Funding up 40% in a banner year for LA Tech with ~$4.3B invested. Read on for clear, concise analysis that spans deals, IPOs, SPACs, the pipeline for the future, and much, much more in a clear, concise format.
The LA TechWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 1/13/2021
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for LA startups for 1/13/2021 featuring funding details for Warehouse Exchange, Taloflow, and much more.
The Benefits of a Hard Reset
“I’m staring down the barrel of having to do a massive layoff at my company and tear down tons of work and decisions we’ve made. This feels awful. Is there any way to look at this situation as a positive, and if so, what should I be optimizing for (other than hair loss)?”
Envoy Raises $11M to Make Electric Vehicle Sharing a Building Amenity
In 2010, there were 17,000 electric cars on the road. By the end of the decade there were over 7.2M. This increase has been largely attributable to improvements in affordability and accessibility. Culver City-based Envoy is bringing electric cars to residential buildings, offices, hotels with its electric vehicle sharing service. Largely focused on the residential housing market, the company partners with building owners to offer access to its fleet of electric cars as a basic building amenity like a pool or clubhouse. LA TechWatch caught up with Cofounder and CEO Aric Ohana to learn more about Envoy’s focus on make mobility an amenity, the company’s future plans, and recent round of funding from investors that include Shell Ventures, Building Ventures, DENSO, Goodyear Ventures, GroundBreak Ventures, and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Impact Fund.
The LA TechWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 1/12/2021
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for LA startups for 1/12/2021 featuring funding details for Outer, Muniq, and much more.
LA Tech Week in Review: 1/3/21-1/9/21
LA Tech news for the week ending 1/9 featuring news for Outstanding Foods and much, much more…
A Fair Pricing Model for Pre-Seed Rounds
The idea is essentially to raise the capital in tranches using multiple valuation caps, to minimize founder dilution, and to reward the earliest investors who aren’t just willing to commit but are willing to wire the capital too.
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 1/11/21
The notable startup fundings for the week ending 1/9/21 featuring funding details for Pax8, Kyte, Dremio, and eighteen other rounds that you must know about.
The 6 Largest LA Tech Startup Funding Rounds of Q4 2020
The LA TechWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 1/8/2021
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for LA startups for 1/8/2021 featuring funding details for Outstanding Foods and much more.
