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BY MICHAEL CARNEY Since launching into private beta a year ago and landing the house band of “American Idol” as an early client, music practice and performance platformChromatik has been punching above its weight class. The company continued this trend when itlanded Grammy-winning artist Bruno Mars, Virgin Records co-chairman Jeff Ayeroff, and other music industry heavyweights as investors [...]
Jeff Bercovici, Forbes Staff Forbes 11/26/2012 @ 10:01AM On a sprawling soundstage on the outskirts of Toronto, Kevin Murphy is giving a tour of the alien world he’s helping bring to life. As silver-eyed humanoids stroll silently past, Murphy, the executive producer of the new Syfy channel series “Defiance,” points out terra-formed mountain ranges, gleaming [...]
Leads360 Ranked Among Fastest Growing Companies in North America on Deloitte’s 2011 Technology Fast 500™ Attributes 296 Percent Revenue Growth to Foresight, Innovation in Lead Management LOS ANGELES, October 19, 2011 – Leads360, the industry leader in lead management software, today announced it ranked 287 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, ranking of the 500 fastest [...]
Transonic Combustion Closes $32M Series D To Advance Car Tech Yuliya Chernova November 07, 2012 (c) 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. With $32 million in Series D funds, Transonic Combustion Inc. is heading down the long road to getting a new technology into a mass-produced car. The Camarillo, Calif.-based company has developed a fuel injection [...]
ANTHONY HA via TechCrunch Dollar Shave Club, the startup offering a subscription razor service that costs as little as $1 per month (plus shipping), has raised $9.8 million in Series A funding. RCP participated in this round. Co-founder and CEO Michael Dubin said the new round, which was led by Venrock, will allow the company [...]
October 29, 2012 6:00 AM Dean Takahashi Meteor Entertainment, the publisher of the highly anticipated free-to-play online multiplayer mech combat game Hawken, has raised $18 million in a second round of funding. The new investors show that Meteor continues to gain support from the financial community for its potentially disruptive game from Pasadena, Calif.-based Adhesive [...]
October 19, 2012 FoodLink, the buying platform that connects fresh food retailers and wholesalers to a network of over 2,000 supplier companies, announced a definitive agreement to acquire TRUETRAC, a leading provider of mobile traceability solutions to growers, harvesters, packers and shippers of fresh produce. The combined company will be the food industry’s first integrated [...]
Following Rapid Growth in 2011, UrbanSitter Closes Round with Participation from New and Existing Investors SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — UrbanSitter, an online service for parents and sitters to connect through people they know, today announced it has closed a $6 million Series A round of funding. The round was led by [...]
TopFloor, a startup born out of Los Angeles’ Science Inc. incubator, is set to make its public debut today. The company, co-founded by Science’s Michael Jonesand Brian Lee, has built a video-driven e-commerce platform that allows brands, retailers, and any celebrity or “influencer” to sell directly to their social followings and receive proceeds when the people they refer purchase [...]
Entrepreneur Mark Suster and a rotating group of guest experts bring you weekly news and commentary on recent venture deals and exits. A true insider’s perspective on the latest events, trends and happenings in entrepreneurship and technology, This Week In Venture Capital airs LIVE Wednesdays at 2pm PST/ 5pm EST. In episode #68, Mark sits [...]
