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JULY 15, 2016

Southern California companies raised $2.49 billion round for Venice based Snapchat. The big investment dollars for Southern California in Q2 is more than the region brought in during the dot com boom, and exceed the prior recent record of $1.9 Nationally, venture capitalists invested $15.3 READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Venice, California-based StackCommerce, which develops a white-label marketplace which is used by publishers and brands to help connect people with products, has been acquired by Integrated Media Company (IMC), itself owned by private equity investor TPG. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

500Startups said that ClubW--founded by Xander Oxman, Mark Lynn, Geoff McFarlane--was selected as part of its fifth class of accelerator companies. 500Startups invests between $25,000 and $250,000 in startups selected by the group, which usually work with the accelerator to help hone their business.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Venice, California-based Amplify.LA, the startup incubator and investor led by Paul Bricault and Oded Noy, has launched an effort to raise $50M in a new venture capital investment fund, Amplify.LA has made investments in such companies as A.Frame, Caroo, ProGuides, FloQast, ZenBusiness, Clutter, and many others.

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JULY 26, 2019

venice-based Stackin' , a startup which helps consumers start saving and making investments, has raised $4.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the company this week. Stackin' says it already has over 500,000 users who use the service to save money and to start investing, all via text messaging.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Venice, California-based Riot Ventures , led by Stephan Marcus and William Coffield, has launched an effort to raise $75M for its second venture capital fund, the firm disclosed this week in a regulatory filing. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

Venice, California-based venture investor Fifth Wall Ventures , which invests in real estate technology, has raised nearly $3.5M in a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)--like as part of an investment in another company--according to a regulatory filing from the firm this morning. Fifth Wall Ventures SPV XIX, L.P.,

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APRIL 12, 2017

Wallach on investments out of a new fund, Inevitable Ventures. How did you end up here in Los Angeles doing investments? Coincidentally, that was the exact same time in 2009 when I moved out, when Ashton Kutcher started first investing. Ron chose me to manage those investments. We brought in a third partner, Guy Oseary.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

Venice, California-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat , has reportedly been in talks with New York-based Dubsmash on an acquisition, according to The Information, which says that Facebook also has been talking with the TikTok competitor. The Information cited "a person familiar with the matter". READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Venice-based Snap announced the third class of its Yellow startup accelerator class on Wednesday, naming ten companies to participate in its annual 14-week program in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 8, 2018

Venice-based Snap Inc. , the parent company of Snapchat , has raised $250M in the publicly held company from the Saudi royal family. Saudi Arabian Price Al-Waleed Talal said on Tuesday that he has invested $250M in Snap, taking a 2.3 percent stake in the company. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 3, 2017

NBC Universal has invested $500M, as part of the big IPO of Venice-based Snap Inc. yesterday, the company disclosed on Thursday. NBCUniversal said the IPO investment was part of a strategic investment and partnership.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Venice-based instant messaging company Snap Inc. The WSJ reports that the company is looking to hit the market as early as March , in a deal which would value the company at $25 billion. otherwise known as SnapChat , is aiming at a March IPO, according to a report on Thursday afternoon. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Venice, California-based venture capital investment fund Fifth Wall Ventures , has just received a sizeable commit into its second fund, Fifth Wall Ventures II , according to a regulatory filing by the company. According to the filing, the company now has $468.0M According to the filing, the company now has $468.0M

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Investments in two local, Mojave-based companies-- Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit --are on hold this week, after the mysterious disappearance--and suspected murder==of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last week. Khashoggi, a journalist based in the U.S. and working for the Washington Post. percent--back in August.

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APRIL 3, 2018

A report, published Tuesday by CNBC, says Venice, California-based Snap is in advanced talks to set up a new office in Saudi Arabia. Details on the rumored deal between Snap and Saudi Arabia have not been released, and it's unclear what, if any, investment by the kingdom would be made in Snap, the parent firm of Snapchat.

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MAY 23, 2018

Venice, California-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat, is launching a new startup accelerator, named "Yellow", the company disclosed on Wednesday afternoon. The accelerator said it will invest $150,000 into ten different "creators" and startups focused in the media area. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

Venice-based Snapchat is in the midst of raising a new round of funding, led by storied venture capital investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which valued the company at close to $10 billion, according to a report. snapchat venture capital rumor valuation kpcb investment messaging social networking' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2016

Venice-based instant messaging app maker Snapchat has raised another $175M in funding , according to the WSJ this morning, from Fidelity Investments. According to the report, the new funding values Snapchat at $16 billion, the same valuation as the company's last funding injection. Snapchat has now raised more than $1.2

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

In a very bold move, Venice-based Snapchat has apparently turned down a $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook , according to a report today from the Wall Street Journal.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Santa Monica-based Bird , which operates a network of "last mile" electric vehicles for connecting users with public transportation like buses and subways, has raised $100M in a Series B funding, the company said on Friday. As part of the funding, Bird said it has named angel and venture investment veteran Paige Craig as its new Head of U.S.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat has selected two investments banks--Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs--to lead the company's much anticipated IPO, according to a report from Reuters Wednesday afternoon. has been looking for an investment bank to lead the IPO for a number of months. The report said that JPMorgan Chas & Co.,

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MARCH 9, 2015

Venice, California-based Snapchat is in discussions with Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, over possible future funding for the company, according to the Prince''s investment firm, Kingdom Holding Company. Kingdom Holding Company did not reveal any other details of the possible investment.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Venice-based Snapchat is looking to raise at much as $500M in a new round of funding, currently valuing the company as high as $19 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg last night. The report cited a "person with knowledge of the matter", who said the valuation of the company would be between $16 billion to $19 billion.

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JANUARY 7, 2016

Venice-based Gem , the blockchain security and technology developer led by Micah Winkelspecht, said Wednesday that it has raised $7.1M Ben Dahl, who led the investment for Pelion Venture Partners, joins the company's board with the funding round, as does Scott Kriz of Bitium. The company says it has now raised $10.4M

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Venice, California-based early stage, pre-seed investment fund and accelerator Amplify.LA pointed at all of the companies in Los Angeles that came out of the demise of MySpace, and argues that the growth of Snap is about to trigger another wave of startups in the market. billion, with so far 9 of its companies acquired.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The company said the new funding includes $1.25M in new capital, plus a $1M convertible note from last year. tapiture venture capital angel investment social sharing photos products style' Tapiture said the new funds will go towards growth, towards international expansion, and to help build merchant partnerships. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

The company is selling 4,000,000 shares of its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as ANAB. AnaptysBio is backed by Frazier Healthcare, Novo A/S, Avalon Ventures, Alloy Ventures, Biotechnology Value Fund, HBM Healthcare Investments, and others. and $16.00 as early as Thursday. as early as Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 2, 2015

Venice, California-based Snapchat has raised an enormous, $485.6M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the company on New Year''s Eve. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. snapchat venture capital investment kpcb social messaging instant kleiner' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2014

Venice, California-basd Epoxy --which was built by former executive from Team Downey--has launched a brand new set of tools aimed at helping online video creators use social media, and also disclosed a funding round. The company did not provide other details on the funding round. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 4, 2015

Venice, California- and Helsinki, Finland-based mobile game developer Seriously , the developer behind the title Best Fiends , has raised $18M in a venture funding round, the company said this morning. The new funding specifically goes to building out the company's production teams and marketing. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2013

in venture capital investments in Q2 2013 across Southern California, spread across 80 deals. Those numbers reflected a drop from Q2 of last year, when there was $868.98M in investments across 97 deals. However, venture dollars invested were above Q1, when Southern California saw $569.1M in investments across 90 deals.

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MARCH 13, 2015

In what has been a constant, Snapchat -all-the-time news week, the Venice, California-based messaging company has apparently cut loose its COO , Emily White, as CEO and co-founder Evan Spiegel has decided to take a more hand-on role at the company. READ MORE>>. snapchat executive emily white evan spiegel instant messaging'

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AUGUST 14, 2013

The coworking trend--which started in part in Southern California and its high tech startup ecosystem--looks to be spreading East, with news this week that NextSpace has raised $500,000 and acquired a Chicago company, to establish its first coworking site outside of California. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Enthusiastic, yet clearly unsophisticated, fans of Venice, California-based Snap Inc. , the parent company of Snapchat , have driven the stock of a completely unrelated, over-the-counter company, Snap Interactive , through the roof this week. Snap Interactive is a developer of chat and dating apps; Snap, Inc.--which

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AUGUST 15, 2012

Venice-based Movieclips , the online movie clips site and content site founded by Zach James and Richard Raddon, said today that it has raised $18.9M John Hald of USVP joins the company's board with the funding. in a Series C funding round, and has rebranded itself as ZEFR. The new funding round was led by U.S.

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JULY 14, 2016

It was the 10 th consecutive quarter that venture firms put at least $10 billion into startups and other high-tech companies, including a $3.5 Still, the amount invested marked a 12 percent drop from the $17.4 He said MoneyTree data shows the second quarter of 2015 as one of the biggest ever in terms of venture dollars invested.

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