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Dollar Shave Club Ups Funding Round To $90.7M

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Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club , the subscription razor delivery startup led by Michael Dubin, has upped its latest funding round to $90.7M, and is aiming at raising over $100M, according to a regulatory filing by the company. Details on the additional funding in the round were not annoucned.

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Pritzker Group Boosts Focus On Los Angeles Startups, Moves Partner To LA

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Chicago-based venture capital investor Pritzker Group Venture Capital announced this morning that it is expanding its efforts to invest in early stage companies in Los Angeles, and has moved partner Gabe Greenbaum to Los Angeles. Greenbaum had been based at Pritzker's home office in Chicago.

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Understanding What’s Going on in #LATech

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Upfront Ventures was created 20 years ago as one of the original VC funds in Los Angeles. Back then only 15% of our dollars were invested locally whereas today 50% of our dollars are invested in LA. Back then only 15% of our dollars were invested locally whereas today 50% of our dollars are invested in LA.

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Retina Finds $8M

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Los Angeles-based Retina, a startup that is using artificial intelligence for predicting customer lifetime value, said on Tuesday tht it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Alpha Intelligence Capital and Vertical Venture Partners. Retina is led by co-founder and CEO Emad Hasan.

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Retina.AI Finds $2.5M In Funding

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Los Angeles-based Retina has raised $2.5M The funding came from prior investor Crosscut Ventures. Retina's customers include Dollar Shave Club. more in funding, the company announced on Tuesday. The company's CEO is Michael Greenberg. The company's CEO is Michael Greenberg. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

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Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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Eat Club Brings Startup Food Delivery Craze To LA

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Now, one of those Bay Area startups-- Eat Club --is taking that concept to Los Angeles, with the launch of its meal delivery service to Silicon Beach companies. Eat Club is backed by Trinity Ventures, and disclosed a $10M funding last week--in part, to expand its service to Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.