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. It was a massive week for Tech in LA . CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN LA TECH LAST WEEK

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Fair, the paperless and flexible car leasing platform, has raised around $50M in funding from investors that include next47, BMW i Ventures, Millennium Technology Value Partners, 137 Ventures, CreditEase, and G Squared. Founded by Boone Park, Craig Nehamen, Georg Bauer, Jennifer Parke, Matt Cacciola, and Scott Painter in 2016, Fair has raised $66M in reported equity funding.

According to a recent SEC filing, Cloudkeyz, the cloud-based secured access provider to commercial and residential buildings founded by Norbert Buscha and Shane Robinson in 2015, has raised $600K in funding.

The online employment marketplace, ZipRecruiter, has raised $50M in Series B funding from undisclosed investors. The company has raised $113M over just 2 rounds of funding.

SmartAction, the company improving your customer’s experience, has raised $33M in a Venture round of funding led by Staley Capital and TVC Capital and joined in by G-Bar Ventures. The company has also raised an undisclosed amount in Debt Financing from Silicon Valley Bank and Orix Growth Capital.

GOAT, the sneaker marketplace, has announced a $60M funding round from investors that include Accel Partners, Matrix Partners, Upfront Ventures, and Danny Rimer. The company founded by Daishin Sugano and Eddy Lu has now raised a total of $97.6M in funding. Today, the company also announced it acquired Flight Club. Full coverage here - Flight Club Acquired by GOAT

According to a recent SEC filing, Evid Science, the platform that uses AI and machine to index medical literature to provide a database of therapy evidence, has raised $500K in funding.

Everipedia, the next generation online encyclopedia, has raised $30M in Series A funding from Distributed Network Advisors and EOS.IO Ecosystem Fund, marking the company’s third round of funding.

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