| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.10.2024 | HOMEE's $12 Million Boost: A Leap into the Future of Insurance Claims | In the ever-evolving landscape of the Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance industry, HOMEE has just made a significant splash. The Tampa-based company has secured $12 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total capital rais... |
| 31.10.2024 | HOMEE: AI-Based Direct Repair Network Company Raises $12 Million (Series C) | HOMEE, an AI-based direct repair network for the property and casualty insurance industry, announced it closed a Series C Financing led by W.R. Berkley Corporation. This financing – which includes new investors The Institutes (the leading p... |
| 29.10.2024 | HOMEE raises $12 million | HOMEE, a repair network for the P&C insurance industry, has closed a $12 million Series C funding round led by W.R. Berkley Corporation, with participation from The Institutes, and Sure.
The additional capital will accelerate software d... |
| 29.10.2024 | Homee Raises $12M in Series C Funding | Homee, a Tampa, FL-based provider of an AI-driven direct repair network for the Property and Casualty insurance industry, raised $12M in Series C funding.
The round, which brought the total capital raised to more than $75M, was led by W.R. ... |
| 31.07.2023 | This Embedded Insurtech Startup Is On A Mission To Bring The Insurance Industry Into The Digital Age | InsuranceAdobeStock_83054003 |
| 06.09.2022 |
Bitwarden Raises $100M to Meet Online Security Demand | Bitwarden, an open-source password manager, has raised $100 million as the rise of remote work and our increasingly online lives boosts demand for digital security tools.
Growth equity firm PSG led the funding round and was joined by Batter... |
| 07.07.2022 |
Text Message Marketing Startup Emotive Lays Off 18% of Staff | Marketing startup Emotive laid off 30 people this week as the outlook on the economy continues to sour.
CEO Brian Zatulove said that 18% of the Sawtelle-based company’s roughly 167-strong workforce was cut, adding in an email statement that... |
| 27.06.2022 | A New Tide of LA Startups Is Tackling the National Childcare Crisis | The pandemic exacerbated a problem that has been long bubbling in the U.S.: the childcare crisis.
According to a survey of people in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers conducted by the city’s WiSTEM Los Angeles ... |
| 06.06.2022 | SoCal SaaS is Back With Recurring Revenue Conference | Sutton Capital Partners’ annual Recurring Revenue Conference returns June 23rd, offering for the first time a hybrid model for in-person and virtual access to the subscription economy-focused event at the Hilton Los Angeles in Culver City.
... |
| 02.05.2022 | FaZe Clan Announces New West Hollywood Pop-Up Shop | Though it’s not an invite to FaZe Clan’s Burbank mansion, fans of the Los Angeles-based esports and entertainment organization will soon be able to plug themselves into its hype house vibes with the launch of a new pop-up store.
Founded in ... |
| 12.04.2022 | Snapchat Partners With Newsrooms on New ‘Dynamic Stories’ Feature | Snap wants to be at the forefront of breaking news.
On Tuesday, the Santa Monica-based social media firm launched Dynamic Stories, which allows news organizations to more easily share their content on the Snapchat app. The feature uses a pu... |
| 07.04.2022 | Female-Led Emmeline Ventures Launches, Backs Crypto Wallet Startup | Emmeline Ventures—a new all-female, minority-led venture capital firm—has set up shop in Los Angeles, with its first check going to a local early-stage crypto startup.
The new venture firm, based in L.A. and Phoenix, is still in the process... |
| 29.03.2022 | Fashion Tech Works Opens New Coworking Space for Emerging Designers | For Cindy Keefer, CEO of Fashion Tech Works, sustainability has always been a way of life. The woman behind Downtown Los Angeles’ new coworking incubator for designers and artists grew up a far cry from Hollywood, on an organic farm in Wisc... |
| 29.03.2022 | ‘Are You Guys Tech Dorks?’: Inside the Opening Night of the NFT LA Conference | On opening night of the inaugural NFT LA conference, a crowd of entrepreneurs, marketers, engineers, YouTubers, hucksters and NFT holders filed into the Los Angeles Convention Center to dish on the nascent technology that had brought them a... |
| 23.03.2022 | Snap Buys NextMind To Bolster Its AR Hardware Research | Social media giant Snap has bought NextMind, a Paris-based neuro-tech company that builds mind-controlled headbands, for an undisclosed amount.
The Santa Monica-based company said Wednesday that NextMind will bolster its augmented reality (... |
| 23.03.2022 | Santa Barbara Cybersecurity Startups Are Having a Moment | Two cybersecurity startups that call Santa Barbara home have announced sizable Series B funding rounds.
Theta Lake, which makes security software for companies that use Zoom, Slack and similar tools to communicate, unveiled a $50 million Se... |
| 23.03.2022 | 1Question Aims to Gamify Educational Screen Time | After the pandemic shuttered schools and social activities, screen time among children nearly doubled as digital devices became their sole source of education, recreation and social activities.
The obsession with screens was noted in the El... |
| 07.03.2022 | GoodRx Acquiring Pharmacy Platform VitaCare to Make Name-Brand Drugs Cheaper | Prescription drug platform GoodRx has made its latest foray into the lucrative world of name-brand drugs with the $150 million acquisition of pharmacy services platform VitaCare, it announced Monday.
Santa Monica-based GoodRx has agreed to ... |
| 07.03.2022 | The Revolution Is Coming for the Curb—Is LA Ready? | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
It may look like unassuming concrete at first glance, but the curb could be the most valuable piece of real estate i... |
| 24.02.2022 | Wave Sports + Entertainment Raises $27 Million To Grow Its Sports Media Brands | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Sports media startup Wave Sports + Entertainment (WSE) has raised $27 million in new funding from a host of investor... |
| 21.02.2022 | Art Created By Artificial Intelligence Can’t Be Copyrighted, US Agency Rules | Computers can now write poems, paint portraits and produce music better than many humans. But when it comes to the realm of intellectual property law, artwork made by machines can’t receive copyright protection, a federal agency has decided... |
| 17.02.2022 | 'Siberia Is Actually a Very Holistic Place': How Profi Founder Alina Trigubenko's Background Inspired Her New Startup for 'Soloprenuers' | Alina Trigubenko’s journey has taken her far and wide—from working at her parents’ restaurant in Siberia at age 9, to producing for one of Russia’s largest TV networks at age 18, to moving to the U.S. and founding her own startup at age 28.... |
| 16.02.2022 | Proptech Investor Fifth Wall Raises $159 Million For Its First European Fund | Fifth Wall—the Marina del Rey-based venture capital firm focused on real estate technology, also known as proptech—unveiled its first fund dedicated to the European market on Wednesday.
The venture firm said it had raised €140 million, or m... |
| 16.02.2022 | Snapchat Partners With Ticketmaster to Match Users to Local Concerts | Snap and Ticketmaster are making it easier to “match” with your next post-pandemic concert experience.
On Wednesday, the Santa Monica-based social media firm unveiled a partnership with the ticketing marketplace to curate local concerts and... |
| 16.02.2022 | With New Funding, Auticon Looks to Grow Job Opportunities for Autistic Adults | Technology consulting firm Auticon just received a boost to its mission of helping companies hire more autistic employees.
Auticon (which styles its name “auticon”) announced Wednesday that it has received over $4 million in funding from th... |
| 03.02.2022 | Text Message Marketing Startup Voyage SMS Raises $10 Million, Buys ‘Frenemy’ LiveRecover | Voyage SMS, which builds text message marketing tools for online stores, has closed a $10 million funding round as well as its first-ever acquisition, the company announced Thursday.
East Coast venture firms RiverPark and York IE led the fu... |
| 02.02.2022 | Inside Machina Labs, the AI Robotics Startup That Wants to Transform Manufacturing | The nondescript two-story building in Chatsworth still has remnants of its previous life as a coworking space; inside, there are vibrant abstract murals on the walls, meeting rooms and a full coffee bar. Only now, the ground floor is bustli... |
| 01.02.2022 | Snap Teams With Universal to Stream Its First Virtual Concert, Starring J.Lo | Social media giant Snap is teaming with Universal Pictures to present its first-ever virtual concert, starring Jennifer Lopez and Colombian singer Maluma.
The Santa Monica-based social media firm isn’t exactly hosting the event, which won’t... |
| 31.01.2022 | What Are LA’s Hottest Startups of 2022? See Who VCs Picked in dot.LA’s Annual Survey | In Los Angeles—like the startup environment at large—venture funding and valuations skyrocketed in 2021, even as the coronavirus pandemic continued to surge and supply chain issues rattled the economy. The result was a startup ecosystem tha... |
| 28.01.2022 | How LA Beverage Startups Are Using NFTs to Build Their Brands | While you can’t drink an NFT, that isn’t stopping some beverage startups from looking to capitalize on the blockchain-enabled craze.
Non-fungible tokens have gained traction in the art world, where artists and creators are using the digital... |
| 27.01.2022 | Odell Beckham Jr. Is Feeling Bitcoin’s Current Dip—But Could Have the Last Laugh | Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. may be one game away from the Super Bowl, but he’s likely feeling a little lighter in the wallet amid Bitcoin’s ongoing selloff.
If the math is correct, Beckham is heading into the weekend’s ... |
| 25.01.2022 | ServiceTitan Reportedly Files for IPO at a Possible $18 Billion Valuation | ServiceTitan—which has parlayed its field service software for contractors into one of Southern California’s most valuable tech startups—has reportedly confidentially filed for an initial public offering, Business Insider reported Tuesday.
... |
| 06.10.2021 | Facebook’s outage becomes a boon for other social media startups | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 06.10.2021 | Facebook’s outage becomes a boon for other social media startups | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
What is one man’s loss is another man’s gain.
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| 06.10.2021 | Sure Closes $100M Series C Funding Round | Sure, a Los Angeles, CA-based global insurance technology company, closed $100M in Series C funding.
The round was led by Declaration Partners and Kinnevik with participation from WndrCo, FTAC Ventures, Expanding Capital, and existing inves... |
| 06.10.2021 | Daily funding roundup - October 5, 2021 | Sure raised $100M; Honor landed $70M; Pandion secured $30M
Masterworks: Masterworks is a New York-based company that sells fractional shares of fine art to retail investors. Masterworks has raised $110 million in Series A funding. The round... |
| 05.10.2021 | Sure raises $100M at a $550M valuation to help companies launch insurance products with its ‘flexible’ APIs | - |
| 05.10.2021 | Sure : Closes $100M Series C Round Led by Declaration Partners and Kinnevik to Expand and Accelerate Embedded Insurance Programs | LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sure, a global insurance technology company, announced today the closing of $100M in Series C funding led by Declaration Partners and Kinnevik with additional participation from WndrCo, FTAC Venture... |
| 04.02.2021 | This insurtech alleges its venture backer founded and funded a copycat: a founder’s “nightmare” | Relationships can be messy, including between startup founders and their venture investors. But in a case that takes messy to an extreme, an insurtech company in Santa Monica, Calif. called Sure is alleging that its Series A investor used p... |
| 04.01.2021 | What Are LA’s Hottest Startups of 2021? We Asked Top VCs to Rank Them | Despite — or in many cases because of — the raging pandemic, 2020 was a great year for many tech startups. It turned out to be an ideal time to be in the video game business, developing a streaming ecommerce platform for Gen Z, or helping r... |
| 04.01.2021 | What Are LA’s Hottest Startups? We Asked Top VCs to Rank Them | Despite — or in many cases because of — the raging pandemic, 2020 was a great year for many tech startups. It turned out to be an ideal time to be in the video game business, developing a streaming ecommerce platform for Gen Z, or helping r... |
| 14.06.2019 | Why Facebook’s Secretive Cryptocurrency Project Matters: Term Sheet | INVESTING IN LIBRA
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Although the project is still largely under wraps, Facebook has been recruiting high-profile backers ... |
| 13.06.2019 | Insurtech startup SURE secures additional $12.5 million in Series B to make it possible for anyone to purchase on-demand insurance with a smartphone | SURE, an insurtech startup and the developer of the world’s first on-demand insurance app powered by artificial intelligence, announced today it has raised additional $12.5 million in a Series B funding. The round was led by W. R. Berkley C... |
| 13.06.2019 | Top tech startup news for today, Thursday, June 13, 2019 | Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Thursday, June 13, 2019.
Allscripts buys prescription drug startup ZappRx. Medical software company Allscripts has bought ZappRx, a digital health startup company that is modernizing a... |
| 13.06.2019 | Sure raises $12.5M round led by W. R. Berkley Corporation | - |
| 13.06.2019 | Sure Raises $12.5M in Series B Funding | Sure, an insurance technology platform, raised an additional $12.5m in Series B funding.
The round was led by insurance holding company W. R. Berkley Corporation.
The company intends to use the funds to scale the app (consumer product), the... |
| 15.06.2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Friday, June 15 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Friday, June 15.
Cryptocurrency Ether soars 9% after SEC official says it’s not a security. Ether, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency, jumped about 9 percen... |
| 08.05.2018 | Nationwide Makes Venture Capital Investment in Betterview | Nationwide is making a new venture capital investment to enhance its ability to write business and service claims leveraging AI and drone technology. The company’s investment in Betterview is part of its commitment to finance more than $100... |
| 14.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, June 14 | ET CETERA
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the company, which means this site was not helpful at all (you had one job…). As we noted on Monday, the company will be run by a committee, which is not ideal... |
| 14.06.2017 | Sure Raises $8M Series A Funding | Sure, a Los Angeles and NYC-based insurtech startup that offers on-demand personal insurance via an app, closed an $8m Series A funding.
The round was led by IA Capital with participation from Menlo Ventures, FF Venture Capital, Nationwide ... |
| 14.06.2017 | Insurance startup Sure raises $8 million and launches smartphone protection based on virtual diagnostics | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Fledgling insurance startup Sure has raised $8 mi... |
| 14.06.2017 | SURE Raises $8M Series A | SURE, the insurtech startup that offers on-demand personal insurance via an app, announced today it has closed an $8 million Series A funding round led by IA Capital with participation from Menlo Ventures, FF Venture Capital, Nationwide Ven... |
| 14.06.2017 |
SURE Scores $8M For Personal Insurance App
| Los Angeles- and New York-based SURE, which offers up personal insurance, on-demand, via a mobile app, has raised $8M in a funding round. The Series A funding was led by IA Capital, and also included Menlo Ventures, FF Venture Capital, Nati... |
| 13.08.2016 | Will NYC or the Bay Area be capital of emerging insurance tech industry? | Hollywood is the capital of movies, the Bay Area the capital of technology, Boston the capital of education and biotech, and New York the capital of the world. So, where is the capital of #insurtech?
Over the last two years, investment in i... |
| 13.08.2016 | Will NYC or the Bay Area be capital of emerging insurance tech industry? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Hollywood is the capital of movies, the Bay Area ... |
| 12.05.2016 | Sure Launches with $2.6M in Seed Funding | Sure, a NYC-based on-demand insurance app powered by artificial intelligence, launched with $2.6m in seed funding.
Investors included ff Venture Capital, Montage Ventures, and Fosun Kinzon Capital (Fosun Group).
Founded in late 2014, Sure o... |
| 19.02.2016 | The Next Billion-Dollar Insurer | Jay Farber Contributor
Jay Farber is an associate at F-Prime Capital.
Venture capital-backed insurance success stories have risen at a regular drumbeat over the last few years: 2011 brought the billion-dollar Esurance acquisition, 2012 brou... |
| 09.02.2016 | ff Venture Capital Adds One and Promotes Seven | ff Venture Capital, a New York NY-based seed- and early-stage venture capital firm, has added Andrew Buemi as Director of Communications.
The firm also announced seven promotions including Ryan Armbrust (Managing Director) and core members ... |
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