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JUNE 15, 2017

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 -- Los Angeles Ad Pros Mix Mingle Network. Mix, mingle, and network with other advertising professionals. Find partners with advertisers, ad agencies, publishers, and ad tech companies. With technology, the advertising industry is going under massive disruptions right now. See [link] (more)

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MAY 18, 2017

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 -- Los Angeles Ad Pros Mix Mingle Network. Mix, mingle, and network with other advertising professionals. Find partners with advertisers, ad agencies, publishers, and ad tech companies. With technology, the advertising industry is going under massive disruptions right now. See [link].

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Shell’s plan to roll out 500,000 electric charging station in just four years is the latest sign of an EV charging infrastructure boom that has prompted investors to pour cash into the industry and inspired a few companies to become public companies in search of the capital needed to meet demand. One more deal soon followed.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 2, 2018

The Series C round from late stage and growth capital investment firm, The Riverside Company , caps a busy first quarter for the massage service. It also relocated from Los Angeles to Las Vegas; named a new chief executive; and announced new geographies where its massage booking platform is now available. .

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Los Angeles-based ENVOY Network, a new startup focused on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), says it has raised $2.5M According to the company, it is launching a "curated digital billboard" which displays NFTs in Times Square, New York. in a funding round. and Maven Capital.

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JULY 23, 2021

A new startup, Richie Knows, says it is launching new, social network targeted at gamers, in Los Angeles. According to the company, the startup is looking to match up players with new friends and competitors as they travel.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Los Angeles-based Happy Returns, which provides both retail locations for returns, as well as handles the logistics for e-commerce return processing, is expanding its network in a partnership with Staples, the company said today. Financial details of the partnership were not announced.

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APRIL 30, 2019

Los Angeles-base information technology services provider ISSQUARED , which provides security, hybrid cloud infrastructure, networking, and software services, said this morning it has acquired Network Computing Architects (NCA), a provider of IT services to the small and mid-sized business market. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Earlier this week, the Tech Coast Angels , the largest and most active organized angel group in Southern California, announced a new effort to create an angel group network, which will share and syndicate deals between groups--current the TCA, Golden Seeds, and Band of Angels.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Los Angeles- and New York-based Topography Health has raised $21.5M in a Series A funding round, the company said this week, to launch what it says is a national network of community physicians to expand access to clinical drug trials. The company is led by co-founders Alexander Saint-Amand, Andrew Kirchner, and Mac Parish.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Los Angeles-based HONK Technologies , which is developing an app that helps provide roadside assistance to users, has signed up an insurance firm as a customer. According to HONK, it has signed up Wawanesa Insurance, and will manage the roadside assistance program for the insurance company.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Los Angeles-based Valence , which is developing a social network specifically for black professionals, has raised $2.5M in funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included funding from Sinai Ventures, Human Ventures, High Alpha and angels Paul Judge, Peggy Alford and Willie Alford.

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JULY 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle maker Fisker Inc. says it will be making a $10M investment in a European electric vehicle charging network operator, Allego B.V., as part of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger between Allego and Spartan Acquisition Corp. According to Fisker, it will invest $10M in the PIPE.

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JULY 17, 2019

Techstars Los Angeles , one of the startup accelerators run by Techstars in Los Angeles, has announced its 2019 class. According to Techstars, ten companies were selected for the startup accelerator, which kicked off this week. The companies will have their Demo Day on October 15th. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Los Angeles-based OpenDrives, a developer of network attached storage (NAS) products for the enterprise, said on Thursday that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. According to the company, the new funding will go to grow the company and accelerate product development. The company has now raised $30M in total.

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MARCH 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based URB-E, a startup developing a "last mile" urban delivery network based on containers and bicycles, has raised $5M in a Series A funding round, the company said today. According to the company, the funding was led by UBS Group. He also spent time at Facebook and Apple.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Startup accelerator network operator Techstars has named Matt Kozlov as Managing Director of Techstars LA, the company's Los Angeles startup accelerator program, the accelerator said on Wednesday. Kozlov replaces Anna Barber in the role. Barber stepped down last year to become a Partner at a new venture capital firm, M13.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 7, 2017

Mix, mingle, and network with other advertising professionals. Find partners with advertisers, ad agencies, publishers, and ad tech companies. Platinum Parking 637 S Olive Los Angeles 90014 $6, or Metro exit 7th St. With technology, the advertising industry is going under massive disruptions right now. LAADPROS.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Los Angeles-based Valence , the Black professional networking community, has raised $5.25M more in a Series A funding, the company said on Tuesday. According to Valence, which is led by CEO Guy Primus, GGV Capital's Hans Tung is joining the company's board of directors with the investment. Valence previously raised a $2.5M

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AUGUST 3, 2020

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle charging network operator EVgo has inked a deal with General Motors , to build out its network of electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers, the two said late last week. According to the two companies, they will build more than 2,700 new fast chargers over the next five years over the United States.

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JULY 10, 2017

Agenda: 7:00 pm Mix Mingle Network. 8:00 pm Continue Mix Mingle Network. The Envestnet | Yodlee Incubator helps developers and entrepreneurs launch disruptive data-driven companies and accelerate their growth. 637 S Olive Los Angeles 90014 $6, or Metro exit 7th St. 7:30 pm Demo. Envestnet | Yodlee Incubator by Jeff Cain.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 15, 2018

My boss’ boss’ boss was on CNBC this morning touting Verizon ‘s new 5G services and naming Los Angeles as the second city in America to be treated to a commercial rollout of the new networking technology. McAdam also named Los Angeles as the second of four cities that will receive 5G rollout from Verizon.

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MAY 30, 2013

Newport Beach-based SignNow , a developer of mobile signature capture and document storage services, has been acquired by Barracuda Networks. SignNow was venture backed by Khosla Ventures and the Tech Coast Angels. Barracuda Networks said the acquisition will help it strengthen its offerings in the cloud data storage market.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2021

The Los Angeles-based company has a new residential solar plus energy storage program for homeowners in Queens that’s going to be rolled out in partnership with ConEd. With the virtual power plant, ConEd won’t need to build out new transmission and distribution infrastructure, but can still ensure network reliability.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Spark Networks , the online dating company which was started in West Los Angeles, and now has operations globally, said on Thursday that it has agreed to acquire dating site Zoosk. Spark Networks operates such dating sites as SilverSingles, Christian Mingle, Jdate, Jswipe, and other brands. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based Wana Family Network , which operates a service which lets familys "swap" babysitting services with each other, has acquired Komae , an Ohio-based competitor. Wana Family Network, led by founder and CEO Erin Beck, says that the acquisition adds over 19,000 families to its community, plus a set of mobile apps.

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MAY 30, 2018

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), the non-profit which encourages clean technology startups in the City of Los Angeles, said it has launched a new effort to accelerate the electricification of regional transportation, in an effort to reach zero emissions in the area's movement of goods. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 26, 2019

Los Angeles-based digital advertising provider H Code , which offers up advertising for the U.S. Hispanic market, has signed a new publisher, the company said Thursday. H Code said it has signed up Peruvian television network Amrica Televisin, and will represent all of that network's digital ad inventory.

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JUNE 25, 2020

In a move to help make Black professionals easier to connect, Los Angeles-based Valence said on Thursday that it has launched a new, social networking service, with backing from investments from Upfront Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Accel. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Los Angeles-based startup studio Science Inc. has officially launched a new company, SpringRole , which it says will use blockchain to create a new, professional reputation network. The new network looks to be taking aim at LinkedIn, currently the dominant professional networking service.

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JUNE 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based AcceleratXR announced on Monday that it has launched itself into the videogaming software development tools market, with a new, real-time networking engine.b According to AcceleratXR, it has created a new, real-time networking engine for games and extended reality applications. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Hawthorne-based Boring Company , the company created by Elon Musk to create a network of underground tunnels to bypass traffic in Los Angeles, has abandoned plans to dig a tunnel on LA's Westwide. The company had hoped to build a tunnel below the 405 freeway and Sepulveda Boulevard.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 23, 2019

Friday, March 29, 2019 -- BitAngels Los Angeles. BitAngels is a group of cryptocurrency investors helping to grow the blockchain ecosystem through community events spotlighting new companies. The brainchild of industry leader Michael Terpin, BitAngels launched in 2013 as the world's first angel network for digital currency startups.

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APRIL 13, 2018

Los Angeles-based EVgo , which operates a network of public, electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations, has inked a deal with General Motors and its Maven car sharing brand. According to EVgo, it will construct a nationwide, dedicated, DC fast charing network for Maven Gig Chevrolet Bolt EV drivers. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Tokyo, Japan-based network provider KVH Co. said yesterday that it has connected its network to Los Angeles, as well as New York, to help expand its network in the United States. The company says its is targeting customers in the Internet and IT services provider areas with the network extension.

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Networking Los Angeles Customer Custom 138

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JANUARY 3, 2019

Los Angeles-based Cloud Constellation Corporation , which is developing space-based managed network services and cloud data storage services, said over the holidays that it has raised $100M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from HCH Group Company, Ltd.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Los Angeles-based The/Studio , a startup offering up custom manufacturing of products through a worldwide network of apparel manufacturers, accessory makers, textile manufacturers, and many others, has raised $11M in a funding round. The company's founder and CEO is Joseph Heller. READ MORE>>.

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