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MARCH 20, 2020

Venice, California-based Robin Games , a startup that is developing mobile lifestyle games aimed at women and others, has raised $7M in a seed funding round, the company said on Thursday. Wilson previously worked at Jam City. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 29, 2018

GroGuru , a startup developing irrigation automation technology for the agriculture industry, has raise $250,000 in a seed funding from Western Growers and Radicle Growth. GroGuru is part of San Diego- and Irvine's EvoNexus startup incubator, and develops a precision soil and irrigation monitoring system.

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JULY 31, 2014

San Diego-based Portfolium , a startup developing an online platform to share a students'' academic portfolio, has raised $900,000 in a seed funding, according to startup incubator EvoNexus. The funding came from the Tech Coast Angels, Taner Halicioglu of Keshif Ventures, and others. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

San Diego-based Gretel has raised a seed round of funding, to go towards its development of software which helps developers and engineers access and share anonymized data for developing applications. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Greylock Partners and Village Capital.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based Villiger , a startup developing a mobile app to help parents book tutors, baby sitters, and other services, has raised a seed round of funding, the company said this week. Size of that funding round was not announced.

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APRIL 27, 2012

Six companies started by students at the University of Southern California's Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at USC Marshall have been awarded a total of $50,000 in seed funding, after competing in the center's New Venture Seed Competition held this week. providing online tutoring.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Glendora-based eGood , a startup developing a social giving platform, said today that it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Wolfgang Buehler, and angel investor. According to eGood, it is using the funding to develop its mobile and in-store check-in platform. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 31, 2022

It says over 85% of its portfolio companies raise follow-on funding — a collective $1.15 billion — and its first fund is “ranked as one of the top 5% of VC funds globally,” while the second fund is in “the top 10% of their respective vintage years.”. TechCrunch: How did you and Mark Mullen start working together?

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AUGUST 1, 2010

There has been much discussion about VCs doing seed funding in the past year. I’ve written about it myself (Is VC Seed Funding Dead?) and (Is There Really a Signaling Problem with VC Seed Funding?). Future investors will also look at whether your angels “re-upped&# if you hit a bump in the road.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Croquet Corporation has raised $2.7M in a seed funding round, to go towards its development of tools to power apps and games for 5G and augmented reality (AR), the company said on Tuesday. The startup--led by CEO and founder David A. in the seed funding.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Culver City-based Indi Molecular , a developer of synthetic replacements for antibodies, announced Tuesday that it has raised $300,000 more in its seed funding, bringing the total raised in the round to $1.8M. The new funding was led by InterWest Partners, and also included several un-named, angel investors. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Sound Ventures , the Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm of Ashton Kutcher, is one of the lead investors in a funding round for LearnLux , a startup which develops software that helps employees of companies with financial wellness.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Seed investments are down by any measure (funds, deals, dollars) over the past 3 years in deals < $1 million AND in deals between $1–5 million. The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. The “A Round” of my startup in 1999 was $16.5

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Los Angeles-based Dorian , a startup developing a way for writers and storytellers to create their own games, without coding, has raised $3.25M in a seed funding round, the company disclosed on Monday. As part of the funding, Twitch executive John Howell has joined the company's board. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Burbank-based Network Optix , a startup developing video transport, management, and display technology, said this morning that it has raised $750,000 in a seed funding. The firm said the convertible debt round came from Jor Law, Veracity, HauteSpot Networks, Kenneth Lu, and other angel investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” On the other hand, there are many additional creative options available for starting a business that you might not find for buying a car, home, or other major consumer item. Trade equity or services for startup help.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based Perch Mobility, a startup that is developing portable charging "pods" aimed at helping professional chargers and scooter operators to bulk-charge scooters and e-bikes, says it has scored seed funding for its efforts. The company said the funding came from Lorentzen Investments.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Valencia-based Sanguine Biosciences , a startup developing a service around blood sample collection for research and development, said Thursday that it has closed on a seed financing round. The funding was led by INVENT Ventures and Heliant Ventures. Size of the round was not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” On the other hand, there are many additional creative options available for starting a business that you might not find for buying a car, home, or other major consumer item. Trade equity or services for startup help.

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APRIL 12, 2021

Two startups won a total of $25,000 in prizes last week at the Sunstone Innovations Challenge at CSULB, a startup pitch competition involving student teams from CSU Long Beach. The runner up was UNWIND, which is developing personalized meditation programs, which received $10,000 in seed funding.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

The Los Angeles ecosystem is $76 million stronger today as Fika Ventures , a seed-stage venture capital firm, announces its sophomore investment fund. Fika invests roughly half of its capital exclusively in startups headquartered in LA, with a particular fondness for B2B, enterprise and fintech companies.

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APRIL 8, 2014

There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here.

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MARCH 27, 2019

the startup studio led by former MySpace CEO Michael Jones and startup veteran Peter Pham, is the lead investor in electric motor startup Linear Labs. Linear Labs, which is developing electric motors it says produce twice the torque or force compared to conventional technologies in the same package size, said it raised $4.5M

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MAY 25, 2019

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a newsletter published every Saturday that dives into the week’s most noteworthy venture deals, fundraises, M&A transactions and trends. Let’s take a quick moment to catch up. Haus, like any good consumer startup in 2019, is shipped directly to your door. IPO Corner.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

San Diego-based Independa , a startup developing products to help senior citizens live independently longer via technology, said this week that it has received a second round of seed funding, and launched its products. Amount and source of the funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2021

Los Angeles-based EngineEars, a new startup that helps connect audio engineers with clients, said on Wednesday that it has raised $1M in a pre-seed funding round. The funding was led by Slauson & Co., The funding was led by Slauson & Co.,

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JUNE 1, 2021

Playa Vista-based iLife, a startup which is developing tools to help life insurance agents set up their own, branded "digital insurance agency", has raised $4M in a seed funding round, according to the company. iLife was founded and is led by CEO Nelson Lee. iLife was founded and is led by CEO Nelson Lee.

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MAY 14, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Curtail , a new cybersecurity startup which recently landed $3.25M in funding, said this morning that it has named two VPs. According to the startup, Deborah Scanlon will serve as vice president of strategic sales, and Nigel Quinnin will take on the role of vice president of development at the company.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

San Diego-based Independa , a startup developing products to help senior citizens live independently longer via technology, said this week that it has received a second round of seed funding, and launched its products. Amount and source of the funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2018

Westlake Village-based Pray.com , which develops social networking applications for religious communities, has raised $14M in a Series A funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by TPG Growth, and also included Science Inc. and Greylock Partners. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 10, 2018

What is Startup Boost , and how is it looking to help early stage startups in Los Angeles? We recently sat down with Matt Stodder , Co-Director of Startup Boost/Los Angeles, and Blake Caldwell , Global Director of Startup Boost, to learn more about the program, what it offers up to startups.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Los Angeles-based PayEngine, a startup developing a white label, payment platform for software-as-a-service companies, has raised $1.6M in a seed funding, the company said this morning. Spartak Buniatyan is founder and CEO of PayEngine. Spartak Buniatyan is founder and CEO of PayEngine.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Orange County-based Violux , a startup developing ultraviolet light (UV-C) home cleaning devices, announced this morning that it has raised $1.2M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Okapi Venture Partners, and also included Unlock Ventures and Envoy Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Los Angeles-based ForeVR Games, a developer of immersive, virtual reality games, said on Tuesday that it has raised $7M in seed funding. The funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Galaxy Interactive, plus All Star Capital, Mark Pincus and Emmett Shear.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

San Diego-based CRISPR QC, a startup developing data and analytics tools for the gene editing market, announced on Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Serra Ventures, and also included CaerusX Ventures, the investment company of George Bonaros.

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