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MAY 31, 2013

Newport Beach-based Great Outdoors Mobile and Redlands-based mapping and GIS software developer Esri said this week that Great Outdoors Mobile has released a new mobile app called FishAlerts! iphone mobile fishing mapping geographic esri fishalerts' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

It was standing room only at StartEngine 's Demo Day Wednesday afternoon, held at Santa Monica's Cross Campus , as the startup accelerator launched eight of its latest startups into the world, after a 90 day process of mentoring, honing their business model, and heads down development. It's unclear. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Glendale-based startup incubator, accelerator, and investment fund VoiVoda is one of the investors in mobile optimization firm Leanplum , Leanplum said today. San Francisco-based Leanplum was founded by two former Google engineers, and is developing a mobile website optimization tool. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 3, 2013

Los Angeles-based SupperKing , the startup which develops a mobile app enabling people to link with their friends and neighbors for a social dining experience, has tied with a group to promote social dining for charities. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 14, 2013

The startup--out of current Launchpad LA class, is developing an brainwave-reading headband which ties to your smartphone via a Bluetooth link, allowing users to monitor their brain patterns. The startup wants to help users improve their focus and better understand how to improve their concentration. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2013

Nils Forsblom is not new to the startup world -- in fact, his last startup, Fruugo, raised an astounding $48M in funding, and became one of the most heralded-- and controversial --startups in Finland. Nils Forsblom: TenFarms is a mobile app developer. Has that changed how you've structured TenFarms as a startup?

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Or so, it seems, as Los Angeles-based mobile video sharing startup Viddy learns that being the startup-darling-of-the-second isn't all that it's cut out to be for a startup. Live by the echo chamber, die by the echo chamber. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

It's a huge development task to develop your own mobile application, connect into Facebook, and create an online ordering system--unless you use the software from ChowNow (www.chownow.com), one of the newest startups to get funding here in Los Angeles. Christopher Webb: ChowNow is a startup here in LA, and it's a few years old.

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AUGUST 9, 2013

Venice, California-based PromoJam , the social marketing startup headed by Matt and Amanda MacNaughton, said this week that it has launched a new tool for launching social, direct, and mobile marketing campaigns.

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JUNE 11, 2013

Los Angeles-based mobile food ordering startup ChowNow has raised $1.19M more in an ongoing funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. Chownow lets users order food via their mobile phone or Facebook. chownow venture capital mobile restaurant ordering solomo food facebook' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based mobile app developer Snapchat is in the midst of a new funding round, which values the company at more than $3.6 snapchat valuation venture capital mobile social teenager startup' billion, according to a report Friday. The deal apparently has not yet closed. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

messaging photo instant startup mobile social capital venture snapchat' Los Angeles-based Snapchat confirmed it has raised $50M in a Series C funding Wednesday, as the hot, instant photo messaging app developer reportedly turned down a $3 billion offer from Facebook and has decided to continue on as an independent company. in funding.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

StartEngine , the startup accelerator headed by Howard Marks, is launching its newest class of startups today in a private event in Santa Monica. The eight startups are pitching their investors to startups at CrossCampus in Santa Monica this afternoon. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 11, 2013

A local startup, West Hollywood-based Tinder , looks to have attracted an interesting endorsement: Miss USA 2012 Nana Meriwether. Tinder is the mobile dating app created by Sean Rad, Justin Mateen, Christopher Gulzynski, and Jonathan Badeen. tinder romantic dating mobile miss celebrity date' Looking for a hot date? READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2013

Los Angeles-based TenFarms , the mobile application development startup headed by Nils Forsblom, announced this morning that it has raised $2.7M in an angel funding round, to launch a new mobile advertising product called Adtile to the market. TenFarms is the company behind mobile photo polling and social app Photopoll.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Los Angeles has been a hot market for smartphone-driven services, with the latest service launching in the market today being Silvercar , a venture backed startup offering up luxury car rentals with GPS, SiriusXM satellite radio, in-car Wi-Fi and other features. mobile smartphone startup service rental silvercar' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2013

San Diego-based WhatRunsWhere said today that it has launched a brand new service, which helps advertisers track what ads competitors are running into mobile apps for the Android operating system. The firm said the mobile products come thanks to its August 2012 acquisition of mobile ad measurement startup Mobile Ad Spy.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Seriously , a new video game startup, has just received $2.35M in a seed funding from LA''s Upfront Ventures, to help create mobile and casual games. The startup''s founders--Petri Jarvilehto and Andrew Stalbow--are both veterans of Roxio, and split between Helsinki and Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Glendora-based eGood , a startup developing a social giving platform, said today that it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. According to eGood, it is using the funding to develop its mobile and in-store check-in platform. The startup is led by Zack Swire. The startup is led by Zack Swire. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Los Angeles continues to be a hotbed for new, finance-related startups this morning, as Santa Monica-based CARD.com announced it has raised $3M in a Series A funding. According to CARD.com, it is offering up prepaid debit cards aimed at providing a mobile alternative to traditional banking. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Burner , the Los Angeles startup which lets users create one-time, "burnable" phone numbers for temporary use, has raised $2M in a seed funding, the company said today. The funding came from Founder Collective and Venrock, as well as 500 Startups, angel David Cohen, and TenOneTen. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Did you ever wish you could turn that photo on your mobile phone into a real postcard, and send it to your friends? Another new Los Angeles-based startup, Boastcards , said this week that it has a service which do just that, letting users turn their digital photos and images into real, physical postcards. per postcard.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Los Angeles venture capital investor Karlin Ventures has made another investment this week, as part of the $5M, Series A round for Gyft , a mobile gift startup. capital venture startup giftcard plastic mobile card gift ventures karlin gyft' Sacks in the investment round. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2013

UberMedia , the Idealab-backed startup best known for its Twitter client software, has recast itself as a mobile advertising firm, saying yesterday that it has launched a new mobile advertising product called UberAds. ubermedia mobile advertising twitter social signals' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

A new, Los Angeles startup is hoping to break into the mobile, photo sharing market with it new app, Tapshare , specifically aimed at letting groups share their photos in a single, mobile photo album.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Santa Monica-based Gradient X , the programmatic mobile advertising startup backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Founder Collective, Double M Capital, Baroda Ventures, Siemer Ventures, Walter Kortschak (Summit Capital), and Mark Suster, said today that it has exited its beta.

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JULY 31, 2013

A new, Los Angeles startup is hoping to make it easier for action sports fans to track their moves on their smartphone and a mobile app--plus a new device--if it can get funding on Kickstarter.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

ChowNow , a startup which provides social, mobile, and web-based online ordering for restaurants, said this morning that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding. The startup said that it will use the funding to launch new products and expand national operations. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2013

UberMedia , the Pasadena-based startup developing third party, Twitter clients and other mobile apps, said yesterday that it has launched a new mobile ad campaign product called Appvertise.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Online dating site eHarmony is reporting that it's seeing an increasing number of users using its mobile apps to access its dating service, and also said that conversions of those users is up nearly 40 percent year to year. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 15, 2013

Playsino, which is based in Santa Monica, is a developr of casino focused games, which are available both on mobile platforms and on sites like Facebook. Pierce is a well known investor in online gaming companies and local Southern California startups. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Los Angeles-based CHeckAlt , the mobile check deposit startup let by Shai Stern, has scored a win at a Colorado credit union. According to Pikes Peak Credit Union, which serves Colorado Springs, it has tapped into CheckAlt, iParse, and CU Wireless for mobile deposit capture. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

A $3 billion acquisition offer is heady territory for Southern California''s high tech startup ecosystem--the largest exit in recent memory for a venture-backed startup was the 2011 IPO of Green Dot, worth $2 billion to its investors. snapchat merger acquisition exit facebook tencent mobile' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

San Diego-based restaurant loyalty app provider MOGL launched a brand new version of its mobile app, and launched a huge push to enlist its users to help fight off hunger in the US. Mogl--founded by Jon Carder--had already been supporting food banks in a large way prior to the new version of the mobile app. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 30, 2013

Los Angeles appears to become the hot market for launching your mobile, social startup into the national scene--with dozens of startups recently starting up operations here, including Flywheel, Lyft, H.Bloom, Belly, Delivery.com, and many others. gratafy social gifting startup market national expansion launch'

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

LetsDate , a new, mobile app startup headed by Sean Suhl (SuicideGirls), is doing just that, by using your feedback on dates to help refine, over time, how you connect with other singles. Let's Date is the the latest startup out of Los Angeles-based Science Inc. ,

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

snapchat valuation venture capital mobile social teenager startup' The report last week that Snapchat is raising a new funding round at $3.5 billion--and turned down a $1 billion acquisition offer from Facebook --has some wondering if we''ve returned to 1999-era, dot-com valuations for companies. READ MORE>>.

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