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JANUARY 21, 2014

Overall, great news for our fair city with a 25% increase in funds raised in 2013 over the year before. JustFab , the ultra-successful fashion membership company, upped the ante with two additional rounds of funding that totaled $55 million. Originally posted by the good people at Built In Los Angeles.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2012

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2013 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Thursday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2013. The post TZ Presents 2013 Startup Forecast appeared first on TechZulu. 24 7pm at The ROC in Santa Monica.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. Is Funding a Worthy Announcement? There are reasons you may delay funding announcement but rarely reasons not to announce. But trust me on this.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Deliv , the same day delivery provider which crowdsources couriers for delivering products for such companies as TheBouqs, has raised $28M in a Series B funding. Upfront, an early backer of Deliv, made its first investment in the company in 2013 alongside RPM Ventures, as one of the original investments in the startup.

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JANUARY 28, 2016

Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital firm linked to The Walt Disney Company, is seeking to raised $100M for its latest fund, Steamboat Ventures V. The last, Southern California investment by Steamboat looks to have been in Edgecast back in 2013. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) announced last week that it has raised a second fund, worth $300M. To learn about the new fund, we sat down with Jamie Montgomery , one of the fund's co-founders, to hear about March Capital's strategy and the new fund.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

A new report, published this morning by Fortune, says that a "new" venture capital fund--announced last week in officially looking press releases-- appears to be linked to a convicted inmate, currently imprisoned in Lompoc. Fortune says it does not know who has been sending out press releases from the company. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2013

Broads Circle is donating $5 from every event ticket sold through October 24, 2013 towards the funding pool for ChickStarter. The best idea will be selected by a panel in October.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Idealab''s Bill Gross talks about what he''s learned from starting over 100 companies--with over 200 funding rounds. Silicon Beach now has made a name for itself--and showcased the region at SXSW in Austin. What Bill Gross Has Learned Starting More Than 100 Companies. Accelerators at Startup America with Muckerlab''s William Hsu.

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JULY 30, 2021

Fisker hit the public markets last year via a similar SPAC transaction with Spartan Energy Acquisition, a related SPAC fund. Allego was founded in 2013. Allego operates more than 26,000 public EV charging ports across 12,000 public and private locations in 12 European countries.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 4, 2013

Tuesday, January 8, 2013 -- LAVA General Membership Meeting: Trends and Funding in Digital Media. Driving Innovation in Digital Media -- Incumbents, Insurgents, and Investors: digital media is going through dramatic changes in production, marketing, distribution, and monetization.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Seismic recently raised $92M in a Series F funding, and is led by co-founder and CEO Doug Winter. Grapevine6 was based in Toronto, Canada, and had been founded in 2013. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Jaunt was founded in 2013. Jaunt had raised around $100M in total funding from such investors as Disney, GV, and Redpoint Ventures. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Jaunt, Verizon has acquired Jaunt's software and technology, among other assets. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 6, 2017

San Diego-based Raken has raised $2M in a funding round, for the company's construction reporting and compliance software. The funding was led by Rincon Venture Partners , and also included Eniac Ventures and Spider Capital. Raken is led and was co-founded by CEO Kyle Slager and CTO/CPO Dr. Sergey Sundukovskiy. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 16, 2019

in its Series A funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Brick & Mortar Ventures and Virgo Investment Group, and also included MetaProp, Almubader Growth Fund, and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital. According to the company, the new funding will go towards its factory and application of its technology.

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MAY 28, 2021

FIGS was started in 2013, raising a seed funding worth only $2M from Crocs, Mohr Davidow Ventures, 500 Startups, Karlin Ventures, and others. The IPO raised $1.02 billion for the company, and values the company at more than $4.6 The IPO priced above an earlier estimated IPO price of $16.00

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

The funding came from Summit Partners. Output was founded in 2013. Los Angeles-based Output , a startup developing music creation software aimed at professional artists, has raised $45M in a Series A investment. The company's founder is CEO Gregg Lehrman. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

in funding for its location-based intelligence software. The amount of venture capital investment was up 12 percent in terms of dollars, and 5 percent in number of deals compared to the second quarter of 2013. 2013 q32013 moneytree quarterly investment capital venture california southern' in investment. billion, in 1005 deals.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Los Angeles-based Freeletics , a startup focused on digital fitness, has raised $45M in a Series A funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led FitLab, Causeway Media Partners and JAZZ Venture Partners, and also included Courtside Ventures, Elysian Park Ventures, ward.ventures, plus Tony Robbins. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

Cloud9 , an e-sports firm which operates an e-sports league, has raised $50M in a Series B funding round, and set up its permanent headquarters in Los Angeles. According to the company, the funding was led by Valor Equity Partners, which will add Partner Antonio Gracias to Cloud9's board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

2013 has proved to be a wild year. In the market we’ve seen the massive uptick of SaaS valuations in the public markets and commensurate attention on private market fundings and valuations. 2013 was the year of wearable devices and physical products. 2013 was the year of wearable devices and physical products.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2013

His accelerator selects 20 companies a year out of the 500 which apply and provides 100k in funding to those who participate. The post Silicon Beach Fest June 2013 Keynote and Accelerator Panel Highlights appeared first on TechZulu. Entrepreneurship Silicon Beach Fest Startups 2013 Accelerator adam miller Amplify Amplify.la

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AUGUST 17, 2018

Long Beach-based Cargomatic , which develops technology to connect shippers and carriers, said this week that it has raised $35M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Warburg Pincus, and also included Canaan, Genesee & Wyoming, Xplorer Capital and Muse Family Enterprises. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2020

Fair is reportedly in the midst of raising another round of funding to continue to grow its service. According to Fair Stewart served as CEO of XOJet from 2013 to 2018, eventually steering the company through an acquisition by its parent company, Vista Global.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

in a Series B funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Partech Ventures, and also included Orange Digital Ventures, Alcor Micro and Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV). The company, formerly known as NxGnData, was founded in 2013. NGD Systems is led by Nader Salessi. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Yet 2013 is still projected by The Fiscal Times as a difficult IPO opportunity for startups, due to choppy markets, continuing fiscal uncertainty, and the Facebook fiasco. Sure, there will always some seed funding (10% of overall deal flow), but you can bet that this money goes to entrepreneurs who have been there before and won.

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MAY 22, 2018

Culver City-based Openpath , a new startup founded by Alex Kazerani and James Segil, the founders of Edgecast, has raised $7M in a seed funding round, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Upfront Ventures, Sorenson Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Fika Ventures.

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MARCH 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising firm Airpush --which is reportedly in acquisition talks with Perion--delivered $98M in annual revenues, according to the Forbes 2013 ranking of its most promising companies. Airpush is led by Asher Delug. READ MORE>>. airpush mobile advertising native forbes ranking growth'

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JANUARY 15, 2013

The first Demo Day of 2013 in Los Angeles is tomorrow, as MuckerLab launches its latest class of startups; fellow Los Angeles accelerator StartEngine has its first 2013 demo day scheduled for January 30th. However, not all of the area's accelerators are running class-based Demo Day presentations.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

in a funding round, to offer up a new service giving attendees at events instant access to pictures taken by professional photographers. According to Aircam, the funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included Comcast Ventures. Santa Monica-based Aircam , founded by serial entrepreneurs Evan and Ryan Rifkin, has raised $6.5M

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

We spoke to him about his move to Acrew Capital (wwww.acrewcapital.com), and got some of his thoughts on how best to get a funding deal done. Tell us about how you ended up joining this new fund? Theresa Gouw, one of the three founders of Acrew, worked closely with me from 2006 to 2013, when she left.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Santa Monica- and Irvine-based Onica , a provider of IT services focused on cloud-based platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), has raised $20M in a funding round, the company announced this week. The company--formerly known as CorpInfo--said the funding came from Sunstone Partners. Onica is led by CEO Stephen Garden. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

WHEN OUR INDUSTRY CHANGED — THE ERA OF THE UNICORN Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures first coined the term Unicorn in 2013, ironically to signal that very few companies ever achieved a $1 billion valuation. In a world when LPs benchmark VC performance on a 3-year time horizon from deploying one’s fund (is your 2019 fund in the top quartile!!??)

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JULY 18, 2017

Valeant is selling Obagi, which makes skin care products, to Haitong International honghua Finance Acquisition Fund I. Valeant paid $344M for Obagi Medical back in 2013. Valeant said the sale will "streamline our operations and reduce debt". READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As investors continue pouring funding into artificial intelligence and consumer habits shift, many AI and subscription model startups have been enjoying rapid growth. Source: runwayml.com In June, Runway raised $141 million in funding, nudging its market valuation to an envy-inducing $1.5 Organic milk formula product Bobbie.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Glendale-based ServiceTitan , which develops software used by home services contractors to manage their businesses, has raised $165M in its Series D funding, the company said on Wednesday, giving the company a $1.65 The funding was led by Index Ventures, and also included Dragoneer, T. billion post-money valuation. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

APRIL 25, 2019

Katelyn O’Shaughnessy already had a solid track record, selling TripScope , a travel startup she co-founded in 2013, to Travefy two years ago. Women, finding themselves outside of the club, are now creating their own networks to do the same.

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