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JANUARY 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based GOAT, best known for its online marketplace for sneakers, but which now also has expanded into apparel and accessories, has received a strategic investment from Groupe Artemis. Size of the investment was not announced. Groupe Artemis is owner of the Kering luxury fashion brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Indeed, while the rules and technologies for lead generation have changed, Forrester and other experts still see it as the most effective way for businesses with limited budgets to maximize their return on marketing investment (ROI). Trade shows. One of these experts, David T. Cold calling.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Ventura-based The Trade Desk , the online advertising ad exchange headed by AdECN vet Jeff Green, has added another investor to its recent funding. According to New York-based Wider Wake Networks , it invested more than a half a million dollars in The Trade Desk, as part of the firm's recent $2.5M seed investment round.

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JULY 23, 2014

said Wednesday that it has launched a new site, INVST , a new network for institutional-quality alternative investment funds. said that it has partnered with Carillon Capital, LLC--run by former E*TRADE Financial executives--on the site. Dervenis was previously CEO of E*TRADE Global Asset Management.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

San Diego-based Novatel Wireless reported late Monday that it has received a strategic investment from HC2 Holdings. According to publicly traded Novatel, HC2 will invest up to $23.7M in the company, with an initial cash investments of approximately $14.4M. novatel wireless wifi equipment hardware strategic investment'

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 15, 2019

Talk: Investment in Technology and Automation Across Industry in LA County. aking a closer look at how industries like transportation, aerospace, trade and logistics, manufacturing, and banking are adapting to new waves of technology and advancement in automation. Thursday, March 21, 2019 -- R.E.D See [link] (more)

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MARCH 19, 2019

Talk: Investment in Technology and Automation Across Industry in LA County. Technological innovations like artificial intelligence and automation are impacting how businesses are looking to the future investments in their organizations, and their industries as a whole. Thursday, March 21, 2019 -- R.E.D

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Since the beginning of the year, three companies have been acquired by special purpose acquisition vehicles and are on a path to go public, while a third has raised tens of millions from some of the biggest names in private equity investing for its own path to commercial viability. in trading earlier this week to $17.01.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

The publicly traded company (OTC) said the funding came from MCM Investment Partners, as well as Boardman Bay Capital Management. The company said the investments come as a part of a plan to uplist its shares of common stock on the Nasdaq. in a private placement.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Build It Green (BIG), a nonprofit working with the State of California's cap-and-trade program, says it is plans to invest $26.8M of funds from California's program to help upgrade homes with solar power and energy efficiency improvements in Los Angeles and the Bay Area.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

in a Series J Convertible Preferred Stock financing, and has engaged an investment banking firm to "explore strategic alternatives" for the company. The publicly held company, which trades on the Nasdaq at MBVX, said the new funding will go toward working capital and general corporate purposes.

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APRIL 21, 2016

Newport Beach-based Acorns , the developer of a mobile app which turns your spare change into investments in an exchange traded fund (ETF), has raised $30M in a new funding round from PayPal and Rakuten, the company disclosed today.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2021

ServiceTitan’s backers are a veritable who’s who of the venture industry, with longtime white shoe investors like Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and Index Ventures joining the later stage investment funds like T. Rowe Price, Dragoneer Investment Group, and ICONIQ Growth.

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APRIL 11, 2011

Los Angeles-based OnGreen , the online marketplace for clean technology deals, said Monday that it is planning to give away trips for five CEOs to a Chinese investment roadshow it is running in May. The firm said the trips are part of a plan to connect Hong Kong and Jiangsu Province investors with companies seeking investment capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Should SaaS companies trade at a 24x Enterprise Value (EV) to Next Twelve Month (NTM) Revenue multiple as they did in November 2021? This happens slowly because while public markets trade daily and prices then adjust instantly, private markets don’t get reset until follow-on financing rounds happen which can take 6–24 months.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

The firm will begin trading today on the New York Stock Exchange as "DMD". The firm's investors include Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., per share, and above the initial 7,500,000 shares. The IPO was underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stnaley & Co.,

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 31, 2022

Bonfire Ventures , a Los Angeles venture capital firm, invests in seed-stage business-to-business software companies and aims to change the odds so that more than the average 33% of companies in this sector make it to Series A. What’s your approach in investing in companies? The firm seems to have some good traction so far.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2015

Trade show veterans know that the louder you scream at an industry event, the less your voice is heard. Why am I writing an article about a trade show that occurred nearly four months ago? I am a trade show skeptic. How can a relatively small company make itself heard, while ensuring a clear return on its trade show budget?

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JANUARY 7, 2019

According to the company, the new product will let financial advisors trade cryptocurrentcy 24/7 for their clients on behalf of their customers, or let their customers trade for themselves. The company claims its has nearly 5,000 customers and has processed over $300M in investments through its platform.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures , along with Jeffrey Katzenberg's investment fund, WndrCo and rapper Nas , are the lead investors in a new startup, Rally Rd. which lets individuals invest in fractional shares of blue chip, classic cars. According to Rally Rd. New York-based Rally Co.

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MAY 27, 2021

Irvine-based savings and investing app developer Acorns said today that it will be going public, via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Pioneer Merger Corp., which trades on the NASDAQ as PACX. and will trade under the symbol OAKS on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Acorns is led by CEO Noah Kerner.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The publicly traded company--which trades as HYRE on the NASDAQ--said it sold 2.53 HyreCar said it intends to use the new funding for working capital and general corporate purposes including sales, marketing, and technology investments to continue to expand its platform. in its public offering.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

San Diego-based precision medicine company Cardiff Oncology said this morning that the publicly traded company has received a $15M equity investment from Pfizer. According to the company, the investment comes as part of the Pfizer Breakthrough Growth Initiative, a program focused on "funding innovative science to meet patient needs".

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 10, 2021

Thursday, August 12, 2021 -- Entering the Japanese Market by Partnering With The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Please join Biocom Los Angeles and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) for a virtual webinar to learn how Life Science companies in the Greater LA area can enter the Japanese market. Biocom California.

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JANUARY 10, 2022

The company--which is traded on the NYSE as ZIP--said it intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures, investments and working capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

Trade secrets with employment agreement. Companies often use non-patentable but important trade secrets to run their business. These trade secrets need to be documented and coupled with an employment agreement, to keep them from migrating to your competitors when employees move on. In between, you need it to survive.

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MAY 27, 2021

The company is now trading on the NYSE as ZIP. Unlike an initial public offering (IPO), ZipRecruiter did not go through investment banks to enter the public markets, a somewhat unusual move, although not unheard of--Slack and Spotify are examples of a couple of other companies who have taken that route to the markets. billion.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The publicly traded company, which trades as HYRE on the NASDAQ, said it was offering up 2,200,000 shares of its company at $11.75 The new funding will go towards working capital, and general corporate purposes including sales and marketing and technology investments, according to the company. Davidson & Co.,

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MARCH 1, 2021

Rocket Lab said today that it plans to merge with Vector Acquisition Corproation, becoming a publicly traded company which will trade on the Nasdaq as RKLB. The reverse merger includes $470M in PIPE investments from 39 total investors, including Vector capital, BlackRock, nd Neuberger Berman.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The company--which is novel cancer therapies for patients who are failing, or are resistant to, current treatment regimens--currently trades on the Nasdaq as KTRA. San Diego-based biotech Kintara says it is raising $15.0M in a common stock and warrant offering from unmaned "healthcare-focused institutional investors". Wainwright & Co.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

Los Angeles-based Giftz , a startup that offers up a mobile wallet and marketplace for points, miles, and gift cards, has received an investment from LA's Draper Goren Holm , the two said on Wednesday. Size of the investment was not announced. Draper Goren Holm is the venture studio run by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Leonardo DiCaprio is making a significant commitment to the Los Angeles-based investment firm, Struck Capital , as part of the actor’s commitment to building LA into a tech development powerhouse. DiCaprio has already made a number of investments in startup companies that have done very well for the Academy Award-winning actor.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 6, 2011

While hundreds of BDCs each spent hundreds of thousands of dollars attempting to fool the market as to their relevance by investing in garish tradeshow booth monstrosities, Seth played by his own rules. With an investment of less than $10,000, FUEL became the talk of the show and generated enough hype to land several new clients.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

The company said the planned merger with PSAC (which currently trades on the NASDAQ as PSAC) would provide it with an estimated $1 billion in gross proceeds. Faraday Future says PSAC currently has $230M in cash, and that it is in the midst of a $775M PIPE (private investment in public entity) transaction.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

San Diego-based Evofem Biosciences , a biopharmaceuticals firm which is developing products to prevent urogenital chlamydia and gonorrhea in women, and which also markets a vaginal contraceptive gel, saysi t has raised $25M in a strategic investment. The investment came from Adjuvant Capital.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

The publicly listed company, which trades on the NYSE American as OBLG, did not disclose which investors invested in the placement. Los Angeles-based Oblong , which develops remote collaboration products, says it has raised $5.0M in a private placement of its stock. acted as exclusive placement agent for the transaction.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The company expects to trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol VORB, after the SPAC deal is complete. Virgin Orbit is developing a space launch system based on a modified 747-400 aircraft.

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