TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome Tech , which has built a digital platform aimed at immigrants and their families, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round co-led by TTV Capital, Owl Ventures and SoftBank Group Corp.’s s SB Opportunity Fund. Its efforts are initially primarily focused on the Hispanic community in the U.S. the company says.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Today's contribution is from Lawrence Ng , serial entrepreneur who, last year, founded OnRamp Fund , a $10 million incubator that invests in early stage startups. It solidified our ability to launch new technology using resources both here and abroad. The Fund has expertise in technology development and data management.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Among the announcements at the demo day were the funding of smartphone toy company SnowShoe , and an acquisition of Smart Toy , a developer of an interactive toy. in its seed funding round. Disney offered up up to $120K in investment capital, access to entrepreneurs and executives at Disney, and other resources to its startups.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. What is the investment focus for this fund? All of that represents opportunity, as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers, confidence, and their ability to handle investor funding. The problem is that startups have limited resources to keep them ahead of big companies. This is one of the most frequent responses I hear, and is rarely convincing.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless , a developer of mobile video optimization technology, confirmed Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $8M in its Series C funding. Ortiva's technology is used to optimize the delivery rate of video to mobile phones, based on network conditions and available bandwidth. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Calls are changing but not dying. Much more data in the full post.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

Even the homework is easier, with free and mobile access through the Internet to more business assistance sources, opportunity data, investors, and competitor details around the world. Co-mingling personal and business funds and accounts creates legal risk and tax liability, and makes your efforts look like a hobby.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

These are industries where structural impediments to technology adoption have only recently been broken down by the advent of incredibly powerful mobile devices. The focus will be on distributed energy resources, retrofits of residential, commercial and municipal buildings; and clean transportation.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

No details of the funding have been announced. The funding round closed on the same day as Telogis acquired Integris, a provider of rounting, mobile resource, and fleet management software. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

It needs to be funded to be successful. It was a mobile app, so he ideally would find someone who had experience with mobile development or someone who could pick up a mobile framework. If you don't understand the basics about mobile technology, then read up on it. What do you do if you don't know the size?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

I spent the last decade building up the analytics stack at mobile game companies, mostly in Silicon Valley, leveraging that data for live operations. My co-founder and I both had this vision of leveraging mobile and web technology, to make it easier for people to connect to each other in their demographic. How are you funded?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

There’s also a relatively modest request (of only $4 billion) for funding devoted to pilot projects, startup companies, and public clean technology investment initiatives (like LACI). The funding would include $20 billion for utility upgrades.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Even the homework is easier, with free access to more opportunity details and competitor data on your mobile device from anywhere in the world. Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

Meanwhile, the ProPublica Local Reporting Network funds and jointly publishes year-long investigative projects with 23 local news organizations across the U.S. This could include coverage of things like local ordinances, school closings, shelter-in-place laws, number of cases and deaths, testing resources and more.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

It needs to be funded to be successful. It was a mobile app, so he ideally would find someone who had experience with mobile development or someone who could pick up a mobile framework. If you don't understand the basics about mobile technology, then read up on it. What do you do if you don't know the size?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Even the homework is easier, with free access to more opportunity details and competitor data on your mobile device from anywhere in the world. Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

Apple pulled ahead of other mobile phones in its early days largely because it cultivated an ecosystem of software developers who created iPhone apps to meet every consumer niche and need. These have the vision and the resources to fund long-term digital success. You need to be part of a larger ecosystem.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2016

The new funding will enable Petnet to expand its product line and sales and marketing capabilities. Petco also operates an administrative support center for finance, human resources, and other corporate functions in San Antonio, TX. The deal also reflects Petco’s expanding interests in technology following the company’s $4.6-billion

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2019

How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers, confidence, and their ability to handle investor funding. The problem is that startups have limited resources to keep them ahead of big companies. This is one of the most frequent responses I hear, and is rarely convincing.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We want to become a resource for people with those kinds of questions, and want to be able to provide answers, points of view, and accurate information and options for them, to make the most of their purchases, or make the most of what they already own. So, we decided our initial focus should be on the mobile platform.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . And LA is great for all the design resources as well, with Art Center, and all the great studios with people who are great at human interaction and story-telling.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

com) recently scored a round of funding from such notable investors as Data Collective, Brad Jones of Redpoint Ventures, Horizon Ventures, and TenOneTen Ventures, the new Southern California venture capital firm headed by Gil Elbaz and David Waxman. It''s mobile and mobile apps, but not just mobile apps. SRCH2 (www.srch2.com)

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socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2011

Towards the end of last month, Culver City-based ThinkNear (www.thinknear.com) announced a seed round of funding for its location-based mobile advertising service, with notable inclusion of such firms as IA Ventures, Google Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and others. To start, why don't you describe how your mobile ads work?

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

On a micro level, I also make a strong effort to get to know local entrepreneurs on an individual level and being a reliable resource for them. For example, Myriad Mobile raised $1.5 million for their agtech product, Bushel , which is an industry-first mobile grain app platform.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

That's the fascinating story behind Los Angeles-based Earbits (www.earbits.com), which offers up a mobile music streaming service focused on discovering both new and talent. I know I must have pitched over 200 people trying to raise funding for the company, and although we had raised $1.7M

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

For two years, it was a mentorship program, that worked with twenty three different companies, but did not have a fund, did not have an office, and didn't take any equity. Nineteen of the twenty three companies were funded, and at this point, nine out of 23 have actually been acquired. We're really excited for the next steps.

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Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

The funding, provided by Santa Barbara, CA-based Rincon Venture Partners and Venice, CA-based CrossCut Ventures, represents the first institutional investment for Zingle. Mobile messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, and Viber have exploded in popularity in recent years. Hate2Wait #H8toW8 pic.twitter.com/KcMuKvoqRZ.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Newly launched Crash is hoping to help solve that problem, by surfacing "photo-worthy" locations around you in its mobile app--sourced from its users. It's unbelievably fund, and as we've been expanding into new cities, I feel like I'm becoming a tourism expert in all of those cities. How did you end up working with Idealab?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2017

This is the year, according to all the data, where mobile messaging will surpass social. Even without knowing the exact number, we know social is big, but that this year, mobile messaging will pass it in terms of user engagement, sessions per day, and minutes per day. What it started out as, and what it received funding for morphed.

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Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2019

Degreed , which helps businesses upgrade the skills of their staffers through an online gateway to learning resources, announced Thursday it has raised $75 million to grow the service and expand internationally.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2013

Keeping track of all the new companies, funding, networking and events going on across town is challenging. s own backyard into one central online hub, rich with all the resources and information that L.A. received funding, been acquired or exited. received funding, been acquired or exited. “To has to offer startups.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

It might just be Tradesy (www.tradesy.com), a brand new service which lets women sell their unwanted clothing via a mobile app or website--and even takes care of dealing with shipping and returns. I didn't have any funding. I was a painter then, and I started selling all of my paintings to fund RecycledBride. What is Tradesy?

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. whereas in Los Angeles, there's sort of a paucity of those kinds of resources. I call that the freshman, sophomore, senior model.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Her search for solutions spurred her to move from her native Bulgaria to find greater resources in Vienna, where she began developing what is now a tablet computer that can display the text from any online source in a full page of Braille.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2015

How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers, confidence, and their ability to handle investor funding. The problem is that startups have limited resources to keep them ahead of big companies. This is one of the most frequent responses I hear, and is rarely convincing.

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