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MAY 17, 2017

San Diego-based TealTech Capital , a new, $60M venture investment fund backed by Torrey Pines Investment, has launched its new investment fund, and made its first investment. Size of the investment in TealNet MMO was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

A new, Santa Monica-based venture fund, UP.Partners, said on Monday afternoon that it has raised a $230M, early stage venture capital fund focused on transportation and logistics.

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MAY 3, 2012

San Diego-based Qualcomm has renewed its investment in Visage , as part of a Series C funding for the enterprise mobility management software provider. Qualcomm was the lead on the February 2010 round for Visage, whose software is used to manage the security and mobile policy for enterprise customers. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 16, 2021

Santa Monica-based on-demand electric scooter provider Bird says it is planning a major investment in Europe, saying it will invest $150M in the continent in 2021. Bird said the investment is part of an effort to support European cities as they reopen and recover.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based SoLo Funds, a startup which operates an online crowd-lending marketplace, letting users lend and borrow funds from each other, has raised $10M in a Series A round. The funding was led by ACME Capital, and also included Impact America Fund, Techstars, Endeavor Catalyst, CEAS Investments and others.

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APRIL 7, 2014

San Diego-based Notevault , a developer of mobile apps aimed at helping people in the engineering and construction industry tie photos and voice notes to projects, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The funding came from San Diego investor West Partners. The company said the funding will go towards its growth plans.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Glendale-based startup incubator, accelerator, and investment fund VoiVoda is one of the investors in mobile optimization firm Leanplum , Leanplum said today. Leanplum announced it raised $825,000 in an angel funding round, which came from TechStars, Kima Ventures, VoiVoda Ventures, and other angels. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the prepaid card and mobile banking giant, is powering the new banking offerings for mobile investing and financial app startup Stash. Stash offers up a mobile app which lets users buy stocks starting as little as $5, with an aim of helping users become more familiar with investing.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Two, Los Angeles-area venture capital investment funds have gotten backing from PayPal , as part of a new effort by PayPal to support Black and Latinx-led venture capital funds. led by Austin Clements and Ajay Relan; and VamosVentures , led by Marcos C. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 6, 2013

The LAUNCH Fund , the angel investment fund of Los Angeles angel and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, is looking to invest $200,000 in startups who present at two of the events being run by Calacanis over the next couple of months, according to an announcement by Calacanis Tuesday. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Leonardo DiCaprio is making a significant commitment to the Los Angeles-based investment firm, Struck Capital , as part of the actor’s commitment to building LA into a tech development powerhouse. DiCaprio has already made a number of investments in startup companies that have done very well for the Academy Award-winning actor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Indeed, while the rules and technologies for lead generation have changed, Forrester and other experts still see it as the most effective way for businesses with limited budgets to maximize their return on marketing investment (ROI). How many of these lead generation techniques are funded in your business plan? Display advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according to a classic Crunchbase article. Individual angel investors and crowdfunding have been adding to the momentum, some say exceeding VCs in total amount invested.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 25, 2022

Now it’s picking up some funding along with an endorsement Europe to further its growth. The startup has received €50 million (just under $57 million at today’s rates) from the European Investment Bank, the funding arm of the European Union. The funding from the EIB ticks a couple of different boxes for the EU.

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APRIL 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based mobile games developer Mention Mobile , a developer of social gaming applications, reported today that it has scored a second round of funding from Mark Cuban. Size of the new investment in the company was not announced. Mention Mobile is headed by Ryan Ozonian. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Los Angeles-based Bonfire Ventures said this morning that it has officially launched with its first fund, a new $60M fund aimed at early stage startups. The fund was founded by longtime Southern California technology investors Jim Andelman and Mark Mullen, who are joined by Leah Volger, formerly of Google and Santander InnoVentures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. Thus the best entrepreneur strategy for funding is to build solutions, not technology.

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JUNE 29, 2017

We've summarized the funds that have announced new funds in the last nine months or so, or that are in the midst of raising funds--a total of more than $1086 million in total funds. List ordered by fund size). Fund size: $230M fund. Fund size: $100M fund. Fund size: $100M fund.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

Irvine-based Acorns , which offers up a micro-investment and savings app, has raised $105M in a Series E funding, which values the company at $860M, the company said this week. The funding came from Comcast Ventures, NBCUniversal, Bain Capital Ventures, BlackRock, Rise Fund, DST, and MSD Capital, among others.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based AppOnboard , the startup developing mobile app demo and analytics software, has raised $15M more in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday morning. The company's software makes it easy for people to try out full featured mobile apps without having to download and install those apps first. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 4, 2018

Saturday, March 10, 2018 -- Mobile LAVA: Silicon Beach Ecosystem. Come learn from VCs and Angel Investors about funding for your Mobile company, moderated by Peter Cowen. See [link] (more)

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MARCH 16, 2017

It's turning out to be a great time for entrepreneurs looking for funding in the region, with not only high profile exits of such companies as Snap Inc., but a bunch of new, early stage investors looking to seed or fund the next big tech success story. www.watertowerventures.com) Fund size: $5M. Fund size: $40M.

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APRIL 25, 2019

Los Angeles-based Wavemaker Partners is one of the lead investors in a round for a cognitive health startup, Savonix , in an extension of its Series A funding. in a Series A extension round which was led by Fusion Fund and Wavemaker Partners, boosting its total Series A financing to $14.7M. Savonix said it raised $9.6M

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. Advisors Douglas Merritt, CEO of Splunk, and Mike Scarpelli, CFO of Snowflake, also made individual investments as angels. We are deeply invested in growing the business together. Image Credits: SpotOn.

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MARCH 21, 2018

La Jolla-based venture investor Avalon Ventures is the lead investor in a round for San Francisco-based Averon , a developer of mobile identity verification software. Averon said today that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Avalon Ventures, and also included Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm said Thursday that it has committed to investing $40M in China, investing in four different Chinese companies and one venture capital fund. China Walden Ventures Investment is a venture capital fund focused on investing in semiconductor and semiconductor-related businesses in China.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based mobile games developer Scopely has raised a $200M, Series D funding, which it says it will use for acquisitions, the company announed early this morning. The company was founded in 2011, and has now raised over $487M in total funding since founding. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

San Diego-based Chalk Digital , a provider of location-based, mobile advertising technology aimed at local businesses, said today that it has raised a seed funding round. Size of the funding was not announced. The funding came from Composite Capital Partners, Kernal Capital Inc., Chalk Digital is led by Craig Hagopian.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

Santa Monica-based Tala , the fintech startup led by CEO Shivani Siroya, has raised $110M more in a Series D funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by RPS Ventures, and also included GGV Capital, IVP, Revolution Growth, Lowercase Capital, Data Collective VC, ThomVest Ventures, and PayPal. READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 29, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investment firm March Capital Partners led a $4 million funding round in San Francisco-based mobile game developer Knock Knock Games Inc.

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MAY 24, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the venture capital investment firm founded by venture investment veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery, said this morning that it has had a final close on its first fund, at $240M. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 12, 2012

Friday, May 18, 2012 -- SDVG Presents: Mobile Venturing- funding without wires. Join host Jeff Belk as we explore what's hot (or not) in mobile start-ups. Jeff was formerly SVP Marketing with Qualcomm and he will be joined by a panel of pros such as Qualcomm Ventures and Verizon Ventures in the mobile investing space.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) announced last week that it has raised a second fund, worth $300M. To learn about the new fund, we sat down with Jamie Montgomery , one of the fund's co-founders, to hear about March Capital's strategy and the new fund. They're all big winners.

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MARCH 14, 2014

Newport Beach-based ACorns Grow , a developer of a mobile phone driven service which will sweep loose change from a user''s credit card purchases into an investment account, has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding round. finance phone mobile capital venture financial investing grow acorns' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

TDK Ventures , the venture investment arm of TDK Corporation , has made an investment in Los Angeles-based Wheels , the last-mile, on-demand, electric bicycle company led by Josh Viner. According to TDK Ventures, the investment came as part of the recently announced funding round led by DBL Partners.

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APRIL 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based AppOnBoard , a developer of a mobile technology platform aimed at helping app developers create app demos, has raised $15M in a Series A funding. AppOnBoard--which is led by serial entrepreneur Jonathan Zweig--says the funding will go towards growth and development. The company has now raised $20M in total.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

The Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the entertainment and sports agency which also is an active investor and partner of technology and media companies here, said this morning that it has received a an investment from Temasek , the $200 billion Singapore investment company. READ MORE>>.

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