socalTECH

JULY 24, 2019

Bryant Stibel , the Los Angeles area venture capital investment firm of Kobe Bryant and Jeff Stibel, has backed item tracking startup Tile in a new, $45M funding round. Tile is best known for its wireless-enabled tags which allow users to track all kinds of items, from their keys, wallet, luggage, and anything else.

Funding 124

Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles Equity 124

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 22, 2019

The Los Angeles-based company’s public offering should be a nice windfall for the Chicago-based investors DNS Capital, an investment firm managing the private wealth of the Pritzker family, and Cleveland Avenue, founded by former McDonald’s executive Don Thompson; as well as the venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins and Obvious Ventures.

Pricing 236

Pricing Los Angeles Venture Capital Study 236

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the Southern California's technology ecosystem. We are committed to the Los Angeles and Silicon Beach ecosystem and we aren't going anywhere, so help us lead, follow or get the hell out of the way! What's the biggest lesson you learned this year? Wait and see!

Southern California 100

Southern California News Entertainment Commerce 100

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2020

Los Angeles-based United Dwelling , a startup that helps homeowners convert garages or unused backyard space into newly allowed "Accessory Dwelling Units" which they can rent out to others, has raised $10M in a Series B funding round, the company said this week. Dietz had been at GRP Partners since 1996.

GRP Partners 113

GRP Partners Southern California Venture Capital Los Angeles 113

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2018

headquarters in Los Angeles, said today that it has raised 60 million (approximately $70.23M US) from Shell , to expand its expansion in the US and Australia. The investment was made by Shell Ventures, the venture capital arm of Royal Dutch Shell. Sonnen set up its US headquarters in Los Angeles back in 2016.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Los Angeles Platform Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

It’s a new year – 2016. We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. 2016 is going to be a tough year. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2018

Los Angeles-based Fitplan Technologies , a startup that develops mobile apps which connects users with workouts with routines used by what the company says are the "world's most influential fitness personalities", has raised $4.7M The funding was led by Lerer Hippeau, Bullpen, Advanceit and Imaginary VC. in a funding round.

Technology 100

Technology Venture Capital Los Angeles Mobile 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based Moonshots Capital is the lead investor in the seed round of a startup, New Knowledge , which developed the artificial intelligence software which uncovered a large-scale Russian effort to influence U.S. presidential elections. According to New Knowledge, it has raised $1.9M

Capital 149

Capital Invest Artificial Inteligence Startup 149

socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2017

Venture capital investments in the U.S. have dropped to the lowest rate of activity since Q4 of 2011, as venture capital investors continue to be shy about investing in startups, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report. billion raised by venture funds in 2016.

Invest 147

Invest Venture Capital Activity Report 147

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 4, 2016

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 -- Clean Technology Council Summer Mixer. Meet Tech Executives, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, Angel/VC Investors, Joint Venture Partners, Deal Makers, Start Up Mentors, CTC and 101 Incubator founders. Hear new Fast Pitch and Kickstarter proposals.

Technology Council 100

Technology Council CTC Technology Incubator 100

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2017

percent from Q4 of 2016, and 43.8 AmplifyLA pointed out that the seed deals were in contrast to the bigger picture, where venture capital investments were up 15 percent nationally--but pointed out that those gains were driven by "mega-deals", rather than seed funding. Venice, California-based startup accelerator Amplify.LA

Seed Funding 124

Seed Funding Funding Venice Venture Capital 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Los Angeles- and Austin-based Moonshots Capital , the venture capital fund led by serial entrepreneur Kelly Perdew, is ramping its investment pace, with the first two formal investments out of its new fund. presidential elections in 2016. Moonshots also led the investment in New Knowledge.

Invest 150

Invest Capital Seed Funding Social Network 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Venture capital investor Shervin Pishevar , the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One , has just filed a lawsuit alleging a political research group has been running a smear campaign against him. Pishevar filed the lawsuit in San Francisco against company Definers Public Affairs this week.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Research Los Angeles Capital 113

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Jennifer Schwab, the founder and CEO of Entity, has built the business since 2016 on virtually no outside funding, but said that this latest financing is a precursor to the company working on its first, more traditional VC-led equity round. Since 2016, some 400 students, almost all women, have completed the course.

Mentor 297

Mentor Training Startup Course 297

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2016

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2016 Startup and Entrepreneur Forecast taking place Thursday, February 11 from 7 p.m. We will have amazing panelists from Crosscut Ventures, Machine Shop Ventures, Techstars, and more to be announced soon who will share their insights and forecast for startups in 2016.

Startup 40

Startup Santa Monica Venture Capital SaaS 40

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

in Los Angeles. Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

Hollywood 254

Hollywood Cloud Computing Netflix Google 254

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investor Upfront Ventures unveiled one of its new startups on Wednesday, a company which has been in stealth mode since 2016. The startup is led by Trevor O'Brien, and also has received funding from Hunter Walk of Homebrew, Jess Verrilli of #Angels and Nancy Duarte of Duarte, Inc.

Duarte 113

Duarte Startup Seed Funding Los Angeles 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2019

According to XOKind, its funding round was led by Section 32, and alos included angels Adam D'Angelo, Amir Khosrowshahi, Andreas Quandt, Bob Gunderson, Ishan Mukherjee, Naveen Rao and The Operator Network (Avid Larizadeh Duggan, Chuck Dietrich, Frederic Kerrest and Jacques Kerrest). Nervana Systems was acquired in 2016 by Intel.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Seed Funding Social Media 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Southern California's venture capital totals dropped significantly in Q3 of 2016, to a mere $663.2M The most amount of investment came for the Los Angeles-Long Beach MSA, which saw $247.6M in funding, according to the latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report, based on data from Thomson Reuters.

Southern California 100

Southern California Orange County Report Santa Barbara 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Thursday, September 22, 2016 -- Digital and Beyond in LA - Forging a Connected South LA. We’ll cover Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Start Up Life, and Digital Media. Digital and Beyond in LA. Join us for an evening of fun, learning, networking and momentum building. See https://digitalandbeyondbacktoschoolte.splashthat.com/?preview.

Startup 100

Startup Venture Capital Entertainment Media 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Thursday, September 22, 2016 -- Digital and Beyond in LA - Forging a Connected South LA. We’ll cover Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Start Up Life, and Digital Media. Digital and Beyond in LA. Join us for an evening of fun, learning, networking and momentum building. See https://digitalandbeyondbacktoschoolte.splashthat.com/?preview.

Startup 100

Startup Venture Capital Entertainment Media 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Thursday, December 1, 2016 -- TechFire: Kleiner Perkins' Eric Feng (former CTO of Hulu and Flipboard).TechFire A partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB), one of the most prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, Eric also has deep ties with the Los Angeles tech community, having served as the founding CTO of Hulu.

CTO Coach 100

CTO Coach Hulu Venture Capital Los Angeles 100

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 24, 2020

Divergent, the Los Angeles-based startup aiming to revolutionize vehicle manufacturing, has cut about one-third of its staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended startups and major corporations alike. Divergent 3D made Blade — which was on the auto show circuit in 2016 — to demonstrate the technology platform.

Startup 251

Startup Technical Review Outsource Development Platform 251

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Thursday, September 22, 2016 -- Digital and Beyond in LA. We’ll cover Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Start Up Life, and Digital Media. Forging a Connected South LA. Digital and Beyond in LA. Join us for an evening of fun, learning, networking and momentum building.

Startup 100

Startup Venture Capital Entertainment Media 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Los Angeles-based Kharon , a research and data analytics company focused on global security threats, says it has received a strategic investment from Barclays. The company says that Equity Group Investments (EGI), founded by Sam Zell, has been an investor in Kharon since 2016. The size of that investment was not announced.

Invest 113

Invest Equity Research Los Angeles 113

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2020

The funding came from angel investors Christopher Craig and Fran Craig. Denise Hummel is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lead Inclusively, which was founded in 2016. in a funding round. The company says its current clients include PNC Financial and Daimler Benz. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 124

San Diego Equity Platform Funding 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop Technologies , one of the companies looking to bring Elon Musk's concept of the Hyperloop, high speed transportation technology to life, has named Rob Lloyd as its new CEO. Hyperloop is venture backed by Formation 8, Sherpa Ventures, Zhen Capital, Caspian VC, David O. Sacks, and others.

Technology 100

Technology Snapchat Venture Capital Google 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2016

Los Angeles-based pet sitting marketplace DogVacay has announced its first, DogVacay Scholarship, a $3500 award which was open to any, entrepreneurial student either entering as a freshman to college in the Fall of 2016, or a student currently enrolled at a university.

GRP Partners 100

GRP Partners Conference Venture Capital Ideas 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop Technologies , one of the startups looking to bring Elon Musk's grand idea for high speed transportation to life, has inked a deal for a test site in North Las Vegas, as it looks to complete an $80M, Series B funding round.

Sites 100

Sites Technology Venture Capital Los Angeles 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, crowdfunding still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. Marty Zwilling.

Funding 141

Funding Startup Outsource Development Satisfaction 141

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

the company also rpeviously raised funding from the NBA's Baron Davis, Angel Morales (Morales Capital), and Sol Trujillo (now Chairman of the company's board). the company also rpeviously raised funding from the NBA's Baron Davis, Angel Morales (Morales Capital), and Sol Trujillo (now Chairman of the company's board).

Culver City 100

Culver City Seed Funding Capital Funding 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. billion by 2030, exceeding the amounts contributed by either angel groups or VCs alone. billion to USD 3.62

Equity 80

Equity Platform Entrepreneur Statistics 80

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Angel investors are still the lifeblood of early-stage startups, despite the surge of activity in crowdfunding and an increasing early interest from venture capitalists. According to the Angel Capital Association , at least 300,000 people have made angel investments in the last two years, totaling $24 billion in the U.S.

Angel 65

Angel Startup Technical Review Social Media 65

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have an article from Dr. John Paglia , an associate professor of finance and senior researcher of the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project. Our research suggests even more can be done to stimulate investment in Los Angeles startups. READ MORE>>.

Pepperdine 150

Pepperdine Venture Capital Los Angeles Research 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. As an accredited angel investor, I claim to be one of those professionals, and I’ve talked to many more.

Equity 164

Equity Statistics Platform Entrepreneur 164

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The Los Angeles-based mobile game development studio Scopely has become America’s newest unicorn thanks to a $200 million financing which values the company at a whopping $1.4 The company raised a $55 million round of financing in 2016, $60 million in 2017 and $100 million in 2018.

Mobile 148

Mobile Invest Platform Los Angeles 148

socalTECH

MAY 3, 2018

in a seed funding, to help it to "greatly expand" its operation sin Los Angeles, as well as expand into other new markets. Washe has been in Southern California since at least July of 2016, when it started offering its services in San Diego and Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

Demand 100

Demand Southern California Seed Funding Startup 100