Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Foundations in the United States focus their funding priorities on many different issues. If your nonprofit is seeking funding, it’s critical to identify the foundations whose interests and funding priorities align with your own. Funding Priority: Education. Global Fund For Children. Daniels Fund.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2024

2) Think long term Students may be short on funds, but they’re long on passion and energy, and we all know a personal referral carries more weight than a cold call. So, connect with local high schools, colleges, universities, and clubs. An example of this is NKLA, an animal rescue in Los Angeles.

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MARCH 31, 2025

More than 1,800 businesses were located in the Eaton and Palisades fire zones , according to Los Angeles Countys Economic Development Corporation. The Pasadena Womens Business Center will also receive $25,000 to provide no-cost advising to local business owners. They saw us, she said. They heard our story.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2023

Yet, local and international brands require data about market size and value, consumer profiles and their purchasing power, and penetration of their competitors’ products to establish their presence or expand into such markets. This makes sourcing data on markets, consumer behavior and products a herculean task.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The app has raised a small $1.25M seed raise to carry out this vision, led by General Catalyst with participation from Kleiner Perkins’ discovery fund, Dream Machine, Script Capital and Urban US. They are also able to request door hangers which Sonmez says the app has had particular success with.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2021

‘We make this sort of heinous crime impossible to escape from’ As wildfires raged through Southern California last weekend, an app called Citizen offered an unorthodox bounty over livestream and in push alerts to local residents: “hunt down” the alleged arsonist, and we’ll give you $30,000 cash. On Saturday, Los Angeles Police Sgt.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

One such startup, Abodu , has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Cities and local agencies have to quickly approve or deny ADU projects within 60 days of receiving a permit application. So far, it’s operating in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Seattle. housing market persists.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. More than 380 funding deals were made into Austin startups in 2021 , amounting to $4.9 Keri Findley, founder of Tacora.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Grocery delivery startup Good Eggs is announcing that it has raised $100 million in new funding, and that it’s planning to launch in Southern California in either the summer or fall of this year. In addition to the funding, Good Eggs is also announcing that it has hired Vineet Mehra as its chief growth and customer experience officer.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

Companies like FloorFound have found success in managing furniture returns, but hot on their heels is Loveseat , which also wants to improve that landfill statistic through its unique approach of an online returned goods marketplace where furniture is auctioned off locally.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Zhou had to drive two hours to purchase his favorite Asian products at the nearest local Asian market. in 2013 after moving to Los Angeles. . The Los Angeles-headquartered startup will use the latest funding to further its U.S. delivers second big funding round in a year, this time backed by SoftBank.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

providing freshly packaged salads, heat-and-eat prepared meals and vegan overnight oats, raised $7 million in funding as it goes after the $34 billion fresh prepared foods market. At the time, Positive Food had its meals in 70 coffee shops around Los Angeles. Positive Food Co., Then the COVID pandemic hit.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

The Fund Australia’s team (l to r): Elicia McDonald, Adrian Petersen, Georgia Vidler, Ed Taylor and Todd Deacon. The Fund , the early-stage investment firm focused on pre-seed and seed startups, is going Down Under for its latest expansion. Early-stage investor The Fund expands beyond NYC with new partners in LA and London.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Digital fitness and wellness company FitOn has raised $40 million in Series C funding led by Delta-v Capital, the company announced on Tuesday. The funding comes as the Los Angeles-based company hit 10 million users last year for its app, which offers personalized fitness and wellness programs.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. These organizations are currently offering grant and funding opportunities and/or accepting letters of inquiry or project ideas. . Funding Priority: Arts & Culture. Ford Foundation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

Since the startup was founded in 2018, Lacuna has invested in helping cities like Los Angeles, Seattle and Miami build digital twins, or software models of real world cities – including all forms of mobility from delivery to rideshare to drones to regular traffic. What are we going to do?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Accel, Avataar Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners joined existing investor Premji Invest in the funding round, which included buying out stakes held by Emerald Media and Mayfield Fund. The latest round gives Amagi total funding raised to date of $150 million, Baskar Subramanian, co-founder and CEO of Amagi, told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

Today, LeagueApps , which aims to be the operating system for youth sports organizations, announced it has raised $15 million in a Series B round of funding. Existing investor Contour Venture Partners led the financing, which brings the company’s total funding since its 2010 inception to $35 million. Image Credits: LeagueApps.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

People living with Amazon’s pollution see gaps in Bezos’ funding Once he steps down as CEO of Amazon later this year, Jeff Bezos will have more time to focus on his “ passions ,” including his $10 billion Earth Fund aimed at addressing climate change. They’re asking for recognition and funding. to establish warehouses.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Founded in Singapore and based in Los Angeles and South Korea, Summer International announced today it has raised a $5 million seed round from investors including GDP Ventures, Teja Ventures, Gushcloud International and Singaporean angel investors Koh Boon Hwee and Shirley Crystal Tan.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Founded out of Stockholm in 2016, Einride has raised some $150 million in funding to commercialize a cab-less autonomous cargo truck, one that can be controlled remotely, if required, by human operators. Autonomous and electric truck maker Einride is rolling into Germany, representing its first new market in Europe outside its native Sweden.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

These actions are never taken lightly, but we believe they are necessary in order to ensure the long-term sustainability of the company and our commitment to supporting local restaurants.” We are deeply grateful for their contributions and they will receive our full support during this time of transition.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Per Crunchbase data, only 1% of all VC funds were allocated to Black founders last year; out of the $21.5 Asked what it was like raising during what was also a crypto winter, he said that for Black founders, there is little difference between a bear and a bull market due to persistent funding discrimination.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 7, 2023

AARP’s Livability Index targets a broad set of audiences including local residents, community advocates, researchers, and local policymakers. You can see that Los Angeles, California ranks #22 healthiest out of California counties. And, if you want them to take action, then ask them to.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

The company published some photos of the factory it’s building in Casa Grande, Arizona in April , and released videos of the Air being put through its winter testing paces as well as making a 400-mile trek between San Francisco and Los Angeles on a single charge. The company said Wednesday that it is also now ramping up its hiring. “As

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

Its automated process tracks all communications and progress in one place and the company has grown what it describes as a “network of experienced, local professionals” that are fully licensed, vetted and insured that it pairs homeowners with on projects. So they come to us and we basically take care of it all.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

The startup was founded by Tongayi Choto and Roger Roman in July 2020 and has offices in Harare and Los Angeles. Quite a number of international and local freelance websites exist to meet these needs. As peculiar to most African startups, funding has been hard to come by for the team. Roger Roman (co-founder).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2022

The problem the founders are solving is the traditional way of selling heavy equipment — there’s Craigslist, or local auctions. million round of seed funding was co-led by Human Capital and Brick & Mortar Ventures , the largest construction-focused venture fund. ” The $5.5

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Jack Selby, a former PayPal exec and the longtime managing director of Thiel Capital who attracted some attention years back for his low-key largesse , has a new, $110 million venture fund that he intends to invest mostly in his adopted state of Arizona, where Selby has lived since 2002. Why would a utility company do this?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The company will use the funds to accelerate its expansion plans into new customer segments and geographic areas, which will require them to build more sidewalk robots to fuel that growth. With this round of funding, and its accompanying partners, Serve is already prepping for scale. “Our goal is to put robots in every major U.S.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

But lower payouts and onerous requirements about the number of trips has made Express Drive a tough sell for many drivers, according to a 2019 story in the Los Angeles Times. And their bike- and scooter-sharing services are subject to local regulations and market conditions and, as such, can be unreliable.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

I was really struggling to find a local extension stylist,” Winters told TechCrunch. However, although they are providing such significant value, a lot of them operate with limited funding and resources, which ultimately affects the customer experience. A hairstylist can help a woman feel better about themselves.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The latest funding comes eight months after New York-based CookUnity closed a $15.5 Following the Series A, the company opened kitchens in Los Angeles, Austin and Chicago. The new funding will now enable the company to accelerate its nationwide expansion with new kitchens in Atlanta and Miami by the end of the year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Baton then partners with local fleets of Class 8 trucks that will arrive at the drop site, grab the load and take the freight to its final destination. The startup developed a software platform that coordinates vehicles, drop-zones, warehouses and local drivers through a single API. The company raised its first $3.3 Baton raised $10.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

And it just closed on $15 million in a Series A funding round led by proptech-focused VC firm Fifth Wall to grow its business. So they looked into building an ADU they could rent to local students. For now, Cottage partners with small to medium-sized local, “qualified” residential general contractors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Monique Villa is an investor at Mucker Capital , an early-stage VC fund investing in startups across the U.S. Annual reporting on where venture capital dollars flow supports this discrepancy, with the majority of funds being funneled into companies based in and around Silicon Valley. Monique Villa. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 14, 2022

This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. Kruze COO Scott Orn, who used to be a partner at a venture debt fund, added his own thoughts via email: You have to plan ahead for venture debt. Mary Ann. Spotlight on Africa.

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