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JUNE 29, 2021

a second seed funding. The funding came from MetaProp and Allegion Ventures, plus Singtel Innov8, Greycroft, and ANIMO Ventures. The company said the seed II fund brings its total raised to $9.5M, including a $3M funding round in February of 2020.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2020

“Kobe was loved in Los Angeles,” wrote Mark Suster , managing partner of the Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Upfront Ventures , in a private message to TechCrunch. billion investment vehicle that was launched in partnership with the private equity fund, Permira, according to a report in USA Today.

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JUNE 15, 2020

The Tech Coast Angels says it has launched a new, annual fund, and is continuing to invest--despite the pandemic. The angel group, the largest in the nation, said it invested over $19M in 2019, in part due to a similar fund created by its San Diego chapter, the TCA-San Diego, last year.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 13, 2020

It’s also a factor for gig and sharing economy companies like Postmates, Instacart, Lyft, Uber, Airbnb and others — companies which were venture capital darlings for their novel approach to excess resources (be it cars, spare time, or space). billion emergency funding package.”

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2021

Los Angeles-based Topia, a startup which is developing video chat tools that work inside what it says are "fully customizable virtual worlds", has raised $5M in a seed funding round, the company said late Wednesday. The funding was led by Seven Seven Six, the venture capital fund run b Alex Ohanian, and also included Bonfire Ventures.

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MAY 19, 2021

in a funding from the Government of Canada, to modernize and expand its Ontario, Canada biomanufacturing site. Resilience was founded during the pandemic, in 2020, and says it is building a network of high-tech, end-to-end manufacturing solutions to ensure medicines can be made quickly, safely, and at scale.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2020

— Laurent Grill (@laurentgrill) March 18, 2020. That’s a strong list of companies including The Wave, Community, Lensabl and others that are well-situated to make it through the crisis, but corporate venture is often constrained as their parent companies look internally and new investments aren’t on the short-term horizon.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Here again, the entrepreneur will be the one hurt most, by having fewer funding sources to access.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2020

The Orange County arm of Southern California's largest, angel investment group--the Tech Coast Angels --said today that it has opened up a new fund, the TCA OC Fund 20 , the first in a set of annual funds which will go to invest in startups in the region. The new fund will take investments from the TCA's accredited members only.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 29, 2021

million from investors Trucks VC, Kapor Capital, JFF, Energy Impact Partners and The Fund. This round values the startup, which was founded in January 2020, at $11 million post-money. The funds will be used to build out its platform, hire beyond its 27-person workforce and expand its service area. .

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 4, 2020

— Doug Rand (@doug_rand) April 4, 2020. Apparently that didn’t happen, as Mark Suster, the managing partner of Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures, noted in a tweet. — Mark Suster (@msuster) April 4, 2020. — Matt Hottle (@MattRedhawk) April 4, 2020. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 4, 2020.

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APRIL 30, 2019

in a Series A funding, according to the company. The startup said the funding was led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital (PGVC), and also included Okapi Venture Capital, Fika Ventures, and Mucker Capital.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Slingshot Aerospace is venture backed by ATX Venture Partners, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Techstars Ventures, and Okapi Venture Capital, along with angels. The company has raised $17M in total funding, including an $8M round in October of 2020.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Aaron Fyke , the founder and Managing Director of Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com), a venture capital firm in the energy and sustainability space. With support from prior backers of mine, Thin Line Capital was launched. 2020 will see the final close of Thin Lines first fund.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

Just over three months after its last funding round, European fintech giant Klarna is announcing today that it has raised another $639 million at a staggering post-money valuation of $45.6 In all of 2020, it processed $53 billion in volume. Meanwhile, in 2020, Klara hit over a billion in revenue. Making sense of Klarna.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Los Angeles-based hospitality technology startup Jurny--which is backed by Okapi Venture Capital and Mucker Capital--says it has seen record growth, despite the pandemic and the way it has impacted the hospitality industry. The startup raised $2.75M in seed funding last June.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 30, 2020

Monday, August 3, 2020 -- Fixing the Top Fundraising Mistakes Startup Entrepreneurs Make. Join JJ Richa in a fireside chat with Scott Fox, CEO of the OC Startup Council, for a discussion of the top mistakes that early stage entrepreneurs make when pitching their startups for funding. See [link] (more)

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Xconomy

APRIL 2, 2020

Flagship Pioneering founder and CEO Noubar Afeyan didn’t know a global pandemic was in the cards for 2020 when he and his team laid out three new thematic areas of focus for the company last fall. On Thursday the Cambridge, MA-based venture capital firm, best known for starting and spinning out biotechs, announced it had added $1.1

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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. . CrossCut Ventures, ManchesterStory and Western Technology Investments co-led the investment, which brings its total raised to $15.3 ” In 2020, Root had a direct loss ratio of 82%. million since its January 2019 inception.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Los Angeles- and Tel Aviv-based Intelligo, a software startup which develops software for financial risk intelligence and investment due diligence, said today that it has raised $22M in funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from Felicitas Global Partners LLC. Intelligo is led by CEO and co-Founder Shlomo Mirvis.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy news pertaining to startups and venture capital. Landline , the operator of a bus network in the Midwest, is one of the latest companies to raise venture capital. Ginkgo Bioworks raises capital at a $4B valuation.

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JULY 23, 2019

The company is hoping to launch its first rocket sometime in 2020. According to ABL Space Systems, the financing will go to advance its development and test program, including a planned integrated stage test in the second half of 2019. ABL is led by CEO Harry O'Hanley, and the company was founded by former SpaceX engineers.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 2, 2021

“ 2020 was a blowout year… People needed an interactive streaming platform that they could spin up quickly that they could launch on their website.” We are very excited by Maestro’s potential to be a fundamental driver in the growth of the creator economy,” said Joshua Siegel, General Partner, Acronym Venture Capital. .

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 18, 2022

The alternative protein space is hot, hot, hot as evidenced by both the number of companies developing products and the venture capital going into the space. The latest company to attract venture capital is Nowadays , a company founded in San Francisco in 2020 as a Public Benefit Corporation by Max Elder and Dominik Grabinski.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 2, 2022

But keep in mind Cider was only founded in 2020 while Shein started out over a decade ago. As of last September, Cider had raised $130 million in funding and crossed the $1 billion valuation point. And Cider has broken into the crowded U.S. market, which accounts for 43% of its total downloads.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

GOAT said the strategic investment follows its Series E funding announcned in September of 2020, which was worth $100M, valuing GOAT at $1.75 Groupe Artemis is owner of the Kering luxury fashion brand. Size of the investment was not announced.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Alliance engages the full set of ecosystem players; from start-ups, to VCs, to universities, to local governments and more. Look for a number of important announcements from the Alliance on this front in 2020. What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2020?

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JUNE 30, 2021

The company said the funding was a combination of cash and "media value". The funding came from The Craftory and Arcadian Capital Management, along with others. The company said those news funds will go to "normalize CBD" in health and wellness products, via scaling, strategic partners, and acquisitions.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

We have invested in 13 companies out of our Fund 1 so far and are more bullish than ever on the amazing entrepreneurs we are meeting and the companies we are helping them build. We also had our first exit for Moonshots Capital Fund 1 --Threatcare. At the same time, more capital continues to be raised in LA.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

The company started as an idea in 2019, but by early 2020 it had “launched a new technical solution that ultimately controls and accelerates sales opportunity management,” says Dawes. The pandemic has led to a huge boost in digitalization, with a huge outpour of technology innovation – supported by VC investment.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Apeel Sciences, which has developed a plant-based coasting for fresh produce to extend its shelf life, has raised another big $250M funding round, a Series E for the company. The new funding brings its total raised to over $635M.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

in a "pre-seed" funding round, the company announced on Wednesday. According to the startup, the round was led by AlphaEdison and also included Halogen Ventures, TEN13, Angellist, and individual angels. According to the company, it will use the funding to develop and launch its platform. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based fintech startup HMBradley , which offers up online, digital bank accounts which pay interest based not on a user's balance, but on what percentage of their direct deposits they are saving, has raised $18.25M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Acrew Capital. for those saving 5%.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2021

Pasadena-based food services robot developer Miso Robotics says it is expanding its crowdfunding efforts, with a goal of reaching $30M in funding in its Series C crowdfunding effort this year.

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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. Kleiner Perkins gets back to early-stage with its $600M 18th fund. ”

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Irvine-based Menlo Micro , which is developing electronic switch technology, has raised $44M in a Series B funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by 40 North Ventures and also included Piva Paladin Capital Group, Vertical Venture Partners, and Tony Fadell's Future Shape.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

Two companies stand out: 17Hats, a leader in the freelance CRM space made painful but critical choices and now are very well poised for meaningful 2020 growth. I predict SoCal will continue to grow, but in 2020 more companies nationwideand herewill not get the funding they need.

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