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Kensh?, ‘the antithesis of Goop,’ launches a research-based guide to natural medicine

TechCrunch LA

The startup has also collected information to construct a research-backed guide to holistic health, something the team believes has been missing from the natural health sector. million in seed funding from Crosscut, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, and Female Founders Fund. Berlincourt and Kensh?

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Oversee.net Buys Crash City Guides

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Los Angeles-based Oversee.net has acquired Pasadena-based Crashworks , the developer of the photo-based city guides. oversee crashworks crash city guides photo merger acquisition idealab' Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The LABJ reports the acquisition price was "below $1 million". READ MORE>>.

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Broke Girl's Guide Gets Funding

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Santa Monica-based Broke Girl's Guide , a startup focusing in on daily deals and information for women, has scored a small debt funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. Broke Girl's Guide runs a daily deal newsletter with offers, online promos, and sales information. READ MORE>>.

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6 New Venture Funding Realities To Guide Your Efforts

Startup Professionals Musings

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according to a classic Crunchbase article. Individual angel investors and crowdfunding have been adding to the momentum, some say exceeding VCs in total amount invested.

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Oversee.net To Merge Crash City Guides Into WanderWe

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Los Angeles-based Oversee.net said it plans to integrate Crash City Guides , the online travel discovery app for the iPhone, into its WanderWe travel site this morning. Crash City Guides had been backed by Idealab, and was founded by Erick Laubach. Oversee.net''s online travel group is headed by Raj Beri. READ MORE>>.

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The Authoritative Guide to Prorata Rights

Both Sides of the Table

These tensions seep out in some angels or seed funds publicly or semi-privately deriding later-stage VCs for their “bad” behavior. Why prorata rights used to be less of a big deal to angels. In the old days there weren’t many fights about whether angels would take their prorata rights in financing rounds.

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SheKnows Launches City Guides

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Los Angeles-based SheKnows , the unit of AtomicOnline focused on creating online sites for women, said today that it has expanded into city guides. According to SheKnows, the new site--the SheKnows City Guide --will provide information on destinations and attractions for active women and mothers. READ MORE>>.

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