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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based life sciences investor Westlake Village BioPartners announced today that it has raised two new venture capital funds, worth a total of $500M, for its investments in biotech companies. The venture investor says it has now raised more than $820M in total for its investments. READ MORE>>.

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Westlake Village Funding Incubator San Diego 113

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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. READ MORE>>.

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Draper Funding Keiretsu Incubator 160

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

its Media Camp accelerator program wil lbe launching in Los Angeles, to help early stage companies create "disruptive innovations" in entertainment. It looks like there's a new startup accelerator in town today: MediaCamp , an entertainment-focused startup acceleration program backed by Turner Broadcasting, a division of Warner Bros.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Entertainment 217

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JULY 2, 2013

Los Angeles-based Be Great Partners , one of the many startup incubators and accelerators now populating Los Angeles, said Tuesday that it has launched a new, $6M investment fund, which it intends to spread across 250 promising startups. The startup accelerator/incubator is headed by Lin Miao. READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Funding Los Angeles Venture Capital 168

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APRIL 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based investment banking firm Siemer & Associates , the merchant banking firm headed by David Siemer, said this week that it has named Dan Chen as Managing Director of the company. Merrill Lynch, and TPG Capital. Editor's note: Siemer is a sponsor of socalTECH, although that does not affect our coverage).

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SoCalTech Incubator Activity Venture Capital 113

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MARCH 26, 2013

USC revealed this morning that it has created a new, startup accelerator on campus, the Viterbi Startup Garage , which will help students and alumni start technology companies in Los Angeles. Southern California--and Los Angeles, in particular--appears to become the hub of startup accelerators lately.

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USC Startup Southern California Incubator 187

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

Two, Los Angeles area startup veterans-- David Carter and Allen Hurff --launched a new "venture studEio" Tuesday morning aimed at helping to create and incubate early stage startups. Zuma said its model offers up better capital efficiency, earlier exit, and lower capital requirements than venture capital.

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Startup Venture Capital Incubator Capital 221

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

The United Talent Agency is ramping up its outreach to early stage, digital media companies, with a new hire from the Los Angeles technology industry. united talent agency hollywood content venture capital investment betterworks docstoc' READ MORE>>.

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Invest USC Hollywood Incubator 260

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JANUARY 7, 2022

Beverly Hills-based Launch House, which hosts month-long, live-in startup programs in Los Angeles and elsewhere, is looking to raised $10M in a new venture capital fund, according to a regulatory filing from the company. The filing said the company is raising $10M to invests in startups.

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Beverly Hills Invest Startup Venture Capital 145

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile dating app developer Tinder is in the midst of raising a big round of funding, according to an unconfirmed report today. Tinder was incubated and is currently owned by IAC. tinder venture capital dating mobile rumor' READ MORE>>.

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Report Incubator Venture Capital Mobile 174

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AUGUST 9, 2011

ThisWeekIn , the Los Angeles-based, online video podcasting network co-founded by Jason Calacanis, Mark Jeffrey, and Kevin Pollak, is expanding out its lengthy list of podcasts, with a new one focused on startups out the TechStars business incubation effort. READ MORE>>.

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Networking Incubator Venture Capital Los Angeles 208

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Los Angeles-based dog care startup Dogdrop has raised $2.9M The funding was led by Fuel Capital and also included Mars PetCare, Muse Capital, Animal Capital, Gaingels, The Helm and CEO dog care startup, Wag. startup incubator and studio. in a funding round, to expand the company's locations and markets.

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Legalzoom Incubator Los Angeles Capital 113

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MARCH 29, 2013

Over the past several years there have been a plethora of incubators and accelerators springing up all over southern California and particularly on the west side of Los Angeles. Angel List. LAVA (Los Angeles Venture Association). SoCal Tech. Networking, Events & Community. Built in LA.

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Southern California Venture Capital Funding Los Angeles 45

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JUNE 20, 2013

BitAngels , the brand new angel investment group co-founded by Michael Terpin, has just made its first investment--and is gearing up for more, the firm said Thursday. BitAngels also opened up three, physical locations for incubating Bitcoin companies last month, in Austin, San Francisco and New York. READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Funding Invest Venture Capital 164

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APRIL 21, 2014

Preact , a developer of software to help software companies reduce churn in their subscription customers which came out of Los Angeles-based startup incubator/accelerator Launchpad LA , has raised $4.6M The company said the funding came from Trinity Ventures. in a funding round. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Incubator Venture Capital Software 197

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Los Angeles based startup incubator/studio Science --which is behind such local startups as Dollar Shave Club and DogVacay--has quietly raised $20M in a debt financing round, according to the companies. science startup incubator accelerator mike jones dogvacay dollarshave venture capital private equity silverlake'

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Dollar Shave Club Silver Lake Incubator Funding 100

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JUNE 11, 2013

Los Angeles-based mobile food ordering startup ChowNow has raised $1.19M more in an ongoing funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. ChowNow is venture backed by Daher Capital, Double M Partners, GRP Partners, Karlin Ventures and Velos Partners. The round is targeted at $2M.

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GRP Partners Incubator Mobile Venture Capital 174

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Los Angeles-based startup A-Frame , which says it is launching a number of personal care brands tied to celebrities, has raised $2M in a funding round, the company disclosed Tuesday. The funding was led by Initialized Capital, and also included clothing entrepreneur Moise Emquies. The company is led by founder and CEO Ari Bloom.

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Incubator Los Angeles Entrepreneur Capital 113

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Los Angeles-based Envoy , which operates a service which makes on-demand electric vehicles available as an amenity at apartments, hotels, and workplaces, has raised $11M in a Series A funding round.

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Demand Incubator Los Angeles Equity 113

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Los Angeles-based DataPop , a new paid search ad management firm started by a pair of Overture/Yahoo Search Marketing veterans, has raised $1.7M The round was led by Rincon Ventures, and also included IA Ventures, Momentum Ventures, Accelerator Ventures, and angels. READ MORE>>.

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Yahoo Paid Search GRP Partners SoCalTech 145

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AUGUST 14, 2014

Vadio , the developer of a platform which helps match music videos and ads with streaming music , said Thursday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, which included Mucker Capital, Amplify.LA, as well as other LA investors. READ MORE>>.

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Capital Funding Seed Funding Incubator 138

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JANUARY 29, 2015

Los Angeles-based HelloTech said this week that it has raised $2.5M The startup, led by Richard Wolpert, scored the funding from Upfront Ventures, Accel Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Amplify.LA, Ron Burkle, and others. The startup was incubated from within Amplify.LA. READ MORE>>.

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Seed Funding Incubator Venture Capital Los Angeles 100

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JUNE 28, 2012

Los Angeles-based Dogvacay , the online marketplace which helps dog owners find people to pet sit their dogs, is announcing this morning that it has added Andreessen Horowitz as an investor at the company. According to DogVacay, Andreessen Horowitz joins existing investors First Round Capital, Science Inc.,

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SoCalTech Incubator Los Angeles Invest 133

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APRIL 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based startup studio, incubator, and investor Science , which is led by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones, is part of a new funding round for automated investment service Wealthfront , the company has confirmed. READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Venture Capital Invest Los Angeles 147

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MAY 18, 2015

Santa Monica-based Mucker Capital , the seed stage investment fund led by Erik Rannala and William Hsu, has just booted up fundraising efforts for the group's third venture capital fund, Mucker III, L.P. The filing indicates that Mucker Capital is looking to raised $50M in the new fund. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

venture capital exits in. 2011, showing a reduced number of exits--but more IPOs--in venture backed companies. Incubators, Part I - In February, we put together a guide to the list of (then. existant) Southern California accelerators, incubators, and coworking spaces. generation of startups. (or As 2012 turned.

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Southern California Thousand Oaks Incubator SpaceX 211

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JANUARY 16, 2013

MuckerLab , the Los Angeles startup accelerator headed by Erik Rannala, is presenting its newest startup class today in a Demo Day. MuckerLab's prior class included such hot Los Angeles startups as SurfAir, Retention Science, Wallaby, and InstaCanvas. READ MORE>>.

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Class Startup Incubator Los Angeles 159

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

Lawrence Ng , the former founder of Oversee.net--who is now running an asset management company called LNG Management--has linked up with New York City-based venture capital firm Metamorphic Ventures. According to LNG Management, Ng has become an advisory board member for Metamorphic Ventures.

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Oversee.net Southern California Incubator Venture Capital 100

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JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. What is the Ventura incubator?

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Ventura Incubator Technology Startup 200

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The new app is the first application launching out of TouchFrame , a new startup out of the MuckerLab incubator in Los Angeles. MuckerLab is run by Erik Rannala, a former Silicon Valley VC who moved specifically to Los Angeles to startup the accelerator.

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Class Los Angeles Incubator Venture Capital 176

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Startup accelerator operator Techstars is setting up yet another accelerator program in the Los Angeles area, with a new startup accelerator focused on space ventures. Starburst Aerospace has a $200M, venture capital fund it raised two years ago specifically to invest in space related ventures.

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Venture Capital Los Angeles Invest Startup 113

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AUGUST 21, 2018

Los Angeles-based Arensis , a developer of distributed energy systems, announced that it has raised approximately $17M in debt funding from UK-based Hadrian's Wall Secured Investments Limited (HWSIL). Arensis is led by CEO Julien Uhlig; the company is a portfolio com[pany from the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) READ MORE>>.

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Funding Incubator Los Angeles Technology 100

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APRIL 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based Launchpad LA , the startup mentoring effort spearheaded by GRP Partners' Mark Suster, is announcing this afternoon that it has selected 10 startups for the second season of the program. Luanchpad LA's last class had thirteen companies, of which eleven received venture funding and where one was acquired.

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Class GRP Partners Mentor Incubator 188

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MAY 22, 2012

One of the newest accelerator and incubators to open in the Los Angeles area, io/LA , is planning to invest $500,000 in local startups as part of its efforts to incubate 25 companies in its new space in Hollywood.

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Invest Incubator Hollywood Los Angeles 145

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

the startup incubator headed by Mike Jones, has just tossed its ring into the another e-commerce category: women's activewear. The firm aid this morning that it has raised $2M in a funding round from Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Blumberg Capital. Science, Inc.,

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Rustic Canyon Funding Incubator Commerce 178

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AUGUST 11, 2011

Los Angeles-based Elevator Labs , a new startup headed by ex-Virgin Digital execs Brendon Cassidy and Zack Zalon, said Thursday that it has raised $20M in an initial funding round. The round came from KGC Capital. According to the firm, it is looking to incubate new companies in the Los Angeles area.

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Incubator Los Angeles Media Organization 174

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Co-founders of the site include Rich Rygg, who was VP of GeoCities, and GM of AOL's Digital City Los Angeles and Brad King, co-founder of Net Effect (acquired by Ask Jeeves), as well as psychologist Jay Wagener. iChange has previously raised funding from business mentoring firm and incubator Momentum Ventures.

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El Segundo CitySearch .Net Incubator 147