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Greenfly Gets $8.4M For Influencer Marketing Software
Los Angeles-based Greenfly, a developer of marketing software for brand ambassadors, athletes, and sponsors, said on Tuesday that it has raised $8.4M in a strategic growth round. The funding included NBA player Chris Paul, as well as Verance Capital, Higher Ground Labs, DD Venture Capital, SW19 Ventures, LinkinFirm and Allievo Capital plus previous investors Go4it Capital, Elysian Park Ventures, Alpha Edison and Iconica Partners. The company said that the NBA's Paul has joined the company as bot (More info...)
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Catching Up With Jordan Glazier, Wildfire Systems
For today's interview, we sat down to catch up with Jordan Glazier, the CEO and founder of Solana Beach-based Wildfire Systems (www.wildfire-corp.com), whcih is backed by TTV Capital, QED Investors, B Capital, the George Kaiser Family Foundation, Daher Capital, Mucker Capital, Bonfire Ventures, Moonshots Capital, and BAM Ventures. The company develops loyalty management software, and recently raised $15M in funding. It's been a few years since we last talked, tell us again about what your (More info...)
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Tango Takes $5.7M For Documentation Management
A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Tango, said this morning that it has raised $5.7M in a seed funding, for its software for streamlining the process of creating documentation. The company said the round was led by Wing Venture Capital, and also included General Catalyst, GSV Ventures, Outsiders Fund, and Red Sea Ventures. Angel investors include Michael Stoppelman (former Senior Vice President of Engineering at Yelp), Jai Ranganathan (former Head of Data at Uber), Shoaib Makani (CEO of KeepTruck (More info...)
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GoDocs Finds Funding For Legal Document Prep
Irvine-based GoDocs, a developer of legal document preparation software, said today that it has raised round of investment from private equity investor M33 Growth, and appointed a new CEO. Size of the investment round was not announced. According to the company, it has appointed Steve Butler as CEO of the company. Butler was previously the founder of AI Foundry, a mortgage technology company, and was most recently President of the technology subsidiary of Guaranteed Rate. GoDocs is a provider (More info...)
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Educational Insights Launches Coding Robot
Gardena-based toy maker Educational Insights said this morning that it has launched a new product, a "coding robot" which is designed to help kids learn how to write their own software. According to the company, its new robot, Artie Max, helps kids learn five coding languages (Blockly, Snap!, JavaScript, Python and C++), learning how to code line-by-line. The company said the new robot will "help children develop critical thinking skills that are essential to little engineers' futures, as well a (More info...)
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Infinite Canvas Snags $2.8M
Los Angeles-based Infinite Canvas, a startup which is combining esports with game publishing, has raised $2.8M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The funding was led by Lightshed Venture Partners, and also included Bitkraft Ventures, Emerson Collective, Day One Ventures, and Crossbeam. The startup was founded by Tal Shachar and Sebastian Park. Shachar was most recently at Immortals and Park was previously VP of esports for the Houston Rockets.
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