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OCTOBER 8, 2014

Los Angeles-based crowdfunding site Crowdfunder.com , the equity crowdfunding site led by Chance Barnett, has raised $3.5M Crowdfunder said its equity crowdfunding site has been used in such startups as GoCoin, Social Rewards, Bitvore, and others. in a Series A funding, the company said late Tuesday evening. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based Ranker , the online site which lets users rank, view, vote, and share their opinions on a wide range of topics, announced today that it has raised $2M in a follow on investment round.

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APRIL 26, 2012

A report today says that Dmitry Shapiro , the former founder of Veoh and head of MySpace Music, and currently founder of alternative social networking site Anybeat , may be heading to Google to head up its Google+ efforts. The report , from PandoDaily, cited a single source for the information. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The funding came from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tenaya Capital, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth Fund. The firm also said as part of the funding announcement that it has redesigned its web site. Los Angeles-based MyShape , the online personalized fashion and women's clothing and apparel firm, said today that it has raised $5.5M

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Genomatica says on its web site that it has now raised more than $40M in financing from TPG, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Alloy Ventures. No details on the new funding have been disclosed by the firm. Genomatica develops technology to replace fossil fuel based chemicals with renewable products.

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JUNE 27, 2012

San Diego-based Eventful , the online website which helps consumers find live entertainment and local events, reported this morning that it has reached 20 million members on its site. Eventful is venture backed by Bay Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Omidyar Network, and Telefonica.

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JUNE 1, 2011

Altly detailed its plans to create an alternative to Facebook last week, complaining in a lengthy manifesto from Shapiro that an alternative to Facebook was sorely needed due to privacy and other issues with the social networking site. Both Howard Lindzon and Dave Samuel are joining the firm's board as part of the funding. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2009

According to the site, its new section--Style Me--will offer fashion tips, stories, and information on the latest fashion trends. MyShape is venture backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, the Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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MyShape Guide Tech Coast Angels Draper 140

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Those investors include ICG Holdings, TPG Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, TL Ventures, as well as others. Active operates a network of sites focused on sports registration, team management, and more. The sales come around 9 months after Active Networks May 2011 IPO.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

The firm said the round was led by DFJ Growth Fund, and also included Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tenaya Capital, the Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. Amount of the funding round was not disclosed, although a regulatory filing last week placed the round target at $12.1M. Schuler is the former Chairman and CEO of American Online.

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MyShape Funding Tech Coast Angels Glendale 138

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Los Angeles-based MyShape , which develops a personalized shopping site for women's apparel, said today that it has named Mercedes De Luca as CEO of the firm. The firm has previously raised funding from DFJ Growth Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels, the Tech Coast Angels, and Tenaya Capital.

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MyShape Tech Coast Angels Chief Technology Officer Draper 133

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MAY 8, 2017

Santa Monica-based equity crowdfunding site Crowdfunder is making it easier for it to work with investors, saying on Monday that it has just received its broker-dealer license to sell securities directly to accredited investors. Crowdfunder said the move will help create a "more seamless solution" for its customers.

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Clearstone Draper Santa Monica Venture Capital 113

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MARCH 13, 2009

Pasadena-based myShape , a venture-funded e-commerce site focused on personalized fashions for women, said this week that it has promoted Louise Tobia to Senior Vice President, Merchandising. The firm said that Tobia previously served at Robinson-May/Meier & Frank, and has over 25 years of experience. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Pasadena-based myShape , an online e-commerce site focused on matching women to clothing, said today that the firm has been selected by dating site eHarmony to be the exclusive fashion e-tailer for a new eHarmony Advice Date Planner. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MyShape eHarmony Tech Coast Angels Draper 100

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

According to Eventful, the investment round also included existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Bay Partners. Eventful, which operate an online web site for promoting and sharing information about events, said it will use the new funding to expand sales and marketing, its mobile channel, and international expansion.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Fonality claimed that it has seen an increase in sales of applications, call center software, and larger customers purchasing multi-site systems. Fonality is venture backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Intel Capital, and Azure Capital Partners.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Social Project is behind the development of Flux, software which allows web publishers to create their own social networking web sites. Social Project was venture backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and MTV, and originally started as a competitor to MySpace. READ MORE>>

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JUNE 1, 2011

How long has the site been up and running? What have you learned so far in getting the site up and running? A very small amount of those sites have had funding, but there are certainly websites about lists. Clark Benson: We raised money from Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Palo Alto, Rincon Ventures, and a number of angels.

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Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Tynt Multimedia “Online tool that allows content sites to control copy-paste activity on their web sites.&# For starters I LOVE the idea for this product. Investors: Helion Venture Partners (Ashish Gupta), Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Nexus Venture Partners. 5.0mm in Series C. 7.5mm in Series C.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

Draper III, in his new book titled “ The Startup Game.” According to Draper, in addition to the above Rule Number One, there are many other questions that need to be answered before a CEO should recommend to the board that it is time for an IPO: Do you really need the money? False starts in this direction can be disastrous.

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Social Media Media Draper Startup 89

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Zeroblock , the highly successful mobile and web app was recently acquired by the world’s most popular Bitcoin site and online wallet, Blockchain.info. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. He then dove into a keynote Q&A with Dan Held , developer of recently acquired Zeroblock LLC.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

Unlike Yelp and listings sites that are focused on user-generated reviews or things like that, we're really a portfolio sharing site, and a tool of professionals. He introduced me to Wavemaker, also in LA, and also Halogen Ventures, which is led by Jessie Draper, which invests in women-run technology companies. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

Make sure to checkout the updated SMCH3 site as they have tons of great info. WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people. is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. Media Temple hosts websites.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people. is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. We can get your name out there.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

At the end of the 90's, I had the opportunity to launch Bugleboy.com, an e-commerce enabled site, which we launched a week fore Gap.com. We sold that to ValueClick in2 003, and I stayed on at ValueClick for three years before going to Revver.com, a video sharing site.

Startup 113

Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 29, 2010

WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people. is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. Media Temple hosts websites.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2010

WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people. is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. Media Temple hosts websites.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people. is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. We can get your name out there.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The seed round was led by investments from Richard Chino, a key early member of GoTo.com and Smarter.com; Dan Murray, CFO of Machinima ; Derek Draper of Wildfire by Google; Nikhil Srivastava of KKR ; Angel Investor Andrew Schwartz and other angles from LA and Silicon Valley. 750,000 for Scaling & Product development.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

PERSON Timothy Draper PERSON|Timothy Draper. NAME Timothy Draper. After years of traveling to Los Angeles once every few months, Timothy Draper, founder and a managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, says he now flies down to L.A. NAME Mark Zuckerberg. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. TOPICID 408.

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