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Dollar Shave Club Raises $75M

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Venice, California-based Dollar Shave Club , the subscription-based razor business led by Michael Dubin, has raised $75M in a new funding round, bringing the company's total raised to $150M. The funding came from Venrock, Technology Crossover Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, and Dragoneer, among others.

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Calibrate Ventures Adds Two Venture Partners

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Pasadena-based Calibrate Ventures , a venture capital firm that says it invests in advanced technologies, has added two Venture Partners to the company. According to the firm, it has added Aime Leifer and Dan Murray to its team. and Overture. 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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Reflections On 2019: Mike Jones, Science Inc.

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Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. www.science-inc.com), which has been behind such companies as Dollar Shave Club, August Home, DogVacay, Hello Society, Playhaven, and many others.

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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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First Look SoCal Showcase: How Do You Create More SoCal Startup Success?

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How do you take the energy of such successes as Dollar Shave Club, Ring, Cornerstone Ondemand, and the many other local successes from the startup energy, and tap into the resources of local universities and research institutions?

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Reflections On 2017: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017.