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.
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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Techweek Los Angeles 2016 [ LOS ANGELES ]
Tech.Co
OCTOBER 14, 2016
The free Explorer ticket gets you access to the hiring fair, the LAUNCH startup competition, the EXPO, and day-time technology knowledge workshops. “ Explorer. Suitable for students, tech enthusiasts, and aspiring entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur .
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Venture in LA 2016
SoCal Tech Calendar
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Monday, November 14, 2016 -- Venture in LA 2016. A one-week trade mission to show international startups that Los Angeles is the perfect gateway to entering the US Market. A full week of lectures, networking events, exhibition/pitch opportunities, and more! See [link] (more)
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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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Latin America Tech Meetup Los Angeles (LATM LA)
SoCal Tech Calendar
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 -- Latin America Tech Meetup Los Angeles (LATM LA). Our event will be divided into two segments: Panel Discussion: Our notable panelists will discuss trends, opportunities and personal involvement in Latin Americas emerging startup economy. See https://generalassemb.ly/education/latin-america-tech-meetup-los-angeles-latm-la/los-angeles/27529.
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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.
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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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Acquicent Adds Advisor, Investor
socalTECH
JANUARY 22, 2020
Los Angeles-based Acquicent , the startup which is developing a marketplace that allows users to invest in "museum-grade" collectibles such as art and vintage automobiles, is announcing this morning that it has added Kevin Conroy, CEO of ConroyMedia and former director of Sotheby's, as both an advisor and ivnestor.
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Startup Cafe
SoCal Tech Calendar
DECEMBER 19, 2016
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 -- Startup Cafe #2. Hosted by Startups In The Sky @ Industrious Los Angeles. See https://startupcafe2.splashthat.com/. splashthat.com/.
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Reflections on 2016: Josh Yguado, Jam City
socalTECH
DECEMBER 22, 2016
This holiday season, we are sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology community. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted, up through the end of the year. Josh Yguado: 2016 was a big year for us. He lives in Los Angeles with his family.
LA gets a big SaaS exit as Fastly nabs the Culver City-based Signal Sciences for $775M
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 27, 2020
Los Angeles was always more than a one-industry town, even when it comes to technology startups, as media and entertainment (and social networking) were always the big draws in Tinseltown. We’re thrilled to help lead the way for the broader tech community in Los Angeles.”
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Los Angeles – Tech.Co’s Startup of the Year Online Competition
Tech.Co
MAY 19, 2015
Make some noise Los Angeles because it’s time to compete in Tech.Co’s Startup of the Year Competition! has been traveling the globe, both virtually and physically, searching for the world’s best startup, and the Tech.Co’s Startup of the Year Competition & Tour’s next stop is in Los Angeles!
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Reflections on 2016: Cody Simms, Techstars
socalTECH
DECEMBER 22, 2016
Today, we have Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars (www.techstars.org), which has been very active this year in the startup accelerator and mentoring area. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted. What was the biggest news from you or your firm this year?
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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124 Moonshots Capital Leads Investment In Startup Uncovering Propaganda, Bot Farms
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
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GM exits car-sharing business and shuts down Maven
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 21, 2020
The automaker Tuesday said its Maven car-sharing service, which launched in 2016, will shut down for good. Maven continued to operate in Detroit, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. GM confirmed to TechCrunch that it has started to wind down Maven. GM’s experiment with car sharing is over. and Toronto.
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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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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 In this respect, the U.S.
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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. in Los Angeles. 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.
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Los Angeles tech companies take a victory lap with planned tech job fair
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 13, 2017
2016 was a good year to be a tech startup in LA, and, with the $25 billion planned public offering for the city’s startup darling, Snap Inc., coming up, the future’s so bright entrepreneurs might want to wear… Spectacles.
Virgin Hyperloop One, Dubai Team On New Cargo Transport Startup
socalTECH
APRIL 30, 2018
Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One , the advanced transportation technology startup which is now backed by Sir Richard Branson, has inked a deal in the country of Dubai , to launch a new startup called DP World Cargospeed.
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TECHSPO LA 2016 Technology Expo [ SANTA MONICA ]
Tech.Co
MAY 13, 2016
Looking for a job at a startup? Covering the Los Angeles tech scene for a publication? TECHSPO LA is a four day technology expo taking place June 13 – 16, 2016 at the luxurious Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, Santa Monica, California in the heart of Silicon Beach. Are you an early adopter of tech products?
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Beyond Meat prices its public offering
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.
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Startup Grind 2016 – “Make Friends, Not Contacts”
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 25, 2016
My biggest take away from Startup Grind Conference 2016 is how genuinely the organization is committed to uniting and helping startups accelerate together on a global level. Startup Grind is about serving for the better of the whole and not about individual notoriety or ego. They were all audience focused, selfless.
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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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Startups Uncensored Events Headed Back To LA
socalTECH
MARCH 9, 2016
Startups Uncensored , the popular series of events around creating and running startups, is headed back to Los Angeles, according to organizer and startup entrepreneur Jason Nazar. As expected, the service currently has a large amount of data for companies in the Los Angeles technology market.
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100 Tesla Model Y orders are now open
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 14, 2019
Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the Model Y on Thursday night at the Tesla Design Studio in Los Angeles. That’s a departure from previous events, notably the Model 3 reveal in March 2016, which prompted thousands of people to put down $1,000 deposits. The standard range version will start $39,000 and have 230 mile range.
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Reflections on 2016: Scott Alderton, Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP
socalTECH
DECEMBER 30, 2016
All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the Southern California's technology ecosystem. Stubbs, Alderton, and Markiles is a longtime sponsor of socaltech.com, and represents a wide range of clients, including a significant number of Southern California's most visible startups.
R.E.D. Talks: Building a Successful Startup in L.A.
SoCal Tech Calendar
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 -- R.E.D. Talks: Building a Successful Startup in L.A. Los Angeles is fertile ground for entrepreneursespecially for those bold enough to toss conventional wisdom out the window. Michael Dubin, Founder and CEO, Dollar Shave Club.
Boulevard books $70M to help beauty and wellness salons with their bookings
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 9, 2022
But at the same time, Los Angeles–based Boulevard got this funding infusion at a boosted valuation because it has been on a roll. They were early to that idea: Danna describes it as “creator tools for YouTube before YouTube built them itself,” and he said they came up with the idea for Boulevard out of a joke between them.
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Hulu Goes Green, Moves Data Centers To 100 Percent Renewable Energy
socalTECH
JANUARY 31, 2018
Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu , in a major move to reduce its impact on the environment, has moved its data centers to a 100 percent, renewable energy data facility in Las Vegas. Hulu said its new 100 percent renewable data center takes up 2.4 million square feet across 12 buildings. READ MORE>>.
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178 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. For Fifth Wall the opportunity was clear.
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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 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 United Dwelling Picks Up $10M
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.
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Taiwanese reassurances that water shortages won’t hit chipmaking show climate change’s direct threat to tech
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 11, 2021
“Taiwan’s water shortage and its effect on semis is a wake up call for every technology investor, every founder and the entire venture ecosystem. They were even flagged in a 2016 Harvard Business School case study analysis. The Biden administration has emphasized the need for the U.S. ”
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Digital and Beyond in LA - Forging a Connected South LA
SoCal Tech Calendar
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
Thursday, September 22, 2016 -- Digital and Beyond in LA - Forging a Connected South LA. Well cover Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Start Up Life, and Digital Media. Well cover Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Start Up Life, and Digital Media. Digital and Beyond in LA.
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Digital and Beyond in LA - Forging a Connected South LA
SoCal Tech Calendar
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
Thursday, September 22, 2016 -- Digital and Beyond in LA - Forging a Connected South LA. Well cover Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Start Up Life, and Digital Media. Well cover Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Start Up Life, and Digital Media. Digital and Beyond in LA.
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100 Centerfield Buys Business.com and Savings.com
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Los Angeles-based Centerfield, a marketing and customer acquisition company backed by private equity investor Platinum Equity, says it has acquired both Business.com and Savings.com. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition of Business.com is just the latest saga in the business and domain name; the.
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Napster Brand Lives On, Sold To MelodyVR
socalTECH
AUGUST 25, 2020
The remarkably long lived Napster brand--which was founded during the Dot Com boom as a peer-to-peer music swapping startup in Los Angeles in 1999--continues on, and has been sold to virtual reality experience company MelodyVR , in a deal worth $70M.
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113 Digital and Beyond in LA. Forging a Connected South LA
SoCal Tech Calendar
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
Thursday, September 22, 2016 -- Digital and Beyond in LA. Well cover Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Start Up Life, and Digital Media. Well cover Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Start Up Life, and Digital Media. Forging a Connected South LA. Digital and Beyond in LA.
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