L.A. Business Journal

MAY 15, 2019

Burbank-based Shag Enterprises Inc, an artificial intelligence company that’s created a predictive platform for online ordering, announced on May 15 it raised $1.4 million in seed funding led by New York-based E&A Venture Capital.

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JULY 30, 2019

Santa Monica-based software developer Sixgill has launched a new product this morning, saying it has unveiled a new application called HyperLabel, which helps developers, engineers, and data scientists implement machine learning. Sixgill is venture backed by DRW Venture Capital and Mobile Financial Partners.

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APRIL 1, 2019

San Diego-based Reveal Biosciences , a startup applying artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to pathology, has received a round of funding from Intel Capital , the corporate venturing arm of microprocessor giant Intel. Size of the investment in Reveal Biosciences was not announced.

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MAY 15, 2019

A brand new, Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence startup, Halla , announced on Wednesday that it has raised $1.4M According to Halla, the funding was led by E&A Venture Capital, an early stage food industry investor, and also included SOSV. The company said it has now raised a total of $1.9M

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Xconomy

JULY 2, 2017

These are heady times for using artificial intelligence to extract insights from healthcare data—in particular, from the tidal wave of information coming out of fields like genomics and medical imaging. This story is part of an ongoing Xconomy series on A.I. in healthcare.

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DECEMBER 14, 2015

Elon Musk , the billionaire technology mogul behind SpaceX, has put some money behind--surprisingly--an effort to help developer artificial intelligence research.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

San Diego-based Qualcomm announced on Wednesday that it has launched a brand new, venture capital investment fund, which will focus only an artificial intelligence. The first investment out of the fund is in AnyVision , a startup working on face, body, and object recognition. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

Los Angeles-based Elementary, which is developing artificial intelligence, machine vision software for the manufacturing industry, said Thursday that it raised $30M in its Series B funding. The funding was led by Tiger Global, and also included Threshold Ventures, Fika Ventures, Fathom Capital, Riot VC, and Toyota Ventures.

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MARCH 5, 2019

San Diego-based Erasca , a company which is using artificial intelligence to drive the discovery and development of new oncology drugs to help cure cancer, has raised $64M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. According to the company, the new funding will to towards.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based Moonshots Capital , the venture capital investment firm led by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings, has raised its first official fund, a $19M seed stage venture fund. Moonshots said the new fund will focus on seed stage deals, holding reserve capital for follow-on pro rata.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. As I was trying to figure out the role I wanted to play in the VC world I decided I wanted to focus on businesses that were building deeply technical products to solve problems for business users. VCs have different views and strategies on this.

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JUNE 14, 2018

The funding came from Capital Zed, ECA Ventures, Paradigm Talent Agency, ROAR, the Tech Coast Angels, plus WME. The company says its uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and social data to help match brands to audiences and influencers on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and YouTube.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Unity Influence is using machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to connect advertisers with "micro-influencers". Los Angeles- and South San Francisco-based Unity Influence , a developer of influencer advertising software, has raised $1M in funding, according to the company. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

San Diego-based Model Medicines, a company that is developing artificial intelligence and machine learning software for the drug discovery and development process, has raised $4.1M in a funding round. The funding came from 8VC, Irving Investors, Particle X and Nex Cubed.

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JUNE 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investor TenOneTen Ventures is one of the investors in a newly launched startup, which is looking to use artificial intelligence and DNA testing to identify autism and other medical conditions. The startup recently graduated from Y Combinator, and is based in the Bay Area.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The funding came from Sunstone Venture Capital Fund, along with Seraph Group, plus Microsoft, Intel, Amazon, Robert Bosch, Applied Materials, and Motorola, according to the company. Sunstone was an investor in its Series A funding.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Irvine-based Huckleberry, a developer of an artificial intelligence-driven app which helps parents with pediatric sleep advice, says it has raised $12.5M The funding was led by Morningside Ventures and also included Spero Ventures and Tamarisc VC. in a Series A funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

He and I once took different sides of an debate about whether “VC signaling&# in early-stage deals is a serious problem or not. So it was fun to turn the cameras on him for 45 minutes for a special “NY edition of This Week in VC&# and hearing his views. I’ve also found him to not be dogmatic either.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Those tools—artificial intelligence and machine learning, respectively—have been around for decades, but in recent years have become faster and cheaper, accelerating their use by those in the business of discovering and developing new drugs.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has backed a developer of automated, machine learning and big data, predictive analytics software called ColdLight Solutions , the company said Monday. Kayne Anderson manages around $24 billion in capital. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

El Segundo-based CUJO AI , a developer of artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity software for telecom network operators, has raised a round of growth capital from KPN Ventures, the company said this morning. KPN Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Netherlands-based KPN, a large telecom company.

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AUGUST 31, 2017

Los Angeles-based fintech startup InvestCloud and seed-stage venture capital fund Stage Venture Partners have announced a new collaboration, where Stage will move into InvestCloud's "Innovation Center" in Los Angeles. Stage says it recently raised its second fund. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Three, local venture capital investors -- Miramar Venture Partners , Okapi Venture Capital , and Qualcomm Ventures -- are part of a group investing $22.1M The investment is the first out of IBM''s $100M "Watson Fund", which aims to invest in companies using its Watson artificial intelligence software.

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Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2018

This week, we’re focusing on artificial intelligence, one of the buzziest fields in tech. Or, maybe instead, it’s a day filled with long lunches and listless Internet surfing, as you seek out all the interesting articles you missed during the week. Here are a. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

San Diego-based AlphaTrAI , a fintech startup which is backed by venture capital investor Analytics Ventures, says it is launching its own, extrenal fund, and is expanding its leadership team. the founder of Hightree Advisors, to its advisory board.

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MAY 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based Pearl , the machine learning startup which was spun out of advertising AI software startup GumGum , has raised $11M in a funding round, which came from Craft Ventures, as well as un-named strategic investors.

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

The Investment Group of Santa Barbara (IGSB) is one of the backers this week in machine learning and artificial intelligence software developer Solvvy. Solvvy says it has raised $4.5M

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APRIL 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based venture investor Greycroft , which has made investments in such companies as AwesomenessTV, Maker Studios, Sometrics, Venmo, and others, is one of the lead investors in New York-based Frame AI. Frame AI is a developer of artificial intelligence and machine learning used by companies to understand customer churn and behavior.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Irvine-based Syntiant , a developer of processors used for artificial intelligence applications, has raised $35M more in the company's Series C funding round. Syntiant develops low power chips used for neural networking, and edge-based artificial intelligence (AI) applications, including voice recognition. READ MORE>>.

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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. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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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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AUGUST 13, 2021

Singapore-based investment firm b>Temasek says it is funding and has launched a new, artificial intelligence startup that is headquartered in San Diego and Singapore, called Aicadium. The new startup will focus on developing a common machine learning platform to deliver AI-as-a-Service from discovery to deployment.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

Ryan said that the company uses artificial intelligence and machine learning--plus such things are social media and targeted advertising--to find prospective home buyers for homes. The company only charges a 2 percent, flat free. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

According to AWM Smart Shelf, the funding round was led by Impact Venture Capital, and also included Mark IV Capital and The Contrarian Group. As part of the funding, Impact Venture Capital's General Partner, Jack Crawford, has joined the company's board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JULY 19, 2019

. —San Diego’s AON Devices was among 10 startups selected to compete at a recent pitch competition hosted by the corporate venture capital arm of Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ). Qualcomm Ventures invited 10 artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, virtual reality, and.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Carlsbad-based NextWave Ventures , a venture capital investor which focuses on commercializing early stage technology, said it has launched a new artificial intelligence start, Apical Technology. Simoni was previously Managing Partner of Halcyon Capital Partners. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2020

According to the company, the round--a Seed-2 funding--was led by Okapi Capital, and also included The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners and Brad Perry (co-founder of Dealer Socket), along with others. The founder and CEO of TrackStreet is Andrew Schydlowsky.

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