| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.05.2025 | Recurly Acquires Redfast and Prive | Recurly, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a subscription management platform, acquired Prive and Redfast.
The amount of the deals were not disclosed.
With these additions, Recurly will expand its subscription management suite with inte... |
| 20.09.2024 | Recurly Launches AI Tools to Boost Subscriber Growth & Experience | Recurly® announced its own brand evolution, significantly enhancing its platform to further its mission of empowering brands to stay ahead of evolving subscriber expectations. Leveraging years of experience processing billions in subscripti... |
| 19.06.2024 | Hark Raises $3.5M Seed Round to Reinvent VoC Programs for the AI Era | Today, Hark, the visionary Voice of Customer (VoC) platform, announced an oversubscribed $3.5M seed round, led by Oceans Ventures. This will help Hark drive their go-to-market strategy and continue to build out additional features of the pl... |
| 18.01.2024 | Welcome back to the Unicorn Club, 10 years later | Aileen Lee is the founder of Cowboy Ventures. She partners at the earliest stages with enterprise and consumer-oriented startup teams to build products customers love, and to help teams build aspirational companies. She has over two decades... |
| 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... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 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.
... |
| 01.12.2021 | HubSpot : What Is Content Seeding & How Does It Work? | Every summer, I start a vegetable garden. I purchase seeds, plant them in various places in my backyard, tend to them, and with the help of the right weather conditions, help them grow. Why am I talking about gardening on a marketing blog?
... |
| 23.09.2021 | Tinder Co-Founder Justin Mateen Grabs $247.5 Million for a New Fund | JAM Fund, the venture capital firm launched by former Tinder chief marketing officer Justin Mateen, secured nearly a quarter of a billion dollars over the summer for a new fund.
A prolific angel investor, Mateen told Business Insider earlie... |
| 23.04.2021 | FabFitFun Now Lets Subscribers Pick Everything In Their Member Boxes | FabFitFun wasn't always a purveyor of goodie-filled subscription boxes.
In 2010, Michael Broukhim and his brother Daniel Broukhim co-founded the West Hollywood-based startup with Katie Echevarria Rosen Kitchens, a longtime journalist, as a ... |
| 23.04.2021 | How FabFitFun Grew from a Blog to a Subscription Box Startup | FabFitFun wasn't always a purveyor of goodie-filled subscription boxes.
In 2010, Michael Broukhim and his brother Daniel Broukhim co-founded the West Hollywood-based startup with Katie Echevarria Rosen Kitchens, a longtime journalist, as a ... |
| 09.02.2021 | How Companies Are Trying To Discourage And Detect Misconduct By Executives | White collar criminal under arrestgetty |
| 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... |
| 20.04.2020 | Here’s How Brands Have Pivoted Since The COVID-19 Outbreak | Red sign hanging at the glass door of a shop saying "Closed due to coronavirus".Getty |
| 27.02.2020 | FabFitFun Lays Off 137, Slashes Production Arm | The subscription box service FabFitFun has laid off around 20% of its employees as the company looks to sharpen its "focus on areas that drive the most value" and build itself as a launchpad for brands.
The 137 cuts to its staff o... |
| 01.11.2019 | Backed by Will Smith and FabFitFun, Our Place brings cookware and dinnerware direct to consumers | The husband and wife co-founders behind the direct-to-consumer cookware and dinnerware startup retailer Our Place are big believers in the notion that the doorway to inclusive communities opens through the kitchen.
Amir Tehrani, the company... |
| 01.02.2019 | Los Angeles-Based Media and Online Commerce Company FabFitFun Raises $80 Million | FabFitFun, a Los Angeles-based lifestyle membership and subscription commerce company, announced it has raised $80 million in Series A funding led by Kleiner Perkins. Existing investors New Enterprise Associates and Upfront Ventures also pa... |
| 31.01.2019 | FabFitFun Raises $80M in Series A Funding | FabFitFun, a Los Angeles, CA-based lifestyle membership and subscription commerce company, raised $80m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from existing investors NEA and Upfront Ventures. In conjun... |
| 31.01.2019 | FabFitFun Scores $80M Series A |
LOS ANGELES, CA, FabFitFun, the leading lifestyle membership and subscription commerce company, announced that it has raised $80 million in Series A funding.
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| 30.01.2019 | Silicon Beach Report Jan. 30: FabFitFun Raises $80 Million Series A | - |
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| 30.01.2019 | Daily funding roundup - January 30th, 2019 | Oxygen raised $2.3M; Returnly raised &8M; Verbit raised $23M; Clover Health raised $500M;
HeyTutor: HeyTutor is a platform allowing students, tutors and agencies to connect. HeyTutor has raised $1 million in Series A funding from ScOp V... |
| 30.01.2019 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, January 30 | WHEN A STARTUP GOES BUST
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| 30.01.2019 | FabFitFun Raises $80M In Mammoth Series A Round | 42 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
FabFitFun started out as a digital publication in 2010. Three years later it evolved into a subscription box company in a gamble that has apparently paid off.
Last year, the Los Angeles-based startu... |
| 30.01.2019 | FabFitFun raises $80 million for its growing lifestyle brand | Nine years after launching its online magazine, and three years after diversifying into the subscription box business, FabFitFun has raised $80 million in a growth round of funding, led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from its previo... |
| 30.01.2019 | FabFitFun Raises $80M In Mammoth Series A Round | 38 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
FabFitFun started out as a digital publication in 2010. Three years later it evolved into a subscription box company in a gamble that has apparently paid off.
Last year, the Los Angeles-based startu... |
| 30.01.2019 | NEA Joins $80M Series A for FabFitFun | LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FabFitFun, the leading lifestyle membership and subscription commerce company, announced that it has raised $80 million in Series A funding led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from existing investors NEA... |
| 30.01.2019 |
FabFitFun Finds $80M
| Los Angeles-based FabFitFun, the subscription-based, lifestyle brand founded by Daniel and Michael Broukhim and Katie Rosen Kitchens, said on Wednesday morning that it has raised $80M in the company's Series A funding round. The round was l... |
| 01.11.2018 | FabFitFun surpasses $200 million in revenue as it hits million-subscriber milestone | At least one million people will be receiving the next FabFitFun box as the Los Angeles company surpasses $200 million in revenue and continues its run as one of the startups to watch in the Los Angeles tech community.
As it renews its focu... |
| 24.09.2018 | FabFitFun expands its video reach with a new experiment in live programming | The Los Angeles-based women’s subscription box and media business FabFitFun is expanding its video catalog with the launch of new live programming set to coincide with the launch of its latest seasonal box.
FabFitFun is creating a new slate... |
| 14.02.2018 | Meet Lumi, the Los Angeles startup that just raised $9 million for a packaging business | It’s not every chief executive who wakes up in the morning to a view of their office door across the parking lot from the Airstream trailer they call home, but Jesse Genet isn’t every CEO.
Genet is the co-founder and chief executive of Lumi... |
| 21.12.2017 | FabFitFun expands its empire with a new app for Apple TV and Amazon Fire | FabFitFun, the women’s lifestyle subscription service and media company that’s become a household name among influencers of a certain generation, is expanding its empire with the launch of a new video app for Apple TV and Amazon Fire.
The L... |
| 14.10.2015 | NEA And Upfront Ventures Back Subscription Box Company FabFitFun In $3.5M Round | Not all the “box of the month” clubs have found success, but one that took a slightly differentiated route – full-sized products, shipped quarterly – has bootstrapped its way to $15 million in annual revenue, investors tell us, and has rece... |
| 13.10.2015 |
FabFitFun Finds $3.5M
| Los Angeles-based FabFitFun, a subscription-based, lifestyle brand focused on women, has raised $3.5M in a first round of funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from New Enterprise Associates and Upfront Ventures, who led ... |
| 13.10.2015 | Daily funding roundup - October 13, 2015 | EverString raised $65M; Audentes Therapeutics bagged $65M; SteelBrick received $48M
Predictive marketing company EverString has raised $65 million, in what is the largest round ever for an AI company. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the Com... |
| 13.10.2015 | FabFitFun Raises $3.5M in Funding | FabFitFun, a Los Angeles-based product lifestyle subscription box company, raised $3.5m in its first round of funding.
The round was led by New Enterprise Associates and Upfront Ventures with participation from Rachel Zoe Ventures, 500 Star... |
| 12.10.2015 | Boostinsider Raises $1.5M To Pay Influencers For Sharing On Social Media | While companies have long been using social media influencers as native advertising, these influencers have traditionally been limited to online “celebrities” known for their large follower base.
Although often successful, this strategy for... |
| 19.01.2012 | Appstores.com Launches An ‘AdSense For Mobile Apps’ | If you’re a developer of applications for iOS or Android — or a publisher looking to better monetize your mobile web content — you’re probably going to be interested in this post.
Today Appstores.com is launching what it’s calling an ‘AdSen... |
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