TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

The firm was launched in 2017 by general partners Eva Ho and TX Zhuo, formerly of Susa Ventures and Karlin Ventures, respectively. So far this year, companies headquartered in the area have attracted roughly $25 billion in equity funding, according to data collected by PitchBook.

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socalTECH

JULY 3, 2017

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced, however, DexYP says the combined company will have pro forma net revenues of more than $2 billion in 2017. YP.com had been owned by private equity investor Cerberus Capital Management. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Thanks to data from Crunchbase , we can bask in the glory of the five highest funding rounds in 2017 so far. Didi Chixing, the Chinese ride-sharing giant, has had the largest funding round of 2017, with a $5.5 billion private equity round led by SoftBank , in addition to three other investors.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2018

Venice, California-based venture capital investor Fifth Wall says it has made a $135M investment in San Francisco-based real estate sales startup Opendoor , as part of a combined equity and debt funding. Fifth Wall's LPs include CBRE, Equity Residential, Hines, Host Hotels & Resorts, Lennar, Macerich, and Prologis.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2019

NetDocuments , the developer of a cloud-based platform for managing the documents of law firms and corporate legal and compliance departments which is backed by Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital , has scored a new, strategic funding. Clearlake acquired NetDocuments in 2017. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

These numbers are based off of reported data in Crunchbase, exclude private equity rounds and do not account for deals that may have already been closed but haven’t been publicly announced yet. In the chart below, we’ve plotted the count of supergiant venture rounds 1 topping out at $100 million or more through November 5. Although U.S.-based

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2021

The company is backed by private equity investor Inflexion Private Equity Partners, and was specifically created in 2017 to acquire companies in the optoelectronics industry; Halo says this is the third acquisition by the company since it was formed. Halo's CEO is Matt McCormick.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2017

El Segundo-based Internet Brands , which is owned by private equity investor KKR, agreed this morning to acquire WebMD in a deal worth approximately $2.8 The deal is expected to close in Q4 of 2017. According to WebMD, Internet Brands will pay $66.50 per share in cash for all of the outstanding shares of WebMD common stock.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2017

in total across 17 deals, for the quarter ending March 31st, 2017. The TCA said that 99 percent of the investment dollars were in Southern California, and all but one of the investments were early stage funding, including seed equity, Series A, or bridge to Series A funding. According to the TCA, it invested $3.8M

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2019

The company, based in Minneapolis, said the funding came from private equity investor Francisco Partners, and also included Clearlake Capital Group. Clearlake first made its investment in Perforce in late 2017. Size of the investment by Francisco Partners was not announced.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2019

Durkin had been CFO of the company from March 2012 until May of 2017. Neumann has only been at Activision since May of 2017, and previously had been Chief Financial Officer and EVP of Global Guest Experience at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts; he also had been at Providence Equity Partners and Summit Partners. READ MORE>>.

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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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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court makes a number of allegations against Stefan Krause and Canoo, including that Christina Krause was paid less than other founding members and not given the co-founder designation or the equity stake that often comes with that title despite being a founding employee.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2021

According to the company, the deal will take the company public under the ticker symbol DAVE, and give it a pro forma, fully-diluted equity value of approximately $4 billion. The company was launched in 2017, and now says it has over 10 million customers. million members.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2018

has raised $234M in a growth equity funding, the company said last week. The company has now raised more than $434M, including a $200M funding round received in May of 2017. El Segundo-based Radiology Partners , which operates a network of physician-owned radiology practices across the U.S.,

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

Friday, November 10, 2017 -- The StartEngine ICO 2.0 Hear from top leaders in cryptocurrency, blockchain, and equity crowdfunding about how the U.S. is already positioned to accommodate regulated coin offerings. And meet the ambitious entrepreneurs who are going to make it all happen. See [link].

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Invoca said Schmidlin will lead all aspects of Invoca's employee success function including people operations, talent acquisition, and learning and development, in addition to overseeing its culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2018

TaskUs, which is backed by private equity investor Blackstone, has a similar employee management challenge; in 2017, the company passed up more than 8,000 employees with significant operations in the Philippines, Santa Monica, Texas, and New Mexico. Ferguson will be based out of Denver. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 15, 2021

The California legislature changed laws in 2017 to make it easier to build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). Previous backer Initialized Capital also participated in the financing, along with Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, former Stockton, California Mayor Michael Tubbs, GGV investor Hans Tung and Paradox Capital’s Kyle Tibbitts.

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socalTECH

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? Traditional venture capitalists will focus on leading larger rounds of equity in fewer companies.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based e-commerce agency CPC Strategy has been acquired by digital marketing agency Elite SEM , according to private equity backer Mountaingate Capital. The acquisition is the third for Elite SEM since Mountaingate Capital acquired the comapny in 2017. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2018

Pulse Electronics said Egston had 2017 revenues of approximately $85M, and has 1400 employees. Pulse Electronics is owned by private equity investor Oaktree Capital Management. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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? General Assembly. Join a group of female investors and successful entrepreneurs for an open discussion on raising money for your new venture.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Here, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund, and has had some great success in the market. Jeb Spencer: We closed our nineteenth and twentieth software focused growth equity investments this year, a significant milestone for our firm.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

As 2017 comes to a close, we’re surveying business and technology leaders from around our network to get their perspectives on the year in tech—and what’s next. Xconomy: If you think public perception about the tech industry turned for the worse in 2017, what should the industry do to rebuild trust in 2018?

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Xconomy

JANUARY 9, 2020

Empirico, a biotech that has developed tools to analyze genomics data and use those insights to identify potential therapeutic targets, has signed a collaboration deal with antisense drug developer Ionis Pharmaceuticals that includes a $10 million equity investment.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Los Angeles-based point-of-sale technology developer Appetize said Tuesday that it has raised $20M in a new funding round, led by private equity investor Shamrock Capital Advisors. Oak View Group, led by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff, also participated, along other investors. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 25, 2022

Starship Technologies is describing this as a “quasi-equity facility”, meaning there is a venture loan involved in the mix. Based out of Los Angeles, Starship initially made its name, back in 2017, running pilots with delivery companies in the U.S. It has now made more than 2.5

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2018

for the year ended December 31, 2017. Although unusual, there are a number of local early stage companies that have pursued an early public offering rather than pursuing venture capital or private equity investment. The company has one, single underwriter for the IPO, Network 1 Financial Securities. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 16, 2020

With that in mind, the Watertower Ventures group, which launched in 2017 with a small, $5 million fund, is a return to those roots. The plan, even at the time, was always to raise a larger fund. “We want to connect them to the right person at those companies to create a commercial relationship.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2018

Los Angeles-based Reliam , the provider of consulting and managed services for the public cloud which is backed by private equity investor Great Hill Partners, is announcing this morning that it has acquired G2 Tech Group , a Boston-based provider of Amazon Web Services (AWS) consulting.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 21, 2019

During the summer of 2017, the rumor of a popup store in LA generated a crowd of 500. In October of 2017, Jebbia confirmed that the Carlyle Group made a significant investment in his business, rumored at $500 million for a fifty percent interest. When Supremes’ stores reopen, the lines routinely stretch for blocks.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Next year, we plan on building it into a bigger business and in April 2017, we'll be doing it again, but this time in New York. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017? What's the biggest lesson you learned this year? Alon Goren: Delegate!

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Xconomy

AUGUST 3, 2017

In an environment of microscopic interest rates, it is particularly interesting to read the Preqin 2Q17 Quarterly Update , which exhaustively tracks all things private equity and venture capital. In 2Q17 private equity funds raised nearly $121 billion across 206 funds; buyout.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2021

Stella Wu, who formerly worked as a growth product manager at Wish, got firsthand experience of the pain points related to the process when she bought her own house in 2017. “I Builders VC led the round, which included participation from Celtic, Newfund and Wish co-founder Danny Zhang. They were not reliable and bad at communication.”.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 14, 2024

Women-owned businesses still face disproportionate challenges when it comes to obtaining equity financing, government funding , and private loans. Some equity-focused organizations are trying to level the playing field, however, by offering female entrepreneurs cash injections to launch or grow their venture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2017

There are always non-cash alternatives, such as recruiting partners with equity and bartering services. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 12/23/2017. Fundraising is stressful and difficult, which is why 90 percent of successful entrepreneurs choose bootstrapping (self-funding).

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