SoCal Tech Calendar

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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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based Artie, a new startup developing mobile games which can be played inside social media, video, and messaging platforms, said this week that it has raised $10M in a seed funding round. The company's founders are Ryan Horrigann and Armando Kirwin.

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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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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based Milk and Eggs , a new grocery delivery startup which helps connect consumers with farmers and others who will deliver perishable groceries, has raised $6M in a seed funding round, and launched its services. Source of the seed funding was not announced.

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MARCH 8, 2018

in a seed funding round, for an online ordering management platform for restaurants. The funding was led by TenOneTen Ventures, and also included Act One Ventures, Mucker Capital, and others. Santa Monica-based Ordermark says it has raised $3.1M READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems is hoping that consumers will help its clients spread the word out about their products through a new platform it launched today, Wildlink. The startup is backed by Mucker Capital, which led a $2M seed funding round in the company in 2017. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2019

San Diego-based Bitmo , a startup developing a mobile gifting and payment app, has raised $3M in a seed funding round, the company said on Thursday afternoon. Michael Smallwood is the founder and CEO of Bitmo. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

San Diego-based Biproxi , a new startup developing a commercial real estate data platform, has raised $10M in a seed funding, the company announced on Tuesday morning. According to Biproxi, the funding was led by Greycroft, and also included Newmark Knight Frank, RPM Ventures, and the National Association of Realtors.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

in a seed funding round for a new, podcast advertising venture, the company said on Monday. The funding was led by Global Founders Capital, and also included Bessemer, 500 Startups, Alumni Ventures Group, and others. Podcorn said the new funding will go towards product development of its advertising and distribution platform.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Los Angeles-based Brainbase , a new startup building an online marketplace for intellectual property licensing, has raised $1 in a seed funding round, the company announced Tuesday afternoon. Power, Billboard, Electrolux, Entrepreneur Magazine, Hamilton Beach, University of Utah, and tohers already have signed up to use its platform.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

“We’re the antithesis of Goop,” Berlincourt, a fintech veteran who previously led marketing and product at Simple Finance, tells TechCrunch. We are a holistic health platform that approaches things as more of a holistic health medical journal — everything is backed by science.”. Berlincourt and Kensh?

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MAY 16, 2013

The firm has just raised $175,000 in a seed funding for its yet-to-be released platform. The firm''s founders include Rustin Morse, David Skibinski (CEO), George Tierney (COO), and Doug Campbell (EVP Corporate Development), and said it is in the midst of efforts to raise additional funding to complete its platform.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 14, 2020

million in seed funding. Kevin Mayer, the former chief executive of TikTok; GV chief David Krane; Aaron Levie from Box; the tech media and entertainment guru, Matthew Ball; and product maestro Eugene Wei all participated in the round as well.

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AUGUST 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based Seed&Spark , an online crowdfunding platform aimed at independent filmmakers, has raised $1M in a seed funding round. Seed&Spark operates an online, crowdfunding platform to help independent filmmakers raise money for their films. The company is led by Emily Best. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

.” In practice, that has meant creating a business that sells mindfulness and general health and wellness tips and tricks to a cohort of corporations that believe increased mental and physical health can lead to greater on-the-job productivity. “We can use technology to hook people to unhook them from unhealthy behaviors.”

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MAY 17, 2013

In some what-did-our-spam filter eat-recently funding news, Santa Monica-based Privlo recently raised $2.1M in a seed funding round, for its online marketplace for private mortgage loans. Privlo, which was founded by Michael Slavin, said the new funding came from QED Ventures.

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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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APRIL 17, 2015

in a seed funding round, the company said Friday. The startup--led by Jeremy Gocke--said the funding came from Scout Ventures, Rick Dalzell (former Amazon CIO), Rich Heise (early Groupon investor), Hivers & Strivers, Kelly Perdew, and other angels. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Subscribe to Chain Reaction on Apple , Spotify or your alternative podcast platform of choice to keep up with us every week. Molecule , a platform where DAOs can back medical research projects, secured $13 million in seed funding led by Northpond Ventures. In tradfi, investors can specialize based on products (e.g.

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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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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

From state-of-the-art clean energy solutions to breakthrough podcasting platforms, here are six tech startups you should be keeping an eye on in 2023, and beyond. This April, the startup raised a staggering $4 million in a seed funding round. jump in efficiency that's taking place annually.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

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. It’s just now that we’re Seed Investors. We can’t wait for customers to use the product for 12–18 months and do customer interviews or look at purchase cohorts.

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APRIL 24, 2019

The second part of the platform addresses other aspects of recruitment, including prequalification, and the other is around engagement, where we've just launched a LinkedIn plug-in that's an engagement tool. We've just started to go out to look for a seed funding round. Are people using the product now?

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AUGUST 19, 2014

We recently spoke with co-founder and CEO, Justin Wu to learn more about the company, which so far has received a small seed funding from Warner Bros. Justin Wu: Sidevision is a video e-commerce platform which allows brands and content providers to better monetize their videos with interactive apps. Where is your product today?

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

But for creators seeking to monetize their following, these newer platforms may be more attractive to some creators, since they already have built-in tools to help them monetize their followings. So, in February 2020, with little to no funding left, the company completely pivoted to its current link-in-bio business. With its $5.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Seed-stage, meanwhil e, is technically that critical period when you need funding to do solution- and business-model development, to prove that your new product or service works, before you try to sell it to customers. Crowdfunding is rapidly becoming the major source of funding for seed-stage startups.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

There has always been tension between CPG (consumer packaged goods) companies and the retailers who sell their products to consumers. If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. Solicit venture capital investors. Start a crowdfunding campaign online.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Last week, Los Angeles-based iExhale (www.iexhale.com) announced a seed funding round, to bring its mobile, mental health service to life. Aaron Robin: Essentially, iExhale is an online, on-demand, wellness and mental health platform. The third, is the platform, and anonymous social network we built.

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AUGUST 29, 2020

Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. Solicit venture capital investors. Start a crowdfunding campaign online.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

It was over 11 years ago that I saw a need to better connect startups and innovators with the communities around them so they could connect for partnerships, funding, amplification, and support. When Eric departed to pursue other things, a new partner stepped in with years of experience building and running community and product teams at AOL.

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AUGUST 29, 2014

For example, if you are watching the World Cup streaming from ESPN or your favorite WB show, you can grab your favorite moments and share them across any medium, whether that''s a chat platform, Snapchat, or anywhere. Is your product available yet? Mauhan Zonozzy: We''re angel funded, and were part of Media Camp at Warner Bros.

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JULY 20, 2010

In any case, what we have, is a product that basically patterns itself on the Amazon Web Services platform and API, and stays compatible with Amazon, which allows the management of virtualizes resources so that they can be operated as a cloud platform. earlier this year, and then got it funded, raising about $5.5

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service. It''s more about connecting then with customer, than BloomNation sending orders through the platform. What is BloomNation?

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AUGUST 10, 2020

in a seed funding round. Personally, I jumped into technology right out of school, and worked for Google first, made the jump to Facebook, and worked on a team there in between product and scaling new products.I We're really focused on the product. The company recently announced $3.2M What's Swoop all about?

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