Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

.” The most recent was 18 months ago or so called The Kauffman Report. It had an influence on the people who fund our industry in a negative way as many asset managers who fund our industry read this flawed report. Now they are funding & holding. More value is captured more by VCs prior to an IPO.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 30, 2018

Female-focused venture fund raises $10.4 million; Los Angeles tech workers data released; SpaceX gets approval to build satellite-powered broadband network.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 26, 2022

Food Rocket has taken an unconventional route, striking a funding deal with Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. The new $25 million in Series A investment, led by Alimentation Couche-Tard via its Circle K Venture Fund, will enable Food Rocket to deliver in 26 countries and territories, including more than 7,000 U.S.

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JUNE 27, 2019

in new funding, according to a report from CNBC Thursday, which said part, if not all, of that investment came from the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. According to CNBC, the funding came at $214 per share, and will bring the total raised by SpaceX in 2019 to $1.33 Hawthorne-based SpaceX has raised $314.2M

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Science closes $75 million fund; Elon Musk’s Boring Co. sells all its flamethrowers; and Snapchat is selling hats and sweatshirts inside its app.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

billion in funding, according to Reuters , which says the funding was disclosed in regulatory filings. Source of the new funding was not announced. The new funds reportedly value SpaceX at $46 billion, according to Bloomberg. Hawthorne-based SpaceX has raised another, $1.9

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2018

I was recently with an entrepreneur and talking with him about his fund raising process. And my specific response that I recommended was to say, “I can send you our standard data pack but honestly I have too many other firms asking for customized data and we simply can’t send each person custom reports. This isn’t rude?—?it’s

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Daily Candy was one of the earliest successes in the newsletter business, which ultimately sold to Comcast for a reported $125 million. And through this industry legitimacy she was able to get the ear of Dany Levy, the co-founder of Daily Candy. She is building deflationary businesses with volume.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 16, 2021

Squarespace has raised $300 million in a round of funding that values the company at a staggering $10 billion valuation. New backers include Dragoneer, Tiger Global, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and Spruce House.

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Seed-stage companies in Los Angeles received a total of $369 million in funding in 2016, according to report from Venice tech accelerator Amplify.LA.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Santa Monica-based online employment marketplace ZipRecruiter has reportedly raised $50M in a Series B funding round, which values the company just shy of $1 billion, according to reports this morning. The investment round--not yet confirmed by ZipRecruiter--was reportedly led by current investor IVP.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is looking to raise another $510M in funding--the second time the firm has gone out for funding this year-- according to a regulatory filing from the firm. The funding will bring SpaceX's total raised to more than $2.75 billion, and reportedly values the rocket firm at over $30 billion.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

Los Angeles-based on-demand moving and storage company Clutter is reported to be raising somewhere between $200M to $250M in a new funding round, according to a report today, saying that the yet-to-be-completed round is being led by Softbank.

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APRIL 11, 2018

Seed stage investments in Los Angeles area startups was up, year-to-year, according to the Q1 2018 LA Seed Deal Report from investor Amplify LA. According to the report from Amplify, 23 LA startups raised a total of $52.9M in seed funding in Q1, which was up 2.5 percent from Q1 of 2017. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , the commercial space exploration firm run by Elon Musk, is looking to raised $750M in a leveraged loan offering, according to a report on Tuesday. The debt funding effort is apparently the company's first time it has attempted to tap into the institutional debt market. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

billion in funding, according to Reuters , which says the funding was disclosed in regulatory filings. Source of the new funding was not announced. The new funds reportedly value SpaceX at $46 billion, according to Bloomberg. Hawthorne-based SpaceX has raised another, $1.9

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Los Angeles-based mobile game developer Scopely is reported to be seeking to raise $200M in a new funding round, which would value the company at around $3 billion, according to a report. The report, from Bloomberg, said the valuation of the company is up from an earlier $1.9 billion valuation as of March. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Los Angeles-based printed rocket technology developer Relativity Space is in the midst of raising $500M, in a funding round which values the company at $2.3 billion, according to a report today from CNBC. The new round is reportedly being led by Tiger Global Management. READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Roughly two months after it was first reported that Patrick Soon-Shiong’s El Segundo e-sports arena was to house the H1Z1 Pro League, the League announced it will cease operations due to payment issues.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2021

In any case, your startup is now part of some investor’s portfolio, so you need to treat the situation like reporting to a new boss, and not like a new freedom. Investors will expect at least one seat on the board, and expect a board report from you each month on key items. Progress milestones become management objectives.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Los Angeles-based Steno , a new startup which offers up remote court reporting services, has raised $3.5M in a seed funding, according to the company. The funding round was led by First Round Capital. The company's co-founders are Dylan Ruga and Gregory Hong; the company says it has now raised $5M in total funding.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Unconfirmed reports place the funding at $75M, at $19.60 it will use the funding to shift from e-commerce to become "omni-channel" and to support its global expansion plans. The round was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, along with others. According to Honest Co.,

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 2, 2017

Upfront Ventures is raising two funds totaling $500 million, AeroVironment secures $36.5 million drone contract with Australian military, and Virgin Galactic conducts test glide flight and says it’s nearing propulsion tests.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Los Angeles-based 3D printed rocket developer Relativity Space has closed $500M in Series D funding, the company disclosed Monday morning, saying it will use the new funding to accelerate commercialization, production scaling, and its long term development. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 26, 2019

the underground, high tech transportation company run by Elon Musk, has raised $120M in a funding, which reportedly came from 8VC, Vy Capital, and Future Ventures. According to the report from Bloomberg, the new funding values Boring. The funding is the first outside investment for the company. Co at $920M.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter rental startup Bird is in the midst of raising $300M more in a funding round, according to a report on Wednesday. The report said the funding, led by Fidelity, is an extension to Bird's latest funding, and will be at a $2 bilion pre-money valuation.

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MAY 14, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Curtail , a new cybersecurity startup which recently landed $3.25M in funding, said this morning that it has named two VPs. Curtail recently raised $3.25M in a seed funding round from Tarus Capital. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Los Angeles-based online "dollar-store" style e-commerce provider Hollar is reportedly in the midst of winding down, according to a report on Tuesday. The company had raised over $75M in total funding. The company's current CEO is Steve Oliver. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Hawthorne-based SpaceX confirmed a $850M fundraising in a regulatory filing on Tuesday, in an equity funding round which included 69 investors. The fundraising had been rumored to have been in process for the last month or so. The filing said the effort started on February 16th. The round reportedly values the company at $74 billion.

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JULY 11, 2019

Despite public pronouncements about big expansion plans today , Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter startup Bird is reportedly burning through cash, and is now seeking $300M more in funding, according to a report published on Thursday.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. We’ve called these nine and 10-figure deals, which shine brightly in the media and are hefty enough to bend the curve of VC fund sizes upwards, “ supergiants ” after their stellar counterparts. 2018 is already a record year for venture funding worldwide.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The most recent report to weigh in on the troubles of the industry was produced by the esteemed Kauffman Foundation. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. The number of venture capital funds has shrunk by two-thirds. The Funding Problem. Just why does over-funding dampen returns?

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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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JANUARY 29, 2019

CoverHound , the online insurance shopping marketplace with offices in Westlake Village, apparently raised a funding round, according to what appears to be a broken embargo by a Silicon Valley technology news site. Coverhound's offices are split between San Francisco and Westlake Village. Coverhound is led by CEO Keith Moore.

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JUNE 1, 2021

Size of the funding was not announced. The startup says applications built on its API include peer-to-peer streaming video, podcasts, live events, news reporting, distributed storage, and VOIP-based communications. The startup is led by CEO Chase Perkins.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

We''re experimenting with a new feature for our site: quick pitches from very early, local startups who haven''t had much (or any) funding. Shawn Peterson: Underbuilt is a simplified building codes report. Why would anyone need a building report like this? How are you funded and backed? How did you get into this?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? What about reporting and moderation? Are there specific metrics needed for future funding rounds or for operations? Reporting - What needs to be reported? Important note here: reporting can be endless, keep it small. Dump out data?

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