Los Angeles-based InfinitForm emerged from stealth today, saying it is developing an AI-copilot for mechanical engineers. The company says it received seed funding in December 2023 from Schematic ...

San Diego-based Firestorm Labs, a developer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), says it has received $12.5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Lockheed Martin Ventures, as well as Decisive ...

Los Angeles-based Joyful Ventures has raised a new, $23M venture capital fund, focused on "sustainable protein", the firm announced this morning. Joyful Venture said it is a climate venture fund aimed ...

Los Angeles-based Charlie annoucned this morning that it has raised $7.5M in a venture funding round, and has launched a new, banking service aimed at retirees and soon-to-be-retirees who are older ...

Manhattan Beach-based Highway Benefits, a new fintech startup which offers up help with student loan repayments as an employee benefit, has raised $3.1M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by ...

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have Three Predictions for 2023: Decentralization Now, Post-Speculation, and Surviving Irrational Markets (from Tony Greenberg) ...

San Diego-based Blacksmith Medicines and Forge Therapeutics said Monday that the two companies are in a definitive merger agreement. Financial details of the merger were not announced. According to ...

San Diego-based Maxwell Biomedical announced this morning that it has acquired Cardialen, a Minneapolis-based company that develops a low-energy defibrillation and cardioversion therapy designed to ...

Santa Barbara-based Beni, a startup which lets users find and buy secondhand apparel and accessories, said this morning that it has raised $5M in funding. According to the company, the funding was ...

Los Angeles-based Stellar Pizza, which is developing robotic, pizza delivery trucks--currently being tested at UCLA--has raised $16.5M in a funding round, the company said last week. The funding was ...

Los Angeles-based Fabric has raised $4M for an effort to bring augmented reality to live events, according to the company. According to Fabric, the funding was led by Sapir Venture Partners, and also ...

A former engineer from Broadcom has been sentenced to eight months in prison for stealing trade secrets, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Broadcom has significant operations in Southern ...