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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

A report on Tuesday afternoon from Reuters says that Venice, California-based social communications and networking app developer Snapchat has filed its paperwork for its IPO. No terms or details on that IPO have been yet announced by the company, which has been rumored to be working on an IPO for months. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Venice, California-based instant messaging app developer Snapchat launched a new feature, "Lenses" Tuesday, allowing users to overlay cute selfie filters and overlays on snaps. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced, but the deal has been reported to be worth around $150M. Looksery was based in San Francisco.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Venice, California-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat has reported acquired Voisey , the developer of an app which lets users overlay their voice on top of existing music tracks.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat said over the weekend that it has renamed itself to Snap Inc. , According to a post by Evan Spiegel, the company decided to drop the "chat" portion of its name so that it can expand on the number of different products that it is developing. for the Wall Street crowd :)". for the Wall Street crowd :)".

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socalTECH

MAY 31, 2019

the parent firm of Snapchat , has sold off Placed , a developer of location intelligence and offline attribution software tools. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition by Foursquare came after it raised a new $150M investment from the Raine Group. Los Angeles-based Snap Inc. ,

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socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2016

Los Angeles-based Snapchat has acquired emoji software developer Bitstrips , in a deal worth around $100M in cash and stock, according to a report this morning. Fortune citing multiple sources, says the companies refused to comment on the deal.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

SketchAR — this Lithuanian company is developing an AI-based mobile app for teaching drawing using augmented reality. Stipop — a Seoul-based sticker API developer with a library of over 100,000 stickers created by 5,000 artists. The latest cohort from Snap’s Yellow accelerator.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2018

Venice, California-based Snap , the parent firm of Snapchat , has quietly acquired a 3D gaming engine developer based in the UK, according to a report. According to the report, Snap acquired PlayCanvas, a developer of 3D game design software, last May. No details on the acquisition have been announced by either of the companies.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 24, 2022

Niantic’s games incentivize people to use their technology to go outside and meet others — that’s why it calls its AR development the “real-world metaverse.” Then, those short video snippets of real-world locations are validated by developers, which is then processed to become part of the AR map of the world.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Venice-based Snap , the parent firm of Snapchat, has acquired San Francisco-based ad technology developer Flite , according to reports this morning. According to recode, the acquisition is an "acquihire", and Snap is using the buy to help bring in new ad technology talent, rather than any software developed by Flite.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Among the announcements at the demo day were the funding of smartphone toy company SnowShoe , and an acquisition of Smart Toy , a developer of an interactive toy. The Disney Accelerator said that Smart Toy was acquired by Los Angeles-based children''s product firm Cartwheel Kids, and that SnowShoe raised $2.2M

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MAY 30, 2017

Venice, California-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat , recently acquired neighboring Venice-based drone technology developer Ctrl Me Robotics , according to reports over the weekend. The deal was reportely worth less than $1M. Ctrl Me Robotics was founded by Simon Saito Nielsen. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Venice, California-based Snap has acquired the assets of ill-fated augmented reality (AR) hardware developer Daqri , according to a report today. Financial details of the asset acquisition were not announced. According to Protocol, the acquisition was of "certain Daqri assets" and around two dozen employees.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based dating app developer Tinder has acquired Chill , the maker of Tappy, a Snapchat-like instant messaging service which revolves around photo sharing. tappy chill tinder social sharing instant messaging merger acquisition' Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. As part of the buy, Tappy will shut down.

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MARCH 17, 2021

Venice, California-based Snap said on Wednesday that it has acquired Fit Analytics, which is developing machine learning technology which helps people figure out what clothing or shoes might fit them best. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Fit Analytics is based in Berlin, and has around 100 employees.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Oculus has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into funding VR content, and while the headset market is still small, developers have built plenty of games and experiences. If anything, the OculusVR acquisition in 2014 signaled that Facebook saw VR as a social final frontier. The Social Experiment. Building Inclusive Worlds.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2014

We have a large number of highly talented engineers and entrepreneurs now developing companies in our local market. AOL committed to keeping the team in LA after the acquisition and in building a deeper technology team in town. We know the perceptions you have of our market from our past. Maker Studios. FullScreen.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5 What Has Given Birth to This New Movement in LA? . billion.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

in cash for Zenly , the developer of a location-based social media app, in May, the company disclosed in its quarterly results on Thursday. Earlier reports had placed the acquisition of Zenly at between $250M to $350M. Los Angeles-based Snap Inc. paid $213.3M Snap said it paid $196.1M in purchase consideration, including $186.8M

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2019

Venice-based social media app developer Snap said late Monday that it has named a new Chief Financial Officer and Chief People Officer, in a shuffling of its executive staff. Sweet will continue to serve as Chief Accounting Officer until a replacement is named.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

San Diego-based AnaptysBio , which develops antibodies for treating inflammation, has set its estimated IPO pricing range, saying on Tuesday that it expects to price its IPO at between $14.00 and $16.00 The company is selling 4,000,000 shares of its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as ANAB. as early as Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

It is branded as an acquisition, but the reality is very different. Most people think entrepreneurship is a developable skill, and it’s just not. And he saw it with Snapchat too, but that deal didn’t pan out. Some will become acquired by other companies, but rarely does that mean anyone actually made any money.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

App developers are coming up with new ideas daily to make our lives easier. We haven’t had any capital to really test customer acquisition strategies. Don’t build your product, test, and try to validate unless what you are validating is a revenue model because Snapchats of the world are one in a billion. Hopefully they do well.

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