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JUNE 16, 2020

UNest , a Los Angeles provider of financial planning and savings tools for parents including college savings plans and other beneficial investment vehicles for various life events, has raised $9 million in a new round of funding, the company said. .

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The new funding came from Subtraction Capital, FF Angel, 500 Startups, and other investors. Jackson--said the funding is an expansion on its Series A funding it announced in the first quarter of the year. That funding was worth $3M. The startup--which is led by PayPal veteran Erik M. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 12, 2017

Los Angeles- and Singapore-based WaveMaker Partners , the venture capital firm managed here in LA by Eric Manlunas and David Siemer, with Paul Santos in Sinagpore, said over the weekend that it is finalizing its new, $50M fund. The new fund has a new focus specifically on investing in companies in Southeast Asia. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Santa Monica-based Wavemaker Ventures has raised a new, $66M venture capital investment fund, for its Southeast Asia efforts, the company said this week. According to Wavemaker, the fund exceeded what had been an initial $50M initial target for its investment fund.

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APRIL 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based Ranker , the online rankings website where consumers can rank anything they like, has scored a new round of funding, in an inside round. The funding came from Siemer Venture Capital, Rincon Venture Partners, Draper Associates, the Tech Coast Angels, and the Pasadena Angels, according to CEO Clark Benson.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

El Segundo, California and Austin, Texas-based Slingshot Aerospace announced this morning that it has raised $40.85M in a funding round, a Series A2 funding. The funding also included additional venture loan funding from Horizon Technology Finance.

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JUNE 16, 2020

Los Angeles-based UNest , which develops a mobile app to help parents with financial planning as well as college savings, has raised $9M in a funding round, the company said Tuesday. The funding came from Anthos Capital, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Artemis Fund, Draper Dragon and Unlock Ventures.

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MAY 4, 2015

Size of the funding was not disclosed. According to the company, the round was led by Howard Morgan, and also included Elon Musk, Tim Draper, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Zone Ventures. The company raised its seed funding round in 2008 as part of the DFJ Venture Challenge. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 22, 2018

Santa Monica-based Halogen Ventures , the female-focused venture capital fund run by Jesse Draper, has made an investment in email newsletter and millennial women's news source TheSkimm. as part of its first fund, Halogen Ventures LP. TheSkimm is based in New York City. Halogen Ventures recently raised $10.4M

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AUGUST 10, 2021

North Hollywood-based UNest, a fintech startup backed by Anthos Capital, Draper Dragon, The Artemis Fund, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, NBA All Star Baron Davis, and Band of Angels, says this morning that it has acquired Kidfund, the developer of an app which helps parents save money for their kids and which teaches good financial habits.

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JANUARY 18, 2013

If you're a Southern California startup, it's most likely you're going to find funding from local, Southern California startup funds, right? Among the top investors, some of the most active (500 Startups, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Oak Investment Partners) don't have local investment coverage.

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JUNE 25, 2020

The new partnership is one of the latest efforts by the CAA to move into the venture investments business--it also is behind CAA Ventures, its own venture investment firm, and a few years ago created Creative Labs, its own "startup studio"; more than a decade ago, CAA also started its own venture capital fund along with Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

San Diego-based Qpex Biopharma announced this morning that it has raised $33M in a Series A funding round, to launch its efforts to battle drug-resistant infections. The company also said it has an agreement with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), worth up to a total award of $132M. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 30, 2020

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software used by retail brands for optimizing mobile and proximity searches, has raised $10M more in funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus, and DFJ Frontier, all prior investors.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

AuditFile , a developer of cloud-based auditing software for CPAs, has raised $3M in a funding round, the company said Thursday. The funding came from Banneker Ventures, Tim Draper, Nas Draper, as well as other angel investors. auditfile venture capital cloud software auditing accounting saas ucla dorm room student'

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

in a Series A funding, the company said late Tuesday evening. capital venture finance equity crowdfunding crowdfunder' Los Angeles-based crowdfunding site Crowdfunder.com , the equity crowdfunding site led by Chance Barnett, has raised $3.5M READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2017

Online used car marketplace Shift , which has two offices‌ in Southern California--its biggest market--has raised $37M more in funding, the company said today. The funding came from BMW iVentures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Highland Capital, DCM, G2VP, and Goldman Sachs.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Phunware, based in Austin, Texas, is backed by Wavemaker Partners (Draper Network Fund), Fraser McCombs Ventures, Maxima Ventures, Samsung, Cisco Investments, World Wrestling Entertainment, PLDT Capital, Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN), Baylor Angel Network (BAN) and others. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Glendale-based MyShape , which operates an online retailer focused on matching women to clothing based on their body type, confirmed this morning that it has raised a third round of venture funding. Amount of the funding round was not disclosed, although a regulatory filing last week placed the round target at $12.1M. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2011

La Jolla-based NeuroVigil , a firm developing non-invasive wireless brain recording technology and advanced computational analysis techniques, has raised a first round of funding, the firm said this week. Amount of the funding, and source, was not disclosed. The firm was founded by Dr. Philip Low.

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APRIL 24, 2013

Silverpop , an Atlanta-based email marketing automation provider which also has operations in Irvine, said today that it has raised $25M in a venture debt funding. The funding came from Escalate Capital Partners and Silicon Valley Bank. Shaw & Co and Draper Fisher Jurveston. Silverpop is venture bcaked by D.E.

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MAY 11, 2016

According to Fluent, which is based in Lexington, Kentucky, it raised $1.65M in a seed funding which came from Digital Currency Group, Crosscut Ventures, Draper Associates, Fenbushi Capital, Lindberg Tech Fund and the St. Louis Arch Angels. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 29, 2013

First Look West also said it provided $5,000 in a "Tansformational Idea Award" funded by Draper University, the entrepreneurial education program from venture capitalist Tim Draper. firstlookwest first look business plan competition venture capital prize award cleantech university education spinout' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. Of these 19 have received funding (10 have received significant amounts of VC funding) and 5 have been acquired (2 for more than $30 million).

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Signia Venture Partners, along with Draper Nexus, DFJ Frontier, Double M Partners, and Daher Capital. Ed Cluss of Signia Ventures joins the company''s board as part of the funding. MomentFeed is led by Robert Blatt. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Greycroft Partners, Sweet Capital, NHN, Draper Associates and other. Los Angeles-based Sensay , a developer of chatbot technology, has raised $4.5M

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NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The funding was led by IA Ventures, and also included Two Sigma Ventures, Draper Associates, Great Oaks VC, Slow Ventures, Karlin Venture, Elad Gil and David Lee. Verge Genomics , a biopharmaceuticals startup founded by scientists out of UCLA, said Tuesday that it has raised $4M in a seed financing round.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in a funding round. in investments, followed by $182.7M

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

The startup--led by Brian Nickerson--said the funding came from both Los Angeles and Silicon Valley angels, including Richard Chino (GoTo.com, Smart.com); Dan Murray (Machinima), Derek Draper (Wildfire), Nikhil Srivastava (KKR), Andrew Schwartz, and others. The company''s founders are Brian Nickerson and Samira Mahjoub Tapia.

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JUNE 27, 2013

The starup, led by Clark Benson , said the funding came from Lowercase Capital , BullPen Ventures, Data Collective , as well as prior investors Draper Associates , Rincon Venture Partners , Siemer Ventures , TenOneTen, Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels. media social opinion voting crowd ranking capital venture ranker'

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MAY 8, 2017

The company says it had over 500 companies on its platform in 2016 receive approximately $173M in total reservations for funding.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

in a Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Draper Frontier Opp & Tech Fund. The company said the funding goes towards sales and marketing. San Diego-based TicketSauce , a developer of private label event management software, has raised $2.5M

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

San Diego-based Younity is announcing this morning that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding, for its cloud-based media storage service. The funding was led by Marker LLC, and also including Draper Associates and PROfounders Capital. Younity said it has now raised $11.25M in total.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Younity is venture backed by The funding came from Crosslink Capital, Draper Associates, PROfounders Capital, Lowercase Capital, as well as local angels like Kamran Pourzanjani and Brian Lee. Younity''s service runs on iOS and Windows desktops. READ MORE>>. storage music cloud snapchat sharing file younity'

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AUGUST 12, 2013

which is behind the younity personal cloud service, announced this morning that it has raised $3.545M in a seed funding round. younity entangled media venture capital personal data storage muckerlab cloud' Santa Monica-based Entangled Media Corp. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

Westlake Village-based Avinew , a new startup looking at developing auto insurance for the autonomous vehicle market, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Crosscut Ventures, and also included American Family Ventures, Draper Frontier, and RPM Ventures.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Venice, California-based The Bouqs Company , the direct, cut-to-order flower delivery provider led by John Tabis, is announcing today that it has raised $12M in a Series B funding. The funding brings the company's total raised to $20M.

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