TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Now, Thrive Global is adding a tech tool to its arsenal of cognitive behavioral therapies with the acquisition of the Los Angeles-based startup, Boundless Mind. Previous Boundless investors including Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Esther Dyson will join Thrive Global’s cap table.

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Artificial Inteligence Seed Funding Startup Screening 226

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2011

Los Angeles-based Nexon America , the North American arm of South Korean videogame developer Nexon, said Tuesday that it has invested $5M in a Silicon Valley social games developer, A Bit Lucky. A Bit Lucky is a developer of such games as the Facebook game Lucky Train.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2015

Los Angeles-based HelloTech (www.hellotech.com) wants to be the service that you refer all of your friends and family to, instead--by offering up low cost, on-demand, in-home technical support. Those technicians are almost exclusively college students we have trained. in seed funding, which as a seed round goes, is pretty good.

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Demand Technical Support Startup Seed Funding 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 5, 2016

rhubarb studios, the Los Angeles-based venture studio that helps entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life, announced that it raised $1 million in seed funding. rhubarb studios is constantly recruiting engineers, UX designers and product managers to work on multidisciplinary teams creating innovative companies.

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Coach Seed Funding Design Resource 40

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks. The firm already has seed funding from such investors as Kelly Perdew, Sugarmaker Media, and support from talent agency ICM Partners.

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Social Media Media Social Network Seed Funding 268

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

I'm in Los Angeles, and Craig is in Austin. In October of last year, we did a first close on our first committed fund, which we're announcing. For Craig and I, who were both West Point graduates and military veterans, we know that the only place millions of dollars are spent on training for leadership, is the military.

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Capital Funding Startup Venture Capital 164

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based Enrou (www.enrou.co) thinks it has a way--by connecting people with products that also help support international development and causes, via its own online marketplace. They provide training and support for those women, as well as paying them an income and supporting them with capital to create the product.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Some of the big milestones we did, include a seed round of financing in the fall of 2015, which was led by Upfront Ventures. They were interested in the foot traffic that represented, and we provided the technology and training. We approached them, and said we could train their teams and make it very easy.

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Los Angeles-based Halla , a venture backed startup, focused on personalized recommendations for the food ordering industry. in seed funding, from E&A Venture Capital and SOSV. We all went to Oakwood High School, in North Hollywood in Los Angeles. What is Halla?

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Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2017

Last week, Los Angeles-based iExhale (www.iexhale.com) announced a seed funding round, to bring its mobile, mental health service to life. My goal is to help people, but I am not a trained therapist. What's iExhale all about? We assume you are tapping into an external network of therapists for these services?

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Social Network Startup Platform Networking 113

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I have been involved with a high profile one in Los Angeles – Launchpad LA – and we’ve decided to make a shift so I thought this was a good time for reflection. We handed our offices over to our friends at General Assembly , who now use the space to train LA’s next generation of coders.

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