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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APRIL 24, 2018

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Eusoh , is hoping to make it easier for people to handle unexpected veterinary costs, by banding people together in groups to help provide an alternative to traditional, insurance plans. Afraid of running into unexpected veterinary bills for that new puppy?

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

AvantStay — which has built a platform where it decorates and then lists properties owned by others for people to rent out for vacations or other short-term stays — has raised $160 million in a Series B round of funding. Los Angeles-based AvantStay has been around since 2017 and had only raised $25 million in the last four years.

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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. The firm was launched in 2017 by general partners Eva Ho and TX Zhuo, formerly of Susa Ventures and Karlin Ventures, respectively.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 26, 2018

It’s one of several companies (many based in Los Angeles) that are turning the city into a hub for anyone looking to experience the thrill of immersive gaming. alone in 2017 (not to mention the roughly 32 million consoles sold at the market’s peak in 2008), according data on the Statista website. .

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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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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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MAY 31, 2019

Los Angeles-based Snap Inc. , had acquired Placed in 2017, paying $135.2M Foursquare said the acquisition will deepen its location technology platform. the parent firm of Snapchat , has sold off Placed , a developer of location intelligence and offline attribution software tools. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle developer Canoo scored a major win on Tuesday, when Hyundai Motor Group said it will co-develop a new, electric vehicle based on Canoo's platform. Canoo was founded in 2017, and is led by CEO Ulrich Kranz. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

Meet the 11 startups for 2017: Ambidio. Epic Games is the creator of Unreal Engine technology, which is used by millions of developers to ship visually stunning, high-quality games and experiences across PC, console, mobile, VR and AR platforms. Read more about startups in the Los Angeles area at TechCo.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 22, 2020

When big platforms have carved out large swaths of the delivery market, the best thing for an upstart company to do is to specialize. Hyde Park Angels, Fika Ventures, FJ Labs and Silicon Valley Bank also participated in the round. Founded by David Cabello, Black and Mobile was started in 2017 by the 22 year-old college dropout.

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JUNE 12, 2019

Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , a provider of advertising services and technology for the online radio streaming, digital audio and podcasting markets, has acquired Omny Studio , a developer of a podcast and on-demand audio publishing platform. Financial terms of the acquisition were not annoucned.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Los Angeles-based MediaAlpha , a developer of programmatic advertising software, said today that it is expanding into the European market. MediaAlpha said the value of media transacted through its platforms in 2017 was worth $250M. Goldsmith was previously a Sales Director at KAYAK. MediaAlpha's co-founder and CEO is Steve Yi.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

Maven continued to operate in Detroit, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. For instance, the company launched in 2017 Maven Reserve in Los Angeles and San Francisco to allow customers to rent its GM-branded vehicles for a month at a time. and Toronto. Only a program directed at gig workers was still operational in that city.

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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.

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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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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. The company said it will introduce ads “over the coming weeks” in order to “cover our expenses” of running the platform. Securities and Exchange Commission. .

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AUGUST 2, 2018

WebMD Health Services , which is a subsidiary of WebMD, itself a part of Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , said this morning that it hass launcheda new financial wellness product. The new offering is integrated with the WebMD Health Services platform. Internet Brands acquired WebMD in July of 2017, in a deal worth $2.8

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

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. And Stuart Lander is also a partner and runs all operations and platform teams.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In what looks like the first, large scale deployment of voice-driven, personal assistants across a healthcare setting, Los Angeles-based healthcare provider Cedars-Sinai said on Monday that it has deployed Amazon's Alexa voice assistant across more than 100 patient rooms at the hospital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Rose, according to his latest book, “ Angel Investing.” Neither does David S.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Other examples include media tech companies ZEFR and GumGum � both having record years and positioned extremely well for continued growth in 2017. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017? This is a trend from 2016 that should gain momentum in 2017. Rob Freelen: Focus.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

New platforms led by YouTube have emerged to change the dynamic of broadcast media — once dominated by the rigid programming of TV — while the internet has enabled new media stars to engage with their audiences in new, high-touch ways. In addition, there are incentives for referring others to the platform.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Eleven-year-old TiMi currently has a team working out of Los Angeles on global business and plans to grow it into a full development studio that “helps us understand Western players and gives us a stronger global perspective,” said the studio’s international business director Vincent Gao. That’s finally changing.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Cody Simms: Techstars tripled down on Los Angeles in 2016 with the launch of three investment and mentorship programs for startups through which we will be investing in more than 30 startups per year in LA. What do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017?

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JANUARY 11, 2019

Los Angeles- and New York-based Steereo (www.steereo.com) has a new idea: partner those artists with ride sharing drivers, and pay those ride sharing drivers to play their music to the ever-changing variety of people who hop in their vehicles. Anne Kavanaugh: New York and Los Angeles are our base teams.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

Currently, only two restaurant delivery robots are operating in Miami, but Lindenberger said the company is planning to expand further into the city and outward into Fort Lauderdale, as well as other large metros the company operates in, such as Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles and eventually New York. Image Credits: REEF/Cartken.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Anna Barber , the Managing Director of Techstars LA (www.techstars.com), one of the startup accelerators run by Techstars in the Los Angeles area. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year? What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018?

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JANUARY 11, 2019

Los Angeles- and New York-based Steereo (www.steereo.com) has a new idea: partner those artists with ride sharing drivers, and pay those ride sharing drivers to play their music to the ever-changing variety of people who hop in their vehicles. Anne Kavanagh: New York and Los Angeles are our base teams.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

“We want to inspire, but we also want to be realistic and show beauty in real life,” Glossier founder and CEO Emily Weiss said in a 2017 interview with Inc, just as the brand had reached what Weiss herself described as “cult status.” Even Chrissy Teigen and Reese Witherspoon wore Glossier’s signature Cloud Paint blush to the Oscars. .

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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. It's my money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. Last year 300,000+ American angels invested an estimated $25 billion in more than 70,000 startup deals. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. The median deal size is back over $100 million.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

After logging into your account via Facebook API, the platform uses your date of birth as the core data to help you calendar all of your friend’s birthdays and discover other people around you who also celebrate your special day. It reinforces the company’s culture of being a platform for giving and celebration,” said Hagger.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Remember Canoo, the Los Angeles startup that revealed a minibus-type electric vehicle a few months back? The company began life as Evelozcity in late 2017 after ex-BMW executives Stefan Krause and Ulrich Kranz left Faraday Future amid an internal power struggle. The big attraction isn’t necessarily price either.

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StartUp Beat

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

2017 has already witnessed a load of successful and exciting conferences, including World Domination Summit, Startup+Fest and CEO Space. The conference also gives a chance for newly-born startups to exhibit their ideas in the event’s Startup Alley , as well as a platform where entrepreneurs meet investors, dubbed “CrunchMatch”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

According to the 2017 Kauffman Startup Activity Index , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity reached 86 percent, more than 12 percentage points higher than in 2009 at the height of the Great Recession. The average amount raised also increased to $175 million.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

While I can route them to hundreds of resources on the Internet for individual pieces of this task, I never found an online platform that integrates all the required activities, until now. Marty: How does Gust Launch relate to your existing Gust online platform to connect investors to growing startups?

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