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MAY 15, 2019

Furniture subscription rental service, Feather , is heading to Los Angeles and Orange County, California with $12 million in new funding and “thousands” of customers in New York and San Francisco. Deliveries to Feather’s new, LA and Orange County geographies will begin on May 20.

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MAY 15, 2015

Drizly , a provider of on-demand delivery of beer, wine and liquor ("Uber for beer"), said Thursday that it has expanded its services to Southern California, starting with Orange County. Drizly is venture backed by Suffolk Equity Partners, Continental Investors, the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, as well as angels.

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

Online real estate site Zillow is expanding its home buying service, Zillow Offers , to the Los Angeles and Orange County markets, saying this morning that it will now let homeowners sell their homes directly to the company, to avoid the hassles of selling their home. percent more than Zillow's offer.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based HopSkipDrive , the ridesharing service which helps deliver kids to and from school, after-school activities, and home, said this morning that it has raised $7.4M STI), a company in the school transportation, safety, and fleet services market. in a new funding round. As part of the funding, Denis J.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Irvine-based AutoGravity , which offers up purchasing and financing tools for auto dealers and consumers, has launched its very own, subscription-based, "flexible car usage" service it is calling Turn , the company said today. The new Turn service looks to be a direct competitor to Santa Monica-based car subscription service Fair.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Jason Thanh La , the co-founder and CEO of payment processing company Merchant Services Group , said this week that he has committed to personally fund $1M to early stage companies in Southern California. jason thanh merchant services group venture capital angel investor payment processing finance financial' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

Los Angeles-based in-home, doctor house-call provider Heal is making it possible for members of Alignment Health Plan to select Heal's licensed, board-certified doctors for primary care, the two said on Thursday. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. Heal is led by co-founder and CEO Nick Desai.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

In an attempt to boost diversity and inclusion efforts and civic engagement between the growing technology industry in Los Angeles and the community that surrounds it, over 80 venture capitalists and entrepreneurs joined the city’s mayor, Eric Garcetti, and the non-profit Annenberg Foundation to announce PledgeLA. The landmark.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

According to the report, Los Angeles garnered the lion's share of the local funding, with $1.77 billion in Orange County. The region had a total of 124 deals logged by Dow Jones VentureSource, split between 75 in Los Angeles, 29 in San Diego, and 20 in Orange County. billion in deals, followed by $0.77

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MARCH 9, 2021

Capsule--a well funded, venture funded startup with more than $270M in funding and backing from TCV, Thrive Capital, and Glade Brook Capital, as well as local investors M13 and Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures--has expanded into Los Angeles, part of a big expansion push by the company.

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MARCH 7, 2018

Los Angeles-based subscription airline Surf Air is extending its service into Orange County, with a new partnership with helicopter charter firm BLADE , the company said on Wednesday. The connecting flights will cost $199 per shuttle flight, and are not included as part of Surf Air's existing membership. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

As you all know TechZulu is a huge supporter of Startup Weekend, and when we had the chance to be part of the very first Orange County (my home town) Startup Weekend we jumped on board. He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components. Sean Ellis.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Laguna Hills-based See Jane Go , a startup which operates a ridesharing service driven by, and which serves just women, has raised $2.47M in an angel funding, the company said Tuesday. See Jane Go currently offers it service in Orange County and Long Beach, with plans to expand to the rest of Southern California using the funding.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Amazon.com has expanded its one hour, instant delivery service, Amazon Prime Now , to Los Angeles and Orange County, saying Wednesday that it has begun offering customers in the area with the near-instant delivery of products from Amazon warehouses to Amazon Prime members. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 28, 2016

Los Angeles-based HelloTech , the on-demand, in-home technical services company founded by serial entrepreneur and tech investor Richard Wolpert, said it is expanding into San Diego, and has begun offering up its services in the city. The company now offers up its services in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

On-demand, photography marketplace Snappr said on Thursday that it is expanding its service across Los Angeles and Orange County, allowing users to get everything from graduation photos to headshots.

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MAY 17, 2017

UberEATS , the on-demand food delivery service run by Uber, and McDonald's of Southern California said that UberEATS has launched delivery service for more than 375 McDonald's restaurants in Los Angeles County, Orange County and Riverside County.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

On-demand furniture moving and delivery service Dolly said this morning that it has launched its service in Los Angeles and Orange County, as part of a broader national expansion for the company. Dolly said that it now operates its service in a total of 11 markets nationwide.

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MAY 15, 2019

Feather , an online, furniture rental service which lets people subscribe to gain access to fashionable furniture, said on Tuesday that is expanding its service to Los Angeles and Orange County. Feather said it will begin delivering its furniture products in LA and OC on May 20th. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

Grocery delivery service Instacart is doubling its coverage of Orange County, the company said this morning, and will begin offering up its deliveries in a long list of zip codes in the county. The delivery service--which is based in San Francisco--had launched its grocery deliver services in March.

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MARCH 26, 2019

San Diego-based Fairway Technologies , a provider of consulting services in the IT area, said it has acquired Los Angeles-based IT Strategists , a provider of big data and data-driven IT consulting. Brett Humphrey is CEO of Fairway Technologies, which also has offices in San Diego and Orange County, as well as Austin, Texas.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Online dining ordering service GrubHub has acquired Aliso Viejo-based Restaurants On The Run , the provider of restaurant delivery services which serves Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, San Diego, Houston, Seattle, Las Vegas and Tulsa Oklahoma. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 16, 2018

Glendale-baesd Mobile Styles , a new, on-demand startup focused on health and beauty, says it has launched a new mobile app and on-demand service which connects consumers with licensed stylists. Mobile Styles said the app is geared towards consumers with busy schedules, who find it hard to get their hair or nails done.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

La Verne, California-based FLOAT , started by Arnel Guiang, Tom Hsieh, and Rob McKinney, says that it is about to launch a new, short-distance, daily commuter flight service, aimed at allowing people to bypass all of the traffic on local roads. The company was founded by Arnel Guiang, Tom Hsieh, and Rob McKinney.

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JULY 7, 2011

Daily deals giant Groupon said Thursday that it has expanded its real-time, deal venture, Groupon Now, into Orange County. The addition of Orange County came on the same day that Groupon Now rolled out in Las Vegas and Minneapolis; the service has already been available in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It’s also worth noting that this represents a bit of a turnaround for the company, after the it shut down operations in Los Angeles, New York City and New Orleans in 2015, with Hall coming on as CEO shortly afterwards. And it sounds like he isn’t in a rush to launch in a bunch of new markets. ” Good Eggs CEO Bentley Hall.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Takl , which operates a mobile app-driven service to connect users with on-demand home services such as lawn care, house cleaning, home repair, and more, has launched into Southern California.

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

MW / 315 MWh project for Southern California Edison (SCE), and will fund construction of an additional 177 MWh of behind-the-meter battery storage systems across the West Los Angeles Basin service territory. According to Macquarie Capital, the debt funding is part of a 52.5

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AUGUST 19, 2014

In a move which brings two of the hottest online, peer-to-peer marketplaces in the area together, ride service Uber and dog boarding marketplace DogVacay said today that Uber will donate $5 for every ride to help animal shelters on National Dog Day--August 26th--for riders who use DOGVACAY as the promo code for their ride.

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

Ontario, California-based SIGMAnet , a provider of IT consulting, solutions, and managed services, has been acquired by Minnesota-based ConvergeOne. SIGMAnet was founded in 1990, and has more than 250 employees spread between Orange County, Los Angeles, Inland Empire, San Diego, and San Jose.

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APRIL 21, 2014

Preact , a developer of software to help software companies reduce churn in their subscription customers which came out of Los Angeles-based startup incubator/accelerator Launchpad LA , has raised $4.6M Gooley was at Earbits, and Watilo is an Orange County native who has consulted for Kelley Blue Book, Zillow, and others.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

For the quarter, San Diego County garnered the most venture capital, with $231.3M invested; Los Angeles had $169.7M, and Orange County $63.1M In Orange County, the biggest deals were for Irvine-based WaterHealth International , a developer of water purification products with $22.1M in investments.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

According to Clutter, it plans to expand into Philadelphia, Portland and Sacramento, among other markets, in 2019, and also will "double down" on its efforts in its current service areas of New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, San Diego, Orange County and northern New Jersey.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Nanoogo , an online service focused on helping encourage creativity in kids, has scored a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels, according to a report today from the group. The firm was one of a number, previously unannounced investments by the Tech Coast Angels. Size and timing of the round was not announced.

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APRIL 3, 2014

Smartphone-driven, ride app provider Uber said Thursday that it is officially launching Uber in Palm Springs , and will be offering up the full selection of Uber services -- uberX, UberBLACK, UberSUV, and UberSTRETCH--to the Coachella Valley.

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JULY 29, 2011

A report, published Friday by Wired, says that Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu has cut its use of web analytics service Kissmetrics -- a startup founded by former Orange County entrepreneur Neil Patel -- after U.C. Berkeley security researchers detected the use of undetectable cookie code by Kissmetrics.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based HelloTech , the in-home, IT and technology help service founded by tech veteran Richard Wolpert, has raised $12.5M HelloTech said it will use the funding to aggressively expand its tech support service. HelloTech said it will use the funding to aggressively expand its tech support service.

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