L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Saudis to invest $1 billion in Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit, Snapchat avoids fake news with human editors, and Tinder and other dating apps vulnerable to hacking.

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AUGUST 4, 2009

San Diego News Network , an online, local community news site run by Neil Senturia and Barbara Bry, as well as former executives of the San Diego Union Tribune, has raised $707,220 in funding, part of a $2.0M SDNN operates an online local news site, driven both by partnerships with other news organizations, bloggers, and contributors.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

In at least the third piece of accelerator-related news today, San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina said it has made an investment in three startups, as part of its first, startup accelerator class. Size of the investments in those companies were not announced by Illumina. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

APRIL 6, 2020

Based on the latest news and analysis, as well as conversations from industry experts during the Combatting Coronavirus live panel at BIO-Europe Spring®, Xconomy’s free special report delivers the latest COVID-19 news from the frontlines as top biotech and investment players offer their best plans and current progress in stemming and ultimately (..)

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DECEMBER 8, 2012

Anaheim-based electric auto firm Fisker Automotive has hired investment banker Evercore Partners, and is now seeking possible buyers or investors--but also has reviewed the option of bankruptcy protection--according from the Wall Street Journal. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Apple’s pivot to services has been a mixed bag, and the company is looking to expand the appeal of its Apple News service to a wider swath of free and paid subscribers. This week, the company rolled out a local newsletter in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing bundled local news curated by the Apple team.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Today's contribution is from Alon Goren , the co-founder of Crowd Invest Summit and 805 Startups. What's was biggest news from you or your‏ firm this year? Alon Goren: This year, my partners, Josef Holm (Krowdster), Darren Marble (CrowdfundX) and I started Crowd Invest Summit.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Nearly six years ago, I was thrilled to invest in Andrew Farah and the team at Density when they had a vision for building anonymous tracking of how people use office buildings, rentals and other public spaces. is changing the way companies, real estate leaders and employees think about and measure these major assets. turns out!?—?knowing

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Every tech or major news journal in the country is preparing to write their Snap, Inc (creators of Snapchat, Spectacles, etc) stories and many of them seem to want a “How does it feel to have missed this investment story.” But local VCs don’t deserve to get beat up for not investing. Very, very few pan out.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels , Southern California's largest angel investment group, is hailing its latest exits today, saying that the recent IPOs for Green Dot and Trius Therapeutics , as well as the sale of Language Weaver to SDL, have left members "smiling". Financial terms of those various deals were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

Trust, which today has announced a $9 million financing (Upfront is an investor), is a platform designed to help make the most of marketing investment by providing both analytics and a community of likeminded executives to share what’s working, and what’s not, across platforms. Why Did I Invest in Trust?

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MARCH 21, 2011

Kevin Covert , one of the co-founders of investment bank Montgomery & Co. said today that he has officially launched his Los Angeles-based investment bank Covert & Co. Covert said that his new firm will provide premium M&A and financing services to Internet, media, and technology companies in the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Learn more and apply here Deadline: Varies Small Business Loans to Apply For Today If you're willing and able to invest in your business's future, take a look at these government and private small business loans below. If you think you're in for a shot, and would like to receive up to $500,000 in financial backing, click on the link below.

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MARCH 27, 2012

The two said that Row 44 will use MLBAM's technology to provide live streaming IPTV service for news, entertainment, and on-demand movie and television content. Financial details of the deal and investment were not disclosed. As part of the deal, the two said that MLB Advanced Media will take an equity stake in Row 44.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M Southern California's investment totals bucked the national trend, which found that there was a 9 percent drop in dollars to $4.7 of the total invested in Q1.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Despite the societal benefit of the innovative technologies and therapeutics coming out of biotech, the broader discussion and debate in the news media and across the political. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

Santa Barbara- and New York-based Lead Edge Capital , a growth focused, technology investment fund, announced this morning that it has raised $950M in a new fund, Lead Edge Capital V, LP. The company said the funding came from over 500 existing and new limited partners, and was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap.

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JUNE 30, 2021

The company said those news funds will go to "normalize CBD" in health and wellness products, via scaling, strategic partners, and acquisitions. The company did not say how much of the new investment was actual cash it did say it raised $15M in its Series A in 2020.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Phoenix communities are celebrating because JPMorgan Chase has made several local charitable investments to support underserved entrepreneurs and small businesses with the goal of creating jobs and spark a growing economy. Find business news, stories, insights and expert tips all in one place at Chase.com/forbusiness. .

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Lynda Weinman , the co-founder of online video education site Lynda.com , is one of the angel backers in a funding round for online education-technology news publisher EdSurge. edsurge education news analysis venture capital publishing content lynda weinman angel investment school' READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2020

The pair made a mix of early- and late-stage investments in Los Angeles-based companies like LegalZoom, Scopely, Art of Sport, The Honest Company, RingDNA, FocusMotion, DyshApp and Represent. Last year, the investment firm expanded with a $1.7 And Scopely’s official Twitter account shared a reaction, as well.

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Fisker board member and venture capitalist Ray Lane told the San Jose Mercury news that the company is "actively raising money" for the company. Posawatz is the third CEO of Fisker Automotive so far this year, and replaces Tom Lasorda, who replaced founder Henrik Fisker in February. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 26, 2019

Some Seriously Great News. Andrew and Petri had left game developer Rovio (of Angry Birds fame) and were creating a new games company called Seriously that would combine compelling intellectual property (characters), great narratives, and fun game play in a mobile-first application. Some Seriously Great News. Congrats, Kevin.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

The Los Angeles ecosystem is $76 million stronger today as Fika Ventures , a seed-stage venture capital firm, announces its sophomore investment fund. Fika invests roughly half of its capital exclusively in startups headquartered in LA, with a particular fondness for B2B, enterprise and fintech companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

One of the investment themes I’ve been focused on in the past 3 years has been Performance-Based Marketing. When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. I hope to announce one investment in this space in the next few months.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Clinical trials have historically hewn to a rigid format. A trial is designed, conducted according to that design, and then results are analyzed. Making changes in the midst of the study was a no-no. In recent years, regulators have showed openness to clinical trial designs intended to make drug testing more efficient.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

In the second big piece of news in Los Angeles from Chinese company Bytedance , Bytedance said on Friday that it will invest $50M in a Series B funding in Los Angeles-based Live.me , a developer of an online livestreaming service. is a subsidiary of Chinese company Cheetah Mobile.

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MAY 22, 2018

Santa Monica-based Halogen Ventures , the female-focused venture capital fund run by Jesse Draper, has made an investment in email newsletter and millennial women's news source TheSkimm. TheSkimm is based in New York City. Halogen specifically invests in female founders. Halogen Ventures recently raised $10.4M

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MAY 21, 2009

The Angel Capital Association reported this week that investing activity by angel investments groups dropped by nine percent between 2008 and 2007, and 40 percent of angel groups expect overall investment to decrease again this year. Tags: angel investment venture capital report.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The growing epidemic of the fatty liver disease known as NASH, which has no FDA-approved treatment, has led to a frenzied race among drug companies. This week, one company, Intercept Pharmaceuticals, solidified its lead. But how much will being first to the finish line mean when all is said and done?

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

What was the biggest news for your firm in 2018? Closing our inaugural fund was big news for us, but even bigger news in my perspective has been the breakaway performance of many of our investments led by military veteran founders: 1. in 50+ companies through his angel and syndicate deals.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? While we were incorporated last year, the company actually came to life this year, with the formation of our team, our initial funding, and the development of our investing portal all happening in the last seven months. The birth of our company! They're also making it fun.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 4, 2022

In my early journalism classes, I was taught the five “W’s” of good news stories, and that most should be in the first paragraph at that. Remember the five “W’s?”. Who, what, when, where and why are the five, with sometimes a “how” thrown in for those followers of the macabre. Which of the five is most important for you?

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APRIL 26, 2015

So Why Did We Invest? So my first Tweet about Ferris was the following: I’ve been wanting to share this exciting news for a while. The post Why We Invested in @FerrisApp – A New Kind of Video Sharing App appeared first on Bothsides of the Table. Yes, we’ve only launched on iOS for now. L1I6RUWYJu.

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APRIL 14, 2009

El Segundo-based Geosemble Technologies , a developer of geospatial data integration and mapping software, said today that it has received a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the CIA. Size of the investment was not disclosed.

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MAY 31, 2018

The funding was led by Alpha Edison, and also included US News, Fischer Capital Investments, March Capital Partners and Jeremy Zimmer, CEO of UTA. The startup's blocks are used to construct cubicles, "privacy pods", retail space, and other interior structures.

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MAY 20, 2014

The latest venture out of Los Angeles-based entertainment news site Hitfix is perfect for those with mere seconds to spend on figuring out if that latest movie is worth investing time into. Hitfix said it has partnered with Russ Leatherman , the co-founder of Moviefone, for a new feature called Six-Second Reviews. READ MORE>>.

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