TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Most of the venture capital firms covered in TechCrunch and other tech publications compete for a spot on the cap table of the hottest Bay Area, New York or Los Angeles companies of the moment. Revolution Ventures managing partner Tige Savage. Revolution Ventures managing partner David Golden.

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Venture Capital Funding Seed Funding Activity 211

SoCal CTO

MARCH 2, 2015

This includes links to CTO Salary and Equity Trends, Technology Roles in Startups , Initial Conversation with a CTO or Technical Advisor , Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup , Hiring a CTO for Your Startup and many others. And then how do you move them through your pipeline?

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Los Angeles Angel 150

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2012

As part of the funding, Moviepilot is setting up an office in Los Angeles, and has moved its CEO, Tobi Bauckhage, to LA. The funding was led by DFJ Espirit, and also included T-Venture, Grazia Equity and VC Fund Creative Industries Berlin. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Angel Venture Capital Startup 168

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. If you want to understand how the VC industry is changing there is a great primer in the link.

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Venture Capital Funding Technical Review Startup 396

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy news pertaining to startups and venture capital. Landline , the operator of a bus network in the Midwest, is one of the latest companies to raise venture capital. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up a bit.

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Services Startup Venture Capital Redpoint 207

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Lovell Minnick Partners , a private equity investor which has one of its offices in Los Angeles, has acquired a majority of SRS Acquiom , a provider of technology-enabled services for the mergers and acquisition (M&A) market. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Equity Los Angeles Acquisition Venture Capital 133

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JUNE 16, 2016

Los Angeles-based private equity investors Gores Group and Platinum Equity said this morning that they have backed Data Blue , an Atlanta provider of storage, backup and server virtualization and consolidation solutions for the enterprise market. Size of the investment was not announced.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based Pipe Technologies , which is developing a subscription financing platform to help software companies finance their businesses without debt or dilution, has raised $60M in a funding round, the company said on Wednesday. Pipe was founded in September 2019 by Harry Hurst, Josh Mangel, and Zain Allarakhia. READ MORE>>.

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SaaS Seed Funding Venture Capital Equity 113

TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a newsletter published every Saturday that dives into the week’s most noteworthy venture deals, fundraises, M&A transactions and trends. Bev , a canned wine business that recently raised $7 million in seed funding from Founders Fund, thinks marketing in the alcohol industry is the problem.

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Startup Venture Capital Newsletter Tips 223

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APRIL 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based SHO Products , which is a manufacturer and distributor of products for the growing cannabis (legal marijuana) market, said today that it has raised $3.6M The funding was led by New York philanthropist and venture capital investor Ann Tenenbaum, along with other, un-named investors.

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Product Southern California Venture Capital Equity 113

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

Overall, Klarna is live in 20 markets, has more than 90 million global active users and more than 2 million transactions a day conducted on its platform. Klarna has entered six new markets this year alone, including France and New Zealand, where it just launched this week. in markets such as New York and Los Angeles.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Good Money , a new Los Angeles digital banking startup founded by Gunnar Lovelace, the co-founder of Thrive Market , announced on Monday that it has raised $30M in a Series A funding round.

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Venture Capital Equity Capital Los Angeles 113

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MARCH 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based ProducePay , which operates a fintech startup to help farmers better manage their cash flow, has raised $77M in funding, split between $7M in equity and $70M in debt. The funding was led by CoVenture, and also included Menlo Ventures, Arena Ventures, CoVenture, Red Bear Angels and Social Leverage.

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Equity Startup Los Angeles Funding 113

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Online luxury consignment store The RealReal is making its foray into the retail market, with its first ever bricks-and-mortar, physical store, in Los Angeles. According to TheRealReal the new retail store will both include a 12,000 foot space for women and a 5,500 square foot "men's store".

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MARCH 2, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm First Beverage Ventures , which specializes in investing in beverage brands, has made an investment in vitamin-infused coffee and tea company VitaCup. Size of the equity funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Commerce Venture Capital Equity Los Angeles 113

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 29, 2017

As the firm looks ahead to its own future, Suster and the firm he's helped grow remain committed to the future of Los Angeles. The two are paired, and these days if an investor is #LongLA (to use the hashtag the firm coined), it looks like limited partners are saying that it pays to be long on Upfront, as well. .

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Los Angeles Marketing Funding Angel 243

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 29, 2017

As the firm looks ahead to its own future, Suster and the firm he’s helped grow remain committed to the future of Los Angeles. The two are paired and these days if an investor is #LongLA (to use the hashtag the firm coined), it looks like limited partners are saying that it pays to be long on Upfront as well. Read More.

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Los Angeles Marketing Funding Angel 243

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Los Angeles-based HeyTutor , which operates an online marketplace to help connect students with in-home, tutoring services, has raised approximately $1.0M Details on the funding round, which is likely a bridge into a full equity funding, have not been announced. The funding was disclosed on Friday in a publicly available filing.

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Funding Venture Capital Equity Los Angeles 113

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2014

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Gores Group said Thursday that it has invested in Tweddle , a major provider of publishing and technology for the automotive OEM and supplier market. tweddle gores group venture capital private equity automotive auto information systems manual data product service'

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JANUARY 10, 2022

Los Angeles-based mPulse Mobile, which develops conversational AI software for the healthcare industry, says it has acquired HealthCrowd, a provider of healthcare communications services for the Medicaid market. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Details of that funding were not announced by the company.

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Mobile Funding Equity Acquisition 113

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MAY 24, 2021

Los Angeles-based ProducePay, a fintech startup which offers up pricing information, analytics, and a marketplace connecting produce growers and distributors, has raised $43M in its Series C funding. The company says the new round brings its total raised to over $300M, including both equity and debt.

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Pricing Equity Los Angeles Capital 113

TechCrunch LA

JULY 24, 2019

Cann , a Los Angeles-based purveyor of CBD and THC-infused intoxicants, is rolling out its first major distribution through the venture-backed delivery service Eaze as it begins to hit the streets in California. Cann, did a soft launch in June with a limited release across four MedMen stores in Los Angeles.

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Company Companies Los Angeles Startup 241

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen , Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. In 2018, many of them sold their companies or raised massive equity rounds. Given SVBs market position, that is great news.

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Southern California SoCal Culver City Venture Capital 133

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Los Angeles-based Leonardo247 , which provides remote monitoring of onsite, multifamily operations, has raised $9.5M The funding was led by private equity investor Level Equity. Charles Chen of Level Equity joins the company's board with the funding. in a funding round, the company said this morning.

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Equity Los Angeles Funding Software 113

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AUGUST 1, 2013

To help those taxi companies, a Los Angeles investor-- Craton Equity Partners --has backed a mobile app developer called Flywheel , which is helping taxi companies arm themselves for the fight against those startups. flywheel mobile venture capital uber sidecar taxi transportation transport' READ MORE>>.

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Mobile Help Develop Development 185

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MARCH 27, 2014

Los Angeles-based middle market investor Levine Leichtman Capital Partners announced Thursday that it has closed on $1.65 billion in capital commitments for its latest fund, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Fund V, L.P. middle market companies. The firm said the fund exceeded a target of $1.5

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Invest Capital Funding Venture Capital 147

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Los Angeles-based Savyint, which develops identity and access management software for the enterprise market, has raised $130M in a new financing, according to the company. The company says it has now raised $170M in total capital. The new funding came from HPS Investment Partners and PNC Bank.

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Equity Los Angeles Invest Capital 113

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JUNE 7, 2018

Los Angeles-based HyreCar , which operates a marketplace that connects car owners with drivers for services such as Uber and Lyft, has bumped its IPO size, saying in a filing on Thursday that it is looking to offer 2,100,000 shares of its common stock at between $5.00 The IPO could raise as much as $12.6M for the company.

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Venture Capital Equity Los Angeles Report 100

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. We went out to market to LPs. Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman. “We ”

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IBM IBM Venture Capital Invest 164

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 16, 2020

Over their longtime personal and professional relationship, the two Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneurs have invested in each other’s companies and investment firms, but never worked together until now. These opportunities are creating an opening for Watertower Ventures in markets far beyond the Hollywood hills.

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Funding Southern California Los Angeles Invest 230

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. To be fair to Ben Horowitz – I think he thinks this as well.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The second phase was the emergence of influencer marketing, or connecting those influencers to brands to leverage their audiences … Now that influencer marketing has become an established part of the marketing playbook, we are in phase three: tools to help influencers further monetize their influence, like Cameo, and then manage their lives.”.

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. When should a VC invest? Anyone who has worked in a large company further knows that timing a product launch or a new marketing strategy has more to do with internal politics than reading market forces.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

socalTECH

MAY 20, 2015

Venture capitalist David Lee , who was Managing Partner of seed and angel investing fund SV Angel , one of the most active venture investors in San Francisco, has resigned to spend more time with his family in Los Angeles, the fund told its Limited Partners on Tuesday. READ MORE>>.

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Angel Snapchat Venture Capital Los Angeles 100

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JUNE 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , an online startup developing software to help link entrepreneurs with their investors, has raised $350,000 in an equity investment round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Tags: caplinked paypal mafia venture capital investment startup entrepreneur. READ MORE>>.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Equity Invest 243

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

My biggest takeaway this year was truly understanding the strength and cohesion of the Los Angeles startup community. There was no monetary reward for those who participated (and Startup Boost does not take fees or equity from the companies that we help). What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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Technical Review Software Review Startup Coach 157

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We kind of feel like those are the markets that matter to digital media companies in the United States. HG: I think the big challenge for our market – which isn’t a secret – is not withstanding all this energy and entrepreneurial activity. HG: The best thing would be an influx of capital. We need some big exits.

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Los Angeles Media Invest Startup 84