TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Designed to be a collaborative startup company incubator alongside corporate partners, Launchpad focuses on developing new consumer tech businesses focused on M13’s main investment areas: health, food, transportation, and housing. M13, for its part, is developing a strong team of women partners who are investing at the firm.

Startup

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

” Maven was designed to bring and expand several of GM’s existing test programs under one brand. The peer-to-peer car rental service was designed to operate in a similar fashion to how Turo and Getaround work. The service’s demise seemed to begin after the company lost its CEO Julia Steyn in January 2019.

Los Angeles

TechCrunch LA

JULY 15, 2019

AllBright , the London-based women’s membership club backed by private real estate investment firm Cain International , has raised $18.8 The company’s new round was led by Cain International and was designed to take AllBright into three U.S. million to expand into the U.S.

West Hollywood

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The funding came from VRD Investment, Doehler Ventures, DLF Venture, Maropost Ventures, and HNWI, along with a number of family offices. Lyre's said it originally launched in July of 2019 in Australia. Los Angeles-based Lyre's Non-Alcoholic Spirit Co. in a seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

Seed Funding

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The 29 year-old CEO has, indeed, built a decentralized ghost kitchen — and managed to convince Softbank’s latest Vision Fund to invest in a $120 million round for that the company announced today. “Nextbite is a portfolio of delivery-only restaurant brands that exist only on UberEats, DoorDash, and Postmates.”

Funding

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. “Our entire investment strategy is to invest at the inflection points where things cross over from froniter to mainstream investments,” says Knauf.

Chief Technology Officer

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Abodu began installing homes through a pre-approval process back in 2019, when the city of San Jose created a program that allowed developers of alternative dwelling units to submit plans for pre-approval to cut the time for homeowners. That approval process means that ADU developers like Abodu can be permitted in one hour. Photo via Abodu.

Outsource Development

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

But in the face of a global pandemic, every company has had to improvise and in the few months since its launch in 2019, that’s just what Bümo did. The two met in their early twenties when Nguyen was trying to launch a fashion business and Lim was solidifying her career as a social media celebrity and designer. .

Los Angeles

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The first offerings will be launching in the beginning of 2019, but the company has dozens of customers already using its pilot, McCorkle said. As one of a crop of venture investment firms and studios cropping up in the Midwest, High Alpha is something of a bellwether for the viability of the venture model in emerging ecosystems.

Chief Technology Officer

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes. Understanding how your company will change as you move through these phases is critical if you hope to scale to a large business one day. Seriously, this happens.

Startup

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2020

    We became the largest accelerator in Southern California with 80 investments in over 30 countries globally. We now invest in more companies, include better trainers and involve 3 times more investors in the demo days. it's hard to describe just how good our investment, growth, operations and outreach team is.

Southern California

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2019

Walsh is a global consultant and thought leader on designing companies for the 21 st century, and he has listened and consulted with many leaders on how to thrive in this era of disruptive technological change. Look for ways to collect data on how to work, and design ways for all to continually check for results and new approaches.

Artificial Inteligence

Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

” Sharper Startup Focuses Warrant Investment. “RFP and response management software combined with PreSales is a strategic area for investment at the moment for a lot of VC’s and PE companies, so it feels like Avnio is in the right place at the right time.”. However, investors have seen fit to pump $31.2

Startup

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Evelozcity rebranded as Canoo in spring 2019 and unveiled its prototype electric vehicle several months later. Samsung appears to be yet another company stepping back from a pursuit of full autonomy and refocusing efforts and investments towards advanced driver assistance technology. We hear a lot. But we’re not selfish.

Newsletter

Southern California Edison Blog

JULY 29, 2020

eliminate extraneous expenses and reduce investment risks. million, according to a Ponemon Institute and IBM Security 2019 Cost of a Data Breach report 1. Enterprises investing in private networks and security tools can minimize the risk of a costly malicious attack. Enterprises looking to improve their network.

Networking

Tech Coast Venture Network

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Business owners have been asking a lot of questions about the new rules; these answers are designed to provide some clarity around a complex topic. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the credit could amount to $40 billion in savings for four million small businesses by 2019. It depends on the size of the company.

Slides

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. Ilya Pozin: We launched in April of 2014, and sold in March of 2019, so just five years. So are you now looking at new projects and investments? How long did it take from starting this to the exit?

Startup

Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 2, 2019

To keep pace, carriers are making strategic infrastructure investments to expand and improve coverage. T-Mobile and Sprint, for example, invested billions of dollars in 2017 to bring 5G service to customers in the US by 2019.¹. Customers are demanding denser coverage and higher speeds in expanding areas.

Networking

StartUp Beat

JUNE 22, 2018

Amit Thakkar: During the process of designing and building LawMaker, we spend two years talking to and surveying thousands of Americans about their civic habits and feeling about political engagement. People who claim to be invested in politics are either screaming at each other or beginning to check out mentally and emotionally.

Platform

TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Haus, like any good consumer startup in 2019, is shipped directly to your door. — Kate Clark (@KateClarkTweets) May 21, 2019. Founder Alix Peabody designed a line of female-focused canned rosé. Modsy scores $37M to virtually design your home. Beverages are being disrupted, there's no stopping it. Fundraising.

Startup

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. billion investment in 2018.

San Fernando

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2020

Building a mission into a business By the time Valence launched in late 2019, the team had built the necessary systems and technology to seamlessly engage and onboard the community?—?not Huge hats off to Kobie for the idea, energy, direction, evening hours and the foresight and salesmanship required to bring on Guy to take the helm.

Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2019

Image via Pixabay According to The Washington Post and WSJ, the economy has been slowing down around the world, and the US will follow suit before 2019 ends. You'll be investing your time and energy into something with more potential upside in future. Check your business network for a great co-founder or a great designer.

Startup

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Walmart’s been investing heavily in its e-commerce capabilities — too heavily for some investors’ tastes , in fact — in an effort to make up ground on Amazon and Google , both of which are already deep into the drone development process. The FAA estimates that up to 7,500 small commercial drones could be in use by 2019.

Commerce