L.A. Startups Received $369 Million in Seed Funding in 2016
L.A. Business Journal
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
Seed-stage companies in Los Angeles received a total of $369 million in funding in 2016, according to report from Venice tech accelerator Amplify.LA.
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Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 7, 2021
An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio.
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The Full Dataset on What VCs are Thinking About Funding in 2016
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
We use this try to draw some context that informs our funding decisions. Of course we fund companies in good markets and bad. In venture our goal is to fund companies over a 10-year+ time horizon, which is the time it takes to build truly transformational companies. VC survey data 2016 from Mark Suster.
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Reflections on 2016: Lawrence Ng, OnRamp Fund
socalTECH
DECEMBER 28, 2016
This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Today's contribution is from Lawrence Ng , serial entrepreneur who, last year, founded OnRamp Fund , a $10 million incubator that invests in early stage startups. You can see all of our holiday reflections here.
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Splash LA October 2016
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 7, 2016
Thursday, October 13, 2016 -- Vator Splash LA. Brian Lee, CEO and Founder of The Honest Company, which has raised $222 million in VC funding. Mike Jones, Founder of Science, which has invested in some of LAs top startups, like Dollar Shave Club. What's behind LA's booming tech ecosystem? See [link].
Alternative Accelerators and Start-Up Resources
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 24, 2016
Thursday, June 30, 2016 -- Alternative Accelerators and Start-Up Resources. Today, start-ups have more choices for accessing business resources and seed funding than ever. To meet these needs are emergent alternative accelerators, incubators and preccelerator models. See [link] (more)
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Alternative Accelerators and Start-Up Resources
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 17, 2016
Thursday, June 23, 2016 -- Alternative Accelerators and Start-Up Resources. Today, start-ups have more choices for accessing business resources and seed funding than ever. To meet these needs are emergent alternative accelerators, incubators and preccelerator models. See [link] (more)
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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024
Tech.Co
DECEMBER 29, 2023
2023 hasn't been an easy year to be a startup. In fact, according to Crunchbase more than 212 startups closed their shutters in the third fiscal quarter alone – the highest number recorded in the firm's history. Yet, while many early-stage startups crumbled under the pressure, diamonds also emerged.
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Cyber insurance startup At-Bay raises $34M Series C, adds M12 as a new investor
TechCrunch LA
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Cybersecurity insurance startup At-Bay has raised $34 million in its Series C round, the company announced Tuesday. But where traditional insurance companies have struggled to acquire the acumen needed to accommodate the growing demand for cybersecurity insurance, startups like At-Bay have filled the space.
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Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third
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.
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Link-in-bio monetization platform Snipfeed raises a $5.5M seed round
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 11, 2021
The link-in-bio business is heating up as more mobile website builders compete for a coveted slice of real estate on a creator’s TikTok, Instagram or Twitter. Linktree has been around since 2016 and has more funding than its up-and-coming competitors. Now, Snipfeed enters the ring with its own $5.5 With its $5.5
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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Startup equity model. Product pre-order model. In the U.S.,
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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2016
At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. That’s money that fuels our startup ecosystems. …But LPs Have Been Putting Out More Money Than They Are Getting Back.
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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 1, 2016
Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. The reality of most startups is about survival. It’s a new year – 2016. We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle.
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150 Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud
TechCrunch LA
JUNE 28, 2018
Google raised the curtain with a splashy announcement that they’d be setting up their fifth cloud region in the U.S. Now companies like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are competing for their business as more companies wake up to the pressures and demands for more flexible technology architectures. in Los Angeles.
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Bitvore Brings Latest Funding Round To $14.2M
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Irvine-based Bitvore , the big data, artificial intelligence, and data analytics startup, has upped its latest funding round to $14.2M, as part of what appears to be an ongoing $17.75M funding effort.
How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 6, 2014
When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Planning and dealing with extra-ordinary events: M&A, fund raising, crises.
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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank
socalTECH
DECEMBER 30, 2016
All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the movers and shakers in Southern California's technology ecosystem. In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. This is a trend from 2016 that should gain momentum in 2017. Rob Freelen: Focus.
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An Inside Scoop on the Funding Environment and What it Might Mean for You
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 30, 2016
It is an heroic accomplishment in a brutal fund-raising market in which only market leaders can bring in that sort of money. But the story started more than 6 months ago. We started planning our fund raising as much as 14 months ago. Many had started IPO’ing and we started to think about our future.
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150 Reflections on 2016: Kevin Winston, Digital LA
socalTECH
DECEMBER 23, 2016
This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted. It's amazing how much LA tech has grown since we first started Silicon Beach Fest five years ago.
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Upfront Uncloaks New Startup, Projector
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. READ MORE>>.
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Changes in the Venture Capital Funding Environment
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2016
The funding environment for tech startups is an ever shifting ground as we go through predictable shifts that go hand-in-hand with the slowing of the overall market. In other words, it isn’t that VCs suddenly got smart, it’s that the costs of starting a company went down dramatically. Boom in Number of Startups.
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AmplifyLA: Dramatic Drop In Seed Funding In LA In Q1
socalTECH
APRIL 19, 2017
Venice, California-based startup accelerator Amplify.LA reports that seed funding in Q1 of 2017 dropped precipitously, falling 42.2 percent from Q4 of 2016, and 43.8 AmplifyLA said it will be reporting quarterly on seed deals, a change from the annual reporting it did in 2016. percent, Year-over-Year. raised, from $2.8M
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124 The Resetting of the Startup Industry
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Much has changed in the past four months of the technology startup world and how outsiders value the business. As we noted in our survey of more than 150 VCs we know in the industry, many saw drops in Q4 valuations last year with nearly all of them projecting decreases in 2016. Start early. This prudence is smart and welcomed.
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150 Bryant Stibel Backs Tile In New Funding
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.
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124 Lensabl Lands Funding From Amplify, Others
socalTECH
MAY 16, 2017
Los Angeles-based Lensabl , a startup which lets online users order up replacement lenses for their prescription glasses, has raised a new round of funding, the company announced today. The size of the funding was not announced. The new funding was led by Amplify.LA The company launched its services in late 2016.
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Tech Startup Culture May Have Changed For Good
Tech.Co
JUNE 29, 2021
You know what a startup is, right? Or at least you have an idea of what a startup is like to work in? Don't forget the pizza parties and deskside beers funded by a seemingly endless stream of venture capitalist money, either. Or, as can happen, when the money dries up and the business goes under.
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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 14, 2016
I recently survey more than 150 VC friends from all stages and geographies what they thought about the market by asking “Which of the following statements best describes your mood heading into 2016?” The Motive for Speaking Up. ” “Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.”
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Papaya raises $50M to give you a way to pay bills via its mobile app
TechCrunch LA
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Papaya is a Los Angeles-based startup with a mission to do just that. To prove the point, CEO and co-founder Patrick Kann demonstrated for me via Zoom how even after tearing up a bill into a few pieces, Papaya’s app was able to scan the pertinent parts of the invoice to make sure it was paid. “As Paying bills is hardly a fun thing.
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208 The future of car ownership: Cars-as-a-service
TechCrunch LA
JULY 10, 2019
Automakers and startups alike are increasingly offering services that give buyers new opportunities and greater flexibility around owning and using vehicles. In the first part of this feature , we explored the different startups attempting to change car buying. Cars-as-a-Service. But not everyone wants to buy a car. Don’t buy, lease.
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Cool Planet Reboots, In Colorado, With $19.3M Series A Funding
socalTECH
MARCH 24, 2017
Cool Planet , the former Camarillo, California startup working on carbon conversion technology, has resurfaced in Colorado with a $19.3M Series A funding. The company still lists an office in Camarillo. READ MORE>>.
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Freight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boost
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Shipwell , a startup pitching a marketplace for domestic ground shipping and fleet and cargo management services for freight trucking companies, has raised $10 million in a new round of funding. And the small-fleet shipping companies that make up the bulk of the industry. trucking services.
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How the myth of the ‘girlboss’ harms emerging women in tech
TechCrunch LA
JUNE 3, 2022
On Lafayette Street in SoHo, young, fashionable women lined up around the block to enter a minimalist, millennial oasis, the most perfect Instagram feed brought to life. allocate 98% of their funding to startups helmed by men. It’s no wonder, then, how we’ve ended up with the paradox of the “girlboss.” .
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280 Accelerate Your Startup With Help From An Incubator
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 17, 2016
One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.
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106 Announcing the agenda for TC Sessions: AR/VR in LA on October 18
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
TechCrunch is heading to UCLA on October 18 and we’ve assembled some of the AR/VR industry’s most prescient founders, investors and executives to chat about the startups and trends driving virtual and augmented reality in 2018. Startups are working to centralize the experience but it’s going to look a lot different.
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185 Interview with Anthony Citrano, Acquicent
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
Our interview this morning with an entrepreneur is with Anthony Citrano , the founder of Los Angeles-based Acquicent (www.acquicent.com), a startup which wants to make it as easy for you to invest in museum-grade collectibles such as classic cars and art, without having to invest millions of dollars in those assets.
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Boulevard books $70M to help beauty and wellness salons with their bookings
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 9, 2022
The funding, a Series C, will be used to continue expanding Boulevard’s product and engineering teams and to build out more tools targeting an ever-wider set of users in the bigger wellness and beauty sector (those product additions are typically big — it most recently added a whole new payments feature). Focusing on the U.S.
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Washe Raise $3.5M To Expand On-Demand Car Washes In LA
socalTECH
MAY 3, 2018
On-demand, car wash startup Washe , which lets users connect with professional mobile car washers, said this week that it has raised $3.5M in a seed funding, to help it to "greatly expand" its operation sin Los Angeles, as well as expand into other new markets. READ MORE>>.
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Netradyne Raises $21M For Vision Recognition Tech
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
San Diego-based Netradyne , a developer of artificial intelligence and "deep learning" software used for vision recognition--particularly in autonomous vehicles--has raised $21M more in a funding round. The funding was led by M12, the venture fund run by Microsoft, as well as Reliance Industries and Point72 Ventures.
Survey: SoCal Startups Optimistic Even As Venture Capital Tightens
socalTECH
MARCH 23, 2016
A new survey, released this week by Silicon Valley Bank, finds that even as the availability of venture capital in Southern California is tightening, and lofty unicorn valuations are declining, startup entrepreneurs are still optimistic about the future of technology in the region. and China for their opinions.
NVCA: Venture Investments Drop In Q1
socalTECH
APRIL 7, 2017
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. Venture capital investments in the U.S. According to the report, there was $16.5
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United Dwelling is one startup building something to solve California’s housing crisis
TechCrunch LA
MAY 19, 2020
After wrestling with recalcitrant homeowners, husbanding their parcels of land to keep their property values high, the state’s leadership passed a law that increased the availability of new rental units and put more money into homeowners’ pockets in 2016. “We go to the homeowner and say you have this property here.
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What I Learned In 2015: Lawrence Ng, OnRamp Fund
socalTECH
DECEMBER 29, 2015
Today's thoughts are from Lawrence Ng , who founded Oversee.net, and just launched the OnRamp Fund (onrampfund.com). Lawrence Ng: The big news for us was the launch of OnRamp Fund. Based in Los Angeles and Taipei, Taiwan, it's a $10 million incubator that invests in early stage startups.
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Boost.ai, Backed By $5M, Opens HQ In Santa Monica
socalTECH
MARCH 20, 2019
Boost.ai , a European startup which is developing conversational artificial intelligence (AI) software for banks, financial institutions, and other enterprises, said this morning that it has set up shop in Santa Monica, setting up its North American headquarters here as it expands to the US. was founded in 2016.
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