socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The round was led by GRP Partners, and also included angels such as Dave McClure, Dave Tisch, Ben Smith (Merchant Circle), Brian Lee (ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom), Jason Calacanis, Evan Rifkin, Jennifer Lum, and Jay Weintraub. GRP's Mark Suster said the round was worth $3M, with GRP putting up most of the funds.

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Services Funding GRP Partners Legalzoom 229

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Santa Monica-based Hollar , a startup which offers up a wide range of low cost, bargain priced gifts, has raised $17.5M The funding came from Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and others. and tech veteran Brian Lee (LegalZoom, Honest Co., in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing.

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Legalzoom Sites Santa Monica Pricing 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Elect 1-2 representatives and even invite a local VC to invest personally and sit on the investment committee or be an advisor.

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