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2021 Is a Good Year to Be an Early-Stage Startup in LA
2021 Is a Good Year to Be an Early-Stage Startup in LA
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For budding L.A. startups, pre-money valuations have been eye-popping in the first half of 2021, rising 116% from last year to a median of $65 million, according to a recent Pitchbook report. Nearly every startup hub in the U.S. saw increases in the same period, but the jump was most pronounced in L.A. Read more...
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The live esports channel ESTV, based in L.A., is partnering with Arti to integrate augmented reality into its programming.
Loop Media, a Glendale-based multichannel streaming platform, has added Denise M. Penz and Sonya Zilka to its board of directors.
GrubMarket, a food supply ecommerce company, has acquired L.A.'s 112-year-old Shapiro-Gilman-Shandler Produce company, a major provider of produce and dairy.
The livestreaming platform once known as LiveXLive will now be called LiveOne, the company announced today.
L.A. city restaurants, shopping malls, theaters and other indoor venues will soon need to require proof of vaccination from their customers.
The phenomenon is not limited to emerging businesses: Late-stage startup valuations rocketed in the first half of 2021, too. In L.A., the median pre-money valuation for these companies increased 138% to $175 million, according to the report. Pitchbook recorded the highest median late-stage valuation in the Bay Area at $275 million.
Los Angeles-based hospitality startup Jurny has raised $9.5 million in its efforts to provide software and services to hotels and short-term rental operators that makes checking in easier and faster.
Los Angeles-based CarbonBuilt has raised $10 million to grow its team and further develop the tech it uses to trap captured carbon emissions inside concrete.
A shell company co-created by former Zillow CEO and dot.LA co-founder Spencer Rascoff revealed today that it's merging with quantum computing company Rigetti in a $1.5 billion deal.