TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans. Creators take a 60 percent cut of all revenue with the remainder going to Binary Bubbles, the Los Angeles-based startup behind the service.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 29, 2021

You know what a startup is, right? Or at least you have an idea of what a startup is like to work in? That is, of course, until the small, ambitious startup is acquired by a larger, more traditional company in its sector, or the small startup goes public with angry shareholders and regulators asking difficult questions.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 27, 2017

It’s six months down the road and time to check in on startup that had high hopes when the year began. Here are five trends startups are considering for their operations in 2017. The Harvard Business Review recommends two low-risk applications of blockchain technology that startups can try. Blockchain Technology.

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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.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Q-CTRL , a quantum computing startup started in Sydney, Australia, says it has set up a new, U.S. Biercuk; the company was founded in Australia in 2017. headquarters in Los Angeles. Q-CTRL said that the Los Angeles office is close to many of its key customers and research partners. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

We also started offering Factory Tour Workshops to entrepreneurs, with nearly 100 applying for the pilots. What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017? Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017? Check out the entertaining video here.) in August.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 16, 2021

Squarespace founder & CEO Anthony Casalena said the fresh capital will advance the company’s growth initiatives and help it scale its product suite. Squarespace, which has helped millions create their own websites, was founded in 2003 and bootstrapped until a $38.5 That round was raised at a $1.5 billion pre-money valuation.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

While a good idea can thrust you into the limelight and the right connections can boost your chances of success, startups need funding to survive. Thanks to data from Crunchbase , we can bask in the glory of the five highest funding rounds in 2017 so far. The post 5 Largest Funding Rounds Raised in 2017 appeared first on Tech.co.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

Read on for our top posts from 2017! ?? Traxo uses productboard to unite the world’s travel data productboard helps teams resurface key insights about user needs… “productboard has helped me focus on what’s important and avoid the rest… When we started out, our product was very feature oriented. Read more… ?? ?? ??

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JUNE 8, 2018

In what looks to be one of the fastest Series A-to-acquisition deals in recent years, a startup backed by Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand has just been acquired by HR software giant WorkDay. Rallyteam's machine learning software was used to help match their employees to skills, experiences, and interests. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2020

San Diego-based ClickUp , a startup which develops "remote work" software aimed at helping organizations collaborate on projects, has raised $35M in a Series A funding round. The company was founded in 2017. The funding was led by Craft Ventures, and also included Georgian Partners. Zeb Evans is Founder and CEO of ClickUp.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2019

On Tuesday, Haptik announced it has acqui-hired Convrg, a Los Angeles-based startup that develops chatbots, to serve customers in North America. Founded in 2017, Convrg has made a name for itself by developing several popular chatbots and voice products. You can’t expand in the U.S. sitting in India, or on a plane.”.

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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. Size of the new fund was not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2017

As an advisor to startups, and a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m still surprised at the number who are determined to go it alone. Even worse, when they figure out that they really need help, the first place they look is for an intern or untrained helpers. A startup has enough unknowns, without ignorance of the basics.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

Fika invests roughly half of its capital exclusively in startups headquartered in LA, with a particular fondness for B2B, enterprise and fintech companies. 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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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 23, 2017

Thursday, June 29, 2017 -- The Future of News. Startups In The Sky. How does tech help create the next golden age? Journalism, Media, and the Future Where does reporting go next? Can Fake News be stopped? See [link] (more)

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

Startup tech businesses used to land on the scene with big ideas about how their tech could change the world. Facebook, for example, decided in 2008 that its mission was to “help you connect and share with the people in your life.” But the trend for world-changing mission statements is waning in the startup sphere.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

Kevin sold his last company, Santa Barbara-based Graphiq, in July of 2017 to Amazon, but has a long history of successful companies, including founding DoubleClick. I ended up doing that for eight years, when it was bought by Amazon for use in Alexa, which is really cool. Congrats on the new name for your venture capital firm.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

Ettitude , the Los Angeles-based, direct-to-consumer startup making sustainable bedding and sleepwear from bamboo fibers, has raised a sustainably sized round that should keep the company going even in the face of an economic recession. she relocated and took her company with her. she relocated and took her company with her.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 25, 2022

Now it’s picking up some funding along with an endorsement Europe to further its growth. The startup has received €50 million (just under $57 million at today’s rates) from the European Investment Bank, the funding arm of the European Union. It has now made more than 2.5

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 8, 2017

Tuesday, June 13, 2017 -- Startups Uncensored. Fireside Chat w/ TaskRabbit Founder, Leah Busque, Startups Uncensored #54. This month's Startups Uncensored will be a fireside chat with TaskRabbit Founder, Leah Busque, hosted by Comparably Co-Founder and CEO, Jason Nazar.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2020

Team up with Black firms already doing the work. Some firms have said that they’re going to turn to HBCUvc , a nonprofit organization that helps students from historically Black colleges and universities enter venture and tech. Among the strategies? Read the whole HBCUvc blog post here.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Silicon Valley Bank , which provides banking services, loans, and other financial products to many startups in Southern California, has opened up its annual Startup Outlook Survey , according to the company this week. SVB said the results of the survey will be published in the first quarter of 2017.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

When I saw World Series Poker Champion Annie Duke speak in 2017, I was inspired to write an article describing some of her recruiting techniques. Don’t Confuse Luck With Skill – Most people who win with a weak poker hand attribute the outcome to skill, saying, “I knew that card would come up!” I was not disappointed.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

To help put things in perspective at year’s end, Xconomy reached out to Steve Guengerich, executive director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Dallas. A series of events this year—from the Equifax data breach to the foreign use of social media to influence the U.S.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 13, 2017

VentureWell, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that supports science and technology entrepreneurs, has selected a medical simulation startup founded by University of Maine students to receive funding and training. Breeding and his cofounders will receive a $5,000 grant from VentureWell to help build the company.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 4, 2018

It doesn’t matter if you start a company in a coworking space, a dorm room or on your couch, the struggle to build a tech business in this day and age is real. This year at CES 2018 at Eureka Park over 800 startups from around the world will descend on Las Vegas and meet individuals to help boost their business.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

But with online delivery services, a whole city’s worth of restaurant options opened up to consumers (as long as they were in your delivery area). “We’re creating a tool that helps the user and consumer navigate the delivery space,” he said. “I started talking to them four months ago,” Lipson said.

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TechCrunch LA

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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Xconomy

JANUARY 8, 2018

In China, 2017 was the year of the rooster. A record number of unicorn financings—venture-backed companies valued at $1 billion or more—helped drive U.S. billion in 8,035 companies (through 8,076 deals) in 2017, according to Venture Monitor data. venture funding to a total of $84.2 venture funding to a total of $84.2

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 7, 2019

While current technologies are not quite advanced enough to make Westworld a reality, startups are attempting to replicate the sort of human-robot interaction it presents in virtual space. I think in this age and time, that’s not what we want to get into,” Xinjie Ma, who heads up marketing for rct, told TechCrunch.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2019

Ever wonder what the origins were of some of the most successful local startups? SendGrid had a successful IPO in 2017 , and was acquired for $3 billion in February. One of the company's co-founders, Isaac Saldana, helped co-found the company in Anaheim. Techstars posted the seed pitch round deck for Sendgrid last week.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 8, 2017

December is the month where the flurry of the holidays are in full swing and students are starting to stress out in anticipation of final exams. This week in Startup Spotlight we found companies helping students get through their final exams, gift giving chatbots, getting out of email hell, and more. Gooroo (New York, NY).

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 29, 2018

Whether you’re an athlete or early-stage startup founder, getting your big break is a dream for any rookie. One of the best places for startups to expand their playbook is to participate in CES 2018 Eureka Park. But getting noticed by the right people is the just the beginning when it comes to launching your business.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 30, 2017

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 -- Roadmap to Commercialization. Why is the right business model critical to your venture start-up's success? This workshop series will help you determine and verify the right course for your start-up, raise your odds of being funded, and build a scale-able, sustainable company.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

The startup was part of the Techstars Dubai Accelerator earlier this year. Parker Wells: We do a lot of different things, but all of them are build around one core piece of technology, which we started working on at UCLA as researchers. We keep on moving up, and already have penciled out how the technology will scale.

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