The dot.LA Summit has come to a conclusion but our team coverage captured a lot of photos and insights from some of the panels. Our blog includes highlights from this year's in-person gathering at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
More from the Summit:
- What to Expect When Breaking Into Tech Startups
- LA's 'Moonshot' Moment
- Metropolis' Plan for Changing Urban Mobility
- How to Bring More Women into LA's Tech Scene
- How Telehealth Has Changed the Game -- for Most
- Beyond Lip Service on DEI
- Pixar-Level Storytelling on Social Media
- How the Pandemic Transformed Entertainment Tech
- What It Takes to Transition From Founder to CEO
- The Challenge of Finding Male Allies in Tech Circles
- Crypto and Creativity: How Blockchain is Affecting Entertainment
- HopSkipDrive Wins Startup of the Year at dot.LA's Second Annual Startup Awards
- Dapper's Virtual Influencer Lil' Miquela Will Soon Be Run By Her Community
- LA Investors on Tech Resilience and the Future of Work
- LA Investors on Bouncing Back from the Pandemic
- Everlaunch Wins dot.LA's Startup Pitch Competition
- Jam City's Vision for Blockchain Gaming
LA Startups To Watch 👀
👉 Heart to Heart. The new dating app, created by former product and operations lead at TikTok, is launching as a new player in the dating app space by offering audio.
👉 ABL Space Systems. The El Segundo-based firm rockets to a $2.4 billion valuation. The company says the injection of capital will lead to the production of its first rocket.
👉 Skyryse. The Hawthorne-based startups's technology, dubbed FlightOS, strips out many of the technical controls that helicopter pilots rely on and instead presents them in a simple tablet formula.
#TechLA's Movers & Shakers This Week 📢
➡️ Daring Foods is rising against its competitors Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods as it pulls Series A, B and C funding in a single year.
➡️ The esports crew FaZe Clan reaches a $1 billion valuation as it expands its gaming brand and eyes original content for streaming services like Netflix.
➡️For a dire need of housing solutions in LA, this engineer may have found a new tech solution to homelessness using 3D printing.
➡️ Everlaunch, the startup that offers gamified how-to guides for aspiring entrepreneurs, was declared the winner of the second annual dot.LA Summit pitch competition on Thursday in Santa Monica. Watch the full event here.
LA Tech and Venture Capital News 🗞
🗞 The answer to the elderly care dilemma might lie in the remote patient-monitoring industry, a budding sector that uses sensor technology to track a patient's heart rate, movement and other biometrics.
🗞 In its VC Survey, dot.LA asked top LA venture capitalists if we are in a tech bubble? The answer: Yes.
🗞 The celebrity personalized video message app Cameo picked up Los Angeles-based celebrity merchandise retailer Represent for an undisclosed sum.
🗞 Sweetgreen, the Culver City salad chain that became a popular spot for the health-conscious set, filed to go public last week on the New York Stock Exchange.
🗞 Assembly, the Culver City-based ecommerce software company valued at more than $1 billion, has snapped up Pacvue, an enterprise sales firm that hails from Seattle.
🎙 Listen Up 💬
Need a podcast recommendation this weekend? Here are some new pods we have for you:
🎙 She was instrumental in launching brands like DKNY and Polo Jeans. Now retail tech CEO Sandra Campos comes on to the Behind Her Empire to talk about her intuition that led her to success. Listen on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or wherever you get your podcasts.
🎙 When coming to America, Pejman Nozad worked at a carwash, a yogurt shop and even as a carpet salesman. Hear how his journey doing odd jobs led him into the venture capital world on this week's LA Venture. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
🎙 The tragic death of his brother changed how he viewed the world. In this episode of PCH Driven, CEO of Zillow and co-founder of dot.LA Spencer Rascoff talks about how the event spurred his ambition and drive.
🚨 EXTRA EXTRA 🚨
🗞 L.A. County's top health official said the county has pre-ordered 96,000 of the Pfizer vaccines for children expected to arrive by early November.
🗞 Snapchat is in the hot seat with congress after revelations that Facebook feeds exacerbated teens' body issues and algorithms steered them to harmful content.
🗞 A multi-billion-dollar lawsuit waged by several Tinder co-founders and early employees is getting its day in court on Monday, more than three years after the former Tinder executives first launched their legal battle against Match Group and its former owner, IAC.
🗞 In a new SEC filing, Amazon disclosed an equity interest of 20% in the EV startup Rivian, which is part of its overall equity investments carrying value of $3.8 billion, up from $2.7 billion at the end of 2020.
LA Tech and Venture Capital Events 📅
Check out these upcoming Southern California tech and startup events in November:
- Event: LA Blockchain Summit 2021: Nov. 2-3
- Event: CoMotion LA — Land, Sea, Air: The Bold New Frontiers of the Mobility Revolution: Nov. 16-18
- Event: Los Angeles Auto Show 2021: Nov. 19-28
Is your organization having an event? Let us feature it in our newsletter! Email luis@dot.la.
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