socalTECH

MAY 25, 2021

Irvine-based Docbot, a startup developing artificial intelligenec tools for diagnosing gastrointestinal (GI) disease, has raised $4M in a Series A funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included Bold Capital Partners, Collaborative Fund and Boutique Venture Partners.

Tool

TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

million last year, is among hair businesses aimed at women and people of color, like Rebundle , Morado and theCut , attracting venture capital dollars. We’re equipping them with the tools and resources so that they can operate more efficiently and empower themselves economically.”. The company, which raised $1.7

Tool

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based I.am+ , the tech startup started by pop star will.i.am , said on Monday that it has raised $117M in a venture funding round, and has launched itself into the artificial intelligence tools market for the enterprise. According to I.am+, the round includes Salesforce Ventures, along with other.

Tool

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2019

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, BiasSync , has launched a tool aimed at helping corporations and government agencies measure unconscious bias in the workplace, in an attempt to help foster a "more fair and respectful workplace".

Tool

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2020

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Arrowroot Capital Management says it has completed its sale of its interest in SocialChorus , to another private equity investor, Sumeru Equity Partners. Arrowroot Capital said it will continue to own a minority interest in the company. Financial details of the sale were not announced.

Capital

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Santa Monica-based Headspace , which develops mindfulness and meditation software and tools, has raised $93M in a Series C funding, the company said on Wednesday morning. The company said the round was led by blisce/, and also included Waverly Capital, Times Bridge, The Chernin Group, Spectrum Equity and Advancit Capital.

Tool

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture investor Moonshots Capital is one of the investors in a $3.29M seed funding round for Able, a developer of financial management tools for independent workers and freelancers. According to Moonshots Capital, the funding came out of its Fund II.

Seed Funding

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Santa Monica-based TrueCar, which operates a digital marketplace for automobiles, says it has linked with Capital One to offer up pre-qualification for its buyers. According to TrueCar, the new link with Capital One allows eligible shoppers to pre-qualify for auto financing through participating lenders Capital One and Westlake Financial.

Truecar

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2014

Yesterday, TigerText , a developer of enterprise, secure texting tools, raised a big $21M funding and last week, the big funding round was for Kareo , which raised $29.5M enterprise software tigertext invoca chromeriver venture capital feature saas cloud' for its cloud-based medical offices software. Image courtesy Bigstock.

Southern California

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APRIL 22, 2021

San Diego-based Seqster PDM, a developer of healthcare data tools, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding round. Seqster develops tools that integrate various electronic health record (EHR), pharmacy lab, lab data, genomic data/DNA, fitness wearables data, and other information into a single place.

Tool

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2020

The funding came from Xplorer Capital, Stereo Capital, FJLabs, Benhamou Global Venture and Credit Mutuel Equity. Los Angeles-based Scalefast , a developer of direct-to-consumer, e-commerce software, has raised $22M in a Series B funding round. Scalefast's software is specifically used by brands to scale direct-to-consumer sales.

Tool

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

The company said their tool automates reconciliations for accountants. startup capital venture software close financial floqast' According to FloQast, it is developing closing software aimed at helping accountants close their books faster, and which integrates with Intacct and NetSuite. READ MORE>>.

Software

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

To learn more about how women are looking to change the investment climate--and get involved in investing themselves--we caught up with one of the Pipeline Fellowship''s local mentors, the CEO of Beyond Capital Fund (www.beyondcapitalfund.org), Eva Helene Yazhari , who is here in Los Angeles. What is the Pipeline Fellowship?

Angel

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

in a seed funding round, to go towards its development of tools to power apps and games for 5G and augmented reality (AR), the company said on Tuesday. The company is targeting its tools for use by multi-player gamed developers. A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Croquet Corporation has raised $2.7M in the seed funding.

Tool

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2022

San Diego-based Pack, a developer of e-commerce tools, says it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Alpaca and Vanterra Ventures. Pack says it is developing what it calls "headless commerce", which helps brands create personalized shopping experiences.

Tool

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

StreamElements, a startup developing cloud-based streaming tools, says it has raised $100M in a funding round. The startup--which has offices in Los Angeles, as well as Palo Alto and Tel Aviv--said the funding came from SoftBank Fund 2 and PayPal Ventures.

Tool

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2020

El Segundo, California- and Austin, Texas-based Slingshot Aerospace said this morning that it has received $2M in funding to go towards developing of a new, space training simulation tool for the U.S. Space Force.

El Segundo

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The funding, which was led by Two Sigma Ventures and included existing investors like Plexo Capital, Amplify, and BoldStart values the company at over $100 million. As developers embrace Kubernetes, Replicated launches tools to manage its deployments. “Once we started building on that success. . ” .

Software

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

Startup

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JANUARY 12, 2021

The company's technology competes against tools like the Bloomberg Terminal and Refinitiv Eikon. The company targets financial traders with its software. The company's flagship product is SHIFT. Among other investors in the round were Tony Saliba.

Seed Funding

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Investors including Index Ventures, Toba Capital, VMG Partners, Bonfire Ventures, Ludlow Ventures and BoxGroup agreed. This new capital will help accelerate our mission and deliver value to salons and spas that they never imagined was possible from technology.”. million in funding.

Software

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

These late-stage, traditionally pre-IPO investors joined NewView Capital, Battery Ventures, Greycroft, Revolution Growth and Highland Capital Partners in the funding, which values the company at $3.3 If we want to be the leading company in the space, we have to be capitalized like the leading the company in the space.”

Los Angeles

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Costa Mesa-based Veritone , a developer of artificial intelligence software, said it has received an unsolicited acquisition bid from private equity firm Apis Capital Management. According to Veritone, Apis has offered to acquire all of its outstanding shares for $10.26 per share in cash.

Artificial Inteligence

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

million from investors led by the Los Angeles investment firm March Capital Partners. Previous investors Vertex Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Moment Ventures and the Slack Fund also participated in the funding, which brings Astound’s total capital raised to $27 million.

Help

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Los Angeles-based Arcturus, a developer of 3D video editing tools, said Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $11M in a Series A funding round. The company's tools work with Unreal Engine, Autodesk and Unity. The funding was led by Cloudtree Ventures, and also included Autodesk and Epic Games. The startup is led by CEO Kamal Mistry.

Arcturus

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2014

I have the utmost respect for the tech produced by our northern colleagues and acknowledge it is the tech capital of the world and that won’t change. Maybe you noticed that the hometown hero ZEFR just raised $30 million for video tools ? We have top 25 engineering schools than anywhere else, too. Maker Studios. FullScreen.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Local Capital – I do believe that you’ll struggle to get a community started without some local capital.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

. “the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. get out and raise money now because when markets change they change on a dime and capital completely dries.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2022

Everyone has some degree of strengths blindness, and will likely benefit from one of many tools, such as the Clifton StrengthsFinder. Build positive psychological capital to sustain your business. Without a store of this psychological capital, your performance and leadership will wane, and your satisfaction will dwindle.

Capital

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Two years after the Los Angeles-based fintech startup Dave launched with a suite of money management tools to save consumers from overdraft fees , the company is now worth $1 billion thanks to a nascent banking practice that had investors lining up. The company also provides up to $100, interest-free, overdraft protection.

Company

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Now, as the digital transformation movement continues to accelerate, DevOps teams are struggling with inadequate and inflexible security tools,” said Joshua Bixby, chief executive officer of Fastly, in a statement. Together with Signal Sciences, we will give developers modern security tools designed for the way they work.”.

Culver City

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

with $15 million to Prove It The venture capital world has started firing up a few cylinders again and looking for businesses that it believes will help us all succeed in ways that resonate with new ways of working as we begin to return to work. Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with

Software

TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2020

When former Bill Clinton speechwriter and political wunderkind Andrei Cherny launched Aspiration four years ago , the upstart fintech startup was one of Los Angeles’ early entrants into a financial services market dominated by players from Europe and the financial capital of the U.S. in New York City.

Los Angeles

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Instead, he’s launched a new delivery service that has just raised $3 million from Casa Verde Capital , the $45 million venture firm founded by hip hop impresario Snoop Dogg, and Kevin Durant’s Durant Company — among others — to take advantage of the growing demand for marijuana delivery.

Services

TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2019

All of Ordermark’s previous investors came back to provide additional capital for the company’s new funding, including: TenOneTen Ventures, Vertical Venture Partners, Mucker Capital, Act One Ventures and Nosara Capital , which led the Series A funding. “We The round was led by Boulder-based Foundry Group.

Services

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2014

We built great eCommerce tools from scratch, spent a great deal of efforts deeply integrating with Pinterest and build great corporate relationships with Target and the like. Actually, it came through an introduction from our friends at Partners Group who knew that the company was raising capital.

Startup

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 9, 2021

The PC game capitalizes on a number of big social gaming trends around user-created content, while adding in a marketplace where users can buy avatar figures and accessories crafted by a variety of artists and designers that Mythical has partnered with. The startup has raised a whopping $120 million to date.

Platform