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| 15.07.2024 | Houston cardiac health startup raises $43 million series B to grow AI-backed platform | A Houston-based tech company that has a product line of software solutions for cardiac health has raised funding.
Octagos Health, the parent company of Atlas AI — a software platform for cardiac devices like pacemakers, defibrillators, ambu... |
| 13.07.2024 | Octagos Health Revolutionizes Cardiac Care with $43M Funding Boost | Octagos Health, a trailblazer in AI-driven cardiac device monitoring, secures a massive $43M in Series B funding. Led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, this investment propels Octagos Health towards its mission of transforming cardiac ca... |
| 09.07.2024 | Octagos Health Secures $43M to Power AI-Driven Cardiac Care | What You Should Know:
– Octagos Health, a provider of AI-powered cardiac device monitoring solutions raises $43M in Series B funding led by funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital with continued participation from Mucker Capital a... |
| 16.05.2023 | Pear Suite Raises $2.5M for SDoH-Driven Care Navigation Platform to Empower AAPI Communities | What You Should Know:
Pear Suite, a digital health company empowering community health workers (CHWs) to improve health in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and address social determinants of health (SDOH) raises $2.5M ... |
| 04.02.2023 | USA-based SalesRiver raises USD 3.95 million in Series A | Kentucky, USA-based enterprise sales enablement platform for distributed sales teams, SalesRiver, raised USD 3.95 million in recent financing. The Series A round took place on February 2, 2023. Mucker Capital led the financing for the compa... |
| 08.09.2022 | Tony Fadell’s fund backs Paris-based Edda with $5.8 million to offer alternative to Excel for PE investors | Private equity investors have more than $6.5 trillion under management, which is being invested in the most innovative sectors and companies in the world. Yet, the majority of these investors still rely on tools such as Excel spreadsheets t... |
| 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... |
| 23.03.2022 | OK Capsule, A Personalized Nutrition Company, Raises $9.5 Million In Early Funding | Consumers can be confused around supplements, and OK Capsule offers a platform with the tools for supplement providers to help consumers make simple decisions. Alongside offering the highest quality doctor-formulated supplements, we provide... |
| 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 | 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 ... |
| 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... |
| 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 | 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 | 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... |
| 13.01.2022 | HeyRenee Raises $4.4M for Care Concierge Platform | c
What You Should Know:
– HeyRenee, the newest health-tech innovation from Dr. Renee Dua and Nick Desai, the founders of Heal, today announced an oversubscribed $4.4M Seed II funding round led by Quiet Capital, with participation from City ... |
| 12.01.2022 | HeyRenee Raises $4.4M for Care Concierge Platform | c
What You Should Know:
– HeyRenee, the newest health-tech innovation from Dr. Renee Dua and Nick Desai, the founders of Heal, today announced an oversubscribed $4.4M Seed II funding round led by Quiet Capital, with participation from City ... |
| 30.12.2021 | Los Angeles’ Top Startup Incubators and Accelerators | Whether you are making medical devices or movies, if you have a promising startup chances are there’s someone out there to help.
Southern California is home to an armada of accelerators, incubators, startup studios and other programs design... |
| 18.11.2021 | Doorvest raises $14M for its digital service that helps consumers buy rental properties | Doorvest this morning announced a $39 million funding event, including $14 million worth of equity financing and a $25 million credit facility. The latter makes sense given the startup’s business model, namely helping consumers buy and mana... |
| 02.02.2021 | VC meets the land of opportunity | Monique Villa Contributor
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Monique Villa is an investor at Mucker Capital, an early-stage VC fund investing in startups across the U.S. and Canada. She is also the co-founder of Build In SE, a community of founders, funders ... |
| 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... |
| 13.08.2020 | LA Tech Updates: MuckerLab Looking for Startups, Omaze Raises $30M | Here are the latest updates on news affecting Los Angeles' startup and tech communities. Sign up for our newsletter and follow dot.LA on Twitter for more.
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Omaze Raised $30M to Expand its Celebrity-Driven Charity Fundraising Platform
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| 28.05.2020 | Stackin’ raises $12.6M Series B to help millennials navigate the crowded fintech space | Fintech’s funding boom for the past decade has led to a flurry of new consumer startups tackling a wide range of money-related issues, from saving apps to investing platforms.
Should you download Robinhood, Stash, Public, Acorns or Truebill... |
| 26.03.2020 | 500 Startups moves to rolling admissions instead of cohorts | 500 Startups is scrapping its cohort model for accelerating companies and moving to a rolling admissions process, the accelerator said during its latest demo day.
One of the progenitors of the accelerator model in the US along with Techstar... |
| 23.03.2020 | Guidance For Startups/VCs From VCs Around The Globe During COVID-19 | Ed Zimmerman |
| 02.12.2019 |
Mucker Capital Adds New General Partner
| Santa Monica-based venture capital investor Mucker Capital has added a third general partner to the firm, Omar Hamoui, the company disclosed on Monday. Hamoui was previously a partner at Sequoia Capital. Hamoui joins existing General Partne... |
| 02.12.2019 | Omar Hamoui leaves Sequoia for LA-based Mucker Capital as it looks to lead more Series A deals | Mucker Capital, the now eight-year-old, Santa Monica, Calif.-based pre-seed startup accelerator and venture outfit, has brought aboard Omar Hamoui, a partner at Sequoia Capital for the last six-plus years, as its third general partner.
Hamo... |
| 22.05.2019 | Getting a seat at the VC table | Monique Villa Contributor
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Monique Villa is an investor at Mucker Capital, a seed and “pre-seed” stage fund investing in companies powering a software-enabled world. She is also the Founder of Nashville-based ModernCapital, ... |
| - | Office Hours: Headspace Health CEO Russell Glass on Mental Health in the COVID Era | The demand for mental health services has, for some time, been on the rise. But entrepreneur Russell Glass says the pandemic accelerated one key trend that favored his business: the adoption of telehealth services like Headspace.
Glass is t... |
| - | ✨Diverse, Impact-Driven Founders Shine at Plug In South LA's Demo Day
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Plug In South LA, a Los Angeles accelerator program, hosted their 2023 Founder Showcase at Blackbird House in Culver City on Thursday night. Founders made their pitches and then participated in a short Q&A session with Plug ... |
| - | Revolutionizing Job Hunting: How WeApply Puts You Ahead of the Pack
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If you've been job hunting recently, you've likely experienced the soul crushing challenge of navigating numerous job application platforms, often competing with hundreds of other applicants for a single position. WeApply’s data... |
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Disney's $60 billion expansion of the parks and experiences business is being propelled by tech innovation at the Disney Imagineering unit, including the HoloTile Floor and the BDX droids from Star War... |
| - | McKinsey Accelerates LA Funding Diversity🚀
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In the US of A, the vibrant start-up world paints a dazzling picture of innovation and potential. However, beneath the surface of glitz and glamour lies a troubling reality—a pervasive societal inequity that takes center stage. T... |
| - | 🛍 Consolidation Begins in Live Shopping with Popshop Live Acquisition
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LA-based Popshop Live, a mobile live shopping marketplace was acquired this week by CommentSold, a Huntsville, Alabama-based live selling technology provider. Never heard of live shopping? Fear not, you are in good company. Less... |
| - | 🎬 Streaming Studios' AI Hiring Spree
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In the midst of Hollywood strikes, major streamers are quietly seeking AI Specialists, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Reporter calls out numerous AI postings within Amazon, Apple, Disney, and Netflix. 🎥🖥️🙋♀️
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