socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Venice-based Tapiture , an online, male-focused site which bills itself a "Pinterest for Men", has raised $450,000 in what looks like a convertible debt funding. Tapiture launched in October, with a male-focused site which lets uers "tap" things they like. The funding came via an SEC filing. and looks to be still in progress.

Venice 159

Venice Sites Media Funding 159

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Tapiture's site centers around a visual tableau of different products, photos, videos, and more, which can be browsed, voted up and down, and which users can interact with. Tapiture said it will be using the new funds to expand its engineering team, and further development of its mobile apps.

Commerce 194

Commerce Venice Sites Mobile 194

socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2009

Venice, California-based JibJab, the online comedy site known for their politically-oriented, musical animations, said this morning that it has raised $7.5M The round came from Overbrook Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment, along with existing investor Polaris Venture Partners. in a Series C funding round. READ MORE>>.

Venice 113

Venice Entertainment Content Venture Capital 113

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2012

Venice, California-based StyleSaint , the new fashion-meets-Pinterest startup headed by Crosscut Ventures' Brian Garrett, has been fairly mum about its recent funding. StyleSaint's web site allows users to create their own collection of fashion and styles, in an online "Stylebook." The firm's co-founder is Allison Beal.

Venice 140

Venice Web Sites Funding 140

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures. Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. Fun Fact: Walk into their Venice-based office and you’ll find a giant giraffe (dubbed their co-founder’s “spirit animal”) stuffed in their version of a startup treehouse.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. As a fourteen-year veteran of the venture industry I have often heard the phrase, “value added investors”, which is usually touted by certain VC’s as their biggest differentiating quality.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. As a fourteen-year veteran of the venture industry I have often heard the phrase, “value added investors”, which is usually touted by certain VC’s as their biggest differentiating quality.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” If you want to be the marketing person or you want to be perceived as a businessperson or a VC or technical person or whatever you want to be perceived, people will always define you. Ridesharing.

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. We're working with a company in Venice Beach which is trying to solve that problem. There are big companies being build around the mobile phone.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million. VENICE RISING. Venice: 13% | L.A. Derek Wooden. County: 0.9%.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44