socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2015

Walnut, California-based WizRocket , a developer of mobile ad technology which helps companies better profile and target customers, has raised $8M in a funding round. The funding came from Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners. The funding comes on top of an earlier, unannounced $1.6M seed funding from Accel.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Los Angeles-based dating app developer Tinder said this morning that it has made an investment in Hey! VINA , the developer of a Tinder-like mobile app to help women find friends. Tinder said it would help share "best practices" to help Hey!

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Networking Seed Funding Los Angeles Mobile 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Los Angeles-based weeSPIN announced late Tuesday that it has raised a seed investment round for its music-focused, social networking app. weesping social networking music mobile venture capital angel soundcloud spotify' weeSPIN''s app currenly only runs on iOS. weeSPIN''s app currenly only runs on iOS.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based Next 10 Ventures , a $50 million fund focused on the creator economy, is launching an incubator program to support YouTubers. Former YouTube exec unveils Next 10 Ventures, a $50M fund to back online creators. The goal is to help the YouTubers build sustainable and scalable online businesses.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The Disney Accelerator said that Smart Toy was acquired by Los Angeles-based children''s product firm Cartwheel Kids, and that SnowShoe raised $2.2M in its seed funding round. Disney offered up up to $120K in investment capital, access to entrepreneurs and executives at Disney, and other resources to its startups.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2011

The accelerator said that it is aiming at helping entrepreneurs--particularly in the social and mobile technology space--in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County with pre-seed funding and mentoring.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 13, 2020

The two co-founders, Michael Sharon, an eight-year veteran of Facebook’s mobile product division, and Kalle Freese, a champion barista (it’s a thing) and the co-founder of Sudden Coffee are on a mission to bring consumers what Sharon calls “stealth health” Sudden Coffee aims to stir up instant brewing with third-wave tech.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

As part of the program, up to 30-minute rides will be free for members of critical workforces through April 30 in Austin, Denver, Los Angeles, the Washington D.C. Spin, which began offering this on April 1, is making this available in Baltimore, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, Tampa and Washington, D.C.

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Layoffs Startup Newsletter Santa Monica 136

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

. “The way I look at it… a lot of it is going to be like any kind of content studio,” says Peter Rojas, a partner at the New York investment firm Betaworks Ventures. ” Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S. (at “And I don’t see it as zero sum. .

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based Sidevision (www.sidevision.com) has developed a set of tools--aimed at content creators, multi-channel networks (MCNs), and others--to help connect online videos with e-commerce. which has also invested in us. Justin Wu: We''re looking to raise a seed round of funding, of $1.2

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Take electricity as an input and through a process called ultrasonic transduction to convert it to a soundwave that can be beamed from a transmitter to a sleeve on your mobile phone that would use and ultrasound receiver to convert it back to electricity and charge your phone. .” The approach was clever and novel. It was impressive.

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Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire IP 418

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JUNE 1, 2012

Are users willing to check into local businesses with another, mobile check-in product? That's what Los Angeles-based MergeLocal (www.mergelocal.com) is looking to find out, by offering up points which can be converted to real cash, when users check into local businesses. Can you talk about how your company is funded?

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CTO Coach Startup Mobile Artificial Inteligence 223

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. So how is Mike able to do this at a time where others have warned against taking seed money from VC funds? Venture Financings we Discussed.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based TheBouqs (www.thebouqs.com) thinks so, with its new, cut-to-order online flower delivery service for the iPad generation. What are the details on your seed funding? We''ve been bootstrapped since we launched, and already got to half a million in revenues on a total initial investment of $13,000.

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Services Technical Review Startup Pricing 215

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. Let's start with an overview of the fund. What do you invest in? We closed our fund in August of 2008.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, San Diego and the Orange County with innovative ideas, particularly in the social, mobile, local media and Internet marketplaces, can apply for the opportunity to be a part of this emerging community.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, San Diego and the Orange County with innovative ideas, particularly in the social, mobile, local media and Internet marketplaces, can apply for the opportunity to be a part of this emerging community.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

The link-in-bio business is heating up as more mobile website builders compete for a coveted slice of real estate on a creator’s TikTok, Instagram or Twitter. million seed round, including investments from CRV, Abstract Ventures, Crossbeam (Ali Hamed), id8, Michael Ovitz (founder of CAA), Michael Bosstick, Diaspora Ventures and others.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

The company started trials in Mexican hospitals, buoyed by an initial $400,000 investment, to test and certify the results and see if doctors liked wearing the products. In addition, the company has doubled in size and is working with hospitals in New York and Los Angeles. Image Credits: MEDU.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

At Sony, he didn’t feel like he could “steer the ship” and get his ideas heard so he left and started GUBA, GUBA had no seed funding. Money gets soft circled all the time and rarely do we see angels back out unless the terms change. As an angel, do you reserve money for follow-on investments? what is your ratio? (0:37:35).

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