The 20 Largest LA Startup Funding Rounds of 2015

This week, I take a look at the 20 companies that have raised the largest startup funding rounds in Los Angeles this year using some data from our friends at Crunchbase (as of 7/23). In addition to dollar amount, I have included industry, round, investors in the round, and total capital raised to further the analysis. As I know that all of these companies are hiring, I have also included the number of open positions (240) that are available at each as of the time of this writing, according to their respective websites. I am hopeful that this will be useful for the job seekers out there and I am sure that the service providers will use this information for their own benefit. Lastly, in order to maintain a focus on conventional tech startups, pharmaceutical and biotech companies were removed from the data.

Quick Findings:

The 20 largest funding rounds in LA in 2015 total $613M Tweet this The total funding raised in LA in 2015 is $1.13B Tweet this There have been 149 rounds in LA in 2015 Tweet this The top 20 rounds comprise 63% of the total $ amount raised in LA in 2015 Tweet this 30% of the largest startup rounds in LA in 2015 were for companies founded by at least 1 woman Tweet this

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ChowNow $10M Round: Series B

Industry: SaaS Hospitality Investors in the Round: Upfront Ventures Total Capital raised: $17.7M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 18

OUYA $10M Round: Venture Status: OUYA was acquired by Razer on 7/28/15. Industry: Gaming Investors in the Round: Alibaba Capital Partners Total Capital raised: $33.6M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 1

The Black Tux $10M Round: Series A Industry: Fashion Investors in the Round: First Round Menlo Ventures The Raine Group Total Capital raised: $15M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 5

AssetAvenue $11M Round: Series a Industry: Real Estate Investors in the Round: DCM Ventures Matrix Partners NetEase Capital NetEase.com Ron Suber Total Capital raised: $15M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 2

HONK $12M Round: Series A Industry: Automotive Investors in the Round: Altpoint Ventures Expansion Venture Capital Karlin Ventures Structure Capital TenOneTen Ventures Venture51 Total Capital raised: $13.8M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 10

Reformation $12M Round: Series A Industry: Fashion Investors in the Round: 14W Stripes Group Andrew S. Rosen Karlie Kloss Miroslava Duma Total Capital raised: $12M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 17

SmartyPants Vitamins $12.6M Round: Venture Industry: E-commerce Total Capital raised: $19.5

TaskUs $15M Round: Series A Industry: Enterprise Investors in the Round: Navegar Total Capital raised: $15M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 10

Nasty Gal $16M Round: Series C Industry: E-commerce Investors in the Round: Ron Johnson Index Ventures Total Capital raised: $65M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 14

Vixlet $16M Round: Venture Industry: Social Media Total Capital raised: $30.4M

ServiceTitan $18M Round: Series A Industry: Ticketing Investors in the Round: Bessemer Venture Partners Total Capital raised: $18M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 12

HomeHero $20M Round: Series A Industry: Healthcare Investors in the Round: Not disclosed Total Capital raised: $23M

Nativo $20M Round: Series B Industry: AdTech Investors in the Round: Advance Vixeid Partners BDMI e.ventures Greycroft Partners RezVen Partners Signia Venture Partners Total Capital raised: $31.2M

Seven Lakes $20M Round: Series A Industry: Analytics Investors in the Round: Carrick Capital Partners Total Capital raised: $20M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 8

Soylent $20M Round: Series A Industry: FoodTech Investors in the Round: Andreessen Horowitz Partner: Chris Dixon David Friedberg Index Ventures Lerer Hippeau Ventures Total Capital raised: $22.3M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 8

InAuth $23M Round: Series A Industry: Mobile security Investors in the Round: Bain Capital Ventures Total Capital raised: $23.8

Machinima $24M Round: Series E Industry: Gaming Investors in the Round: Warner Bros. Allen DeBevoise Coffin Capital MK Capital Redpoint Ventures Total Capital raised: $91.6M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 3

GumGum $26M Round: Series C Industry: Advertising Investors in the Round: Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital First Round New Enterprise Associates Upfront Ventures Total Capital raised: $36.8M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 26

Zealot Networks $26.5M Round: Series A Industry: Digital Media Investors in the Round: AITA AITV (Accelerate IT Ventures) ITV Venture51 Total Capital raised: $160M

FreedomPop $30M Round: Series B Industry: Wireless Investors in the Round: Atomico Axiata DCM Mangrove Capital Partners Partech Ventures Total Capital raised: $59.3M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 16

Tradesy $30M Round: Series B Industry: Analytics Investors in the Round: Fidelity Credit Suisse Fabrice Grinda Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) John Mack Jose Marin Nicolas Berggruen Noam Gottesman Tom Glocer Venrock Vikram Pandit Wellington Management Total Capital raised: $179.6M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 13

Thrive Market $32.9M Round: Venture Industry: E-Commerce Investors in the Round: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner: John Doerr Bee Partners Grant Gittlin Richard Branson Rincon Venture Partners Total Capital raised: $44.5M

RealtyMogul.com $35M Round: Series B Industry: Real Estate Investors in the Round: Sorenson Capital Canaan Partners Total Capital raised: $45.1M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 33

Whipclip $40M Round: Series C Industry: Video Investors in the Round: Eminence Capital Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) Raine Ventures Total Capital raised: $60M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 6

Flipagram $70M Round: Series B Industry: Photography Investors in the Round: Sequoia Capital Index Ventures Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Total Capital raised: $70M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 8

Dollar Shave Club $75M Round: Series D Industry: E-commerce Investors in the Round: KKR Bullpen Capital Comcast Ventures Google Capital NBC Sports Ventures Pentech Ventures Piton Capital Shamrock Capital Advisors Time Warner Investments Total Capital raised: $361.2M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 18

Chrome River $100M Round: Series D Industry: SaaS Investors in the Round: Great Hill Partners Total Capital raised: $120M Number of available jobs on company website (as of 7/15) 13

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