socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2019

billion in venture capital in Q4 of 2018, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource , released on Friday. According to the report, Los Angeles garnered the lion's share of the local funding, with $1.77 billion invested, which Dow Jones called "and unprecedented quarter and year". Southern California raised $2.96

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based j2 Global , the online services and publishing giant, reported on Monday that its Q1 2018 quarterly revenues grew to $280.6 According to j2 Global, it ended the quarter with approximately $400M in cash and investments, after spending around $100M for acquisition and its regular quarterly dividend.

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Southern California Acquisition Los Angeles Activity 162

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Ecommerce company Etsy is hiking its transaction fees for sellers for the first time since 2018. Etsy revealed the change in emails to sellers as well as a report to investors yesterday. The transaction fee was last upgraded in 2018, when it went from 3.5% Starting on April 11th, fees will rise from 5% to 6.5% for each sale.

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Sales Startup Activity Email 155

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2020

According to Fair Stewart served as CEO of XOJet from 2013 to 2018, eventually steering the company through an acquisition by its parent company, Vista Global. The appointment of a new CEO comes only seven months after replacing its CFO and cutting nearly half of its staff. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Acquisition Report Invest 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Saudi Arabian Price Al-Waleed Talal said on Tuesday that he has invested $250M in Snap, taking a 2.3 The investment injection comes as Snap announced its Q2 results, where the company reported a net loss of $353.3M in the three months ended June 30, 2018, on revenues of $262M. percent stake in the company.

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Venice Snapchat .Net Invest 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based electric car maker Faraday Future is facing new financial woes this morning, after the Chinese company which bailed out the company at the end of 2017 filed notice that it would seek to terminate a deal to invest a total of $2 billion into Faraday Future, reached last year. READ MORE>>.

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Layoffs Los Angeles Invest Report 113

Tech.Co

APRIL 30, 2018

Their financial planning tool helps people track their spending, investments, and credit rating all in one mobile platform. Powered by blockchain technology, this groundbreaking fintech company is one to watch, no matter what you’re invested in. in Spring 2018. The Washington, D.C. Head of Business Development for U.S.

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Startup Tool Platform Metrics 70

Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Fueled by so-called mega-funds, investment in U.S.-based In the third quarter VC investments totaled nearly $28 billion, bringing the year’s total as of Sept. 30 to more than $84 billion, according to the latest quarterly Venture Monitor report , which is produced by the National Venture Capital Association (NCVA) and PitchBook.

Venture Capital 81

Venture Capital Capital Invest Report 81

Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

In a report by the National Student Clearinghouse only 18 percent of women graduated with a science degree in 2014. This year at CES 2018 Eureka Park, the mega startup hub of the conference, the hottest early-stage startups from around the world will showcase their products and services aimed at disrupting their respective industries.

Artificial Inteligence 70

Artificial Inteligence Startup Product Cloud Computing 70

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

According to reports, about 25 employees are being laid off as a result of the shutdown of the service, which had offered up access to subscription content for $6 a month. The service will be shut down in January of 2018. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Media Services Resource 113

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

It echoes the same message from Kik’s chief executive Tim Livingston last week when he rebuffed earlier reports that the company would shut down amid an ongoing battle with the U.S. In 2017, TechCrunch reported that Whisper underwent significant layoffs to stave off collapse and put the company on a path to profitability.

Social Network 153

Social Network Los Angeles Social Media Blogging 153

Xconomy

JULY 9, 2018

venture capital investments swelled to a level not seen since the dot-com era of the early 2000s. companies through the first six months of 2018, according to the latest Venture Monitor report produced quarterly by Seattle-based PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Last year, U.S. billion into U.S.

Venture Capital 64

Venture Capital Funding Invest Capital 64

Xconomy

JULY 19, 2019

Soaring prices of Bitcoin and other so-called digital tokens were attracting investments from speculators hoping to get rich quick—but these virtual coin values were also known to drop just as suddenly, the US Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council noted.

Pricing 89

Pricing Report Invest Venture Capital 89

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2018

Brud , the actual company behind one of Instagram’s most popular virtual influencers (it’s a thing), has raised millions of dollars from Silicon Valley investors because this is 2018 and everything is awful. i am deeply invested in the drama surrounding lil miquela and now you all have to be too.

Social Media 254

Social Media Los Angeles Media Geni 254

Xconomy

APRIL 10, 2018

million into 37 startup companies throughout San Diego County during the first three months of 2018, maintaining roughly the same level of venture funding seen in recent quarters, according to the Venture Monitor Report. The amount of capital invested in the San Diego area was up slightly from the $541.2

San Diego 66

San Diego Venture Capital Funding Report 66

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed. So VCs made fewer investments at lower prices and generally on terms that were more favorable to investors relative to 2015. billion into Uber.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 150

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Welcome back to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. This is where investigative reporting, enterprise pieces and analysis on transportation lives. This investment would give Uber ATG a valuation of between $5 billion and $10 billion, WSJ reported.

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San Fernando Los Angeles Commerce News 217

Xconomy

APRIL 9, 2018

companies during the first three months of 2018—marking the strongest single quarter in at least a dozen years, according to the Venture Monitor Report released today by Seattle-based PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). billion that VCs invested in the first quarter of 2017. billion into U.S.

Venture Capital 74

Venture Capital Funding Capital Report 74

Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2018

The final number of data breaches reported was 1,579, a 45 percent increase over 2016’s number of data breaches. Businesses continued to suffer the majority of breaches and more than eight times the number of Social Security numbers were exposed in 2017 than in 2016,” according to a report by the Identity Resource Center. to 12:00 p.m.

Report 70

Report Startup Resource Activity 70

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

The Verge was the first to report the story. A wave of other initiative and investments were announced in 2016 that showed GM’s shift in interest toward unconventional transportation businesses that were adjacent to its core business of producing, selling and financing cars, trucks and SUVs to consumers.

Los Angeles 215

Los Angeles Technical Review Email Services 215

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The 2018 Winter Olympics will end soon, and we did not skate through these games without a performance-enhancing drug allegation rearing its ugly head. This time, the drug in question was meldonium (Mildronate), a product widely available over the counter in Russia and some Eastern European countries.

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Report Marketing Product San Diego 52

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I’m your host, Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. This week, TechCrunch reporter Romain Dillet reported that Coup, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bosch that operates an electric moped scooter-sharing service in Berlin, Paris and Madrid, is shutting down. At least for now.

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Newsletter Startup Los Angeles Tips 135

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2019

With a new chief executive officer and $4 million in fresh funding from investors including the Los Angeles-based investment firm, Upfront Ventures, Territory Foods is poised for growth.

Services 133

Services Los Angeles Funding Commerce 133

Tech.Co

JANUARY 29, 2018

One of the best places for startups to expand their playbook is to participate in CES 2018 Eureka Park. Through] CTA, you have access to wealth of consumer research reports, discounts for seminars and conferences such as CES, and networking opportunities with industry professionals through the CTA Mentor program,” Koduri said.

Startup 87

Startup Mentor Artificial Inteligence Research 87

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The team leader told Reuters that clinical trials could start in 2018. —Separately, Bristol reported that nivolumab (Opdivo) became the first cancer immunotherapy drug to help patients with certain forms of stomach cancer live longer than they would on standard chemotherapy. . Alex Lash contributed to this report.

Patents 87

Patents Study Pricing Research 87

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Station F is the brainchild of Xavier Neil, a tech billionaire and serial entrepreneur, who invested millions in acquiring and refitting the building. In 2018, Station F plans to add 100 shared apartments for entrepreneurs and a sports center 10 minutes away from Campus. Factory Berlin. Factory Lisbon.

Startup 70

Startup Google Venture Capital Outsource Development 70

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The image of a self-proclaimed expert who can generate a report, make a great presentation, and leave you to do the implementation, is just not attractive when you don’t have a staff, and you are already overloaded with the crisis of the day. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/08/2018.

Social Media 56

Social Media Software Review Customer Custom 56

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

—Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, a pediatrician, said the Zuckerberg-Chan Initiative, a holding company for their Facebook fortune, would invest $3 billion to “cure, prevent, or manage all diseases” by the end of the century. — Ben Fidler contributed to this report.

Research 40

Research Technical Review Startup Develop 40

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. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment.

Startup 128

Startup Social Media Satisfaction Entrepreneur 128

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

adult now spends a reported 5 hours and 38 minutes on the web – advances have been made in the way individuals and small businesses operate in the digital world, which will grow even more this year. “For percent in 2016,and to be almost double 2015 levels by 2018. While a huge push will come from China and the U.S.

Commerce 40

Commerce Mobile Technical Review Google 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Bloomberg reports that forty-nine percent more companies went public in 2017 versus 2016. Last year 200,000+ American angels invested an estimated $25 billion in more than 71,000 startup deals. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Satisfaction 66

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Investment risk management. Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. billion by 2018.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Social Media Study Guide 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2019

According to current reports , both your employees and your customers have to feel they know you, and you know them, before levels of trust can accrue. Employees need to see career growth and investment in the people around them, and feel all have access to the training and guidance to get the same opportunities.

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Customer Custom Mentor Training 92