SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 20, 2017

Thursday, January 26, 2017 -- SAM Preccelerator Program Presents: "How to Network for Capital" with Len Lanzi. This session will focus on techniques and ways to network in the VC and Angel Community. See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sam-preccelerator-program-presents-how-to-network-for-capital-with-len-lanzi-tickets-30678911450.

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Networking Capital Venture Capital Startup 100

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 16, 2021

New backers include Dragoneer, Tiger Global, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, funds and accounts advised by T. Squarespace founder & CEO Anthony Casalena said the fresh capital will advance the company’s growth initiatives and help it scale its product suite. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based 3Rodeo , a brand venture capital investment firm led by former Hulu executive Noah Heller, says it is targeting investments in startups in Los Angeles. 2017 has been a banner year for new startup funds in Los Angeles as well as Southern California as a whole. READ MORE>>.

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Venture Capital Capital Hulu Southern California 124

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based StartEngine , the equity crowdfunding service run by serial entrepeneur Howard Marks, has chalked up 25 companies raising money on its platform since the start of 2017, according to the company.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 29, 2018

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 -- FundingPost Los Angeles VCs, Angels, Crypto and ICOs Event. billion dollars in December 2017 alone according to TokenMarket. Manager, Interstellar Capital Steve Kuh, Group Project Keynote - Patrick Lowry, Iconiq Lab Markus Levin, XYO Network. ICOs raised a global record 1.1

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Los Angeles Angel Writing Course 100

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Fortunately, there are thousands of options for raising capital, from angel funds and VC firms to crowdfunding campaigns and looking through your couch cushions. Thanks to data from Crunchbase , we can bask in the glory of the five highest funding rounds in 2017 so far. Yes, those are billions with a capital B.

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Funding Equity News Platform 70

TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2019

Now the five-year-old firm, with newly found significant capital in the bank , is attempting to replicate its success in international markets. On Tuesday, Haptik announced it has acqui-hired Convrg, a Los Angeles-based startup that develops chatbots, to serve customers in North America.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Google 209

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Riot Ventures , the Los Angeles-based, early-stage and deep technology investment firm is going out to market to raise a $75 million second fund to finance the development of startups in LA and beyond, according to fundraising documents viewed by TechCrunch. Marcus has a long background in angel investing and company creation.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 6, 2017

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 -- Fierce, Funded, and Female: A Discussion On Capital Raising. What are the pros and cons of equity funding from angels, VC firms, crowdfunding and bank lending? What are the pros and cons of equity funding from angels, VC firms, crowdfunding and bank lending? General Assembly.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 15, 2019

Furniture subscription rental service, Feather , is heading to Los Angeles and Orange County, California with $12 million in new funding and “thousands” of customers in New York and San Francisco.

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Los Angeles Orange County Services Angel 126

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

has released its latest report on the state of the Los Angeles technology scene, saying that the city had a "landmark year". pointed at all of the companies in Los Angeles that came out of the demise of MySpace, and argues that the growth of Snap is about to trigger another wave of startups in the market. In the report, Amplify.LA

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Snapchat Venice Los Angeles Report 100

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2017

Irvine-based angel investment group Tech Coast Angels said this morning that it has had it's best Q1 ever, both in terms of dollars and total deals. in total across 17 deals, for the quarter ending March 31st, 2017. According to the TCA, it invested $3.8M

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Tech Coast Angels Southern California Angel Invest 124

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . Gross and Barnehama met through a mutual friend in the robotics industry in Los Angeles, the chief executive of Embodied, Paolo Pirjanian, Barnehama wrote in an email.

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Los Angeles Angel Artificial Inteligence CalTech 207

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Los Angeles and San Diego are among the metro areas with the highest startup activity, based on a new report from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The Kauffman Foundation says its 2017 Startup Activity Index is an index measure of a broad range of startup activity in the United States across national, state, and metropolitan-area levels.

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San Diego Los Angeles Report Angel 113

TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2019

Upfront Ventures , a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, has filed paperwork with the U.S. Though the firm typically invests at the seed and Series A, capital from Upfront Growth III will be used for follow-on or late-stage deals. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise its third growth-stage investment fund.

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Venture Capital Funding Los Angeles Invest 193

Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

.” For startups entering program they receive investment capital, access to coworking space at Disney’s creative campus and mentor support and guidance from top Disney executives, entrepreneurs, investors and other notable business leaders from the entertainment and technology communities, and have a Demo Day at the campus.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Entertainment Press 109

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JULY 18, 2018

Los Angeles-based AdQuick , the outdoor advertising marketplace founded by veterans of Instacart, said this week that it has raised $2.1M The new funding came from Initialized Capital. AdQuick, which launched its marketplace for outdoor advertising space, launched its services in 2017. more in funding. READ MORE>>.

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Advertising Seed Funding Los Angeles Capital 100

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JUNE 23, 2020

Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures has just kicked off an effort to raise a new, $280M venture capital fund, Upfront VII, L.P. Upfront Ventures started raising $250M in a growth fund, Upfront Growth II, back in June of 2019, and raised its last core fund, Upfront VI, back in June of 2017.

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GRP Partners Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles 113

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Los Angeles-based Bonfire Ventures has closed its second fund, Bonfire Ventures II , at $100M. The fund is a boost from the firm's last fund, which closed in January of 2017 at $63M. According to the firm, the new fund was oversubscribed. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

The Los Angeles ecosystem is $76 million stronger today as Fika Ventures , a seed-stage venture capital firm, announces its sophomore investment fund. Fika invests roughly half of its capital exclusively in startups headquartered in LA, with a particular fondness for B2B, enterprise and fintech companies.

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Funding Startup Seed Funding Los Angeles 218

socalTECH

JULY 3, 2017

Los Angeles-based YP.com , the provider online directories and services to help businesses get their companies online which has been remade by a number of technology executives into a provider of local business marketing and automation software, has been acquired by competing directory provider Dex Media. READ MORE>>.

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Media .Net Equity Acquisition 208

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JUNE 7, 2021

Los Angeles-based banking app developer Dave said this morning that it is going public, via a merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III, Inc., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsred by Victory Park Capital. The company was launched in 2017, and now says it has over 10 million customers. million members.

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Marketing Equity Acquisition Los Angeles 113

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 16, 2020

Over their longtime personal and professional relationship, the two Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneurs have invested in each other’s companies and investment firms, but never worked together until now. With that in mind, the Watertower Ventures group, which launched in 2017 with a small, $5 million fund, is a return to those roots.

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Funding Southern California Los Angeles Invest 230

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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Pricing Los Angeles Venture Capital Study 236

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MAY 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based online ordering software developer ChowNow has raised $21M more in funding, in its Series C funding, according to the company. The funding came from 3L Capital and Catalyst Investors, and brings the company's total raised to $60M. Chowow is led by co-founder and CEO Chris Webb.

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Los Angeles Funding Software Development Capital 113

TechCrunch LA

JULY 22, 2020

It’s a strategy that has now netted the company $33 million in financing led by the Silicon Valley-based investment firm Altos Ventures and New York’s Left Lane Capital. Hyde Park Angels, Fika Ventures, FJ Labs and Silicon Valley Bank also participated in the round.

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Services Los Angeles .Net Mobile 187

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MAY 24, 2018

Los Angeles-based real estate loan marketplace PeerStreet the startup founded by Brew Johnson, Brett Crosby and Alex Perelman, said on Wednesday that it has just topped one billion in total loans on its platform. funding in April. funding in April.

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Los Angeles Platform Capital Funding 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 20, 2017

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 -- Recurring Revenue Conference. Join local entrepreneurs, SaaS innovators, leading VCs, private equity/angel investors April 26, 2017 at the Recurring Revenue Conference (www.recurringrevenueconference.com) presented by Sutton Capital Partners.

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Conference SaaS Equity Pricing 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Anna Barber , the managing director of Techstars LA, has moved over to Los Angeles- and New York-based venture investor M13 , Barber announced this morning. Barber will serve as a Partner and head of M13's internal venture studio, Launchpad.

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Lootcrate Los Angeles Entertainment Invest 124

TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2019

and raised some capital from the Los Angeles-based investment firm, Science. The company’s goal is to capitalize on paranoia around the effects of cell phone radiation on health and possible links to cancer. Indeed, there are no studies that definitively prove a link between radiation emitted by cell phones and cancer.

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Company Companies Los Angeles Design 155

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

Mayor Eric Garcetti at Upfront Summit, February 2017 I first sat down with then councilman Eric Garcetti on the Ides of March 2012 — almost 5 years ago exactly. He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected.

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Riot Games Los Angeles Technical Review Venture Capital 191

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 16, 2017

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 -- The 14th Annual LAVA Venture Awards Dinner. Celebrating 30+ years of service to the Los Angeles Entrepreneurial Community. The awards dinner will be attended by over 300 leaders in the Venture Capital community, including CEOs and founders of successful emerging companies. See [link] (more)

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LAVA Southern California Los Angeles Venture Capital 100

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2020

“We’ve created the HBCUvc Donor Circle as an opportunity for supporters and individuals to engage in our work and join a long-term strategy toward racial equity in venture capital and technology,” she wrote in the post. It held a city-based internship program with Los Angeles, which connects students to venture capital firms in the area.

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Equity Technical Review Venture Capital Blogging 220

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 15, 2017

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 -- Face to Face With Investors. Tech Coast Angels and K5. with Grant Van Cleve, President of Tech Coast Angels OC; Hans Imhoff, Managing Director, Cove Fund; Sergio Gurrieri, Partner ACE Fund; Robin Pimentel, Partner K5 Ventures and "Are you really ready for Series A?" See [link] (more)

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Tech Coast Angels Capital Invest Funding 100

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2019

Los Angeles-based Saviynt , a venture backed developer of cybersecurity software for the hybrid cloud, said on Tuesday that it has added Jim DuBois, the former CIO of Microsoft, to its board of advisors. Saviynt said that DeBois had been at Microosft for over 24 years. Amit Saha is CEO of Saviynt. READ MORE>>.

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CIO Los Angeles Software Capital 113

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Instead, he’s launched a new delivery service that has just raised $3 million from Casa Verde Capital , the $45 million venture firm founded by hip hop impresario Snoop Dogg, and Kevin Durant’s Durant Company — among others — to take advantage of the growing demand for marijuana delivery.

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Services Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles 259

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2020

The startup--which is split between Santa Rosa, California and Malibu, California--said the Series B was led by Los Angeles-based Fifth Wall Ventures, and also included Khosla Ventures, Google Ventures, Ashton Kutcher, and Thrive Capital. The company's founders are Nikki Pechet and Jack Abraham.

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Malibu Google Los Angeles Design 113