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MAY 13, 2021

Los Angeles-based Cartwheel, a startup that develops on-demand delivery management software, says it has raised $1M in a seed funding round, which came from TenOneTen Ventures, Act One Ventures, as well as famed hot dog restaurant chain Portillo's Hot Dogs, along with other angels.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, has finally filed for its long awaited IPO. Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, Pacific Crest Securities, Raine Securities, and JMP Securities. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 17, 2015

YourMechanic , a venture-backed, Silicon Valley on-demand service for finding a mobile mechanic, said today that it has launched into Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Culver City-based Clutter , which offers up "on-demand" self storage of your extra stuff, has raised $200M in a Series D funding, the company announced on Wednesday morning. According to Clutter, the Series D funding was led by SoftBank Vision Fund with participation from Sequoia, Atomico, GV, Fifth Wall and Four Rivers.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Venture capital for innovators. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. LLP , Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth , and Vistage. Technology.

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APRIL 16, 2019

Culver City-based Flowspace , a provider of "on-demand" warehousing and fulfillment services to businesses, has raised $12M in a Series A funding round, the company announced this morning. According to Flowspace, the round was led by Canvas Ventures, and also included Moment Ventures, 1984 Ventures and Y Combinator.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

This morning, we're sharing the insights of Greg Martin , a venture capitalist at Archer Venture Capital. I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? 2010 was a momentus year for me personally.

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MARCH 26, 2015

Santa Monica-based HONK , the on-demand, roadside assistance app startup led by Corey Brundage, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Altpoint Ventures, and also included Structure Capital, Karlin Ventures, Expansion VC, and Venture51.

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MARCH 29, 2021

Terry, said the funding came from Trucks VC, Kapor Capital, JFF, Energy Impact Partners and The Fund. ChargerHelp said it offers up on-demand repair of EV charging stations, using a local workforce which has been trained on EVSE maintenance. The startup, founded by Kameale C. Terry was previously at EV Connect.

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MAY 19, 2015

Los Angeles-based Clutter , which provides on-demand, self storage to users in Los Angeles, has raised $2M in a funding round, the company disclosed Monday. The funding came from Resolute Ventures, AmplifyLA, plus angels such as Matt Coffin, David Sacks, and Joanne Wilson. The startup is led by Brian Thomas.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the social media firm headed by former MySpace Chairman Richard Rosenblatt, said this morning that it has made a minority investment in Toronto-based CoveritLive. Tags: demand media coveritlive venture capital social blogging. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2017

Los Angeles-based fintech investor Core Innovation Capital has backed a new startup, Bestow , which is developing an algorithm-driven, on-demand, life insurance platform. yesterday, in a round led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Core Innovation Capital, Morpheus Ventures, and 8VC. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter company Bird has raised $75M more, and acquired a Berlin-based Circ , which operates its own scooter business in Europe. According to Bird, the acquisition of Circ will add more than 300 employees to its European operation.

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MAY 2, 2018

Soothe , which provides on-demand access to certified massage therapists, has raised $31M in a new funding, the company said on Wednesday, but has shifted its headquarters out of Los Angeles and moved to Las Vegas. According to the company, the funding came from The Riverside Company.

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MAY 3, 2018

On-demand, car wash startup Washe , which lets users connect with professional mobile car washers, said this week that it has raised $3.5M in a seed funding, to help it to "greatly expand" its operation sin Los Angeles, as well as expand into other new markets.

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JUNE 25, 2015

On-demand pickup service Curbside , which develops a mobile, on-demand app and associated service that lets users buy products from retailers such as Target and Best Buy, and pick them up later that day, is planning to expand to Southern California.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

San Diego-based GoShare , the developer of an on-demand, moving and delivery app, has raised $1M in a seed funding round, the company said on Friday. The company--which calls itself the "Uber for Trucks"--said the funding was led by race car driver and entrepreneur Claudio Burtin, and also included Dr. David Panton (Panton Equit Partners).

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JUNE 23, 2015

Santa Monica-based Heal , an on-demand startup offering up access to house calls from doctors via smartphone, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, the company announced this morning.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Los Angeles-based car leasing startup Fair , led by technology veteran Scott Painter, has acquired Los Angeles-based on-demand car rental service Skurt , according to reports this morning. Skurt was venture backed by Upfront Ventures, BMW, Cross Culture Ventures, Expansion VC, Greycroft Partners, and Magic Johnson.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based Saucey , a provider of an on-demand, alcohol delivery app said it has raised $4.5M The funding came from Blumberg Capital, Structure Capital, Altpoint Ventures, T5 Capital, HashtagOne, as well as individual angels. in a seed funding round.

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MAY 9, 2013

yekra venture capital funding digital entertainment content' Yekra says its system helps match content to viewers by genre, by digitally distributing entertainment through different web sites, blogs, social networks, and other destinations. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2016

Los Angeles-based on-demand, massage service Soothe has raised another $35M in funding to expand its service into more cities, the company said on Thursday. The funding came from the Riverside Company. Soothe is led by Merlin Kauffman, and lets users book both through a mobile app, through its website, or even a phone call.

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APRIL 15, 2020

Pasadena-based Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health , a healthcare innovation fund led by Jay Goss and Dr. John Nackel, says it has launched a new venture capital fund, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Fund II. Size of the new fund was not announced.

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MAY 11, 2010

Sean Rad, founder of Ad.ly, told socalTECH that the company will be using the new funding round to scale its business, and field the impressive demand the firm has been seeing. Tags: adly venture capital twitter advertising. Singh was most recently EVP of Product, Technology, and Operations at News Corp.'s READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2019

Los Angeles- and New York-based 3L Capital , a new venture capital investment fund co-founded by former Demand Media CEO Shawn Colo, has raised $217M in a new investment round, the firm said today.

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MAY 18, 2021

ClickUp has raised $135M in venture capital so far. Zeb Evans: Holistically, there's a huge demand for more flexibility or remote work. The demand is there, we've certainly seen that. We see a lot of people in engineering demanding the flexibility to work remotely. What is ClickUp? Where's your company now?

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DECEMBER 4, 2014

uber ridesharing fundraising venture capital ride taxi mobile ondemand demand smartphone' That fundraising completely dwarfs recent funding rounds for Sidecar ( $15M in September ), and Flywheel ( $12M in November ), and is several times larger than the $250M raised by Lyft in April. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The company--which develops electric load management and demand response products for the electric industry, said the funding came from an un-named, international energy company, along with existing investors NGEN Partners and the BDC Venture Capital Energy/Cleantech Fund. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Wall was previously co-founder and CTO of on-demand laundry startup Washio. is venture backed by Wildcat Venture Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures and MassMutual Ventures LLC, the corporate venture capital arm of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Tuition.io The placement at tuition.io

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AUGUST 24, 2012

A list of the top ten cities for startups was released by USA Today and the National Venture Capital Association today, naming both Los Angeles and San Diego among the best cities for startup companies.

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JUNE 14, 2017

Los Angeles- and New York-based SURE , which offers up personal insurance, on-demand, via a mobile app, has raised $8M in a funding round. The Series A funding was led by IA Capital, and also included Menlo Ventures, FF Venture Capital, Nationwide Ventures, Assurant and AmTrust.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Mobile on-demand taxi app developer Flywheel , which has been attempting to leverage the existing taxi and transportation infrastructure in Los Angeles to go head-to-head against Uber, said Thursday that it has raised $12.0M The new funding came from TCW, Rockport Capital, and Shasta Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Tastemade is the producer of a number of online, Youtube food and cooking shows, which had been founded by former Demand Media executives. tastemade youtube food network content hollywood venture capital foodie channel' The company''s founders are Larry Fitzgibbon, Steven Kydd and Jose Perez. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2018

Los Angeles- and New York-based SURE , which develops an app that makes it easy to purchase insurance on demand through a smartphone, has launched a new insurance product aimed at passengers of ridesharing services. SURE is venture backed by y IA Capital, Menlo Ventures, FF Venture Capital, Nationwide Ventures, Assurant and AmTrust.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

REGEN, which develops wireless demand management and demand response products for the utility industry, said the funding came from NGEN Partners and BDC Venture Capital, and will go towards rapidly expanding its marketing activities across North America. in a funding round, and set up a U.S. office in San Diego.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Luxe Valet , the on-demand valet parking app provider which launched into LA in January , has reportedly raised $20M in a new financing. Luxe Valet is also backed by LA''s Upfront Ventures, which was not mentioned in the report. luxe valet venture capital ondemand marketplace uber parking' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2013

to develop all of the infrastructure for buildling your own, commercial drone, from Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures. According to the company, its Series A financing will go towards expanding its team, meeting customer demand, and scaling for growth. airware venture capital unmanned aerial vehicle drone hardware electronics'

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