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DECEMBER 18, 2015

Los Angeles-based subscription razor startup Dollar Shave Club has been sued by razor giant Gillette , which claims that Dollar Shave Club is infringing upon Gillette's patents. Gillette did not specify in its announcement which patents it believes Dollar Shave Club is infringing upon.

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MAY 1, 2018

Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club is announcing a major boost to its executive team this morning, with the hiring of four executives--Alan Wizeman as Chief Digital Officer, Danny Miles as Chief Technology Officer, Gloria Synn as Vice President of Member Strategy, and David Kujda as Vice President of Experience Design.

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MAY 1, 2018

Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club is announcing a major boost to its executive team this morning, with the hiring of four executives--Alan Wizemannas Chief Digital Officer, Danny Miles as Chief Technology Officer, Gloria Synn as Vice President of Member Strategy, and David Kujda as Vice President of Experience Design.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club made its Super Bowl advertising debut on Sunday afternoon, during the Super Bowl 50 broadcast, went head to head against Schick in running advertising on the big game. Dollar Shave Club appears to have been Southern California's only startup debuting as a national Super Bowl advertiser.

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JULY 20, 2016

In another, stunning exit for Southern California's technology startup community, Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club has been acquired from a reported $1 billion by Unilever. Dollar Shave Club operates a subscription, razor and toiletries accessory business targeted at men. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 3, 2018

Postie , a new Los Angeles-based startup, has a vision for the future of advertising and marketing — and it’s direct mail. Unilever buys Dollar Shave Club for reported $1B value. Neddenriep, served as the chief technology officer for Science — a role he’s continuing at Postie. Postie has raised $3.5

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club , the subscription razor delivery startup led by Michael Dubin, has upped its latest funding round to $90.7M, and is aiming at raising over $100M, according to a regulatory filing by the company. Details on the additional funding in the round were not annoucned.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Fans of Los Angeles subscription razor firm Dollar Shave Club might have noticed a lot of the firm recently on television. Media Design Group has been working with Dollar Shave Club to measure how well TV advertising is working for the company. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

Now, one of those Bay Area startups-- Eat Club --is taking that concept to Los Angeles, with the launch of its meal delivery service to Silicon Beach companies. Eat Club is backed by Trinity Ventures, and disclosed a $10M funding last week--in part, to expand its service to Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based Postie , a new startup focused on using machine learning and "quant marketing" to direct mail, said on Tuesday that it has raised $3.5M working on such companies as Dollar Shave Club, DogVacay, MeUndies, Famebit and Hello Society. in a seed funding.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

and angel investment deals in Southern California to reveal who really, is funding companies, so that local startups are armed with the best knowledge and intelligence to optimize their changes of. Recent investments: Fresh Dish , Urban Remedy , HelloInsights, TripleThread, Dollar Shave Club. Tech Coast Angels.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Senior Frontend Engineer , Dollar Shave Club. Dollar Shave Club  the largest razor subscription service  continues to grow, and we are looking for a smart, passionate, and dedicated individual to join the Dollar Shave Club Development Team. Senior IOS/Mobile Engineer , DogVacay.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The latest startup out of Los Angeles-based startup studio/incubator Science, Inc. headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones--is also behind such services as Wittlebee, Dollar Shave Club, and Uncovet. launched today, aiming initially at providing men with work-appropriate clothes delivered monthly. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Los Angeles investor Mark Suster, a general partner with Upfront Ventures , has been beating the drum for Los Angeles as a new tech hub for a while — and billion dollar exits for Ring and Dollar Shave Club, in addition to the public offering for Snap, lend credence to his position.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Angels Brian Lee (Honest Company, LegalZoom), Michael Dubin (Dollar Shave Club), Tamim Mourad (PriceGrabber.com) and Andy Dunn (Bonobos) also participated in the funding. The new funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included. Baroda Ventures, Forerunner Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps).

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MAY 14, 2014

Los Angeles-based CAA Ventures , the venture capital arm of the Creative Artists Agency, has made an investment in a monthly delivery service focused on do-it-yourself (DIY) crafts. CAA''s fellow investor, Forerunner Ventures, is one of the investors in another local, monthly product deliver startup here, Dollar Shave Club.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. The accelerators have several success stories already in under a year including PageWoo, Invested.In, Look.io, Dollar Shave Club, and many more.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based e-commerce marketplace Hello Music is launching a new service today, the Dollar String Club , which will deliver electric guitar strings to musicians, for as little as $1 a month on a subscription service.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Michael Dubin, Founder and CEO, Dollar Shave Club. Los Angeles is fertile ground for entrepreneurs—especially for those bold enough to toss conventional wisdom out the window. An important part of the changing tech-paradigm involves Silicon Beach’s continued ascendance as a startup incubator.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Upfront Ventures was created 20 years ago as one of the original VC funds in Los Angeles. Back then only 15% of our dollars were invested locally whereas today 50% of our dollars are invested in LA. Back then only 15% of our dollars were invested locally whereas today 50% of our dollars are invested in LA.

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JANUARY 13, 2017

Last year saw the city reap windfall exits from the acquisition of companies like Dollar Shave Club, and has a number of promising e-commerce companies… Read More. 2016 was a good year to be a tech startup in LA, and, with the $25 billion planned public offering for the city’s startup darling, Snap Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Los Angeles-based accounting management software FloQast reported a win today with WordPress hosting service WP Engine. FloQast says its customers now include such companies as DoorDash, AdRoll, Indeed, Shopify, Ancestry.com, Twilio, Dollar Shave Club, Zillow and The Golden State Warriors. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Los Angeles-based Retina has raised $2.5M Retina's customers include Dollar Shave Club. more in funding, the company announced on Tuesday. The funding came from prior investor Crosscut Ventures. The company's CEO is Michael Greenberg. The company's CEO is Michael Greenberg. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Chicago-based venture capital investor Pritzker Group Venture Capital announced this morning that it is expanding its efforts to invest in early stage companies in Los Angeles, and has moved partner Gabe Greenbaum to Los Angeles. Greenbaum had been based at Pritzker's home office in Chicago.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti --who may be looking to a Presidential run in 2020--is launching a new nonprofit which looks to take his pro-innovation and pro-startup approach in Los Angeles, and takes it nationwide. Garcetti has gained a reputation in Los Angeles for his pro-growth and pro-startup efforts.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Los Angeles-based Enjoius , an online party planning website, has raised $1.4M in a seed funding round.

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JUNE 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based Retina, a startup that is using artificial intelligence for predicting customer lifetime value, said on Tuesday tht it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The company says its customers include Nestle, Madison Reed, and Dollar Shave Club. Retina is led by co-founder and CEO Emad Hasan.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

billion--include the recent sales of Vizio , Dollar Shave Club , Nervana Systems , TouchCommerce , and Orbitera , and Aurrion. The exit activity has been far and wide across the region, ranging from Santa Barbara to San Diego, and providing stunning returns for a large list of venture and angel investors in those companies.

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AUGUST 17, 2017

Los Angeles- and Vancouver-based Ground Control , a new startup led by LA technology veteran Mike Macadaan, said on Wednesday that it has launched with the backing of the Creative Artists Agency. While at Science, Ground Control said Macadaan was responsible for design and branding for companies such as Dollar Shave Club.

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DECEMBER 26, 2017

Michael has been behind such companies as HelloSociety (acquired by New York Times), FameBit (acquired by Google) and Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever). He is Los Angeles's most active angel investor with more than $2.5B Today, we have a contribution from Michael Jones , the CEO of Science Inc.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

She also is a board member at Broadly, and Calibrate says she is also an angel investor in a number of companies. Murray is President of CreaterIQ, and was previously the CFO of Dollar Shave Club; he also had served as CFO of Machinima and Senior Vice President of Comcast Interactive Media, in addition to time at Yahoo!

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JUNE 25, 2019

Los Angeles-based Retina , a startup which develops machine learning and artificial intelligence software for predicting customer lifetime value (CLV) of a company's customer, said it has launched a new tool that it is offering up to small to middle-market e-commerce businesses. According to the company, its new service, Retina Go!

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AUGUST 29, 2016

Los Angeles-based startup studio Science Inc. in a funding round, which came from Science plus undisclosed angels. portfolio company Dollar Shave Club, and appears to be the first publicly announced investment by Science Inc. According to Plowz & Mowz, it has raised $1.5M since 2015. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Los Angeles-based FameBit , the online marketplace which helps brands connect with YouTube influencers, has been acquired by Google , the company's backer--Science--announced on Tuesday afternoon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 4, 2018

Los Angeles-based PlayVS , which is developing eSports infrastructure centered around creating an official high school eSports league, has raised $15M in a Series A funding. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Is another, Los Angeles consumer startup-- The Honest Company --about to be acquired by Unilever ? If true, an acquisition would be the second by the company of a high profile, Los Angeles startup this year, after the acquisition of Santa Monica's Dollar Shave Club by Unilever--for a billion dollars--in May.

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