The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 10/2/21 featuring funding details for Gem, Sureify, Burro, and twenty-seven other rounds that you need to know about.
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The 8 Largest LA Tech Startup Funding Rounds of September 2021
Everything you need to need to know about the largest Los Angeles startup funding rounds of September 2021; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more…
Elodie Games Raises $32.5M for its Gaming Studio Focused on Providing Seamless Gaming Experiences Across Any Platform
A seamless user experience, regardless of channel or device, is one of the main pillars of a usable omnichannel experience. The same is true for gaming. Presently, incongruent and inconsistent experiences across devices often give some players advantages while creating differences in engagement rates among others. Elodie Games is a gaming studio that firmly believes that building truly synchronous experiences across any platform will lead to deeper social gaming experiences. The company, founded last year by two Riot Games executives that had worked on League of Legends, is in the process of developing its debut title, which is currently in pre-Alpha. The company has not disclosed more on the specifics but will use this latest funding to expand the team and complete the game. LA TechWatch caught up with Elodie Games CEO and Cofounder David Banks to learn more about the company’s mission, strategic plans, differentiators, latest round of funding from investors that include Galaxy Interactive, Andreessen Horowitz, Brian Cho, and Chris Ovitz.
LA Tech Week in Review: 8/15/21-8/21/21
7 LA startup pulled in new funding $107M+ this past week. LA Tech news for the week ending 8/21 featuring news for ForeVR, Nacelle, and much, much more.
The LA TechWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 8/18/2021
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for LA startups for 8/18/2021 featuring funding details for ForeVR and one deal that you will not read about anywhere else for a startup launched by ex-Riot employees.
The 17 Largest LA Tech Startup Funding Rounds of Q2 2021
Everything you need to need to know about the largest Los Angeles startup funding rounds of Q2 2021; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more…
The 7 Largest LA Tech Startup Funding Rounds of June 2021
Everything you need to need to know about the largest Los Angeles startup funding rounds of June 2021; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more…
Mythical Games Raises $75M to Marry NFTs and Gaming in One Platform
There has been a meteoric rise in the popularity of NFTs with creators scrambling to find novel use cases for the digital assets. Scarcity and hedonistic benefit are two of the fundamental core elements of game design that also align well with NFTs. Mythical Games is building a player-owned economic engine to seamlessly bring NFTs to games along with a marketplace where these assets can be transacted safely and securely. The company just launched early access for Blankos Block Party, its first title and an open-world multiplayer game, that allows users to earn, buy, and sell characters in its marketplace with plans to open up the marketplace technology to publishers, developers, and creators. LA TechWatch caught up with COO Jeff Poffenbarger to learn more about building an ecosystem for blockchain-based gaming, the company’s strategic plans, and latest round of funding from investors that includeWestCap Group, 01 Advisors, Gary Vaynerchuk’s VaynerFund, Galaxy Digital, Javelin Venture Partners, Alumni Ventures, and Stuck Capital.
LA Tech Week in Review: 6/6/21-6/12/21
$740M+ raised in LA during the week! LA Tech news for the week ending 6/12 featuring news for StoryFile, Mythical Games, and much, much more.
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 6/14/21
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 6/12/21 featuring funding details for Zenoti, PostHog, and twenty-five other rounds that you need to know about.
The LA TechWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 6/9/2021
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for LA startups for 6/9/2021 featuring funding details for Mythical Games and much more.