socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

San Diego-based sales enablement and marketing software developer Seismic said this morning that it has named Heather Cole as the company Vice President, Market Growth. Rowe Price, plus General Atlantic, JMI Equity, and Jackson Square Ventures; at the time of its last funding, in 2018 , the company was valued at more than $1 billion.

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JUNE 3, 2020

San Diego-based Evofem Biosciences , a publicly held, biopharmaceuticals company which is developing products in the area of women's sexual and reproductive health, says it has priced approximately $100M in common stock to the public. Evofem had its IPO back in 2018. Wainwright & Co. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Shares of Switchback II Corporation are off more than 14% in morning trading today, appearing to sell off sharply in the wake of news that the blank-check company’s merger with scooter company Bird has been approved by shareholders. For example, Bird had gross margins that were negative in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

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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. For many founders, getting noticed by investors, potential customers, incubators and other companies, is a necessity to take your product to the next level.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Irvine-based Viant, which develops advertising software, had a successful IPO on Wednesday, selling 10 million shares of its stock at $25 per share last night, above its initial estimated IPO price of $19.00 The company jumped all the way to $47.72 in 2018, and the acquisition of Adelphic in 2017.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 31, 2020

million more shares than anticipated and pricing at the high end of its planned range. The stock price closed at $21.80, up 28 percent. The company joins the public markets with four product candidates in its pipeline, all topical non-steroidal treatments being developed for seven dermatological indications.

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based HyreCar , a publicly listed, carsharing marketplace operator (Nasdaq: HYRE), says it has priced an offering of 3.5M The stock offering will provide the company gross proceeds of $10.5M, which it says it will use to expand sales and marketing, customer support, and technology investments to continue to grow its platform.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. Once uploaded, the company safeguards the data in their secure cloud.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2019

Though she was the de facto leader of the company, America of the last century was not ready to accept a female led company. Matson resigned and sold his shares to Ruth and Elliott less than two years after the company’s founding, due to health issues. million 2018 dollars. million, inflation adjusted).

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Xconomy

MAY 9, 2019

It will be hard to top last year’s flurry of biotech companies joining the public markets, but this week is shaping up to be the busiest for life science IPOs in recent memory. Five biotechs priced their IPOs and at least one more is coming. To date in 2019, 23 healthcare-related companies have gone public, the most of any sector.

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MARCH 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan , which develops software used to manage residential home service businesses, announced this morning that it has named Guy Longworth as the company's first Chief Marketing Officer. Rowe Price, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and ICONIQ Capital. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Representative, Richard (Dick) Gephardt as an advisor to the company. Gephardt, who previously was a member of the board of Ford Motor Company, has been a consultant to Fisker over the last five months, according to the firm.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

According to the two companies, Firmenich will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of SEnomyx for $1.50 The deal is an approximately 43 percent premium over the closing price of Senomyx on September 14th. According to the two companies, they expect the transaction to close in the fourth quarter of 2018.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In one of the biggest acquisitions out of Southern California's technology startup industry in recent years, Los Angeles-based Honey Science Corporation , which develops a savings discovery and price tracking tool, has been acquired by PayPal , in a deal worth approximately $4 billion. Honey was founded in 2012 by George Ruan and Ryan Hudson.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

the parent company of Snapchat , has raised $250M in the publicly held company from the Saudi royal family. Saudi Arabian Price Al-Waleed Talal said on Tuesday that he has invested $250M in Snap, taking a 2.3 percent stake in the company. in the three months ended June 30, 2018, on revenues of $262M.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

Clio , a software company that helps law practices run more efficiently with its cloud-based technology, announced Tuesday it has raised a $110 million Series E round co-led by T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. The round propels the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company to unicorn status, valuing it at $1.6 Image Credits: Clio.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. dot-com bonanza. Seed has become an option factory for many.

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2018

The company says it plans to launch in Southern California, plus additional states, in 2018 and 2019. The startup, led by CEO and co-founder Amit Haller, says it will use the funding to expand its product development efforts in artificial intelligence, double its headcount, and build out its model. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 13, 2020

In 2018 alone, venture investments in space topped $2 billion for the first time, and 187 investors wrote checks to 90 startups, according to Bryce Space and Technology. You can grab your ticket for a front-row seat to this event for the early-bird price of $349. Grab your tickets at these reduced rates before prices increase.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Glendale-based ServiceTitan , which develops software used by home services contractors to manage their businesses, has raised $165M in its Series D funding, the company said on Wednesday, giving the company a $1.65 Rowe Price, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and ICONIQ Capital. billion post-money valuation.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 9, 2019

Founded by serial travel entrepreneur Katelyn O’Shaughnessy, whose last company TripScope was acquired by Travefy, Doctours aims to connect patients with doctors to receive access to quality, affordable healthcare around the world. In 2018 alone, 14 million patients traveled abroad to seek healthcare, according to the company.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

With its third class of startups, Yellow, Snap’s in-house startup accelerator that launched in 2018, brought investors and founders together in private slack channels after a live-streamed presentation. This morning, Snap joined a host of startup accelerators shifting its demo day online amid the COVID-19 quarantine.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

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. What was the big news for you or your company this year? What are you looking forwardtomost in 2018?

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Xconomy

JULY 18, 2019

Initial public offerings took a brief summer break the week of Independence Day, but healthcare IPO activity resumed this week as three more companies joined the US public markets. Here’s a recap of the biotech companies that priced IPOs Wednesday evening. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

TechCrunch is heading to UCLA on October 18 and we’ve assembled some of the AR/VR industry’s most prescient founders, investors and executives to chat about the startups and trends driving virtual and augmented reality in 2018. While VR might not just be about gaming, it’s accurate to say that, in 2018, it mainly is.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 11, 2022

The company today has 12 outlets in 10 cities in the U.S. Gina Bartasi launched Kindbody, her third fertility startup, in 2018, after her own journey helped her understand just how broken and antagonistic the system is. A few years later, in 2015, the company was renamed Progyny after it was bought by Kleiner Perkins and TPG Biotech.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

San Diego’s ResMed (NYSE: ticker[[RMD]]) announced its intention to buy the privately held tech company on Monday. The purchase price is 25 times MatrixCare’s pro forma 2018 earnings of about $30 million (without taking into account interest, taxes, depreciation or amortization) on anticipated net revenue of about $122 million.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

When Ezra first launched about six months ago, the company was using magnetic resonance imaging machines to test for prostate cancer in men. But the company’s founder, Emi Gal, always had a larger goal. That’s still a steep price for customers to pay out of pocket.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 12, 2022

In 2018, co-founders Schuyler Deerman and James Chan started selling healthy meals at WeWork offices around Los Angeles out of giant Yeti coolers, standing around the kitchens during lunch time. “At We gained sort of a cult following because we had healthy meals at an accessible price point.”. Positive Food Co.,

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

The CEO of the high-performance Italian motorcycle manufacturer offered that point of optimism, as her Modena based EV company remains closed by government decree. Before the health crisis shutdown most of Italy, Energica had already seen larger demand for its high-performance e-motos, with a price range of $17,000 to $23,000.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 15, 2021

Redwood City, California-based Abodu, which builds prefabricated ADUs, was founded in 2018 to serve as a “one-stop shop” for building an ADU, or as some describe it, a home in a backyard. The company claims it can deliver an ADU in as little as 30 days in San Jose and Los Angeles thanks to the cities’ pre-approval process.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Source: hibobbie.com The company also raised an impressive $70 million in funding in June to acquire the legacy pediatric nutrition brand Nature’s One, bringing its total kitty up to $142 million and helping to secure its competitive advantage in the industry going forward. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. Runway AI user interface.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Taken together these “mega rounds” represent nearly half of the funding in 2018. If you fast forward one generation of tech companies it’s a completely different story. Companies are raising billions of dollars in the private markets and the valuations are enormous PRIOR to the IPO. trillion in value. Want some context?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 20 million registered developers in 2018. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This morning's contribution is from Krisztina 'Z' Holly host of the The Art of Manufacturing podcast and founder of MAKE IT IN LA (www.makeitinla.org), which supports connecting local manufacturers and high tech companies. What was the big news for your company this year? What are you looking forward to most in 2018?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2019

The company recently hired powerhouse executive Abby Coleman, the former vice president of marketing and strategy at Quidsi and head of e-commerce at Diapers.com as its new chief executive and is now looking to expand its footprint and unique approach to meal delivery beyond its current geographies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2022

These are willing to share data with a variety of companies if there is a perceived beneficial effect to the consumer behind the sharing. They believe that the benefits of sharing data are very much worth the price of providing access to their data. These are typically decision makers, shoppers, and early adopters.

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