TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

With $140 million in new financing, Relativity Space is now one step closer to fulfilling its founders’ vision of making the first rockets on Mars. Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. space industry.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Los Angeles-based Relativity Space , which is developing technology to 3D print rockets, has raised $140M in a Series C funding round, the company announced on Tuesday morning. According to the company, the funding was led by Bond and Tribe Capital. Relativity is led by co-founder and CEO Tim Ellis.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, SAIC and the Israel Aerospace Industries company, Techstars and Starburst Aerospace are launching an accelerator focused on the space industry in Los Angeles. billion over the last year. billion over the last year.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 11, 2019

Stennis Space Center , nestled in Hancock County, Miss., right on the border of Louisiana, the Los Angeles-based 3D-printed spacecraft manufacturer, Relativity Space , is planning a massive $59 million expansion to make a permanent manufacturing hub in this bucolic corner of the southeast. At NASA’s John C.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

Los Angeles-based Relativity , a space launch startup which is developing automation technology designed to automate construction of rockets, said on Thursday that it has signed a deal for a launch site at Cape Canaveral. Relativity is venture backed by Playground Global, Y Combinator, Social Capital, Phillip Spector, and Mark Cuban.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

During the days when Snapchat’s popularity was booming, investors thought the company would become the anchor for a new Los Angeles technology scene. Instead, several former SpaceX employees have launched a raft of new companies, capturing the imagination and dollars of some of the biggest names in venture capital.

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MAY 7, 2019

Los Angeles-based Relativity , a developer of robotics technology and 3D manufacturing technology aimed at developing 3D printed rockets, says it has signed a launch services agreement with satellite ridesharing arranger Spaceflight. Relativity has not yet launched its first rocket. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2020

And finally, the customers who rent and buy space among real estate developers had their own demands around decarbonization, Wallace said. That’s why Smithies, a former employee at Neuralink and the Boring Company and most recently in charge of climate investing at BMW iVentures has joined the firm.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Aerospace startup Relativity Space Inc. will launch satellites built by Santa Clara-based Momentus into space on its 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket, according to a new agreement signed by the two companies Sept.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

El Segundo-based NantStudios--a new venture which is related to the "Nant" series of companies run by billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong--said on Tuesday that it has launched a new "virtual production ecosystem and innovation campus" in El Segundo. of set fabrication space with a dedicated backlot, 30,000 sq.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Los Angeles-based LinQuest, a provider of space systems and related technology for the defense and intelligence market, said it has completed its acquisition of TMC Design Corporation, a provider of engineering, development, and integration company with expertise in electromagnetics, digital signal processing, and radio frequency communications.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch technology company which is related to Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism business, says it will become a publicly traded company through a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). The company said the deal will value Virgin Orbit at $3.2

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

Huntington Beach-based Rocket Lab , one of Southern California's crop of space related startups, delivered another payload to space on Sunday, sending a number of small "Cubesats" to space for NASA. Rocket Lab has not said how much its missions into space ultimately will cost to Cubesat operators. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The Facebook parent-company saw its stock price get bludgeoned after a bad earnings report showcased that Apple’s ad-blocking changes are shaving billions off its books and the company’s crown jewel — the Facebook platform — has stopped growing and actually shrank this quarter.

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MARCH 27, 2018

Los Angeles-based Relativity , which is developing automated, robot-based, 3D printing technology specifically aimed at manufacturing space rockets, has raised $35M in a Series B funding round, the company said today. The funding came from Playground Global, Social Capital, Y Combinator Continuity, and angel investor Mark Cuban.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Having great company culture is no longer just an option. In fact, fantastic company culture is almost expected along with other traditional benefits. It has established what the company culture is, and fitting into that culture is the most important thing managers look for when hiring. What does that culture look like?

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AUGUST 11, 2015

Having great company culture is no longer just an option. In fact, fantastic company culture is almost expected along with other traditional benefits. It has established what the company culture is, and fitting into that culture is the most important thing managers look for when hiring. What does that culture look like?

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Stricklan is one of the company's co-founders, and was most recently serving as Chief Strategy Officer. According to the company, its current CEO, Daniel Godwin, will remain Chairman of the Board, and will now focus on corporate development, including fundraising, investor relations, strategic partnerships, and legal.

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JUNE 26, 2019

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen is helping two, Bay Area startups, by offering up lab space and access to its scientific and business leaders, as part of a program called the "Amgen Golden Ticket", the company said on Tuesday. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2019

If there’s a person at Ford who can provide insight into where the company is headed, it’s Washington. We’re excited to announce that Ford CTO Ken Washington will participate in TechCrunch’s inaugural TC Sessions: Mobility , a one-day event on July 10, 2019 in San Jose, Calif., Or maybe he did.

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APRIL 5, 2017

Santa Monica-based business process outsourcing provider TaskUs , which has been one of Southern California's fastest growing, tech related companies in the last few years, said on Wednesday that it is moving its headquarters to a space at the Santa Monica airport. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. The next part of the margin mix online video companies must get control of is talent margins. The best companies look at data to know what time to post.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Max Q is a new weekly newsletter all about space. The first is a relatively standard (but still exciting — we are talking about rockets here, very little is “standard”) ISS resupply mission, and the second is a major scientific mission from NASA and the ESA called the “Solar Orbiter.”

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MAY 30, 2018

Mojave-based Virgin Galactic , the commercial, tourism-focused spaceship company led by Sir Richard Branson, said on tuesday that it has completed its second, successful, rocket-powered test flight. The company intends to take paying customers up to space in the VSS Unity. and an altitude of 114,500 ft. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 16, 2020

The round was led by Greycroft, which had been following the company’s progress for years, and included participation from strategic investors like Okta Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of Lincoln Property Companies, Allegion Ventures and Sentre, and included follow-on from existing investors. ”

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JANUARY 17, 2013

Along with that growth, there have been a host of coworking and similar service provider cropping up to serve the community, offering up office space and more to local startups and other businesses.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 7, 2020

The current Covid-19 pandemic has had an epochal effect on businesses, and even the humble office space has taken a blow, with millions of us now working from home. While most companies are able to continue operating with employees remote working, what about those businesses where the office itself is the revenue model?

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2021

I realized there were a lot of fragmented issues in the renovation space, especially when it came to the individual workers,” she recalls. The company plans to take its new capital and “go deep into the product side.”. They were not reliable and bad at communication.”. So they come to us and we basically take care of it all.”

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Venture capitalists sometimes make an error in directing their portfolio company CEOs to push resources to the limit and scale the business to immense size quickly, all to seize market share. It was true for Amazon and other visionary companies that grabbed market share during the early Internet era. But beware.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Keysight Technologies --the parent company of Calabasas-based Ixia --said today that its headquarters in Santa Rosa are finally back up and running, after being closed due to the devastating Northern California wildfires in early October.

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JULY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Matt Kozlov , the Managing Director of the new Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator , which just got started in Los Angeles. The Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator just announced ten companies that have joined its program last week. What are you doing at the Techstars Space Accelerator?

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Netflix employees staged a walkout yesterday in response to the company’s handling of a Dave Chappelle special that premiered on October 5. The exact turnouts of the employee walkout and solidarity rally are unclear, but there was enough hype around the event that Preston preemptively moved it to a location with more space.

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AUGUST 24, 2016

The company as six of those boosters that have been successfully returned to earth so far in one piece. SpaceX is planning to refurbish and relaunch those boosters, which--if successful--could dramatically cut the already relatively low costs of launching its vehicles into space. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 8, 2012

Mojave-based XCOR Aerospace , one of the Southern California companies developing space vehicles, said that it has named a General Sales Agent for the firm's space tourism flights. XCOR said it will focus on development of its spaceships, with SXC focusing on ticket sales, training missions and astronaut relations.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2014

Disney is inviting a select number of founders and entrepreneurs, who have interests in the media and entertainment space, to visit with its team at those locations. Disney is not the only entertainment-related company with startup acceleration dreams: Warner Bros. Disney announced its move into startup accelerators earlier this month.

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AUGUST 4, 2016

Westlake Village-based Interlink Electronics , which develops force sensors and other related products, says it has named Mark Litecky as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the company. Interlink said Litecky spent the last seven years in the printed electronics space, and has a 28-year career. READ MORE>>.

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