By Bernard Mendez, DotLA Born in the wake of the #MeToo movement, Los Angeles-based startup AllVoices is hoping to make it easier for employees to report incidents of workplace harassment. The company’s platform acts as a third-party tool to let workers report incidents of harassment and give feedback to companies anonymously, but as founder Claire […]
Live Tinted, a Los Angeles, CA-based inclusive beauty brand, raised $3M in seed funding. The round was led by Montage Ventures (Feals, Carbon38), with participation from Halogen Ventures (Glamsquad, ThirdLove), Fearless Fund, a woman of color led VC (AARMY, Nudies) and Curate Capital (SocialMama, GlamHive). The company intends to use the funds for key executive […]
Celebrating 5 years of revolutionary growth driven by innovation, The Flex Co. secures its largest capital investment to date with $12m in renewed funding led by CircleUp. After over two years of intensive product development, The Flex Co. is proud to add the new Flex Reusable DiscTM to its suite of sustainable period products. Flex Reusable Disc […]
Image Credits: AKUA / AKUA Kelp Burger The global meat substitute market was valued at $4.51 billion two years ago and is expected to double by 2027, attracting startups, like alternative meat food tech company AKUA, that aim to solidify a prominent place in the up-and-coming industry. Former technology journalist Courtney Boyd Myers co-founded AKUA with Matthew Lebo […]