article thumbnail

Labrador Systems Raises $3.1M For Assistive Robots

socalTECH

Calabasas-based Labrador Systems, a startup developing assistive robots for the disabled, has raised $3.1M in a seed funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Amazon's Alexa Fund and iRobot Ventures, and also included SOV and Grep VC.

Calabasas 113
article thumbnail

FaceCake Gets Funding For Virtual Dressing Rooms

socalTECH

Calabasas-based FaceCake Marketing Technologies , a developer of 3-D, virtual dressing room technology, has raised a round of funding from XG Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture firm whose founders are former Google execs. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Funding 190
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Lynda.com Inks Massive, $103M Funding Round

socalTECH

According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content. Meritech Capital also participated in the funding. As part of the big new funding, Andrew Braccia of Accel and Vic Parker of Spectrum have both joined the company's board. READ MORE>>.

Funding 178
article thumbnail

GreenPark Sports, Founded By Former YouTube, Zappos, Blitz Founders, Finds $8.5M

socalTECH

Calabasas-based GreenPark Sports --a new startup founded by Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube; Nick Swinmurn, founder of Zappos; and Ken Martin, co-founder of Blitz--has raised $8.5M in a seed funding round. The funding round was led by SignalFire, and also included Sapphire Sports and Founders Fund. READ MORE>>.

Calabasas 100
article thumbnail

PayQwick Inhales $2.86M For Electronic Payments

socalTECH

Calabasas-based PayQwick , an electronic payment provider aiming at the legal marijuana industry, has raised $2.86M in a funding round, the company announced on Monday. Source of the funding was not announced.

Calabasas 100
article thumbnail

What Lynda.com Plans With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

socalTECH

To get the story behind the new funding, we spoke with Eric Robison , the firm's President and CEO, last week. This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally.

Funding 164
article thumbnail

Applied Merchant Systems and BlueSquare Resolutions Merge

socalTECH

Calabasas-based payment processing operator Applied Merchant Systems announced late Monday that it has merged with BlueSquare Resolutions , and raised a round of debt funding. The funding came via a senior credit facility from Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group and Business Development Corporation of America.

Calabasas 100