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OCTOBER 1, 2014

Santa Monica-based Rowl , which develops apps to help users figure out what is going on around them, said Wednesday that it has raised $4M in a funding round. The company said the funding will go to enhance its app. The company focuses its app on surfacing concerts, sporting events, comedy, and other events nearby a user.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2013

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Townhang.com , announced Wednesday that it has raised $700,000, and launched a new site to help people find interesting events, happenings, and activities in their city. The startup--founded by Alexey Karpov--said the funding came via equity crowdfunding efforts by the company. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 -- FundingPost San Diego VC and Angel Investor Event/ Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Southern California? Register for the FundingPost event on Wednesday, November 6th, 2019.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture investor Upfront Ventures is the lead investor in a startup, Bevy , which develops an online platform to help companies manage community groups and events. According to Bevy, it raised $6.4M

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 14, 2020

A pitch to offer artists a way to give geo-fenced, live events to fans around the world has brought the new Los Angeles startup Moment House $1.5 million in seed funding. The company touts itself as the simplest way for artists to create online events for their fans.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2016

Los Angeles-based Event Farm , which provides an enterprise, event marketing product which helps event organizers with invites, guest registration, and more, recently raised $2.6M in a Series A funding. The funding brings their total to over $4M. The startup was founded by Ryan Costello. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

San Diego-based TicketSauce , a developer of private label event management software, has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Draper Frontier Opp & Tech Fund. The company said the funding goes towards sales and marketing. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

In the corporate world, events are more than just an event�they are opportunity to connect with your customers and turn potential customers into buyers. How do you make those events happen? What, exactly, does Event Farm do? We provide an event and experiential marketing platform. How did you start the company?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 -- FundingPost Los Angeles VCs, Angels, Crypto and ICOs Event. At our next event the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing (VCs and Angel investors), and a fireside chat about ICO basics: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check!

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Los Angeles Angel Venture Capital Writing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

One of the big questions that every entrepreneur struggles with is how much funding they should request from investors in the first round. Can you justify your use of funds to this investor? However, this reduces your ability to plan or pivot quickly based on unforeseen events. Be prepared to explain your business model.

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socalTECH

JULY 5, 2018

Los Angeles-based ENTITY , a new media company focused on women, has raised a seed funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Susan Rockefeller. According to ENTITY, it is creating a new "experiential media" company focused on "empowering and educating NextGen women".

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

They don’t realize that according to statistics from Startup.co , almost 60 percent are funded with personal savings and credit, and another 25 percent get their money from friends and family. That leaves only about fifteen percent that actually get their funding from investors, through crowdfunding, banks, angels, and venture capitalists.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

What is the biggest issue that local event organizers--health and family fairs, sports events, and so on--have? Los Angeles-based Planana (www.planana.com) found out it's getting sponsors for their events. Anna Sergeeva: What Planana does, is it connects sponsors to events, where it's more than just their logo on a banner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2023

Entrepreneurs looking for investor funding often fail to realize that all money comes with strings. For example, if you have watched the Shark Tank TV series, you probably noticed that the Sharks always ask the entrepreneurs for their intended “use of funds.” Funding for founder salaries at this stage is a red flag.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Southern California has had a banner year this year, with a huge number of successful exits, fundings, and more. Last year, we had over 700 people at the Digital Family Reunion/1st annual socalTECH 50 event. Thanks to our sponsors, who are making this year''s event happen! digital family reunion socaltech50 event conference'

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JULY 23, 2015

San Diego-based Events.com , the startup led by Gregg Parise which helps event organizers with their events and event registration, has raised a new funding round, and acquired EventsOnline. Events.com says it has now raised over $17M in funding. EventsOnline is a provider of registration for the endurance market.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2013

The LAUNCH Fund , the angel investment fund of Los Angeles angel and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, is looking to invest $200,000 in startups who present at two of the events being run by Calacanis over the next couple of months, according to an announcement by Calacanis Tuesday. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Frame.io , which develops a video review and collaboration product used for content management, has raised $50M in a funding, and plans to set up an office in Los Angeles, the company said today.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 -- Start-Up Options for Rapid Development, Funding, and Commercialization. Is VC funding the only way to develop and grow your company? Have you heard of accelerators, incubators, angles, and other resources for rapid development, funding, and growth of your start-up?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 -- Start-Up Options for Rapid Development, Funding, and Commercialization. Is VC funding the only way to develop and grow your company? Have you heard of accelerators, incubators, angles, and other resources for rapid development, funding, and growth of your start-up? LAVA Healthcare.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the developer of talent management and human resources management software, is boosting its efforts to support the Los Angeles technology ecosystem, through the launch of its own incubator and investment fund. cornerstone ondemand enterprise software incubator accelerator investment fund'

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socalTECH

MAY 20, 2013

The crowdfunding effort is pooling together, event-by-event and contribution-by-contribution, enough money to help out one female founder with their startup efforts. Broads Circle is donating $5 from every event ticket sold through October 24, 2013 towards the funding pool for ChickStarter. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. A sample of three views is adequate.

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Technical Review Funding Innocal Offshore 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Santa Monica-based Super League Gaming , the newly funded startup which aims to bring videogames into movie theaters, says it is launching its first Super League National Championship, starting with a premier in Los Angeles on September 16th. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Jason Calacanis , the serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and conference organizer, announced Tuesday morning that it has closed his first, formal angel investing fund, The LAUNCH Fund I. Calacanis said the fund will invest $100-$250K in 50-100 startups. LPs in the fund include Calacanis, David Sacks, and others.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 3, 2023

We invite you to our upcoming in-person Founder’s event in Santa Barbara, “Fundraising in Today’s Startup Market." ​Join us for this exclusive event to hear from how Santa Barbara-based founder, Woody Sears at Autio, raised his latest funding round. Are you looking for guidance on raising capital for your venture?

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socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2012

Six companies started by students at the University of Southern California's Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at USC Marshall have been awarded a total of $50,000 in seed funding, after competing in the center's New Venture Seed Competition held this week. providing online tutoring.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

San Diego-based Eventful announced late last night that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round, led by Telefonica. According to Eventful, the investment round also included existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Bay Partners. The funding round brings the company's total raised to around $19.6M.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Los Angeles-based DigiTour Media , which produces events and concerts centered on YouTubers and other social media celebrities, has reportedly raised around $10M in a funding round, from Viacom, LionTree Entertainment, and Slow Ventures.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

in an ongoing funding round. Vokle is headed by Robert Kiraz, and operates an online service which allows people to host live, streamed video events. The investment came from the Tech Coast Angels' Angel Capital Entrepreneurial (ACE) Fund 1. The TCA's Raymond Chan sits on Vokle's board. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Funding Santa Monica SoCalTech 145

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2015

Is the world ready for another event management software provider? Gregg Parise What we are doing, is we are going into the event management software space, and doing it through a platform technology. We want to bring that to Events.com, where if you are an event, but you are not on Events.com, you are not an event.

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socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2021

Venice, California-based Pledge, which provides a fundraising platform which links businesses, nonprofits, and individuals to help raise money for nonprofits, has raised $3M in additional seed funding, the company said this week. The company says it has now raised $12M in total.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. One of the most important aims of a fund-raising process is to keep similar firms at the same stage of your process. Why 8–10 and not just 3–4?

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Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Newport Beach-based live events software and insurance products developer TicketGuardian has raised $8M in a Series A funding, according to the company, in a round led by American Family Ventures and IA Capital Group. The company said the new funding brings its total raised to $13M.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 11, 2024

It is statistically true that at least half of the young companies funded by angel or venture investors will not survive three years from funding to demise, and more than that percentage will die with two years if not well financed. Avoid long-term commitments! Rapid growth? Home workers? Business contraction?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Another, Silicon Valley investor-- Chris Sacca --has his eyes on investments in Los Angeles, saying that his super angel fund, Lowercase Capital , has just hired a full time director in Los Angeles to make investments in local startups. The news came at a PandoDaily event Thursday evening. READ MORE>>.

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Invest Capital Funding Southern California 187

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

According to Flo Technologies, its new device is able to sense water pressure, flow rate and temperature, to learn a homeowner's usage patterns--as well as identify leaks and other issues, automatically shutting off a water supply if there is a burst or other catastrophic event. The startup was founded by mechanical engineer Henry Halimi.

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