Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Every tech or major news journal in the country is preparing to write their Snap, Inc (creators of Snapchat, Spectacles, etc) stories and many of them seem to want a “How does it feel to have missed this investment story.” But local VCs don’t deserve to get beat up for not investing. Very, very few pan out.

Snapchat 214

Snapchat Invest Technical Review Dollar Shave Club 214

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Michael Dubin , Dollar Shave Club (Los Angeles, consumer subscription). Internap , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Demand Media , Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , Oracle , Cresa Partners , UK Trade & Investment , PIXT , and many others. Steven Cox , TakeLessons (San Diego, marketplace).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

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. Don’t we know it. It’s not just Snapchat, although there’s that.

Dollar Shave Club 321

Dollar Shave Club Cornerstone OnDemand Riot Games Venture Capital 321

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Garcetti has started a new nonprofit, Accelerator for America , which will help fund "innovation investments" around the U.S. Among the members of the new group's Advisory Council are Dollar Shave Club CEO and Founder Michael Dubin, and Chamath Palhapitiya, the CEO of Social Capital. READ MORE>>.

Dollar Shave Club 113

Dollar Shave Club Los Angeles Angel Startup 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2020

Pasadena-based Calibrate Ventures , a venture capital firm that says it invests in advanced technologies, has added two Venture Partners to the company. According to the firm, it has added Aime Leifer and Dan Murray to its team. and Overture. READ MORE>>.

Dollar Shave Club 113

Dollar Shave Club Yahoo Pasadena Venture Capital 113

socalTECH

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. The company also said it will look to invest smaller amount of capital in "unique" opportunities.

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Los Angeles Artificial Inteligence Angel 100

socalTECH

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). Since we started Science six years ago, we've co-founded and invested in more than 70 companies and have exited multiple portfolio companies.

Dollar Shave Club 140

Dollar Shave Club Tsavo Userplane Southern California 140

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Los Angeles based startup incubator/studio Science --which is behind such local startups as Dollar Shave Club and DogVacay--has quietly raised $20M in a debt financing round, according to the companies. Science said it has now invested in, built, or acquire more than 37 early stage companies. READ MORE>>.

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Silver Lake Incubator Funding 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2016

The investment is the first one announced since the successful acquisition of Science Inc. 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>>.

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Demand Los Angeles Acquisition 100

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2015

Size of the investment was not disclosed. Science has extensive experience in the subscription area, with other, subscription-based businesses like Dollar Shave Club, and influencer businesses like HelloSociety. Quarterly is led by Zach Frechette. READ MORE>>.

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Funding Los Angeles Networking 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

It's often tough to figure exactly who the venture capital funds are who are funding startups in the area. Most recent investments: GOAT, cloudvirga, Vemba, LootCrate, Invoca. Most recent investments: EventBoard, Sensay, Shipt, Scopely, ALL DEF DIGITAL. Most recent investments: Ring, Flipagram, Snapchat.

Southern California 100

Southern California Dollar Shave Club Lootcrate Orange County 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The company's other acquisitions included the $1 billion acquisition of Dollar Shave Club by Unilever, and the acquisition of HelloSociety by the New York Times. This is your third exit this year, including Dollar Shave Club and HelloSociety. Are you still investing and creating new companies?

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Entrepreneur Startup Google 100

TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2016

It wasn’t so long ago that venture capital was a suburban California phenomenon. Now, VC offices have sprung up in San Francisco, moving more of the investment energy up there. Los Angeles didn’t have much in terms of a real tech scene — and even San Francisco only had a few VCs or tech companies.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Los Angeles Activity Dollar Shave Club 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2015

Today is a huge validation for Crosscut and continued faith that LPs that any national VC would covet are placing on the LA market and two great institutions – The James Irvine Foundation and Top Tier Capital – have underscored this by backing Crosscut. LA has grown up a lot over the past 5 years. This is not your dad’s LA.

News 150

News Funding Venture Capital Dollar Shave Club 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Last week, Fika Ventures , LA's newest venture fund, announced its formation, led by tech investment veterans Tx Zhuo and Eva Ho. We sat down with Tx Zhuo to chat about the new fund, what investments it hopes to make, and what kind of entrepreneurs the fund is looking to invest in. Have you started making investments yet?

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Funding Dollar Shave Club Los Angeles 100