VC Draper Moves into LA
L.A. Business Journal
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Timothy Draper has a history of funding some of the technology sector’s most prolific startups and now the venture capitalist is bringing his money to Los Angeles.
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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup
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NOVEMBER 8, 2011
We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. Of these 19 have received funding (10 have received significant amounts of VC funding) and 5 have been acquired (2 for more than $30 million).
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Draper Goren Holm Raises $25M Blockchain Fund
socalTECH
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Los Angeles-based Draper Goren Holm , a new venture capital fund founded by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25M in its very first fund. According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world.
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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 21, 2010
I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Xobni’s main competitor that I know about is Gist, funded by Brad Feld at Foundry Group. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry.
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265 Halogen Ventures, Led By Jesse Draper, Find $10.4M For First Fund
socalTECH
MARCH 30, 2018
Santa Monica-based Halogen Ventures , a brand new, female-focused venture capital fund which is focused on consumer technology, has raised $10.4M as part of its first fund, Halogen Ventures LP. The fund says it makes early stage venture capital ivnestments in female founded consumer technology companies.
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CapLinked Adds $1M, New Investors In Funding Round
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
The new funding came from Subtraction Capital, FF Angel, 500 Startups, and other investors. Jackson--said the funding is an expansion on its Series A funding it announced in the first quarter of the year. That funding was worth $3M. The startup--which is led by PayPal veteran Erik M. READ MORE>>.
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Ranker Finds More Funding
socalTECH
APRIL 4, 2012
Los Angeles-based Ranker , the online rankings website where consumers can rank anything they like, has scored a new round of funding, in an inside round. The funding came from Siemer Venture Capital, Rincon Venture Partners, Draper Associates, the Tech Coast Angels, and the Pasadena Angels, according to CEO Clark Benson.
Halogen Ventures, Led By Jesse Draper, Raises $21M In Second Fund
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Los Angeles-based Halogen Ventures, the venture capital firm led by Jesse Draper, has raised $21M in its second fund, the firm said on Wednesday. According to Halogen Ventures, the fund will continue to invest in women and diversity. Names of limited partners in the new fund were not announced.
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VC Fundraising Down Drastically In Q3
socalTECH
OCTOBER 12, 2009
A new report on the venture capital market was released Monday from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital association, and finds that venture capital fundraising has dropped to $1.6 billion in Q3, with only 17 venture capital funds raising money.
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147 SoCal Venture Capital Investments Total $497.8M In Q4
socalTECH
JANUARY 20, 2011
Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in a funding round.
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Local Startups Draw Far And Wide For Funding In Q4
socalTECH
JANUARY 18, 2013
If you're a Southern California startup, it's most likely you're going to find funding from local, Southern California startup funds, right? Among the top investors, some of the most active (500 Startups, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Oak Investment Partners) don't have local investment coverage.
Giftz Gets Additional Funding From Draper Goren Holm
socalTECH
AUGUST 5, 2020
Los Angeles-based Giftz , a startup that offers up a mobile wallet and marketplace for points, miles, and gift cards, has received an investment from LA's Draper Goren Holm , the two said on Wednesday. Draper Goren Holm is the venture studio run by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm.
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MyShape Confirms Funding
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
Glendale-based MyShape , which operates an online retailer focused on matching women to clothing based on their body type, confirmed this morning that it has raised a third round of venture funding. Amount of the funding round was not disclosed, although a regulatory filing last week placed the round target at $12.1M.
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Local Clean Energy Business Plan Contest Awards $160,000
socalTECH
MAY 29, 2013
First Look West also said it provided $5,000 in a "Tansformational Idea Award" funded by Draper University, the entrepreneurial education program from venture capitalist Tim Draper. firstlookwest first look business plan competition venture capital prize award cleantech university education spinout'
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AuditFile, Started At UCLA, Raises $3M For Auditing Software
socalTECH
AUGUST 14, 2014
AuditFile , a developer of cloud-based auditing software for CPAs, has raised $3M in a funding round, the company said Thursday. The funding came from Banneker Ventures, Tim Draper, Nas Draper, as well as other angel investors. The company now has its headquarters in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.
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170 Ranker Raises $1.3M
socalTECH
APRIL 4, 2011
in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson , and also included Rincon Venture Partners , Newport Coast Investments , Gil Elbax of Factual, the Pasadena Angels , and Siemer Venture Capital.
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Launchpad LA – More Details Revealed
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 18, 2010
When I kicked off Launchpad LA a year ago I had a few objectives: Create an ecosystem where all Southern California VC’s had the chance to work together more actively outside of the boards on which we mutually sit. Help these companies get funded and let them know that if they stayed in LA there was an ecosystem to support them.
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259 Silverpop Lands $25M In Venture Debt For Email Marketing
socalTECH
APRIL 24, 2013
Silverpop , an Atlanta-based email marketing automation provider which also has operations in Irvine, said today that it has raised $25M in a venture debt funding. The funding came from Escalate Capital Partners and Silicon Valley Bank. Silverpop is venture bcaked by D.E. Shaw & Co and Draper Fisher Jurveston.
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Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Launches New Fund
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APRIL 15, 2020
Pasadena-based Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health , a healthcare innovation fund led by Jay Goss and Dr. John Nackel, says it has launched a new venture capital fund, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Fund II. Size of the new fund was not announced. READ MORE>>.
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MomentFeed Raises $5.5M
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2013
in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Signia Venture Partners, along with Draper Nexus, DFJ Frontier, Double M Partners, and Daher Capital. Ed Cluss of Signia Ventures joins the company''s board as part of the funding. MomentFeed is led by Robert Blatt. READ MORE>>.
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167 Altra Biofuels Spinoff EdenIQ Gets $12.4M
socalTECH
APRIL 30, 2010
venture funding round. According to EdenIQ, the Series B funding round was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and also included The Westly Group, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Cyrus Capital, Angeleno Group, Element Partners, Morgan Stanley & Company, Advanced equities, OmniNet, Nimes Capital, and others.
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159 NeuroVigil Gets Funding
socalTECH
MAY 4, 2011
La Jolla-based NeuroVigil , a firm developing non-invasive wireless brain recording technology and advanced computational analysis techniques, has raised a first round of funding, the firm said this week. Amount of the funding, and source, was not disclosed. The firm was founded by Dr. Philip Low.
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Crowdfunder Raises $3.5M
socalTECH
OCTOBER 8, 2014
in a Series A funding, the company said late Tuesday evening. Los Angeles-based crowdfunding site Crowdfunder.com , the equity crowdfunding site led by Chance Barnett, has raised $3.5M
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MyShape Picks Up $10.5M
socalTECH
AUGUST 27, 2009
in a new round of equity funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Wednesday. No details on the funding have yet been announced by the company, which is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, the Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.
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154 Raise $1 Million for your Startup
SoCal Tech Calendar
AUGUST 14, 2012
Adam Draper knows Venture Capital. His dad, Tim, is a venture capitalist and so is his grandfather, William who is credited for starting the venture capital industry in tech. They've funded some of the biggest names in High Tech over the last 50 years. It's in his blood.
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113 Genomatica Raises $15M
socalTECH
MARCH 25, 2010
San Diego-based Genomatica , a developer of chemical processes based on bio-manufacturing, has raised $15M in a Series C funding round, the firm announced today. According to the firm, the new funding was led by TPG Biotech, and also included prior investors Mohr Davidow Ventures, Alloy Ventures, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
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Entangled Media Raises $3.5M For Youunity
socalTECH
AUGUST 12, 2013
which is behind the younity personal cloud service, announced this morning that it has raised $3.545M in a seed funding round. younity entangled media venture capital personal data storage muckerlab cloud' Santa Monica-based Entangled Media Corp. READ MORE>>.
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Wavemaker Raises $66M In New Southeast Asia Investment Fund
socalTECH
OCTOBER 13, 2017
Santa Monica-based Wavemaker Ventures has raised a new, $66M venture capital investment fund, for its Southeast Asia efforts, the company said this week. According to Wavemaker, the fund exceeded what had been an initial $50M initial target for its investment fund.
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ZADSPACE Gains More Funding
socalTECH
JULY 8, 2009
El Segundo-based ZADSPACE , a stealth mode firm developing advertising related products or technology, has raised an additional $500,000 in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm, bringing its total fundraising to $1.91M. Details on the funding have not been released by the firm. READ MORE>>.
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WaveMaker Partners Closing New $50M Fund, With Southeast Asia Focus
socalTECH
JUNE 12, 2017
Los Angeles- and Singapore-based WaveMaker Partners , the venture capital firm managed here in LA by Eric Manlunas and David Siemer, with Paul Santos in Sinagpore, said over the weekend that it is finalizing its new, $50M fund. The new fund has a new focus specifically on investing in companies in Southeast Asia.
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100 Anthem, DFJ Frontier Back Janrain
socalTECH
AUGUST 3, 2011
Two Los Angeles area venture capital firms have re-upped their investments in a provider of identity management software. in its new round of funding, which was led by Emergence Capital Partners. Other investors, aside form Anthem and DFJ Frontier, were RPM Ventures, Tim Draper, and Square 1 Bank.
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154 Mogreet Gets $4.1M More
socalTECH
APRIL 4, 2012
The round was led by Black Diamond Ventures, and also included DFJ Frontier, Ascend Ventures, Bryant Park Ventures and Draper Associates. Mogreet said the funds will go towards launching mobile sharing service moShare. in a strategic investment round.
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213 Ripple Acquirer Raises Funds
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
Casting some additional light on the acquisition of El Segundo-based Ripple last week, acquiring firm TargetCast Networks revealed today that it has received a new round of venture capital worth $6.5M from one of Ripple's primary backers, Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
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113 Jurvetson Leading SpaceX Funding, Says Report
socalTECH
JUNE 24, 2009
Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson , of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is the lead on a $60M venture capital round in Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the space rocket firm headed by Elon Musk, according to PE Week.
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100 Forbes Midas List Gives Cold Shoulder To SoCal VCs
socalTECH
MARCH 26, 2014
Sequoia Capital''s Douglas Leone, was placed at number six for his role in funding San Diego''s ServiceNow ; Bessemer''s Byron Deeter was ranked #36 due to his role in funding Santa Monica''s Cornerstone OnDemand ; Stephen Jurveston, of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, was ranked at #59 for his investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX.
Enevate Finds Funding From South Korea's LG Chem
socalTECH
OCTOBER 23, 2018
According to Enevate, LG Chem participated in its recently anounced funding round. According to Enevate, the new funding will help accelerate the development of its fast charge Li-ion battery technology for the electric vehicle market. Size of the investment by LG Chem was not announced. Enevate is led by President and CEO Robert A.
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133 Siemer Ventures Backs Ribbon
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
Los Angeles-based Siemer Ventures , the venture capital arm of investment bank Siemer & Associates, has been one of the most active local investors lately--and is continuing that trend, with the investment in Ribbon. in a seed funding round. in a seed funding round.
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Altra Biofuels Spinout Gets $30M More
socalTECH
MAY 9, 2012
EdenIQ , the spinout of San Diego-based Altra Biofuels , the developer of biofuels processing technology, has scored $30M in new venture capital funding, the company said today.
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Verge Genomics, Founded By UCLA Scientists, Raises $4M In Seed Funding
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
The funding was led by IA Ventures, and also included Two Sigma Ventures, Draper Associates, Great Oaks VC, Slow Ventures, Karlin Venture, Elad Gil and David Lee.
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Cognition Raises $200K
socalTECH
JANUARY 31, 2011
Culver City-based Cognition Technologies , the developer of natural language processing technology software, has raised $200,000, as part of an ongoing $500,000 funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. No details on the funding have been announced. Source of the new funding was not disclosed.
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Genomatica Raises $21.25M
socalTECH
JANUARY 25, 2011
San Diego-based Genomatica , a firm developing sustainable chemical products using renewable feedstocks, has raised $21.25M in additional funding, according to numbers released in the recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report. No details on the new funding have been disclosed by the firm.
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164 Venture Totals Drop In Southern California For Quarter
socalTECH
OCTOBER 1, 2008
A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B
Ripple Lands $4M
socalTECH
MARCH 26, 2009
El Segundo-based Ripple TV , an out-of-home advertising network, disclosed this morning that it has raised $4M in a venture capital round. The funding came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Trinity Ventures. According to Ripple, the firm plans to use the new funding to continue to deliver its services.
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Halogen Ventures Backs TheSkimm
socalTECH
MAY 22, 2018
Santa Monica-based Halogen Ventures , the female-focused venture capital fund run by Jesse Draper, has made an investment in email newsletter and millennial women's news source TheSkimm. Halogen Ventures recently raised $10.4M as part of its first fund, Halogen Ventures LP. READ MORE>>.
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