| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.06.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Everytable lands $25m, eFishery reels in $20m, Joyful Ventures’ alt-protein fund | This week, prepared meals service Everytable raised new funding along with cultivated fish startup Bluu Seafood and aquatech company eFishery. Outside of funding, Nextbite is facing a lawsuit over its May layoffs and Joyful Ventures launche... |
| 15.02.2023 | From delivery ‘bots to burger chefs, meet the startups driving the future of foodservice robotics | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder, a food and agriculture technology venture capital firm.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and ... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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.
... |
| 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... |
| 28.10.2020 | Restaurant Technology Service Provider Ordermark Closes $120 Million | Ordermark — a leading provider of online ordering management solutions for restaurants and virtual restaurant concepts — announced it has closed $120 million in Series C funding led by Softbank Vision Fund 2
Ordermark — a leading provider o... |
| 28.10.2020 | Ordermark lands $120M led by SoftBank | Ordermark, the creator of a mobile order management platform for restaurants, has secured $120 million led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2. The Los Angeles-based startup also operates Nextbite, a portfolio of delivery-only, virtual restaurant b... |
| 27.10.2020 | Ordermark Lands $120M Series C Round |
LOS ANGELES, CA, Ordermark today announced the close of its $120 million Series C funding round.
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| 27.10.2020 | SoftBank leads $120M Series C investment in Ordermark to help independent restaurants thrive | Ordermark, a Los Angeles, CA-based food tech startup and one of the leading providers of online ordering management solutions for restaurants and virtual restaurant concepts, has closed a $120 million in Series C funding round led by Softba... |
| 27.10.2020 | Spying a pivot to ghost kitchens, SoftBank’s second Vision Fund pours $120 million into Ordermark | “We’re building a decentralized ghost kitchen,” is a sentence that could launch a thousand investor calls, and Alex Canter, the chief executive officer behind Ordermark, knows it.
The 29-year-old CEO has, indeed, built a decentralized ghost... |
| 27.10.2020 | Ordermark Raises $120M in Series C Funding | Ordermark, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of online ordering management solutions for restaurants and virtual restaurant concepts, closed its $120M Series C funding round.
The round was led by Softbank Vision Fund 2, joined by returning i... |
| 06.11.2019 | Restaurants using the Ordermark order management service now get special deals from Uber Eats | In a new deal tying Uber Eats closer to the Los Angeles-based delivery management service Ordermark, the companies are offering special discounts to restaurants that use the service.
Uber Eats is giving all Ordermark restaurants a preferred... |
| 03.08.2019 | Ordermark: Restaurant Ordering Management Company Raises $18 To Aggressively Expand | Ordermark — a restaurant ordering management company — announced it raised $18 million in Series B funding to accelerate growth
Ordermark — a company that helps restaurants drive additional revenue — by integrating a delivery platform for a... |
| 30.07.2019 | Ordermark Raises $18M in Series B |
CULVER CITY, CA, Ordermark has raised $18 million in Series B funding.
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Ordermark, which helps restaurants m... |
| 29.07.2019 |
Ordermark Gets $18M In Series B
| Culver City-based Ordermark, which develops software to help restaurants manage the orders and headache of having to deal with multiple, disparate, mobile delivery services, has raised $18M in a Series B funding, the company announced on Mo... |
| 29.07.2019 | Ordermark, the online-delivery order management service for restaurants, raises $18 million | Los Angeles-based Ordermark, the online delivery management service for restaurants co-founded by the scion of the famous, family-owned Canter’s Deli, said it has raised $18 million in a new round of funding.
The round was led by Boulder-ba... |
| 29.07.2019 | Ordermark, the online-delivery order management service for restaurants, raises $18 million | Los Angeles-based Ordermark, the online delivery management service for restaurants founded by the scion of the famous, family-owned Canter’s Deli, said it has raised $18 million in a new round of funding. |
| 29.07.2019 | Ordermark raises $18 million to help restaurants manage disparate delivery platforms | When Alex Canter, a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate and the fourth-generation proprietor of Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles, took over business development operations at his great-grandfather’s restaurant, he quickly became frustrated... |
| 29.07.2019 | Ordermark Raises $18M in Series B Funding | Ordermark, a Culver City, CA-based online ordering management company, raised $18m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Foundry Group, with participation from previous investors TenOneTen Ventures, Vertical Venture Partners, Mucker Cap... |
| 29.07.2019 | Ordermark raises $18M Series B, led by Foundry Group | Matchstick Ventures portfolio company Ordermark raises $18M Series B to help restaurants adapt and thrive in the mobile delivery era. We're lucky to be early investors in Ordermark, who we met through the Techstars Boulder program. Congrats... |
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| 29.07.2019 | Ordermark raises $18 million to help restaurants manage disparate delivery platforms | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
When Alex Canter, a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate and the fourth-generation proprietor of Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles, took... |
| 29.07.2019 | Daily funding roundup - July 29th, 2019 | BabySparks raised $2M; ProteinQure landed $4M; Ethyca secured $4.2M; Pyze closed $4.6M
BabySparks: BabySparks is building tools and programs to help parents engage their babies and toddlers in the critical areas of early development. BabySp... |
| 23.05.2019 | Who Are the Most Active AgriFood Tech Investors? | While still a niche corner of the overall venture capital industry, investment in AgriFood Tech startups has grown exponentially since 2012, reaching $17 billion in 2018, according to our research.
AgriFood Tech encompasses all foodtech and... |
| 10.09.2018 | Term Sheet — Monday, September 10 | SO LONG, SNAP
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| 10.09.2018 | Ordermark snags $9.5M | Business Software | Santa Monica, CA | Series A
Ordermark provides a platform for restaurants to manage third-party online ordering services. The company, which has now raised some $12 million in equity financing, has been valued at nearly ... |
| 10.09.2018 | Daily funding roundup - September 10th, 2018 | Impossible Aerospace raises $9.4M; Ordermark closes $9.5M; Hoodline raises $10M
Rhombus Systems: Rhombus provides cloud managed video security for enterprises that is intelligent and doesn’t require complicated servers or NVR’s. Two-year-ol... |
| 09.09.2018 | Riverpark Ventures Joins $9.5M Series A for Ordermark | Ordermark, one of the fastest growing providers of online ordering management solutions for restaurants, today announced the close of its $9.5M Series A funding round. With financing led by Nosara Capital, the latest round brings in new inv... |
| 07.09.2018 | Ordermark Closes $9.5M Series A Round |
SANTA MONICA, CA, Provider of online ordering management solutions for restaurants, today announced the close of its $9.5M Series A funding round.
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| 07.09.2018 | Ordermark Closes $9.5M Series A Funding Round | Ordermark, a Santa Monica, CA-based provider of online ordering management solutions for restaurants, closed its $9.5M Series A funding.
The round was led by Nosara Capital, with participation from new investors Vertical Venture Partners, T... |
| 06.09.2018 | Ordermark Raises $9.5 million Series A led by Nosara Capital, with participation from Vertical Venture Partners, Techstars Ventures, RiverPark Ventures and Matchstick Ventures | Alex Canter knows the restaurant business.
The scion of Los Angeles’ famous first family of the deli business — the owners of the eponymous Canters restaurant — Canter has been in the food business longer than many seasoned restauranteurs ... |
| 06.09.2018 |
Ordermark Finds $9.5M For Restaurant Ordering Technology
| Santa Monica-based Ordermark, a developer of online ordering management software and systems for the restaurant industry, has raised $9.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Nosara Capital, and also included Vertical Venture Part... |
| 05.09.2018 | Canters restaurant royalty raises $9.5 million for Ordermark, a takeout order management service | Alex Canter knows the restaurant business.
The scion of Los Angeles’ famous first family of the deli business — the owners of the eponymous Canters restaurant — Canter has been in the food business longer than many seasoned restauranteurs t... |
| 05.09.2018 | Daily funding roundup - September 5th, 2018 | Caffeine, the social broadcasting platform for gaming raised $100M;
SynapseFI: SynapseFI is a banking platform that enables companies to provide finance products to their customers for a fraction of the cost of traditional banks. They help ... |
| 31.08.2018 | Our investment in Ordermark | We are excited to announce that Matchstick Ventures Fund II has completed an investment in Ordermark (ordermark.com). Ordermark helps restaurants adopt and streamline online ordering to attract and serve larger audiences. |
| 06.03.2018 | Ordermark Secures $3.1M in Seed Financing Round | Ordermark, a Santa Monica, CA-based provider of an online ordering management platform for restaurants, raised $3.1M in seed financing.
The round was led by TenOneTen Ventures with participation from Act One Ventures, Mucker Capital, and ot... |
| - | How a Canter's Deli Scion Built a Restaurant Tech Revolution — and Stoked a Revolt | Alex Canter understood his role from the beginning. As a fourth-generation restaurateur and heir to beloved Canter's Deli in Los Angeles, he was set to continue the family legacy. But running a restaurant in 2021 is very different than runn... |
