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DECEMBER 8, 2015

Santa Monica-based Lenny , a startup which develops a mobile app and service which provides microloans to Millenial students, said today that it has raised a new round of fudning. Size of the seed funding was not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Santa Monica-based Fair , a startup offering up a mobile app which lets users find, purchase, and finance an automobile--started by automotive startup veteran Scott Painter--has raised $16M and launched its services. The company also says it is in the midst of a Series A-1 financing being led by BMW i Ventures.

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MAY 9, 2017

Los Angeles-based Donut Media , a startup generating social video content focused on car enthusiasts, announced this morning that it has raised $800,000 in a seed funding round. The funding came from Techstars Ventures, 3311 Ventures, Fontinalis Partners and professional driver Ryan Tuerck. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2012

in a seed funding round from the Founders Fund and Greycroft Partners. The firm--which launched at SXSW--offers up a service which looks to help connect local buyers and sellers, combining a delivery service, mobile apps, and photo sharing in its online marketplace. HipSwap is headed by Rob Kramer.

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

Los Angeles-based weeSPIN announced late Tuesday that it has raised a seed investment round for its music-focused, social networking app. weeSPIN is led by Darius Fong, and offers up an app with a collaborative playlist and connects to streaming music services like Soundcloud and Spotify. weeSPIN''s app currenly only runs on iOS.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based TheBouqs (www.thebouqs.com) thinks so, with its new, cut-to-order online flower delivery service for the iPad generation. The third part of this is the subscription service we offer. What are the details on your seed funding? What is the Bouqs? Instead, we offer three types of subscriptions.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Venice, California-based Vetted , a new startup offering up on-demand, veterinary services at your home, has raised $3.47M in seed funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Foundation Capital, Amplify LA, Sterling.VC, and ReImagined Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

DiCaprio is also investor in the Los Angeles-based ethically and sustainably focused financial services firm, Aspiration. In addition to his commitment to the fund, DiCaprio will be making co-investments alongside the Struck Capital team. “He sees this as a way to support LA,” said Struck of DiCaprio’s commitment.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

The company--led by Adam Johnson--is looking to promote the use of Warner''s Ultraviolet movie storage service in retail channels. UltraViolet is Warner''s take on digital film distribution, and lets users access films whether via their television, mobile, tablet, or PC.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Los Angeles-based Bccthis , a startup developing software which connects Microsoft Outlook, Twitter, and BlackBerry smart phones, announced this morning that it has raised $500,000 in seed funding and launched a beta of its service. Source of the seed funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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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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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Santa Monica- and London-based Echoecho , which is developing a service to provide location information to your friends via a mobile application, announced today that it has raised $750,000 in a seed funding round. The round came from Google Ventures and PROfounders.

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MAY 3, 2012

ventura-based NetPlenish , the mobile shopping service startup headed by Dave Compton , said today that it has launched with $1.9M The firm says it automatically place orders on services such as Wal-Mart, Target, Walgreens , Drugstore.com, and Sephora. READ MORE>>.

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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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MAY 23, 2011

Los Angeles-based Unsocial , a newly launched, location-based business networking service, said today that it has scored a seed round of funding, and launched its product. The funding came from un-named, accredited individual investors. Amount of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Los Angeles-based ShareSquare , a new startup focused on the QR Code creation area, has launched its services this week, focusing on helping musicians and entertainers create QR codes. QR codes are three dimensional barcodes which can be recognized by mobile phones to connect users with web sites and other information. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

San Diego-based GoShare , the developer of an on-demand, moving and delivery app, has raised $1M in a seed funding round, the company said on Friday. The company said it will use the funding to improve its product and expand into new cities. The startup is led by Shaun Savage.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

million in seed funding from David Sacks’ Craft Ventures and has already signed contracts with the toy company Mattel and CMA CGM Group. Working with Mattel, for instance, Dray Alliance was able to save the toy manufacturer nearly a quarter of a million dollars through its service. 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

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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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APRIL 6, 2020

A city might dedicate its shuttle service to transporting goods or essential personnel. For instance, Berlin converted its 120-shuttle fleet transport to an overnight service that provides free transit to healthcare workers traveling to and from work. Via isn’t the only company shifting its attention to emergency services.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Are users willing to check into local businesses with another, mobile check-in product? We caught up with co-founder Michael Wong , who told us about how the company is looking to change the model for local check-ins, and also help businesses with getting the word out about their services. We're also funding it out of pocket.

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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. With dating apps and dating websites like Tinder or Match.com, it's all completely self service. We've taken matchmaking onto a mobile application, as a modern matchmaking company.

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JUNE 19, 2019

We spoke with ProGuides founder Sam Wang to better understand what the company does, and why users are joining its service and using its marketplace to find professional video game coaches. Sam Wang: We have a premium business model, where any user can try out the service for free. What does ProGuides do? Finally, what's next for you?

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

This April, the startup raised a staggering $4 million in a seed funding round. The company's founders, Damir Vrabac, Anirudh Joshi, and Viswesh Krishna, intend to use these funds to expand their operations and development efforts, so we're expecting big things from the biotech company going forwards. Source: wander.com.

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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. So where is your service now, and where is it available? Aaron Robin: The service is currently available in California. It's essentially a three-fold service.

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APRIL 28, 2010

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. Boku and Zong focus mostly on mobile payments for virtual goods. It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. VC Financings: 1.

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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. Is there a gap in Series B funding? (10-12mm

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JUNE 28, 2010

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. Developer and publisher of social mobile games. SGN games downloaded +17mm times on mobile devices. Read more: TechCrunch. Total raised: $17.0mm.

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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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MAY 26, 2011

Donnelly, and he also was behind eCompanies, which invested in such companies as JAMDAT Mobile, Boingo Wireless, and USBX. Jake's latest venture is Brighter (www.brighter.com), a service which is aimed at helping consumers find pre-negotiated rates on dental care. His last success was Business.com, which he sold to R.R. READ MORE>>.

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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. We've created a business out of the gate to acknowledge the current state of technology and mobile adoption. What is Fair all about?

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

At the LeWeb conference, German startup Club Cooee showed off its desktop 3D instant messaging service as part of the Microsoft BizSpark program. Club Cooee uses a freemium service model, with the upsell focused on the sale of virtual goods. According to Club Cooee Managing Director Stefan Lemper, the application, ".enriches

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AUGUST 11, 2021

The link-in-bio business is heating up as more mobile website builders compete for a coveted slice of real estate on a creator’s TikTok, Instagram or Twitter. Ramdani said that astrologers have been particularly successful on Snipfeed, since fans can book a variety of asynchronous services at a wide range of prices. With its $5.5

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MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Contrary to some press reporting, the boom in startups, the creation of accelerators and seed funds as well as the deserved popularity of AngelList do not signal doom for our industry. Mobility really changes everything. And the future?

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

some fun, big tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, location-based services and real-time data. At Sony, he didn’t feel like he could “steer the ship” and get his ideas heard so he left and started GUBA, GUBA had no seed funding. Location-based services, realtime & personalization (1:12:25).

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