This Week in ‘Raises’: Britive Secures $20.5M, Mad Rabbit Lands $10M

Decerry Donato

Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot.LA. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.A. area. On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store.

This Week in ‘Raises’: Britive Secures $20.5M, Mad Rabbit Lands $10M
This Week in ‘Raises’:

A local cloud identity security platform raised fresh funding to expand customer interest in the company’s intelligent privileged access management platform, while one tattoo aftercare company raised its largest funding round to date with the help from Mark Cuban and other notable investors to expand its product line, increase marketing efforts and grow its team.

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Fabric8Labs, Inc., a San Diego-based developer of non-thermal metal 3D printing process raised $52.7 million in funding, per an SEC filing.

Glendale-based cloud identity security platform Britive raised a $20.5 million Series B funding round led by Pelion Venture Partners.

Per an SEC filing, Pasadena-based autonomous robotic kitchen Miso Robotics raised $15 million in funding.

Mad Rabbit, a Los Angeles-based manufacturer of tattoo aftercare products raised a $10 million Series A funding round led by Lucas Brand Equity.

Los Angeles-based market intelligence platform Rwazi, Inc. raised a $4 million seed funding round led by Bonfire Ventures.

Dvele Inc., a La Jolla-based home construction services company raised $1.5 million in funding, per an SEC filing.

PARQ Inc., a Los Angeles-based developer of a centralized management platform raised $1.5 million in funding, per an SEC filing.

Raises is dot.LA’s weekly feature highlighting venture capital funding news across Southern California’s tech and startup ecosystem. Please send fundraising news to Decerry Donato (decerrydonato@dot.la).

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Decerry Donato

Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot.LA. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.A. area. On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store.

LA Tech Week: Technology and Storytelling for Social Good
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On Monday, Los Angeles-based philanthropic organization Goldhirsh Foundation hosted the Technology and Storytelling For Social Good panel at Creative Visions studio to kick off LA Tech week.

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