socalTECH
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Santa Monica-based Earny , a startup which scans your email for receipts and automatically applies for refunds when the prices of your purchases drop, has raised $9M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Mayfield, and also included Comcast Ventures and Science Inc.
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 14, 2012
Based in Santa Monica, California and founded by Sam Friedman and Alex Israel, ParkMe , a leading provider of parking information to navigation companies and smartphones to simplify parking using dynamic and real-time parking data has partnered with Los Angeles and Santa Monica cities to help motorists find available parking quickly.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2013
I am super excited to announce that today is a day of lots of new things for my partners & me: A new fund, a new office and a new brand. Let’s start with the fund. We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). This month we closed our 4th fund of $200 million.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2018
My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Santa Monica-based GoodRx , a new startup backed by Founders Fund, GRP Partners, Highland Capital, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, Dawn Lepore (drugstore.com), and Mike Ovitz, has launched its services, saying that it will allow users to compare pricing from pharmacies nationwide via its service and iPhone app. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MAY 20, 2011
Santa Monica-based Brighter.com , an online site focused on helping consumers find and compare dentists, has scored $5M in a Series A funding. The new site--the latest from entrepreneur Jake Winebaum --said that the funding was led by Mayfield Fund.
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