LA Tech Week in Review

With so much going on in the thriving LA tech and startup ecosystem, it is easy to miss some of the news in the space. We keep you abreast of a few of things that you may have missed in LA Tech news this week including the fundings, exits, and events. CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN LA TECH LAST WEEK

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According to a recent SEC filing, CloudSight, the platform that is using AI to for image recognition, has raised $1.5M in additional funding. This brings the total funding to $9.45M for the company founded by Bradford Folkens and Dominik Mazur in 2012. Investors in previous rounds include 7percent Ventures, Kamran Pourzanjani, David Perry, and Wharton Asset Management Company Limited.

We took a look at the state of Los Angeles venture capital and angel funding during 2017 for startups - The LA TechWatch 2017 LA Venture Capital Funding Analysis

According to a recent SEC filing, MindMate, the app focused on age-related cognitive decline such as in the case of dementia, has raised an additional $1.26M in funding. The Santa Monica-based company, founded by Patrick Renner and Rogelio Arellano, and Susanne Mitschke in 2015, has now raised a total of $1.86M in equity funding. Investors in previous rounds include Techstars, Northstar Ventures, Scottish Enterprise, Ignite Accelerator, Doug Scott, Damien Lane, Potential VC, Pip Wilson, Locke Mountain Ventures, Amadeo Brenninkmeijer, Alex Iskold, and Right Side Capital Management. The company a graduate of the Techstars NYC '16 program.

We took a look at the state of venture capital and angel funding during the all of December, both in Los Angeles and nationally - The December 2017 LA Venture Capital and Early Stage Funding Report

According to a recent SEC filing, Spoke Labs, has raised $500K in funding. The filing lists Thomas Stern and Brenan Keller as Executive Directors.

We broke down the 15 LA startup largest rounds during the fourth quarter of 2017 - These 15 LA Startups Raised the Most Capital in Q4 of 2017

Praedicat, the risk analytics platform for catastrophe risk liability, has raised an additional $6M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. This round brings the total funding to $18M raised over three funding rounds since the company was founded in 2011.

FairClaims, the online dispute resolution platform for enterprise founded by John Boese and Stephen Kane in 2014, has raised an additional $275K in funding from FJ Labs. This brings the total funding to $2.36M over three rounds.

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