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MAY 25, 2021

The funding was led by Alter Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital and also included Fluxunit -- OSRAM Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, Epson, UMC Capital, Yamato Holdings and Global Brain. The company says it has now raised $30M in total, including an earlier, $12M seed funding last year.

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APRIL 5, 2022

“We want to build a product for the next generation that wants to be mobile, video driven, exciting and fun.”. The feed shows videos of homes on the market, as well as a price tag. Users can also view listings on a map, then click to see a video about the home. What are the neighbors doing?”. Image Credits: Playhouse.

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MAY 3, 2018

On-demand, car wash startup Washe , which lets users connect with professional mobile car washers, said this week that it has raised $3.5M in a seed funding, to help it to "greatly expand" its operation sin Los Angeles, as well as expand into other new markets.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

in a seed funding round. GreenPark Sports says it is a publisher and developer of "fan-forward", digital experiences and mobile games for the new generation of sports and eSports fans. The funding round was led by SignalFire, and also included Sapphire Sports and Founders Fund. Ken Martin serves as CEO.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

Los Angeles looks to be the center of the mobile-phone enabled, personal services market, as Wash.io --a new startup--announced today that it has raised $2.25M in a seed funding round. washio venture capital laundry pickup smartphone mobile launder service uber' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 23, 2014

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). Where are we today?

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

in its seed funding round. disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars' 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 READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Newport Beach-based Kuddly , a new startup which is creating a mobile marketplace for pet health care, has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Exponential Partners. Kuddly operates a mobile, pet health care marketplace which connects pet owners with veterinarians.

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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 only requirement is that they focus on educational video content targeting children and young adults. “The

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APRIL 6, 2016

Los Angeles- and Sydney, Australia-based Clapit , a startup developing a social media crowdsourcing app, said it has raised AU$2.57M ($1.94M US), to bring its mobile app to market. The seed funding came from Australia angels Mark Moran and Paul Siderovski. Clapit, which says it is based in Sydney and has its U.S.

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MAY 11, 2015

the developer of a mobile, on-demand marketplace to find dog walkers, said last week that it has raised $2.45M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Freestyle Cpaital, Greylock, Crunchfund, Slow Ventures, Social Leverage, and RRE Ventures. Los Angeles-based Wag! ,

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AUGUST 15, 2011

La Jolla-based Nettle , a semi-stealth mode firm which says it is creating a "next-generation social/local/mobile application and website for the global entertainment market", has raised $500,000 in a seed funding.

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MAY 16, 2013

It''s official--Los Angeles-based brainwave-tapping startup Melon is within a couple of thousand dollars of hitting its $100,000 fundraising goal, to bring its combination headband-and mobile-phone app to market. READ MORE>>. melon fundraising headband quantified self crowdfunding kickstarter'

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MARCH 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based iExhale , a startup developing an online mental health and wellness service providing on-demand therapy from licensed mental health professionals, is announcing this morning that it has raised $1.86M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Dorilton Capital.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

And now Dray Alliance is joining them, trying to take a piece of the market transporting cargo from the docks to logistics centers. million in seed funding from David Sacks’ Craft Ventures and has already signed contracts with the toy company Mattel and CMA CGM Group. The company has raised $3.5

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

in a seed funding round, and launched an on-demand, rental car service at Los Angeles International Airport. The company--led by Harry Hurst--said the funding came from Upfront Ventures, Hipmunk CEO Adam Goldstein, Wonga. A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Skurt , said Tuesday that it has raised $1.3M READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

Only companies with cutting-edge concepts and crystal-clear market strategies stand a chance of surviving through their first year, let alone making a profit. As the clean energy market rises exponentially, Rerverion aims to solve some major challenges plaguing the sector by rethinking the way biogas is extracted. Source: wander.com.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

I think this is a combination of being realists as venture capitalists that outsized returns in our funds must come from taking on bigger, more impactful projects that can move markets. uBeam intends to charge your mobile phones at amazing speeds while you are simply using your phone or setting it down anywhere.

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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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OCTOBER 17, 2009

A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. Many VCs who do lots of seed stage deals are very supportive and active. I think they definitely qualify as a VC and not a seed fund. What exactly is seed funding anymore? They do many early-stage deals.

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JULY 31, 2009

The firm said it is extending the deadline for the prize to allow additional entrepreneurs to enter the prize, which will provide $550,000 in seed funding to entrepreneurs developing wireless technology in North America, Europe, China, and India. The deadline for the business plan competition was originally today, July 31st.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

We are bridging the gap between casual, self service dating apps, and traditional matchmaking, and doing it for business professionals in the dating market. Right now, there are no real efficient products in the dating market. We've taken matchmaking onto a mobile application, as a modern matchmaking company.

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MAY 18, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based MySocialNightLife.com (www.mysocialnightlife.com) announced a seed funding round, and its technology platform for the nightclub and bar industry. That's why we're creating a mobile application, which will allow venues to offer incentives, have people check in, so you can run promotions.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Dave’s a great guy with a good sense of humor and a broad knowledge of the market, which is why I was excited that he could be on the show. Zong – mobile payments has been a very hot area over the past couple of years with the success and growth of both Boku and Zong. VC Financings: 1. 15mm in Series A.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

There is an industry changing shift going on in the internet and mobile-based IT space for sure. Dan believed that consumer internet entrepreneurs have a choice now: traditional VC vs. super seed investors. This could happen if every VC fund continues to launch a seed fund. Minutes 11-13. Minutes 28 – 31.

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JUNE 25, 2013

The online flower delivery market is now an old and established market. What are the details on your seed funding? There are lots of online flower delivery services, in a pretty established market. I think investors saw lots of value in disrupting that space with a brand, from the marketing perspective as well.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

There were, of course, those who used the opportunity to make a marketing push or pitch a story. Moovit, an Israeli-based Mobility as a Service startup, launched an Emergency Mobilization On-Demand service. GetHenry, which is part of the Techstars Smart Mobility Accelerator, operates in Austria, Germany and Spain.

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MAY 26, 2011

Donnelly, and he also was behind eCompanies, which invested in such companies as JAMDAT Mobile, Boingo Wireless, and USBX. We raised funding in January from Mayfield, on top of the seed funding we raised at the onset. That gives us national coverage in every major market, and in most smaller markets.

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JANUARY 18, 2013

The number of startups getting seed funding in 2012 jumped by 65% over the previous year to a total of 1749, according to a recent report by CB Insights. Seed investments” are early stage financings (typically less than $1.5 This is great evidence that the recession drag on funding new startups is behind us.

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MARCH 8, 2013

Clearly, globally, data is coming out of the explosion of cloud, mobile, social media, and healthcare areas. There's not many people on the market with those skills. What we'll then do, is we'll take that idea, and do lots of market validation. Why is Big Data taking off, and why the interest in this area? It's just exploding.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Fair recently raised $16M in a seed funding round, from Javelin Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Foundation Capital, Sherpa Capital, Moonshots Capital, and others. How did you decide to tackle this particular area of the market? What is Fair all about? p> Scott Painter: I think it benefits some more than others.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The fund is just celebrated its first year in business, so we thought we'd catch up with Brian to hear more about what the firm is investing in, the challenges of raising a venture fund in this market, plus his view on the Los Angeles venture market. Let's start with an overview of the fund. What do you invest in?

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OCTOBER 12, 2015

Kixer develops mobile advertising software which helps publishers and connects mobile web users with apps. Omar Nicola: When we launched the company, it was no surprise that content publishers were struggling to monetize their mobile audience. Most people really hadn't tapped into the mobile web. We saw this firsthand.

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MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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MAY 12, 2015

Incentive , the Venice-based socially powered mid-market and enterprise collaboration platform has created a secure solution that takes the pain out of collaboration by centralizing all content into one place. million in seed round funding and clients that include NATO. Total Seed Funding appeared first on TechZulu.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Are users willing to check into local businesses with another, mobile check-in product? We had gone our ways, and after we left UpSellit and were golfing, we decided that instead of being part of a lifestyle business we wanted to start our own, and help local businesses market themselves. Can you talk about how your company is funded?

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

You’re the person bringing people together so your value as a “market maker” should be apparent to those in the room. When your favorite angel or seed fund sends you their next deal why not try my line, “I’d love to work on a deal with you.

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