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APRIL 3, 2018

A report, published Tuesday by CNBC, says Venice, California-based Snap is in advanced talks to set up a new office in Saudi Arabia. The report said the move is related to an effort by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to help train Saudi youth to develop content for the market.

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MARCH 4, 2016

Venice-based instant messaging app maker Snapchat has raised another $175M in funding , according to the WSJ this morning, from Fidelity Investments. According to the report, the new funding values Snapchat at $16 billion, the same valuation as the company's last funding injection. Snapchat has now raised more than $1.2

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Venice-based Snapchat is looking to raise at much as $500M in a new round of funding, currently valuing the company as high as $19 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg last night. The report cited a "person with knowledge of the matter", who said the valuation of the company would be between $16 billion to $19 billion.

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JULY 18, 2013

in venture capital investments in Q2 2013 across Southern California, spread across 80 deals. The report comes every quarter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. in investments across 90 deals. invested across 45 companies.

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APRIL 19, 2017

Venice, California-based startup accelerator Amplify.LA reports that seed funding in Q1 of 2017 dropped precipitously, falling 42.2 AmplifyLA said it will be reporting quarterly on seed deals, a change from the annual reporting it did in 2016. percent from Q4 of 2016, and 43.8 percent, Year-over-Year. raised, from $2.8M

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 26, 2016

Venice, California-based Snapchat has raised $1.8 The filing said that 157 investors participated in this new round, and other reports say that General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, T. The filing said that 157 investors participated in this new round, and other reports say that General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, T.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Venice, California-based early stage, pre-seed investment fund and accelerator Amplify.LA has released its latest report on the state of the Los Angeles technology scene, saying that the city had a "landmark year". In the report, Amplify.LA

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MAY 29, 2015

Venice-based Snapchat has raised $537.6M The new investors reportedly include Alibaba, Fidelity, York Capital, and Glade Brook Capital, and the funding has widely been reported at valuing the company at around $16 billion. Snapchat has now raised north of $1.15‎ billion. billion).

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Venice Beach-based Snapchat , the developer of a popular mobile application which lets users take "self destructing" mobile photos of themselves that they can send to friends, has raised $13.5M in a Series A funding, according to multiple reports. The funding came from Benchmark Capital, led by Mitch Lasky.

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JANUARY 2, 2015

Venice, California-based Snapchat has raised an enormous, $485.6M The funding appears to be linked to an earlier reported funding effort by the company this year, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which reportedly values Snapchat at over $10 billion. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company.

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AUGUST 8, 2018

Venice-based Snap Inc. , The investment injection comes as Snap announced its Q2 results, where the company reported a net loss of $353.3M the parent company of Snapchat , has raised $250M in the publicly held company from the Saudi royal family. percent stake in the company. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2016

billion in venture capital in Q2 of 2016, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters. billion round for Venice based Snapchat. Southern California companies raised $2.49 Nationally, venture capitalists invested $15.3

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Venture capital firm Prism VentureWorks has shut its offices in Los Angeles, according to a report Friday by peHUB. According to the report, the firm's Venice offices were shut to save money on overhead for the firm, with partner Gordie Nye continuing to work here out of his home office.

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JUNE 22, 2015

Venice, California-based Dollar Shave Club , the subscription-based razor business led by Michael Dubin, has raised $75M in a new funding round, bringing the company's total raised to $150M. The new funding reportedly values the company at $500M.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

They started their company in LA but a couple of years after raising capital from Khosla Ventures in the Bay Area they ended up relocating there. And consider Snapchat – one of our hometown favorites as they’re based in LA (Venice Beach). Local capital matters. As was FarmVille (sold to Zynga) and many, many others.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

Showing little concern for stock-market volatility or worries over the Brexit, venture capital firms pumped $15.3 billion into 961 deals across the United States during the three months that ended June 30, according to the MoneyTree Report on venture capital activity. venture capital market leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

In my new role as the first executive director for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, I spent a lot of time outside of my home turf of Pasadena -- visiting innovation nodes such as San Diego, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Venice, Santa Monica, and others. What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

The Los Angeles Business Journal recently reported data compiled by SoCalTech.com showing that “L.A. But it was the low-key, creative beach vibe of Venice and Santa Monica that spurred a spate of start-ups to seek offices and homes. The predominantly resale neighborhoods of Venice and Santa Monica also feel the tech boom.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

If youre buying a luxury home or just like looking at them, check out this live chat from reporter Lauren Schuker Blum and WSJ.com real estate editor Matthew Strozier. Venices median home price in the first eight months of 2012 broke the $1 million barrier, rising to $1,012,000 from $899,000 in the first eight months of 2011.

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