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Private tech companies mobilize to address shortages for medical supplies, masks and sanitizer

TechCrunch LA

. “Community underscores everything we do here at Bev, and as such, we will be producing hand sanitizer and distributing it free of charge to the homeless and elderly communities here in Venice, populations who largely have insufficient access to healthcare and essential goods like sanitizer.”

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Laffster's Mock The Vote Hits Android

socalTECH

Mock The Vote , the mobile, political satire application developed by Venice-based Laffster , has just launch on Android, giving political news fans another platform to get the latest, humorous take on politics. The firm told users today in an email that the new Android app now has "20% more CIA sex scandals". READ MORE>>.

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Bird Offers Up Discounts To Low Income Users

socalTECH

Venice-based, last-mile scooter transportation company Bird has rolled out a brand new program which will offer up discounted rates to low income users, saying it will eliminate its $1 base fee per ride for anyone who qualifies for a state or federal assistance program.

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Rinse Opens On-Demand Dry Cleaning In LA

socalTECH

The company offers up many features familiar to on-demand app users, including emailed photos of your items and SMS pick up and scheduling. Names of the seed investors in the company were not announced.

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Reflections on 2018: Clinton Foy, CrossCut Ventures

socalTECH

We moved from our loft in Venice to a new tech campus in Santa Monica. Personally, my work has shifted 80 percent to my mobile device for work communication, text, email and reading. We've always known how important it is as VCs to invest in founders.

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WESAWIT | Experience Events Through The Eyes of The Crowd

Tech Zulu Event

The mobile app and website that allows people to capture and share images and videos of events through social media. We want to bring the show to life through our mobile app, Facebook app, and on our website. We sent out a lot of emails and showed them a lot of visuals of what we can do. What does WESAWIT do?

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Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures

socalTECH

There are big companies being build around the mobile phone. We're working with a company in Venice Beach which is trying to solve that problem. Finally, for entrepreneurs, what's the best way to approach you--email, Twitter, Facebook? They can find me on Twitter, email me, find me on Namesake. I respond to everybody.

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