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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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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. According to the TCA, it invested $3.8M in total across 17 deals, for the quarter ending March 31st, 2017. InvestED, Mobilize Solutions, OnRamp, and Tot Squad.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based fintech venture capital investor Core Innovation Capital is out looking for new investors in its third fund, with a target of $100M, according to regulatory filing by the firm on Friday. The company raised a similar fund , Core Innovation Capital II, LP, back in January of 2017. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

This morning, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners. Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2019

Upfront Ventures , a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, has filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise its third growth-stage investment fund. 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.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

In the latest fund in an unprecedented boom in local investment funds, Los Angeles-based Pontifax AgTech Management announced this morning that it has closed on its first fund, a $105M fund calld the Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund. Pontifax AgTech was co-founded and is led by Ben Belldegrun and Phil Erlanger.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

The former CEO and founder of Los Angeles-based advertising exchange Rubicon Project, Frank Addante, has launched a new, startup investment fund, he announced on Wednesday, saying that after a brief foray into retirement he decided to launch TinkerBarn Ventures, a new startup studio and early stage investment fund.

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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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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. Derek Norton and Jeremy Milken have known each other for twenty years. “I see two things happen.

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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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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Thursday, September 28, 2017 -- Orange County VC and Angel Investor Conference. Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Orange County? Register for the FundingPost event on Thursday, September 28th, 2017. FundingPost.

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MARCH 29, 2018

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 -- FundingPost Los Angeles VCs, Angels, Crypto and ICOs Event. At our next event the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing and a fireside chat about ICO basics: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! Should everyone?

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Thursday, November 30, 2017 -- Global LAVA: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Investing. Speakers: Sheri Kaiserman, Head of Advanced Securities at Wedbush; Brad Bulent Yarar, Co-Founder Blockchain Investors Consortium (BIC); Adam Ettinger, Shephard Mullin; Heidi Pease, Co-Founder of UCLA and Los Angeles Blockchain Labs.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In Los Angeles alone, services like Nugg , Ganjarunner , Kushfly , Eaze , HERB , Westside Organic , and Cannabis Express , all pitch delivery services for marijuana or cannabis infused products, oils and vapes to willing consumers. ” Right now, marijuana delivery is something of a land grab. ”

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APRIL 12, 2018

seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. But it’s here in the (other) Valley’s southernmost edge that investors have found a startup they consider to be the next potential billion-dollar “unicorn” that will come out of Los Angeles.

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JUNE 29, 2017

Upfront VI is our latest core fund and is $400 million to invest in early stage entrepreneurs. If you watch the short video below you’ll have a great sense on what is uniquely LA in 2017 — hearing from Mayor Garcetti, Kobe Bryant, Tyra Banks, Baron Davis and so many great advocates for the uniqueness of our city and some of our key stats.

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APRIL 11, 2018

Seed stage investments in Los Angeles area startups was up, year-to-year, according to the Q1 2018 LA Seed Deal Report from investor Amplify LA. percent from Q1 of 2017. According to the report from Amplify, 23 LA startups raised a total of $52.9M in seed funding in Q1, which was up 2.5 READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 28, 2018

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 -- Orange County VCs, Angels, Crypto and ICOs Event. At our next event the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing and a fireside chat about ICO basics: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! ICOs raised a global record 1.1

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APRIL 30, 2019

The company’s financing troubles began in 2017 but a new crisis emerged last year after a fallout with Evergrande. The Chinese real estate giant backed out of a proposed $2 billion investment deal with Faraday at the end of 2018 following an extended dispute over terms. Faraday has since sought alternative investment.

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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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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Venice, California-based early stage, pre-seed investment fund and accelerator Amplify.LA has released its latest report on the state of the Los Angeles technology scene, saying that the city had a "landmark year". In the report, Amplify.LA For its own part, Amplify.LA billion, with so far 9 of its companies acquired.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 -- How To Get Your Startup Funded - Tips From Entrepreneur and Renowed Angel Investor Jason Calacanis. But most of Jason's money has been made by angel investing. Jason Calacanis founded Silicon Alley Reporter, Weblogs Inc, Mahalo, and Inside.com. See [link].

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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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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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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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MARCH 1, 2019

Los Angeles-based food brand Beanfields , a manufacturer of vegan, gluten-free, non-GMO, kosher chips, said this week that it has raised a Series B funding round. The funding was led by PowerPlant Ventures, and also included NRV and Western Technology Investment. Size of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Sir Richard Branson is out as the Chairman of Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One , the developer of high speed, "hyperloop" transportation technology, the company said on Monday. Two other, local Branson-linked firms--Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit-- also had deals with Saudi Arabia for investments. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

The company said it anticipates treating patients in Canada in the first quarter of 2017. Axonics is venture backed by Advent Life Sciences, Cormorant Asset Management, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, NeoMed Management, Legend Capital, The Alfred E. Mann Foundation.

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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. M13's loal investments include LootCrate and ProGuides. Barber will serve as a Partner and head of M13's internal venture studio, Launchpad. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 20, 2017

million in capital to build out its operations in 4 cities: New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago and Washington D.C. So how did a company that provides storage grow so fast (we’ll exit 2017 with 10’s of millions in recurring revenue), why is it so defensible and is it really a tech startup? years of software development.

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MARCH 13, 2018

Los Angeles-based advertising exchange and technology developer OpenX said on Tuesday that its net revenues rose to $172M in 2017, as it saw 20 percent growth in its revenues for the fourth quarter. The company said it invested over $50M in R&D efforts towards its technology an product in 2017. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2019

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , which develops customer identification products, including two factor authentication and other related products, has named co-founder Ryan Disraeli as its CEO, the company said on Thursday. TeleSign was acquired by BICS in 2017, and now has more than 300 employees. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 10, 2020

In response to VCs’ sudden rush to invest in more Black founders , Black venture capitalists and entrepreneurs have penned a bunch of advice on the best way to tap into talent. It held a city-based internship program with Los Angeles, which connects students to venture capital firms in the area. Among the strategies?

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MAY 31, 2019

Los Angeles-based Snap Inc. , had acquired Placed in 2017, paying $135.2M The acquisition by Foursquare came after it raised a new $150M investment from the Raine Group. the parent firm of Snapchat , has sold off Placed , a developer of location intelligence and offline attribution software tools.

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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. Bonfire says it plans to invest in 25 to 30 companies over a three year investment period, focused on the seed stage of investing.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

He's also a very active angel investor. Michael Terpin: My personal biggest news in 2017 was moving to Puerto Rico. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017? You can see all of our holiday reflections here. What's the biggest news from you or your‏ firm this year?

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