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. The pair raised $41 million for the debut effort, opting to nearly double that number the second time around as a means to participate in more follow-on fundings.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2021

in a seed funding. The funding came from Jerry Murdock, co-founder of Insights Partners, and Walter Scott of TeamViewer. According to the company, it is developing software that connects and educates people in virtual environments.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Los Angeles-based The Skills , a startup which operates an online education site where professional sports players teach different skills, said on Friday that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Will Ventures, and also included Global Founders Capital, 8VC, Maveron, Hack VC, and Correlation VC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Kangarootime , a startup developing cloud-based software for childcare centers, has raised a seed funding round, the company said this week. The funding came from Skyview Ventures LLC, Mucker Capital, and the Tech Coast Angels.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2018

in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Friday. The funding came from Social Capital. The company says it is looking to help caregivers, educators and entrepreneurs build and operate their own home daycare business, helping them with licensing and certification, marketing tools, managing billing, and much more.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based Next 10 Ventures , a $50 million fund focused on the creator economy, is launching an incubator program to support YouTubers. The only requirement is that they focus on educational video content targeting children and young adults. Former YouTube exec unveils Next 10 Ventures, a $50M fund to back online creators.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 19, 2019

The startup has raised $1 million in seed funding from RXBAR founders Peter Rahal and Jared Smith, CXT Investments, and Lean Luxe founder M. . “For us, the broader mission is A+ personal care for guys everywhere — not just guys in New York or guys in the Bay Area or guys in Los Angeles,” he said. Paul Munford.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 5, 2022

As you scroll, you can guess whether the price Playhouse showed you is higher or lower than the actual listing price, helping to educate future buyers about the market (… and also it’s fun, even if you’re not looking to buy a $2 million home in San Francisco). The feed shows videos of homes on the market, as well as a price tag.

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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.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

in a new funding round, the company announced this morning. the company also rpeviously raised funding from the NBA's Baron Davis, Angel Morales (Morales Capital), and Sol Trujillo (now Chairman of the company's board). Encantos said the new funds will go to accelerate its subscription services. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

However, the recent surge in startup activity has attracted a lot more capital into the area, including a significant amount of capital from LA's latest fund: Karlin Ventures (www.karlinvc.com). TX Zhuo: Karlin Ventures is an early stage venture fund based in LA. I have been doing seed stage stuff for a while.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2019

According to the startup, it raised $3.75M in a seed funding round for the company, which was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Upfront Ventures, First Round Capital, and Initialized Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

of seed funding and launching our popular subscription service for kids ages 4-10. In education, I believe we are seeing the first wave of educational games as they were meant to be � engaging and self-directed learning paths that the best teachers use to drive deeper understanding of core subjects.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Venice, California-based GIGXR , a new startup, has acquired the assets of Pearson Immersive Learning Group , a unit of publishing firm Pearson, and raised $1M in a seed funding round, the company disclosed today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. Funding: Yes. Representative companies: Funding: No. Representative companies: Funding: Yes. Funding: Yes. Funding: Yes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I save room in literally every deal to invite angels (or seed funds) to co-invest with me. If you can’t raise from a few strong angels, from seed funds or from a VC then raising from a ton (let’s say 20+) angels is a perfectly acceptable strategy. There are thousands and thousands of angel-funded companies.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Our annual conferencefocused on educating our community on growing valuable tech enterprises-- set a record with over 500 attendees and our best attendee feedback to date. He has been an angel investor in over 50 tech companies, is an LP in 5 seed funds and has served on over a dozen venture-backed boards.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

Learning To Learn - A sound college education includes gaining the insights into applying logic, researching data and assessing the veracity information. Young entrepreneurs can call upon their alumni networks for advice, recruitment of key employees and even funding.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

It was over 11 years ago that I saw a need to better connect startups and innovators with the communities around them so they could connect for partnerships, funding, amplification, and support. Over the next few months we will work closely with the team at MVF to ensure a successful transition as the organization continues to build Tech.Co

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 16, 2012

.” Recently, Boundless Learning promised to make college education affordable by replacing college textbooks. Knowmia’s video-enriched education is accessible to students remotely after signing up. Knowmia is a Y Combinator startup and is self and seed funded.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

I saw so many different applications for virtual reality in education, entertainment, mental health and communication,” he said. The company caught the attention of investor from China and secured a seed-funding round around $1.5 Education became a large facet within the space and focus for Taylor.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

million in funding from Rebecca Minkoff and other unnamed investors. The startup has already secured a seed investment from Maveron and CRV, TechCrunch has learned, and will receive another $150,000 in exchange for 7% equity upon entering YC next year. Naturally, these were also the first business to get funded. focused fund.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I had worked along with some of these organization son the ground, who were employing people, providing microfinancing, education, and help. Hiptico also has a Mayan education fund, a great fund they support through purchases, to help put the children of the artisans into school with scholarships.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Fariborz Masseh: The idea of funding a business plan competition is not a new idea. In 2003 or 2004, I moved to California, and decided to change from running an engineering company into running a hedge fund. Now, I run a hedge fund and finance firm in Southern California. It has been done before, at a number of schools.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

With top-ranked accelerators Lauchpad LA closing its doors and Y Combinator rebranding itself as a seed fund, it seems fair to ask the question, “Are Accelerators Dead?”. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Good news: a quick review of TechCrunch’s March 2015 List of Top 20 U.S.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

ABC has even created an incubator-style program in which startup non-profits compete for $100,000 in seed funding. We have a rigorous screening process, and we only fund the very best programs that are able to quantify their impact. What are the key factors you look when assessing to fund a non-profit? JG: I love it!

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

It was over 11 years ago that I saw a need to better connect startups and innovators with the communities around them so they could connect for partnerships, funding, amplification, and support. Over the next few months we will work closely with the team at MVF to ensure a successful transition as the organization continues to build Tech.Co

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Michael Kleist: We''re seed funded, and have already raised money from twelve investors. Our CTO is mainland Chinese, but was educated here. No knock on China, but with LA having the advertising agency we think we''ll be able to improve on the design side on our site. Tell us about your backers? Everyone else is Chinese.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

million seed round, including investments from CRV, Abstract Ventures, Crossbeam (Ali Hamed), id8, Michael Ovitz (founder of CAA), Michael Bosstick, Diaspora Ventures and others. Linktree has been around since 2016 and has more funding than its up-and-coming competitors. Now, Snipfeed enters the ring with its own $5.5 With its $5.5

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

What are the details on your seed funding? However, our users and target audience are really the younger, web-savvy, college educated, and very technologically comfortable consumers. That''s for folks who like to have fresh flowers on their table every week, or for businesses who want to regularly freshen up their waiting room.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In my view, no amount of academic education can prepare you for the challenges of running a business, but real experience will quickly open your eyes to some of the challenges, and let you know how much you enjoy responding to these on a day-to-day basis. Assess potential for funding or bootstrapping.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had intended to talk about how bad the process could become, not to name-and-shame anybody (and The Funded was not yet around). So for anybody who has been through the funding process before I hope that this will resonate and for those that haven’t I hope it will be interesting. Tempus Fugit. We have invested heavily in this.

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