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What Are LA’s Hottest Startups of 2022? See Who VCs Picked in dot.LA’s Annual Survey
Harri Weber
Harri is dot.LA's senior finance reporter. She previously worked for Gizmodo, Fast Company, VentureBeat and Flipboard. Find her on Twitter and send tips on L.A. startups and venture capital to harrison@dot.la.
In Los Angeles—like the startup environment at large—venture funding and valuations skyrocketed in 2021, even as the coronavirus pandemic continued to surge and supply chain issues rattled the economy. The result was a startup ecosystem that continued to build on its momentum, with no shortage of companies raising private capital at billion-dollar-plus unicorn valuations.
In order to gauge the local startup scene and who’s leading the proverbial pack, we asked more than 30 leading L.A.-based investors for their take on the hottest firms in the region. They responded with more than two dozen venture-backed companies; three startups, in particular, rose above the rest as repeat nominees, while we've organized the rest by their amount of capital raised as of January, according to data from PitchBook. (We also asked VCs not to pick any of their own portfolio companies, and vetted the list to ensure they stuck to that rule.)
Without further ado, here are the 26 L.A. startups that VCs have their eyes on in 2022.
1. Whatnot ($225.4 million raised)
Whatnot was the name most often on the minds of L.A. venture investors—understandably, given its prolific fundraising year. Whatnot raised some $220 million across three separate funding rounds in 2021, on the way to a $1.5 billion valuation.
The Marina del Rey-based livestream shopping platform was founded by former GOAT product manager Logan Head and ex-Googler Grant LaFontaine. The startup made its name by providing a live auction platform for buying and selling collectables like rare Pokémon cards, and has since expanded into sports memorabilia, sneakers and apparel.
2. Boulevard ($40.3 million raised)
Boulevard’s backers include Santa Monica-based early-stage VC firm Bonfire Ventures, which focuses on B2B software startups. The Downtown-based company fits nicely within that thesis; Boulevard builds booking and payment software for salons and spas. The firm has worked with prominent brands such as Toni & Guy and HeyDay.
3. GOAT ($492.7 million)
GOAT launched in 2015 as a marketplace to help sneakerheads authenticate used Air Jordans and other collectible shoes. It has since grown at a prolific rate, expanding into apparel and accessories and exceeding $2 billion in merchandise sales in 2020. The startup sealed a $195 million funding round last summer that more than doubled its valuation, to $3.7 billion.
The Best of the Rest
VideoAmp ($578.6 raised)
Nielsen competitor VideoAmp gathers data on who's watching what across streaming services, traditional TV and social apps like YouTube. The company positions itself as an alternative to so-called "legacy" systems like Nielsen, which it says are "fragmented, riddled with complexity and inaccurate." In addition to venture funding, its total funding figure includes more than $165 million in debt financing.
Mythical Games ($269.4 million raised)
Seizing on the NFT craze, Mythical Games is building a platform that powers the growing realm of “play-to-earn games.” Backed by NBA legend Michael Jordan and Andreessen Horowitz, the Sherman Oaks-based startup’s partners include game publishers Abstraction, Creative Mobile and CCG Lab.
FloQast ($202 million raised)
FloQast founder Michael Whitmire says he got a “no” from more than 100 investors in the process of raising a seed round. Today, the accounting software company is considered a unicorn.
Nacelle ($70.8 million raised)
Nacelle produces docuseries, books, comedy albums and podcasts. The media company’s efforts include the Netflix travel series “Down To Earth with Zac Efron.”
Wave ($66 million raised)
A platform for virtual concerts, Wave has hosted performances by artists including Justin Bieber, Tinashe and The Weeknd. The company says it has raised $66 million to date from the likes of Warner Music and Tencent.
Papaya ($65.2 million raised)
Sherman Oaks-based Papaya looks to make it easier to pay “any” bill—from hospital bills to parking tickets—via its mobile app.
LeaseLock ($63.2 million raised)
Based in Marina del Rey, LeaseLock says it’s on a mission to eliminate security deposits for apartment renters.
Emotive ($58.1 million raised)
Emotive sells text message-focused marketing tools to ecommerce firms like underwear brand Parade and men's grooming company Beardbrand.
Dray Alliance ($55 million raised)
Based in Long Beach, Dray says its mission is to “modernize the logistics and trucking industry.” Its partners include Danish shipping company Maersk and toy maker Mattel.
Coco ($43 million raised)
Coco makes small pink robots on wheels (you may have seen them around town) that deliver food via a remote pilot. Its investors include Y Combinator and Silicon Valley Bank.
HiveWatch ($25 million raised)
HiveWatch develops physical security software. Its investors include former Twitter executive Dick Costollo and NBA star Steph Curry’s Penny Jar Capital.
Popshop ($24.5 million raised)
Whatnot competitor Popshop is betting that live-shopping is the future of ecommerce. The West Hollywood-based firm focuses on collectables such as trading cards and anime merchandise.
First Resonance ($19.4 million raised)
Founded by former SpaceX engineer Karan Talati, First Resonance runs a software platform for makers of electric cars and aerospace technology. Its clients include Santa Cruz-based air taxi company Joby Aviation and Alameda-based rocket company Astra.
Open Raven ($19 million raised)
Founded by Crowdstrike and Microsoft alums, Open Raven aims to protect user data. The cybersecurity firm’s investors include Kleiner Perkins and Upfront Ventures.
Fourthwall ($17 million raised)
When an actor faces the camera and speaks directly to the audience, it’s known as “breaking the fourth wall.” Named after the trope, Venice-based Fourthwall offers a website builder that’s designed for content creators.
The Non Fungible Token Company ($15 million raised)
The Non Fungible Token Company creates NFTs for musicians under the name Unblocked. Its investors include Jay Z’s Marcy Venture Partners and Shawn Mendez.
Safe Health Systems ($15 million raised)
Backed by Mayo Clinic Ventures, Safe Health develops telehealth software and offers tools for enterprises to launch their own health care apps.
Intro ($11.6 million raised)
Intro’s app lets you book video calls with experts—from celebrity stylists, to astrologists, to investors.
DASH Systems ($8.5 million raised)
With the tagline “Land the package, not the plane,” DASH Systems is a Hawthorne-based shipping company that builds hardware and software for automated airdrops.
Ettitude ($3.5 million raised)
With a focus on sustainability, Ettitude is a direct-to-consumer brand that sells bedding, bathroom textiles and sleepwear.
Afterparty ($3 million raised)
Along similar lines as Unblocked, Afterparty creates NFTs for artists and content creators such as Clay Perry and Tropix.
Heart to Heart ($0.75 million raised)
Heart to Heart is an audio-focused dating app that “lets you listen to the story behind the pictures in a profile.” Precursor Ventures led the pre-seed funding round.
Frigg (undisclosed)
Frigg makes hair and beauty products that contain cannabinoids such as CBD. The Valley Village-based company raised an undisclosed seed round in August.
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TikTok Timeline Update: The Rise and Pause of a Social Video Giant
03:07 PM | July 08, 2022
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See our timeline below for key developments TikTok's story over the last 10 years, starting with the founding of ByteDance and moving through the app's rise to popularity and the mounting concerns about data privacy and security.
March 2012: Internet entrepreneur Zhang Yiming founds ByteDance in Beijing.
August 2012: ByteDance launches its first product, Toutiao, an AI-powered news aggregator.
July 2014: Alex Zhu launches Musical.ly, an app that enables users to create short-form lipsync music videos; Musical.ly is headquartered in Shanghai with an office in Santa Monica.
July 2015: Musical.ly hits #1 in Apple app store.
September 2016: ByteDance launches Douyin, an app with similar functionality as Musical.ly; within a year, the Chinese app achieves 100 million users and 1 billion views per day.
September 2017: ByteDance brings Douyin outside of China's Great Firewall under the name of TikTok; the app does well in numerous Asian markets.
November 2017: ByteDance acquires Musical.ly for $1 billion; the company starts operating Musical.ly in the US, Douyin in China and TikTok in other markets.
August 2018: ByteDance merges Musical.ly with TikTok and migrates all user profiles to TikTok; Alex Zhu becomes TikTok senior vice president, saying, "Combining Musical.ly and TikTok is a natural fit given the shared mission of both experiences – to create a community where everyone can be a creator."
October 2018: ByteDance achieves a record $75 billion valuation, making it the world's biggest privately backed startup.
February 2019: Lil Nas X releases "Old Town Road" on TikTok, catalyzing a viral sensation that ultimately reaches #1 on Billboard's charts.
February 2019: TikTok is fined $5.7 million for child data privacy violations.
September 2019:Washington Post reports that TikTok may be censoring protests in Hong Kong.
September 2019: Leaked documents show TikTok instructs its moderators to censor videos that mention various subjects deemed offensive by the Chinese government and Communist Party, The Guardian reports.
October 2019: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio calls on the U.S. government to investigate the national security implications of ByteDance's acquisition of Musical.ly, citing concerns over the Chinese government and Communist Party's use of TikTok to censor content and silence open discussion.
October 2019: U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Tom Cotton ask U.S. Acting Director of National Intelligence to assess the national security risks from TikTok and other Chinese-owned apps, and request a congressional briefing on the findings.
October 2019: Alex Zhu begins reporting directly to ByteDance head Zhang Yiming; he had previously reported to the head of Douyin.
November 2019: The U.S. government launches an investigation into ByteDance's acquisition of Musical.ly on the grounds that ByteDance did not seek clearance when it acquired Musical.ly.
TikTok reportedly has 26.5 million monthly active users in the U.S. at this time.
December 2019: The U.S. Defense Department's Defense Information Systems Agency issues a recommendation that military personnel delete TikTok from all smartphones.
Q4 2019: TikTok becomes the most downloaded app in the world and second in the U.S.
January 2020: Several U.S. military branches ban TikTok on government-issued smartphones.
March 2020: U.S. officials reach out to TikTok to discuss political disinformation.
April 2020: TikTok surpasses 2 billion downloads and sets the record for quarterly downloads.
May 2020: Various child privacy groups file a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that TikTok is violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and flouting terms agreed to following its February 2019 settlement.
A TikTok spokesperson says the company "takes the issue of safety seriously for all our users, and we continue to further strengthen our safeguards and introduce new measures to protect young people on the app."
May 2020: ByteDance hires former Disney executive Kevin Mayer as chief operating officer and TikTok chief executive officer.
June 2020: Teens organize on TikTok to fool Trump administration into anticipating high attendance for the President's Tulsa, Oklahoma campaign rally.
June 2020: India bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, citing national security and data privacy concerns; the move comes amid ongoing skirmishes between the two countries on the China-India border.
July 2020: Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison launches an investigation into TikTok surrounding data concerns.
July 2020: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirms the U.S. is looking into banning TikTok over concerns the app is sharing data with China; the next day, President Trump says he is considering a ban, framing it as a potential retaliation tactic against China for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Aug. 2, 2020: Microsoft issues a blog post citing a conversation between chief executive Satya Nadella and President Trump around the company's potential acquisition of TikTok.
Aug. 4, 2020: Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrisson says there is not sufficient evidence to suggest a TikTok ban is necessary.
Aug. 6, 2020: President Trump issues an executive order banning American companies from transacting with ByteDance or its subsidiaries, namely TikTok; the U.S. Secretary of Commerce is to identify specific prohibited "transactions" 45 days after the order is issued.
Aug. 14, 2020: Trump issues another executive order demanding ByteDance "divest all interests and rights" in its assets and property that enable TikTok's U.S. operations, and data collected via TikTok in the U.S., within 90 days. The order says the U.S. investigation into ByteDance's acquisition of Musical.ly presented "credible evidence" that ByteDance "might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States."
Aug. 17, 2020: Oracle enters the discussion as a reported TikTok suitor.
Aug. 18, 2020: President Trump says he would support Oracle buying TikTok. Oracle's cofounder and CTO Larry Ellison had previously said he supports Trump and had fundraised for him in February 2020.
Aug. 24, 2020: TikTok announces it is suing the Trump administration over the ban for failure to protect due process. Separately, a U.S.-based TikTok employee also sues the administration, stating, "I am a patriot"
Aug. 26, 2020:Kevin Mayer steps down from ByteDance and TikTok, citing a diminished role in a letter to colleagues. Rumors swirl that he was left out of ByteDance's negotiations with potential acquirers
Aug. 27, 2020: Walmart issues a statement that it is interested in partnering with Microsoft to acquire TikTok.
Aug. 28, 2020: L.A.-based Triller, a TikTok upstart competitor, is reported to have issued a bid for TikTok along with investment firm Centricus.
Aug. 29, 2020:The Chinese government issues new export rules that complicate the exportation of TikTok's underlying technology – namely its "For You" algorithm – to any foreign buyer.
Aug. 31, 2020:CNBC reports TikTok has chosen a buyer, with an expected sale price of $20 billion - $30 billion.
Sept. 3, 2020: With uncertainty over whether a buyer will be able to acquire TikTok's algorithm, and debate mounting over how that affects the value of the company, numerous outlets negotiations are likely to slow as the Chinese government increases its involvement.
Sept. 13, 2020: Microsoft says in a blog post that "ByteDance let us know today they would not be selling TikTok's US operations to Microsoft." The company says it would have made "significant changes" to ensure security, privacy, online safety and combatting disinformation.
Sept. 14, 2020: Oracle confirms that it has been selected by ByteDance to become a "trusted technology provider" with TikTok. The company says the proposal was submitted by ByteDance to the Treasury Department over the weekend. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says on CNBC that the proposal includes making TikTok-global a U.S. headquartered company with 20,000 new jobs.
Mnuchin adds that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is reviewing the proposal this week for national security implications, and will make a recommendation to the president, who will then review the proposal.
Sept. 19, 2020: President Trump tells reporters he approved the deal in concept between Oracle and TikTok's parent company ByteDance, in which Oracle and Walmart would partner with the app in the U.S. The U.S. government postpones a planned ban on TikTok for one week.
Sept. 27, 2020: A federal judge in Washington temporarily blocks President Trump’s order banning TikTok, granting the social media firm a reprieve just hours before it was to be removed from mobile app stores. The judge says Trump’s order was “largely a unilateral decision with very little opportunity for plaintiffs to be heard,” according to the Washington Post.
Oct. 30, 2020: TikTok averts a U.S. ban again after a federal judge in Pennsylvania temporarily blocks restrictions set to take place on Nov. 12—the Trump administration's deadline for ByteDance to close a deal in the U.S.
Nov. 7, 2020: Democrat Joe Biden defeats President Trump in the presidential election, the Associated Press and other media outlets confirm. A few days later, an advisor to President-elect Biden says it is “too early to say” Biden’s thoughts on TikTok.
Nov. 11, 2020: TikTok asks a judge to extend the deadline for its sale by 30 days. The company says it hasn’t heard an update from the administration in weeks.
Nov. 12, 2020: The U.S. Commerce Department says it won’t enforce the sale deadline imposed by Trump’s order "pending further legal developments." The department cites the Pennsylvania ruling from October that found the TikTok crackdown exceeded the government’s power.
Nov. 13, 2020: The U.S. government extends its deadline by 15 days, giving TikTok until Nov. 27 to strike a deal that allays the government’s national security concerns.
Nov. 26, 2020: ByteDance gets another week to sell off TikTok’s U.S. business. A spokesperson for the Treasury Department tells CNBC that the government granted the extension until Dec. 4 “to allow time to review a revised submission” that it recently received.
Dec. 4, 2020: The latest deadline passes without an approved deal to sell TikTok. The Treasury Department says it won’t extend the deadline again, but there are “no plans to enforce anything,” a source tells The Washington Post.
Dec. 14, 2020: The Federal Trade Commission orders TikTok—along with Snap, YouTube, Twitter and other social media and streaming sites—to turn over information about how they collect and use information about users.
Feb. 10, 2021: Newly-inaugurated President Joe Biden slams the brakes on forcing a TikTok sale. In court papers, Biden administration lawyers file a motion to postpone the cases related to a potential ban of the popular social media app.
June 9, 2021: President Biden revokes Trump’s executive order that sought to ban TikTok and replaces it with one that calls for a broader review of foreign-controlled apps that may pose national security risks.
June 25, 2021: CNBC reports TikTok is tightly controlled by Chinese parent company ByteDance. Insiders tell the news outlet that ByteDance has access to TikTok’s American user data and is closely involved in the Culver City company’s decision-making.
July 20, 2021: Pakistan bans TikTok for the fourth time, citing “inappropriate content.” The country lifts the latest ban a few months later.
Sept 27, 2021: TikTok announces that it has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users as the app continues to rapidly rise in popularity.
Oct. 26, 2021: During a public hearing, U.S. lawmakers press Michael Beckerman, TikTok’s head of public policy for the Americas, on whether TikTok’s Chinese ownership could expose consumer data to Beijing. Beckerman says “access controls for our data is done by our U.S. teams,” adding that the data that TikTok collects is “not of a national security importance,” according to the New York Times.
Dec. 17 2021: A Wall Street Journal investigation shows that TikTok’s recommendation algorithm is flooding teens’ video feeds with eating disorder content.
December 2021: TikTok overtakes Google as the most-visited website on the internet.
Feb. 8, 2022: Facing criticism over hosting harmful content, TikTok announces new rules aimed at preventing viral hoaxes, shielding the LGBTQ community from harassment and removing videos promoting unhealthy eating.
February 2022: As Russia invades Ukraine, TikTok is awash in raw footage from the battlefield and false and misleading clips. The war raises fresh concerns about TikTok’s handling of misinformation on its platform.
March 2, 2022: A bipartisan group of state attorneys general launch an investigation into TikTok, examining whether the social media giant is harming children and young adults through the content on its platform.
March 11, 2022:Reuters reports that TikTok is close to a deal to store all of the video-sharing app’s U.S. user data with American software giant Oracle. The partnership is aimed at resolving the U.S. government’s national security concerns.
March 15, 2022: California lawmakers unveil a first-of-its-kind bill to let parents sue social media platforms like TikTok for allegedly addicting children to their apps.
March 31, 2022: Attorneys general from 44 U.S. states and territories urge TikTok and Santa Monica-based Snap to strengthen parental controls on their platforms, telling the social media giants that they must do more to protect kids online.
April 3, 2022: “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” wins a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. It’s the first Grammy-winning album to originate on TikTok, solidifying the app’s growing influence over the music industry.
April 15, 2022: The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice launch probes into TikTok’s moderation of content depicting child sexual abuse, according to the Financial Times.
April 2022: TikTok is the most-downloaded app in the world during the first quarter of 2022, according to a study from digital analytics firm Sensor Tower.
May 12, 2022: The mother of a 10-year-old girl who died after allegedly trying a dangerous “Blackout Challenge” sues TikTok. The case is one of several to claim the app’s algorithm showed kids and teens videos of people choking themselves until they pass out.
June 17, 2022: BuzzFeed News publishes a bombshell report that TikTok’s data on U.S. users was repeatedly accessed in China by employees of parent company ByteDance. The report raises fresh privacy and security concerns about the Chinese-owned social media app.
The same day, TikTok announces that it migrated all of its U.S. user traffic to servers operated by American software giant Oracle, an effort to assuage concerns that American data could fall into the hands of the Chinese government.
June 28, 2022: In the wake of the BuzzFeed report, Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr urges Apple and Google to remove TikTok from its app stores. Nine Republican U.S. senators send a letter to TikTok with questions about the company’s handling of American data.
June 30, 2022: TikTok responds to Republican lawmakers by detailing its plans on keeping U.S. data out of the hands of Chinese parent company ByteDance. The company’s letter confirms that ByteDance employees in China can access TikTok data, but only when “subject to a series of robust cybersecurity controls” and approvals overseen by its U.S.-based security team.
July 5, 2022: Leaders of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee ask the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether TikTok deceived the public about whether people in China could access American user data.July 29, 2022: Bloomberg reports the Chinese government requested TikTok host stealth, propaganda accounts—a move that TikTok executives denied due to their growing efforts to distance the platform from its Chinese origins.
August 5, 2022: The flood of information coming from within the organization leads TikTok to hire roles meant to prevent internal leaks.
August 11, 2022: A Forbes review of TikTok and ByteDance employees’ LinkedIn profiles reveals that 300 current employees previously worked for Chinese state media publications. Fifteen employees apparently were employed by both at the same time.
August 16, 2022: Oracle begins its audit of TikTok’s algorithm and content moderation process to determine if the Chinese government has interfered with the platform.
August 18, 2022: Developer Felix Krause finds that the app monitors all keyboard inputs and tags, which could record private data like passwords and credit card information. TikTok denies these claims.
September 14, 2022: TikTok Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas appears before the Senate Homeland Security Committee and says its ongoing negotiations with the U.S. government “will satisfy all national security concerns.” Notably, Pappas would not fully commit to cutting off U.S. data flow to China.
September 21, 2022: Former TikTok executives claim they were instructed to follow directions from ByteDance and had limited power to make internal decisions as people question TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s influence.
September 24, 2022: British regulators from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) send TikTok a warning over how the company handles children’s data—a warning that could lead to a $29 million fine.
September 26, 2022: The Justice Department reaches a “preliminary agreement” with TikTok over national security concerns, though details are still being negotiated.
October 12, 2022: A BBC report finds that TikTok profited from refugees collecting donations via the app’s live streaming feature, with some claiming the platform took up to 70% of the profits.
October 20, 2022: A Forbes report reveals that ByteDance intended to use TikTok to monitor the location of American citizens as a method of surveillance. TikTok denies these claims.
October 27, 2022: Even as the government places increasing pressure on TikTok, the Biden administration invites eight TikTok stars to the White House in an effort to reach Gen Z voters.
That same day, A Philadelphia judge rules that TikTok is immune in a lawsuit claiming the app was responsible for the death of a child participating in the “blackout challenge.”
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LA Tech Week 2024: Tuesday’s Event Lineup
10:44 AM | October 10, 2024
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Here’s the Tuesday, October 15 lineup for LA Tech Week 2024, organized by location so you can easily explore events that fit your goals and schedule. Dive in and see what’s happening near you!
BEL AIR
5:00 PM
- Founder + Investor Dinner at Lumos House (Day 1) :See Details Here
Andrew Yeung, Blindspot
- Elevate Fall Soirée | Caviar Tasting & Champagne :See Details Here
Elevate Members
8:00 PM
- Lumos House Opening Party at LA Tech Week :See Details Here
Andrew Yeung, Blindspot
BEVERLY HILLS
8:00 AM
- Scrappy Hour :See Details Here
Scrappy
9:00 AM
- Operators Meet Up (Invite Only)
Halogen Ventures
5:00 PM
- Innovators Connect: Founders, Executives, and Leaders Mixer :See Details Here
Plug and Play, 2045, Studio by Tishman Speyer, Breaking Bread
6:00 PM
- FAMILY OFFICES & INVESTORS DINNER LA :See Details Here
VCPE GROUPS, ENTREPRENEUR.VC
- Investing In The AI Data Center Gold Rush :See Details Here
Stellenium, MyBrand Global, Project Sanctuary
- Investor & Partner Sunset Soirée :See Details Here
Ayana foundation, Cherub
- Future Maker Mixer :See Details Here
Matey, Inc.
- AI Investors Wine Tasting : See Details Here
Mission Matters, Destination Luxury
BRENTWOOD
9:00 AM
- Space, Houses, and Everything In-between :See Details Here
75 & Sunny, Fika, Navitas
3:00 PM
- Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs + Friends Tennis Live Ball :See Details Here
Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs of Socal
CARSON
12:00 PM
- Gaming Innovators Event :See Details Here
J.P. Morgan, Cooley, CAA, Porsche
CENTURY CITY
12:00 PM
- PITCH & PANEL: Founders & Investors :See Details Here
Entrepreneur Ventures, VCPE Groups, CAA (Creative Artists Agency)
CULVER CITY
9:00 AM
- Intersections LA - Coworking at LA Tech Week Day 2 :See Details Here
Intersections LA
3:00 PM
- Fireside Chat with NBA-All Star Baron Davis :See Details Here
AWS for Startups
5:30 PM
- AMA Panel and Mixer with Post-Exit Founders :See Details Here
Techstars, Saywise
EL SEGUNDO
11:00 AM
- Deep Tech Brunch :See Details Here
Calibrate Ventures, Advaita Capital, ACME VC, Techstars
4:00 PM
- Blowouts for Builders: Honoring Women in Hard Tech (Invite Only)
First Resonance
- CX2 Happy Hour :See Details Here
CX2 Inc.
5:00 PM
- American Dynamism (Invite Only)
HOLLYWOOD
10:00 AM
- Community Manager Meetup :See Details Here
Community Pros of Los Angeles
1:00 PM
- The Community Economy: Profit & Purpose :See Details Here
Communia
LONG BEACH
2:00 PM
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Our Generation Cares
6:00 PM
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SpectrumAi, LEARN Behavioral
MALIBU
10:00 AM
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Goldhirsh Foundation, LA2050, Creative Visions
MARINA DEL REY
11:00 AM
- Bagels & Hard Tech by the Bay :See Details Here
DMK Engineering, Inc., Digital Law Group, PLLC
3:00 PM
- Screening of Cloudwalkers :See Details Here
USC, Information Sciences Institute (ISI)
PLAYA DEL REY
8:00 AM
- Cerebral Beach Coffee with AI Creators :See Details Here
AI LA
PLAYA VISTA
8:30 AM
- AI in Action: Redefining the Digital Content Lifecycle in Media + Entertainment :See Details Here
Sprockit, Verizon Innovation Lab
- AI & CREATIVITY BREAKFAST WITH LABS.GOOGLE :See Details Here
6:30 PM
- Trends in Building and Investing: Data, AI and the Future Internet Economy :See Details Here
Everi AI, Five Two Five VC
SANTA MONICA
7:00 AM
- Founders Run & Coffee (LA Tech Week Edition) :See Details Here
Founder Common, Founders Run Club
8:00 AM
- Just Go Grind: LA Tech Week Coffee Meetup :See Details Here
Just Go Grind
8:30 AM
- Brewing Connections: Coffee + Alfajores Networking Breakfast for Founders at Seed Stage :See Details Here
Braintly, Alt-Black
- 0 to 1: Building at the Early-Stage :See Details Here
Upfront Ventures, Brex
9:00 AM
- Deals & Donuts: An LA Tech Week Event for Investors :See Details Here
Mercato Partners
- Wake Up to Innovation: Join Dialpad at LA Tech Week :See Details Here
Dialpad
- 1:1 with Amanda: Path to Advising :See Details Here
Garden Labs
- Erewhon Smoothie Tasting & Kickoff Breakfast :See Details Here
Deel, Alumni Ventures, TeamTailor
- Office Hours for Underestimated Founders :See Details Here
M13
- Female Founders + Funders Breakfast Meetup :See Details Here
LendTech, Two to Twenty, The Artemis Fund, Orrick
9:30 AM
- Growth Day :See Details Here
Mucker Capital
- Founders and Investors Breakfast Mixer :See Details Here
Qapita, Remofirst, Commenda
10:00 AM
- Game Changers: Breakfast with Fenwick and a16z :See Details Here
a16z, Fenwick
- The FutureList Founder Hub :See Details Here
The FutureList, Global Venture Network
- Collegiate Cowork :See Details Here
USC Marshall Grief Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
- Santa Monica Promenade Walk (Coffee and Doughnuts) :See Details Here
Cherry Hill Advisory
11:00 AM
- Your Pitch Sucks! How to Make it Better :See Details Here
Liz Shows
- Business Value - Measure, Create, & Retain (Invite Only)
Objective IBV
- Transactional Trends & FinTech Transformation: Overcoming Payment Threats in a Post-COVID Marketplace (Invite Only)
Chargebacks911
- The $2M to $20M ARR Playbook: Proven Tactics for Hypergrowth :See Details Here
Next Stage Trajectory
12:00 PM
- How to Raise a Round by Women in VC :See Details Here
SSM
- Scaling Hardware: From Concept to Market - A Lunch Panel for Industry Leaders :See Details Here
SEACOMP, Conduit Venture Labs, AJProTech
- Authentication for Startups :See Details Here
FusionAuth, Global Venture Network
1:00 PM
- AI Pickleball Tournament :See Details Here
Kiva AI
- Founder Lunch :See Details Here
Cherry Hill Advisory
2:00 PM
- Google Cloud for Startups - Venture Leaders Meetup :See Details Here
Morrow, Global Venture Network
- Contech & AI Female Leaders Mixer :See Details Here
Le Club, Blueprints AI
- Solving Collective Action Problems :See Details Here
2:30 PM
- From London to #LATechWeek: What makes a world-class innovation hub with Snap, Universal Music, BAM Ventures, and OnePlan :See Details Here
London & Partners, RSM
3:00 PM
- Hardware Happy Hour: Craft Beers & Connections :See Details Here
SEACOMP, Conduit Venture Labs, AJProTech
- Venture Financing and Alternative Forms of Financing: What Startups Need to Know :See Details Here
SSM Law
- Coffee Grinders: A Productivity Social :See Details Here
Startup Village, Sigma Eta Pi, UCLA
- Female Founders and Funders Walk :See Details Here
Venturous Counsel
3:30 PM
- J.P. Morgan Social Impact - Westside Food Bank Food Sorting :See Details Here
J.P. Morgan
- Early Stage Growth: Mastering Product, Sales and Execution :See Details Here
Two Bear Capital, Binarly, CIQ
- Franchise Pitches :See Details
HereWefranch.com, Early Adopters Community
- LinkedIn Marketing Exec Roundtable: Insights and Strategies for Engaging SaaS Buyers :See Details Here
4:00 PM
- NachoTuesday: SaaS Founder + Investor Rooftop Happy Hour :See Details Here
NachoNacho, Kalungi, GLASS
- Beyond the AI Buzz - Crafting Equitable Workplaces in the Digital Age :See Details Here
Margins, Open Venture Capital
- Tech Trends Deep Dive: Innovation, Culture and Trust (Invite Only)
Edelman
- What Founders Need to Know About 2D Barcodes and the Future of Transparency :See Details Here
GS1US, Global Venture Network
- Venture Capital Creator Economy :See Details Here
Bump, Capitalize VC, H/L Ventures, Trapital Ventures, Select Management Group, Symphonic Capital, Popstar Ventures
4:30 PM
- Black Founders & Investors Meet-Up :See Details Here
Expert DOJO
5:00 PM
- AI, Cleantech, & Creatives :See Details Here
Nuleep Inc., Asians in Energy City of Irvine
- Immigrant Founders Networking :See Details Here
- Golden Hour with Gold House (Invite Only)
Gold House, Microsoft, Silicon Valley Bank
- Openhouse & Tech Mixer: Innovating Golf and Sports Technology :See Details Here
Golfjoy
- Oceanview Drinks: The Future of Legal Technology :See Details Here
SimpleClosure, Cooley, Cambrian Ventures
5:30 PM
- Lenny's Community Happy Hour :See Details Here
Lenny's Community
- Wine with AI Category Leaders :See Details Here
OCV Partners, Hyperlink Ventures, Mucker Capital, HSBC
- LATechWeek x FEMTECH Experiential Beauty Activation :See Details Here
Plantologist
- Space Jam! Founders & Investors Meetup :See Details Here
MaC Venture Capital, Generation Space, Fenwick
6:00 PM
- Easy Peasy: idea to exit in 3 years :See Details Here
Stripe
- Founders Night with VCs & Angels :See Details Here
Entre, WeWork, Fidelity
- Culture Blocks: Preserving Creativity On-Chain :See Details Here
Republic
- Preccelerator Demo Day :See Details Here
Stubbs Alderton, Markiles Preccelerator
- Clay Club LA: New Wave GTM :See Details Here
Clay
- Tech Fusion & Salsa Mixer :See Details Here
Alt-Black
- GenAI for the Entertainment Industry Dinner (Invite Only)
A16z
- SVB at LA Tech Week 2024 (Invite Only)
Silicon Valley Bank
- MLOps LA x Databricks Happy Hour :See Details Here
MLOps Community, Databricks
- Online Gaming Services House :See Details Here
Pragma, AWS, Hathora, Mod.io, Unity
- Tech Sales in LA :See Details Here
ReMatter, Zuma.AI
- Snark Tank/Money is Funny Tech Pitch Roast Comedy Show :See Details Here
Tech Pitch Roast Comedy LLC
- The Back Channel: Chief of Staff's Private Dinner :See Details Here
Draper University
- Crosscut's Annual Oktoberfest :See Details Here
Crosscut Ventures, Wilson Sonsini, Juniper Square
- Master the Art of Storytelling :See Details Here
Leave a Mark
- Investors All In: Exclusive Networking :See Details Here
No Pressure Networking, All in All
6:30 PM
- Investors All In: Exclusive Networking :See Details Here
No Pressure Networking, All in All
- LA Demo Days :See Details Here
Olympian Motors, Inc
- Rising Studios and entertainment tech frontiers :See Details Here
ElevenLabs
7:00 PM
- What's your Story? Bringing Products to Life :See Details Here
How&How, Cashapp, FNDR, Patagonia
- VIP Creator Economy Dinner :See Details Here
Pearpop
- CPG 2.0-Blending Physical and Digital Consumer Experiences :See Details Here
Camino5
- CPG Villa Party :See Details Here
Callista Media, Viecolo
- AIWave Launch Party :See Details Here
AI Wave
7:30 PM
- Speed Dating for Tech Professionals (Ages 20s & 30s) :See Details Here
Los Angeles Fun Events
SUNSET
5:30 PM
- 4th D-Line Tech Summit :See Details Here
D-Line Summit (A Deep Tech Summit)
- TORRANCE
5:30 PM
- Grow Your Legal Practice With AI Personas: A Personal AI Hands-On Workshop :See Details Here
Personal AI, The Simon Law Group Justice Team
USC
5:30 PM
- Agentic & Vertical AI - VC Fireside Chat + Networking :See Details Here
Untapped Ventures, USC School of Advanced Computing, AI LA, Embark Ventures
VENICE
8:00 AM
- Breakfast - Talking TikTok Shop Success :See Details Here
Science
- Startup Breakfast Mixer :See Details Here
J.P. Morgan Startup Banking
8:30 AM
- Gaming, Community & Mental Health :See Details Here
Richie Knows, NAMI Westside Los Angeles
9:00 AM
- Shaping the Future of Entertainment with AI :See Details Here
Perkins Coie
9:30 AM
- Caffeine and Critical Industries :See Details Here
Riot Ventures, Space VC, Stifel Bank
11:00 AM
- The Art of Building Buzz and Community on Social Media with 3 Top Brands :See Details Here
BrandBastion
12:00 PM
- Cap Table Management Best Practices :See Details Here
J.P. Morgan
4:30 PM
- Community & Superfans Happy Hour :See Details Here
Harbor
5:00 PM
- Convergence of Payments & Software :See Details Here
J.P. Morgan, Intuit Ventures, TOOLBX
- Accelerating Innovation: The Role of Venture Studios and Accelerators in the LA Startup Ecosystem :See Details Here
Reitler
5:30 PM
- Elevate with Ellevoy: Female Founders & Funders HH :See Details Here
Ellevoy
6:00 PM
- Scaling Success: Tech, Marketing, & Leadership Synergy Happy Hour :See Details Here
1Above Tech, Venture Ahead
- Tech by Day, LA by Night: Fenwick x Toku Happy Hour :See Details Here
Fenwick, Toku
7:00 PM
- Consumer Happy Hour :See Details Here
NGL
8:00 PM
- SURPRISE Launch Party :See Details Here
Dropbox, 99VC
WEST HOLLYWOOD
10:00 AM
- Professional Media Training and Headshots :See Details Here
RJR Partners, Talk Shop Media
12:00 PM
- AWSM MRNGS: A Founders & Funders Brunch :See Details Here
AWSM SCTY, Grid110
7:00 PM
- LP Salon :See Details Here
Hyphah
WESTSIDE
7:00 PM
- Growth, Sustainably LA Tech Week :See Details Here
AltiamCX, Ruckus
WESTWOOD
2:00 PM
- Healthcare Innovations: Transforming a Future for All :See Details Here
IFC Global, APSDG, UCLA School of Engineering
- Face 2 Face with TCA investors :See Details Here
TCA Los Angeles, UCLA Anderson
4:00 PM
- Female Founder Showcase :See Details Here
WINDSOR HILLS
8:00 AM
- Coffee On Slauson :See Details Here
Slauson& Co
For updates or more event information, visit the official Tech Week calendar.
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