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. But trust me on this.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Long Beach-based satellite launch company Virgin Orbit, looking to rebound from a failed test flight in May, is seeking to raise funds ahead of a second launch.

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Long Beach Funding Company Companies 130

L.A. Business Journal

MAY 15, 2019

million in seed funding led by New York-based E&A Venture Capital. Burbank-based Shag Enterprises Inc, an artificial intelligence company that’s created a predictive platform for online ordering, announced on May 15 it raised $1.4

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Seed Funding Artificial Inteligence Platform Burbank 221

L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 7, 2020

million in new funding from undisclosed investors, a November Securities and Exchange Commission filing shows. Sawtelle-based esports organizer Play Versus Inc. has taken in $10.5

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Organization Funding 130

L.A. Business Journal

MAY 25, 2020

the Westwood-based work-order management software developer, said it has raised $36 million in a Series B, bringing the company’s total funding to $48.8 UpKeep Technologies Inc.,

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Technology Funding Software Development Software 130

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 31, 2020

has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Slow Ventures with follow on investment from Santa Monica-based Upfront Ventures and Aspect Ventures. West Hollywood-based Stem Disintermedia Inc.

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West Hollywood Santa Monica Platform Funding 130

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

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Funding Develop Development 130

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Science closes $75 million fund; Elon Musk’s Boring Co. sells all its flamethrowers; and Snapchat is selling hats and sweatshirts inside its app.

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Snapchat Funding Report 247

L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A 3-mile extension of the Foothill Gold Line into San Bernardino County has been put on ice for at least another year as $550 million in funding for the project was dropped from a state surplus spending bill earlier this month.

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Funding 130

L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 22, 2021

announced March 15 that it plans to raise $350 million in a private debt offering that will partially fund its planned acquisition of SpotX Inc. Advertising technology company Magnite Inc.

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Funding Advertising Acquisition Technology 130

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Amount of the funding was not announced. A regulatory filing from EByline earlier this year indicated the firm was raising around $50,000 in funding; it's unclear if the announced funding includes additional funds on top of that earlier fundraising. READ MORE>>.

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Angel Funding Paramount Journal 149

L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 19, 2018

million in series A funding. Underwriting for this round of funding was provided by Companion Fund, a $100 million pet-centered venture capital fund, as well as Struck Capital, TTV Capital and SWS Venture Capital. Eagle Rock’s Scratch Financial Inc., doing business as Scratchpay, announced June 19 that it received $6.4

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Funding Venture Capital Capital 149

L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 29, 2021

MaC Venture Capital, a seed-stage venture capital firm launched in 2019, announced March 25 that it had raised an inaugural $103 million fund for investments in early stage startups.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Invest 100

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Manufacturing software maker FactoryFour, which recently opened a new Culver City office, received a $5 million round of funding led by Menlo Park, Calif.-based based venture capital firm August Capital, with participation from Refactor Capital.

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Venture Capital Culver City Capital Funding 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Los Angeles-based J2 Global --via its publishing arm, Ziff Davis , is getting set to acquire online tech publication Mashable , in a deal worth around $50M, according to a report on Thursday afternoon from the Wall Street Journal. Neither J2 Global nor Mashable have yet announced the deal.

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Report Journal Entertainment Los Angeles 133

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Seed-stage companies in Los Angeles received a total of $369 million in funding in 2016, according to report from Venice tech accelerator Amplify.LA.

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Seed Funding Venice Funding Los Angeles 235

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Fika Ventures has raised a $40 million seed fund to invest in business-to-business companies developing software products for finance, online marketplaces, and healthcare.

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Seed Funding Funding Invest Software 164

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 23, 2021

Manhattan Beach-based Fisker Inc. is lining up capital to start production on a second electric vehicle in late 2023 after unveiling a debt offering of $625 million.

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Manhattan Beach Startup Funding Capital 279

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Virgin Group Richard Branson invests in M13’s $175 million fund.

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Investment fund Vision Esports announced on Feb. 22 that it raised $38 million in a round led by Evolution Media, the investment firm backed by Creative Artists Agency and private equity fund TPG Growth.

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Invest Funding Equity Media 127

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 15, 2018

15 it completed a funding round of $5 million in total, comprised of investments from six venture capital firms. Marina del Rey advertising blockchain firm Lucidity (an affiliate of KR8OS Inc.) announced Aug.

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Marina Del Rey Funding Venture Capital Advertising 113

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

We are a holistic health platform that approaches things as more of a holistic health medical journal — everything is backed by science.”. million in seed funding from Crosscut, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, and Female Founders Fund. What we are creating is less of a consumer magazine.

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Guide Research Journal Seed Funding 241

L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 20, 2017

seed funding falls sharply in first quarter, Brian Lee and Ron Burkle-backed medical apparel Startup Jaanuu raises $5 million from retail execs, and Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso’s dramatic biopic releases Friday on Netflix.

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Seed Funding Netflix Funding Report 204

L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 23, 2018

ServiceTitan, a Glendale-based software app for service professionals, announced $62 million in Series C funding. The funding round was led by Battery Ventures and will be used to expand the company from 400 to 500 employees by the end of the year, as well as for product enhancement and partnership expansion.

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Glendale Funding Software Services 124

L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

This most recent round brings the company’s total funding to $104 million, according to a company press release. Century City-based geolocation data provider Factual Inc. announced Sept. 5 it raised $42 million in a financing round led by Upfront Ventures and Felicis Ventures.

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Century City Funding Press Company 113

L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 30, 2018

Female-focused venture fund raises $10.4 million; Los Angeles tech workers data released; SpaceX gets approval to build satellite-powered broadband network.

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Funding SpaceX Los Angeles Report 187

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. So Tracy began keeping a blog about … (what else?)

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Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Tatyana Dyshlova and Max Spielberg loved working side by side at Redwood City-based gaming giant Electronic Arts Inc.

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Electronic Arts Funding 200

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 26, 2021

Personal finance technology company Albert Corp. has raised $100 million in a Series C round.

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Funding Technology Company Companies 246

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

The start of this series was, Should Your Startup Announce Funding ? It’s also important for recruiting, fund raising, business development and even company morale. But I also need to address the other side of my customer base – the people who fund VCs (they are called LPs). I will put the full list of posts here.

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Blogging Journal Press Startup 309

socalTECH

JULY 2, 2012

Los Angeles-based YourEvent.com , a startup developing a service to help users share photos of their events, has raised a round of angel funding. The funding came from the Billiken Angels Network, an angel group based in Saint Louis. Other investors in the round included SLP Ventures, American Pastime Ventures, and other angels.

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Angel Journal Los Angeles Funding 145

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Westwood-based startup CarbonBuilt Inc. has raised $10 million to further develop and market its technology that reduces carbon dioxide emissions by injecting the gas into concrete.

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Funding Marketing Startup Technology 254

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2019

a call center analytics firm, raised $56 million in a funding round led by Upfront Ventures. Invoca Inc.,

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Funding 100

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 8, 2019

Westwood-based growth equity investment firm 3L Capital announced July 8 it raised a $217 million equity fund to continue investing in local companies.

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Invest Capital Funding Equity 113

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Pasadena-based Thin Line Capital raised a $5 million seed-stage fund to support clean technology and eco-friendly startups.

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Capital Funding Pasadena Startup 100

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

The startup says it added more than 200 new publishers and 100 new buyer channels for the six months ended March 31, 2013, and that its customers now include more than 500 of the world''s premium publishers, including eBay UK, Time, ABC News, the Wall Street Journal, Tribune Company, Virgin Media, People, Universal and many others.

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Custom Customer Clearstone Journal 220

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

It has now added to the list of partners local news service Patch and ProPublica, including its Local Reporting Network partners and its collaborative journalism project Electionland. Patch alone is putting out more than 200 local coronavirus stories per day.

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News Journal San Diego IP 156