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Startups Weekly: Upfront Ventures bets on a bus service

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Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy news pertaining to startups and venture capital. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up a bit. Last week, I profiled an e-commerce startup Part & Parcel. Startup Spotlight: Landline. IPO Update.

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Los Angeles Startup Community

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I was just talking with someone who's new to Los Angeles and wanting to connect into the Los Angeles Startup Community. I will do my best to keep this up to date. Los Angeles Startup Community Posts/Articles Here are some interesting articles and posts on the ecosystem around startups in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Startup Community

SoCal CTO

I was just talking with someone who's new to Los Angeles and wanting to connect into the Los Angeles Startup Community. I will do my best to keep this up to date. Los Angeles Startup Community Posts/Articles Here are some interesting articles and posts on the ecosystem around startups in Los Angeles.

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Former LA VC Gets Backing For Enterprise Alerting, Micro Apps Startup

socalTECH

Fouad ElNaggar , a former venture capitalist who had been responsible for the Los Angeles office of Redpoint Ventures, has scored funding for a new startup, Sapho. ElNaggar was in Redpoint's LA offices from 2005 until 2011, and had stints on the boards of Machinima and Hark, among other companies. Sapho is in Silicon Valley.

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11 Honore Gets $8M For Runway Fashions

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Los Angeles-based 11 Honore , a new startup offering up online shopping of designer, runway fashion, has raised $8m in a Series A funding, the company said on Monday. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included Forerunner Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Greycroft and Canvas Ventures, all existing investors.

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Tastemade Gets $25M For Foodie Videos

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The funding was led by Scripps Networks Interactive, and also included Liberty Media, Redpoint Ventures, Raine Ventures and Comcast Ventures. In a related move, Tastemade said it would be launching its Android App coming up later this month, starting with Samsung devices. Tastmade provides online videos of food and related apps.

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Qualified.com, With LA Exec, Gets $12M

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Qualified , a startup developing conversational marketing software for companies that use Salesforce, said on Tuesday that it has raised $12M in its Series A funding. Scott Beechuk, a partner at Norwest Venture Partners, joins the company's baord of directors. Sikola previously served at ExpenseCloud and TriNet Cloud in Los Angeles.

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