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MARCH 6, 2012

Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club said this morning that it has raised $1M in a funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins and Forerunner Ventures, and also including Andreesen Horowitz, Shasta Ventures, and Felicis Ventures, along with angels Shevin Pishevar, Dennis Phelps, and David Hornig.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

In the past year, New York has reached a tipping point as consumer-facing startups proliferate and similarly Los Angeles is gaining notice with the success of Snap and Dollar Shave Club among others.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

In the past year, New York has reached a tipping point as consumer-facing startups proliferate and similarly Los Angeles is gaining notice with the success of Snap and Dollar Shave Club among others. Read More.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Santa Monica-based Dollar Shave Club has filed a lawsuit against razor giant Gillette , in the U.S. Gillette claims Dollar Shave Club has infringed on one of its patents for self cleaning razors. Dollar Shave said "we are not intimidated" by the attempt to "thwart competition with litigation."

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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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JUNE 22, 2015

Venice, California-based Dollar Shave Club , the subscription-based razor business led by Michael Dubin, has raised $75M in a new funding round, bringing the company's total raised to $150M. The new funding reportedly values the company at $500M.

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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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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Santa Monica-based Dollar Shave Club , the membership-based razor delivery service led by Michael Dubin, says the firm is up to 2.2 million members, and has just launched a new ad campaign which taps into TV commercials, outdoor media, radio, social, and online.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

Founded by some of the men responsible for the biggest hits in online marketing (like the Dollar Shave Club commercial that launched what became a billion dollar acquisition ) think that its time to take technology where it’s never gone before — into targeted, direct mail campaigns using the best ad-targeting that money can buy.

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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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AUGUST 6, 2012

At least six, Southern California companies -- Nimble , ParkMe , Quarterly , Beachmint , Chromatik , and Dollar Shave Club -- have been named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Brilliant Companies list today, a healthy share of the publication's annual look at the best ideas, hottest industries, and innovators.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2011

The Dollar Shave Club is a new start up that solves a simple but overlooked problem; disposable razor blades are overpriced. Dollar Shave Club is a online service that delivers high quality disposable razor blades for a low price. How long has the Dollar Shave Club been operating?

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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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MAY 31, 2018

Neighborgoods , a company which is looking to create a "new type a department store", has received $5.75M in a funding, which included both CAA Ventures, the venture arm of the Creative Artists Agency, as well as Dollar Shave Club founder Michael Dubin.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 18, 2016

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 -- Fireside Chat w/Dollar Shave Club CEO Michael Dubin. Join us for our next Startups Uncensored, a fireside chat with Michael Dubin, Founder/CEO of Dollar Shave Club. We'll be celebrating their $1B recent exit, and talking with Michael about his whole journey. See [link].

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 20, 2016

Dollar Shave Club acquired for $1 billion, Rubicon Project signs deal to automated Spotify ad inventory, RadPad adds electronic leases, and more.

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Tech.Co

JULY 20, 2016

And if you are wondering how Dollar Shave Club just locked down a $1 billion acquisition from Unilever, look no further than their catalog of hilarious commercials. The deal made Dubin considerably excited for the future of Dollar Shave Club, considering he will remain in control of the company after the deal.

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JUNE 5, 2013

Science has been one of the more active acceleration/incubation efforts in the region, and has been behind such companies as DogVacay, Dollar Shave Club, Eventup, MeUndies, Uncovet, and Wittlebee. According to a report this morning, the fund will also invest in non-Science incubated startups. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2013

Macadaan--who's been instrumental in everything from AOL, MySpace, Twiistup, Tsavo, and many other local startup efforts--shared some of what he learned at the Big Kansas City event last week, talking about Dollar Shave Club, Science, and more. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 3, 2018

working on such companies as Dollar Shave Club, DogVacay, MeUndies, Famebit and Hello Society. The startup was started by Dave Fink (CEO and co-founder of Postie) and Jonathan Neddenriep (CTO and co-founder), who both previously were at startup studio and incubator Science Inc.,

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AUGUST 4, 2014

Eat Club said that so far, it has delivered 1.5 The company says that local customers of the company include Scopley, DogVacay, Twenty20, Dollar Shave Club, Tesla Motors, along with others. million meals to 2,000 offices in its current coverage area. READ MORE>>. eatclub venture capital startup angeles expansion mobile'

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

Southern California appears to become the home of subscription, e-commerce products-by-mail companies, with users able to sign up for everything from razor blades by subscription (Dollar Shave Club), to children's clothing (Wittlebee), food (Pop Up Pantry), gifts (Quarterly), flowers (Simply Petals), and much more.

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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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DECEMBER 11, 2018

The firm's founders have previously made investments in such companies as Chegg, Dollar Shave Club, Ring, ServiceMax, and SolarCity, according to the venture firm.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones--is also behind such services as Wittlebee, Dollar Shave Club, and Uncovet. The new venture out of Science Inc. follows the subscription and fashion theme of the incubator's prior ventures; Science Inc.--headed READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Recent investments: Fresh Dish , Urban Remedy , HelloInsights, TripleThread, Dollar Shave Club. Recent investments: Club W , Ribbon, TakeLessons, Optimal Social , CapLinked, Invested.in. Recent investments: Dollar Shave Club , Textplus, Zaarly , Awarepoint. Science Inc. Number of recent deals: 13.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Realtidbits had social commenting, gallery, pin boarding, forums, and other tools, and counted such customers as Dollar Shave Club, Reuters, Dow Jones, and CW. Livefyre will migrate users of Realtidbits'' various software products to its own platform. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2012

sites, by Tweeting deals to WittleBee, Uncovet, Dollar Shave Club, and a number of other Science Inc. Gumhouse lists its Brian Lee (ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom), Mike Jones (Science Inc.), Peter Pham (also of Science Inc.), Tom Dare (MySpace), Greg Gilman (RxVantage), and Jason Trevisan (also of Polaris) as board members. properties.

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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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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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APRIL 1, 2019

The startup studio--which both incubates its own companies as well as works with startup founders to help accelerate their efforts--has backed such companies as Dollar Shave Club , DogVacay , FameBit , EventUp , August Home , Hello Society , Playhaven , and Superfly Labs. Santa Monica-based startup studio Science Inc.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 13, 2018

Cylance offers commercial antivirus; Dollar Shave Club leaving traditional ads Spotify moves to L.A.,

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JUNE 26, 2019

The brand--which is backed by Science, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone; Michael Dubin, the founder of Dollar Shave Club; and Jen Rubio, the founder of Away, among others--has so far raised $2.25M in funding. The brand is looking to gain market share through its clever, anti-establishment marketing.

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MAY 14, 2014

CAA''s fellow investor, Forerunner Ventures, is one of the investors in another local, monthly product deliver startup here, Dollar Shave Club. The Creative Artists Agency created a new venture capital fund--CAA Ventures I--in 2013, however, has been fairly quiet about the group''s activities. READ MORE>>.

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