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Factual Launches Geo-Coded Business Dataset

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Santa Monica-based Factual , the open data startup headed by Gil Elbaz, the inventor of Google's AdSense technology, said today that it has launched a new open set of data that the firm says provides geo-coded data for 14 million local U.S. businesses. READ MORE>>.

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AnyMeeting Dangles Kindle Fire To Spur Reviews, Tweets

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Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting is looking to spur more reviews of its app in the Google Apps Marketplace, saying this week that it will enter any of its customers reviewing its app in the marketplace into a contest for a new Kindle Fire. READ MORE>>.

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Fika Ventures Backs PullRequest In $8M Funding

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Los Angeles-based venture investor Fika Ventures is part of a number of investors which backed code review services provider PullRequest this week, in a $8M Series A funding. Fika Ventures is a relatively new, $40M venture capital fund run by Tx Zhou, Eva Ho, and Arteen Arabshahi.

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MomentFeed Finds $10M More

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Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software used by retail brands for optimizing mobile and proximity searches, has raised $10M more in funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus, and DFJ Frontier, all prior investors. READ MORE>>.

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Reflections On 2018: Matt Stodder, Startup Boost LA

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With Startup Boost, we had dozens of investors, service providers, successful entrepreneurs, and major industry leaders (including Microsoft, Google, Softbank, REME, and TechStars) coalesce around our initiative to help early stage companies get to the next level. For many founders, this type of mature leadership doesnt come naturally.

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AppOnboard Signs Customers For Mobile App Demo Technology

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According to the startup, those cutomers are some of the developers who are using its tools to enable Google Play Instant apps via its "App Store Demos" product, which it launched in August. AppOnboard's technology lets developers create playable apps and games which can accessed, without download, as a preview within the Google Play store.

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Vizio Co-Star: Going, Going, Gone!

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Were you hoping to get your hands on one of those new VIZIO Co-Star devices--which turns any HDTV into a smart television, thanks to Google? Apparently, the company just sold out of its pre-orders of the device, in less than 12 hours, due to a huge rush on the device. Well, you're going to have to wait a little longer. READ MORE>>.