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APRIL 8, 2014

There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

StartEngine , the startup accelerator headed by Howard Marks, is launching its newest class of startups today in a private event in Santa Monica. The eight startups are pitching their investors to startups at CrossCampus in Santa Monica this afternoon. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 28, 2015

Santa Monica-based GumGum , the online image-based advertising startup led by Ophir Tanz, has raised a big, $26.0M According to the firm, the funding will go towards expansion into international markets, to strengthen its R&D, and continue development of its products. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2012

A new startup, headed by entrepreneur Wil Schroter, has launched this week, looking to make it easier for startups to raise funding. Santa Monica- and Columbus, Ohio-based Fundable said that it is looking to provide a crowdfunding platform for "serious startups". on its advisory team. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2012

In what is a huge blow to Silicon Beach, Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the software-and-technology-meets-employee-perks startup run by Paige Craig, told its users today that it is sunsetting its site on May 31st. BetterWorks--and Paige Craig--have been one of the companies driving the growth in Santa Monica's Silicon Beach.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

Santa Monica-based Songtradr , a startup which operates an online service to help people discovery and license commercial music from emerging artists, songwriters, and catalogs, has raised $4M in a funding round. The lead investor in the funding round is angel Richard White, who is CEO and founder of WiseTech Global.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

I have started to publish a version of the newsletter on TechCrunch. I will repeat my appeal from last week: Maybe you’re a startup founder, a safety driver at an autonomous vehicle developer, a venture capitalist, engineer or gig economy worker. metro area, San Diego and Santa Monica. A novel rewards program.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

It was standing room only at StartEngine 's Demo Day Wednesday afternoon, held at Santa Monica's Cross Campus , as the startup accelerator launched eight of its latest startups into the world, after a 90 day process of mentoring, honing their business model, and heads down development. It's unclear. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Santa Monica-based Songtradr , a startup developing a music licensing platform, said today that it has named Clare Nicholls as its new Chief Financial Officer. Songtradr announced a $4M funding round in January from angel investor Richard White of WiseTech Global. Nicholls will be based at the company's UK office.

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MAY 2, 2012

Los Angeles business accelerator program upStart.LA , one of numerous startup acceleration and incubation efforts to start in the last year in Southern California, is merging with a startup in Santa Monica, Cross Campus. According to a note to supporters form upStart.LA

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JANUARY 31, 2013

How did a quick weekend trip (for a birthday) to Los Angeles result in the creation and funding of a startup? We'll go to LA for the weekend, hang out with some friends at Startup Weekend and celebrate your birthday. That was the start of Zaarly. But let me back up just a bit. Sounds great," he said.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I often advise startup companies not to try and pin all of your brand equity into an announcement. It’s something you must earn over time by living up to the name you define. We are trying hard to live up to the guidelines we laid out for our investors, our portfolio companies and our community. It would be out of sync.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

Santa Monica-based Fair , which operates a vehicle subscription service that lets users subscribe to gain access to cars without the restrictions of a traditional lease, has raised $100M in a combined debt facility and equity investment, the company said this morning. Fair is led by automotive and startup veteran Scott Painter.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based GoCoin --one of the first BitCoin startups to emerge out of the Silicon Beach technology ecosystem--said today that it has raised $550,000 in a seed funding round, to develop a platform to enable the purchasing of good and services around the world with Bitcoin.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Santa Monica-based TradeYa said Wednesday that it has raised $1.1M in a venture capital funding, to launch its social platform for trading goods and services. The funding came from angel investors, including Chris Hameetman (Tech Coast Angels) and Joe Addiego (Alsop Louie Partners).

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APRIL 18, 2019

This led to massive funding rounds at Bird, Lime and others. There was seasonality, theft, tough unit economics and slowing funding rounds. The company started the year with no revenue and at it’s peak had a run rate well in excessive of $100 million / year. I’d like to share some insights with you. The valuations were too high!

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AUGUST 20, 2013

Have a great idea for a online video project, but just need a little funding for equipment, actors, or editing? A new, Santa Monica-based startup TubeStart , said today that it has launched its crowdfunding platform specifically for YouTube video content creators. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Santa Monica-based VideoAmp , which says it is developing a "screen optimization platform" aimed at the TV and video ecosystem, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. VideoAmp is led by Ross McCray. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Santa Monica-based VideoAmp , which says it is developing a "screen optimization platform" aimed at the TV and video ecosystem, said today that it has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. VideoAmp is led by Ross McCray. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2014

A few years ago I started calling the local tech ecosystem down here #LATech. In fact, many people know I grew up in NorCal and still have a 650 area code on my mobile phone. Burstly is a Santa Monica-based team that I also proudly funded. Startup Lessons' I had an agenda. LA has a serious technology scene.

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MAY 17, 2013

In some what-did-our-spam filter eat-recently funding news, Santa Monica-based Privlo recently raised $2.1M in a seed funding round, for its online marketplace for private mortgage loans. Privlo, which was founded by Michael Slavin, said the new funding came from QED Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. At the CTO Group that I organize in Santa Monica, we've had lots of discussions around this. Must design your application differently to live on top of the platform.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. We now have $250 million under management, are investing out of our fourth fund and have made more than 80 investments. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 27, 2014

Santa Monica-based GoCoin , the Bitcoin payments startup led by Steve Beauregard, has scored $1.5M The funding was led by the Bitcoin Shop, Inc., The funding also included angels Andrew Frame (Ooma), David Neumann (Current TV), and others. in a Series A financing, the company said today. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

San Diego-based GoMeta , a new, augmented reality startup being led by serial entrepreneur Dmitry Shapiro, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, and launched its app out of beta. The funding came from Mike Jones (Science Inc., MySpace) as well as Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney).

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MARCH 4, 2016

Santa Monica-based Comparably.com , a new startup led by longtime entrepreneur Jason Nazar, has raised $6.5M in a funding round, and launched a new platform to help people compare pay and culture between companies.

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APRIL 11, 2018

Santa Monica-based car ownership service Fair , the new auto startup led by longtime auto veteran Scott Painter, has inked a strategic alliance with auto financing giant Ally Financial. Fair recently raised nearly $1 billion in strategic funding. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

Santa Monica startup, Gravity --headed by former MySpace COO Amit Kapur--announced this morning that it has raised $10.6M The funding was led by GRP Partners, and also included Redpoint Ventures and August Capital. in a Series B financing round for its personalization technology.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. Rob Freelen: The best lesson I learned in 2016 is that a well-managed company can succeed in any funding environment. In the interest of full disclosure, Headspace is a client of SVB Santa Monica. Rob Freelen: Focus.

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AUGUST 27, 2015

Santa Monica-based ,a href="[link] OnDemand , the developer of cloud-based, talent management software, said this morning that it has made investments in four companies, from the Cornerstone Innovation Fund. Size of the investments in each company were not announced.

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MARCH 4, 2021

It runs our proprietary technology, and it's a platform that people can plug into. How did you go from running a venture fund to starting Miso? Buck Jordan: The story is, I was at the tail end of my last fund, Canyon Creek Capital, and I wanted to try something different. I recruited a team to run and build the business.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Santa Monica-based Factual , the new data focused startup run by Gil Elbaz , the co-founder of Applied Semantics , which invented Google's AdSense technology, is announcing the investors in the firm this evening. Factual is developing an online platform which allows anyone to share and mash open data.

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APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We spoke with co-founder Ryan Costello about Santa Monica-based Event Farm (www.eventfarm.com), on how its software technology is being used to power high end, VIP events for large companies. We're in Santa Monica, and sometime people think we're a venue or rental space for events, but what we are, is a 100 percent software company.

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MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. 24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2012. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza and drinks!

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. 28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. We will have a line up of amazing panelist who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2014. We will have an amazing treat for you all.

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