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| 05.09.2024 | Freshpaint Integrates with Invoca to Enable Healthcare Marketers to Drive More Patient Appointment Calls from Search and Digital Advertising | Freshpaint logo
New integration activates first-party phone call conversion data from Invoca in Freshpaint to provide healthcare marketers with accurate, privacy-first attribution data to fuel more powerful optimizations across search, soci... |
| 10.07.2024 | Daytona: Open Source Development Environment Company Closes $5 Million In Seed Funding | Daytona, an open-source development environment manager, announced that it had raised $5 million in seed funding to drive its goal of democratizing development for developers globally. The funding round was led by Upfront Ventures with part... |
| 26.06.2024 | Daytona Revolutionizes Development Environments with $5M Seed Funding | Daytona, a NYC-based open source development environment manager, recently secured $5M in Seed funding. Led by Upfront Ventures and with participation from existing investor 500 EE, the company aims to expand its streamlined development env... |
| 25.06.2024 | Daytona secures $5M for open-source SaaS customisation | Croatian-founded Daytona, a platform that manages open-source development environments, has raised $5 million in seed funding. Led by Upfront Ventures with participation from existing investor 500 Emerging Europe, this new capital will enab... |
| 06.05.2024 | Press review: Expert insights for selecting companies, the road to exit and starting a company |
Six things that help pick winning startups by Jim Pulcrano IMD
After 25 years of selecting startups for IMD's MBA and EMBA participants, Jim Pulcrano has identified key factors that may help identify promising young ventures with the poten... |
| 17.08.2023 | 6 fintech investors sound off on AI, down rounds and what’s ahead | At the height of the funding boom in 2021, no single sector enjoyed as much VC money as fintech startups did. But in 2023, it appears that fintech companies have to work harder to get funding.
Global funding in the space hit a six-year low ... |
| 11.04.2023 | Upfront’s Kobie Fuller has designed an investment framework for modern enterprise software | Kobie Fuller, a partner at Upfront Ventures, had a notion that there are certain characteristics that every successful enterprise software company shares. You might think that’s not something that’s easily quantifiable or identifiable, mayb... |
| 13.09.2022 | 3 investors explain why earned wage access startups are set to cash more checks | It always feels good to get paid, so it’s no surprise that a payroll model like earned wage access (EWA), which lets employees withdraw their accrued wages at any time, has exploded in popularity.
The pandemic certainly played a big role in... |
| 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... |
| 27.07.2022 | Cordial Secures $50M in Series C Funding to Help Marketers Transform Customer Engagement | Jessel Thomas, Tech Times 27 July 2022, 01:07 am
Cordial, the cross-channel marketing and data management platform for brands to communicate in personal, intelligent ways, raised $50 million in a Series C venture round to drive personalized... |
| 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 venture capital investors, announced that it has raised $650M across three venture capital funds, which it says will allow the firm to conti... |
| 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... |
| 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 future of care delivery, has raised $24M in Series B funding led by M13 with participation from Haystack and previous investors Inspired Cap... |
| 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 | 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 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 04.03.2022 | Hollywood Producer Brian Grazer Reveals the Secret to His Creative Process | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Hollywood film producer Brian Grazer has one particular strategy that he credits with inspiring him to develop and p... |
| 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... |
| 06.01.2022 | Upfront Ventures Secures $177 Million for New Continuation Fund | Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Upfront Ventures has raised $176.5 million for a new fund, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
According to the filing, at least a portion of the capital raised for the ... |
| 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 from the worlds of business and entertainment—is now the latest in-person event disrupted by the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases.
Conferenc... |
| 20.10.2021 | Why PayPal, M1, Square and more want to be more than just JPMorgan or Charles Schwab | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Every company is a fintech. That phrase was everywhere just about a year ago.
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| 20.10.2021 | Why PayPal, M1, Square and more want to be more than just JPMorgan or Charles Schwab | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Every company is a fintech. That phrase was everywhere just about a year ago.
And while that’s mo... |
| 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 the world is only half-ending, venues are opening up their floors for in-person conferences again. And hey, this year ITKeyMedia will also b... |
| 20.09.2021 | VC Mark Suster: “The bet we’re making now is on founder skills,” instead of customers or products | We recently caught up with longtime VC Mark Suster of L.A.-based Upfront Ventures, which last raised both an early-stage fund and a growth stage fund several years ago and, according to regulatory filings, is in the market right now, though... |
| 03.09.2021 | Talking shop with Twitter’s recent head of corp dev — and now VC — Seksom Suriyapa | Seksom Suriyapa was seemingly destined to land at a venture firm. A Stanford Law graduate, he worked at two blue-chip investment banks before joining the cybersecurity company McAfee as a senior corp dev employee, later logging six years at... |
| 13.07.2021 | Endgame raises over $17M from back-to-back funding rounds to power product-led sales | LOS ANGELES, July 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Endgame, the first solution designed from the ground up to power product-led sales, today announced it has closed a $12.25M Series A round led by Menlo Ventures. Today’s round comes hot on the ... |
| 06.07.2021 | Sarah Guo, Kobie Fuller & Casey Aylward headline investor panel at TC Sessions: SaaS | While SaaS has become the default way to deliver software in 2021, it still takes a keen eye to find the companies that will grow into successful businesses, maybe even more so with so much competition. That’s why we’re bringing together th... |
| 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 Another LA Startup | PayPal Inc. has gobbled up another Southern California startup.
After acquiring Honey, a modern twist on coupons, in 2019, PayPal announced Thursday it has purchased Santa Monica-based Happy Returns. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Th... |
| 14.04.2021 | Personalised nutritionist-approved food delivery company Territory Foods secures US $ 22 million | Territory Foods, a Virginia (United States) based startup, announced on 13th April 2021 that it has raised US $ 22 million in its series B funding round. The round was led by US Venture Partners along with participation from Upfront Venture... |
| 10.04.2021 | American startup Finary secures US $ 3.2 million in seed round | Finary, a New York based social platform for investing, announced on 9th April 2021 that it has raised US $ 3.2 million in its seed funding round. The round was led by Upfront Ventures along with participation from Dash Fund, and angel inve... |
| 01.04.2021 | Bring CISOs into the C-suite to bake cybersecurity into company culture | Kara Nortman Contributor
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| 24.03.2021 | Watch: Fundraising for Female Founders, in Partnership with Bank of America | Female founder and funders explored how female founders and investors are navigating the landscape during dot.LA's recent strategy session. Watch the full video, and read our takeaways here:
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| 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 perspective | Chuks Onwuneme.
Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Seattle entrepreneur Chuks Onwuneme, which first appeared on LinkedIn. The version below includes additional material.
I co-founded optimize.health with Jeff LeBrun, initially a... |
| 03.02.2021 | LA Venture Podcast: Upfront Ventures' Kerry Bennet on How to Market and Brand Your Startup | On this week's episode of the L.A. Venture podcast, hear from Kerry Bennett, who leads marketing and branding for Upfront Ventures. I loved talking with Kerry about how startups should think about their marketing, and how that has changed o... |
| 26.01.2021 | Loupe has created the streaming platform the surging sports card market desperately needs, secures $3m in funding | “Demand for sports cards has skyrocketed over the past 12 months and it’s clear the hobby wasn’t prepared for the surge in buyers. Our mission is simple: We want to bring modern technology to the card collecting hobby. We’re confident this ... |
| 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... |
| 16.12.2020 | Watch: 2020 Year in Review with Baron Davis, Mark Suster and Emily Slade | The pandemic and social unrest of 2020 accelerated change at a rapid pace for individuals, corporations and communities, L.A. business and tech leaders said during a virtual panel discussion. They predicted 2021 will be an opportunity for t... |
| 11.11.2020 | LA Venture Podcast: Upfront Ventures' Mark Suster on the Primary Job of the Venture Capitalist | On this week's episode of the LA Venture podcast, hear from Mark Suster, managing partner at Upfront Ventures, as he explains why he thinks the best time to talk to founders about fundraising is three to four months after their last fundrai... |
| 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-Managing Partner of the fund. The fund said that Nortman will work alongside current Managing Partner Mark Suster. Nortman has been at Upfront s... |
| 26.10.2020 | From 'the Passenger Seat to the Driver's Seat': Upfront Ventures' Nortman Is Now Co-Managing Partner | Kara Nortman is already widely regarded as one of the top VCs in Los Angeles. Now, she is getting a promotion to make it official.
Upfront Ventures, the Santa Monica firm with more than $2 billion in assets under management that Nortman joi... |
| 06.10.2020 | Ÿnsect extends Series C to $372m, targets pet food & aims for carbon-negative status | French insect farming startup Ÿnsect has raised an additional $224 million in Series C funding, bringing the round to $372 million in total. It had announced a first Series C close of $148 million in February last year.
According to Ÿnsect,... |
| 13.09.2020 | Britive has raised $5.4 million from Upfront Ventures and other investors, including Founders.ai | Britive, an Los Angeles based company has raised $5.4 million from Upfront Ventures and other investors, including Founders.ai.
Britive is a cloud-native security solution built for the most demanding cloud-forward enterprises. The Britive ... |
| 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 capital fund, Upfront VII, L.P., according to a regulatory filing filed by the company this week. According to the filing, there have not been an... |
| 17.06.2020 | DroneBase Raises $7.5M to Build on Efforts to Remotely Inspect Wind and Solar Farms | DroneBase, a professional drone services and data analytics company, announced Wednesday that it has raised $7.5 million in Series C funding and is officially expanding into renewable energy markets with a new enterprise software platform.
... |
| 12.05.2020 | Nanit raises $21 million for its baby monitor, app and new line of wearables for infants | The developer of a machine learning-enhanced baby monitor, Nanit, has managed to nab $21 million in financing even amid the teeth of an epidemic that has slowed venture financing across the board.
The round came from existing investors, inc... |
| 28.04.2020 | 5 top gaming investors explain how the pandemic is reshaping MMOs and social games | Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions into isolation, video games are seeing a surge in usage as people seek entertainment and social interaction.
When we surveyed gaming-focused VCs in October, Andreessen Horowitz partner Jona... |
| 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 space in between.
As global startup markets enter a slowdown — more on that shortly — we’re starting to get notes on when growth-oriented f... |
| 31.01.2020 | Fireworks, Paris Hilton, Exploding Beer: Inside the Exclusive Coachella of Venture Capitalism | Mark Suster, managing partner of the granddaddy of L.A. venture capital firms and impresario of the annual Upfront Summit, could have chosen from any number of venues to host this year's version of the Coachella of venture capitalism. But w... |
| 28.01.2020 | Upfront Summit: Steve Ballmer, Meg Whitman, and Even Paris Hilton | Upfront Summit will bring together top names in media, tech and finance from singer John Legend to Quibi CEO Meg Whitman
Sustainability, climate change, white privilege and streaming are on the agenda
The Takeaway: Upfront set to attract in... |
| 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 superstar, entrepreneur and investor Kobe Bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday.
Re... |
| 17.10.2019 | Invoca Raises $56 Million | Invoca, the pioneer in AI-powered call tracking and conversational analytics, today announced it has raised $56 million in new capital, bringing the total financing of the company to $116 million. The financing was led by existing investor ... |
| 17.10.2019 | Upfront Ventures Leads $56 Million Invoca Funding Round | - |
| 10.10.2019 | Nexkey raises $6M Series A round to make your company’s doors smarter | Nexkey, a company that provides a mobile access control solution for commercial buildings and workspaces, today announced that it has raised a $6 million Series A round led by Upfront Ventures. K9 Ventures, Mark IV Capital and Anand Chandra... |
| 16.08.2019 | LA-based Upfront Ventures has two new general partners, bringing its GP count to eight | Upfront Ventures, the 23-year-old, LA-based venture capital firm, is gearing up for far more deal-making.
In addition to filing paperwork with the SEC this summer to raise its third growth-stage investment fund (it is also investing a $400 ... |
| 09.07.2019 | Upfront Ventures Is Raising $250 Million For Its Third Growth-Stage Fund | Upfront Ventures has recently filed a Form D with the SEC indicating that it is planning to raise as much as $250 million for its third growth-stage investment fund
Upfront Ventures recently filed a Form D with the SEC disclosing that it is... |
| 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. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise its third growth-stage investment fund.
Though the firm typically invests at the seed and Series A, ca... |
| 13.02.2019 | Former Snap employees are launching Forge Platform for Ethereum devs | Chris Lorenz, Geoffrey Anderson and James Borow may have spent their days over the past few years working at Snap, but on nights and weekends Anderson and Lorenz were laboring on a different project — improving Ethereum development tools.
N... |
| 05.12.2018 | Upfront Ventures Leads $14M MetaCX Funding Round | - |
| 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 decades. That’s probably been your routine for decades as well. And yes, we’re carrying a super computer in our pockets, but so much of our dai... |
| 04.06.2018 | Where is VR headed? Investors share insights on the industry’s trajectory | After an initial frenzy of interest in virtual reality due to Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus, investors and startups alike faced a “VR winter.” This was a difficult period of time in which consumer adoption of VR was slow, funding dried u... |
| 04.06.2018 | Where is VR headed? Investors share insights on the industry’s trajectory | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
After an initial frenzy of interest in virtual reality due to Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus, investors and startups alike faced a “V... |
| 19.04.2018 | TheWaveVR raises $6M to provide musicians with tools to throw concerts in virtual reality | The company recently partnered with Warner Bros. for a sequence in Ready Player One
There's definitely a perception out that that technology is cutting people off from each other. That may be true for some, and it's not hard to notice it wh... |
| 22.03.2018 | Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem | Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California In... |
| 24.01.2018 | Attention LA: Don’t miss this pitch day for female founders, happening in March | On Tuesday, March 13, some of the most well-regarded venture capitalists on the West Coast will converge in LA to hear pitches from women-led startups. The day is part of a growing series of events that was originally spearheaded by investo... |
| 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... |
| 21.11.2017 | HopSkipDrive raises another $7.4 million for its Uber for kids business | Uber and Lyft have made it easier to get around town, but the service isn’t designed for young people. Unaccompanied passengers under the age of 18 are forbidden from ordering cars.
So how are children supposed to go from one activity to th... |
| 18.07.2017 | How to Raise Your First Round of Funding | July 18, 2017 5 min read
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It’s tough running a startup on little capital. One of the biggest reasons why companies fail is that they run out of money. As an entrepreneur, raising... |
| 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 venture capital fund, at $400m.
Upfront VI, the firm’s latest core fund entrepreneurs, brings combined funds under management to nearly $2 billion... |
| 30.06.2017 | Upfront Ventures closes $400 million fund as Los Angeles startups rub their hands | Upfront Ventures has closed its fourth core fund with $400 million in commitments. It’s the firm’s largest ever, and according to managing partner Mark Suster, the largest Los Angeles-based fund ever raised. Suster says he’s been on the roa... |
| 30.06.2017 | Upfront Ventures closes $400 million fund as Los Angeles startups rub their hands | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Upfront Ventures has closed its fourth core fund with $400 million in commitments. It’s the firm’s largest ever, and according to manag... |
| 29.06.2017 |
Upfront Ventures Raises $400M In New Fund
| Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm Upfront Ventures has announced its latest fund, Upfront VI, to the tune of $400M, the company said on Thursday. According to Upfront, the new fund brings its total combined funds under manag... |
| 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... |
| 02.06.2017 | Venture Capital Firm Upfront Ventures to Raise Two Funds Totalling $500M | Upfront Ventures, a Los Angeles, CA-based venture capital firm, is raising a sixth fund and a second opportunity fund.
According to two separate SEC forms, the sixth fund has a target of $380m while the second opportunity fund is targeted a... |
| 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 firms striking out on their own. In addition to the seven new firms we named in that article, here are two more worth watching:
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| 02.06.2017 | Silicon Beach Report June 2: Upfront Ventures Raising Two Funds Totaling $500 Million | - |
| 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... |
| 07.02.2017 | GOAT raises $25M more to expand its mobile sneaker marketplace | The secondary market for collectible shoes continues to grow, leading investors to pump more funds into companies serving sneakerheads. Taking advantage of both trends, Los Angeles-based GOAT has raised another $25 million in funding led by... |
| 06.02.2017 | Why was the winter for venture capital funding so short? | Mark Suster Contributor
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| 28.01.2017 | Consumer-oriented investors may have an edge investing in digital health | Kara Nortman Contributor
Kara Nortman is a partner at Upfront Ventures.
Who doesn’t feel some level of frustration over the apparent lack of improvement in either results or patient experience despite the dollars spent within our healthcare... |
| 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 you take that leap can, for the most part, set your expectations and help you understand the process. In a recent panel, we asked venture c... |
| 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 Seed 2016 event last Dec.1, Andre Gharakhanian, Founder and Partner at Silicon Legal Strategy led the panel session of Founders and Partners in... |
| 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... |
| 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 our Post Seed 2016 event last Dec.1, Eric Wiesen, General Partner at Bullpen Capital led a panel session of Founders and CEOs including Ton... |
| 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 2016 event last Dec.1, Duncan Davidson, Managing Director at Bullpen Capital on Making Venture Great again: The Post Seed Manifesto. Post Se... |
| 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, Ezra Roizen, Founder of Advsr, sat down with Andre Gharakhanian, Founder and Partner at Silicon Legal Strategy in a Fireside Chat to talk abo... |
| 15.12.2016 | Term Sheet — Thursday, December 15 | TRUMP, VERIHOO, LAYOFF WATCH
Yesterday the Titans of Tech met with Trump, drank his Trump-branded water, rode his Trump-gold elevator. A few notes for those of you that didn’t spend the afternoon refreshing Twitter for new photos of CEOs lo... |
| 15.12.2016 | Agtech Funding Sheet: Clear Labs Raises $13m Series B from GV, Khosla, Soros-Linked Fund Invests in Arya Collateral, more | Clear Labs, a food analytics startup, raised a $13 million Series B from a series of venture capital heavyweights including Google’s venture arm GV, early-stage and angel funders Felicis Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Chinese internet, mobi... |