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| Oct 8, 2025 | ImmunoVec Launches from Stealth with Up To $40.7M ARPA-H EMBODY Award | ImmunoVec, a Los Angeles, CA-based biotechnology company pioneering a novel approach to in vivo cell engineering, launched from stealth with an up to $40.7m award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Engineering of... |
| Oct 11, 2018 | Rollick Secures $8.3M in Series A Funding | Rollick, the first affinity buying program and enterprise lead management solution for the powersports, RV, marine and industrial equipment industries, has closed $8.3M in Series A funding. LiveOak Venture Partners led the round joined by a... |
| Dec 22, 2015 | Vator Splash LA 2015 Finalist - 8/omakase | Check out Michael Won's presentation on stage and the judges' feedback
Vator Splash LA Class 2015 cohort 8/Omakase Founder and CEO, Michael Won, presented live on stage.
In fashion, small innovations have led to a platform for big things. 8... |
| Dec 21, 2015 | Vator Splash LA 2015 Finalist - Authorea | Check out Alberto Pepe Gentile's presentation on stage and the judges' feedback
Vator Splash LA Class 2015 cohort Authorea is the collaborative platform to write, share, and discuss research. It was created in 2013 by a Harvard astrophysici... |
| Dec 18, 2015 | Vator Splash LA 2015 Winner - Healthiest | Check out Crystal Brown's presentation on stage and the judges' feedback
Vator Splash LA Class 2015 cohort Healthiest Inc., took home the gold. Here's the video of Crystal Brown, Healthiest Inc. Founder and CEO, giving the winning presentat... |
| Dec 17, 2015 | Vator Splash LA 2015 People's Choice Award Winner - Kanga | Check out Everett Steele's presentation on stage and the judges' feedback
Vator Splash LA Class 2015 cohort Kanga Technology, won the People's Choice Award. Here's the video of Everett Steele, Kanga Technology Founder and CEO, giving the wi... |
| Nov 11, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 11, 2015 | Amplyx Pharmaceuticals bagged $40.5M; Perfecto Mobile secured $35M; EventBoard raised $6.5M funding
Last week an article in New York Magazine outlined a growing problem in businesses: the fight over meeting space. There are now 25 million m... |
| Oct 15, 2015 | Presenting the 8 finalists for Vator Splash LA! | 8 startups will be pitching their ideas to some of the top tech VCs!
Today, Vator will be holding its annual Splash LA event, where speakers such as Adam Goldenberg, Founder & CEO of JustFab; Brian Lee. Co-Founder & CEO of The Hones... |
| Jun 2, 2015 | Top LA investors talk about investment strategies | Bill Woodward, Dana Settle, Erik Rannala, Eric Manlunas and Paige Craig at Splash LA 2014
We were super excited and honored to have Bill Woodward, a leading LA entrepreneur having co-founded Macromedia, which was sold to Adobe Systems in 20... |
| Oct 2, 2014 | Presenting the 10 finalists for Vator Splash LA!
Whistle allows customers to communicate with businesses via popular mobile messaging apps (GoogleHangouts, WhatsApp, WeChat, Viber, etc) & SMS. | 10 startups will be pitching their ideas to some of the top tech VCs!
Vator Splash LA is finally here! And in just a few hours, we'll find out who the winner is!
The winning company gets one-hour individual sit-down meetings with top-notch ... |
| Oct 2, 2014 | The winner of Vator Splash LA is IUNU!
Whistle allows customers to communicate with businesses via popular mobile messaging apps (GoogleHangouts, WhatsApp, WeChat, Viber, etc) & SMS. | Console OS has taken home the People's Choice award!
The ballots are in! They have all been counted and recounted, and we have a winner for this year's Vator Splash LA is... IUNU!
IUNU has developed a product that enable communities to effi... |
| Oct 1, 2014 | Watch Vator Splash LA Live Web stream 10/2 | Jessica Alba, Brian Lee, Michael Heyward, Bill Gross, Mike Jones, Scott Painter, and more
Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream
Please stay tuned for a live stream of Vator Splash LA with Jessica Alba and Brian Lee, the co-founders of T... |
| Sep 29, 2014 | 10/2 Splash LA Agenda w/ Alba, Lee, Heyward, and more | Need a reason why you can't miss Splash LA on 10/2? Check out the agenda
If you haven't already registered to Vator Splash LA, you better do so quickly. The event is three days away. If you need reasons to attend, just check out the agenda.... |
| May 8, 2014 | Surf, Sun, and Startups – San Diego is Becoming a Major Player: Finale | One of the major reasons that I decided to shine a spotlight on San Diego’s tech startup ecosystem is that fresh entrepreneurs in the city need to see that the issues standing in their way are only perceived issues. That is, the idea that t... |
| Oct 17, 2012 | Prism Skylabs Closes $7.5M Series A Funding | Prism Skylabs, a San Francisco, CA-based company that provides retail organizations with intelligence about activity within their physical stores, has closed a $7.5m Series A funding.
The round was led by new investors Triangle Peak Partner... |
| Aug 22, 2012 | Splash LA 2012 People's Choice Award - AllowanceTree | Check out AllowanceTree.com's pitch in the Splash LA 2012 competition
Splash LA People's Choice Award winner AllowanceTree.com aims to educate today's youth to avoid another economic meltdown. Watch co-founders Arnie Benn and Daniel Desatni... |
| Aug 20, 2012 | Video: Splash LA Winner DogVacay presents | Check out DogVacay's pitch to win the Splash LA 2012 competition
At Vator Splash LA, DogVacay.com, an AirBnB for dogs, took home the gold.
DogVacay.com allows travelers to board their dogs with other dog lovers, who can charge a fee of thei... |
| Jun 6, 2012 | Members-Only Airline Surf Air Raises Series A From Anthem, NEA & Others (Including Jared Leto) | Surf Air, a new membership-based air service providing short jaunts between California hot spots like Palo Alto, Monterey, Santa Barbara and L.A., has just closed its Series A. And look who invested: Jared Leto, noted actor/musician/entrepr... |
| Jan 27, 2011 |
Anthem Ventures Gets Second Exit In A Week
| Santa Monica-based Anthem Venture Partners has scored two exits in the last week, as Los Angeles-based Demand Media hit a homerun with its IPO Wednesday, and San Diego-based Plixi was acquired by Lockerz Thursday. Brian Mesic, a partner at ... |
| Oct 7, 2010 | Viewdle gives mobile phones the ability to ‘see’ | High-powered players are pumping US$10-million into Viewdle, a technology startup crafting ways that enable smartphones “see” things the same way people do and identify faces.
The influx of cash announced this week is coming from Qualcomm,... |
| Oct 7, 2010 | Viewdle gives mobile phones the ability to ‘see’ | High-powered players are pumping US$10-million into Viewdle, a technology startup crafting ways that enable smartphones “see” things the same way people do and identify faces.
The influx of cash announced this week is coming from Qualcomm, ... |
| Oct 5, 2010 | Viewdle raises $10M for facial recognition “in the palm of your hand” | Facial recognition startup Viewdle just raised $10 million from retailer Best Buy, chip maker Qualcomm, and the BlackBerry Partners Fund.
Chief Product Officer Jason Mitura said Viewdle stands out from other facial recognition companies in ... |
| Oct 5, 2010 | Viewdle raises $10M for face-recognition tech | The company is backed by Best Buy Capital and BlackBerry Partners Fund
Face recognition technology is in high demand these days, and Viewdle became the latest face recognition tech company to make headlines, announcing Tuesday that it has r... |
| Aug 31, 2010 | Dodging Twitter, TweetPhoto becomes photo check-in social network Plixi | TweetPhoto, the company that allows its users to share and interact with photos across Twitter and Facebook, is announcing Tuesday that it has changed its name to Plixi. The company is also moving towards being its own social network, thoug... |
| Aug 31, 2010 | Dodging Twitter, TweetPhoto becomes photo check-in social network Plixi | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
TweetPhoto, the company that allows its users to ... |
| Jun 14, 2010 | Slingshot Labs founders start fresh with BeachMint and new $5M | Barely two months after leaving Slingshot Labs, News Corp’s incubator, the two men formerly running the show, Diego Berdakin and MySpace co-founder Josh Berman, have launched a shiny new venture: a social commerce site called BeachMint.
Des... |
| Apr 13, 2010 | Realtime Media Sharing Service TweetPhoto Raises $2.6 Million Series A | Realtime media sharing platform TweetPhoto this morning announced that it has raised $2.6 million in a Series A financing led by Canaan Partners, with additional investment from Anthem Venture Partners (one of the original backers of Androi... |
| Sep 15, 2009 | TC50: Cocodot Is The Stylish, Prettier, More Social Evite | Online event planning and invitation platform Evite was on the forefront of innovation—ten years ago. TechCrunch50 startup Cocodot is hoping to be the Evite of this generation of web technology, serving a style-conscious, eco-friendly event... |
| Jun 16, 2009 | Former MySpace Exec Shawn Gold Raises Seed Funding For Stealth Startup Cocodot | Former MySpace CMO Shawn Gold is starting up a new social media business dubbed Cocodot, which is poised for launch next September. The current website for the venture doesn’t reveal much, and all we know at this point about Cocodot is that... |
| Feb 5, 2009 | USAA revs up online car dealership Zag | Zag, the online car-buying platform known for its transparent upfront and guaranteed pricing, just landed $37.4 million in strategic capital, most of it coming from financial services goliath USAA. Different from other car transaction sites... |
| Nov 26, 2008 | Music blog network Buzznet lays off 10 | Buzznet, a social network of music and celebrity-related blogs, cut its staff by 10 to refocus efforts on its more popular products in the poor economy. For this reason, the Los Angeles-based company actually has plans to increase headcount... |
| Oct 13, 2008 | Blurb raises $5M for self-publishing software | Blurb. Inc., developer of free downloadable software that lets anyone lay out and print their very own book, announced today that it nabbed $5 million in third-round funding to continue building its feature BookSmart tool, according to peHu... |