LA Tech Week in Review: 10/28/18-11/3/18

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 for the week of ending 11/3 including the LA startup fundings , exits, and events including news for Cubcoats, RingDNA, PatientPop, Imbellus, MYGNAR, and more… USE THE ARROWS BELOW TO NAVIGATE THE REPORT

RingDNA is an AI enterprise platform built to improve sales team production. Founded by Howard Brown , this LA startup raised $30M in a Venture round led by Goldman Sachs and including participation from Palisades Growth Capital and Bryant Stibel Investments . The total funding amount for RingDNA is $35.6M across five rounds.

The healthcare tech company PatientPop is automating customer-patient interactions, like scheduling appointments, and it raised $25M in funding led by Leerink Transformation Partners . PatientPop was founded in 2014 by Luke Kervin and Travis Schneider .

Imbellus is the creator of stimulation-based cognitive assessments that evaluate how people think, and it raised $14.5M in funding led by Owl Ventures, LP . Other participants of this round include Thrive Capital , Rethink Education , and Upfront Ventures , and the total funding amount for this three-year-old startup founded by Rebecca Kantar is now $22.5M across four rounds.

Vive Organic is the purveyor of high-quality wellness beverages created from the best organic and kosher ingredients, and it raised $7M in a Series A round led by PowerPlant Ventures and including participation from Blueberry Ventures , Bill Moses , and Chris Hunter .

According to a recent SEC filing, MyGnar , the company behind GNARBOX, has raised $4.1M in additional funding. MyGnar was founded by Patrick McGuire , Tim Feess , and Will Africano in 2015 and has now raised a total of $12.5M in funding over two rounds. The filing indicates that there were two participants in the round and that the total filing is for $12M.

Cubcoats is the creator of the fun 2-in-1 stuffed animal hoodies for kids, and it raised $4.9M from investors that include Patrick Schwarzenegger , The Dreamers Fund , Hillary Duff , Jen Rubio , Daniel Broukhim , and Michael Broukhim . Zac Park and Spencer Markel founded the LA kids' fashion brand.

According to a recent SEC filing, indoor mapping and spatial analysis startup IndoorVu, has raised $1.4M in funding. The filing lists Michael Colosimo as an Executive and Director and Ben Redner and Myles Sutherland as Directors. It also indicates that the total offering amount is for $2.8M and there were twelve participants in this first closing. IndoorVu was founded in 2016.

According to a recent SEC filing, Voyage , the mobile messaging platform for e-commerce marketers, has raised $618K in funding. The filing lists Carter Gaffney (Bouqs and LegalZoom) as an Executive and Director, Corey Epstein (DSTLD) as an Executive, and Mark Lynn (DSTLD) and Iain Shovlin (TechWeek and Guild Capital) as Directors.

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