TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

first spotted the vote news ; Bird is based in the Los Angeles metropolitan agglomeration. News broke in May that Bird was looking at a SPAC-led debut on the public markets. 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.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

million round led by Los Angeles firm Upfront Ventures, with participation from Mucker Capital and Matchstick Ventures. A big part of our mission is to get people comfortable on buses again as a viable alternative to air travel in certain markets.”. billion in a round led by the private equity firm GPI Capital this week.

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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. — Dan Primack (@danprimack) January 29, 2020. We went out to market to LPs.

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JUNE 23, 2021

How do you reinvent your startup-focused on in-person, grass roots marketing-in the face of a global pandemic? Our interview this morning is with Alex Nocifera of Los Angeles-based Field Day. For example, one lever we have is to send 20 ambassadors to the universities in Los Angeles, and handle out collateral and materials.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Jennifer Schwab, the founder and CEO of Entity, has built the business since 2016 on virtually no outside funding, but said that this latest financing is a precursor to the company working on its first, more traditional VC-led equity round. Entity’s own story fits into both of those story lines.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Another good online approach is a simple Internet search for articles like the “ The top 40 startup accelerators and incubators in North America in 2020 ” But don’t expect incubators to magically convert your pre-hatched idea into a successful company.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 7, 2020

Perhaps the clearest view of the conundrum startups face has come from the Los Angeles-based investor Mark Suster, who “open-sourced” his own firm’s advice on how to approach the Paycheck Protection Loans — the $. — Mark Suster (@msuster) April 7, 2020. It’s a sign of a broader failure in the market.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 15, 2021

housing market persists. Then on January 1, 2020, the state of California made it dramatically easier to add extra housing units to single-family home sites. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

Financial capital – revenue, equity, debt, funding. Key sources of financial capital for any startup community must include friends and family, local angel investors, and venture capital access. Institutional capital – markets, system of laws, stability. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/07/2020.

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