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Groups Join To Promote Innovation, Entrepreneurship in Riverside County

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A trio of local groups have teamed together to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in Riverside County, and received approval Tuesday from the Riverside County Supervisors for the effort. The groups have not outlined their agenda for the effort yet.

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Roofstock Launches Real Estate Marketplace In Los Angeles

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Roofstock , a startup which operates an online marketplace that lets investors purchase homes online as investments, has launched in Los Angeles, the company said on Thursday. The company said Los Angeles is its 14th market. Roofstock called the Los Angeles metropolitan area an "increasingly important U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Massage-on-demand company, Soothe, raises $31 million

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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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Los Angeles Among Top Areas For Green Jobs

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finds that the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County metro is number two on the list of geographies with the most clean-tech job activity. Tags: angeles clean technology cleantech green jobs. A report released this week from analyst firm Clean Edge, Inc., San Diego ranked at number 11.

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A Tale of Three Cutting-Edge Cities

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Just ask Riverside, California. In other words, the good intentions from Riverside officials have resulted in a costly, and failed, experiment on the taxpayer’s dime. Riverside isn’t alone in seeing its municipal Wi-Fi dreams struggle. Back in 2006, the city set out to build a municipal Wi-Fi network for its citizens.

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Water Planet Raises Series B Funding

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Los Angeles-based Water Planet , which develops water treatment membranes, said today that it has raised a new, Series B funding round. Water Planet said the investment came from Air Liquide's ALIAD Corporate Venture fund, Bluestem Capital and UCLA Venture Fund. Size of the funding was not disclosed.

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Reflections on 2018: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

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In my new role as the first executive director for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, I spent a lot of time outside of my home turf of Pasadena -- visiting innovation nodes such as San Diego, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Venice, Santa Monica, and others.