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OCTOBER 11, 2019

Los Angeles-based Exploding Kittens , the developer of the popular card game of the same name, has raised another $30M in funding, the company said on Thursday. Exploding Kittens said the funding came from TCG Capital Management, which is an affiliate of The Chernin Group. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based Catalog , a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Techstars and Luma Launch.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

million, our Seed Funds mostly between $200–300 million and have delivered median ownerships of ~20% from the first check we write into a startup. So we largely sat out fundings of NFTs or other areas where we didn’t feel like we were the expert or where the valuation metrics weren’t in line with our funding goals.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 27, 2022

Now, a gaming startup that’s building a new kind of platform that it thinks will be a — wait for it — game changer in the category is announcing some funding as to ride that wave of attention. It included games icon Atari, which is working with PortalOne to include some of its brands and IP in that Arcade launch.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

They join the 23 cities that were already supported: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis-St. Meanwhile, the ProPublica Local Reporting Network funds and jointly publishes year-long investigative projects with 23 local news organizations across the U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

” Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S. (at “We understand how much money you can make from the IP. When we’re working with creators or influencers they understand that you have this shelf life as an influencer, but as IP, that can go on in perpetuity.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Los Angeles-based XCast Labs , a provider of voice-over-IP services, is reporting today that it had 48 percent revenue growth in 2009, and now has more than 100,000 users. The firm said it has been profitable since July, and saw growth from IP-PBX, SIP Trunk, residential, and reseller customers. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Catalog (www.catalog.cc), a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, announced it raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Techstars and Luma Launch.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Can tapping the power of the crowd not only help you find customers and help fund your project, but also help you shape your startup idea and find funding? A new, Los Angeles area startup, JumpStartFund (www.jumpstartfund.com) recently launched, offering up a combination of crowdfunding and crowd-advice for entrepreneurial ideas.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. Fast Pitch Los Angeles is one of the best start up networking events of the year. Don't miss it!

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JUNE 3, 2009

Los Angeles-based XCast Labs is announcing this morning that it has raised $2.7M in a Series A funding round, for the firm's voice-over-IP services. According to XCast, the funding includes an investment by Siemer and Associates, as well as Frontera Capital and the Pasadena Angels.

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JUNE 3, 2009

Los Angeles-based XCast Labs is announcing this morning that it has raised $2.4M in a Series A funding round, for the firm's voice-over-IP services. According to XCast, the funding includes an investment by Siemer and Associates, as well as Frontera Capital and the Pasadena Angels.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

Los Angeles-based Sophoi , a developer of media IP mananagement software, has been acquired by Oracle, Oracle said Monday. Sophoi was backed by Oracle which had funded the firm to the tune of $17.5M Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Sophoi filed for bankruptcy on September 1st.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

The Vinetta Project (www.vinettaproject.com), a group which is focused on helping to accelerate the growth of female-led startups, announced a few weeks ago that it is working with P&G Ventures, the internal "startup studio" of Procter and Gamble on an effort to help female-led companies in Los Angeles. What is The Vinetta Project?

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

As I’ve written about recently, at Upfront Ventures we started talking a couple of years ago about wanting to fund stuff with more meaning. I think this is a combination of being realists as venture capitalists that outsized returns in our funds must come from taking on bigger, more impactful projects that can move markets.

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JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A quick message on a very busy funding day, to thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Technology.

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JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. Los Angeles-based XCast Labs (www.xcastlabs.com) announced earlier this month that it has raised a $2.7M Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company.

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JUNE 21, 2019

We write checks from $500K to a million dollars, and we like to fund engineers turned entrepreneurs. Sometimes what I say, is if brand is your moat, and you're a direct-to-consumer company, versus where you really have some technology, and you have some IP, that's the side of the spectrum we play on.

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JULY 10, 2019

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Los Angeles-based Halla , a venture backed startup, focused on personalized recommendations for the food ordering industry. in seed funding, from E&A Venture Capital and SOSV. We all went to Oakwood High School, in North Hollywood in Los Angeles. What is Halla?

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JULY 13, 2016

Los Angeles-based Netki (www.netki.com) is addressing that complexity, with a product called WalletNames, which replaces those long, complex, easy to confuse strings with easy to remember, domain-like text strings. Dawn Newton: As an example, when you go to Google.com, it is actually routing to an IP address. How did that go?

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MAY 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based Science37 (www.science37.com) The company is backed by more than $67M in funding from such investors as Glynn Capital Management, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Amgen Ventures, Lux Capital, Redmile Group, dRx Capital (a Qualcomm and Novartis joint investment company), and Sanofi Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

I argued it in my post on how social proof helps fund raising with angel investors. “what you really need to get an angel round together are your “anchor tenants.” These are the people who make the early commitment to you to fund your round before having any social proof. I’ve always believed this.

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JULY 12, 2013

The company announced a funding round from Canaan Partners, Storm Ventures, and AME Cloud a couple of weeks ago. In its simplest terms, we install OpenStack, plus two years of IP that we''ve developed here at MetaCloud, onto our client''s server, at their data center. What does MetaCloud do? Why do you imagine that''s the case?

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JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. The problem that I’ve seen historically in cities like Los Angeles, San Diego or Seattle is that their historic high-net-worth individuals didn’t come from the tech startup world.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Dave Waldman , CEO and Founder of Los Angeles-based Bccthis (www.Bccthis.com), a startup looking to add additional functionality and private messaging into both corporate emails and Twitter messages. We raised funding in September of 2009, about six months ago, raising $500,000 from private angel investors.

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DECEMBER 3, 2008

The firm's technology--which creates a 3D, virtual avatar from digital photos--was originally developed at the University of Southern California for the CIA, and was spun out into a venture funded company targeting the consumer market. For those not familiar with BigStage, tell us what the company is doing with your avatar technology?

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MAY 5, 2011

Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. In Los Angeles we don’t have “patron technology companies&# that are big enough to matter – we’re still hoping to see them emerge. Elder Statesmen.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The interesting thing about working with angels (the tech founder kind) is that they’ve all run their own startups before so there is instant resonance with what you’re going through, the issues you’ll face and how to best help. In the angel world you see soft circles a lot. (0:35:28). Someone who inspires others.

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