TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

But the no-longer nascent sneaker and streetwear market is a big market, with the potential to reach $30 billion in sales globally by 2030, according to a recent report by the research firm, Cowen ( cited by The Wall Street Journal , which first reported the financing). ” Money, it’s gotta be the shoes.

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Commerce Journal Los Angeles Research 255

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

has secured $165 million in funding from a venture capital group to build out its home services software firm through acquisitions and moves into new markets. Glendale-based ServiceTitan Inc.

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Venture Capital Glendale Capital Acquisition 147

L.A. Business Journal

MAY 30, 2019

million seed round led by Marina del Rey-based venture capital firm Moonshots Capital. Podcast analytics software developer Backtracks Inc. announced May 30 it raised a $2.1

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Marina Del Rey Capital Venture Capital Software Development 100

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Former Chicago Bulls star and owner of NBA team the Charlotte Hornets Michael Jordan invested in Axiomatic E-sports alongside Declaration Capital, the investing office of Washington, D.C.-based based Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Core Innovation Capital of Hollywood, a financial services technology investor, has raised a second fund worth $71.5 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Capital Hollywood Invest Funding 159

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Santa Monica-based ad technology developer GumGum --which injects contextually relevant ads into images on publishers' websites, said today that it has signed a renewed partnership with Wenner Media, the publisher of Rolling Stone , Us Weekly and Men's Journal. Financial details of the renewal were not announced.

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Santa Monica Journal Screening Media 178

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm DFJ Frontier has significantly bolstered the company''s team, saying Tuesday that it has added Merrill Brown --former founder of MSNBC--as a Venture Partner. msnbc media executive capital venture frontier' READ MORE>>.

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Media Journal Venture Capital Los Angeles 260

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 11, 2018

EagleTree Capital picked up a majority stake in visual effects company FuseFX; Northrop Grumman landed $792 million Air Force contract; Catalog raised $1.5 million in a seed round.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

I have been on every end of the business in terms of journalism and publishing. For all those who want to talk about the fragmentation of media and the models for journalism is in trouble; it’s actually not. Journalism is stronger than ever, but the outlets are fragmented. But there is more journalism than ever.

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Journal Startup Writing Media 90

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 14, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investors March Capital Partners led a $51 million Series C round for conversational artificial intelligence developers Uniphore Software Systems Private Ltd.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Santa Monica Capital Company 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2014

A recent analysis by the Wall Street Journal uncovers a surprising number of Southern California startups in the billion dollar valuation -- led by Hawthorne-based SpaceX , with a $4.8 billion dollar startups venture capital exit merger acquisition spacex snapchat beats' Think Silicon Valley has a lock on billion dollar startups?

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Southern California Snapchat SpaceX Startup 213

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 8, 2019

Westwood-based growth equity investment firm 3L Capital announced July 8 it raised a $217 million equity fund to continue investing in local companies.

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Invest Capital Funding Equity 113

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Pasadena-based Thin Line Capital raised a $5 million seed-stage fund to support clean technology and eco-friendly startups.

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Capital Funding Pasadena Startup 100

L.A. Business Journal

MAY 2, 2017

Fertitta Capital launched its first fund on Monday, worth $500 million, which it plans to invest in technology, media, and entertainment companies.

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Capital Funding Entertainment Media 145

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 29, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investment firm March Capital Partners led a $4 million funding round in San Francisco-based mobile game developer Knock Knock Games Inc.

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Mobile Santa Monica Capital Develop 100

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 12, 2017

The flow of venture capital dollars invested into Los Angeles-area companies fell 16.3 percent from a high of $4.17 billion in 2015 to $3.49 billion last year, according to a report by Dow Jones Venture Source.

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Venture Capital Los Angeles Invest Capital 100

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 12, 2019

Atom Tickets, Goldstar expand local business; Hulu to distribute Tastemade content; Backstage Capital targets the "underestimated"

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Capital Hulu Report Content 100

L.A. Business Journal

MAY 5, 2017

Tan Capital Partners has acquired the intellectual property of market research firm Osurv for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced on Friday.

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Research Capital Marketing Company 124

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Disney, Google sign advertising deal; NBCUniversal makes use of AI; Axiomatic and March Capital invest in Nifty Games.

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Capital Google Advertising Report 100

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2018

The report , from the Wall Street Journal, says the IPO will value Sonos at between $2.5 Sonos has received backing from such investors as BV Capital, Elevation Partners, Index Ventures, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., billion and $3.0 and Redpoint Ventures. The company's founder and CEO is John Macfarlane.

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Santa Barbara Redpoint Journal Report 113

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 8, 2019

3L Capital gains $217 million; SpaceX Starlink rivaled by Amazon; BBC invests in Quibi

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Capital SpaceX Report Invest 100

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 24, 2018

March Capital raises $12M for Xage; Snap syndicates Complex content; Meg Whitman dives into e-sports

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Capital Report Content 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Vid--which has yet to launch its product--says it is developing a video journaling application, where data is secured through "zero-knowledge" encryption and which is powered by Blockchain. Financial terms of the investment were not announced. Vid's founders are Jag and Josh Singh.

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Funding Journal Los Angeles Platform 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

The two said the move will automatically update a FitOrbit subscriber's activity journal, reducing need to manually log their activities. FitOrbit is venture backed by WellPoint, Spark Capital, Polar Capital and Ron Conway, and was started by Jake Steinfeld of "Body by Jake".

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Journal Training Activity Los Angeles 174

L.A. Business Journal

MAY 2, 2017

Former UFC owners launch Fertitta Capital with $500 million fund, Venice venture capital fund raises $212 million aimed at real estate tech, and Disney rebrands Maker Studios as Disney Digital Network.

Capital 113

Capital Venice Funding Venture Capital 113

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 11, 2018

Venture capital investment to L.A. region falls again; Internet Brands to acquire lawyer search website Avvo; and SpaceX delays commercial crew test flights to latter half of 2018.

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Venture Capital Internet Brands Invest Capital 100

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Like the original Maslo, the new product is a service for journaling and personal growth, but this time it includes dashboards and visualization tools for the life coaches and training professionals that are molding the minds and leadership habits of tomorrow’s executives. Image courtesy of Maslo.

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Coach Artificial Inteligence Product Services 113

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

We are a holistic health platform that approaches things as more of a holistic health medical journal — everything is backed by science.”. million in seed funding from Crosscut, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, and Female Founders Fund. What we are creating is less of a consumer magazine.

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Guide Research Journal Seed Funding 241

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

The Glazed Conference will seek to bring in all the major players into the discussion including: Over $20bn funding on stage from Blue Chip Investors like Mayfield, Samsung Ventures, Rising Tide Ventures, DN Capital, KPCB, Quallcom Ventures, Spark Capital, Bloomberg Capital and Softtech VC. Kevin Swan, Principle, iNovia Capital.

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Conference Journal Capital Funding 111

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2012

Pinterest, which allows people to share pictures with their friends, comment on those pictures, and more, is expected to announced a $100M funding round, which was led by Rakuten, and also includes Andreessen Horowitz, FirstMark Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners. The Wall Street Journal reports the round values the startup at $1.5

Commerce 196

Commerce Journal Sites Report 196

L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Core Innovation Capital raises $71.5 million for financial tech investments, SpaceX loads Falcon 9 for launch, and DirecTV to end $35 a month streaming service.

Capital 113

Capital Invest SpaceX Report 113

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 22, 2016

Kobe Bryant launches $100 million venture capital fund, L.A. Dodger announces second accelerator class, and SpaceX puts first vertical rocket landed on display in Hawthorne.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Capital Hawthorne Funding 100

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 22, 2016

Kobe Bryant has launched a $100 million venture capital fund.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding 100

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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Venture Capital Los Angeles Invest Capital 100

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 7, 2017

Clearlake Capital sells software firms to Centerbridge Partners for $1.26 billion, SpaceX and ULA asked to bid on five launches by U.S. Air Force, and VP Pence is bullish on SpaceX.

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SpaceX Capital Software Report 100

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

When those investors do open their wallets, they’re shunning risky investments in favor of what the Wall Street Journal called “the upper echelon of highly valued startups” such as Airbnb and WeWork. You could make a good case that these investors are taking the “venture” out of “venture capital.”

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Angel Entrepreneur Journal Venture Capital 66

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

In a proof that it's not all social media and e-commerce here in Southern California, number two ranking startup in The Wall Street Journal's ranking of the "Top 50 Startups" is none other than wireless hardware provider Xirrus , based in Thousand Oaks.

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West Hollywood Thousand Oaks Southern California Journal 145