| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 17.08.2023 | 6 fintech investors sound off on AI, down rounds and what’s ... | At the height of the funding boom in 2021, no single sector enjoyed as much VC money as fintech star... | techcrunch... |
| 11.04.2023 | Upfront’s Kobie Fuller has designed an investment framework ... | Kobie Fuller, a partner at Upfront Ventures, had a notion that there are certain characteristics tha... | techcrunch... |
| 13.09.2022 | 3 investors explain why earned wage access startups are set ... | It always feels good to get paid, so it’s no surprise that a payroll model like earned wage access (... | techcrunch... |
| 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 ... | dot.la/la-... |
| 27.07.2022 | Cordial Secures $50M in Series C Funding to Help Marketers T... | Jessel Thomas, Tech Times 27 July 2022, 01:07 am
Cordial, the cross-channel marketing and data manag... | techtimes.... |
| 26.07.2022 |
Upfront Ventures Raises $650M In New Investment Funds
... | Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm Upfront Ventures, one of the region's most active ... | socaltech.... |
| 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 tha... | dot.la/kit... |
| 18.07.2022 | Canvas Medical Raises $24M for EMR & Payments Platform | What You Should Know:
– Canvas Medical, the EMR that enables clinicians and developers to power the ... | hitconsult... |
| 04.06.2022 | From Stem Cells to Biosensors: 3 Trends To Watch at This Yea... | Some 15-odd years ago, the Alliance for SoCal Innovation put on a workshop for academics looking to ... | dot.la/fir... |
| 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 ... | dot.la/gr0... |
| 15.03.2022 | Proptech Startup Snappt Raises $100 Million To Help Landlord... | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and... | dot.la/sna... |
| 15.03.2022 | This Beverly Hills Startup Just Raised Millions to Help Bran... | A new blockchain startup called NFT Brands has unveiled a $3.6 million seed funding round today as i... | dot.la/nft... |
| 15.03.2022 | High Gas Prices Could Boost E-Scooter and E-Bike Ridership, ... | Electric scooter startup Bird more than doubled its revenues in 2021 as pandemic restrictions eased ... | dot.la/bir... |
| 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... | dot.la/riv... |
| 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... | dot.la/ven... |
| 14.03.2022 | Rising Gas Prices Are Driving Up Electric Vehicle Sales—But ... | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and... | dot.la/ris... |
| 05.03.2022 | Yes, You Should Pay $24 for That Hamburger, According to Foo... | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and... | dot.la/res... |
| 04.03.2022 | Hollywood Producer Brian Grazer Reveals the Secret to His Cr... | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and... | dot.la/upf... |
| 28.02.2022 | 40% of Consumers Likely To Cancel a ‘Costly’ Online Subscrip... | For years, online streaming services lured consumers as cheaper options to watch TV or listen to mus... | dot.la/can... |
| 14.02.2022 | Parallel Systems Gets US Energy Dept. Funding to Test Its Au... | Parallel Systems—the startup founded by former SpaceX engineers to develop autonomous, electric rail... | dot.la/par... |
| 10.02.2022 | Just in Time for Valentine's Day, Tinder Wants to Set Users ... | Thought blind dates were a thing of the past? Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Tinder is looking to bring t... | dot.la/tin... |
| 31.01.2022 | Unlock Venture Partners Launches $62 Million Seed Fund Focus... | Unlock Venture Partners, a Seattle- and Los Angeles-focused venture capital firm investing in seed-s... | dot.la/unl... |
| 31.01.2022 | Grindr Removed From Chinese App Stores Days Before the Winte... | West Hollywood-based dating app Grindr has fallen victim to China’s most recent internet crackdown.
... | dot.la/gri... |
| 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... | dot.la/mac... |
| 06.01.2022 | Upfront Ventures Secures $177 Million for New Continuation F... | Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Upfront Ventures has raised $176.5 million for a new fund, a... | dot.la/upf... |
| 04.01.2022 | Upfront Summit Postponed to March Over Omicron Fears | Upfront Summit—the extravagant tech and venture capital conference known for its prominent attendees... | dot.la/upf... |
| 20.10.2021 | Why PayPal, M1, Square and more want to be more than just JP... | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign ... | fortune.co... |
| 20.10.2021 | Why PayPal, M1, Square and more want to be more than just JP... | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign ... | fortune.co... |
| 24.09.2021 | Check out The Next Web 2021’s Incredible Lineup! | You know it, you love it, it’s here again, but this time as a hybrid event!
That’s right, now that ... | itkey.medi... |
| 20.09.2021 | VC Mark Suster: “The bet we’re making now is on founder skil... | We recently caught up with longtime VC Mark Suster of L.A.-based Upfront Ventures, which last raised... | techcrunch... |
| 03.09.2021 | Talking shop with Twitter’s recent head of corp dev — and no... | Seksom Suriyapa was seemingly destined to land at a venture firm. A Stanford Law graduate, he worked... | techcrunch... |
| 13.07.2021 | Endgame raises over $17M from back-to-back funding rounds to... | LOS ANGELES, July 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Endgame, the first solution designed from the ground ... | marketscre... |
| 06.07.2021 | Sarah Guo, Kobie Fuller & Casey Aylward headline investo... | While SaaS has become the default way to deliver software in 2021, it still takes a keen eye to find... | techcrunch... |
| 23.06.2021 | Want in on the next $100B in cybersecurity? | Kara Nortman Contributor
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| 13.05.2021 | It's a Happy Day for Happy Returns as PayPal Acquires Anothe... | PayPal Inc. has gobbled up another Southern California startup.
After acquiring Honey, a modern twis... | dot.la/hap... |
| 14.04.2021 | Personalised nutritionist-approved food delivery company Ter... | Territory Foods, a Virginia (United States) based startup, announced on 13th April 2021 that it has ... | vcbay.news... |
| 10.04.2021 | American startup Finary secures US $ 3.2 million in seed rou... | Finary, a New York based social platform for investing, announced on 9th April 2021 that it has rais... | vcbay.news... |
| 01.04.2021 | Bring CISOs into the C-suite to bake cybersecurity into comp... | Kara Nortman Contributor
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| 24.03.2021 | Watch: Fundraising for Female Founders, in Partnership with ... | Female founder and funders explored how female founders and investors are navigating the landscape d... | dot.la/fun... |
| 04.03.2021 | Data is the world’s most valuable (and vulnerable) resource... | Kara Nortman Contributor
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| 27.02.2021 | Finding my way to tech entrepreneurship: An immigrant’s pers... | Chuks Onwuneme.
Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Seattle entrepreneur Chuks Onwuneme, ... | geekwire.c... |
| 03.02.2021 | LA Venture Podcast: Upfront Ventures' Kerry Bennet on How to... | On this week's episode of the L.A. Venture podcast, hear from Kerry Bennett, who leads marketing and... | dot.la/upf... |
| 26.01.2021 | Loupe has created the streaming platform the surging sports ... | “Demand for sports cards has skyrocketed over the past 12 months and it’s clear the hobby wasn’t pre... | prweb.com/... |
| 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 plen... | dot.la/ven... |
| 16.12.2020 | Watch: 2020 Year in Review with Baron Davis, Mark Suster and... | The pandemic and social unrest of 2020 accelerated change at a rapid pace for individuals, corporati... | dot.la/str... |
| 11.11.2020 | LA Venture Podcast: Upfront Ventures' Mark Suster on the Pri... | On this week's episode of the LA Venture podcast, hear from Mark Suster, managing partner at Upfront... | dot.la/mar... |
| 26.10.2020 |
Upfront Ventures Names Nortman As Co-Managing Partner
... | Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures reported Monday morning that it has named Kara Nortman as co-Mana... | socaltech.... |
| 26.10.2020 | From 'the Passenger Seat to the Driver's Seat': Upfront Vent... | Kara Nortman is already widely regarded as one of the top VCs in Los Angeles. Now, she is getting a ... | dot.la/mov... |
| 06.10.2020 | Ÿnsect extends Series C to $372m, targets pet food & aim... | French insect farming startup Ÿnsect has raised an additional $224 million in Series C funding, brin... | agfunderne... |
| 13.09.2020 | Britive has raised $5.4 million from Upfront Ventures and ot... | Britive, an Los Angeles based company has raised $5.4 million from Upfront Ventures and other invest... | founders.a... |
| 23.06.2020 |
Upfront Ventures Seek $280M In New Fund, Upfront VII
... | Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures has just kicked off an effort to raise a new, $280M venture capit... | socaltech.... |
| 17.06.2020 | DroneBase Raises $7.5M to Build on Efforts to Remotely Inspe... | DroneBase, a professional drone services and data analytics company, announced Wednesday that it has... | dot.la/dro... |
| 12.05.2020 | Nanit raises $21 million for its baby monitor, app and new l... | The developer of a machine learning-enhanced baby monitor, Nanit, has managed to nab $21 million in ... | techcrunch... |
| 28.04.2020 | 5 top gaming investors explain how the pandemic is reshaping... | Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions into isolation, video games are seeing a surge in... | techcrunch... |
| 27.04.2020 | The startup cash countdown begins | Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray... | techcrunch... |
| 31.01.2020 | Fireworks, Paris Hilton, Exploding Beer: Inside the Exclusiv... | Mark Suster, managing partner of the granddaddy of L.A. venture capital firms and impresario of the ... | dot.la/upf... |
| 28.01.2020 | Upfront Summit: Steve Ballmer, Meg Whitman, and Even Paris H... | Upfront Summit will bring together top names in media, tech and finance from singer John Legend to Q... | dot.la/upf... |
| 26.01.2020 | LA tech industry mourns Kobe Bryant | The Los Angeles startup community is joining the rest of the world in mourning the death of NBA supe... | techcrunch... |
| 17.10.2019 | Invoca Raises $56 Million | Invoca, the pioneer in AI-powered call tracking and conversational analytics, today announced it has... | martechcub... |
| 17.10.2019 | Upfront Ventures Leads $56 Million Invoca Funding Round | - | labusiness... |
| 10.10.2019 | Nexkey raises $6M Series A round to make your company’s door... | Nexkey, a company that provides a mobile access control solution for commercial buildings and worksp... | techcrunch... |
| 16.08.2019 | LA-based Upfront Ventures has two new general partners, brin... | Upfront Ventures, the 23-year-old, LA-based venture capital firm, is gearing up for far more deal-ma... | techcrunch... |
| 09.07.2019 | Upfront Ventures Is Raising $250 Million For Its Third Growt... | Upfront Ventures has recently filed a Form D with the SEC indicating that it is planning to raise as... | pulse2.com... |
| 03.07.2019 | Bird investor Upfront Ventures eyes $250M growth fund | Upfront Ventures, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, has filed paperwork with the U.S. Securi... | techcrunch... |
| 13.02.2019 | Former Snap employees are launching Forge Platform for Ether... | Chris Lorenz, Geoffrey Anderson and James Borow may have spent their days over the past few years wo... | techcrunch... |
| 05.12.2018 | Upfront Ventures Leads $14M MetaCX Funding Round | - | labusiness... |
| 26.09.2018 | The future is keyless: Introducing Nexkey |
Ah, the morning pat down: wallet, check; phone, check; keys, check. That’s been my routine for dec... | k9ventures... |
| 04.06.2018 | Where is VR headed? Investors share insights on the industry... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
| 04.06.2018 | Where is VR headed? Investors share insights on the industry... | After an initial frenzy of interest in virtual reality due to Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus, inve... | venturebea... |
| 19.04.2018 | TheWaveVR raises $6M to provide musicians with tools to thro... | The company recently partnered with Warner Bros. for a sequence in Ready Player One
There's definite... | vator.tv/n... |
| 22.03.2018 | Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop ... | Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table... | techcrunch... |
| 24.01.2018 | Attention LA: Don’t miss this pitch day for female founders,... | On Tuesday, March 13, some of the most well-regarded venture capitalists on the West Coast will conv... | techcrunch... |
| 06.12.2017 | With the Los Angeles tech scene exploding, CrossCut Ventures... | CrossCut Ventures, a Los Angeles-based seed investment firm has just closed its fourth (and largest)... | techcrunch... |
| 21.11.2017 | HopSkipDrive raises another $7.4 million for its Uber for ki... | Uber and Lyft have made it easier to get around town, but the service isn’t designed for young peopl... | techcrunch... |
| 18.07.2017 | How to Raise Your First Round of Funding | July 18, 2017 5 min read
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| 03.07.2017 | Upfront Ventures Closes Six Venture Capital Fund, at $400M | Upfront Ventures, a Los Angels, CA-based early stage venture capital firm, has raised its 6th ventur... | finsmes.co... |
| 30.06.2017 | Upfront Ventures closes $400 million fund as Los Angeles sta... | Upfront Ventures has closed its fourth core fund with $400 million in commitments. It’s the firm’s l... | venturebea... |
| 30.06.2017 | Upfront Ventures closes $400 million fund as Los Angeles sta... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
| 29.06.2017 |
Upfront Ventures Raises $400M In New Fund
| Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm Upfront Ventures has announced its latest fund, Up... | socaltech.... |
| 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 sta... | techcrunch... |
| 02.06.2017 | Silicon Beach Report June 2: Upfront Ventures Raising Two Fu... | - | labusiness... |
| 02.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, June 2 | NEW MONEY, FOOD IPO
Spin-outs: Last week we reported on the trend of junior partners at venture firm... | fortune.co... |
| 02.06.2017 | Venture Capital Firm Upfront Ventures to Raise Two Funds Tot... | Upfront Ventures, a Los Angeles, CA-based venture capital firm, is raising a sixth fund and a second... | finsmes.co... |
| 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 mont... | vator.tv/n... |
| 07.02.2017 | GOAT raises $25M more to expand its mobile sneaker marketpla... | The secondary market for collectible shoes continues to grow, leading investors to pump more funds i... | techcrunch... |
| 06.02.2017 | Why was the winter for venture capital funding so short? | Mark Suster Contributor
Mark Suster is the managing partner at Upfront Ventures, the leading Los Ang... | techcrunch... |
| 28.01.2017 | Consumer-oriented investors may have an edge investing in di... | Kara Nortman Contributor
Kara Nortman is a partner at Upfront Ventures.
Who doesn’t feel some level ... | techcrunch... |
| 18.01.2017 | Insider Info on How VCs Approach Series A Investments | When it's time to take that next step towards a Series A, gathering all the nuggets of wisdom before... | tech.co/ne... |
| 09.01.2017 | Video: Post Seed and Small A round is a big thing | At Post Seed 2016, Founders and Partners discussed about Post Seed and Small A Round
At our Post See... | vator.tv/n... |
| 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, ... | vator.tv/n... |
| 30.12.2016 | Video: CEOs who navigated the Post Seed waters | At Post Seed 2016, founder-CEOs discussed the reasons behind their decisions to raising post seed
At... | vator.tv/n... |
| 22.12.2016 | Video: Duncan Davidson at Post Seed 2016 | Bullpen's Managing Director on making venture great again: The Post Seed Manifesto
At our Post Seed ... | vator.tv/n... |
| 19.12.2016 | Video: Ezra Roizen at Post Seed 2016 | Advsr Founder talks about his new book: Magic Box Paradigm
At our Post Seed 2016 event last Dec.1, E... | vator.tv/n... |
| 15.12.2016 | Agtech Funding Sheet: Clear Labs Raises $13m Series B from G... | Clear Labs, a food analytics startup, raised a $13 million Series B from a series of venture capital... | agfunderne... |
| 15.12.2016 | Term Sheet — Thursday, December 15 | TRUMP, VERIHOO, LAYOFF WATCH
Yesterday the Titans of Tech met with Trump, drank his Trump-branded wa... | fortune.co... |
| 01.11.2016 | Teforia soaks up $12 million to make the perfect cup of tea | Teforia has raised $12 million in a Series A round of venture funding to take its smart kitchen appl... | techcrunch... |
| 29.08.2016 | GOAT raises $5 million for sneaker marketplace | Going after a reported $1 billion market, GOAT offers authenticity to sneaker aficionados
Editor's n... | vator.tv/n... |
| 29.08.2016 | GOAT raises $5 million to help sneakerheads buy and sell cov... | Los Angeles startup GOAT (incorporated as 1661 Inc.) has raised $5 million in new venture funding to... | techcrunch... |
| 27.06.2016 |
Upfront Ventures To Canada With Latest Video Funding In ... | Los Angeles-based venture investor Upfront Ventures has made a new investment in the video distribut... | socaltech.... |
| 23.06.2016 |
Upfront Ventures Names Kobie Fuller As New Partner
| Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures has named a new Partner at the company, ... | socaltech.... |