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FitOn pumps up its fitness platform with $18M in Delta-v Capital-led funding
Digital fitness and wellness company FitOn was created to provide 15- or 20-minute workouts aimed at getting people moving in whatever time they can make.
Just raises $8M in its effort to beat Root at the car insurance game
Just Insure, a pay-per-mile insurance technology company, has raised $8 million in a funding round. CrossCut Ventures, ManchesterStory and Western Technology Investments co-led the investment, which
Job offer management platform Compa emerges from stealth with $3.9M
The offer management platform provides “deal desk” software for recruiters to easily manage compensation strategies.
Branch raises $48M from Lee Fixel’s Addition, Indeed to provide accelerated payments to workers
Branch, which has built a flexible workforce payments platform, announced today it has raised $48 million in Series B funding and closed on a $500 million credit facility. Lee Fixel’s Addition ̵
SoftBank bets big on a ‘digital Ellis Island’
Welcome Tech, which has built a digital platform aimed at immigrants and their families, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round co-led by TTV Capital, Owl Ventures and SoftBank Group Corp.
LA-based Retina raises $2.5 million in new funding to expand its customer analysis software
Casting a cold eye on customer behavior and their future lifetime value has brought the Los Angeles-based startup Retina $2.5 million in new funding. The new financing was anchored by previous seed ro
Kenshō Health publicly launches its ‘antithesis of Goop’
Last year, when co-founders Danny Steiner and Krista Berlincourt debuted Kenshō Health, their directory and information service for holistic medicine, Berlincourt called it “the antithesis of G
Where LA’s top consumer VCs are looking to invest
From a fundraising perspective, Los Angeles has become just the southern-most part of the Bay Area. Top-tier VCs from SF visit LA regularly, and entrepreneurs raise from investors upstate and downstat
Los Angeles-based BuildOps, subcontracting software for real estate, raises $5.8 million
Software development companies tackling services for niche industries, like commercial real estate subcontracting, continue to find Los Angeles to be fertile ground for development. The latest company
Tribe leads $12M Series A into Teampay to make managing employee expenses painless
The modern office worker is heavily engaged with expenses. From buying SaaS products and purchasing team lunches to securing freelancers for outsourced work, employees need access to purchasing power
The brains behind one of marketing’s biggest hits are out to reshape the industry again… with direct mail
Postie, a new Los Angeles-based startup, has a vision for the future of advertising and marketing — and it’s direct mail. Founded by some of the men responsible for the biggest hits in onl
With the Los Angeles tech scene exploding, CrossCut Ventures raises $125 million to invest
CrossCut Ventures, a Los Angeles-based seed investment firm has just closed its fourth (and largest) fund with $125 million in new cash. It’s been a long road for the firm’s three co-found
Boon + Gable closes on $2.5 million for its in-home stylist and shopping service
Online clothes shopping can be a gamble – you never really know if items will fit until you try them on. Meanwhile, shopping at local retailers can be time-consuming. A startup called Boon + Ga
HelloTech Raises $12.5M Series A To Expand Its In-Home Tech Support
HelloTech has confirmed that the company just closed a $12.5M Series A led by Madrona Venture Group with participation from Upfront Ventures, CrossCut Ventures, and Accel Partners. This round brings
Local ID Raises $1.9M To Help Big Chains Get Smarter About Their Local Marketing
Marketing startup <a target="_blank" href="http://www.localid.io">Local ID</a> is announcing a $1.9 million seed round.
The company was founded last year and, according to CEO Alex Nocifera, aims t