TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Today, one of the companies that is supplying produce and other items both to consumers and other services that are in turn selling food and groceries to them, is announcing a new round of funding as it gears up to take its next step, an IPO. Source tell us it is now between $400 million and $500 million.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Just Insure , a pay-per-mile insurance technology company, has raised $8 million in a funding round. . million since its January 2019 inception. Also, with so many people shifting to working from home over the last year, Just says it has seen increased demand this year. So as customers drive, their balance declines.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 5, 2019

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -- San Diego FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in San Diego, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! We're doing it again!

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The financiers funding the company’s plans are a mix of Silicon Valley venture capital firms and members of Hollywood’s elite, which is only fitting for a company whose headquarters are in Los Angeles, but whose business takes it to the far flung research centers and launch facilities which support the U.S. space industry.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here are five exciting examples (in alphabetical order): Appetize, a cloud-based point-of-sale platform for large venues, recently raised funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, the NFL and the Dodgers. Nonetheless, I expect that in 2019 the VC market will shift toward demanding profit.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

.” This historical look at Uber and its self-driving tech unit, Uber ATG, should be considered alongside more recent news, including that it’s in negotiations with investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund, to secure an investment as large as $1 billion for its autonomous vehicles unit. Deal of the week. Megan Rose Dickey.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

And in addition to streamlining biofuel production, Reversion is also developing ways to improve energy storage for when supply exceeds demand, taking a multi-pronged approach to sustainable power generation. . This April, the startup raised a staggering $4 million in a seed funding round. Screenshots from Wander's mobile app.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2019

A recent high-profile one, Theranos , the blood-testing company, had no trouble getting customers, but promised more than their technology could deliver, Another, Shyp , an early on-demand delivery platform, blamed their demise on premature scaling. Demand continuous innovation to keep up with change. Capitalize on what already exists.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Why you should set up a board at the seed round of funding I know these days with SAFE documents and rolling convertible notes many founders prefer not to set up a board early on. What happens at the A-round of venture capital? How does control start to change at the B-round of funding? But it’s quite rare.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , the first half 2019 global IPO activity slowdown continued, following an unusually quiet Q1 2019 as ongoing geopolitical tensions and trade issues dampened IPO sentiment. Startup founders don’t fit in a public company.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

When I got to LA after I graduated from college in 2005, I pursued it full time, and we quickly grew that company to over $5M in revenues a year, without any kind of funding. That was the first time I raised any kind of capital, $600,000 in capital, for a social gifting platformback when Facebook was very generous with data.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

Kos Galatsis: A lot of startups funded these days are software companies, and they do not have to do real hardware like they used to ten years ago. They are very few and far between, partially because the demand is not out there. I think we're one of the black sheep, and a pretty unique play in the startup world because of that.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2020

Yeah, Valence announced > $5 million in funding led by GGV and Upfront. It is a company with a mission to create better access and more funding for Black entrepreneurs and executives. “I gotta say it was a good day.” I’m so fricking pumped today. Really, truly. That IS a big deal, but I’ll get to that.

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