TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 25, 2022

The startup has received €50 million (just under $57 million at today’s rates) from the European Investment Bank, the funding arm of the European Union. It is not disclosing its valuation with this investment, but Alastair Westgarth said that this doesn’t rule out raising further funding from investors.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , the Los Angeles area commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by Elon Musk, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has raised a billion dollars in a financing round. SpaceX said the deal gives Google and Fidelity just under 10 percent ownership of the company. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

It looks like Elon Musk , the tech mogul behind Hawthorne-based SpaceX , is settling further into Los Angeles, and has purchased a $17M mansion in Bel Air. Musk--who has been splitting his time between Los Angeles and Silicon Valley--is also head of electric car company Tesla Motors, and solar leasing firm SolarCity.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 25, 2021

The partners at MaC Venture Capital , the Los Angeles-based investment firm that has just closed on $103 million for its inaugural fund, have spent the bulk of their careers breaking barriers. “Our LPs invested in us… for lots of different reasons but at the top of the list was that we are a diverse team in so many ways.

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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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APRIL 26, 2016

A new, microsatellite launch firm--founded by veterans of SpaceX--said today that it has raised more than $1M to launch the startup. Vector Space Systems led by former SpaceX executive Jim Cantrell, said it raised $1M in an angel funding to develop a mirosatellite launch company. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2021

The thesis is that before investing in an early-stage startup it is close to impossible to know which of the deals you did will break out to the upside. The Denominator Effect I want to share with you some of the most consistent pieces of advice I give to new VCs in their career journey and the same advice holds for angel investors.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The magazine turned its attention this month towards the Los Angeles innovation and technology economy in a section guest edited by StartEngine co-founder Howard Marks , including a reception held Wednesday evening at the Viceroy in Santa Monica. Big disclaimer: the author and editor was one of the honorees at the event).

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

was invested in 65 Southern California deals in Q3, compared to $773.3M billion invested in 637 deals in Q3, up 17 percent quarter-to-quarter, but down three percent in deals. in 32 deals, followed by Los Angeles with $172.3M and 87 deals in Q3 of last year. In the region, San Diego led in Q3 deals, with $236.3M in 25 deals.

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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.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Manufacturing can be done within 60 days, according to the company’s claims, and its vehicles have a payload capacity of up to 1250 kilograms ( SpaceX’s largest rockets will have roughly 100 times that payload capacity). space industry. Relativity is building a 3D-printing rocket manufacturing hub in Mississippi.

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APRIL 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based NI0 , a new startup in the sports and nutrition vertical, is gearing up for launch, backed by $500,000 in seed funding from a number of tech investors. The startup is aiming at the athletic training and recovery market, with a new sports tape which incorporates supplements. Riot Games). READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 17, 2015

billion in investments in Q1 of 2015, according to the latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association. MoneyTree report, which was released this evening, The quarter was the biggest, investment quarter for Southern California since the dot com era. invested in SmartDrive Systems. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 6, 2017

He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected. Snap, Riot Games, Tinder, SpaceX and on and on — these are great things for LA as is every new VC fund launching in LA to create the next big innovation. Are you kidding me?

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” And it wasn’t just Google Ad Words that originated in Los Angeles. LA By The Numbers. acquired Overture for $1.63

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 13, 2020

Every radical turn in technology history has its great entrepreneur, and for space that person is SpaceX founder Elon Musk. In 2018 alone, venture investments in space topped $2 billion for the first time, and 187 investors wrote checks to 90 startups, according to Bryce Space and Technology. Air Force and, of course, SpaceX. .

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 4, 2017

sold 150,000 Spectacles, Los Angeles pet device firm draws $3.7 million investment and senators concerned about space debris and proposed SpaceX satellites colliding.

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Xconomy

JULY 10, 2019

billion in money returned to investors—that’s already topped all other full-year totals, according to the latest VentureMonitor, the quarterly report on venture capital investment complied by the National Venture Capital Association and PitchBook. percent.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Matt Kozlov , the Managing Director of the new Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator , which just got started in Los Angeles. We invest both capital and an enormous amount of time and mentorship to help companies build the best businesses, as rapidly as possible.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. But “what is wrong with tech investing today?” And that is what we’ll do.”

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MAY 17, 2017

ADT invested in a startup called Zonoff, which was to be acquired by Honeywell for a modest sum. I’ve known Jamie for years — he’s one of Los Angeles’ true innovators — so when we first heard he was starting Ring (then DoorBot) we were immediately interest and have been huge supporters (and funders) since his earliest days.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Until recently it was headquartered 2 blocks from our offices in Santa Monica so we literally saw it emerge under our feet and we proudly invested in the last 3 rounds of financing. Does it surprise you that the fastest-growing “unicorn” was launched in Los Angeles and not San Francisco? having raised $300 million?—?less Not at all.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

On October 12, 2017, Hyperloop One announced that Richard Branson and Virgin Group had invested into Hyperloop One. Hyperloop One has has announced agreements with: Russia, Helsinki-Tallinn, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland, Los Angeles, USA, Dubai-Abu Dhabi, and United Arab Emirates. Hardt Global Mobility.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. They might be ideas they hatch internally (via a Foundry) or a founder who just left SpaceX and raises money to search for an idea. That used to be called A-round investing. The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two two founders in a garage?—?(HP

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

If a person from outside Los Angeles is a fan of the city, dig a little and you’ll probably find that they like it for the celebrities, Hollywood not LA. Well, they’re all wrong, and Los Angeles is about to prove it. is a good monthly investment? Elon Musk – SpaceX, Tesla Motors, PayPal. billion in shares.

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