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AUGUST 28, 2018

Laguna Niguel-based Urban Armor Gear , a maker of ruggedized, protective cases for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, has been acquired by private equity investor Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced by the companies. UAG was represented by D.A.

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JULY 10, 2012

EMG apparently has similar lawsuits against such companies as Apple, Radio Shack, and Chrysler, and reached a settlement with Apple in January of 2011 in that suit. The firm is seeking monetary damages and a permanent injunction against Google for distributing its Chrome Mole Browser in the United States. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2013

Green Dot , the provider of prepaid debit cards and other financial products, is looking to launch its big move into the mobile banking market on July 4th, the company said Tuesday afternoon. Green Dot''s banking services came via the acquisition of both an FDIC approved community bank back in 2011, and mobile software developer Loopt.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

According to the two, they move is a "realignment" of a business agreement, and that HTC will remain the largest outside shareholder in Beats, with approximately 25% of the company. The move comes on reports that Beats Electronics is looking for another, different investor in the company. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2018

Culver City-based videogame maker Seismic Games has been acquired by Pokemon Go maker Niantic , the two companies announced this morning. Seismic was founded in 2011, and has received backing from such investors as DFJ Frontier and venture capitalist Tom Matlack. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The former head of eHarmony , Greg Waldorf , has surfaced over at a small mobile invoicing and expense management startup called Invoice2go , after a big funding round for the company. Waldorf left eHarmony back in 2011 to become CEO-in-Residence for Accel. Waldorf had most recently been CEO-in-Residence for Accel Partners.

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Xconomy

MAY 14, 2019

CrowdStrike , the cybersecurity company that identified the two Russian government-linked hacker groups that invaded the Democratic National Committee (DNC)’s network during the 2016 presidential campaign, filed publicly for an initial public offering on Tuesday.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

The acquisition Tuesday of ThinkNear , the mobile advertising firm headed by Eli Portnoy, looks to be among the first accelerator-incubated companies in Southern California. for ThinkNear Tuesday morning, and make the company part of its mobile, local advertising group. TeleNav said it would pay $22.5M

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APRIL 20, 2015

Venice, California and London-based InAuth , a provider of mobile fraud prevention and mobile application security technology, recently raised $20M in a Series A funding round. Bain''s Ben Nye will join the company''s board. The company was founded in 2011, and is led by. Lisa Stanton. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

The 2011 ARE is bound to go above and beyond last year’s event. For Developers, programmers and technologists seeking the latest and greatest engines and tools for AR; learn from case studies and post mortems delivered by experienced developers from the leading companies in the space. Dates: May 17-18, 2011.

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

Irvine-based clear and hazardous waste management technology developer Kurion said late last night that it has scored another contract at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, for a second, mobile processing unit to clean up nuclear tainted water at the disaster site. Size of the contract was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

Tensorcom , one of the companies which is part of NantWorks, the technology development firm owned by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, said today that it has demonstrated a ultra low power, high speed multi-gigabit wireless chip. The chip, which is aimed at mobile devices, transmits data at 2.5 READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. The benefits “digital interactions” have and continue to offer coupon companies are vast. Getting Mobile-Ready. With roughly 91% of the population using mobile devices and 26.3%

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JULY 16, 2014

The new fund is larger than the company''s second fund, which was raised in 2011 and was worth $28M. According to Wavemaker Partners, the new fund will be focused on mobile services, Internet, and software. Siemer said it will make around 25-30 new investments globally per year across its focus areas.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 2, 2012

In the fall of 2011 Apple introduced the world Siri your personal virtual assistant (PVA). In recent months the mobile market has begun to see a shift in smart phone purchase as Nokia came back into the space with the Lumia series. Now for those with a iPhone 4S, Siri was an exciting new tool. Now back to Siri.

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APRIL 19, 2013

It all looked good at the time: oil company Exxon needed to develop a more earth-friendly way to produce oil, and San Diego startup Synthetic Genomics needed funding to get its technology off the ground. synthetic genomics energy alternative exxonmobil exxon mobil fuel algae' What happened? READ MORE>>.

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MAY 9, 2013

Pasadena-based Idealab has sold another one of its companies to Yahoo today: GoPollGo , a Twitter polling service which let Twitter users collect feedback from their friends and followers. Mobile, but would also be shutting down its properties, including its service, widgets, and mobile app.

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JUNE 11, 2014

The company--led by Dave Grannan--said the funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Paul Jacobs, as well as Sanjay Jha of Motorola Mobility. Jacobs joins the company''s board as part of the funding. Laroia was a VP at Qualcomm from 2006 until 2011. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2012

Fullerton-based HipGeo , the startup developer of a mobile app for tracking a user's travels, said today that the firm is now seeing posts from 125 countries and over 4,864 cities on its app. HipGeo debuted its app in September of 2011; the firm is backed by Morado Venture Partners, a seed-stage fund run by former Yahoo!

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JUNE 17, 2016

Those apps provide push-like, user-friendly access to enterprise apps, much like employees are used to interacting with mobile consumer apps and alerts. ElNaggar was in Redpoint's LA offices from 2005 until 2011, and had stints on the boards of Machinima and Hark, among other companies. Sapho is in Silicon Valley.

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MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Employers also have a hard time looking for viable candidates for their company. Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. We clearly went through some difficult transitions in the company. The company almost died. Then we rescued it from nothing around the end of 2011.

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MARCH 4, 2013

SideCar's service uses your phone's GPS capability to locate people who are nearby who would be willing to give you a ride for a donation; the company said it's initially launching here in LA on in West LA, Santa Monica, Venice and Culver City, with expansion to the remainder of LA soon. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I entered Pepcom’s Mobile Focus event with heightened excitement after driving through the busy intersections of Downtown San Diego’s rickshaw littered streets. Literally, I mean everyone… pets included, with Tagg , a Qualcomm backed venture that allows consumers to track their dogs via mobile or computer access.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Thursday, February 24, 2011 -- DIGIDAY:MOBILE: Publishers, Agency Executives and Brand Marketers are set to come together and discuss one of the hottest markets in digital content and advertising: Mobile. Plus, the event offers VIP networking opportunities which are designed to land you great deals and contacts for 2011 and beyond.

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JULY 16, 2014

The new fund is larger than the company''s second fund, which was raised in 2011 and was worth $28M. According to Wavemaker Partners, the new fund will be focused on mobile services, Internet, and software. Siemer said it will make around 25-30 new investments globally per year across its focus areas.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2011

With the aid of visual cues or prominent AR markers , these apps can spawn 3D objects from flat surfaces to be made viewable on phones and mobile devices. A total of 113 speakers representing 82 companies were on the bill to deliver over 30 hours of talks across three tracks: Business, Technology, and Production & Design.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Recargo , a startup which is developing mobile apps for helping electric vehicle owners find the nearest electric charging stations, said this week that it has acquired PlugInCars.com , an online news and community site focused on electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick announced this morning that it has acquired Greystripe , an operator of a brand-focused mobile advertising network. The company expects Greystripe to add $24 to $26M in revenues for the remainder of 2011. The deal was worth $70M in cash.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Much more data in the full post. There are 2.9 billion email accounts.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

Coming off a very successful exit with Networks in Motion at the end of 2009, 2010 has been a very exciting year for several of my companies, Socialvibe, 2tor, Leadpoint, Webvisible and Impact Radius. These companies have all experienced growth and we're expecting substantial value creation in 2011. Stay tuned.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The group says that so far, from 2009 to 2011, it accepted 23 companies, of which 19 received funding worth a total of $80M; the accelerator said that the nine companies acquired exceeds $60M in proceeds. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 20, 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 -- LA Games Conference. What will be the hot games and gaming platforms in 2011 and beyond? Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the games industry gather for the LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 3, 2011

Wednesday, August 3, 2011 -- UCLA Electric Vehicle - Smart Grid (EV-SG) Living Lab Demo. On August 3, 2011, UCLA's Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC) and Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium (WINMEC) will be hosting its first EV-SG (Electric Vehicle in Smart Grid) Living Lab Demonstration.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? The introduction of the iPad has completely revolutionized our mobile experience. I think that we now recognize that mobile is a much bigger opportunity than even the wired world. The obvious one is the iPad.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies. Leveraging mobile application and online platform.

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? But, it's also companies we've seen doing well internationally, like Spotify, which were a big surprise for us. What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011?

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