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JULY 19, 2011

Southern California companies raised $739M in venture capital in Q2 of 2011, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) based on data from Thomson Reuters. Los Angeles had $222.5M raised for the quarter. in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Size of the investment was not announced. Jaanuu said the new funding will go towards expansion into new apparel categories and senior level staffing hires. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 29, 2010

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital. This is minutes 8-11.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Angels Brian Lee (Honest Company, LegalZoom), Michael Dubin (Dollar Shave Club), Tamim Mourad (PriceGrabber.com) and Andy Dunn (Bonobos) also participated in the funding. retargeting advertising analytics software capital venture science retention' The new funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The Honest Company , the Los Angeles-based e-commerce company founded by Brian Lee and celebrity Jessica Alba, has raised $25M more in a funding round, the firm said this morning. Thew new funding came from Institutional Venture Partners, and also included Iconiq Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and General Catalyst Partners.

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MARCH 24, 2015

Los Angeles-based angel investor Brian S. Lee , who has been behind such companies as LegalZoom, H. Bloom, and The Honest Company, is one of the angel investors in a new outdoor gear and apparel startup, Cotopaxi. cotopaxi outdoor gear venture capital ecommerce social benefit questival' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2012

New York-based online subscription flower delivery service H.Bloom , whose backers include Los Angeles entrepreneur Brian Lee , who founded ShoeDazzle and LegalZoom, has scored another round of funding, the firm said Thursday. Lee was an existing angel investor in the company. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

MyTime , which operates an online service focused on online deals for appointment-focused businesses like chiropractors, personal trainers, housekeeping, and more, has raised a round of funding to expand its service beyond Los Angeles. GRP's Mark Suster said the round was worth $3M, with GRP putting up most of the funds.

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MAY 13, 2011

Los Angeles-based ShoeDazzle.com , the online shoe buying club headed by Brian Lee, the founder of LegalZoom, has raised $40M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Andreessen-Horowitz, and also included the firm's prior investors.

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MAY 3, 2011

A set of three, well known Los Angeles investors with military connections are funding a new startup, Troopswap.com , focused on providing daily deals to the military community.

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APRIL 1, 2019

Both Lee, a Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneur who founded or co-founded Honest Co., For Lee, who’s running the Los Angeles-based early-stage consumer investment practice BAM Ventures, the agreement with Defy is a chance to see early-stage executives outside of his network and get exposure for some of the companies in his portfolio.

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MAY 17, 2011

Last week's $40M funding by Andreessen Horowitz of Los Angeles-based ShoeDazzle , the monthly fashion, shoe and pursue startup headed by LegalZoom founder Brian Lee, was driven by parallels to a 1920's startup--the Book of the Month Club.

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APRIL 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based SocialAnnex , a startup helping online retailers to use social media to spur sales, has scored a round of funding from a who's who of Southern California technology angels, the firm said Tuesday. According to SocialAnnex, Kamran Pourzanjani of PriceGrabber.com, Brian S.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2014

They started their company in LA but a couple of years after raising capital from Khosla Ventures in the Bay Area they ended up relocating there. Local capital matters. I think government and community members need to understand that capital formation is an incredibly important part of economic revival. Local mentors matter.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Local Capital – I do believe that you’ll struggle to get a community started without some local capital.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

Earlier today, we talked with Greg Martin at Archer Venture Capital. This incredible wave of capital-efficient web-based businesses launches is due in no small part to the lower cost of entry provided by cloud-based offerings. Below, we collect the thoughts of Jim Andelman , a venture capitalist at Rincon Venture Partners.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. Los Angeles. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

Jeff Zwelling is the co-founder of Convertro (www.convertro.com), a Los Angeles company focused on helping companies track how their marketing efforts are leading to sales conversions. Locally, those are companies like LegalZoom, GameFly, TrueCar, and ShoeDazzle. So how did you end up here in the Los Angeles area?

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MARCH 4, 2010

Jason is also behind the popular "Startups Uncensored" events in Los Angeles, so we also pinged him on how those events have been going. We've scaled to revenue very quickly, and we're running a really capital efficient business. For those who haven't heard yet, tell us about DocStore and what it is all about?

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