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MAY 3, 2017

Venice, California-based Fifth Wall Ventures , a brand new venture capital firm focused on investing in real estate technology, announced this week that it has raised a new, $212M venture capital fund.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

Venice, California-based venture capital investor Fifth Wall says it has made a $135M investment in San Francisco-based real estate sales startup Opendoor , as part of a combined equity and debt funding. The funding came as part of Opendoor's Series D funding round.

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AUGUST 14, 2013

NextSpace operates two locations in Southern California, including NextSpace @ Amplify along Venice Beach, and NextSpace Los Angeles. The investment came from a Chicago real estate and private equity investor, Lakewest, along with angels. NextSpace is based in Santa Cruz, and also has a number of locations in the Bay Area.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Santa Monica-based Bird , which operates a network of "last mile" electric vehicles for connecting users with public transportation like buses and subways, has raised $100M in a Series B funding, the company said on Friday. As part of the funding, Bird said it has named angel and venture investment veteran Paige Craig as its new Head of U.S.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Venice, California-based Snap Inc. , The new accelerator says it will invest $120,000 in funding in comapnies in the accelerator for up to 6 percent equity, with a 100 day program to be held at R/GA's New York offices. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Venice, California-based Mogreet , the mobile marketing firm headed by James Citron, has raised $2.0M in an ongoing funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. According to the filing, the new equity funding has a target of $3.0M. No details on the funding have yet been announced by the company.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

There was no monetary reward for those who participated (and Startup Boost does not take fees or equity from the companies that we help). Our most recent Demo Day in November 2018 (at Google/Venice on the main stage) was the most well-attended Demo Day in the history of Startup Boost.

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