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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Hawthorne-based SpaceX confirmed a $850M fundraising in a regulatory filing on Tuesday, in an equity funding round which included 69 investors. The fundraising had been rumored to have been in process for the last month or so. The filing said the effort started on February 16th. The round reportedly values the company at $74 billion.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

A recent analysis by the Wall Street Journal uncovers a surprising number of Southern California startups in the billion dollar valuation -- led by Hawthorne-based SpaceX , with a $4.8 Along with SpaceX, Southern California includes Snapchat ($2.0 Along with SpaceX, Southern California includes Snapchat ($2.0 READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 22, 2016

Kobe Bryant launches $100 million venture capital fund, L.A. Dodger announces second accelerator class, and SpaceX puts first vertical rocket landed on display in Hawthorne.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is looking to raise another $510M in funding--the second time the firm has gone out for funding this year-- according to a regulatory filing from the firm. The funding will bring SpaceX's total raised to more than $2.75 billion, and reportedly values the rocket firm at over $30 billion.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has raised another, $1.9 The new funds reportedly value SpaceX at $46 billion, according to Bloomberg. SpaceX recently launched two astronauts into space for NASA, and just set a new record for re-use of a Falcon 9 booster Tuesday morning. Source of the new funding was not announced.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

And space travel (SpaceX). His imagination of what is wrong with VC has captured perfectly in satirical format what ails our industry. It is Nikolas Tesla pitching a VC firm. The back-and-forth between Andy & me if anything I hope just raised the issue a bit more about entrepreneur & VC relationships.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

If true, the valuation of SpaceX near the $10 billion mark would about double its last known valuation of roughly $4.8 spacex venture capital space exploration nasa rocket spaceship satellite elon musk' Amount of funding, and the investors involved, have not been disclosed. The report came from TechCrunch. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 27, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has raised $314.2M According to CNBC, the funding came at $214 per share, and will bring the total raised by SpaceX in 2019 to $1.33 Privately held SpaceX rarely announces investment details on its funding.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , the Los Angeles area commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by Elon Musk, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has raised a billion dollars in a financing round. SpaceX said the deal gives Google and Fidelity just under 10 percent ownership of the company. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Mountain View-based Google confirmed in its quarterly earnings report this week that it was the biggest investor in the recent, $1 billion funding round for Hawthorne-based SpaceX. The investment gives Google and Fidelity combined a 10 percent ownership in SpaceX. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

Hawthorne-based rocketship developer SpaceX is close to getting $1 billion from Google , according to reports Monday, as Google seeks to get into the space business. The investment reportedly values SpaceX at more than $10 billion. Neither SpaceX nor Google have commented on the rumors, which were first reported by The Information.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Nationally, venture capital investors invested $21.8

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JUNE 3, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has raised over $1 billion in new funding, according to regulatory filings from the firm filed on Friday. According to the regulatory filings, SpaceX raised the $1.022 billion split acros two rounds of funding, one worth $535.7M, and $486.2M in the other.

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APRIL 13, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is now worth around $25 billion, based on the valuation of the company on a new, $507M fundraising round, according to Bloomberg. The valuation would make SpaceX the third most valuable startup in the United States, behind Uber and Airbnb, according to the report. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 28, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has just raised $350M more in new funding, according to regulatory filings, which reportedly values the company at around $21 billion. Details of the funding have not been announced by SpaceX. SpaceX has previously raised funding from Fidelity, Google, Founders Fund, and DFJ. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm headed by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, has raised another $50M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday. SpaceX has previously raised funding from the Founders Fund, and others, as well as significant backing from Musk's own personal fortune. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Upfront Ventures was created 20 years ago as one of the original VC funds in Los Angeles. 10 years ago we found ourselves trying to persuade LPs and VCs that it was worth spending more time getting to know the LA market and now the most common refrain that I hear from them is “there really is something going on in LA.”

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has raised another $100M in funding, a regulatory filing by the company on Monday revealed. The funding comes on top of an earlier, $350M funding from earlier this year in the company. No other details on the funding have been announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2017

Vector , a developer of micro-satellite launch systems and rocket technology whose founders came from SpaceX, said on Thursday that it has raised $21‌M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Shasta Ventures and Lightspeed.

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Xconomy

JULY 10, 2019

More than a third of the companies that went public in the first half of this year were backed by venture capital. That, plus robust merger and acquisition activity, set a record for venture-backed exit value—$165.2 That, plus robust merger and acquisition activity, set a record for venture-backed exit value—$165.2

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APRIL 26, 2016

A new, microsatellite launch firm--founded by veterans of SpaceX--said today that it has raised more than $1M to launch the startup. Vector Space Systems led by former SpaceX executive Jim Cantrell, said it raised $1M in an angel funding to develop a mirosatellite launch company.

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APRIL 1, 2009

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial space rocket venture of Paypal's Elon Musk, disclosed Tuesday in a regulatory filing that the firm has raised $15M of an ongoing $60M, equity round. SpaceX has previously raised funding from the Founders Fund. SpaceX has previously raised funding from the Founders Fund.

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MARCH 5, 2014

Auction.com said this morning that it has raised $50M in a funding from Google Capital, at a $1.2 Auction.com joins SpaceX, Snapchat, and Beats Electronics in the short list of $1 billion plus valuation, venture backed startups here. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2009

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the space launch vehicle startup funded by PayPal founder Elon Musk, said Wednesday afternoon that it has hired on a new Vice President of Business Development. According to SpaceX, it has appointed Rob Peckham, former President and General Manager of Sea Launch, to the position. READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 16, 2017

s CEO Brian Lee steps down, venture capital firm Blockchain Capital plans to raise funds by selling digital currency, and SpaceX successfully launches EchoStar satellite. Honest Co.’s

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JUNE 24, 2009

Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson , of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is the lead on a $60M venture capital round in Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the space rocket firm headed by Elon Musk, according to PE Week. Tags: jurvetson steve capital venture spacex. Jurvetson is a well known enthusiast for rockets.

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APRIL 17, 2015

billion in investments in Q1 of 2015, according to the latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association. More than half of this quarter''s investment due to a single, nearly $1 billion investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX. billion in venture capital was invested for the quarter.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Manufacturing can be done within 60 days, according to the company’s claims, and its vehicles have a payload capacity of up to 1250 kilograms ( SpaceX’s largest rockets will have roughly 100 times that payload capacity). space industry. “We’re really really truly focused on the rockets for now,” says Ellis.

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JULY 18, 2017

A look at the companies who are private, backed by venture capital, and are valued at more than $1 billion across Southern California -- from San Diego to Los Angeles to Santa Barbara -- is an interesting contrast in the wide range of types of technology companies across the region. (and SpaceX (www.spacex.com).

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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. SpaceX Plans Launch Site In Texas - In April, SpaceX announced plans to set up a launch. why (except widespread interest all year in the achievements of Hawthorne-based SpaceX, and. We have no idea.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

PledgeLA initiative grew out of a series of problem-solving sessions within the Los Angeles venture capital community. Neither Snap, SpaceX, nor Tesla appear on the list of companies willing to participate in the diversity pledge. The landmark. This commitment from L.A.’s PledgeLA will put Los Angeles on the right trajectory.”.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

As part of the funding, Michael Tam of Craft Ventures will join First Resonance's board. First Resonance says it is developing software for managing factories, based on the experience of its team, who previously were involved with SpaceX, JPL, and Toyota.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

The funding was led by Anthos Capital, and also included Congruent Ventures, Riot Ventures and Embark Ventures. The company's founders are engineers from SpaceX, Google, and Tesla. The company is led by CEO Matt Soule.

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MARCH 26, 2014

Sequoia Capital''s Douglas Leone, was placed at number six for his role in funding San Diego''s ServiceNow ; Bessemer''s Byron Deeter was ranked #36 due to his role in funding Santa Monica''s Cornerstone OnDemand ; Stephen Jurveston, of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, was ranked at #59 for his investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

One of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture capital firm founders has joined the list of VCs who departed from their positions this year in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. He was named to board seats at Elon Musk’s companies Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA ) and SpaceX, as well as Craig Venter’s Synthetic Genomics.

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JUNE 28, 2021

This is Venture Capital. The Denominator Effect I want to share with you some of the most consistent pieces of advice I give to new VCs in their career journey and the same advice holds for angel investors. In our funds we do about 12 deals / year and see several thousand so the funding rate is somewhere between 0.2–0.5%

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MARCH 24, 2016

The last time Forbes has placed a Southern California venture capitalist on the Midas List appears to have been in 2009, when Jim Gauer of Palomar Ventures made the list.

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