Overview
Location
United States, California, Santa Monica
Total raised
$750K
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 10
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| May 1, 2016 | 100 noteworthy young startups — and what they tell us about tech this year | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Looking at what early-stage startups are working ... |
| May 1, 2016 | 100 noteworthy young startups — and what they tell us about tech this year | Looking at what early-stage startups are working on is not only entertaining — and sometimes concerning — it can also be a good indicator of where tech is headed. Since we have data on these young ventures at my company, Startup Tracker, we... |
| Mar 30, 2016 | Black founder who went on epic tweetstorm ahead of YC demo day gets funding | Things seem to be turning around for Matt Joseph, the Y Combinator -backed startup founder who went on an epic tweet storm ahead of demo day about the elephant room — racism and raising money as a black founder. Post tweetstorm and demo day... |
| Mar 23, 2016 | Here are the 59 startups that demoed at Y Combinator Winter ’16 Demo Day 2 | “Food, housing, healthcare, transportation. Life essentials made better and more affordable.” These are the types of startups that partner Paul Buchheit said were demoing today at Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 Demo Day 2. Yesterday, we covered... |
| Feb 23, 2016 | Locent Raises $750K in Seed Funding | Locent, a Los Angeles, California-based provider of a text messaging platform for business, raised $750K in seed funding. Backers included Y Combinator, Chaac Ventures and Mike Benvenuti. The company intends to use the funds to expand its w... |
| Aug 3, 2015 | Locent (YC S15) Is An E-Commerce Platform That’s Powered Entirely By Text Messages | Launching out of our Summer 2015 class, Locent has created a platform that lets brands and individual “influencers” sell things through an easy-to-use, entirely mobile interface. TechCrunch’s Fitz Tepper wrote about Locent and the problems... |
| Aug 3, 2015 | Locent (YC S15) Is An E-Commerce Platform That's Powered Entirely By Text Messages | Launching out of our Summer 2015 class, Locent has created a platform that lets brands and individual “influencers” sell things through an easy-to-use, entirely mobile interface. TechCrunch’s Fitz Tepper wrote about Locent and the problems... |
| Jul 31, 2015 | YC-Backed Locent Lets Businesses Sell Products Via Text Message | Launching out of the Summer 2015 Y Combinator batch, Locent is an e-commerce platform powered entirely by text messages. One of the biggest challenges for online retailers is shepherding customers through a lengthy checkout process. By prov... |
| Jun 11, 2015 | Locent Raises Funding | Locent, a Los Angeles-based SaaS text-messaging platform focused on the phone order market, raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investment was made by Chaac Ventures, a seed venture capital (VC) fund focused on Princeton University... |
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FAQ about Locent
How much funding has Locent raised?
Locent has raised $750K in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Locent?
Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning Locent, among them “100 noteworthy young startups — and what they tell us about tech this year” (May 1, 2016) and “100 noteworthy young startups — and what they tell us about tech this year” (May 1, 2016).
Is Locent still active?
Locent is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 6, 2020.