socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2021

The company has coupled its banking services with cash back at stores, and donations to charitable organizations supporting the Asian-American community. in seed funding from Ifly.vc, Amplify, Adam Nash (former CEO of Wealthfront), Spencer Rascoff (Zillow), Wedbush Ventures, Idealab, and Operate Venture Studio.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Los Angeles-based BeautCon , which organizes conferences and runs a website focused on beauty and fashion as it intersects with online media, has raised $5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Hearst Corp., beautycon conference fashion beauty online media seed funding venture capital' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Los Angeles-based AllVoices , a new startup which helps companies collect anonymous feedback on such areas as harassment, bullying, bias, and other problems in their organizations, has raised $3M in a seed funding round, the company said on Thursday.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2020

in a Series A funding. According to the company, the funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also included Cisco Investments, angel investors, and prior investors Neotribe Ventures, Firebolt Ventures and WestWave Capital. As part of the funding, Lightspeed's Arif Janmohamed joins the company's board. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2017

Los Angeles-based Yumi , a subscription, organic baby food startup, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $4.1M in a seed funding round. The funding came from August Capital, Brand Foundry, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), plus angels Hugo Barra, Ali Partovi, Philip Krim and Matt Mullenweg. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2021

Slingshot is venture backed by ATX Venture Partners, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Techstars Ventures, and Okapi Venture Capital, along with others.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And as a result of this there are now very robust secondary markets where founders and seed-funds alike are selling down their ownership long before an ultimate exit. If we wanted to we could have sold > 2x the fund easily in the secondary markets with significant upside remaining. of the fund.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Los Angeles- and Austin-based Moonshots Capital , the venture capital fund led by serial entrepreneur Kelly Perdew, is ramping its investment pace, with the first two formal investments out of its new fund. seed funding in that firm. Moonshots led the $1.4M presidential elections in 2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

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. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

This morning, Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com), led by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings , announced its first formal fund, a $19M seed stage fund. In October of last year, we did a first close on our first committed fund, which we're announcing. It's much better with committed funds and bigger checks.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2013

FIGS , a Culver City startup offering up fashionable medical scrubs, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. FIGS says it works with Doctors without Borders, International Medical Corps and other healthcare organizations as part of the program. READ MORE>>. figs scrubs ecommerce medical apparel'

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based Moonshots Capital is the lead investor in the seed round of a startup, New Knowledge , which developed the artificial intelligence software which uncovered a large-scale Russian effort to influence U.S. presidential elections. According to New Knowledge, it has raised $1.9M

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Capital Invest Artificial Inteligence Startup 149

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

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. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2014

The company explains it brings simple, powerful communication and sharing tools to users and organizations of any size, with an intent to connect those folks to fast, breaking updates. The company is seed funded by Lionsgate.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2018

work well win , a new, co-working space operator which is backed by $22M in seed funding, says it is opening up a new coworking space on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. The company also said its Santa Monica location will feature "live plant walls, swing chairs, casual lounges and a surfboard rack space." READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 15, 2014

in seed funding from Deep Fork Capital, William Morris Endeavor, former Riot Games Chairman Jarl Mohn, Dennis Phelps (IVP), Social Starts, BDC Ventures, and Keith Boesky. The company--now based in Vancouver, BC--helps organizers of professional video game tournaments and leagues. The company is led by Jason Xu.

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Riot Games Seed Funding Venture Capital Organization 147

socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2015

in a seed funding. said it is developing artificial intelligence-based, data loss prevention software, which helps prevent data breaches from organizations. The funding round came from Trinity Ventures. Fred Wang of Trinity joins the company''s board with the funding. Harvest.ai Harvest.ai READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The new startup--which is split between San Diego and Seattle--said it is looking to help organize the information about home improvement projects, plus also help homeowners to find home improvement professionals.

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San Diego Seed Funding Organization Startup 185

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

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. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2013

in a seed funding round, which included local high profile technology executives Ted Meisel, Gil Elbaz, Sean Moriarty, Jarl Mohn, along with Siemer Ventures. Rexter , a brand new, Pasadena startup looking to put business contact management on steroids, said today that it has raised $1.5M

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eHarmony CalTech Seed Funding Pasadena 193

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JANUARY 28, 2013

One way might be to try out GrubTonight , a newly launhced iPhone application from Venice-based Grubwithus, which allows users to find organized dinners in a local area, reserve a seat, and meet others at meals. The firm raised $5M in a venture funding round back in May of last year, and earlier had raised $1.6M READ MORE>>.

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Services GRP Partners Seed Funding Venice 210

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018? And, many of the presenting companies received sizable funding commitments and offers of ongoing help. I believe that the most important thing for tech companies will be to turn inward and create mature leadership and organizations that can handle growth.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The firm came out of Fiorentino's efforts to initially buy used and broken iPhone and Craigslist, which he discovered was a lucrative business--enough that he was able to gain seed funding to grow the business. Totem also provides data erasure services to those corporate customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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Resource Startup Incubator Seed Funding 159

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

Valuations have continued to soar from early stage through later stage at an unsustainable rate, driven by large amounts of available capital, notably the increased presence of seed funds and PE firms in software. I predict SoCal will continue to grow, but in 2020 more companies nationwideand herewill not get the funding they need.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Very few people fund individuals. Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. Join local organizations like OCTANe , TechStars or Launchpad LA. Find out who funded them – Contact the management teams.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Liquid Death has attracted nearly $2 million in funding from angel investors like Away co-founder Jen Rubio and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. Bev , a canned wine business that recently raised $7 million in seed funding from Founders Fund, thinks marketing in the alcohol industry is the problem. pic.twitter.com/DMEg88t4iO.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Molecule , a platform where DAOs can back medical research projects, secured $13 million in seed funding led by Northpond Ventures. Metaverse play-and-earn company Atmos Labs brought in $11 million in a seed round led by Sfermion. million in its seed round from Keen Venture Partners, Yellow Accelerator and others.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The firm came out of Fiorentino's efforts to initially buy used and broken iPhone and Craigslist, which he discovered was a lucrative business--enough that he was able to gain seed funding to grow the business. Totem also provides data erasure services to those corporate customers.

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Seed Funding San Diego Organization Entrepreneur 124

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

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. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

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Entrepreneur Startup Equity Funding 96

InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

Even the organization''s lexicon reinforces its startup mindset. Rather, the organization provides ongoing support of its "portfolio," including strategic planning, recruitment of Board members and public relations expertise. I am curious as to A Better Chicago''s origin and how the organization differs from traditional non-profits.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Over the next few months we will work closely with the team at MVF to ensure a successful transition as the organization continues to build Tech.Co It was over 11 years ago that I saw a need to better connect startups and innovators with the communities around them so they could connect for partnerships, funding, amplification, and support.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. ” Case studies get done with ebullient CEO’s espousing the benefits of said software even though their organization was barely using the product. And importantly we’ve had revenue. ROI studies were published.

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Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Professional investors do not fund great ideas. Instead, they fund proven businesses. Thus, it is incumbent on entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into viable businesses before seeking venture funding. Wiley entrepreneurs pre-sell their products and get customers to fund their businesses. Entrepreneurs Are Never Stuck.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2016

On the other hand, if you can qualify for membership in a top-ranked accelerator , such as 500 Startups , AngelPad or TechStars , you will get a rigorous development program, top-quality professional guidance, and some seed funding to move you ahead of the crowd. Costs, returns in equity and funding access.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. This organization claims to be the world’s leading organization for advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.

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