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APRIL 22, 2019

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 -- Start-up World Cup - Los Angeles Regional Pitch Competition.

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Startup Los Angeles Competition Angel 100

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

For my partner, Craig Cummings, and I - 2019 was our first full year as Venture Capitalists! Our 2019 investment in Backtracks, a developer of podcast analytics software, has shown fantastic traction and continues to provide value to podcast creators helping them to better understand their listeners and monetize their content.

Capital 100

Capital Technical Review Truecar Venture Capital 100

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

As the Preccelerator has grown, we have continually seen stronger and stronger early stage ventures, led by better and better entrepreneurs. We are working hard to improve the Preccelerator, but it is really a testament to how strong the start-up ecosystem has become in Los Angeles. AI, hands down.

News 113

News LAVA Startup Incubator 113

TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2021

Builders VC led the round, which included participation from Celtic, Newfund and Wish co-founder Danny Zhang. So in 2019 she founded Eano , a San Francisco-based startup that aims to walk a homeowner through a renovation and help connect individual contractors with new clients. They were not reliable and bad at communication.”.

Technical Review 185

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Software Review 185

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JUNE 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based Pipe Technologies , which is developing a subscription financing platform to help software companies finance their businesses without debt or dilution, has raised $60M in a funding round, the company said on Wednesday. Pipe was founded in September 2019 by Harry Hurst, Josh Mangel, and Zain Allarakhia.

SaaS 113

SaaS Seed Funding Venture Capital Equity 113

TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a newsletter published every Saturday that dives into the week’s most noteworthy venture deals, fundraises, M&A transactions and trends. Haus, like any good consumer startup in 2019, is shipped directly to your door. — Kate Clark (@KateClarkTweets) May 21, 2019.

Startup 223

Startup Venture Capital Newsletter Tips 223

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JUNE 17, 2020

Los Angeles-based Allset , a startup which allows users to book a table and pre-order food at restaurants, said it has launched a new app and website. The company said the upgraded app and website will make it easier for its users to find and gte food they want from local restaurants. The new app works on both iOS and Android.

Funding 113

Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles Invest 113

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 15, 2020

As coronavirus keeps offices closed, wealthy venture capitalists are moving out of apartments in San Francisco and New York and decamping to other vacation-friendly zip codes. In San Francisco, a city known for high housing costs, rates for a one-bedroom apartment have dropped 9% from a year ago.

Invest 161

Invest Funding Los Angeles Venture Capital 161

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JUNE 23, 2020

Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures has just kicked off an effort to raise a new, $280M venture capital fund, Upfront VII, L.P. Upfront Ventures started raising $250M in a growth fund, Upfront Growth II, back in June of 2019, and raised its last core fund, Upfront VI, back in June of 2017.

GRP Partners 113

GRP Partners Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles 113

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 23, 2019

The goal is to shorten trips made excruciatingly long due to bad traffic in major cities like New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. — Tyler Babin (@Tyler_Babin) March 11, 2019. New work with @flybladenow pic.twitter.com/eONvKU3rhM.

Van Nuys 279

Van Nuys Help Startup Google 279

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

He is one of Los Angeles' most active angel investors, with more than $2.5B Systems that are beyond just donating proceeds to efforts, but companies where the operational success is tied to actual positive environmental impact. Mike Jones is an internet executive, investor, and strategic advisor and the CEO of Science, Inc.

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Activity Organization News 100

TechCrunch LA

JULY 24, 2019

Cann , a Los Angeles-based purveyor of CBD and THC-infused intoxicants, is rolling out its first major distribution through the venture-backed delivery service Eaze as it begins to hit the streets in California. Cann, did a soft launch in June with a limited release across four MedMen stores in Los Angeles.

Company 241

Company Companies Los Angeles Startup 241

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Los Angeles-based Orca Security, a cloud-based security provider, has raised a big, $550M Series C funding round, with a valuation of $1.8 Orca Security was founded in 2019. billion, the company said this morning. The company--led by CEO Avi Shua--said the new funding was led by Temasek.

Redpoint 113

Redpoint Los Angeles Capital Funding 113

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Westlake Village BioPartners , a brand new venture capital fund focused on the life sciences, said on Wednesday that it has launched a new, $320 investment fund aimed at early stage companies. According to the new venture fund, it was founded by Beth Seidenberg, M.D., executive vice president and head of R&D at Amgen.

Westlake Village 100

Westlake Village Funding Venture Capital Research 100

TechCrunch LA

JULY 21, 2020

When Upfront Ventures partner Kara Nortman first met Natalie Portman a few years ago to talk about ways their non-profit organizations All Raise and Time’s Up could collaborate, she never realized they’d eventually be partners on a sports franchise. “We’re venture capitalists.

Writing 171

Writing Los Angeles Equity Startup 171

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Personal mobility and transportation innovation are absolutely massive issues for citiesespecially Los Angelesand we watch the categories closely. First, within our portfolio I am really excited about Wheels (Crosscut led the seed round at the end of 2018).

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Southern California News Platform Class 100

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Los Angeles-based live shopping streaming marketplace operator Whatnot said on Thursday that it has raised $150M in a Series C funding. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, YC Continuity, and new investor CapitalG, along with angel investors Andre Iguodala, Logan Paul, Gokul Rajaram, and Nilam Ganenthiran.

Los Angeles 113

Los Angeles Platform Sites Funding 113

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 15, 2021

Saltbox opened its first facility — a 27,000-square-foot location — in its home base of Atlanta in late 2019, filling it within two months. The company plans to end 2021 with eight locations, in particular eyeing the Denver, Seattle and Los Angeles markets. This is costing companies in significant but untold ways.”.

Commerce 237

Commerce Help Startup Los Angeles 237

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

first spotted the vote news ; Bird is based in the Los Angeles metropolitan agglomeration. For example, Bird had gross margins that were negative in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Shares of the SPAC were off as far as 20% before recovering. News broke in May that Bird was looking at a SPAC-led debut on the public markets.

News 148

News Los Angeles Examples Pricing 148

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JANUARY 7, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions for 2019 from Southern California's technology industry. My biggest takeaway this year was truly understanding the strength and cohesion of the Los Angeles startup community.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Software Review Startup Coach 157

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen , Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Nonetheless, I expect that in 2019 the VC market will shift toward demanding profit. Rob Freelen is the Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com), where he leads SVBs technology practice.

Southern California 133

Southern California SoCal Culver City Venture Capital 133

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Los Angeles-based Lyre's Non-Alcoholic Spirit Co. 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. in a seed funding round.

Seed Funding 113

Seed Funding Los Angeles Funding Design 113

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. Speaking onstage at the Upfront Summit, an event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

IBM 164

IBM IBM Venture Capital Invest 164

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.

Chief Technology Officer 168

Chief Technology Officer SpaceX Los Angeles Venture Capital 168

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Ways2H is led by CEO Jean-Louis Kindler; the company said it received an initial "friends and family" investment round in 2019, with an investments from Dennis Poulsen, former chairman of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and CEO of Rose Hills Inc. READ MORE>>.

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Invest Product Long Beach Commerce 100

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Srinivasan (@balajis) March 8, 2019. In this case the barrier would be reduced access to capital. Srinivasan (@balajis) March 8, 2019. “I don’t think at the end of the day venture capital is worrying about competition from these big platform companies. Often that barrier is licensing. — Balaji S.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Startup Chief Technology Officer Social Media 144

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 145

Chief Technology Officer SaaS Metrics Customer 145

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

CrossCut Ventures, ManchesterStory and Western Technology Investments co-led the investment, which brings its total raised to $15.3 million since its January 2019 inception. Just Insure , a pay-per-mile insurance technology company, has raised $8 million in a funding round. .

Startup 203

Startup Customer Custom Los Angeles 203

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

According to Clutter, it plans to expand into Philadelphia, Portland and Sacramento, among other markets, in 2019, and also will "double down" on its efforts in its current service areas of New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, San Diego, Orange County and northern New Jersey.

Demand 113

Demand Culver City Orange County San Diego 113

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Los Angeles-based NantCell , one of the biotech companies run by billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, has raissed another $30M from Celgene , according to the two companies. According to NantCell, it has now raised a total of $105M from Celgene which values NantCell at $4 billion. READ MORE>>.

Invest 113

Invest Los Angeles Startup Product 113

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

CEO of Patreon Jack Conte attends VidCon 2019 at Anaheim Convention Center on July 12, 2019 in Anaheim, California (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images). Another company, Tribe , has similarly raised VC to grow its American footprint. Attached to that, brands are becoming much more savvy in how to run influencer campaigns.”.

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

One recent example of this phenomenon is Tamsyn Muir’s “Gideon the Ninth,” published in 2019, which the New York Times called “a devastating debut that deserves every ounce of hype it’s received.” But Muir isn’t secretive that she got her start writing fan fiction. This mistrust goes back years to the founding of Archive of Our Own.

Writing 196

Writing Outsource Development Technical Review Examples 196

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JANUARY 11, 2017

One of the companies on that journey is Los Angeles-based Carbonics (www.carbonics.com), which is taking technology developed in the labs of USC and UCLA, and bringing it to use in the wireless semiconductor market. The company's CEO, Kos Galatsis , spoke to us a few years ago at the very beginning of their journey. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

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JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. 2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. How do we plan to do it?

Startup 408

Startup Venture Capital Writing Invest 408

TechCrunch LA

JULY 15, 2021

Abodu has been active in the market, selling and building its ADUs since the fall of 2019. So far, it’s operating in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Seattle. 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.

Los Angeles 322

Los Angeles Customer Custom Startup 322

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. As an early-stage VC I love this phase. No prizes for guessing what some of MakeSpace’s innovations will be in 2018 and 2019. We used our refined playbooks for LA and figured this time we knew how to launch a market.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

Clio last raised in September of 2019 when it brought in $250 million in a Series D financing. The investment also brings its total capital raised since its 2008 inception to $386 million. Newton was tight-lipped about the company’s financials, saying only that since its 2019 raise, the company has seen “explosive” growth.

Platform 244

Platform Equity SaaS Los Angeles 244