TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. companies’ largest VC raised in 2018 , and no surprise here: the 10 largest rounds all topped out well north of $100 million. The San Francisco Bay Area is perhaps one of the best-known tech and startup hubs in the world. 2018 in perspective.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018? You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. For the startup CEO, it can be their most important job. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018?

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JANUARY 3, 2019

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 technology industry. As we close out our contributions for the end of 2018, here's Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital. Two big lessons in 2018. You just must keep truckin' on..

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. What was the biggest news for your firm in 2018? You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. Happy Holidays!

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JULY 5, 2018

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 -- "Flying With Unicorns" LAVA Awards Celebration 2018. Why You Should Attend: Connect with Startup CEOs, Venture Funded Companies, Venture Investors and thought leaders shaping the future of Los Angeles's technology ecosystem. Hemi Zucker is a Managing Principal of OCV Partners.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 10, 2018

On October 18 — just one week away — some of the most brilliant and innovative minds in reality creation will gather at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles to attend TC Sessions AR/VR 2018. Here are four reasons why you should buy a ticket and attend TC Sessions AR/VR 2018. Need a bit more convincing? Deep-dive discussions.

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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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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In that vein, we wanted to prepare you for the festivities by showcasing a few speakers that will be participating in sessions on Tech & Startups. When your résumé includes Google, the World Economic Forum, and a TED talk, speaking at SXSW 2018 is a walk in the park. Take a look at who you can see in Austin this year below!

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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. Beast Mode is taking on a new meaning in the startup world.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 22, 2019

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of posts sharing thoughts from industry and technology leaders about 2018 trends. A great example of that success for us here in the ecosystem is StockX and its success in 2018. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2018

One of the must-see startup events at CES 2018, the largest consumer electronics show in the world, is Eureka Park. It is here over 800 of the world’s most promising new companies will showcase their breakthrough technology. Startup Arlington CES 2017. makes Arlington a hotbed for tech startups to grow.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Raise as much as you can so long as you can keep the growth up. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? and Accel.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2018

2018 was a year of ups and downs for the business and technology community. Storylines in various sectors helped shape the overall narrative in 2018. It was a year of big exits—both IPOs and acquisitions—for tech and life sciences companies. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Getting face time with VCs or people of influence is an ongoing challenge for startup founders, and it may take layers of introductions to get to the right person. Kira is the Innovation Program Executive at NASA HQ within the Office of the Space Technology Mission Directorate Office. As the President of Start Co.,

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

Near the nation’s capital, Arlington, VA has a thriving startup community that supports female-led companies, startups in STEM, cyber security, defense, and everything in between aimed at improving the status quo. Meet the startups showcasing at Eureka Park Startup Arlington this year at CES 2018: BooleanGirl.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 30, 2018

Just across the Potomac river from our nation’s capital sits Arlington, Virginia, a beautiful city filled with bustling businesses, thriving tech startups , and an innovative vibe that is drawing founders to this growing region. . Headai launched the product in Finland and projects to start in the U.S. in Spring 2018.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

A new report, from Los Angeles startup investor Amplify LA , says that Los Angeles seed investment deals in Q3 were for the most part steady, with a total of $59.4M raised across 27 Los Angeles startups. The group says its tracking found that the average seed round size was $2.2M for the quarter.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

More than 5,000 startups were surveyed to create the data. According to the research, VC investment into London-based impact tech startups has grown by almost 800% (7.8 capital has produced 241 impact startups since 2006, with 95 companies founded in San Francisco. times) since 2015, compared to 3.1 times in Europe as a whole.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

A crypto scammer--who stole $22M from blockchain advisor Michael Terpin--is now facing up to 18 months in prison for his role in a 2018 SIM-swapping incident. Terpin was previously very active in the Los Angeles startup and technology industry. Terpin is a longtime backer of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Yellow , the accelerator program launched by Snap in 2018, has selected ten companies to join its latest cohort. The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S. — hailing from Mexico City, this startup makes mini games in augmented reality for brands and advertisers. Wabisabi Design, Inc.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 17, 2018

[ Editor’s note: This is part of a series of posts sharing thoughts from technology leaders about 2018 trends and 2019 forecasts. Today’s artificial intelligence technologies have demonstrated they’re capable of handling specific tasks, such as identifying pictures of cats or spotting cancer in CT scans.

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MAY 17, 2018

The insurance industry is an old industry, with a lot of contradictions--it's one where the more claims insurers pay to help customers, the less money the insurers make--and it's also one that hasn't been disrupted much yet by technology. Is it possible to use technology to replace the age-old system currently in use in insurance?

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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

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. Startups are working to centralize the experience but it’s going to look a lot different.

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DECEMBER 27, 2017

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 are you looking forward to most in 2018? Applications for Techstars LA 2018 open on January 8.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

View the Slideshow On November 4-6, Xconomy organized a meeting of the minds—an elite gathering of leaders in technology, business, healthcare, education, and energy—to discuss and demonstrate the key trends in their fields, heading into next year.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

On Lafayette Street in SoHo, young, fashionable women lined up around the block to enter a minimalist, millennial oasis, the most perfect Instagram feed brought to life. Glossier affirmed our inherent beauty, then reminded us that we can be even more beautiful if we buy their “Boy Brow” pomade, which sold one tube every 32 seconds by 2018.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. The Alliance is following the classic start-up trajectory: transition from the big idea to your beachhead product offering.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Below: Satellite image of the Woolsey Fire (visual spectrum), via the EU's Sentinel-2 satellite on Saturday, November 10, 2018. Below: Outline of the burn areas in the Woolsey Fire, via the EU's Sentinel-2 satellite on Saturday, November 10, 2018. Click for larger image. Click for larger image.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The venture firm--led by Arjan Schutte and Kathleen Utecht--makes investment in finance related technology companies. The company has been working on its fundraising since 2018, but only recently updated its filings to indicate it has now raised $117.2M The firm invests in financial technology companies.

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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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Xconomy

JANUARY 28, 2019

By nearly every measure, 2018 was a banner year for the venture capital industry, particularly in the healthcare technology sector. While certain sectors may now be demonstrating bubble-like tendencies, the data also reflect the activity of SoftBank’s ~$100 billion Vision Fund and other late start cross-over investors.

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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. Read about more emerging startups in the Maine ecosystem on TechCo .

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, SAIC and the Israel Aerospace Industries company, Techstars and Starburst Aerospace are launching an accelerator focused on the space industry in Los Angeles. With the help of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, the U.S. billion over the last year.

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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 Nestlé acquires healthy meal startup Freshly for up to $1.5B. Positive Food Co.,

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JANUARY 28, 2019

However, there is already the technology out therefrom San Luis Obispo-based Whitefox Defense (www.whitefoxdefense.com)  to both detect, and neutralize those drones. We spoke with founder and CEO Luke Fox to learn more about the company, and its technology. Explain how your technology works? How did the company start?

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