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DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . “Los Angeles is a great place for this, because we have a close relationship with Caltech and JPL,” according to Gross.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based private equity investor OpenGate Capital said that one of its portfolio companies, Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems, has acquired another company, MultiCam, from private equity investor Rosewood Private Investments. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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JUNE 16, 2020

Open Raven , the Los Angeles-based security startup founded by a team of cybersecurity veterans from CrowdStrike and SourceClear, has closed on $15 million in new financing only four months after emerging from stealth and in the middle of a pandemic. . and provided by the company.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Los Angeles-based Cloudbreak Health , which develops a platform used for telemedicine efforts, has raised $10M in an investment round, the company announced this morning. According to the company, the funding came from Columbia Partners Private Capital.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based Podcorn , a venture-backed startup offering up native podcast advertising and matching, has launched its platform, saying that its platform will help advertisers discover and run native ads on podcasts. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

AvantStay — which has built a platform where it decorates and then lists properties owned by others for people to rent out for vacations or other short-term stays — has raised $160 million in a Series B round of funding. Los Angeles-based AvantStay has been around since 2017 and had only raised $25 million in the last four years.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 27, 2022

Now, a gaming startup that’s building a new kind of platform that it thinks will be a — wait for it — game changer in the category is announcing some funding as to ride that wave of attention. Part of that is because of how PortalOne has built out its platform. “This is part of our secret sauce.”

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MARCH 10, 2020

Los Angeles-based investor Arrowroot Capital is the lead investor in a $45M funding round in New York-based mParticle , a developer of a platform used to manage customer data. The funding--a Series D--brings the total investment in mParticle to more than $120M.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

Los Angeles-based MedAnswers , a venture-backed startup focused on fertility, is announcing this morning that it has launched a new product, which helps match users with fertility doctors and experts. The new matchign platform is free to end users. The startup was a part of the Illumina Accelerator. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 2, 2021

Making money on livestreams has never been easier thanks to a suite of tools from the Los Angeles-based startup Maestro , which just nabbed $15 million in financing to grow its business. “The third piece is a developer ecosystem,” Evans said. “We’re really copying Shopify, Squarespace for video or Shopify for video.

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JUNE 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based Stem , which is developing a platform to simplify payments for musicians and other content creators, announced Wednesday morning that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding. The company says it has now raised $12.5M Stem was co-founded by Milana Rabkin, Tim Luckow and Jovin Cronin-Wilesmith.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

Aclima , a San Francisco-based company which builds Internet-connected air quality sensors and runs a software platform to analyze the extracted intel, has closed a $24 million Series A to grow the business including by expanding its headcount and securing more fleet partnerships to build out the reach and depth of its pollution maps.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investor March Capital Partners is the lead investor in a new, Series A $4M funding round for a new, video game developer called Knock Knock Games , according to the company on Thursday. As part of the funding, March Capital's Gregory Milken joins Knock Knock's board of directors.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Los Angeles-based NuOrder, a B2B wholesale e-commerce platform, closed on a $15 million Series C financing round, led by Radnor, Pa.-based based venture capital firm NewSpring and joined by existing investors Upfront Ventures of Santa Monica and Argentum of New York City.

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MARCH 10, 2016

Los Angeles-based Immersv is launching a brand new, ad platform aimed at virtual reality content, the company is announcing today.

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JULY 9, 2015

Shift Technologies , a venture backed startup which has received funding from DFJ, Highland Capital, and others, is extending its efforts into Los Angeles, after launching in San Francisco.

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APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome Tech , which has built a digital platform aimed at immigrants and their families, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round co-led by TTV Capital, Owl Ventures and SoftBank Group Corp.’s Today, Welcome’s platform is approaching 3 million active users, according to co-founder and CEO Amir Hemmat.

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JUNE 9, 2021

Mythical Games , an NFT games startup based out of Los Angeles, has banked a $75 million raise from new and existing investors betting on the startup’s aim to expand the ambitions of their first title and locate a substantial platform opportunity amid helping developers build blockchain-based gaming experiences.

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based VideoAmp , which operates a programmatic video advertising platform, said this morning that it has raised $2.2M in a funding round, from Anthem Venture Partners, Simon Equity Partners, Third Wave Capital, Wavemaker Partners and ZenShin Capital. videoamp video advertising venture capital ross mccray'

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MAY 2, 2017

Los Angeles-based venture investor March Capital Partners is the lead investor in video game developer Wavedash Games , which announced a $6M Series A funding round on Tuesday morning. The funding round also included Lowercase Capital, Advancit Capital, CourtsideVC, Machine Shop Ventures, Luma Labs, and Cherrytree VC.

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JANUARY 21, 2016

Los Angeles-based StartEngine , which recently pivoted into equity crowdfunding, said Thursday that it has added a second company to its platform with SEC qualification. StartEngine began life as a startup accelerator, but in recent months has rolled out its own, equity crowdfunding platform. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Shamrock Capital reports this morning that it has led a $30M investment in Pixellot , an Israeli firm developing automatic, artificial intelligence-driven software for producing streaming sports video. Pixellot has now raised more than $40M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based online survey and sampling services and technology provider uSamp said Wednesday that it has rolled out a new, fully open Application programming interface (API). The new API is part of its new SampleCORE platform, which it says helps automate sampling for its customers. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Los Angeles-based Science 37 , a startup developing a technology platform aimed at enabling clinical trials, said this morning that it has raised $31M in a Series B financing round. The funding was led by Redmile Group, and also included Lux Capital, dRx Capital, and Sanofi Genzyme BioVentures.

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APRIL 30, 2019

San Diego-based Quality Built , a provider of third-party, quality-assurance services to the residential and commercial construction industry, has received a private equity investment from Los Angeles-based Gallant Capital Partners. Size of the investment was not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In a move to shore up institutional support in what’s likely to be it’s last fundraising as a private company, the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming behemoth Scopely has raised $340 million in its latest eye-popping round of funding. ” In terms of capitalization, no other mobile gaming studio comes close.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Boulevard , a spa management and payment platform, has raised $27 million in a new round of funding despite a business slowdown caused by the COVID0-19 pandemic. The two spent months pounding the pavement in Los Angeles pretending to be college students doing research on the industry. million in funding.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

The investment also brings its total capital raised since its 2008 inception to $386 million. Much like how Microsoft Windows defined the operating system for personal computers decades ago, Clio has developed a software platform for law firms and their clients that is cloud-based and client-centric by design,” Newton said.

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AUGUST 31, 2017

Los Angeles-based fintech investor Core Innovation Capital has backed a new startup, Bestow , which is developing an algorithm-driven, on-demand, life insurance platform. yesterday, in a round led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Core Innovation Capital, Morpheus Ventures, and 8VC. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2017

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , along with another local investor, Crosscut Ventures , have both made investments in a new Techstars company, Branch Messenger , Branch announced this morning. Series A funding round led by March Capital Partners, and which also included CrossCut, Techstars Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, and others.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Los Angeles-based venture investor Greycroft Ventures is backing a Melbourne, Australia-based startup, FrankieOne. The company develops an API platform for identity verification and fraud detection. The company develops an API platform for identity verification and fraud detection.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Los Angeles-based gaming startup Midnight announced this morning that it has raised $7.5M The funding came from Shima Capital, blockchain platform Forte, gaming community SNACKCLUB, guild and mod platform Overwolf, plus the founders of gaming companies Illuvium and investors Woodstock Fund, FJ Labs, Bixin Ventures, among others.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 16, 2019

A slew of banks are coming together to back a new roll-up strategy for the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming studio, Jam City and giving the company $145 million in new funding to carry that out. And the company isn’t the only mobile games studio making moves.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The round was led by Qumra Capital, a new investor. Microsoft’s venture fund M12, also a new investor, participated in the round alongside Acrew Capital, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Munich Re Ventures, and Israeli entrepreneur Shlomo Kramer, who co-founded security firms Check Point and Imperva.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Los Angeles-based Untapped Ventures said on Wednesday that it has launched a new, early-stage venture capital fund, which it says invests in companies that "help people live the best version of themselves, personally and professionally." The venture capital fund is led by Founding General Partner George Bandarian.

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APRIL 2, 2014

Los Angeles-based Asset Avenue has launched a new, crowdfunding site focused on commercial, real estate investments, the company said this week. According to the startup, its online marketplace lets potential real estate investors access to pre-vetted investment opportunities across the country.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

Los Angeles-based media measurement and optimization software developer VideoAmp has raised $275M in funding, giving it a $1.4 The funding included The Spruce House Partnership, D1 Capital Partners, Tiger Global, EPIQ Capital Group and Ankona Capital Partners. billion valuation, the company said onn Thursday.

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