VC Draper Moves into LA
L.A. Business Journal
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Timothy Draper has a history of funding some of the technology sector’s most prolific startups and now the venture capitalist is bringing his money to Los Angeles.
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L.A. Business Journal
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Timothy Draper has a history of funding some of the technology sector’s most prolific startups and now the venture capitalist is bringing his money to Los Angeles.
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OCTOBER 6, 2020
Los Angeles-based Draper Goren Holm , a new venture capital fund founded by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25M in its very first fund. According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world.
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socalTECH
AUGUST 5, 2020
Los Angeles-based Giftz , a startup that offers up a mobile wallet and marketplace for points, miles, and gift cards, has received an investment from LA's Draper Goren Holm , the two said on Wednesday. Draper Goren Holm is the venture studio run by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm.
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 31, 2020
Venture capital and private equity investment firm Draper Goren Holm has made its first investment since a major management move in December, leading a seed round for Costa Mesa-based LunarCrush Inc.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Los Angeles-based Halogen Ventures, the venture capital firm led by Jesse Draper, has raised $21M in its second fund, the firm said on Wednesday. Draper is one of the daughters of Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper; the Draper family has been prominent in venture capital since Bill Draper III founded Sutter Hill Ventures in 1965.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Santa Monica-based MakeSense Labs , the startup behind Sense.Chat , a messaging app which lets users share cryptocurrency tokens and connect via audio and video chats, says it has added venture capitalist Tim Draper to its board of directors. Sense.Chat is led by founder and CEO Crystal Rose.
SoCal Tech Calendar
MAY 7, 2020
5/13/20 - Tim Draper, Founder, Draper Associates. Join Peter Cowen (Managing Director, Sutton Capital Partners) as we explore what SaaS investors are looking for in the current climate. Sutton Capital Partners and the Recurring Revenue Conference. See [link] (more)
socalTECH
MARCH 30, 2018
The fund was founded by Jesse Draper--the daughter of venture capitalist Tim Draper--who has invested in such firms as Laurel & Wolf, Carbo38, Naya Health, HopSkipDrive, The Flex Comapny, and Sugarfina. as part of its first fund, Halogen Ventures LP. She's also well known for the TV series "The Valley Girl Show".
SoCal Tech Calendar
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 -- Jesse Draper, Tech Investor and Creator and Host of Emmy Nominated Series, The Valley Girl Show. We have an exciting lineup starting with Jesse Draper, creator and host of the 2015 Emmy nominated television series, “The Valley Girl Show”, as well as General Partner of Halogen Ventures.
Eric Greenspan
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
First, my thanks to Tim Draper for allowing me to use his song in my entrepreneur presentations at UCLA, Anderson School of Business and USC, Marshall School of Business. The Riskmaster, lyrics by Tim Draper. Even Draper will not fund! This song is the heart of soul of many entrepreneurs like me and I love sharing it.
socalTECH
AUGUST 28, 2015
According to Siemer & Associates, this year's conference, the Siemer Summit 2015, will be held from October 13th to 14th, and will feature Tim Draper as the keynote speaker. This time, the event is being held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, rather than Santa Monica, where the event had been held in prior years.
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 1, 2020
The Los Angeles-based venture capital studio focused on blockchain and fintech startups which longtime venture investor Tim Draper now calls home has added a new venture partner to its team. Draper Goren Holm , the firm Draper manages alongside co-founders Alon Goren and Josef Holm said Rodney Sampson has joined the crew as a venture partner.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The company--which develops orbital space tracking systems--said the funding was led by Sway Ventures and included participation from others, including C16 Ventures, ATX Venture Partners, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, and Draper Associates.
socalTECH
MARCH 5, 2020
The private school is a favorite of Sand Hill Road venture capitalists and technology executives, and has taught the children of many venture capitalists and executives, including those of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Menlo Ventures, and Goldman Sachs; the school also has ties to Draper Fisher Jurvetson, where Jesse Draper (..)
socalTECH
JUNE 9, 2021
Enevate is backed by Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi (Alliance Ventures), LG Chem, Samsung Venture Investment Corp, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures -- a Sumitomo Corporation company, Lenovo, CEC Capital, and Bangchak.
socalTECH
MAY 24, 2021
Mora was previously was Chief Administrative Officer, Vice President for Finance, Administration and Treasurer at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory and also served at Harvard University and Coopers and Lybrand LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Scott Greer, who recently resigned from the board.
socalTECH
AUGUST 10, 2021
North Hollywood-based UNest, a fintech startup backed by Anthos Capital, Draper Dragon, The Artemis Fund, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, NBA All Star Baron Davis, and Band of Angels, says this morning that it has acquired Kidfund, the developer of an app which helps parents save money for their kids and which teaches good financial habits.
socalTECH
JUNE 16, 2020
The funding came from Anthos Capital, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Artemis Fund, Draper Dragon and Unlock Ventures. Los Angeles-based UNest , which develops a mobile app to help parents with financial planning as well as college savings, has raised $9M in a funding round, the company said Tuesday.
socalTECH
JULY 30, 2020
The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus, and DFJ Frontier, all prior investors. Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software used by retail brands for optimizing mobile and proximity searches, has raised $10M more in funding, the company said on Thursday.
socalTECH
JUNE 15, 2021
MomentFeed was venture backed by Level Equity, Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus, and DFJ Frontier. Uberall said it will continue to have a significant sales, service and engineering footprint in California.
socalTECH
MAY 22, 2018
Santa Monica-based Halogen Ventures , the female-focused venture capital fund run by Jesse Draper, has made an investment in email newsletter and millennial women's news source TheSkimm.
socalTECH
JUNE 12, 2017
The new fund is tied to Tim Draper's Draper Venture Network (DVN). The new fund has a new focus specifically on investing in companies in Southeast Asia. WaveMaker said the new fund has a specific focus on B2B, early stage startups in Indonesia. The fund is WaveMaker's fifth. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
AUGUST 14, 2014
The funding came from Banneker Ventures, Tim Draper, Nas Draper, as well as other angel investors. According to the company, his brother, Steven Bong, convinced him to turn down job offers and move back home to the Bay Area to work on the company full time. The company now has its headquarters in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
JUNE 25, 2020
The new partnership is one of the latest efforts by the CAA to move into the venture investments business--it also is behind CAA Ventures, its own venture investment firm, and a few years ago created Creative Labs, its own "startup studio"; more than a decade ago, CAA also started its own venture capital fund along with Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
The funding was led by Draper Frontier Opp & Tech Fund. San Diego-based TicketSauce , a developer of private label event management software, has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The company said the funding goes towards sales and marketing.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 22, 2018
According to Qpex, the funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Adams Street Partners, LYZZ Capital, Hatteras Venture Partners and Stanford University Draper Fund. The company also said it has an agreement with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), worth up to a total award of $132M.
socalTECH
JANUARY 31, 2019
The funding was led by Crosscut Ventures, and also included American Family Ventures, Draper Frontier, and RPM Ventures. Westlake Village-based Avinew , a new startup looking at developing auto insurance for the autonomous vehicle market, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, according to the company.
socalTECH
JANUARY 6, 2014
Los Angeles-based ranking and polling website Ranker , the startup led by Clark Benson and backed by Draper Associates, Rincon Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Lowercase Capital, BullPen Capital, Data Collective, TenOneTen Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, and Pasadena Angels, said today that it hit 11.5 million unique visitors in December.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 23, 2018
The company's other investors include Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures, CEC Capital, Samsung, and Lenovo, in addition to LG Chem. Enevate is led by President and CEO Robert A. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Phunware, based in Austin, Texas, is backed by Wavemaker Partners (Draper Network Fund), Fraser McCombs Ventures, Maxima Ventures, Samsung, Cisco Investments, World Wrestling Entertainment, PLDT Capital, Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN), Baylor Angel Network (BAN) and others.
socalTECH
APRIL 15, 2020
Wavemaker 360 has operations in Pasadena, Santa Monica and La Jolla, along with Nashville, Virginia Beach and Singapore, and is part of the Wavemaker Partners family of funds and the Draper Venture Network. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MAY 29, 2013
First Look West also said it provided $5,000 in a "Tansformational Idea Award" funded by Draper University, the entrepreneurial education program from venture capitalist Tim Draper. Pyro-E is out of UC Berkeley; Chai Energy is from Caltech; and Dragonfly Systems is from Stanford. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MAY 4, 2015
According to the company, the round was led by Howard Morgan, and also included Elon Musk, Tim Draper, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Zone Ventures. La Jolla-based NeuroVigil , a developer of brain monitoring tools and technology, said it has received a second financing round. Size of the funding was not disclosed.
socalTECH
JULY 19, 2017
The funding came from BMW iVentures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Highland Capital, DCM, G2VP, and Goldman Sachs. Online used car marketplace Shift , which has two offices in Southern California--its biggest market--has raised $37M more in funding, the company said today.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
According to the two, judges for the event include billionaire investor Tim Draper. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
Irvine-based Enevate , a startup backed by Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures, and CEC Capital--says it has rolled out new technology which allows for extremely fast, 5 minute charging of electric vehicles (EVs).
socalTECH
OCTOBER 13, 2017
Limited Partners in the new fund include Temasek Holdings, Tim Draper, and the World Bank's International Finance Corp. According to Wavemaker, the fund exceeded what had been an initial $50M initial target for its investment fund.
socalTECH
JANUARY 15, 2019
The company is venture backed by such investors as Daher Capital, DFJ Frontier, Double M Partners, Draper Nexus Ventures, Level Equity, Location3 Media, MI Ventures, Rockfish Brand Ventures, Signia Ventures, and many local angel investors. MomentFeed's CEO and Chairman is Robert Blatt. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 25, 2018
OnShift has previously raised funding from Draper Triangle Ventures, Early Stage Partners, Fifth Third Capital, Glengary LLC, HLM Venture Partners, Jumpstart Inc., OnShift said the new funding will go towards accelerating its growth strategy. North Coast Venture Fund and West Capital Advisors. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
JULY 5, 2012
The firm is launching BoostFunder , an online startup marketplace, with Adam Draper, which will allow startups to raise up to a million dollars from accredited investors. Adam Draper is the founder of Xpert Financial. The new site also comes as Invested.in READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 8, 2014
The funding came from Tim Draper (DFJ), Bill Quigley (Clearstone, Crypto Currency Partners), Bridge 37 Ventures, Ideas & Capital Venture Capital, Maura O''Neill, Capital Nuts, Marcus Segal (Zynga), Mark Rampolla (ZICO Coconut Water), David Wilner (Windriver Systems), and others.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus and DFJ Frontier. Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps multi-location, retailers and brands better understand and interact with customers, has raised $16.3M in new funding, the company said this morning.
socalTECH
MAY 11, 2016
According to Fluent, which is based in Lexington, Kentucky, it raised $1.65M in a seed funding which came from Digital Currency Group, Crosscut Ventures, Draper Associates, Fenbushi Capital, Lindberg Tech Fund and the St. Louis Arch Angels. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 11, 2010
a publication that is run by Jesse Draper, the daughter of venture capitalist Tim Draper. Jesse Draper's Valley Girl show is a web-based, talk show which has featured the CEOs of major corporations and startups, interviewed about their businesses on a very pink set. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.
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