinder and Maker Studios. If you’re an investor considering putting dollars in the ground in LA, you can see that there is a tremendous opportunity both because of the growth of our markets and there are fewer VC funds here relative to the opportunity than anywhere else in the country.

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JUNE 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based Givingli, a developer of a gifting app, said Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $4M in its seed funding round. The funding was led by Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six, Snap's Yellow Accelerator and angel investor Harry Hurs (Co-CEO and Co-Founder, of Pipe). The company has now raised $5M in total.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Earlier this week, Derek Norton , a long time advisor to the media, Internet, and technology industry in Los Angeles, announced a brand new venture capital fund called Watertower Ventures (www.watertowerventures.com). We sat down with Derek to learn more about the new $5M fund and what it's all about. Tell us about the new fund?

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Santa Monica-based Forge Platform , which is developing software development kits used for Ethereum, has raised $1M in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Wednesday. The funding came from Manta Ray Ventures and Upfront Ventures. The company was founded by Chris Lorenz, Geoffrey Anderson, and James Borow.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

I speak a lot on college campuses and entrepreneur events and amongst the most common things I’m asked to talk about are: What do VCs fund? Do VCs really take risks on ground-breaking ideas any longer or do they just fund businesses once there is proof of traction? How does one come up with the right idea to start a company?

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JANUARY 5, 2016

It can’t be funded. And of course SnapChat is relevant for younger video consumers. But ignoring SnapChat for video is a mistake. This is dumb because you really are nothing more than a temporary ad network if you do this and usually one who delivers almost no value. YouTube aggregation isn’t a business.

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JULY 16, 2013

Because at least while the VC spigot is open and flowing for high-potential individuals that fit a pattern that some VCs seem to favor they can access cheap capital that isn’t terribly dilutive and can use the to fund development and swing for the fences with limited focus on monetization. That leaves 99.99% of you.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. Jordan Glazier: Wildfire has developed a platform for monetizing social messaging. How does this work?

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Money: In 2014, Los Angeles startups received more than $3 billion in funding. These tentpole companies will help startups to prioritize developing their human capital. This is how you build expertise and develop talent. graduates more engineers than any other city — and all from high-caliber institutions. s Startup Future.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

San Diego-based AnaptysBio , which develops antibodies for treating inflammation, has set its estimated IPO pricing range, saying on Tuesday that it expects to price its IPO at between $14.00 AnaptysBio is backed by Frazier Healthcare, Novo A/S, Avalon Ventures, Alloy Ventures, Biotechnology Value Fund, HBM Healthcare Investments, and others.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Why you should set up a board at the seed round of funding I know these days with SAFE documents and rolling convertible notes many founders prefer not to set up a board early on. How does control start to change at the B-round of funding? The Limited Partners (LPs) who back funds don’t expect their dollars to be passive.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 29, 2019

Equidate, one of the trading platforms that help employees sell their shares in pre-IPO unicorn companies, rolled out a new name today and announced a $35 million expansion of its $50 million funding round publicized in July.

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

When we first started in 2012, panel programming focused on how to fund your startup, find a CTO, etc. This year's fest has expanded to included panels on how to grow your startup internationally, maintain your company culture, manage developers in multiple countries, and reach mainstream audiences using TV advertising combined with digital.

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JULY 6, 2015

When we went to raise funds we faced lots of competition as there are of course many other VC funds in the country. We are a mostly A-round shop, have been around for 20 years and have a long track record including one fund that is the single best performing fund in the United States for its vintage year.

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JUNE 18, 2015

There are so many events to attend that one could become a full time conference attendee and you could easily feel like you’re missing out with each event that happens without you and of course there is Twitter and Instagram and Snapchat to remind you just how fun it was for everybody else. Year in, year out.

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JANUARY 13, 2016

And also why today Mitu attracted $27 million in funding from AwesomenessTV (DreamWorks/Hearst), WPP, Verizon and Upfront Ventures. Once you have stronger rate cards on advertising you accrue more money and you can develop or acquire more shows. Where will the company develop in the future? And you have a franchise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. Prime examples include Uber, Airbnb and Snapchat. This term refers to an initial venture-capital investment, often wrongly sought to seed early product development.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Corey Weiss , IPSY's Head of Business Development, is based in Santa Monica, and helps to run that effort. We understand you're backed by $100M in funding? The company operates the Ipsy Open Studios based in Los Angeles, which specifically caters to content creators in the beauty area. I've been involved since the launch.

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JUNE 9, 2016

It's really the home of a broad base of services to help media and tech companies develop new opportunities, and accelerate their success. Does this include investments or an investment fund? Snapchat started as a communications company, but it too is transforming itself into a media company.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

I also hope to lay out a way to develop a healthy degree of skepticism for the more outlandish arguments. I believe this use of cryptocurrency will develop and flourish long after the dust settles from the hype and crash of cryptocurrencies that we’re experiencing in 2017. Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat.

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