socalTECH

MAY 14, 2019

NetDocuments , the developer of a cloud-based platform for managing the documents of law firms and corporate legal and compliance departments which is backed by Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital , has scored a new, strategic funding. Clearlake acquired NetDocuments in 2017. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2020

Qualcomm said its investment gives it a 0.15% equity stake in Jio Platforms. Qualcomm said the investment will go towards the buildout of 5G infrastructure and services for Jio's customers in India. Jio has recently raised a total of $15.7 billion in funding.

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socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2020

San Diego-based Lead Inclusively , a consulting firm which provides technology-enabled services around diversity, equity, and inclusion, said last week that it has raised $1.5M in a funding round. The funding came from angel investors Christopher Craig and Fran Craig.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

According to a classic article on Thrinacia , there were over 600 crowdfunding platforms in existence then, estimated to add more than $89 billion to the economy at a compound growth rate of 17% from 2019 to today. Startup equity model. In Europe, other investors can buy equity, with platforms such as Seedrs. In the U.S.,

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2021

San Diego-based Nuvve, a publicly held company developing "vehicle-to-grid" projects which would tie school buses and other commercial fleets into the electric grid, says it is in a $750M joint venture with private equity firm Stonepeak Partners LP.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 17, 2020

DroneBase , a Los Angeles-based provider of drone pilots for industrial services companies, has raised $7.5 While chief executive Dan Burton acknowledged that the company was fundraising prior to the pandemic, the industrial lockdown actually accelerated demand for the company’s services.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Domio , a startup that designs and then rents out apart-hotels with kitchens and other full-home experiences, has raised $100 million ($50 million in equity and $50 million in debt) to expand its business in the U.S. That will include ordering room service, getting more towels, booking experiences and getting restaurant recommendations.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2019

San Diego-based BVAccel , a provider of e-commerce website design and development, optimization, marketing services, and other services, said today that it has acquired the internal commerce agency of WebLinc Corp. BVAccel is majority owned by private equity investor August Spark. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Los Angeles-based commerce and content platform StackCommerce has been acquired by the Integrated Media Company, a holding company set up by the massive private equity fund, TPG, to acquire new media businesses. Through its platform publishers can make between 15% to 20% of gross compared with 5% on an affiliate marketing site.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based StartEngine , the equity crowdfunding service run by serial entrepeneur Howard Marks, has chalked up 25 companies raising money on its platform since the start of 2017, according to the company. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2019

San Diego-based Quality Built , a provider of third-party, quality-assurance services to the residential and commercial construction industry, has received a private equity investment from Los Angeles-based Gallant Capital Partners. Size of the investment was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

The 10 startups in Yellow’s third batch include: Brightly : a media platform and community that promotes ethical and sustainable brands. Stipop : a rich cross-platform chat sticker API. The group occupies some familiar spaces for past investments, with a focus on niche social communities, mobile media tools and augmented reality.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2018

According to the startup, it is creating the "first digital banking platform to be owned by its customers." Also, as part of the new startup, Good Money said it will make every customer an owner of the startup, with every customer receiving equity as part of opening an account.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The Facebook parent-company saw its stock price get bludgeoned after a bad earnings report showcased that Apple’s ad-blocking changes are shaving billions off its books and the company’s crown jewel — the Facebook platform — has stopped growing and actually shrank this quarter. added things.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

According to a recent article on Thrinacia , there are now aver 600 crowdfunding platforms in existence, currently estimated to add more than $89 billion to the economy at a compound growth rate of 17% from 2019 to 2022. Startup equity model. In Europe, other investors can buy equity, with platforms such as Seedrs.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2013

The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and also included un-named growth equity and crossover institutional funds. Telogis develops a platform used by companies for work order management, commercial navigation, telematics, and other mobile services for their works. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Social analytics and personalization platform GraphDive has closed $2 million in its first ever equity round from Crosslink Capital, Correlation Ventures, Plug & Play Tech Center, Start Capital and angel investors Pejman Nozad, Ullas Naik and Scott Banister. $2 2 million equity round.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Subscribe to Chain Reaction on Apple , Spotify or your alternative podcast platform of choice to keep up with us every week. Molecule , a platform where DAOs can back medical research projects, secured $13 million in seed funding led by Northpond Ventures. debt, equity, derivatives) or sectors (e.g., follow the money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The business tenants of the sharing economy, with alternative names including collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer economy, or “we-conomy,” always imply these five basic principles and assumptions: Sharing economy platforms create reciprocal economic value. One consequence of the new sharing business model is that goods become services.

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socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2011

Woodland Hills-based Music Reports , a provider of music royalty tracking and reporting services, said today that it has linked with cloud music provider Omnifone. The comapny said it will manage mechanical licensing and royalty reporting for Omnifone's MusicStation Platform in the United States. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2012

Culver City-based Eccentex , a developer of a software-as-a-service, enterprise business process management product, has raised $7.5M in an equity funding. The funding came from VTB Capital. Eccentex, which is led by Glen E. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I often advise startup companies not to try and pin all of your brand equity into an announcement. Build platform services that provide more value to our startups than just money (putting our fees into our ecosystem and not just our pockets). We have also hired Kyle Taylor to run platform services as his full-time job.

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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. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Los Angeles-based business advisory and financial services company B. Riley Financial has made a strategic investment in a developer of software for the financial industry, IQvestment Holdings , the company announced this morning. Size of the investment was not announced. According to B. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2016

Size of the equity investment round was not announced by the company. According to OTOY, the investment will go towards applying its service to develop and distribute original, holographic content. OTOY said it is currently workings with Jon Stewart on upcoming content for HBO, built on its platform.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. In 2018, many of them sold their companies or raised massive equity rounds. ServiceTitan, based in Glendale, created a software platform for home services businesses like HVAC installers, and vaulted to unicorn status this year with a $165M growth round.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. I feel this responsibility to my industry to put the best business practices I’ve learned along the way into a platform so I can help other influencers.”. We are in phase three of the influencer economy.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2021

The massive geographic footprint of the region has always been a limiting factor in our work as a Super Connector, but we soon realized that virtual platforms actually allow us to more effectively bring people together than solely relying on live in-person convenings. He previously held C-level roles at Overture Services/Yahoo!,

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ian Chen is the co-founder and CEO of Discotech , a startup that offers up bottle service booking, discounted tickets and more to clubs and nightspots. Ian Chen: In my previous life, I was working in private equity in LA. That was, let's disrupt bottle service and VIP tables. The big driver for us was the guest list.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2016

Irvine-based Greenwave Systems , a developer of a platform used for managing Internet--Things systems, router, video, and wireless products, said today that it has raised $60M in funding. The funding included $45M in a Series C equity funding, and $15M in mezzanine debt.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The merger is the first step of what’s a planned rollup strategy for PCH (also the nickname for the highway that runs along the California Coast), which aims to be the leading vertically integrated vice platform focusing on e-commerce, delivery logistics, and cross industry behavioral insights. Mangalji said in a statement.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The challenge a lot of those businesses have, is likely have built their sites and are using a lot of different software-as-a-service platforms. How we do hat, is we've built an analytics platform, Daasity, for data-as-a-service. At the same time, our first platform, Shopify, completely exploded.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

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Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2017

Cloudbeds, a cloud-based provider of hospitality management software, said today it has raised slightly more than $9 million in Series B financing to expand its software-as-a-service platform and broaden awareness of its brand. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

The reason why, is the firm has been running ads since January to help get the word out about its service and products. Media Design Group has been working with Dollar Shave Club to measure how well TV advertising is working for the company. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Los Angeles-based July Systems , a developer of mobile, cloud-based applications, said Thursday that it has raised $15M in an equity funding round. Reddy, and develops a platform which helps businesses build, manage, and update live, mobile services. July Systems is led by Rajesh T.S.

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