LA Tech Week in Review: 9/29/19-10/5/19

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 the things that you may have missed in LA Tech news for the week ending 10/5 including the LA startup fundings , exits, and events including news for Bird, Dave, and much, much more… USE THE ARROWS BELOW TO SEE THE FULL LA TECH WEEK IN REVIEW

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Scooter sharing platform, Bird , raises $275M led by Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec and Sequoia Capital . Bird was founded by Travis VanderZanden in 2017 and has raised a total of $548M across five rounds.

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Relativity Space , the company building rockets using 3D printing to make satellite launches more economical, has raised $140M in Series C funding from investors that include Y Combinator , Social Capital , Mark Cuban , Playground Global , Jared Leto , Tribe Capital , Michael Ovitz , Spencer Rascoff , Lee Fixel , and Bond. Founded by Jordan Noone and Tim Ellis in 2016, Relativity Space has now raised a total of $185.7M in reported equity funding.

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Everything you need to need to know about the largest Los Angeles startup funding rounds for Q3 2019; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more - These 15 LA Startups Raised the Most Capital in Q3 2019

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Dave , the personal financial management app and online banking platform, has raised $50M in Series B funding from Norwest Venture Partners . Founded by Jason Wilk , John Wolanin , Paras Chitakar in 2016, Dave has now raised a total of $186.3M in reported equity funding.

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Edify , the SaaS solution for contact centers to improve customer engagement, has raised $10M in Seed funding from investors that include First Round Capital , Morado Ventures , Liquid 2 Ventures , Bonfire Ventures , Anorak Ventures , Pathbreaker Ventures , Bling Capital , and Sea Lane Ventures . Edify was founded by Bracken Fields and Cameron Weeks in 2018.

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Everything you need to need to know about the largest LA startup funding rounds during September of 2019; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more - The 5 Largest LA Tech Startup Funding Rounds of September 2019

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Waycare , provider of AI solutions for transportation agencies, has raised $7.25M in Series A funding. SJF Ventures led the round, joined by UpWest , Next Gear Ventures , Innogy , Spider Capital , Goldbel l, Zymestic Solutions , and Janom . Waycare has raised a total of $9.6M across three rounds and was founded by Idan Hahn , Noam Maital , and Shai Suzan in 2016.

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Enterprise software, X1 , helps companies get information super-fast and it raised $5.1M led by Palisades Growth Capital along with George Kadifa of ARCH Venture Partners . X1 was founded by Bill Gross in 2003 and has raised a total of $25M across five rounds.

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Knowable Universe is the audio learning platform that raised $4M in Seed led by Andreessen Horowitz and including participation from First Round Capital , Upfront Ventures , and Initialized Capital .

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