| Date | Title | Description |
| 15.12.2025 | ial Library Secures $10M to Democratize Clinical Trial Access | Trial Library, a San Francisco-based AI platform, just raised $10 million in Series A funding. This investment aims to expand access to clinical trials *outside* major research hospitals. The company focuses on community-based care. It uses... |
| 10.12.2025 | Trial Library: $10 Million Raised To Expand Access To Community-Based Clinical Trials | Trial Library has secured $10 million in Series A funding to accelerate its efforts to expand access to clinical trials within community healthcare settings. The round was co-led by Next Ventures and SemperVirens Venture Capital, with parti... |
| 09.09.2025 | Next Ventures Invests in BranchLab to Drive AI in Precision Healthcare | Next Ventures, a venture capital firm dedicated to advancing whole-person health, today announced a strategic investment in BranchLab, a provider of AI-native solutions for healthcare marketing. The investment underscores Next Ventures’ com... |
| 18.04.2025 | Cofertility's $7.25 Million Boost: A New Era in Egg Freezing | Cofertility is breaking barriers in the fertility landscape. The Los Angeles-based startup recently secured $7.25 million in Series A funding, bringing its total to $16 million. This funding round was co-led by Next Ventures and Offline Ven... |
| 17.04.2025 | Cofertility: $7.25 Million (Series A) Raised To Make Egg Freezing More Accessible | Cofertility, a human-centered fertility ecosystem that helps women freeze their eggs for free when donating half, announced the completion of a Series A funding round, led by Next Ventures and Offline Ventures, with additional support from ... |
| 12.09.2022 | Serena Williams-Backed Juno Medical Raises $12M to Expand Tech-Enabled Healthcare Clinics | What You Should Know:
Juno’s Healthcare Clinic Model & Costs
Unlike recent trends in concierge medicine and digital health, Juno’s model is designed to work with nearly all types of insurance—including commercial plans, Medicare and Med... |
| 10.08.2022 | The women writing checks: A list of female venture capitalists in the Pacific Northwest | Back in 2018, GeekWire published a list of women investors based in the Pacific Northwest who were writing checks to help startups grow.
A lot has changed in four years. We’ve put together a new compilation below, highlighting more than 60 ... |
| 23.03.2022 | OK Capsule, A Personalized Nutrition Company, Raises $9.5 Million In Early Funding | Consumers can be confused around supplements, and OK Capsule offers a platform with the tools for supplement providers to help consumers make simple decisions. Alongside offering the highest quality doctor-formulated supplements, we provide... |
| 18.03.2022 | Can WeHo-Based Wheels’ Get More Underserved Angelenos to Ride E-Bikes? | When Los Angeles launched its micromobility pilot in 2019, it had big dreams for improving transportation equity for all Angelenos.
Three years later, less than 3,000 people make use of micromobility programs aimed at helping poorer section... |
| 17.03.2022 | California Bill Would Let Parents Sue TikTok, Snap for Kids’ Social Media Addictions | California parents would be able to sue social media giants like TikTok and Snap for addicting their children to online apps under a new bill proposed by state lawmakers.
The legislation, called the Social Media Platform Duty to Children Ac... |
| 16.03.2022 | Snap Is Bringing AR Experiences To Local Landmarks | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Social media giant Snap is taking a step toward its goal of overlaying the physical world with digital objects, laun... |
| 16.03.2022 | Miso Robotics Teams With Chipotle On Automated Tortilla Chip-Maker | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
If you’re having some chips and guacamole at a local Chipotle in Southern California later this year, there’s a chan... |
| 16.03.2022 | Netflix Is Testing an Extra Charge for Users Who Share Passwords | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
The days of watching Netflix for free on someone else’s account could soon come to an end.
The streaming giant said ... |
| 16.03.2022 | BayaniPay's Deal with East West Bank Will Make It Easier to Send Funds to the Philippines | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
BayaniPay, a Manhattan Beach-based fintech startup that provides cross-border money transfers to Asian countries, ha... |
| 11.03.2022 | This Week in ‘Raises’: Acorns Lands $300M, Griffin Gaming Partners Seals $750M Fund | Raises is dot.LA’s weekly feature highlighting venture capital funding news across Southern California’s tech and startup ecosystem. Please send fundraising news to Decerry Donato (decerrydonato@dot.la).Venture Capital
Irvine-based fintech ... |
| 08.03.2022 | Mote Hydrogen Wants to Remove Harmful Carbon From the Air—And Use It to Make Clean Energy | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
A Los Angeles startup is now a player in the rush to accomplish an emerging clean energy goal: turning carbon into h... |
| 05.03.2022 | Yes, You Should Pay $24 for That Hamburger, According to Food Industry Experts | If you want to save the restaurant industry, you’re going to have to pay as a consumer, according to panelists at the Curbivore conference in Downtown Los Angeles on Friday.
During a panel moderated by dot.LA reporter Keerthi Vedantam, rest... |
| 04.03.2022 | Hollywood Producer Brian Grazer Reveals the Secret to His Creative Process | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Hollywood film producer Brian Grazer has one particular strategy that he credits with inspiring him to develop and p... |
| 04.03.2022 | Activision Employee Killed Herself Due to Sexual Harassment at Work, Family Claims in Wrongful Death Lawsuit | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
The family of a former Activision Blizzard employee who died by suicide in 2017 is suing the video game publisher, a... |
| 04.03.2022 | LA Tech ‘Moves’: Netflix Has a New Marketing Chief, Faraday Future Continues Exec Shake-Up | Moves, our roundup of job changes in L.A. tech, is presented by Interchange.LA, dot.LA's recruiting and career platform connecting Southern California's most exciting companies with top tech talent. Create a free Interchange.LA profile here... |
| 03.03.2022 | M13 Doubles Down on Web3 With $400 Million Third Fund | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
M13, the consumer tech-focused venture capital firm that has backed the likes of Snap, Bird and Lyft, has landed by ... |
| 02.03.2022 | State AGs Investigating Whether TikTok Harms Children and Teens | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general have launched an investigation into TikTok examining whether the socia... |
| 02.03.2022 | Jeffrey Katzenberg Defends Quibi Failings, Talks NFT Investments | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Jeffrey Katzenberg didn’t mince words when addressing the elephant in the room during his appearance at the Upfront ... |
| 02.03.2022 | 'There's a Lot of Diversity BS in Venture Capital': Bessemer's Elliott Robinson on Why Funding to Black-Led Companies Is So Low | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, the corporate world was forced to reckon with its responsibility t... |
| 01.03.2022 | DNABlock Raises $7 Million To Help Web3 Creators Mint NFT Avatars | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Los Angeles-based DNABlock, which helps Web3 creators mint non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of avatars, has raised $7 mill... |
| 28.02.2022 | These Are LA's Top Venture Capitalists of 2022, According to Their Fellow VCs | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
On the heels of a record-setting year for Southern California’s startup environment, we asked more than 30 leading L... |
| 21.10.2021 | Testmate Health closes CHF1.6 million seed financing round | |
| 09.06.2021 | Terra raises $2.8M to build the Plaid for fitness data | This morning Terra, a recent Y Combinator graduate building an API for fitness and health data, announced that it has closed a $2.8 million round. The investment includes capital from General Catalyst, Samsung Next and NEXT VENTURES.
The co... |
| 12.10.2019 | NEXT VENTŪRES Hires Former Nike Executive Mel Strong as Managing Partner | NEXT VENTŪRES, an Austin, Texas-based venture capital firm focused on sports, fitness, nutrition, and wellness markets, added Melanie (Mel) Strong as a Managing Partner.
Ms. Strong brings 17 years of sports marketing experience from Nike, w... |
| 10.10.2019 | Next Ventures Appoints Melanie Strong as Managing Partner | AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NEXT VENT?RES, a venture capital firm designed to maximize growth opportunities in the exploding sports, fitness, nutrition, and wellness markets, today announced the addition of Melanie (Mel) Strong as a Manag... |
| 11.07.2019 | Lance Armstrong's Next Ventures Raises $24.5 Million Of Expected $75 Million Fundraise | Famed cyclist Lance Armstrong announced earlier this week he has raised $24.5 million of an expected ... [+] $75 million round and will look to invest in startups entering the health and wellness sector. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)Get... |
| 10.07.2019 | New Funds for Procyrion, Remedy, OncoNano, Vyopta & More TX Tech | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 7/10/19, 11:41 am CT. See below.] Let’s catch up with the latest innovation news in Texas.
—Austin startup Vyopta, which makes a video conference system dashboard for... |
| 08.07.2019 | Lance Armstrong’s Next Ventures Seeks $75M | 24 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Lance Armstrong’s Next Ventures LP has raised $24.5 million of a planned $75 million fund, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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| 05.07.2019 | Lance Armstrong’s Next Ventures targets $75M | Next Ventures, an investment firm led by Lance Armstrong, has filed to raise $75 million for its debut venture capital fund.
According to paperwork submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this morning, Armstrong and Next Ve... |
| 17.01.2019 | PowerDot Receives Investment from Next Ventures | PowerDot, a provider of an app-based, smart muscle stimulation device, designed to provide increased wellness, recovery and performance enhancement, closed a funding round of undisclosed amount led by Next Ventures.
Founded by cyclist Lance... |
| 16.01.2019 | Lance Armstrong just wrote his first check as VC | Lance Armstrong revealed last month that an early investment in Uber — courtesy of a $100,000 check that he funneled into the company in 2009 through Lowercase Capital — “saved” his family from financial ruin. This was after evidence surfac... |
| - | NEXT VENTŪRES Founder Melanie Strong on Taking the Difficult Path | On this episode of the Behind Her Empire podcast, Melanie Strong talks about being a founding partner of NEXT VENTŪRES, a VC firm that focuses on building sports, health and wellness brands.
Strong has been a lifelong runner, always interes... |
