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APRIL 20, 2018

West Hollywood-based Casa Verde Capital , the new, $45M investment fund run by rapper Snoop Dogg, is one of the investors in a software developer developing code for running cannabis businesses. Casa Verde said when it launched last month that it will specifically invest in the "ancillary cannabis" industry. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

LaughStub joins local companies such as Fandango (LA - movie tickets), RazorGator (LA - sports tickets), Paciolan (Irvine - ticketing systems), not to mention ticket giant Ticketmaster (West Hollywood) in the high tech-meets-ticketing area. No details on the angel funding for LaughStub have been announced. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

the domain name startup with links to Demand Media at number 14; Idealab's Ubermedia at number 16; Machinima in West Hollywood at number 21; San Diego's PatientSafe Solutions at 24; SmartDrive Systems at 25; and SocialVibe at number 23. That list included Laguna Hills-based Glaukos at number 7; Donuts Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2010

West Hollywood-based Citysearch , the online local business guide owned by IAC, announced today that it has launched a new online advertising service for local businesses called CityGrid Complete. Tags: citysearch venture capital orangesoda investment online local marketing advertising. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2012

Curious Minds, which is based in West Hollywood, Curious Minds says it has been incubating companies since 2004, and lists its President and co-founder as David Gonen. Ringadoc is based in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2021

Capsule--a well funded, venture funded startup with more than $270M in funding and backing from TCV, Thrive Capital, and Glade Brook Capital, as well as local investors M13 and Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures--has expanded into Los Angeles, part of a big expansion push by the company.

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JUNE 25, 2009

West Hollywood-based Citysearch , the local reviews and directory service of IAC, has taken an unusual approach to finding its next business idea: it's running a contest which asks its users to submit a "brilliant" idea for web and mobile applications. Tags: citysearch business contest idea venture capital equity. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 30, 2020

West Hollywood-based Dear Media , which is developing a podcasting network focused on female voices, said on Thursday that it has raised $8M in a funding round. The funding came from private equity investor Magnet Companies. Dear Media is led by CEO Michael Bosstick, and the company was co-founded with Raina Penchansky.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2015

West Hollywood-based Laurel & Wolf , a startup which offers up an online marketplace to connect people with top interior designers, disclosed Wednesday that it has raised $5.5M kleinman brandon fine leura investment karlin capital venture marketplace design interior wolf laurel' in funding. The funding included $4.4M

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JULY 12, 2017

West Hollywood-based Hutch , the home interior design app developer led by Beatrice Fischel-Bock, has raised a $10M round of funding from Zillow Group , the company said this morning. Hutch, lets users take a picture of room us‌ing its mobile app, and lets users apply "filters" on how they might redecorate the space.

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JANUARY 20, 2009

West Hollywood-based Geni, and instant messaging spinout Yammer have both raised $5M in funding from the firms' existing backers, Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund, according to regulatory filings and reports. Tags: paypal sacks instant geni venture yammer capital genealogy messaging david. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

The company currently has one pet clinic, in West Hollywood, in addition to "virtual" service. As part of the funding, Tony Conrad of True Ventures, Karen Boone former CFO of Restoration Hardware, and David Bowman of Atmosphere/previously of Blue Bottle Coffee, have joined the company's board.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

West Hollywood-based Hutch has launched a new mobile app, designed to help people with a new space immediately get ideas on how to remake them into the exact style they love--and helps to connect those users to shops to help fill that space with the right furniture for that style.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

West Hollywood-based LaserAway, an aesthetic dermatology business which offers laser hair removal, laser tattoo removal, laser skin rejuvenation services via a series of clinics, has scored private equity funding. According to the company, it raised funding from the Private Equity Group of Ares Management Corporation.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

West Hollywood-based Attn: , a company which publishes an online news site focused on social topics like economic mobility, civil rights, education, criminal justice, and the environment, has raised $18.5M in a funding round, the company disclosed on Friday.

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JUNE 4, 2015

West Hollywood-based Orbitera , a developer of a cloud-based software product to help companies the sales of cloud-based software and services, including managing leads, trial subscriptions, billing, and operations, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The company disclosed the funding Thursday.

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AUGUST 27, 2013

17, entrepreneurs, investors, civic leaders and other key players in the tech industry will gather at the historic Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif. Their mission: to support a charity, savor the hot SoCal nightlife, and transform Los Angeles into the startup capital of the world.

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MARCH 14, 2019

West Hollywood-based Backstage Capital , a venture capital investor which focuses on minorities--including women, People of Color, and LGBT founders, said recently that it has launched the Backstage Accelerator , a three month, startup accelerator which will provide in-person resources and support to its portfolio of companies.

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