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So, to help other female entrepreneurs, they founded TuesdayNights (www.tuesdaynights.org), a group in LA which helps female entrepreneurs connect with capital and each other to improve their access to capital. You've got to do your research, and take the time so you're not meeting with investors who never invest in your sector.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Santa Monica-based Tuition.io , which helps employers offer up student loan repayment assistance as part of their employee benefits, has raised $7M in a Series B funding round, the company said today. says so far that it has signed up such clients as Live Nation, Staples and Fidelity Investments to its programs.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

Santa Monica-based Fair , which operates a vehicle subscription service that lets users subscribe to gain access to cars without the restrictions of a traditional lease, has raised $100M in a combined debt facility and equity investment, the company said this morning. The debt facility was provided by Ally Financial.

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JUNE 27, 2013

I am super excited to announce that today is a day of lots of new things for my partners & me: A new fund, a new office and a new brand. Let’s start with the fund. We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). This month we closed our 4th fund of $200 million.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners has joined in another funding round for Palo Alto-based Activehours , as part of a $39M funding. Activehours said the new, $39M investment round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Matrix Partners, Ribbit Capital and March Capital Partners. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 27, 2015

Santa Monica-based ,a href="[link] OnDemand , the developer of cloud-based, talent management software, said this morning that it has made investments in four companies, from the Cornerstone Innovation Fund. Size of the investments in each company were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Santa Monica-based CRM software maker Nimble --let by contact database and software pioneer Jon Ferrara--has raised $9M in a Series A funding, the company announced on Thursday morning. in funding, including an earlier seed funding round. Nimble has now raised $12.5M READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. Tell us a little bit about your investments and firm? We decided to formalize our investing in October, and call it TYLT Labs, so here we are.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor GRP Partners announced this morning that it has raised a fourth fund, worth $200M, and also renamed the firm Upfront Ventures. The 17-year old firm, which also said it will open up a brand new home at the center of Silicon Beach, signing a 10-year lease for a space on 7th Street in Santa Monica.

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MAY 5, 2014

According to a report , Brock--and his investment group, Sunlot--apparently are hoping to help stabilize the Bitcoin economy through its move. Pierce is a leading investor in Southern California companies, and is one of the many investors here who have recently honed in on the opportunities in Bitcoin. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Los Angeles-based cloud-based talent management software solutions firm with over 13 million users, Cornerstone OnDemand has launched Cornerstone Innovation Fund , to invest in disruptive LA-based cloud startups building cutting-edge solutions for organizations. Applications to the fund are now open and available online here. .

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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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JULY 7, 2020

Santa Monica-based Grow Credit , a fintech startup which provides small dollar loans and helps consumers establish their credit record through paying for online subscriptions, says it has added a new investor, Commerce Ventures. Size of the investment was not announced.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Santa Monica-based Dog Vacay , the online person-to-person marketplace for dog boarding, has formally announced new investors in the firm, who are joining in its $1M seed funding round. The firm is headed by Aaron Hirschhorn, and is also backed by Science Inc.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Santa Monica-based Troy Capital Partners , a new venture investment firm led by Josh Berman, Brian Sullivan, and Samit Varma, has backed a veteran of TrueCar for a new startup called Rollick Outdoor. Rollick Outdoor is based in Austin, where Brenner was based while at Santa Moinca-based TrueCar. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Silicon valley startup incubator program 500 Startups announced its latest batch of startups Wednesday, with a surprise: a local, Santa Monica firm among the fifth batch of companies being backed by the accelerator. Chewse was founded by Tracy Lawrence and Jeff Schenck. Schenck was formerly at Adly.

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MARCH 28, 2019

Earlier this month, the annual Montgomery Summit conference was held in Santa Monica, including a special portion of the conference dedicated to the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur. For myself, I'm largely focused on investments in enterprise software, primarily in the areas of application software and intelligence.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners --the new investment firm led by longtime Southern California venture capital veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken, and Jamie Montgomery--has made an investment in cloud application infrastructure developer Appcito. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2017

Wallach on investments out of a new fund, Inevitable Ventures. How did you end up here in Los Angeles doing investments? Coincidentally, that was the exact same time in 2009 when I moved out, when Ashton Kutcher started first investing. Ron chose me to manage those investments. Chris Hollod: For sure.

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AUGUST 4, 2015

Chewse , a startup which helps companies manage their office food and meal programs--and counts Pivotal Labs, TasteMade, OpenX, Factual, and Big Frame as customers--said it has raised $5.9M in a Series A investment. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Santa Monica-based online car buying technology provider TrueCar said this morning that it has raised $30M in a new round of funding, from Vulcan Capital, the venture funding arm of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. TrueCar said the new funds will go towards market expansion, product development, and to build its brand.

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MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. What is the investment focus for this fund?

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JULY 18, 2013

Santa Monica-based content delivery network EdgeCast has just filled up its warchest, announcing Thursday that it has raised $54M in a big funding round. The new funding was led by Performance Equity Management, and also included existing investors Menlo Ventures and Steamboat Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2013

Peter Csathy , the CEO of San Diego''s Sorenson Media , and digital media veteran, has departed the company, and will head up a new legal and investment group formed by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Boggs helped open up Manatt''s Silicon Valley office in 1998 and San Francisco offices in 2007.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Karlin Ventures , one of the newest venture capital funds to emerge in the Los Angeles area, said today that it has launched a new "community hour" with Santa Monica's ROC, where the venture capital investment will help provide feedback on startup ideas and chat with companies. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

In this solo episode we meet up with Greg Bettinelli and talk about Upfront Ventures, investing in Los Angeles, high performance cultures, building legacy, helping/funding/nurturing entrepreneurs and the future of the Los Angeles tech scene.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based crowdfunding site InvestedIn is announcing this morning that it has acquired Santa Barbara-based MyNewFinancialAdvisor , and is launching a new, invite-only site for premium investment opportunities. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The new site is launching today. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 3, 2013

Santa Monica-based Engrade announced this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding round, for the company''s district-level education platform. The funding was led by Javelin Venture Partners, and also included Rethink Education, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Kapor Capital, Expansion Capital and Ed-Mentor.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The Bay Area startup--which has been in Los Angeles since last November--said its new ZIRX Enterprise service is offered up to companies, to help its employees with parking. The announcement of the new service came in conjunction with a strategic investment from BMW, from BMW i Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica-based Campus Explorer , which provides an online resource on universities, colleges, student loans, housing, and more to students, has raised $5M in a Series C funding round, according to a source near the firm. The funding came from Vicente Capital Partners, OCA Venture Partners, and Origin Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. Of these 19 have received funding (10 have received significant amounts of VC funding) and 5 have been acquired (2 for more than $30 million).

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MARCH 11, 2015

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the venture capital investment firm led by Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milkin, and Jamie Montgomery, is the lead investor in a new cyber security startup, E8 Security. in a Series A funding, for its cyber security analytics software, used to help detect cyber attacks.

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital , along with Valor Equity Partners , StepStone Group , Palladium Equity Partners , and MoonSail Capital , have launched an effort to raise $10M in funding to help humanitarian efforts in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

Santa Monica-based CrossCut Ventures , the venture capital investment firm founded by Rick Smith, Brian Garrett, and Brett Brewer, has received a new credit facility from Square 1 Bank, Square 1 announced this week. Size of the credit facility, and terms, were not announced. Shoedazzle, and StyleSaint.

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MAY 1, 2014

Santa Monica-based movie and entertainment company Lionsgate said late Wednesday that it is expanding into a new line of business, and has launched a new, interactive and game arm. He also had been at Creative Artists Agency, Walt Disney, and Bellrock Media. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

In what looks like one of the largest Series A funding rounds in awhile in Southern California, Santa Monica-based ZipRecruiter announced this morning that it has raised $63M in a funding round, for its job posting service for small and medium sized businesses. IVP''s Eric LIaw joins the company''s board with the funding.

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