| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.12.2024 | Crosscut Ventures: Jon Ylvisaker Named As Partner In Energy Innovation Strategy | Crosscut Ventures announced the appointment of Jon Ylvisaker as Partner. Bringing more than 25 years of investment experience, Jon will join Crosscut to accelerate the firm’s growth and advance its commitment to scaling early-stage technolo... |
| 25.10.2024 | Carbon Ridge: Modular Onboard Carbon Capture Company Raises $9.5 Million | Carbon Ridge – a leading developer of modular onboard carbon capture and storage solutions for decarbonizing the maritime shipping industry – announced it had raised $9.5 million in funding, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $... |
| 29.07.2024 | The Real Estate Revolution: Radius Agent's TxM Suite and the Economic Landscape | In the fast-paced world of real estate, innovation is the name of the game. Radius Agent has stepped up to the plate with its new Transaction Management Suite (TxM Suite). This tool is not just another app; it’s a game changer. It promises ... |
| 25.07.2024 |
Radius Agent launches Transaction Management Suite | Real estate brokerage Radius Agent is launching its own Transaction Management Suite (TxM Suite), according to an announcement on Thursday. The TxM Suite is part of the existing Radius Office app and is integrated with the brokerage’s AI as... |
| 16.03.2023 | Monarx Closes $6.1M Funding Round Led by Signal Peak Ventures to Fuel Partner Growth | We’ve seen how the right combination of tech and business model can open up huge new opportunities in cybersecurity, and we love how Monarx is doing that in web hosting.
SALT LAKE CITY (PRWEB) March 16, 2023
Monarx is the most effective sec... |
| 14.03.2023 | Monarx Closes $6.1M Funding Round Led by Signal Peak Ventures (Ben Dahl) to Fuel Partner Growth | We’ve seen how the right combination of tech and business model can open up huge new opportunities in cybersecurity, and we love how Monarx is doing that in web hosting.
SALT LAKE CITY (PRWEB) March 14, 2023
Monarx is the most effective sec... |
| 07.03.2023 | The MySpace Mafia on Why LA Is No Longer Just an Entertainment Town | The year is 2004. Kelly Clarkson just released her hit single “Breakaway,” and you’re listening to it on your 3rd generation iPod Classic. You’re about to head out to catch an evening showing of the original “Anchorman” movie. But before yo... |
| 16.08.2022 |
LA Tech Week: NFT Cocktails, Sushi and Networking | Roughly 13 hours after venture capital kingmaker Andreessen Horowitz announced plans to invest $350 million into WeWork founder Adam Neumann’s new residential real estate company, a handful of fedoras are floating through a room of mostly 2... |
| 25.07.2022 |
Kitchen United Brings in $100M For New Locations | Kitchen United is beefing up its service with a $100 million raise.
The company announced Monday that the Pasadena-based ghost kitchen company brought in the cash in a Series C funding round. The new funds bring Kitchen United’s overall fin... |
| 04.06.2022 | From Stem Cells to Biosensors: 3 Trends To Watch at This Year’s First Look Startup Showcase | Some 15-odd years ago, the Alliance for SoCal Innovation put on a workshop for academics looking to wade into the world of commercialized technology.
Fast forward to 2022 and the Alliance is gearing up for the latest edition of its annual F... |
| 29.04.2022 | GR0-Up: Founders on Humanizing Startup Culture in Tech | It’s one thing to say that a company shares abstract values like “openness” or “transparency,” with the goal of fostering a safe environment that encourages creativity and collaboration. It’s intuitive that people who feel confident in shar... |
| 15.03.2022 | Proptech Startup Snappt Raises $100 Million To Help Landlords Flag Fraudulent Rental Applications | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Snappt, a West Hollywood-based proptech startup that helps landlords detect fraudulent rental application documents,... |
| 15.03.2022 | This Beverly Hills Startup Just Raised Millions to Help Brands Mint NFTs | A new blockchain startup called NFT Brands has unveiled a $3.6 million seed funding round today as it barrels into the $40 billion-plus market for non-fungible tokens.
The Beverly Hills-based company is aiming to launch “multimillion-dollar... |
| 15.03.2022 | High Gas Prices Could Boost E-Scooter and E-Bike Ridership, Bird CEO Says | Electric scooter startup Bird more than doubled its revenues in 2021 as pandemic restrictions eased and riders returned to its shared micromobility network, while CEO Travis VanderZanden talked up the possibility of high gas prices forcing ... |
| 14.03.2022 | Rising Gas Prices Are Driving Up Electric Vehicle Sales—But Also Prices | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
As inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine causes gas prices to creep north of $7 per gallon in some parts of Los... |
| 14.03.2022 | Rivian Hires New COO Amid Turbulent Month | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Rivian is back in the news again—but at least this time it’s not for a pricing bait-and-switch, a lawsuit, or a tumb... |
| 14.03.2022 | Global Venture Funding Dipped $10 Billion in February | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Global venture capital funding showed signs of a slowdown in February, with startup investors pouring $10 billion le... |
| 05.03.2022 | Yes, You Should Pay $24 for That Hamburger, According to Food Industry Experts | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
If you want to save the restaurant industry, you’re going to have to pay as a consumer, according to panelists at th... |
| 28.02.2022 | 40% of Consumers Likely To Cancel a ‘Costly’ Online Subscription: Survey | For years, online streaming services lured consumers as cheaper options to watch TV or listen to music. But a new survey suggests that many Americans will likely ditch a digital service this year because it’s too expensive.
Cost is the top ... |
| 14.02.2022 | Parallel Systems Gets US Energy Dept. Funding to Test Its Autonomous Electric Freight Cars | Parallel Systems—the startup founded by former SpaceX engineers to develop autonomous, electric rail cars for the freight industry—has received a $4.4 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to fund advanced testing ... |
| 10.02.2022 | Just in Time for Valentine's Day, Tinder Wants to Set Users Up on Blind Dates | Thought blind dates were a thing of the past? Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Tinder is looking to bring them back.
The West Hollywood-born dating app has added a new virtual “Blind Date” feature to its platform, which matches singles via their p... |
| 31.01.2022 | Grindr Removed From Chinese App Stores Days Before the Winter Olympics | West Hollywood-based dating app Grindr has fallen victim to China’s most recent internet crackdown.
According to Bloomberg, the popular gay dating app has been removed from Apple’s App Store in China—with Grindr operators in the country tak... |
| 31.01.2022 | MaC Venture Capital Eyes $200 Million For Its Second Fund | MaC Venture Capital, the Black-led seed-stage venture firm based in Los Angeles, intends to raise as much as $200 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing published Monday.
The filing implies that Hollywood-based MaC has not ... |
| 31.01.2022 | Unlock Venture Partners Launches $62 Million Seed Fund Focused on LA Startups | Unlock Venture Partners, a Seattle- and Los Angeles-focused venture capital firm investing in seed-stage startups, unveiled a new $60 million-plus fund on Monday.
Unlock has closed on roughly $62 million for its second fund and is aiming to... |
| 30.09.2021 | LA Venture: Crosscut's Rick Smith on How He Came to Venture Capital | Rick Smith is a pillar in the L.A. tech community. He is the co-founder of Crosscut Ventures and a founding member of the PledgeLA program in Los Angeles.
Most recently, he joined the LA Venture podcast to share some of his early experience... |
| 05.03.2021 | Video: Future of mental and behavioral health virtual conference 2020 | Innovation by BetterHelp, Crosscut Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Blue Shield of California
This was the main event of Future of Mental and Behavioral Health on May 27, 2020. The panelists across all three sessions included:
Where’s the beef (u... |
| 11.01.2021 | Here Are LA's Top VCs, According to Their Peers | Though Silicon Valley is still very much the capital of venture capital, Los Angeles is home to plenty of VCs who have made their mark – investing in successful startups early and reaping colossal returns for their limited partners.
Who sta... |
| 30.10.2020 | Teampay adds $5M to its Series A at higher valuation after growing ARR 320% growth since the round | What do you call the grey area between a Series A and a Series B? In 2020, when the money is taken on opportunistically, you call it a Series A-1 extension, according to Teampay. Even if the new capital was raised at a new, higher valuation... |
| 04.06.2020 | Generation Zoom: what the generation raised during COVID can expect from their healthcare | This topic was discussed at last week's Future of Mental and Behavioral Health salon
Healthcare is poised for a big change, not only thanks to COVID, which has already shifted how people want care delivered, but also thanks to technology th... |
| 02.06.2020 | COVID drives more men to seek mental health care | Healthcare entrepreneurs and investors discussed why men seem to be more affected than women
There's no doubt that the COVID-19 crisis has affected the mental health of the majority of people; how could it not? With social distancing, forci... |
| 07.05.2020 | At Invent Health: the value of community/group therapy | We welcomed BetterHelp, Crosscut Ventures, the APA and Blue Shield of California to our salon
[Editor's note: Future of Behavioral and Mental Health with BetterHelp, Headspace, Ginger.io, Providence Hospitals, UnitedHealthcare Optum, Khosla... |
| 07.05.2020 | Future of mental and behavioral health virtual conference May 6 podcast | Crosscut Ventures, American Psychiatry Association, Blue Shield of California, BetterHelp
This week we discussed how prepared we were to handle the rise in mental health conditions and how prepared we're getting in the event the virus rears... |
| 24.02.2020 | Fed up with Chest-Thumping Culture of Tech, Garrett Wants to Reengineer Himself and Crosscut | In 2018, Brian Garrett, burned out from a decade running Crosscut Ventures, embarked on a month-long summer road trip. He packed up his old minivan with nothing but a mattress, some golf clubs and a fly fishing pole. He had just turned 45 y... |
| 10.02.2019 | To support founders’ emotional health, VCs must change how they invest | 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!
When I was 13, I watched my father die of a heart... |
| 10.02.2019 | To support founders’ emotional health, VCs must change how they invest | When I was 13, I watched my father die of a heart attack in the middle of an episode of “Miami Vice.” I was just a kid, but I dealt with that tragedy like the venture capitalist I would grow up to be. I didn’t mourn; I spun. I wove a story ... |
| 21.06.2018 | Detroit Entrepreneur’s PlayVs is First E-Sports League for High Schools | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
As a kid in the 1990s, Delane Parnell spent his formative years around Detroit’s 7 Mile and Burgess neighborhood in a home with no Internet. Today, he’s the founder and CEO of... |
| 23.02.2018 | Teampay raises $4 million in funding for their expense management platform | Funding will be used to continue to develop the platform and expand features and integrations
At this point in my life, I've worked with multiple startups and while each one comes with its own set of hurdles and problems, one issue that has... |
| 06.12.2017 |
CrossCut Ventures Raises $125M Venture Fund, CrossCut 4
| Los Angeles-based CrossCut Ventures, the venture firm run by Rick Smith, Brian Garrett, Brett Brewer, and Clinton Foy, is announcing this morning that it has raised a big new fund--CrossCut 4--worth $125M. According to CrossCut, the new fun... |
| 06.12.2017 | With the Los Angeles tech scene exploding, CrossCut Ventures raises $125 million to invest | CrossCut Ventures, a Los Angeles-based seed investment firm has just closed its fourth (and largest) fund with $125 million in new cash.
It’s been a long road for the firm’s three co-founders, who have been investing in Los Angeles since 19... |
| 06.12.2017 | CrossCut Ventures announces $125 million fund targeting L.A. startups | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
CrossCut Ventures is announcing it has raised $125 million for its fourth seed fund. The Los Angeles fund will invest in a wide variety... |
| 06.12.2017 | CrossCut Ventures announces $125 million fund targeting L.A. startups | CrossCut Ventures is announcing it has raised $125 million for its fourth seed fund. The Los Angeles fund will invest in a wide variety of startups, ranging from software-as-a-service to games and esports companies.
Brian Garrett, cofounder... |
| 31.10.2017 | Reaction Commerce raises $8.5 million for a new soup-to-nuts e-commerce software | Sara Hicks and Aaron Judd, the two co-founders of Santa Monica, Calif.-based Reaction Commerce, didn’t set out to build a new e-commerce management software toolkit when they crossed paths at Science, the LA-based venture studio.
Instead, t... |
| 20.07.2017 | Esports entrepreneurs will take the stage at GamesBeat 2017 | 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!
GamesBeat 2017 will take place at San Francisco’s... |
| 13.06.2017 | LA offers a fertile playing field for esports investments | Minard Hamilton Contributor
Minard Hamilton, is a partner at BITKRAFT Esports Ventures, an early stage investor and incubator with offices in both Berlin and Santa Monica.
It’s 78° and sunny in Venice. The southwest swell is drawing surfers... |
| 14.02.2017 | Wrap-Up of the inaugural SplashX LA on January 19, 2017 | It was a joyous night of tech talks at the first “SplashX: Lessons for Entrepreneurs” in LA
Six months ago, SplashX debuted in Oakland. On January 19, 2017, the LA inauguration of SplashX was launched. What is SplashX? SplashX is a new twil... |
| 06.01.2017 | Personal Invite: SplashX LA on January 19, join us! | Use code: vator10 for 10% off TIX
Meet and learn from tech visionaries in fashion, on-demand booze, event planning, and venture capital at Vator #SplashX LA 01/19/17
With venture investments slowing down last year, what can we anticipate fo... |
| 15.09.2016 | Meet the 26 Women in Tech Featured at Innovate! and Celebrate | Innovate! and Celebrate 2016 is over so join us for 2017
Come join us at the Innovate! and Celebrate conference in San Francisco, CA. The event will take place October 9 – 11, 2017, and is held in partnership with the Consumer Technology As... |
| - | Crosscut’s Brett Brewer on the Birth of Myspace and the Importance of Education | In 1996, when the internet was in its infancy, Brett Brewer and a couple of college buddies decided to start a company from their pad in Manhattan Beach.
What became Intermix Media—which would later give birth to the original social network... |
