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MARCH 8, 2012

The Tech Coast Angels , the organized Southern California angel investment group, helped boost California into the top states for angel investment deals, according to a new study released today. percent of angel investments in the state. percent of angel investments in the state.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Los Angeles-based mobile game developer Scopely is reported to be seeking to raise $200M in a new funding round, which would value the company at around $3 billion, according to a report. The report, from Bloomberg, said the valuation of the company is up from an earlier $1.9 billion valuation as of March. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In an attempt to boost diversity and inclusion efforts and civic engagement between the growing technology industry in Los Angeles and the community that surrounds it, over 80 venture capitalists and entrepreneurs joined the city’s mayor, Eric Garcetti, and the non-profit Annenberg Foundation to announce PledgeLA. The landmark.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

A report Tuesday in the Financial Times said that investment giant Fidelity has written its investment in Los Angeles-based Snapchat by 25 percent, citing data from a Morningstar report. It's unclear why Fidelity wrote down the value of its investment in the disappearing messaging service. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2013

A new report today, from the Angel Resource Institute, Silicon Valley Bank, and CB Insights, has found that the Tech Coast Angels is again one of the most active angel investment groups in the country. The Tech Coast Angels were among a number of groups who invested the most per deal in the last 12 months.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Crosscut Ventures has reportedly started approaching limited partners (LPs) for investments in a new fund, its fourth. The report, from the Pro Rata newsletter, said there's "a chance" that the new fund will be double in size of the last fund.

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel is reportedly moving his residence, as well as his venture capital firm and non-profit, to Los Angeles after expressing frustration with what he sees as Silicon Valley’s overwhelming liberal politics and diminishing opportunities for tech investing.

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Los Angeles Angel Venture Capital Report 174

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Los Angeles and San Diego are among the metro areas with the highest startup activity, based on a new report from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

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APRIL 7, 2017

Venture capital investments in the U.S. have dropped to the lowest rate of activity since Q4 of 2011, as venture capital investors continue to be shy about investing in startups, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report. According to the report, there was $16.5 billion raised by venture funds in 2016.

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Invest Venture Capital Activity Report 147

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 12, 2017

Venture capital investment in Los Angeles drops, Honest Co. recalls baby powder, Snap Inc. sued for alleged patent infringement, and more.

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JULY 26, 2019

Los Angeles-based Boring Co. , According to the report from Bloomberg, the new funding values Boring. The funding is the first outside investment for the company. the underground, high tech transportation company run by Elon Musk, has raised $120M in a funding, which reportedly came from 8VC, Vy Capital, and Future Ventures.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Total venture capital investment dollars in 2017 are on their way to a decade high, according to a new report issued today, with $21.5 billion invested in the third quarter in more than 1,699 companies. The 3Q 2017 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report said the latest quarter worths of investment brings 2017's total to $61.4

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JANUARY 29, 2016

A report, issued earlier this week by venture firm the Female Founders Fund , says that Los Angeles, and New York, are better markets than Silicon Valley to find funding for female founders. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

A report this morning says that the Chief Designer for Los Angeles-based Faraday Future , Richard Kim, has resigned--and many employees are skipping work as the company continues to look for investment. The report, from The Verge, follows earlier, high profile executive departures at the electric car designer in November.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Los Angeles-based social application developer Triller , which competes head to head against TikTok , is seeking to reach the public markets through a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company), according to a report. Reuters cited "people familiar with the matter" for the report. TikTok is the target of efforts by the U.S.

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JULY 23, 2012

There's been a surge in startup accelerator activity in Los Angeles in the last year, as interest in starting a company in the region has grown, and a wide range of experienced entrepreneurs and investors have pitched in to help companies get to the next level. Of that, $97.47 in companies associated with digital studio Science Inc.

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Los Angeles Angel Report Startup 234

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Kardashian is launching private equity firm SKKY Partners in conjunction with ex-Carlyle consumer head Jay Sammons to invest in business across consumer products, hospitality, luxury, digital commerce and media, the Wall Street Journal first reported. Jenner will be joining SKKY as a partner, the Journal reported.

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Equity Journal Venture Capital Los Angeles 299

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MAY 7, 2012

Los Angeles-based content developer Machinima is on the verge of an investment deal with Google , according to a report published Monday by AllthingsD. Machinima consistently ranks among the top providers of content on Google's YouTube, and has been one of the companies spearheading YouTube's push into original content.

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Google Report Invest Content 150

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MAY 11, 2017

Roofstock , a startup which operates an online marketplace that lets investors purchase homes online as investments, has launched in Los Angeles, the company said on Thursday. The company said Los Angeles is its 14th market. Roofstock called the Los Angeles metropolitan area an "increasingly important U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Angel Riverside Hulu 133

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

A new report, from Los Angeles startup investor Amplify LA , says that Los Angeles seed investment deals in Q3 were for the most part steady, with a total of $59.4M raised across 27 Los Angeles startups. The group says its tracking found that the average seed round size was $2.2M for the quarter.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

Troubled, Los Angeles-based electric vehicle startup Faraday Future has lost a key electric vehicle designer, among a number of layoffs at the company over the last few weeks, according to a report. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based AECOM Technology , which provides professional, technical, and other support services to companies, reported that it has created a new $150M investment fund. has offices in both New York City and Los Angeles, and will invest in real estate and public-private projects. READ MORE>>.

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Invest Funding Los Angeles Report 147

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JANUARY 26, 2020

The Los Angeles startup community is joining the rest of the world in mourning the death of NBA superstar, entrepreneur and investor Kobe Bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., Last year, the investment firm expanded with a $1.7 shortly before 10 a.m. You will be missed, @kobebryant.

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MAY 21, 2009

The Angel Capital Association reported this week that investing activity by angel investments groups dropped by nine percent between 2008 and 2007, and 40 percent of angel groups expect overall investment to decrease again this year. Individual group totals were not broken out.

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

Yet another, Silicon Valley venture capitalist is headed to Los Angeles--this time, David Lee, co-founder and managing partner of prolific angel investment fund SV Angel. The move--first reported by PandoDaily's Sarah Lacy--apparently comes for personal reasons for Lee, whose famly lives in Los Angeles.

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Angel Los Angeles Invest Report 187

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Vadio , a startup which had been developing software to synchoronize music and advertisements with online videos, is winding down, according to a number of reports on Tuesday. The startup--which has a significant number of LA inestors-- told the The Oregonian that the company couldn't secure adequate investment. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based Faraday Future founder Nick Sampson says that the company is "effectively insolvent", and has resigned from the company, according to The Verge. The departures come as a result of a split between the company's Chinese investment backers and management. The company's chief designer left yesterday. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 13, 2017

Los Angeles-based advertising exchange Rubicon Project is reportedly seeking a buyer, and has engaged investment banking firm Morgan Stanley to shop the firm, according to the WSJ on Friday. The report cited "people familiar with the matter".

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MARCH 19, 2019

West Hollywood-based venture investment firm Backstage Capital is shifting entirely to an accelerator model, according to reports today, after failing to raise a new, $36M venture capital fund. The report--from Axios--said the fund is now entirely focused on its accelerator, Backstage Studio, and also has been cutting staff.

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MAY 19, 2009

The Tech Coast Angels is reporting this morning that its members have now invested a total of $100M in Southern California companies, since it started in 1997. Tags: tech coast angels venture capital investment.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

New research has found that San Francisco and London have become two of the world’s leading hubs for VC investment into tech solutions that address one or more of the 17 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), more commonly referred to as “Impact Tech” They are followed by Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai and Beijing.

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Venture Capital Press Invest Research 357

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

A new, angel investment group based in the Phillipines is basing its effort on the model set by Southern California's Tech Coast Angels , according to a report today from Phillipine publication Sun.Star Cebu.

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MAY 31, 2013

Weoutta , a Silicon Valley developer of an application to help users discover and find events and things happening locally, has raised a funding round from newly formed Los Angeles investment firm TenOneTen , which was founded by David Waxman and Gil Elbaz. The investment by Weoutta was reported this morning by Fortune''s Term Sheet.

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MARCH 6, 2020

Reuters reports that the Chinese company sold its 98% stake in Grindr to a U.S.-based The app, originally developed in Los Angeles, raised national security concerns after it was acquired by Beijing Kunlun in 2016 for $93 million. based company, San Vicente Acquisition Partners. That ownership was later scrutinized by a U.S.

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Los Angeles Software Review Acquisition Report 321

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle maker Faraday Future is rapidly running out of cash, and its options for investment are rapidly diminishing, according to a report from The Verge.

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APRIL 11, 2014

Los Angeles-based Tinder , the mobile dating app developer led by Sean Rad, is now worth over $5 billion, according to a report Friday from Bloomberg. tinder venture capital investment social networking dating mobile snapchat' Bloomberg cited "people with knowledge of the deal." READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In this special report, we've mined our extensive database of venture capital. and angel investment deals in Southern California to reveal who really, is funding companies, so that local startups are armed with the best knowledge and intelligence to optimize their changes of. Tech Coast Angels. being funded. Science Inc.

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