When William LeGate was a fellow at the Peter Thiel Fellowship in San Francisco, he envisioned a social media platform that would allow users to create and discover interesting content, without the drama of an Instagram or a Facebook.
In a somewhat quiet period for funding, five LA tech startups pulled through with the LA area’s largest funding rounds of the month. Learn more about what these companies are planning with their fresh capital.
Coco will use this fresh funding to further improve its product and launch in new markets, with the eventual goal of being implemented in every major city in the country. The company is now hiring for tech jobs at its LA HQ, and says it is looking for remote drivers in Hawaii, Nevada and Texas — perhaps a hint of where it will expand to next.
