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JULY 1, 2020

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

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MAY 4, 2021

Irvine-based e-commerce software developer Kajabi said this morning that it has raised a massive, $550M funding round, which values the company at over $2 billion. Kajabi says it is profitable, and will use the funding to scale its team and build out its products, expand internationally, and explore strategic mergers and acquisitions.

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JUNE 29, 2017

We've summarized the funds that have announced new funds in the last nine months or so, or that are in the midst of raising funds--a total of more than $1086 million in total funds. List ordered by fund size). Fund size: $230M fund. Fund size: $100M fund. Fund size: $100M fund.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

O'Loughlin is VP Human Resources; Lewis Chang VP of E-Commerce and Marketing; Billy Crotty as SVP Global Operations; and Rick Foukes is VP Coatings Engineering. The firm's CEO is Bob King, who took charge of the firm in October of last year, shortly after a $60M funding from ABS Capital Partners and others.

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MAY 19, 2020

Los Angeles-based Assembly , a developer of e-commerce tools and software, has received what it says is a "significant investment" from private equity investor Providence Strategic Growth. According to Assembly, the new funding will go to both build and acquire e-commerce software and services.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Los Angeles-based commerce and content platform StackCommerce has been acquired by the Integrated Media Company, a holding company set up by the massive private equity fund, TPG, to acquire new media businesses. We feel fortunate to partner with a team that has such deep expertise in commerce and technology.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

Santa Monica-based ShoeDazzle , the online e-commerce and celebrity site that is back in the hands of Brian Lee, and whose co-founders include Kim Kardashian, has raised $6.0M in a combination of equity and debt, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Tuesday.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according the Crunchbase. Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Size of the equity funding was not announced. VitaCup offers its single cup, Keurig-style coffee and tea pods online through its own e-commerce channels. First Beverage said VitaCup will use the proceeds to expand sales and marketing, for e-commerce channels, development of additional product offerings, and other efforts.

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MAY 11, 2017

San Diego-based Miva , the developer of e-commerce shopping cart software, has received a growth capital funding from private equity investor Bison Capital Partners, the companies said this week. Miva said that the investment is the first time in its history that it has accepted growth capital funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until real revenue flows. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Solicit funds from friends and family. Use crowd funding to build reserves. Use crowd funding to build reserves.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

The investment came from private equity investor Blackstone Group. According to TaskUs, the funding round values the company at $500M. Santa Monica-based business outsourcing service provider TaskUs , founded by Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir, said this morning that it has raised $250M in an investment round. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based Magento Commerce , a developer of open source, e-commerce software tools, has raised $22.5M in an equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. Magento (which lists its corporate name as Varien) is headed by Roy Rubin.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Los Angeles-based e-commerce software developer Assembly has joined the ranks of the local unicorn startups, according to the company, after getting a "significant capital injection" from Advent International. The company said that PSG also participated in the funding round, which it says will be used to fuel growth plans for the company.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Liquid Death has attracted nearly $2 million in funding from angel investors like Away co-founder Jen Rubio and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. Bev , a canned wine business that recently raised $7 million in seed funding from Founders Fund, thinks marketing in the alcohol industry is the problem. pic.twitter.com/DMEg88t4iO.

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APRIL 29, 2014

San Diego-based tag management software developer Tealium announced this morning that it has raised an additional $20M in funding, from private equity investor Silver Lake Waterman. Tealium, which is led by Jeff Lunsford, said it plans to use the funding for global expansion. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2016

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , the provider of customer service software and services, which e-commerce companies use to add live chat and support to their websites, has been acquired by Nuance Communications , Nuance said Thursday. Nuance said it would pay $215M, split between $110M in cash and $85M in stock, with $20M in earn out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This usually means not taking money from equity investors, since investors want fast growth, high profits, and an exit event, to allow investments to be recouped. Startup funding comes from personal savings and family. Non-equity funding has to come from personal sources, or government grants, or bank loans.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

in a debt and preferred equity round of funding, according to investment firm BIA Digital Partners II, LP. BIA said that the round also included primary equity backer Azure Capital Partners. The funding will go towards growth of the company's flagship site, as well as build out of its e-commerce and enterprise products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow. Solicit funds from friends and family. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. Use crowd funding. Join a startup incubator.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Rancho Dominguez-based OneStop Internet , which develops e-commerce websites for fashion brands, including True Religion, John Varvatos and Seven For All Mankind, has raised $9.15M in a strategic investment round, the firm said Tuesday. The round came from Fund Capital USA, a private equity firm. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow. Solicit funds from friends and family. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. Use crowd funding. Join a startup incubator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until real revenue flows. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Solicit funds from friends and family. Use crowd funding to build reserves. Use crowd funding to build reserves.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

LAVA inducted Mayor Riordan--who had a long and involved career in venture capital and private equity before his efforts in politics--into its LAVA Hall of Fame. The group, which promotes the venture capital industry in the Los Angeles area, also honored local companies for their funding and exit activity. and ServiceMesh.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over 60 times as many companies, according the Center for Venture Research. Here are a couple of concerns and possible negatives to avoid: More startups left in the funding gap.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Usually these are revenue-generating e-commerce sites, or have the potential to be revenue-generating. It can mean selling through peer-to-peer e-commerce ( eBay ), renting ( Vrbo ), gifting ( GiftCrowd ), or even swapping ( Swapz ). For utilization to increase, assets need to be made accessible.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2021

In my experience as a business advisor and occasional investor, many of you won’t make it that far, succumbing to the high costs of getting those first customers, funding an initial inventory, and building an operational support process. Start networking for funding before the crisis. Build your plan around resources you know.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Los Angeles-based ShoeDazzle.com , an online, e-commerce site focused on shoe fashions, has raised $7.0M in equity funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. No details on the source of the funding were disclosed.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Last week, I profiled an e-commerce startup Part & Parcel. billion in a round led by the private equity firm GPI Capital this week. The financing brings Postmates’ total funding to nearly $1 billion. Equity drops every Friday at 6:00 am PT, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , and all the casts.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

in a funding led by Orange County's Okapi Venture Capitalis looking to help direct to consumer brands use better data to direct their marketing and other efforts. A lot of those brands, on the e-commerce side, are becoming more data driven. Talk about this recent funding round, how did that come about?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

If you are at the funding stage, try the new crowd-funding platforms or micro-capital investments. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business. Contribute and give talks to local business organizations, like the Chamber of Commerce, to establish your expertise, and contribute information as well as gather it.

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MARCH 12, 2018

Love Goodly recently launched its own crowd equity funding campaign. The reason why, is we want to let you fall in love with those products, and continue to let you buy them on our e-commerce site as well, and also discover all of the product line for those brands. That's another initiative we're using this funding for.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow. Solicit funds from friends and family. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. Use crowd funding. Join a startup incubator.

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JUNE 27, 2019

We were acquired in 2014 by Summit Partners, and I ended up in private equity, post-acquisition at Summit Partners. We received venture funding from Comcast Ventures and Crosscut. I will say, is that private equity was almost like my MBA, in that it taught me how to scale a business efficiently. Michael Greenberg: Yes.

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JULY 5, 2017

I moved down here to work as a large, $10 billion private equity fund with Ron Burkle, at Yucaipa Companies. It's quite unusual to see an apparel company with venture funding, how did that happen? As an investor, what made you decide to go from private equity to an operational role? I was in the consumer, retail space.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Usually these are revenue-generating e-commerce sites, or have the potential to be revenue-generating. It can mean selling through peer-to-peer e-commerce ( eBay ), renting ( HomeAway ), gifting ( yerdle ), or even swapping ( Swapz ). For utilization to increase, assets need to be made accessible.

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

inQ offers web chat services for e-commerce web sites, which helps to close online sales and guide users to select and find products. The firm has previously raised funding from Dolphin Equity, Emergence Capital Partners, Hudson Ventures, Partech International, and Vertrue. inQ did not detail reasons for the name change.

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