Expert insights. Personalized for you.
A new, Los Angeles-based venture capital fund-- Mantis --announced on Tuesday that it has raised $35M in commitments for its debut fund, Mantis Capital Fund I, LP. The new fund--created by Alex Pall and Drew Taggart of the musical group The Chainsmokers , says its limited partners include Mark Cuban, Keith Rabois, Jim Coulter, and Ron Conway. mantis venture capital fund music musician alex pall drew taggard chainsmokers thechainsmokers MORE
million to fund development of its first title Fledgling video game studio Theorycraft Games Inc. announced March 4 that it had hauled in an impressive $37.5 MORE
San Diego- and Shanghai-based Adcentryx Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on antibody drug conjugate (ADC) therapeutic development, says it has raised $50M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by CBC Group, and also included Zoo Capital the venture arm of Boyu Capital. MORE
Los Angeles-based 3D printed rocket developer Relativity Space has closed $500M in Series D funding, the company disclosed Monday morning, saying it will use the new funding to accelerate commercialization, production scaling, and its long term development. BOND, Tribe Capital, K5 Global, 3L, Playground Global, Mark Cuban, Spencer Rascoff, and Allen & Company LLC also participated in the funding. MORE
ServiceNow, the digital workflow and service management software developer which has operations in San Diego, said today that it has launched a new $100M investment fund, part of which will look at investments in San Diego. The company said the new ServiceNow Racial Equity Fund is worth $100M, and is designed to drive more sustainable wealth creation by funding homeownership, entrepreneurship, and neighborhood revitalization within Black communities in 10 regions across the United States. MORE
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. Wait, didn’t you just raise a fund? Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. Whereas we had four partners investing Fund IV we now have six partners actively looking at deals for Fund V. MORE
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. This is the primary source of non-personal funds for very early-stage startups. MORE
Los Angeles-based mobile games developer Scopely announced this morning that it has raised a huge, $340M Series E funding round. Scopely said the new funding will go towards supporting its M&A strategy as well as expansion into new product categories. games mobile investment content videogame unicorn funding capital venture scopely MORE
Los Angeles-based EngineEars, a new startup that helps connect audio engineers with clients, said on Wednesday that it has raised $1M in a pre-seed funding round. The funding was led by Slauson & Co., and also included Kendrick Lamar, Roddy Ricch, Russ, Mustard, DJ Khaled, YG, Ella Mai, Bas, Smino, Masego, Cardogotwings, Young Guru, Kenny Beats, Ibrahim Hamad of Dreamville, La Mar Taylor of XO, Meko Yohannes of 10Summers, and indie-record label EQT. MORE
San Diego-based Dexcom, which develops equipment for continuous glucose monitoring for people with diabetes, has launched its own venture capital fund, Dexcom Ventures. According to Dexcom, the new fund will seek to identify and invest in opportunities to supplement growth in its core business and advance the development of adjacent technologies for the future. dexcom venture capital fund glucose monitoring lifescience diabetes finance MORE
Los Angeles-based Glytch, a startup which says it is combining location-based entertainment with professional esports arenas, says it has raised a Series A funding round, led by Benevolent Capital. Glytch said that Benevolent Capital, led by Brett Johnson, has acquired the majority of its preferred Series A funding. The company said it previously received funding from Joe Montana's Liquid2.vc MORE
Los Angeles-based Dorian , a startup developing a way for writers and storytellers to create their own games, without coding, has raised $3.25M in a seed funding round, the company disclosed on Monday. The funding was led by March Capital Partners, and also included VGames, Konvoy Ventures, London Venture Partners, Andover Ventures, Night Media, as well as angel Michael Chow (of the Twitch series "Artificial"). MORE
Santa Monica-based March Capital (formerly March Capital Partners) announced on Thursday that it has raised its third fund, March Capital Fund III, which it closed at $450M in commitments. According to the firm, the new fund is focused on enterprise software companies, and included both existing and new investors. investor investment financial fund capital venture partners march MORE
San Diego-based MemComputing , a developer of high performance computing technology, has raised a round of funding, the company said on Tuesday, from two investors. According to MemComputing, the funding came from Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, along with IT-Farm. MemComputing says it has now raised over $3M in total funding. MORE
Los Angeles-based Draper Goren Holm , a new venture capital fund founded by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25M in its very first fund. According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world. The fund was announced at the LA Blockchain Summit, which is virtual this year. bitcoin blockchain startup investment fund finance capital venture holm goren draper MORE
Los Angeles-based eTailPet , a new startup which helps pet store owners create online e-commerce sites, has received a round of seed funding, the company said this week. The seed funding was worth $800K, and led by Moonshots Capital, and also included individual angels from the pet industry. According to eTailPet, the funding will go to accelerate its business. moonshot ecommerce petstore funding seed capital venture etailpet MORE
Los Angeles-based The 22 Fund, a new startup investment fund which says it focuses on the "impact investing" sector--investing with a racial, gender, climate and social justice lens--says it has received an investment from The Clio Fund and ImpactAssets. According to the new investment fund, it is investing in companies led by women, Black, Indigenous and People Of Color (BIPOC). Gray is the Founder and Managing Partner of The 22 Fund. MORE
Los Angeles-based Perch, a startup which operates a service that lets users build their credit by paying for Netflix, Spotify, Hulu, and other services on credit, has scored an investment from financial giant Citi, via Citi's new Citi Impact Fund. Citi also announced funding in six other companies, including Clerkie, KETOS, MedHaul, Shift, Superpedestrian, and Vyv. perch citi impact fund financial venture capital fintech finance credit unbanked MORE
The startup is backed by $50M in a Series A funding from Versant Ventures and Westlake Village BioPartners, and an additional $90M multi-year strategic collaboration and option agreement with AbbVie. MORE
Los Angeles-based LIT Method, which offers fitness equipment and programs, said today that it has raised a round of funding. The funding came from Marcy Venture Partners (MVP), the venture capitalist firm co-founded by Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter, Jay Brown, and Larry Marcus, as well an investment from former Los Angeles Dodger Adrian Gonzalez. method funding venture capital fitness equipment MORE
Los Angeles-based NXCR, a new, subscription car startup led by automotive startup veteran Scott Painter, has raised $30M in a seed funding, based on an internal employee email obtained by socaltech. According to the email from Painter, the funding is the company's first external equity financing. The funding came from such investors as Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, per the leaked email. nxcr scott painter venture capital seed funding reid hoffman mark pincus truecar fair MORE
Los Angeles-based eTailPet , a new startup which helps pet store owners create online e-commerce sites, has received a round of seed funding, the company said this week. Size of the funding was not announced. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital. etailpet venture capital seed funding petstore ecommerce moonshot MORE
contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year. As an active angel investor, I can tell you what doesn’t work is broadcasting your idea description to flocks of angels, hoping that one will swoop down to anoint you with funding. MORE
Irvine-based Mica Energies announced Wednesday afternoon that it has received a seed funding, and says it is working on a "proof of concept" for ite technology, focused on harvesting radio frequencies from the environment. Source and amount of that seed funding was not announced. The company claimed that the seed funding values the company at $39M. mica energies seed funding venture capital radio frequency MORE
Los Angeles-based SoLo Funds, a startup which operates an online crowd-lending marketplace, letting users lend and borrow funds from each other, has raised $10M in a Series A round. The funding was led by ACME Capital, and also included Impact America Fund, Techstars, Endeavor Catalyst, CEAS Investments and others. The company says it has now raised a total of $12M in funding. solo funds venture capital lending borrowing financial fintech finance MORE
San Diego-based Ascent Funding, a provider of student loans, says it is targeting the coding bootcamp market, with a new set of loans for those programs. As part of the move into the market, the company says it has acquired the Skills Fund, a firm which has provided over $200M in tuition funding for bootcamps for over 16,000 students. ascent funding coding bootcamp skills fund merger acquisition financial fintech loan student studentloan MORE
San Diego-based Genalyte, a developer of laboratory diagnostics and analytics products, announced on Monday that it has raised $50M in a funding round. The funding was led by Verily, an Alphabet company, and also included Provenio Capital, Redmile, Khosla Ventures, HBM Partners, Samsara and others. According to the company, it will use the funding to expand its testing menu and deploy its platform. MORE
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX is seeking yet another massive round of investment, according to a report, which would value the company at between $60 billion to $92 billion. The size of the round was unknown. The report--from Business Insider--cited "three people who are familiar with the deal." SpaceX has raised more than $5.4 billion in total since being founded. spacex venture capital private equity space spaceflight aerospace aviation MORE
Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. Is Funding a Worthy Announcement? There are reasons you may delay funding announcement but rarely reasons not to announce. If you’re a very early stage startup that just raised your first angel money it is very possible that the funding announcement will be your first big tech news. MORE
Los Angeles-based LegalMation , a startup which develops artificial intelligence and machine learning-based software for litigation and law practices, has raised a round of funding, according to the company. Size of the funding was not announced. litigation legal software learning machine intelligence artificial funding capital venture legalmation MORE
capital venture social platform video funding strategicLos Angeles-based Vid , a startup developing a social video platform, announced late Monday that it has received a strategic investment from Ontology, a developer of blockchain technology. Financial terms of the investment were not announced. Vid--which has yet to launch its product--says it is developing a video journaling application, where data is secured through "zero-knowledge" encryption and which is powered by Blockchain. MORE
I had originally signed up to talk about the “VC Market Trends” overall but it seemed inauthentic to speak about VC funding without addressing the virus in the room. So I wrote a brand new deck outlining some Upfront views on what we may see in the funding markets ahead. MORE
Pasadena-based Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health , a healthcare innovation fund led by Jay Goss and Dr. John Nackel, says it has launched a new venture capital fund, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Fund II. Size of the new fund was not announced. According to Wavemaker 360, the fund focuses on healthcare start-ups seeking seed-stage investment, and importantly avoids biotech. MORE
North Hollywood-based ConsejoSano , a developer of patient experience and engagement software, aimed at payers, providers, and health care systems, has scored a round of "impact" funding, the company said this week. Tyson Impact Fund, which is administered by the American Heart Association. Tyson Impact Fund invests in organizations that operate in under-resourced communities, providing capital to help organizations improve health equity. MORE
Hawke Ventures, a new, venture capital fund that is part of marketing company Hawke Media, said Friday that it has raised $5.6M for its first, venture capital fund. The new fund is being managed by Erik Huberman, Tony Delmercado, and Managing Partner Drew Leahy, along with angel investor Paige Craig. hawke ventures investment fund funding marketing market paigecraig MORE
Hawthorne-based SpaceX confirmed a $850M fundraising in a regulatory filing on Tuesday, in an equity funding round which included 69 investors. spacex starlink venture capital funding aerospace aviation space spaceflightThe fundraising had been rumored to have been in process for the last month or so. The filing said the effort started on February 16th. The round reportedly values the company at $74 billion. MORE
said last week that its new Kayne Anderson Renewable Infrastructure Fund has reached $50M in assets. The fund focuses on investing in companies that develop, build, own and operate the renewable power infrastructure necessary to transition global power generation to a cleaner future, including wind farms, solar parks, energy storage, and the infrastructure to bring that energy to market. billion across its funds investing in renewable energy and energy transition. MORE
Yeah, Valence announced > $5 million in funding led by GGV and Upfront. It is a company with a mission to create better access and more funding for Black entrepreneurs and executives. “I gotta say it was a good day.” I’m so fricking pumped today. Really, truly. MORE
Los Angeles- and New York-based Greycroft Ventures , which has invested in such local companies as Scopely, Thrive Market, and Maker Studios, has raised two new venture capital funds, for a total of $678M total. The firm disclosed that it closed its early stage fund, Greycroft Partners VI , at $310M, and raised $368M in its growth stage fund, Greycroft Growth III , at $368M. in July of this year; and its first close on its growth fund, Greycroft Growth III, in March. MORE
Soros Fund Management, the financial investment vehicle led by famed investor George Soros, is placing a small, $13.2 MORE
VC funding. We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. How can it be that over-funding is bad, bad, bad and then the best possible outcome and what is the inflection point? Our perspectives on the topic wax and wane with market cycles. MORE
Pasadena-based Thin Line Capital announced this morning that it has launched a brand new, energey and sustainability fund, which will invest in cleantech investing. The new firm, led by serial entrepnd investor Aaron Fyke, said its seed stage fund has had its first close of over $5 million. Thin Line Capital is linked with venture capital firm Wavemaker, which is partnering with Thin Line Capital to establish the new fund. MORE
Los Angeles-based real estate loan marketplace PeerStreet announced on Wednesday morning that it is launching a new fund, called the Peer Street Credit Opportunity Fund LP , which will provide another way for its customers to diversify, expand, and customize their real estate debt portfolios. PeerStreet said the new fund will allow people to take advantage of opportunities in distressed debt, warehouse financing and subordinate investments. MORE
Los Angeles-based Backstage Capital, the startup investment fund led by Arlan Hamilton, has raised more than $1M for its new venture capital fund via crowdfunding, according to its crowdfunding page. The use of crowdfunding is quite unusual for a venture capital fund, which typically turn to institutions and family offices for its Limited Partners. backstage capital crowdfunding venture investment investor fund MORE
Funding Related Topics socalTECH
APRIL 27, 2021
Los Angeles-based LIT Method, which offers fitness equipment and programs, said today that it has raised a round of funding. The funding came from Marcy Venture Partners (MVP), the venture capitalist firm co-founded by Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter, Jay Brown, and Larry Marcus, as well an investment from former Los Angeles Dodger Adrian Gonzalez. method funding venture capital fitness equipment
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 5, 2020
I had originally signed up to talk about the “VC Market Trends” overall but it seemed inauthentic to speak about VC funding without addressing the virus in the room. So I wrote a brand new deck outlining some Upfront views on what we may see in the funding markets ahead.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
socalTECH
APRIL 23, 2021
Hawke Ventures, a new, venture capital fund that is part of marketing company Hawke Media, said Friday that it has raised $5.6M for its first, venture capital fund. The new fund is being managed by Erik Huberman, Tony Delmercado, and Managing Partner Drew Leahy, along with angel investor Paige Craig. hawke ventures investment fund funding marketing market paigecraig
socalTECH
MARCH 31, 2021
San Diego-based Ascent Funding, a provider of student loans, says it is targeting the coding bootcamp market, with a new set of loans for those programs. As part of the move into the market, the company says it has acquired the Skills Fund, a firm which has provided over $200M in tuition funding for bootcamps for over 16,000 students. ascent funding coding bootcamp skills fund merger acquisition financial fintech loan student studentloan
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Los Angeles-based SoLo Funds, a startup which operates an online crowd-lending marketplace, letting users lend and borrow funds from each other, has raised $10M in a Series A round. The funding was led by ACME Capital, and also included Impact America Fund, Techstars, Endeavor Catalyst, CEAS Investments and others. The company says it has now raised a total of $12M in funding. solo funds venture capital lending borrowing financial fintech finance
socalTECH
JANUARY 25, 2021
Los Angeles-based Perch, a startup which operates a service that lets users build their credit by paying for Netflix, Spotify, Hulu, and other services on credit, has scored an investment from financial giant Citi, via Citi's new Citi Impact Fund. Citi also announced funding in six other companies, including Clerkie, KETOS, MedHaul, Shift, Superpedestrian, and Vyv. perch citi impact fund financial venture capital fintech finance credit unbanked
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Hawthorne-based SpaceX confirmed a $850M fundraising in a regulatory filing on Tuesday, in an equity funding round which included 69 investors. spacex starlink venture capital funding aerospace aviation space spaceflightThe fundraising had been rumored to have been in process for the last month or so. The filing said the effort started on February 16th. The round reportedly values the company at $74 billion.
socalTECH
APRIL 4, 2019
Los Angeles-based eTailPet , a new startup which helps pet store owners create online e-commerce sites, has received a round of seed funding, the company said this week. The seed funding was worth $800K, and led by Moonshots Capital, and also included individual angels from the pet industry. According to eTailPet, the funding will go to accelerate its business. moonshot ecommerce petstore funding seed capital venture etailpet
socalTECH
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Los Angeles-based Draper Goren Holm , a new venture capital fund founded by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25M in its very first fund. According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world. The fund was announced at the LA Blockchain Summit, which is virtual this year. bitcoin blockchain startup investment fund finance capital venture holm goren draper
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
said last week that its new Kayne Anderson Renewable Infrastructure Fund has reached $50M in assets. The fund focuses on investing in companies that develop, build, own and operate the renewable power infrastructure necessary to transition global power generation to a cleaner future, including wind farms, solar parks, energy storage, and the infrastructure to bring that energy to market. billion across its funds investing in renewable energy and energy transition.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Los Angeles-based mobile games developer Scopely announced this morning that it has raised a huge, $340M Series E funding round. Scopely said the new funding will go towards supporting its M&A strategy as well as expansion into new product categories. games mobile investment content videogame unicorn funding capital venture scopely
socalTECH
JANUARY 12, 2021
San Diego-based Genalyte, a developer of laboratory diagnostics and analytics products, announced on Monday that it has raised $50M in a funding round. The funding was led by Verily, an Alphabet company, and also included Provenio Capital, Redmile, Khosla Ventures, HBM Partners, Samsara and others. According to the company, it will use the funding to expand its testing menu and deploy its platform.
socalTECH
MAY 6, 2021
Los Angeles-based EngineEars, a new startup that helps connect audio engineers with clients, said on Wednesday that it has raised $1M in a pre-seed funding round. The funding was led by Slauson & Co., and also included Kendrick Lamar, Roddy Ricch, Russ, Mustard, DJ Khaled, YG, Ella Mai, Bas, Smino, Masego, Cardogotwings, Young Guru, Kenny Beats, Ibrahim Hamad of Dreamville, La Mar Taylor of XO, Meko Yohannes of 10Summers, and indie-record label EQT.
socalTECH
APRIL 4, 2019
Los Angeles-based eTailPet , a new startup which helps pet store owners create online e-commerce sites, has received a round of seed funding, the company said this week. Size of the funding was not announced. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital. etailpet venture capital seed funding petstore ecommerce moonshot
socalTECH
AUGUST 31, 2020
Los Angeles-based Dorian , a startup developing a way for writers and storytellers to create their own games, without coding, has raised $3.25M in a seed funding round, the company disclosed on Monday. The funding was led by March Capital Partners, and also included VGames, Konvoy Ventures, London Venture Partners, Andover Ventures, Night Media, as well as angel Michael Chow (of the Twitch series "Artificial").
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2021
Santa Monica-based March Capital (formerly March Capital Partners) announced on Thursday that it has raised its third fund, March Capital Fund III, which it closed at $450M in commitments. According to the firm, the new fund is focused on enterprise software companies, and included both existing and new investors. investor investment financial fund capital venture partners march
socalTECH
MARCH 24, 2021
Los Angeles-based Glytch, a startup which says it is combining location-based entertainment with professional esports arenas, says it has raised a Series A funding round, led by Benevolent Capital. Glytch said that Benevolent Capital, led by Brett Johnson, has acquired the majority of its preferred Series A funding. The company said it previously received funding from Joe Montana's Liquid2.vc
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Los Angeles-based The 22 Fund, a new startup investment fund which says it focuses on the "impact investing" sector--investing with a racial, gender, climate and social justice lens--says it has received an investment from The Clio Fund and ImpactAssets. According to the new investment fund, it is investing in companies led by women, Black, Indigenous and People Of Color (BIPOC). Gray is the Founder and Managing Partner of The 22 Fund.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 11, 2020
Yeah, Valence announced > $5 million in funding led by GGV and Upfront. It is a company with a mission to create better access and more funding for Black entrepreneurs and executives. “I gotta say it was a good day.” I’m so fricking pumped today. Really, truly.
socalTECH
APRIL 29, 2021
San Diego- and Shanghai-based Adcentryx Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on antibody drug conjugate (ADC) therapeutic development, says it has raised $50M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by CBC Group, and also included Zoo Capital the venture arm of Boyu Capital.
socalTECH
APRIL 15, 2020
Pasadena-based Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health , a healthcare innovation fund led by Jay Goss and Dr. John Nackel, says it has launched a new venture capital fund, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Fund II. Size of the new fund was not announced. According to Wavemaker 360, the fund focuses on healthcare start-ups seeking seed-stage investment, and importantly avoids biotech.
socalTECH
MARCH 12, 2020
Irvine-based Mica Energies announced Wednesday afternoon that it has received a seed funding, and says it is working on a "proof of concept" for ite technology, focused on harvesting radio frequencies from the environment. Source and amount of that seed funding was not announced. The company claimed that the seed funding values the company at $39M. mica energies seed funding venture capital radio frequency
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. This is the primary source of non-personal funds for very early-stage startups.
L.A. Business Journal
MARCH 8, 2021
million to fund development of its first title Fledgling video game studio Theorycraft Games Inc. announced March 4 that it had hauled in an impressive $37.5
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 28, 2020
Soros Fund Management, the financial investment vehicle led by famed investor George Soros, is placing a small, $13.2
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX is seeking yet another massive round of investment, according to a report, which would value the company at between $60 billion to $92 billion. The size of the round was unknown. The report--from Business Insider--cited "three people who are familiar with the deal." SpaceX has raised more than $5.4 billion in total since being founded. spacex venture capital private equity space spaceflight aerospace aviation
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. Wait, didn’t you just raise a fund? Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. Whereas we had four partners investing Fund IV we now have six partners actively looking at deals for Fund V.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Pasadena-based Thin Line Capital announced this morning that it has launched a brand new, energey and sustainability fund, which will invest in cleantech investing. The new firm, led by serial entrepnd investor Aaron Fyke, said its seed stage fund has had its first close of over $5 million. Thin Line Capital is linked with venture capital firm Wavemaker, which is partnering with Thin Line Capital to establish the new fund.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
A new, Los Angeles-based venture capital fund-- Mantis --announced on Tuesday that it has raised $35M in commitments for its debut fund, Mantis Capital Fund I, LP. The new fund--created by Alex Pall and Drew Taggart of the musical group The Chainsmokers , says its limited partners include Mark Cuban, Keith Rabois, Jim Coulter, and Ron Conway. mantis venture capital fund music musician alex pall drew taggard chainsmokers thechainsmokers
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 20, 2015
VC funding. We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. How can it be that over-funding is bad, bad, bad and then the best possible outcome and what is the inflection point? Our perspectives on the topic wax and wane with market cycles.
socalTECH
APRIL 29, 2021
The startup is backed by $50M in a Series A funding from Versant Ventures and Westlake Village BioPartners, and an additional $90M multi-year strategic collaboration and option agreement with AbbVie.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 7, 2020
Los Angeles- and New York-based Greycroft Ventures , which has invested in such local companies as Scopely, Thrive Market, and Maker Studios, has raised two new venture capital funds, for a total of $678M total. The firm disclosed that it closed its early stage fund, Greycroft Partners VI , at $310M, and raised $368M in its growth stage fund, Greycroft Growth III , at $368M. in July of this year; and its first close on its growth fund, Greycroft Growth III, in March.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
capital venture social platform video funding strategicLos Angeles-based Vid , a startup developing a social video platform, announced late Monday that it has received a strategic investment from Ontology, a developer of blockchain technology. Financial terms of the investment were not announced. Vid--which has yet to launch its product--says it is developing a video journaling application, where data is secured through "zero-knowledge" encryption and which is powered by Blockchain.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
North Hollywood-based ConsejoSano , a developer of patient experience and engagement software, aimed at payers, providers, and health care systems, has scored a round of "impact" funding, the company said this week. Tyson Impact Fund, which is administered by the American Heart Association. Tyson Impact Fund invests in organizations that operate in under-resourced communities, providing capital to help organizations improve health equity.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Los Angeles-based NXCR, a new, subscription car startup led by automotive startup veteran Scott Painter, has raised $30M in a seed funding, based on an internal employee email obtained by socaltech. According to the email from Painter, the funding is the company's first external equity financing. The funding came from such investors as Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, per the leaked email. nxcr scott painter venture capital seed funding reid hoffman mark pincus truecar fair
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Los Angeles-based Backstage Capital, the startup investment fund led by Arlan Hamilton, has raised more than $1M for its new venture capital fund via crowdfunding, according to its crowdfunding page. The use of crowdfunding is quite unusual for a venture capital fund, which typically turn to institutions and family offices for its Limited Partners. backstage capital crowdfunding venture investment investor fund
socalTECH
JULY 7, 2020
San Diego-based MemComputing , a developer of high performance computing technology, has raised a round of funding, the company said on Tuesday, from two investors. According to MemComputing, the funding came from Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, along with IT-Farm. MemComputing says it has now raised over $3M in total funding.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Los Angeles-based 3D printed rocket developer Relativity Space has closed $500M in Series D funding, the company disclosed Monday morning, saying it will use the new funding to accelerate commercialization, production scaling, and its long term development. BOND, Tribe Capital, K5 Global, 3L, Playground Global, Mark Cuban, Spencer Rascoff, and Allen & Company LLC also participated in the funding.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 27, 2021
contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year. As an active angel investor, I can tell you what doesn’t work is broadcasting your idea description to flocks of angels, hoping that one will swoop down to anoint you with funding.
socalTECH
JANUARY 26, 2021
ServiceNow, the digital workflow and service management software developer which has operations in San Diego, said today that it has launched a new $100M investment fund, part of which will look at investments in San Diego. The company said the new ServiceNow Racial Equity Fund is worth $100M, and is designed to drive more sustainable wealth creation by funding homeownership, entrepreneurship, and neighborhood revitalization within Black communities in 10 regions across the United States.
socalTECH
AUGUST 19, 2020
Los Angeles-based real estate loan marketplace PeerStreet announced on Wednesday morning that it is launching a new fund, called the Peer Street Credit Opportunity Fund LP , which will provide another way for its customers to diversify, expand, and customize their real estate debt portfolios. PeerStreet said the new fund will allow people to take advantage of opportunities in distressed debt, warehouse financing and subordinate investments.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Los Angeles-based LegalMation , a startup which develops artificial intelligence and machine learning-based software for litigation and law practices, has raised a round of funding, according to the company. Size of the funding was not announced. litigation legal software learning machine intelligence artificial funding capital venture legalmation
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 26, 2013
Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. Is Funding a Worthy Announcement? There are reasons you may delay funding announcement but rarely reasons not to announce. If you’re a very early stage startup that just raised your first angel money it is very possible that the funding announcement will be your first big tech news.
109 
Let's personalize your content