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JUNE 29, 2018

GroGuru , a startup developing irrigation automation technology for the agriculture industry, has raise $250,000 in a seed funding from Western Growers and Radicle Growth. According to Western Growers and Radicle Growth, the new funding will help GroGuru advance its automation technology. GroGuru is led by CEO Patrick Henry.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Santa Monica-based VY Esports , a new startup focused on connecting esports, brands, and media companies, said on Thursday that it has raised a seed funding round. Size of the funding was not announced. Blair Ford of Raine Ventures joins the company's board as part of the funding. VY Esports is led by Oleg Butenko.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Trovata , a company developing cash automation software for the treasury management market, has raised a round of seed funding, led by J.P. The company said the new funding from JPMorgan Chase will go towards accelerating product development and for new customer engagements. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2015

Irvine-based Visage , which offers up a service aimed at online marketers to help create infographics, said this morning that it has raised $2.15M in a seed funding. The funding was led by Venture51, and also included K5 Ventures and Kima Ventures, along with angels Robin Pimentel and Dan Martell.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

There has been much discussion about VCs doing seed funding in the past year. I’ve written about it myself (Is VC Seed Funding Dead?) and (Is There Really a Signaling Problem with VC Seed Funding?). Knowing What the Seed Funding Policy of your VC is. Short summary of my posts: 1.

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JUNE 27, 2021

On Funding?—?Shots Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing.

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JULY 27, 2012

Los Angeles-based PayDragon has raised $1.35M in its seed funding, the firm disclosed Friday. The firm--which had earlier disclosed the seed roudn , but without dollar amounts--said the funding included Rustic Canyon Ventures, SV Angel, and Y Combinator, as well as Yuri Milner and Mark Schwartz. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Pixoto , a new startup focused on sharing and voting on photographic images which is headed by former Pictage founder Jason Kiefer, has just scored a seed funding worth $360,000, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. Based on the funding, it appears the company is working on a $500,000 seed funding round.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based Perch Mobility, a startup that is developing portable charging "pods" aimed at helping professional chargers and scooter operators to bulk-charge scooters and e-bikes, says it has scored seed funding for its efforts. The company said the funding came from Lorentzen Investments.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

AOL co-founder and former chief executive officer Steve Case’s venture capital fund, Revolution , deploys capital to companies “outside of the hotbeds.” Today, Washington, DC-based Revolution is announcing its latest fund. Since Revolution launched in 2005, venture capital activity in underrepresented markets has grown significantly.

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OCTOBER 14, 2014

Los Angeles-based Speakr , which provide social influence marketing to brands, said today that it has raised $2.9M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Allegro Venture Partners, Brett Hurt (Bazaarvoice), Ed Snider (Comcast Spectacor), Nick Gross (STRZ Enterprises), as well as others. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Seed investments are down by any measure (funds, deals, dollars) over the past 3 years in deals < $1 million AND in deals between $1–5 million. As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture. What gives? The “A Round” of my startup in 1999 was $16.5

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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.,

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APRIL 8, 2014

Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. We spoke with Rami Rostami and Gerard Casale , who are behind TYLT Labs, and who told us a bit about their new fund, its investment criteria, and where it sees the promise here.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

San Diego-based Pack, a developer of e-commerce tools, says it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Alpaca and Vanterra Ventures. The company said the funding goes towards engineering, product, design, and go-to-market.

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APRIL 30, 2021

Santa Monica-based Hashflow, which operates a decentralized exchange for the crypto market, says it has raised $3.2M in a seed funding round.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

San Diego-based CRISPR QC, a startup developing data and analytics tools for the gene editing market, announced on Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Serra Ventures, and also included CaerusX Ventures, the investment company of George Bonaros.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The startup--based in Minneapolis--says it is backed by seed funding worth $3M from Anthemis Group and The Autism Impact Fund. The company said the new seed funding is funding its expansion to West Coast markets like LA and Seattle. The startup is led by CEO Melissa Danielsen.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Local Market Launch , a new startup founded by former ValueClick founder Brian Coryat, said Tuesday that it has raised $1.5M in a Series A funding round. in funding, including an earlier seed funding. The round came from Rincon Venture Partners. The company said it has now raised $2.7M

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MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. A normal VC fund raises a new fund every three years if they are strong performers.

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MAY 23, 2018

Los Angeles-based TruStory , a stealth-mode startup led by Preethi Kasireddy, has raised $3M in a seed funding round to help vet information on cryptocurrency and other areas, the company disclosed on Wednesday.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

According to ventureLab, it will provide seed funding, along with product, marketing, and opertional support to its companies. The company did not say how much funding it intends to provide to startups. venturelab startup incubator studio incubation incubate seed funding mike prasad' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

has raised $4M in a seed funding, and launched its social music app, the company said this morning. The funding came from Greycroft, Chicago Ventures, Slow Ventures, firstminute, plus angel ivnestors Steven Galanis, Randi Zuckerberg, Mr. Beasts' Night media, Sophia Bendz (Spotify), Cyan Banister, T-Pain and Zach Katz, plus others.

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APRIL 12, 2021

According to Sunstone Management, a private capital and investment firm, VITALINK, a biotech smart watch accessory startup developing a "a dermal caffeine dosage system" received $15,000 in seed funding and will also receive co-working space, marketing, legal and accounting services totaling up to $35,000.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Companyon Ventures, and also included Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, SixThirty Ventures, Gaingels, Gutbrain Ventures, PBJ Capital, and CreativeCo Capital. Los Angeles-based NVISIONx, a developer of data risk reduction software, says it has raised $4.6M

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

The post Chippmunk Raises $750,000 in Seed Funding for Scaling & Product Development appeared first on TechZulu. Business Entrepreneurship Finance Funding Investment Marketing Startups Andrew Schawartz Chippmunk Dan Murray Derek Draper Google GoTo.com KKR machinima Nikhil Crivastava Richard Chino Wildfire'

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Los Angeles- and New York-based PlaceVine , which operates a web-based service to connect brands and agencies to product placement opportunities in film, television, and new media, said Wednesday that it has scored a round of seed financing from a New York-based angel fund, NYCSeed. Amount of the investment was not disclosed.

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MAY 25, 2021

Monrovia, California-based SiLC Technologies, a developer of machine vision tools, says it has raised $17M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Alter Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital and also included Fluxunit -- OSRAM Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, Epson, UMC Capital, Yamato Holdings and Global Brain.

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JULY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based Postie , a new startup focused on using machine learning and "quant marketing" to direct mail, said on Tuesday that it has raised $3.5M in a seed funding. The funding was led by Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures. Postie says it is already profitable. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 20, 2016

San Diego-based SkySafe , a developer of technology to disable--and take over--rogue consumer drones, has raised $3M in a seed funding, the company disclosed today. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Founder Collective and SV Angel.

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APRIL 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based NI0 , a new startup in the sports and nutrition vertical, is gearing up for launch, backed by $500,000 in seed funding from a number of tech investors. The startup is aiming at the athletic training and recovery market, with a new sports tape which incorporates supplements. Riot Games). READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Irvine-based Longeve Brands, which is developing plant-based meat alternatives, said on Wednesday that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Wavemaker Partners and Springboard Ventures. According to the startup, the funding will go to expand its plant-based protein product line.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

San Diego-based Trust & Will , which operates an online estate planning service, has raised $15M in a Series B funding round, the company said on Tuesday. According to the company, it has now raised $23M in total funding. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 26, 2020

Los Angeles- and New Zealand-based Datch , which is develop artificlal intelligence, voice assistant software for the industrial market, said this morning that it has raised $3.2M in a seed funding round.

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JULY 20, 2020

in a seed funding round, the company said late last week. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Golden Ventures, and Bitkraft Esports Ventures. El Segundo-based Carbonated Games , a developer of mobile games, has raised $8.5M The company is led by founder and CEO Travis Boatman. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued?

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