TechCrunch LA

MARCH 16, 2021

New backers include Dragoneer, Tiger Global, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, funds and accounts advised by T. Squarespace founder & CEO Anthony Casalena said the fresh capital will advance the company’s growth initiatives and help it scale its product suite. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2019

When Stackin initially pitched itself as part of Techstars Los Angeles accelerator program two years ago, the company was a video platform for financial advice targeting a millennial audience too savvy for traditional advisory services.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

San Diego-based StockTwits , the finance and stock-focused micro-messaging service headed by Howard Lindzon, reported that S&P Capital IQ , a provider of market research and financial information, is using its StockTwits Pro service.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

New research has found that San Francisco and London have become two of the world’s leading hubs for VC investment into tech solutions that address one or more of the 17 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), more commonly referred to as “Impact Tech” They are followed by Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai and Beijing.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Taking notice of the gap between the amount and depth of research and technology at local universities, and new company formation, a new group has quietly formed in Los Angeles to tackle the issue. The group includes a number of experienced CEOs with experience raising venture capital as well as bringing companies to an IPO or exit.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The two spent months pounding the pavement in Los Angeles pretending to be college students doing research on the industry. They spoke with salon owners in Beverly Hills, Hollywood and other trendy neighborhoods trying to get a sense of where software and services were falling short. million in funding.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2020

According to Q-CTRL, it is developing software products and professional services in the area of "quantum control engineering" which helps address issues with hardware error and instability with quantum computing. Biercuk, who the company said previously received scientific research funding from U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2023

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based MarketCast Group , which provides market research and data analytics services, said on Monday that it has acquired Turnkey Intelligence , a sports research and advisory firm headquartered in Philadelphia. Financial details of the buy were not announced. Turnkey Intelligence was founded in 1996. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 14, 2014

Drawing from the UK Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) experience, US Senator Chris Coons will talk about the version of the Research & Development tax credit bill he sponsored on August 8 in New York City. All engaged parties indulge in progressive research and development, which is the pillar of economic prosperity.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2010

Los Angeles-based Mojix , which develops RFID technology based on research out of JPL/NASA, said Monday afternoon that the firm has named Samuel Levy as Sr. Vice President, Global Professional Services. Mojix is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Red Rock Ventures and InnoCal Venture Capital.

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socalTECH

MAY 9, 2019

Are you willing to share your DNA with researchers, if only they'd pay you something for that data? The funding included ARCH Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Illumina Ventures, and Osage University Partners. in a funding round, according to the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2020

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2009

Santa Monica-based Zag.com , the online car buying software firm headed by Scott Painter, announced this morning that it has inked a deal with the AAA, to power a new service called AAA Automaker. Zag is venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, USAA, GRP Partners, Arcturus Capital, Callaway Cars and the Skoll Fund. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Jeff is the founder of crowd-sourcing location based mapping services web sites DeadCellZones.com and PhotoEnforced.com. It has been a long 10 year drought of no IPOs and sub par M&A activity that has stifled the startup, venture capital and angel investment community throughout the US. However (More.).

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MAY 27, 2014

Los Angeles-based uSamp , which develops surveying and sampling technology and services for the market research industry, said this morning that it has rolled out a set of new products. uSamp is venture backed by DFJ Frontier, Dupont Capital, Greycroft Partners, OpenView Venture Partners, and Webtigo. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2021

Universities are a rich source of new ideas from their students, their professors, and their own research, and they value entrepreneurs from the real world to decide which ones are viable in the marketplace. Product research and prototype development. They also provide incubator services and space for early startups.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

” Much of this will look and feel like a Green New Deal, but sold under a package of infrastructure modernization and service upgrades that the country desperately needs. . Another $30 billion is designed to be targeted toward rural development; and finally the $40 billion in upgrading research infrastructure.

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JUNE 3, 2019

Newport Beach-based Green Street Advisors , a provider of real estate research and analytics services and data, has been acquired by private equity investor Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe , from existing private equity investor Golden Gate Capital. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based Science 37 , a provider of technology-enabled, clinical research services, has raised $6.5M The funding was co-led by Lux Capital and dRx Capital. in a Series A funding round.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Los Angeles-based Kharon , a research and data analytics company focused on global security threats, says it has received a strategic investment from Barclays. Kharon's services focus on providing information on trade, regulatory and financial crime compliance. The size of that investment was not announced.

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MARCH 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based polling and sampling technology and services provider uSamp is shuffling its executives today, saying that it has named Ted Bouzakis as the company''s new Executive Vice President of Sales, replacing George Llorens. uSamp is venture backed by OpenView Venture Partners and DuPont Capital Management. product line.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

The steps outlined below represent an ideal approach to raising capital from sophisticated investors. One way to accelerate your research is to speak with other startup CEOs who recently closed fundraising rounds. Major League baseball pitchers spend far more time preparing to pitch than they actually do pitching.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Barter your services for their services. Apply for contests and business grants.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

This week, we saw the interconnectedness of major institutions as crypto lending protocol Celsius stuttered and brought down Ethereum prices with it as investors feared a price collapse brought on by reportedly over-leveraged players like 3 Arrows Capital. Three Arrows Capital, Pantera Capital and Dragonfly Capital.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

San Diego-based Arima Genomics , a startup working on research tools for understanding genome sequence and structure, said this morning that it has raised a Series A funding round. The company said the funding round will go towards expansion of its commercial efforts, and also towards scaling of its operations, customer service, and support.

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MARCH 25, 2014

San Diego-based Assay Depot , which operates an online marketplace focused on scientific services, said this morning that it has raised $3M in a Series B funding round. Assay Depot operates a network of online, scientific focused marketplaces specifically aimed at helping scientists find experts and sources of scientific research.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Irvine-based Paragon Biomedical , a contract research organization (CRO), has been acquired by Clinipace , the two announced today. Both firms provide clinical research services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device firms. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2018

But Alphabet’s investment team is far from the only group investing in the restaurant infrastructure as a service business. Perhaps the best capitalized company focusing on distributed kitchens is CloudKitchens , one of two subsidiaries owned by the holding company City Storage Solutions.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2018

In a move which is bound to further heat up the race between Santa Monica's Bird scooter rental service and San Francisco competitor Lime , Lime said today that it has raised $350M--and also inked a co-branding deal which will offer up Lime's scooters and bicycles from within the Uber app. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2015

23andMe said this morning that it has raised $115M in a Series E funding round, which was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, and also included Casdin Capital, WuXi Healthcare Ventures and Xfund, plus Illumina, New Enterprise Associates, MPM Capital, and Google Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Tagging along for the ride are a motley assortment of millionaires and billionaires, movie stars and media moguls that are providing the money the rocket launch services provider and manufacturer of large-scale, 3-D printers needs to achieve its goals. space industry. “We’re building the future of humanity space,” he says.

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JUNE 6, 2018

Headspace says its apps have been used in more than 65 evidence-based research studies, run by U.K.'s Headspace is venture backed by Spectrum Equity, The Chernin Group, Advancit Capital, Allen & Co., The company says it will begin Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) this summer.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2010

Los Angeles-based Growthink , a provider of business plan consulting, corporate branding, venture capital research, investment banking, and other services, has upped its funding to $3.1M, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. Tags: growthink venture capital research investment banking.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to. One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer. First: Product risk. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

His research indicates that they don’t have any old-fashioned customer loyalty, and they want precisely what appeals to them at the moment, preferably customized just for them. Great startups manage to continually improve the relationship through outstanding follow-on support and service. Capitalize on the multiplier moment.

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