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Link-in-bio monetization platform Snipfeed raises a $5.5M seed round

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Linktree leads the space, securing a recent $45 million Series B raise to build out e-commerce features, but Beacons boasts competitive creator monetization tools with just a $6 million seed round in May. So, in February 2020, with little to no funding left, the company completely pivoted to its current link-in-bio business.

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TrackStreet Takes $2M For E-Commerce Monitoring

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday.

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VRYNT Gets $1.5M In Seed Funding

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Los Angeles-based VYRNT, a startup developing an e-commerce platform for NTFs, says it has raised $1.5M in an initial funding. The company said the funding came from Jaycen Joshua (owner of Canton House Studios), and Steve Miller, (co-founder of Anomaly Create).

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Why Sidevision Is Tying Content, E-Commerce Together, with Justin Wu

socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based Sidevision (www.sidevision.com) has developed a set of tools--aimed at content creators, multi-channel networks (MCNs), and others--to help connect online videos with e-commerce. Justin Wu: We integrate with any video platform, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Kaltura, and we''re built on top of an API. How do you do that?

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Siemer Ventures Backs Ribbon

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Ribbon, the developer of a social commerce platform which lets users list items for sale, distribute that through their social networks like Facebook , and accept credit card payments--said today that it has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round.

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Enrou: Combining Causes and Commerce To Help Improve The World

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

We spoke with Ann Wang , co-founder of Enrou, to learn more about how the company wants to help tie together the world of e-commerce and worthy causes to help improve the world. They were doing great work, but they had no e-commerce or marketing team to get them out there. What is Enrou? How do you work with those organizations?

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Interview with Jeremy Gocke, Fliptu

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

The firm already has seed funding from such investors as Kelly Perdew, Sugarmaker Media, and support from talent agency ICM Partners. If a fan know they can get their entire brand fix there, rather than having to jump across multiple profiles, multiple social media platform, and networks, that's very compelling. What is Fliptu?

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Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global is buying a startup that uses neuroscience to boost app usage

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Previous Boundless investors including Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Esther Dyson will join Thrive Global’s cap table. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the stock and cash acquisition will see all nine members of the current Boundless team join Thrive Global.

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Flowspace Finds $12M For On Demand Warehousing

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2019

in funding, including an earlier $3.4M seed funding it receivedin 2017. According to Flowspace, the new funding will go to advance its cloud software platform, expand its warehouse and fulfillment network, and to accelerate growth at the company. Flowspace has now raised a total of $15.4M

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Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups

TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Bev , a canned wine business that recently raised $7 million in seed funding from Founders Fund, thinks marketing in the alcohol industry is the problem. Shopify quietly acquires Handshake, an e-commerce platform for B2B wholesale purchasing . Beverages are being disrupted, there's no stopping it.

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BloomNation's Goal To Empower Your Local Florist, And Improve Flower Delivery

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service. It''s everything they need to thrive in the e-commerce world, and we hand it to them with a simple, 30-second signup on BloomNation.

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How Halla Is Using AI To Personalize Food, With Spencer Price

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

in seed funding, from E&A Venture Capital and SOSV. Spencer Price: The customer experience with e-commerce has become less and less human, as algorithms on digital platform replace human interaction. The challenge of any AI platform, is to understand that. The company has raised $1.9M What is Halla?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. Off to the Races StrongMail is a digital messaging infrastructure software company. So, I put him in charge of our data centers and technical operations.

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Tapiture Taps Into Successful Social eCommerce And Secures $2.25M In Seed Funding

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JUNE 15, 2015

million in seed funding since its founding in 2012. Under CEO John Ellis, Tapiture progressed from category browsing, to a socially-driven content and social media commerce discovery site that was more predictive by incorporating Big Data for a tailored user experience. “We We use machine learning to analyze the behavior.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

On the one hand innovation is clearly at an all time high unleashed by smart phones, fast telecom networks, social networks that spread commerce and the fact that we are all one click away from buying things on Amazon, Apple, Google or PayPal. The platforms often get paid fees. The platforms often get free carry. And why not?

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Southern California Tech Central

Link-in-bio monetization platform Snipfeed raises a $5.5M seed round

TrackStreet Takes $2M For E-Commerce Monitoring

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VRYNT Gets $1.5M In Seed Funding

Why Sidevision Is Tying Content, E-Commerce Together, with Justin Wu

Siemer Ventures Backs Ribbon

Enrou: Combining Causes and Commerce To Help Improve The World

Interview with Jeremy Gocke, Fliptu

Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global is buying a startup that uses neuroscience to boost app usage

Flowspace Finds $12M For On Demand Warehousing

Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups

BloomNation's Goal To Empower Your Local Florist, And Improve Flower Delivery

How Halla Is Using AI To Personalize Food, With Spencer Price

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Tapiture Taps Into Successful Social eCommerce And Secures $2.25M In Seed Funding

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