RepairSmith Raises $42 Million For On-site Repair Platform
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 19, 2021
Automotive technology company RepairSmith has raised $42 million in Series B funding for its on-site repair platform.
eTailPet Finds $800K Seed Funding
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APRIL 4, 2019
Los Angeles-based eTailPet , a new startup which helps pet store owners create online e-commerce sites, has received a round of seed funding, the company said this week. The seed funding was worth $800K, and led by Moonshots Capital, and also included individual angels from the pet industry.
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6 Reasons Starting Another Dating Site May Be Tough
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 6, 2021
Online dating sites usually fail because online dating usually fails. This business suffers from what Paul Graham calls the ‘chicken and the egg problem‘ – no one wants to use a dating site with only a few users. Social networking” is really the new term for dating, with mega-sites like Facebook , and the hyperlocal site Foursquare.
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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. This model facilitates donations to charities and creative projects, and has been around for a long time via sites such as GoFundMe. Donation good-cause model. In the U.S.,
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141 iZSearch Gets Seed Funding, Launches Internet Search Site
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JULY 13, 2015
Carlsbad-based iZSearch said this morning that it has raised a round of seed funding, and also launched its web-based Internet search site. According to iZSearch, the company recently closed a seed funding round from the Tech Coast Angels and Integrity Applications Incorporated (IAI).
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eTailPet Finds Seed Funding
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APRIL 4, 2019
Los Angeles-based eTailPet , a new startup which helps pet store owners create online e-commerce sites, has received a round of seed funding, the company said this week. Size of the funding was not announced. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital.
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Relativity Space gains new customer in Iridium and new launch site at Vandenberg
TechCrunch LA
JUNE 24, 2020
To accomplish those, and other launches like them, the company is also setting up a new launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. “Not only do we have a second launch site, but we have an anchor customer. funded, staffed, operated, and launched,” Ellis said.
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Indian Music Streaming Site Saavn Scores Funding From Guy Oseary
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JUNE 16, 2016
Saavn , an online, Indian music streaming site which operates in both India and the United States, said Wednesday that it has raised a round of strategic funding from Los Angeles angel investor Guy Oseary. Size of the investment round was not announced.
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Avalon Funds Internet Comedy Site Cheezburger
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JANUARY 17, 2011
San Diego-based venture capital firm Avalon Ventures has boosted an Internet web site publisher known for its humorous, captioned pictures of cats and use of Internet memes, Cheezburger. Cheezburger runs comedy sites I Can Has Cheezburger? Cheezburger runs comedy sites I Can Has Cheezburger?
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Invested.in Launches New Site For Alternative Investment
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JULY 23, 2014
said Wednesday that it has launched a new site, INVST , a new network for institutional-quality alternative investment funds. said that it has partnered with Carillon Capital, LLC--run by former E*TRADE Financial executives--on the site. Los Angeles-based crowdfunding technology developer Invested.in
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6 New Venture Funding Rejections And How To Recover
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 19, 2021
Thus when an investor declines your funding request, you need to curb your anger and understand the real reason for this outcome. In my experience, here are the most common issues that cause funding requests for potentially viable businesses to be rejected, in priority order: Inadequate business plan. More rules of thumb.
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Pixoto Raises Seed Funding For Photo Site
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AUGUST 17, 2011
Pixoto , a new startup focused on sharing and voting on photographic images which is headed by former Pictage founder Jason Kiefer, has just scored a seed funding worth $360,000, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. Based on the funding, it appears the company is working on a $500,000 seed funding round.
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Get.com Launches Product Discovery Site, Backed By $1M In Funding
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
According to the firm, it has raised $1M in seed funding for its efforts, which the firm's founders says solve the same problem for products as Yelp and TripAdvisor do for local services and travel. The site allows users to vote up and down products, follow questions and users, awarding and ranking questions and users by their votes.
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AudioMicro Scores Funding From Stock Photo Site Fotolia
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FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Los Angeles-based AudioMicro , the provider of royalty free music and sound effects run by Ryan Born, has scored a round of financing from micro stock photo site Fotolia. The $750,000 funding round also included prior investor DFJ Frontier.
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8 Tactics To Highlight Your Startup For Early Funding
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Many first-time entrepreneurs find themselves unable to bootstrap their startups, and also unable to find early funding at the venture capital level or even with angel investors. Their only recourse is that first tier of investors, fondly called Friends, Family and Fools. Offer a formal agreement as well as a handshake.
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FundaGeek Launches Crowdfunding Site
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DECEMBER 27, 2011
Fundageek looks to help connect project owners in the technical and scientific area with finding crowd funding for their projects, by listings those projects on a marketplace and allowing users to browse and pledge donations to those projects.
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Enjoius Gets $1.4M For Online Party Planning Site
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NOVEMBER 30, 2017
in a seed funding round. The funding came from angels, including Nancy Tellem (Executive Chairman, Eko Studios and former President of CBS Network Television Group), Daniel Murray (CFO Dollar Shave Club), Angela Mathes (Entrepreneur & former President, ABC Daytime TV) and Kent Wakeford (COO & Board Member KSV esports).
Crowdfunder Gets $400K For Crowdfunding Site
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MAY 24, 2012
Los Angeles-based Crowdfunder , an online crowd funding site headed by Chance Barnett, has raised $400,000 in seed funding, according to reports today. According to TechCrunch, the firm is currently limiting users to accredited investors, until the JOBS act takes place. READ MORE>>.
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Faraday Future Looks To Dump Vegas Factory Site
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MARCH 14, 2019
Troubled Los Angeles-based electric car maker Faraday Future is looking to sell its idle Las Vegas factory site, hoping to get $40M for the property, according to a listing from a property broker.
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Prevoty Gets $700K For Cross Site Scripting Security
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MAY 20, 2013
Los Angeles-based Prevoty , a developer of security tools for preventing cross-site scripting (XSS), a security issue for websites, has raised $700,000 in seed funding, the firm disclosed today. The funding came from Plus Capital, MM Capital, Paige Craig, Eric Hann (Netscape), and other angels. The firm is part of Launchpad LA.
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Townhang Raises $700,000, Launches Event Discovery Site
socalTECH
OCTOBER 16, 2013
A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Townhang.com , announced Wednesday that it has raised $700,000, and launched a new site to help people find interesting events, happenings, and activities in their city. The startup--founded by Alexey Karpov--said the funding came via equity crowdfunding efforts by the company.
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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products
TechCrunch LA
JULY 19, 2022
Today, when you start a brand, your first hire is probably someone to build out your Shopify site. million in new funding for its predictive inventory recommendation platform, joining other similar companies, including Zippedi and Inventa. Ghost is not alone in developing technology focused on inventory. Syrup Tech bags $6.3M
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Looklist Raises $174,000 For Fashion Site
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JUNE 15, 2015
Los Angeles-based Looklist , an online site which lets users browse curated fashion and hairstyle photos, disclosed today that it has raised $174,000 in a seed funding round. The funding came via AngelList, led by investor Foundry Group, via its FGAngel syndicate. READ MORE>>.
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6 Tips On Where And When To Look For Startup Funding
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
They don’t realize that according to statistics from Startup.co , almost 60 percent are funded with personal savings and credit, and another 25 percent get their money from friends and family. That leaves only about fifteen percent that actually get their funding from investors, through crowdfunding, banks, angels, and venture capitalists.
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Invested.in Launches Site for BizWorld
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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
Los Angeles-based Invested.in , a startup focused on helping people to manage fundraising efforts for individuals, non-profits, and businesses, has launched a new site for The BizWorld Foundation, a group which teaches business basics to children. The two had announced the site development deal in July. Invested.in READ MORE>>.
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Invested.in Powers Israeli Crowdfunding Site
socalTECH
MARCH 28, 2011
Los Angeles-based Invested.in , the crowd funding software firm headed by Alon Goren, has partnered with a site focused on Jewish and Israeli causes. and JCrowd.com said they would launch a site for JCrowd in April, which will help provide Jewishh-themed projects with a way to manage online fundraising. Invested.in
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10 Alternative Funding Sources For Your New Venture
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 29, 2020
For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.
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Silicon Beach Report Oct. 18: LAEDC Includes 9 Sites in L.A. Region Bid for Amazon’s Second Headquarters
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 18, 2017
LAEDC includes 9 sites in L.A. region bid for Amazon’s second headquarters, crypto venture firm Blockchain Capital raising $150 million for two funds, and Snap partners with Discovery, Eurosport for Olympics coverage.
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CAA, William Morris Back Online Video Education Site
socalTECH
MARCH 11, 2013
Two, Hollywood heavyweights--the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and William Morris Endeavor (WME) --are backing an online site which provides live workshops from experts. As part of the funding Caterina Fake, the founder of Flickr, will join the company's board. The startup has locations in San Francisco and Seattle. READ MORE>>.
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168 CoverHound Apparently Finds Funding For Insurance Marketplace
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JANUARY 29, 2019
CoverHound , the online insurance shopping marketplace with offices in Westlake Village, apparently raised a funding round, according to what appears to be a broken embargo by a Silicon Valley technology news site. Coverhound's offices are split between San Francisco and Westlake Village. Coverhound is led by CEO Keith Moore.
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Attn: Gets $18.5M For News Site
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
West Hollywood-based Attn: , a company which publishes an online news site focused on social topics like economic mobility, civil rights, education, criminal justice, and the environment, has raised $18.5M in a funding round, the company disclosed on Friday.
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100 Good Clean Fund Looks To Help Nonprofits Raise Funding, Support
socalTECH
APRIL 4, 2013
Are you involved with a nonprofit or social enterprise, wishing you had better tools to raise funding for your important causes, but not able to shell out the thousands of dollars necessary to purchase those tools from software vendors? READ MORE>>.
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8 Angel Funding Realities In Search Of A New Venture
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 27, 2021
Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year. Look to grants and strategic partners for seed funding. Marty Zwilling.
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Hollywood Insiders Back Social Shopping Site The Hunt
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APRIL 18, 2013
The Hunt says it is developing a community-driven, online shopping site, focused on making social media photos "shoppable". The site--reminiscent of Pinterst--helps users find products features from other social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr.
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164 Greentoe Lands Angel Funding
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MAY 13, 2013
Los Angeles-based Greentoe.com , which operates an online marketplace which lets people name their own price for electronics and other items, has raised a round of angel funding, the firm said today. The funding came from Parker Thompson from 500 Startups/Dave McClure. Size of the funding was not announced.
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231 March Capital Leads Funding Round In Knock Knock Games
socalTECH
AUGUST 29, 2019
Los Angeles-based venture investor March Capital Partners is the lead investor in a new, Series A $4M funding round for a new, video game developer called Knock Knock Games , according to the company on Thursday. The funding also included Raine Ventures, London Venture Partners, and Ludlow Ventures. READ MORE>>.
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113 GoodRx Gets Funding, Launches Drug Comparison Site
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Santa Monica-based GoodRx , a new startup backed by Founders Fund, GRP Partners, Highland Capital, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, Dawn Lepore (drugstore.com), and Mike Ovitz, has launched its services, saying that it will allow users to compare pricing from pharmacies nationwide via its service and iPhone app.
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150 AssetAvenue Gets $3M In Seed Funding
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
Los Angeles-based peer-to-peer commercial real estate investment site AssetAvenue said Friday that it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. According to the company, the funding was led by Matrix Partners and NetEase, with other investors, including Vectr Ventures, Russ Meyer (Grandpoint Capital); Bam Ventures; and LaunchpadLA.
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Calacanis Takes A Bite Of Ramen's Crowdfunding Site
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 27, 2014
Instead, he''s one of the key angel investors in a new, crowdfunding site called Ramen , which launched this week at Calacanis'' Launch Conference, saying that it has raised a seed funding from Calacanis, Naval Ravikant (AngelList), and Matt Cutler, to bring its online crowdfunding service for software projects to market. READ MORE>>.
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140 Viddy Confirms $30M Funding
socalTECH
MAY 11, 2012
Looking to become the next Instagram--but for video, instead--Los Angeles-based Viddy has just added $30M in funding to its warchest, confirming today reports that it has scored a huge new funding for the mobile video sharing site. The round comes only four months after the firm close a $6M, Series A funding in February.
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HipSwap Launches New Site, Adds Delivery
socalTECH
JUNE 7, 2012
Los Angeles-based Hipswap , the online person-to-person shopping site headed by Rob Kramer, unveiled its new site today, which Kramer describes as a cross between Craigslist and Pinterest. Kramer said the site was a reaction to the difficult and non-visual interfaces of eBay and Craigslist.
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140 Zebit Snags Up To $75M In Debt Funding
socalTECH
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Zebit said it will use the debt funding to expand its reach. Zebit's site lets users find products and pay for them over time, at what the company claims is zero percent interest, and without a credit check. The company says it provides up to $2,500 in that "interest-free credit" to underserved consumers.
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113 Stacking Up The Online Film Submission Sites
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Last night, Amazon.com jumped into the movie business, with its own, online film submission site, Amazon Studios , backed by the help of a number of notable USC Film School advisors. million in awards over the next year to the best movies submitted to the site--with an exclusive option for Warner Bros. www.filmaka.com) [ Profile ].
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Ranker Finds More Funding
socalTECH
APRIL 4, 2012
Los Angeles-based Ranker , the online rankings website where consumers can rank anything they like, has scored a new round of funding, in an inside round. The funding came from Siemer Venture Capital, Rincon Venture Partners, Draper Associates, the Tech Coast Angels, and the Pasadena Angels, according to CEO Clark Benson.
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