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Q1 Seed Funding Deals Up From Last Year, Says Amplify LA

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in seed funding in Q1, which was up 2.5 percent from Q1 of 2017. The most active area for LA area seed investments was in media, entertainment, and gaming, with software-as-a-service businesses also bringing in significant seed funding. READ MORE>>.

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Reflections On 2017: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

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During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017? To start the day earlier and value routine in the morning.

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Trust & Will Hits 100K Members

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The company was founded in 2017, but only raised its Series A in December of 2019, when it raised $6M in funding. Trust & Will is backed by Link Ventures, Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Western Technology Investment, Techstars Ventures, Luma Launch and Halogen Ventures.

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Trust & Will Raises $2M to Advance Digitization of Estate Planning

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The team at Trust & Will, a San Diego-based startup founded in October of 2017, is betting that a good chunk of those people would shell out some money to outline an estate plan if the process were cheaper and easier. million in seed—in 2018 to advance its growing suite of products, digitized.

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Reflections on 2016: Grant Hosford, codeSpark

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This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. of seed funding and launching our popular subscription service for kids ages 4-10. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year?

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Down bad

TechCrunch LA

Things have already plunged so quickly at the signal of a recession that insiders fear a lengthy bear market could hit crypto far more brutally than expected — tearing tokens to lows far below the highs of the 2017 bull run. Metaverse play-and-earn company Atmos Labs brought in $11 million in a seed round led by Sfermion. TC+ analysis.

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Elementary Robotics raises cash to expand in Los Angeles’ growing robotics hub

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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. . That was around 2017, when the two first began brainstorming how they would build their company. Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6