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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

in a seed funding round. The funding came from VRD Investment, Doehler Ventures, DLF Venture, Maropost Ventures, and HNWI, along with a number of family offices. Lyre's said the funding comes as it prepares to launch a "ready-to-drink" range of products. Los Angeles-based Lyre's Non-Alcoholic Spirit Co.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Savings search engine Chippmunk , that helps consumers to instantly find great deals online has raised $750,000 seed round as the peak holiday shopping season intensifies. 750,000 for Scaling & Product development. The post Chippmunk Raises $750,000 in Seed Funding for Scaling & Product Development appeared first on TechZulu.

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MAY 13, 2021

Los Angeles-based Curio, which says it is partnering with collectible brands to product NFTs ("non fungible tokens"), has raised $7M in a seed funding round. Curio says it has partnered with trading card brand Topps to produce NFTs from iconoclastic, cult classic Mars Attacks!,

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Crush Capital, a startup founded by Darren Marble and Todd Goldberg, said on Wednesday that it has raised $3.25M in a seed funding round, which will go towards its own, online streaming series called "Going Public".

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based Perch Mobility, a startup that is developing portable charging "pods" aimed at helping professional chargers and scooter operators to bulk-charge scooters and e-bikes, says it has scored seed funding for its efforts. The company said the funding came from Lorentzen Investments.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based ventureLab Growth Partners said Tuesday afternoon that it has launched a new "startup studio" to invest in and build early stage startups. According to ventureLab, it will provide seed funding, along with product, marketing, and opertional support to its companies. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

According to the company, it has now raised $23M in total funding. The company said the new funds will go towards expansion of its sales and marketing efforts, as well as for product development. 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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APRIL 17, 2019

Los Angeles- and Austin-based Slingshot Aerospace , which develops artificial intelligence software that automatically processes large amounts of imagery data collected by drones, satellites, and aircraft, has raised another $5M, in a new seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Los Angeles- and New York-based PlaceVine , which operates a web-based service to connect brands and agencies to product placement opportunities in film, television, and new media, said Wednesday that it has scored a round of seed financing from a New York-based angel fund, NYCSeed. Amount of the investment was not disclosed.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 7, 2020

According to Grow Credit, Commerce Ventures will join its seed funding round alongside lead investor Mucker Capital, as well as Minal Hasan, founder of K2 Global Ventures. Size of the investment was not announced. According to Grow Credit, Hasn also has taken on an advisory position at the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. And as a result of this there are now very robust secondary markets where founders and seed-funds alike are selling down their ownership long before an ultimate exit. That used to be called A-round investing. of the fund.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 19, 2019

The startup has raised $1 million in seed funding from RXBAR founders Peter Rahal and Jared Smith, CXT Investments, and Lean Luxe founder M. The initial lineup includes body wash ($14), face wash ($14) and face lotion ($15), with plans for more products soon. Paul Munford.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

million in seed funding. The money came from heavy hitters in the Los Angeles entertainment and investment scene including Scooter Braun, Troy Carter, Kygo’s Palm Tree Crew and Jared Leto. Forerunner Ventures led the deal and the investment was made by Kirsten Green, the firm’s famous founder and managing partner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which In the U.S. contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

in a seed funding, the company announced this morning. The funding came from Agilent Technologies, Cavendish Impact Capital Fund, Eleven Two Capital, Keshif Ventures, Genomics Investment Syndicate, Newport Holdings, LP, and Alexandria Venture Investments. Molecular Assemblies--led by Michael J.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The seed funding round came from aXiomatic Gaming, March Capital Partners, Defy.VC, as well as others in the investment, professional sports and gaming communities, according to Nifty Games. He also was founder of Massive In-Game Advertising (acquired by Microsoft in 2006), among other firms.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 31, 2022

Bonfire Ventures , a Los Angeles venture capital firm, invests in seed-stage business-to-business software companies and aims to change the odds so that more than the average 33% of companies in this sector make it to Series A. It says over 85% of its portfolio companies raise follow-on funding — a collective $1.15

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Los Angeles-based Funraise , the developer of a software platform which helps nonprofits manage their fundraising efforts, has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The funding was lead by Toba Capital, the investment firm founded by Quest Software founder Vinny Smith.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

While it was a good year for our merger and acquisition practice in the SaaS and fintech space, our most exciting news is in our merchant banking sector where we invest in and advise growth companies often for several years. One of our SaaS companies made great strides with a new product.

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MARCH 2, 2017

The funding was led by Imagen Capital Partners, and also included Mark Cuban's Radical Investments, Google Ventures, Indicator Ventures plus angels Jason Calacanis, Howard Lindzon and Don Dodge. in funding, including an earlier seed funding round. Nimble has now raised $12.5M

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JUNE 7, 2016

in a seed funding round. The funding came from Aristos Ventures, private angel investors and investment from serial entrepreneurs, founders and executives from several high tech companies, according to the company.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 5, 2022

We want to build a product for the next generation that wants to be mobile, video driven, exciting and fun.”. million in seed funding from groups like Agya Ventures, Gaingels, Goodwater Capital, Nomo Ventures, PKO Investments and Y Combinator — Playhouse was a member of Y Combinator’s summer 2021 cohort.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

Toggle''s devices are not yet available, but the company said it plans to release its first products in October. Size of the seed funding round--which came on top of an investment in Toggle as part of Warner MediaCamp--was not disclosed by the company. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

The Disney Accelerator said that Smart Toy was acquired by Los Angeles-based children''s product firm Cartwheel Kids, and that SnowShoe raised $2.2M in its seed funding round. Disney offered up up to $120K in investment capital, access to entrepreneurs and executives at Disney, and other resources to its startups.

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MARCH 27, 2012

San Diego-based Mob Science , a developer of social Facebook games, said this morning that it has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The firm said it will use the funding to invest aggressively in product development, including hiring game designers, product managers, engineers and others at its new office space in Carlsbad.

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JUNE 3, 2014

Fresh Nation , a startup operating an online marketplace for farmers, said this morning that it has raised $1M in a seed funding round, to help it expand into Los Angeles. According to the startup, the investment came from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Lerer Venture.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

in a seed funding, which included Navitas Capital, a venture firm with offices in Los Angeles. The funding came from Claremont Creek Ventures, Google Ventures, Formation 8, Navitas Capital, Red Swan Ventures, and other angels. software heating hvac commercial cleantech energy seed capital venture navitas robotics building'

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JULY 16, 2013

In what might be the geographically furthest investment so far by Los Angeles startup accelerator Launchpad LA , the accelerator is one of the investors in a Boston-based startup tackling law enforcement information sharing software. County to reduce administration and increase the effectiveness of criminal information.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. So the people who invest in VC funds have two problems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which In the U.S. contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

The accelerator said that it is aiming at helping entrepreneurs--particularly in the social and mobile technology space--in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County with pre-seed funding and mentoring. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 18, 2013

The site--reminiscent of Pinterst--helps users find products features from other social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr. The site says it has over one million monthly unique visitors using the site to find and buy products.

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MAY 3, 2012

in a seed funding round, and has started offering up its service to automatically replenish everyday items for users from e-commerce sites.The funding came from 500 Startups, the investment fun of Dave McClure, Gold Hill Capital , BHV Capital, TEEC Angel Fund, Ludlow Ventures , as well as others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2022

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Many entrepreneurs love investing in other startups.

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