| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.11.2022 | Web3 accelerator Archipelago Labs launches $10M fund | Archipelago Labs (A-Labs), a startup accelerator, has been officially launched to invest and accelerate the growth of the most promising startups and talents in the Philippines’ Web3 ecosystem.
Backed by partners from the Philippine Digital... |
| 11.06.2020 | Mucker Capital Joins Grow Credit’s $2M Seed Investment Round | SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Grow Credit, a minority-led startup financial inclusion platform, today announced that Mucker Capital, a Santa Monica-based fund, has joined its seed funding round, bringing its total seed investment t... |
| 25.10.2018 | Hybrid Accelerator and VC Firm K&T Capital Raises €20M | K&T Capital, a London, UK-based hybrid accelerator and venture capital firm, closed a €20M initial round of funding from private investors.
The firm also announced follow-on investments in its first-tier portfolio companies RGK Mobile, ... |
| 10.03.2016 | Mucker Capital Raises $45 Million Fund | - |
| 10.03.2016 |
Mucker Capital Raises $45M Fund, Mucker III
| Los Angeles-based Mucker Capital said this week that it has closed on a new, $45M fund, Mucker III. The fund, run by Erik Rannala and William Hsu, did not detail the limited partners in the new fund. Mucker Capital started fundraising for t... |
| 09.03.2016 | Mucker raises $45 mln for new seed fund | - |
| 09.03.2016 | Mucker Capital closes on $45 million for an early-stage LA-based fund | Santa Monica-based Mucker Capital has raised $45 million for its third fund, Mucker III.
The Silicon Beach firm said that it will continue to invest in software and services startups and continue to focus on the greater Los Angeles area.
In... |
| 13.02.2014 | MuckerLab Launches New $20 Million Seed Fund | MuckerLab, a startup accelerator in Los Angeles, has raised a new seed fund, Mucker Capital. We hear the total amount of the fund is $20 million to $25 million.
MuckerLab launched a few years ago as a three-month accelerator based in L.A. T... |
| 23.01.2014 |
MuckerLab Shows Off New Class Of Startups
| Santa Monica-based startup accelerator MuckerLab unveiled its latest class of startups yesterday at its Demo Day, showing off the third class of companies out of its program. MuckerLab's newest class includes BloomNation, a marketplace for ... |
| 12.11.2013 | Surf Air aims to disrupt the big airlines with an executive membership service | Heard this airline joke? “How do you make a million dollars with an airline? Start with a billion dollars.”
Above: Surf Air is a membership airline that aims for high satisfaction.
Image Credit: Surf Air
But Wade Eyerly and his brother Davi... |
| 12.11.2013 | Surf Air aims to disrupt the big airlines with an executive membership service | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Heard this airline joke? “How do you make a million dollars with an airline? Start with a billion dollars.”
Above: Surf Air is a member... |
| 12.08.2013 | Younity gets $3.5M to unify content across devices | Zettabytes of data will be in the cloud tomorrow, but Younity makes your life easier today
Recently, my husband and I got a Slingbox to watch our TV from our laptops while away from home. Why would we do this if most television shows and fi... |
| 26.07.2013 | A First Look At Younity, The App That Lets You Access All Your Files All The Time | I went on a vacation to Iceland earlier this year, and took a ton of photos — it’s a beautiful country, and the light there is really unique. But to date, I haven’t showed them off to anyone. That’s because my Iceland photos are on my home ... |
| 23.07.2013 | Panjo Raises $1.6M in Seed Funding | Panjo, a Santa Monica, CA-based marketplace for the auto, sport and hobby enthusiasts, raised $1.6m in seed funding.
The round was led by Spark Capital, with participation from Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Lerer Ventures and Mesa.... |
| 23.07.2013 | Inside MuckerLab, The Startup Accelerator That’s Amping Up L.A.’s Tech Ecosystem | In the San Francisco Bay Area, there is no shortage of “accelerator” programs that promise to take fledgling technology companies to the next level by providing mentorship, funding, business introductions, and the like. And as the startup s... |
| 17.05.2013 | A list of top LA accelerators and incubators
Retrieve Voicemail Online or By Phone | Amplify, Launchpad, MuckerLab, Idealab and Science among those churning out new startups
(Updated to reflect more up to date information for Start Engine and Curious Minds)
s I have noted before, the tech scene in Los Angeles is on the rise... |
| 20.03.2013 | Sh*t you should never say to a VC in a pitch | This is a guest post by Mucker Lab’s Will Hsu.
Raising money from venture capitalists can be a lot like dating. Certain topics are simply off-limits — like talking about why your ex left you. Venture capitalists are also expert pattern-matc... |
| 12.03.2013 | Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP | Redeem now
It is with great pleasure that I can finally announce that we have added Greg Bettinelli as a partner at GRP Partners.
If you don’t already follow him on Twitter please click link and follow. You won’t regret it. The guy has know... |
| 02.03.2013 | Riding On The Wings Of Angels, VCs Avoid The So-Called Series A Crunch | Editor’s note: Erik Rannala is co-founder and managing partner of MuckerLab. Follow him on Twitter @ersf.
Much has been written about the Series A crunch that is facing entrepreneurs and their investors. Those who believe the crunch is upon... |
| 16.01.2013 | MuckerLab Graduates Its Class Of 2013, Its Last Class Has Raised Over $15M To Date | MuckerLab, the up-and-coming L.A.-based accelerator program is hosting its demo day for the 10 portfolio companies in its winter class today. In addition, the accelerator just announced that its last class, which graduated almost exactly a ... |
| 04.12.2012 | Younity launches as a personal cloud service | Connecting all your devices so that you can access all your content just got easier
When I converted to a Mac in 2006, I did so in the future I could acces my content across all my Apple devices. But today, that's not really a reality. I st... |
| 26.10.2012 | Laffster Raises $750K in Seed Funding | Laffster, a Venice, CA-based startup that provides a comedic discovery and personalization platform for fun stuff online which including videos, articles, etc., has raised $750k in seed funding.
Backers include:
– Greylock Partners,
– Adam ... |
| 30.08.2012 | Wallaby Financial Raises $1.1M in Funding | Wallaby Financial, a Pasadena, Calif.-based digital wallet and credit card company, has raised $1.1m in funding.
The round was led by Founders Fund Angel and WI Harper Group, with participation from SLP Ventures, Lion Wells Capital, and Los... |
| 30.08.2012 | Wallaby Raises $1.1 Million For Cloud-Based, Universal Credit Card | Wallaby Financial, a startup that’s building a cloud-based wallet that will optimize the rewards, points, airline miles, and other benefits consumers earn when charging purchases, has just closed a seed round of $1.1 million. The round was ... |
| 22.08.2012 | Splash LA 2012 People's Choice Award - AllowanceTree | Check out AllowanceTree.com's pitch in the Splash LA 2012 competition
Splash LA People's Choice Award winner AllowanceTree.com aims to educate today's youth to avoid another economic meltdown. Watch co-founders Arnie Benn and Daniel Desatni... |
| 20.08.2012 | Video: Splash LA Winner DogVacay presents | Check out DogVacay's pitch to win the Splash LA 2012 competition
At Vator Splash LA, DogVacay.com, an AirBnB for dogs, took home the gold.
DogVacay.com allows travelers to board their dogs with other dog lovers, who can charge a fee of thei... |
| 31.07.2012 | Instacanvas Raises $1.7M Round For Its Instagram Prints, Expands Its Product Offerings | One of the cool things about Instagram is that it has spawned a whole ecosystem of companies that use the popular photography app’s APIs to develop their own services. One of these is Instacanvas, a recent graduate of the L.A.-based MuckerL... |
| 20.07.2012 | Retention Science Raises $1.3M in Seed Funding | Retention Science, a Santa Monica, CA-based provider of big data retention marketing platform, has raised a $1.3m in seed funding.
Backers include Baroda Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Double M Partners and angels Bong Koh, Clark Landry, ... |
| 18.07.2012 | Retention Science Retains $1.3M Seed Round |
SANTA MONICA, CA, $1.3 million seed round comes from multiple sources including Baroda Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Double M Partners and prominent angels.
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| 28.06.2012 | L.A.-Based Accelerator MuckerLab Teams Up With Mozilla’s WebFWD | MuckerLab, the up and coming L.A.-based startup accelerator program, today announced that it is partnering with Mozilla’s WebFWD accelerator to create a joint acceleration program for open source entrepreneurs. The new six-month program wil... |
| 26.06.2012 | Wallaby Combines All Your Credit Cards Into One, Makes Sure You Earn The Most Rewards | Wallaby, which is launching its beta today, reminds me a bit of banking startup Simple. Just like Simple automatically manages your finances for you and automatically shuffles your money between the most lucrative debit and savings accounts... |
| 18.06.2012 | Gary Sharma’s Highlights from F.ounders NY 2012, the Michael Jordan of Tech Events | Ringing the closing bell at NASDAQ at the F.ounders NY 2012
This is a guest post from Gary Sharma (aka “The Guy with the Red Tie”), Founder & CEO of GarysGuide and proud owner of a whole bunch of black suits, white shirts and, at last c... |
| 06.06.2012 | Members-Only Airline Surf Air Raises Series A From Anthem, NEA & Others (Including Jared Leto) | Surf Air, a new membership-based air service providing short jaunts between California hot spots like Palo Alto, Monterey, Santa Barbara and L.A., has just closed its Series A. And look who invested: Jared Leto, noted actor/musician/entrepr... |
| 06.06.2012 | Incubators and accelerators flourish in LA | As investors look to get in on early stage LA companies, incubators and accelerators explode
As we gear up for our second Vator Splash LA (swimmin’ pools, movie stars…), we can’t help but marvel at the LA tech scene. Startups are flourishin... |
| 10.05.2012 | Instacanvas Launches | Instacanvas, a Los Angeles-based online marketplace for buying and selling Instagram photos as canvas art pieces, has launched its service to the public.
The company, a graduate of MuckerLab‘s startup accelerator, leverages the Instagram ec... |
| 09.05.2012 | Instacanvas Launches Global Marketplace For Instagram Prints | Given that it’s pretty hard to take a really bad photo with Instagram, it’s only natural that some users would want to turn their images into physical objects to hang on their walls. There are a few companies out there that allow you to pri... |
| 09.05.2012 | Instacanvas unveils online art gallery for Instagram photogs | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Pushing forward the elevated idea of Instagram ph... |
| 26.04.2012 | Hub Ventures, Excelerate Labs, MuckerLab & DreamIt Announce New Startups | The startup accelerator scene is booming, and that means there will be days like today, when a bunch of news from the various incubators around the country hits all at the same time. Today, we’ve got the details from several of the newer pr... |
| 19.04.2012 | Social events marketplace Lifecrowd raises $5M from Lightbank, Bullpen, others | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Social events startup Lifecrowd has raised $5 mil... |
| 19.04.2012 | Social events marketplace Lifecrowd raises $5M from Lightbank, Bullpen, others | Social events startup Lifecrowd has raised $5 million in its first round of funding, with a goal to expand its evolving marketplace that connects like-minded users connect at nearby events, the company announced Thursday.
The service has co... |
| 14.12.2011 | LA-based Amplify launches $4.5M accelerator | Founder Paul Bricault says there room for at least nine incubators in LA
Despite what could be considered a very crowded market for incubators/acceleratory, yet another has emerged. This time from Los Angeles.
Amplify announced Wednesday it... |
| 14.11.2011 | 3 Reasons to Apply For Mucker Labs | Redeem now
I was very excited a few months ago to hear that a bunch of old friends and colleagues had banded together to form Mucker Labs in Los Angeles. There has been a surge of interesting activity in that region, and there is a wealth o... |
| 21.10.2011 | MuckerLab Launches | MuckerLab, a Los Angeles-based startup accelerator, has officially launched.
Founded by Erik Rannala, William Hsu, Greg Bettinelli and Yan-David Erlich, MuckerLab aims to provide Internet software, services, and media entrepreneurs, which w... |
| 20.10.2011 | New TechStars Network Member MuckerLab Launches In L.A. | MuckerLab, a new startup accelerator and member of the TechStars Network, is launching today in L.A. The three-month program will provide its selected startups with $21,000 in seed funding, plus the typical incubator benefits like shared of... |
