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JUNE 9, 2021

Santa Monica-based Luxury Travel Hackers said today that it has launched a new company, focused on helping the "mobile millennial" book "influencer-curated" trips via social media, with a seed funding. Size of the funding was not announced. According to Luxury Travel Hackers, the funding was led by Thomas B.

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MAY 17, 2013

In some what-did-our-spam filter eat-recently funding news, Santa Monica-based Privlo recently raised $2.1M in a seed funding round, for its online marketplace for private mortgage loans. Privlo, which was founded by Michael Slavin, said the new funding came from QED Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 9, 2014

Santa Monica-based Washio , which operates a smartphone driven, laundry and dry cleaning pickup and delivery service, said today that it has raised $10.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Canaan Partners, and also included A Grade Investments, Pejman Mar Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, and Jerry Yang (Yahoo).

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

Santa Monica-based Boulevard a developer of cloud-based software used by salons and other appointment-based businesses to automate the process of booking appointments, has raised a seed round of funding, according to one of its investors. Size of the funding round was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based Mave has raised seed funding, for a yet-to-be-launched personal concierge startup, according to Fortune this morning. Details on the funding have yet to be announced, and the company's site consists of a waitlist and no other details on the service.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. No blog post about how Tiger is crushing everybody because it’s deploying all its capital in 1-year while “suckers” are investing over 3-years can change this reality. So it’s about 20%.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Santa Monica-based Honk has launched a service for you, specifically to let you summon roadside help using your smartphone--without a membership. assistance highway call roadside investment investor angel capital venture brundage corey help honk' Honk also revealed that it has raised $1.8M READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

in a seed funding round. Funding for the Santa Monica company came from Crosscut Ventures, 500 Startups, Launchpad LA, Baroda Ventures, Zelkova Ventures, and Double M Capital. Lettuce , a developer of software to help manage order capture, inventory, and accounting for online businesses, has raised $2.1M

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of online, contact and relationship management software headed by Jon Ferrara, the former founder of Goldmine, said last night that it has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The funding also included Jason Calacanis, Don Dodge, Dharmesh Shah, and others.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Santa Monica-based Get.com , a new startup founded by Jake Gold and Steven Fruchter, has launched, looking to help users make product purchase decisions.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

Santa Monica-based Entangled Media Corp. 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' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Santa Monica-based Troy Capital Partners , a new venture investment firm led by Josh Berman, Brian Sullivan, and Samit Varma, has backed a veteran of TrueCar for a new startup called Rollick Outdoor. Rollick Outdoor is based in Austin, where Brenner was based while at Santa Moinca-based TrueCar. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Monica-based ShopNation has raised $800,000 in a seed funding, and launched a new fashion discovery site today. Tags: shopnation venture capital funding launchpadla fashion shopping ecommerce. The firm said its team comes from LowerMyBills.com, Mahalo, and HUGE. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital is one of the lead investors in a new, video game publishing startup called Nifty Games , in a $3M funding round, announced on Tuesday by Nifty Games.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners has made another investment, this time as the lead in data center automation software maker Pensa. Pensa said Thursday that it raised a Series A funding round and launched itself into the automation software market for virtual data centers.

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APRIL 30, 2021

Santa Monica-based Hashflow, which operates a decentralized exchange for the crypto market, says it has raised $3.2M in a seed funding round.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Santa Monica- and London-based Echoecho , which is developing a service to provide location information to your friends via a mobile application, announced today that it has raised $750,000 in a seed funding round. The round came from Google Ventures and PROfounders.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Santa Monica-based Vyng , the developer of a social video ringtone product, said on Tuesday that it has raised $3M in a seed funding round.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Santa Monica-based Dog Vacay , the online person-to-person marketplace for dog boarding, has formally announced new investors in the firm, who are joining in its $1M seed funding round. The firm is headed by Aaron Hirschhorn, and is also backed by Science Inc.

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MARCH 7, 2018

Santa Monica-based Camera IQ , which is developing technology focused on the "camera experience", says it has raised $4.3M in a seed funding round. According to Camera IQ, its technology integrates OS platforms, AR toolkits and native apps into a "single fabric" for brands.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Clearstone Ventures has backed a developer of an online social dating and games firm, CupidsPlay. CupidsPlay said it received seed funding from Clearstone. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. CupidsPlay is based in Bellevue, Washington. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Santa Monica-based Workast , a developer of applications that run on the popular Slack chat platform, has raised $1.85M in a seed funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding was led by Greycroft Partners, and also included Spider Capital, Mucker Capital, and Dream Incubator.

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MARCH 8, 2018

Santa Monica-based Ordermark says it has raised $3.1M in a seed funding round, for an online ordering management platform for restaurants. The funding was led by TenOneTen Ventures, and also included Act One Ventures, Mucker Capital, and others. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2012

Santa Monica-based Retention Science , a new startup out of the MuckerLab accelerator, is announcing this morning that it has raised $1.3M in a seed funding.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Santa Monica-based Fair , a startup offering up a mobile app which lets users find, purchase, and finance an automobile--started by automotive startup veteran Scott Painter--has raised $16M and launched its services. The company also says it is in the midst of a Series A-1 financing being led by BMW i Ventures.

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JULY 31, 2017

Santa Monica-based FanAI , which is developing artificial intelligence software specifically aimed at e-sports monetization, said today that it has raised $1.8M in a Series Seed funding.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Santa Monica-based HomeLister , a startup which helps homeowners sell their own homes online, has raised $4.5M in a seed funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by MetaProp and Homebrew. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Lindsay McLean.

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JUNE 23, 2015

Santa Monica-based Heal , an on-demand startup offering up access to house calls from doctors via smartphone, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, the company announced this morning.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Venice, California-based Vetted , a new startup offering up on-demand, veterinary services at your home, has raised $3.47M in seed funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Foundation Capital, Amplify LA, Sterling.VC, and ReImagined Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Santa Monica-based digital trading card startup Epics.gg has raised $2M in a seed funding round, according to the company, which came from BITKRAFT Esports Ventures, along with GC Tracker Fund, Everblue Management, Hersh Interactive Group, Imagination Capital, Courtside Ventures and angel investors.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Santa Monica-based Work Today , a startup that has launched an online, labor marketplace targeted at blue collar workers, has raised $1.1M in a seed funding round, the company is announcing this morning. Work Today is led by Joe Nigro, who previously had been at HomeHero and Handy.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Santa Monica-based ZoneTV , a provider of services to the pay television industry, said this morning that it has raised $4.1M in a seed funding round. The round was led by BEST Funds. The company is led by Jeff Weber, and has offices in Santa Monica; Toronto, Canada; and Pickering, Canada.

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APRIL 10, 2017

Santa Monica- and Singapore-based Wavemaker Partners is one of the investors in Saleswhale , a Singapore startup developing artificial intelligence software for managing sales leads and sales conversations. in a seed funding over the weekend, which came from Monk's Hill Ventures, Gree Ventures, and Wavemaker Partners.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Santa Monica-based live game streaming startup Mobcrush has raised $11M in a Series A round, the company said Tuesday. in its seed funding round back in May. Mobcrush raised $4.9M The company's mobile app lets users stream their video games to others, and also chat and watch other players. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 7, 2020

Santa Monica-based Grow Credit , a fintech startup which provides small dollar loans and helps consumers establish their credit record through paying for online subscriptions, says it has added a new investor, Commerce Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Santa Monica-based HMBradley , a new fintech startup focused on digital banking, has raised $3.5M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The seed funding was led by Accomplice Ventures and Walkabout Ventures, along with Mucker Capital, Index Ventures and others including HVF Labs (Max Levchin's startup studio).

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Santa Monica-based venture investment firm Griffin Gaming Partners is the lead investor in Turkish mobile gaming developer Spyke, Spyke said on monday. According to Spyke, it raised $55M in its seed funding round from Griffin Gaming Partners. Griffin is led by Peter Levin, Phil Sanderson and Nick Tuosto.

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