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A new program, run by the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, is looking to connect startups with Series A funding, according to the group. According to the two, the program recruits and selects top SoCal-based startups that have demonstrated clear market traction and provides introductions to leading venture funds.

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MAY 25, 2018

BlueCart said this week that it raised $5M in its Series B-1 funding, bringing its total raised to $22M. Greycroft Ventures , which has a big presence in Los Angeles, has backed Silicon Valley-based BlueCart , a developer of machine learning software and other tools for the hospitality industry, to the tune of $5M.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Los Angeles-based Draper Goren Holm , a new venture capital fund founded by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25M in its very first fund. According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Pasadena-based Calibrate Ventures , a brand new venture capital firm founded by Kevin Dunlap and Jason Schoettler, announced on Tuesday morning that it has raised $80M in its very first venture capital fund, Calibrate Ventures, L.P.

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APRIL 16, 2019

Irvine-based battery charging technology developer Enevate , which is aiming its technology at the electric vehicle (EV) market, announced this morning that it has received a round of funding from Bangchak , a Thai energy company. Enevate said the funding came via the Bangchak Initiative and Innovation Center (BiiC). READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

San Diego-based Dexcom, which develops equipment for continuous glucose monitoring for people with diabetes, has launched its own venture capital fund, Dexcom Ventures. The new fund specifically is aiming at initiatives in glucose sensing technologies and in adjacent fields of metabolic monitoring.

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MARCH 31, 2020

San Diego-based AristaMD , a developer of telehealth software, which allows primary care providers to conduct and document electronic medical consultations, has raised $18M in a Series B funding round. The company said the funding will go to towards accelerating expansion of its platform across the country.

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JULY 20, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Moonshots Capital announced on Tuesday morning that it has raised $36M in its second fund, Moonshots Fund II. The venture investment firm--led by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings--said the new fund will continue to go to late Seed and Series A investments.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Wavemaker Partners, the investment firm which has oeprations both in Los Angeles as well as Singapore, has launched a new climate and sustainability fund, Wavemaker Impact. According to the new fund, it is currently raising $25M for its new fund, which will focus on startups which are looking at climate technology and sustainability.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based Perch Mobility, a startup that is developing portable charging "pods" aimed at helping professional chargers and scooter operators to bulk-charge scooters and e-bikes, says it has scored seed funding for its efforts. The company said the funding came from Lorentzen Investments. Size of the funding was not announced.

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

Los Angeles-based employee wellness and artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Three Good announced that it has raised a seed funding round. The company says it has raised $700K in that pre-funding. in seed funding. The company said it is in the midst of raising $2.5

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Los Angeles-based employee wellness and artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Three Good announced that it has raised a seed funding round. in that funding. The company says it is raising $2.5M

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The funding came from Marlin Equity Partners. According to Dozuki, it will use the funding to further its position in the manufacturing software market. San Luis Obispo-based Dozuki, a developer of software that provides training to the manufacturing workforce, has raised a strategic growth investment round, the company said today.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

According to the company, it has launched a new effort with Coinbase Commerce and The San Diego Foundation to create three new Crypto Giving Funds, which it says will make it easier for cryptocurrency holders to donate to nonprofits.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Bonfire Ventures is looking to raise $165M in its third fund, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. The regulatory filing says the firm has yet to sign up any limited partners on the new fund. Bonfire makes early stage investments in B2B software startups.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

in an initial funding. The company said the funding came from Jaycen Joshua (owner of Canton House Studios), and Steve Miller, (co-founder of Anomaly Create). Los Angeles-based VYRNT, a startup developing an e-commerce platform for NTFs, says it has raised $1.5M

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

A new, Los Angeles-based venture capital fund, JAM Fund, led by Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen, has raised $247.5M for what appears to be its second fund, JAM Fund 2, L.P. The funding was detailed in a regulatory filing this week. The filing indicates that the firm has 15 limited partners in the fund.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based mobile automotive repair startup RepairSmith, led by Joel Milne, has raised $42M in a new funding round, the company announced this morning. The Series B funding came from TI Capitl, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche Ventures, and Spring Mountain Capital.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

Size of the seed funding was not announced. Beverly Hills-based APX Platform, a developer of cloud-based software for the aesthetic industry, says it has raised what it calls an "oversubscribed seed round" for its company.

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JUNE 1, 2021

Santa Monica-based Red 6, which is developing augmented reality (AR) technology used to provide air combat training, said today that it has raised $30M in its Series A funding round. The company said the funding gives it a $130M post-cap valuation. The funding was led by Snowpoint Ventures, an existing investor in Red 6.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

in a debt funding round, which came from Goldman Sachs and Atalaya Capital Management. The two, who provide "buy now pay later" financial products, said the funding will help it with expansion in the the U.S. San Diego-based Opy USA and its parent company, Openpay Group Ltd., announced this week that the two have raised $271.4M

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

A new, Santa Monica-based venture fund, UP.Partners, said on Monday afternoon that it has raised a $230M, early stage venture capital fund focused on transportation and logistics.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Los Angeles-based Untapped Ventures said on Wednesday that it has launched a new, early-stage venture capital fund, which it says invests in companies that "help people live the best version of themselves, personally and professionally." The size of the new fund was not announced. The size of the new fund was not announced.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

San Diego-based venture capital investment firm Section 32, led by former Google Ventures founder Bill Maris, has raised $740M in its fourth venture capital fund, the company said this morning. As part of the new fund, the firm said it has named Nina Labatt as its new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding. According to the company, the funding will go to ongoing biosecurity research, including the impact of Japanese Beetles and Gypsy Moths as invasive species. Riverside-based FarmSense, a developer of "smart sensors" for the agriculture market, has raised $2.2M

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture investor Moonshots Capital is one of the investors in a $3.29M seed funding round for Able, a developer of financial management tools for independent workers and freelancers. According to Moonshots Capital, the funding came out of its Fund II.

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My suggestion is to get some of the angel groups – notorious for slow decision-making and hat passing – and pool their money into a small fund structure of say $5-10 million. Seattle has GeekWire , LA has SoCalTech and so on. Actually, there is tons of wealth in San Diego but it isn’t organized well to support them.

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MARCH 25, 2021

Los Angeles- and Palo Alto-based MaC Venture Capital has launched a new, $103M seed stage investment fund today, saying it plans to invest in technology startups across the fintech, e-commerce and marketplaces, interactive media, connectivity, enterprise SaaS, space and aerospace, logistics, and other sectors.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Los Angeles- and Seattle-based Unlock Venture Partners, a seed-stage venture capital investor, says it has raised $60M in a second fund, the company said on Monday. The fund previously had raised $25M in its first fund in 2018. The company is primarily focused on Seattle, but says it is now looking at investing in Los Angeles.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

The former CEO and founder of Los Angeles-based advertising exchange Rubicon Project, Frank Addante, has launched a new, startup investment fund, he announced on Wednesday, saying that after a brief foray into retirement he decided to launch TinkerBarn Ventures, a new startup studio and early stage investment fund.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Acrew Capital, the venture capital fund which recently added local Los Angeles investor Richard Wolpert as a Venture Partner, said this week that it has launched two new funds. The venture fund said it launched The Long Term View (LTV) Fund, a ~$380MM early stage fund and the Diversify Capital Fund (DCF), a $300MM late stage fund.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

million in a pre-seed funding round for a new venture called CATCH'N Ie Cream. The influener said the new company will open an "experiential" ice cream store in New York City with the funding, which came from Chris Camillo (co-foudner of Dumb Money), Joanne Molinaro (The Korean Vegan), Milad Mirg, and Anthony Baroud, among others.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

Los Angeles-based Day-J, a new startup offering up health and wellness coaching from experts, said this morning that it has raised a pre-seed round of funding worth $2.1M. The funding came from Raine Ventures, Fuel Capital, and Watertower Ventures.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

billion across its funds in 2021. Los Angeles-based real estate technology investor Fifth Wall said Tuesday afternoon that it raised a total of $1.1 The company said it made investments in more than 25 new companies in 2021, with exits at Procore, Blend, Doma, Hippo, and SmartRent.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

The funding came from existing investor Qualcomm Ventures LLC, as well as Hongkou Management and Inherent Group, along with other investors. The company said the funding will go to accelerate transfer of its technology to lithium-ion battery manufacturers. Size of the investment was not announced. Amionx is led by CEO Jenna King.

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JANUARY 10, 2022

Details of that funding were not announced by the company. As part of the acquisition, mPulse Mobile said it has received a growth investment from growth equity firm PSG, along with existing investors Optum Ventures, OCA Ventures, HLM Venture Partners, Echo Health Ventures, SJF Ventures and Bonfire Ventures.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Los Angeles-based HiveWatch, a developer of "multi-sensor" data collection tools being applied to physical security, has raised $20M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by former Twitter executives Dick Costolo and Adam Bain.

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