| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.10.2023 | 5 tips for small businesses that want to try SMS marketing, from a founder who saw her profits double | Ashley Vasquez, a cofounder of TBD Coffee Co. Zachary Dripps
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Short-message-service, or SMS, marketing can be a powerful way to engage customers. Too many texts can be annoying, however, so be strategic about content and timing. C... |
| 22.05.2023 | Emotive.io Buys Bloom Digital | Emotive.io, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of a growth platform for eCommerce brands, acquired Bloom Digital, a marketing agency specializing in SMS marketing, email marketing, and paid advertising.
The amount of the deal was not disclose... |
| 06.09.2022 |
Bitwarden Raises $100M to Meet Online Security Demand | Bitwarden, an open-source password manager, has raised $100 million as the rise of remote work and our increasingly online lives boosts demand for digital security tools.
Growth equity firm PSG led the funding round and was joined by Batter... |
| 14.07.2022 | What Marketers Need to Know About AI-Generated Content | Recent advancements in machine learning have meant that AI has gotten better at writing content that sounds like a human wrote it. How will marketers be able to best leverage this new technology, especially as they’re increasingly being ask... |
| 07.07.2022 |
Text Message Marketing Startup Emotive Lays Off 18% of Staff | Marketing startup Emotive laid off 30 people this week as the outlook on the economy continues to sour.
CEO Brian Zatulove said that 18% of the Sawtelle-based company’s roughly 167-strong workforce was cut, adding in an email statement that... |
| 27.06.2022 | A New Tide of LA Startups Is Tackling the National Childcare Crisis | The pandemic exacerbated a problem that has been long bubbling in the U.S.: the childcare crisis.
According to a survey of people in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers conducted by the city’s WiSTEM Los Angeles ... |
| 06.06.2022 | SoCal SaaS is Back With Recurring Revenue Conference | Sutton Capital Partners’ annual Recurring Revenue Conference returns June 23rd, offering for the first time a hybrid model for in-person and virtual access to the subscription economy-focused event at the Hilton Los Angeles in Culver City.
... |
| 02.05.2022 | FaZe Clan Announces New West Hollywood Pop-Up Shop | Though it’s not an invite to FaZe Clan’s Burbank mansion, fans of the Los Angeles-based esports and entertainment organization will soon be able to plug themselves into its hype house vibes with the launch of a new pop-up store.
Founded in ... |
| 12.04.2022 | Snapchat Partners With Newsrooms on New ‘Dynamic Stories’ Feature | Snap wants to be at the forefront of breaking news.
On Tuesday, the Santa Monica-based social media firm launched Dynamic Stories, which allows news organizations to more easily share their content on the Snapchat app. The feature uses a pu... |
| 07.04.2022 | Female-Led Emmeline Ventures Launches, Backs Crypto Wallet Startup | Emmeline Ventures—a new all-female, minority-led venture capital firm—has set up shop in Los Angeles, with its first check going to a local early-stage crypto startup.
The new venture firm, based in L.A. and Phoenix, is still in the process... |
| 29.03.2022 | Fashion Tech Works Opens New Coworking Space for Emerging Designers | For Cindy Keefer, CEO of Fashion Tech Works, sustainability has always been a way of life. The woman behind Downtown Los Angeles’ new coworking incubator for designers and artists grew up a far cry from Hollywood, on an organic farm in Wisc... |
| 29.03.2022 | ‘Are You Guys Tech Dorks?’: Inside the Opening Night of the NFT LA Conference | On opening night of the inaugural NFT LA conference, a crowd of entrepreneurs, marketers, engineers, YouTubers, hucksters and NFT holders filed into the Los Angeles Convention Center to dish on the nascent technology that had brought them a... |
| 23.03.2022 | Snap Buys NextMind To Bolster Its AR Hardware Research | Social media giant Snap has bought NextMind, a Paris-based neuro-tech company that builds mind-controlled headbands, for an undisclosed amount.
The Santa Monica-based company said Wednesday that NextMind will bolster its augmented reality (... |
| 23.03.2022 | Santa Barbara Cybersecurity Startups Are Having a Moment | Two cybersecurity startups that call Santa Barbara home have announced sizable Series B funding rounds.
Theta Lake, which makes security software for companies that use Zoom, Slack and similar tools to communicate, unveiled a $50 million Se... |
| 23.03.2022 | 1Question Aims to Gamify Educational Screen Time | After the pandemic shuttered schools and social activities, screen time among children nearly doubled as digital devices became their sole source of education, recreation and social activities.
The obsession with screens was noted in the El... |
| 07.03.2022 | GoodRx Acquiring Pharmacy Platform VitaCare to Make Name-Brand Drugs Cheaper | Prescription drug platform GoodRx has made its latest foray into the lucrative world of name-brand drugs with the $150 million acquisition of pharmacy services platform VitaCare, it announced Monday.
Santa Monica-based GoodRx has agreed to ... |
| 07.03.2022 | The Revolution Is Coming for the Curb—Is LA Ready? | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
It may look like unassuming concrete at first glance, but the curb could be the most valuable piece of real estate i... |
| 24.02.2022 | Wave Sports + Entertainment Raises $27 Million To Grow Its Sports Media Brands | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Sports media startup Wave Sports + Entertainment (WSE) has raised $27 million in new funding from a host of investor... |
| 21.02.2022 | Art Created By Artificial Intelligence Can’t Be Copyrighted, US Agency Rules | Computers can now write poems, paint portraits and produce music better than many humans. But when it comes to the realm of intellectual property law, artwork made by machines can’t receive copyright protection, a federal agency has decided... |
| 17.02.2022 | 'Siberia Is Actually a Very Holistic Place': How Profi Founder Alina Trigubenko's Background Inspired Her New Startup for 'Soloprenuers' | Alina Trigubenko’s journey has taken her far and wide—from working at her parents’ restaurant in Siberia at age 9, to producing for one of Russia’s largest TV networks at age 18, to moving to the U.S. and founding her own startup at age 28.... |
| 16.02.2022 | With New Funding, Auticon Looks to Grow Job Opportunities for Autistic Adults | Technology consulting firm Auticon just received a boost to its mission of helping companies hire more autistic employees.
Auticon (which styles its name “auticon”) announced Wednesday that it has received over $4 million in funding from th... |
| 16.02.2022 | Snapchat Partners With Ticketmaster to Match Users to Local Concerts | Snap and Ticketmaster are making it easier to “match” with your next post-pandemic concert experience.
On Wednesday, the Santa Monica-based social media firm unveiled a partnership with the ticketing marketplace to curate local concerts and... |
| 16.02.2022 | Proptech Investor Fifth Wall Raises $159 Million For Its First European Fund | Fifth Wall—the Marina del Rey-based venture capital firm focused on real estate technology, also known as proptech—unveiled its first fund dedicated to the European market on Wednesday.
The venture firm said it had raised €140 million, or m... |
| 03.02.2022 | Text Message Marketing Startup Voyage SMS Raises $10 Million, Buys ‘Frenemy’ LiveRecover | Voyage SMS, which builds text message marketing tools for online stores, has closed a $10 million funding round as well as its first-ever acquisition, the company announced Thursday.
East Coast venture firms RiverPark and York IE led the fu... |
| 02.02.2022 | Inside Machina Labs, the AI Robotics Startup That Wants to Transform Manufacturing | The nondescript two-story building in Chatsworth still has remnants of its previous life as a coworking space; inside, there are vibrant abstract murals on the walls, meeting rooms and a full coffee bar. Only now, the ground floor is bustli... |
| 01.02.2022 | Snap Teams With Universal to Stream Its First Virtual Concert, Starring J.Lo | Social media giant Snap is teaming with Universal Pictures to present its first-ever virtual concert, starring Jennifer Lopez and Colombian singer Maluma.
The Santa Monica-based social media firm isn’t exactly hosting the event, which won’t... |
| 31.01.2022 | What Are LA’s Hottest Startups of 2022? See Who VCs Picked in dot.LA’s Annual Survey | In Los Angeles—like the startup environment at large—venture funding and valuations skyrocketed in 2021, even as the coronavirus pandemic continued to surge and supply chain issues rattled the economy. The result was a startup ecosystem tha... |
| 28.01.2022 | How LA Beverage Startups Are Using NFTs to Build Their Brands | While you can’t drink an NFT, that isn’t stopping some beverage startups from looking to capitalize on the blockchain-enabled craze.
Non-fungible tokens have gained traction in the art world, where artists and creators are using the digital... |
| 27.01.2022 | Odell Beckham Jr. Is Feeling Bitcoin’s Current Dip—But Could Have the Last Laugh | Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. may be one game away from the Super Bowl, but he’s likely feeling a little lighter in the wallet amid Bitcoin’s ongoing selloff.
If the math is correct, Beckham is heading into the weekend’s ... |
| 25.01.2022 | ServiceTitan Reportedly Files for IPO at a Possible $18 Billion Valuation | ServiceTitan—which has parlayed its field service software for contractors into one of Southern California’s most valuable tech startups—has reportedly confidentially filed for an initial public offering, Business Insider reported Tuesday.
... |
| 20.08.2021 | Emotive Appoints Software Exec Matt Cooley As President and COO | Cooley’s leadership experience with multiple high growth companies through $100M ARR and IPO encouraged the early investor to double down on Emotive during hypergrowth
Emotive, the first and only conversational text message platform for eCo... |
| 19.08.2021 | SaaS Veteran Matt Cooley Joins Emotive as President and COO | It's not everyday that a venture capitalist joins the team of a company they've previously invested in, but the SMS marketing platform Emotive is taking that route and not looking back.
The L.A.-based company that allows ecommerce brands to... |
| 19.08.2021 | Emotive Appoints Software Exec Matt Cooley As President and COO | |
| 11.03.2021 | Emotive: $50 Million Funding And $400 Million Valuation | Emotive — which is known as the first and only conversational text message platform for e-commerce brands — announced recently that it closed $50 million in Series B. These are the details.
Emotive — which is known as the first and only con... |
| 01.03.2021 | Emotive Raises $50 Million for Text Messaging Campaigns | Sawtelle-based text messaging software platform 317 Labs Inc., which does business as Emotive, has raised $50 million in series B funding. The round was led by Charles River Ventures, with participation from existing investors Santa Monica-... |
| 28.02.2021 | Emotive Raises $50 Million for Text Messaging Campaigns | Sawtelle-based text messaging software platform 317 Labs Inc., which does business as Emotive, has raised $50 million in series B funding. The round was led by Charles River Ventures, with participation from existing investors Santa Monica-... |
| 24.02.2021 |
Emotive Finds $50M In Series B
| Los Angeles-based startup Emotive, which develops conversational text messaging software, said this morning that it has raised $50M in its Series B funding round. The funding was led by CRV, and also included Mucker Capital, TenOneTen Ventu... |
| 24.02.2021 | Emotive Lands $50M in Series B |
LOS ANGELES, CA, Emotive announced it has closed a Series B funding round of $50 million led by CRV.
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| 24.02.2021 | Emotive Scores $50 Million to Build Out Its Shopping Text Service | Emotive wants to make online shopping a more personal experience, one that's like texting a friend about an upcoming purchase. It recently raised $50 million to help it do so.
The human-assisted AI marketing platform uses text messaging to ... |
| 24.02.2021 | Emotive Raises $50M in Series B Funding | Emotive, a Los Angeles, CA-based conversational text message platform for eCommerce brands, closed a Series B funding round of $50m.
The round, which brought the company’s valuation to $400m, was led by was led by CRV, with participation fr... |
| 24.02.2021 | Emotive raises $50M to make text marketing more conversational | While more businesses are turning to text messages as a marketing channel, Emotive CEO Brian Zatulove argued that most of them are just treating it as another “newsletter blast.”
“The reason the channel performs so well is it’s not saturate... |
| 04.01.2021 | What Are LA’s Hottest Startups? We Asked Top VCs to Rank Them | Despite — or in many cases because of — the raging pandemic, 2020 was a great year for many tech startups. It turned out to be an ideal time to be in the video game business, developing a streaming ecommerce platform for Gen Z, or helping r... |
| 04.01.2021 | What Are LA’s Hottest Startups of 2021? We Asked Top VCs to Rank Them | Despite — or in many cases because of — the raging pandemic, 2020 was a great year for many tech startups. It turned out to be an ideal time to be in the video game business, developing a streaming ecommerce platform for Gen Z, or helping r... |
| 10.12.2008 |
Emotive Gets $6.25M, Buys Sennari
| Los Angeles-based Emotive Communications, which is developing ringtone-based, entertainment products for the mobile market, said today that it has scored $6.25M in a second round of venture financing. The round was led by The Mayfield Fund,... |
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Overture VC’s Shomik Dutta on Investing in Climate Change Technology | On this episode of the LA Venture podcast, Shomik Dutta, co-founder and managing partner of Overture VC, talks about how his firm is tackling climate change.
Before moving into the venture capital world, Dutta was invested in politics. Much... |
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Emotive entered the e-commerce marketing realm to bring human connection and conversation back to the forefront. Using 2-way SMS communication, Emotive allows e-commerce brands to put an AI-informed sales associate at the finger... |
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How To Startup Part 6: How to Find Product-Market Fit | For any business to survive, there must be consumers who will buy what it sells. As a startup founder, it’s crucial to assess the market’s demand for your product or service. Knowing whether your product satisfies market needs is the differ... |
