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MARCH 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based conference and digital media events operator Beautycon Media , which operates conference and events focused on fashion and beauty, has raised $9M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from A+E Networks, Live Nation, and Main Street Advisors. The company last raised funding in 2014.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor GRP Partners announced this morning that it has raised a fourth fund, worth $200M, and also renamed the firm Upfront Ventures. upfront ventures partners venture capital fund startup msuster suster launchpadla' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 31, 2009

West Hollywood-based Yammer , the corporate microblogging site inspired by Twitter, is moving from the Los Angeles area to Silicon Valley, according to founder David Sacks. The firm was spun out in September 2008 from Geni, and is backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based equity crowdfunding site StartEngine is looking to get into the "initial coin offering" (ICO) market, saying that it is planning on becoming one of the first crowdfunding portals to accept Initial Coin Offerings. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

.” This historical look at Uber and its self-driving tech unit, Uber ATG, should be considered alongside more recent news, including that it’s in negotiations with investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund, to secure an investment as large as $1 billion for its autonomous vehicles unit. Deal of the week. Megan Rose Dickey.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Raising capital for a female-led startup can be very diffiult--which is what Justine Lassoff and Melinda Moore found out when they started their own company, LovingEco, in Los Angeles. Back then, there really weren't many networking events or groups for high power women in Los Angeles, so we really filled a need.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Molecule , a platform where DAOs can back medical research projects, secured $13 million in seed funding led by Northpond Ventures. Creator-focused web3 sitebuilder Tellie nabbed $10 million in Series A funding from investors including Malibu Point Capital, Galaxy Digital and Dapper Labs. the week in web3.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Manatt Venture Funds, which we dedicate a specific portion of our funds to targeted digital media investments, is also part of the Manatt Digital Media network. Every investor is inundated with many, many more opportunities than they can fund, so they have to say no. Does Manatt Digital Media operate nationally or globally?

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Mike Macadaan , the designer behind MySpace''s redesign in 2009 , has a new project: a Kickstarter effort to fund the design of a line of electronics accessories to organize your pile of electronic charging and accessory cords. Macadaan is currently Chief Creative Officer at Los Angeles technology studio and incubator Science, Inc.

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MAY 20, 2014

Los Angeles-based Survios , a developer of virtual reality technology, announced Monday that it has raised $4M in a Series A venture funding round. The round was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included Felicis Ventures and angel investor Gen Isayama (World Innovation Lab). READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2014

A new report, released over the weekend, says that Los Angeles should look towards New York and San Francisco and what they have done to help strengthen the community here for technology startups. Tech Agenda report, edited by David C.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

NewCo , the company which put together the NewCo festival in Los Angeles in November, has just raised $1.7M in a seed funding, the company disclosed today. newco festival conference technology startup venture capital john batelle' NewCo--which is based in the Bay Area--was founded by John Battelle and Brian Monahan.

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AUGUST 5, 2016

Los Angeles- and Austin-based TheWaveVR announced this morning that it has raised $2.5M in a seed funding round, for its efforts to develop a virtual reality experience specifically for experiencing live music. The company says it will be holding a "VR RAVE" this week at the VRLA conference. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). What is TAU Ventures?

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based PlayVS (pronounced “play versus”) wants to become the dominant platform for amateur esports, starting at the high school level. What gets ignored is the entire base of amateurs wanting to compete in esports below the professional tier. And I was on the founding team of a car rental company called Executive Rental Car.

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MARCH 21, 2016

Los Angeles-based connected doorbell developer Ring has apparently been installing its camera-enabled, Wi-Fi connected doorbells as part of a burglary prevention program with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Ring and the LAPD will detail the results of the program on Thursday at a press conference.

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JULY 16, 2017

The State of Digital Money is Los Angeles’ premier professional event and conference focused on the conversation of the evolving trends and emerging technologies disrupting the global financial system and worldwide transactions. Saturday, July 22, 2017 -- State of Digital Money.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

in Los Angeles. While Google just launched its LA hub, Microsoft has operated a cloud region in Southern California for a while, and started wooing Hollywood last year at the National Association of Broadcasters conference, according to Tad Brockway, a general manager for Azure’s storage and media business.

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MAY 23, 2011

Los Angeles-based Unsocial , a newly launched, location-based business networking service, said today that it has scored a seed round of funding, and launched its product. The funding came from un-named, accredited individual investors. Amount of the funding was not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Los Angeles-based LifeCrowd launched Wednesday, saying that it is looking to help users connect with others on fun activities led by experts. Looking for something fun to do around town? READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Chris explained the importance of community and the upcoming launch of LA Startup Foundation that’s aimed to bring together and foster entrepreneurship and facilitate outreach into the various parts of Los Angeles, creating jobs — not take jobs away.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

KPCB announced its new sFund, a $250M fund which will invest in entrepreneurs in the social space, specifically highlighting Facebook as "the best place to build the next generation" of social businesses. KPCB said its new sFund will focus on the next generation of social entrepreneurs.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

Richard Rosenblatt , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Demand Media said today at the Twiistup conference in Los Angeles, that he sees an IPO as a possible opportunity for the firm. conference the firm was looking at exit optioins. Rosenblatt had suggested earlier this year at the Web 2.0

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MARCH 22, 2010

Los Angeles-based Invested.in announced today that it is launching today at the DEMO Spring 2010 conference in Palm Desert. The firm, which is self funded, says that it allows individuals, businesses, and nonprofits to raise money for any project, using social media. The company is headed by Alon Goren. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 23, 2019

.” So he wanted to take the social aspects of Instagram and the subscription box and retail elements of StitchFix to create the new Los Angeles-based startup, Flip Fit. . Then he met Jonathan Ellman at the Summit conference in Los Angeles. But to do it, Agha needed a push. “ We met at a party.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Yammer, a Twitter-like spinout out of high profile Los Angeles genealogy firm Geni.com, has scored the top prize at the TechCrunch50 awards in San Francisco. style genealogy and social networking web site headed up by former PayPal founder David Sacks; the firm is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2013

I had the chance to sit down with the Founder & CEO to learn all the exciting details of Ribbon at our TechZulu Tech Lounge during this year’s (2013) SXSW conference. Ribbon believes that users will feel more comfortable sharing a future location such as “Los Angeles” or “Chicago” as opposed to sharing a specific place and address.

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MARCH 28, 2019

Earlier this month, the annual Montgomery Summit conference was held in Santa Monica, including a special portion of the conference dedicated to the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur. I also think there's an interesting opportunity in Los Angeles, as the tech scene continues to develop and mature.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Los Angeles area startups and would-be entrepreneurs were gathered Thursday as a part of the annual Twiistup technology conference, being held at the Skirball Center. The startup event--which continues until tonight--included keynotes by David Cohen of TechStars, Suneel Gupta of Groupon, Loic Le Meur of Seesmic, and many others.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Los Angeles-based Clicker.com , a startup looking to index and search online television content, launched Tuesday at the TechCrunch50 conference, saying it has raised $8M in venture funding from Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures. The firm is headed by Jim Lanzone, former CEO of Ask.com. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Los Angeles-based Mota Motors , which provides services to help consumers buy and sell used automobiles, is one of the Southern California startups which is making a push at TechCrunch50 this week. Mota launched a new site at the conference Monday. in funding back in April of 2008. The company is headed by Reza Bundy.

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MARCH 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based IVT , a provider of web casting software and services, announced today that it has named Jim McGovern as its new CEO. in a Series B funding round from Syncom Ventures, Monitor Venture Partners, Tudor Ventures, and Barshop Ventures. McGovern replaces founder Greg Pulier, who is now CTO of the firm. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online content publishing firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, has reportedly selected Goldman Sachs to run its IPO effort, according to a report this evening from the Financial Times. The firm has so far raised over $355M in funding--including some from Goldman Sachs. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

I told David, “Look at the changes we’ve seen in the VC / funding market. The whole movement to seed funds / early investments happened for a reason. At GRP Partners we’re all in on Los Angeles having written about $35 million in early-stage venture capital investments in this market alone in the past six months.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

While the attendee interactions might be more limited due to Zoom, we found our leadership roundtables, conferences, and showcases all showed significant increases (50 - 100%) in participation. Despite the macro challenges, we were able to significantly increase our reach and engagement across the region.

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JUNE 11, 2012

How do you cut out all of the effort required to discover, find, and book venues for your event, wedding, or conference? The firm just announced its seed funding round, from the founders of Groupon as other last week, and has launched into Chicago as its latest market. Tell us a bit about this seed funding?

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