socalTECH
JANUARY 27, 2020
Los Angeles-based ProGuides , which runs an online platform which helps gamers improve their games, has raised $5M in a seed funding, according to the company. The funding was led by M13, and also included Amplify LA, Quest Venture Partners, and the GFR Fund. The company's service lets gamers work with professional gamers to improve their games, using videos and other curriculum.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 27, 2020
As an aspiring entrepreneur, one of the most important things you need is a memorable “ elevator pitch ,” to communicate your startup value proposition and leave a great first impression on friends, investors, employees, and future customers. As a startup advisor and potential investor, I’ve heard too many that are heavy on emotion, but light on quantifiable value and impact.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 27, 2020
Los Angeles-based AmazeVR , a distributor of virtual reality entertainment, said on Monday that it has raised $2.5M in new funding. The company said the funding came from Partners Investment and YG Investment, part of Korean company YG Entertainment. The company announced the new funding along with a plan to install a virtual reality "experience" at Incheon International Airport in Seoul.
Xconomy
JANUARY 27, 2020
So far this year four privately held companies have made the transition to trading on the public markets. By month’s end, five more are anticipated to join the class of 2020 initial public offerings—and four of those are in life sciences, according to IPO research firm Renaissance Capital. Two are clinical-stage biotechs: Cambridge, MA-based Black Diamond Therapeutics, which is looking to raise $151 million, and Westlake Village, CA-based Arcutis Biotherapeutics, which aims to add $125 mil
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socalTECH
JANUARY 27, 2020
Marina Del Rey-based Flowspace , which is backed by Canvas Ventures, Moment Ventures, 1984 Ventures, and Y Combinator, said last week that it has named a new Chief Revenue Officer. According to the company, Jerry Kingkade will accelerate the company's expansion and build out capabilities in sales and account management. Kingade was most recently Chief Commercial Officer at Kinnek, and previously spent five years at Houzz.
Startup San Diego
JANUARY 27, 2020
Learn more about Evolution Smart Bag and how the founder, Angela Marino, went from idea to concept to shipping out her first orders within a couple years! The post Evolution Smart Bag appeared first on Startup San Diego.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 27, 2020
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 Aime Leifer and Dan Murray to its team. Leifer is the founder and CEO of PureSignal, a provider of software for businesses; she also previously was at Weave HQ and Intuit, as well as Demandforce.
socalTECH
JANUARY 27, 2020
Kobe Bryant , the basketball legend who also was one half of Los Angeles private equity investment firm Bryant Stibel , is dead at the age of 41, after a tragic helicopter crash in Calabasas took his life, the life of one of his daughters, and seven others. Bryant and his other passengers were on a helicopter traveling from John Wayne Airport, on the way to a basketball tournament for his daughter, which was being held at the Mamba Sports Academy in the Thousand Oaks area, and were inbound over
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