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APRIL 24, 2017

According to Criteria, which has been offering up pre-employment testing services to employers since 2006, its new cam allows job seekers to play a set of six, 90-second brain games, which it says are "scientifically crafted" to test key talents and cognitive abilities.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

San Diego-based online radio station and music streaming service Slacker Radio has been acquired by LiveXLive , the two companies announced on Friday. LiveXLive is a live music streaming service. LiveXLive said it will combine the content programming teams of both companies.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud services firm Media Temple says it has upgraded its web hosting services, to make websites run up to six times faster. Media Temple said the company''s GRID service was originally launched back in 2006. READ MORE>>. media temple mediatemple hosting cloud'

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Online movie streaming service Netflix has stolen back an executive from Los Angeles-based Scopely, to head up its human resources and talent management efforts. Neal is a veteran of Netflix, having served Vice President Talent and Talent Acquisition at the company from 2006 until 2013; she later was VP of Talent at Coursera.

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JUNE 25, 2018

Dre and Jimmy Iovine, the founders of Beats Electronics , the onetime Santa Monica headphone-and-music-service, are in the midst of a lqsuit--and likely, a jury decision--over a lawsuit which claims Dr. Dre and Iovine owes royalties to a businessman work worked with the company back in 2005 and 2006.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud services firm Media Temple says it has upgraded its web hosting services, to make websites run up to six times faster. Media Temple said the company''s GRID service was originally launched back in 2006. READ MORE>>. cloud hosting mediatemple temple media'

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Gousto, a UK meal-kit service, raises another $41M as business booms under lockdown. capital has produced 241 impact startups since 2006, with 95 companies founded in San Francisco. According to the research, VC investment into London-based impact tech startups has grown by almost 800% (7.8 times) since 2015, compared to 3.1

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

Irvine-based online auto information and leads site Autobytel has expanded into the mobile communications market, with the acquisition of Advanced Mobile, LLC , a provider of mobile apps, mobile websites, text messaging, and other mobile communications services for automotive manufacturers and dealers. Advanced Mobile was founded in 2006.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Spokeo, which has been around since 2006, lets users search for people using their name, phone number, email address, or usernames; the company says its service is aimed at helping people reconnect with friends and family they have lost touch with. Financials were not released by the privately held firm. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2014

It''s unclear how big of a stake Miven still has in A10, which develops web application security products, including appliances for dealing with distributed denial of service (DDos) and similar security issues. Miven had invested in A10 Networks way back in 2006, as part of a Series B funding round for the company.

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APRIL 2, 2014

Los Angeles-based Internet video service Frequency , which is led by Blair Harrison, said Wednesday that it has launched on Amazon.com''s new streaming video device, FireTV. Harrison is the founder of IFILM, which he sold to Viacom back in 2006. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

Venice-based instant messaging app developer Snapchat is at the center of a murder investigation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, after a teen allegedly stabbed and killed his girlfriend over a message sent via the service. The issue of crime linked to new Internet and mobile services is not a new one for local companies.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Los Angeles-based SOS Online Backup , a developer of cloud-based online backup and data protection services, said Thursday afternoon that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding round. SOS Online Backup was founded by Ken Shaw, and first launched its services in 2006. The round came from Splashpoind Investors.

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JULY 10, 2015

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the provider of negotiation-free, car buying services which is led by Scott Painter, said late Thursday evening that it has ended a partnship it has with AutoNation. TrueCar and AutoNation had been working together since 2006. TrueCar said that AutoNation had represented 3.1 READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 2, 2018

In March 2006, Amazon launched Simple Storage Service (S3). Now, as disk manufacturers like Seagate and Western Digital usher in a new generation of high-density drives using new technologies, a new breed of service providers are re-architecting cloud storage to provide vastly improved performance and price.

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JULY 31, 2013

Zadara Storage is split between Irvine and Nesher, Israel, and offers up enterprises and service providers a way to manage and connect their companies into either public or private cloud storage pools. Nahum had headed StoreAge when it was acquired by LSI Corporation in 2006. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Redfin--which has been around since 2006-- has recently been in major expansion mode for its services throughout the U.S. The company also offers up lower fees for both sellers and buyers. Redfin said it has hired a local agent to head up its efforts in Santa Barbara, where it is centering its expansion. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

MAY 15, 2017

San Diego’s Scientist.com set out in 2006 to disrupt part of the pharmaceutical business by providing an Amazon-like approach to the business of hiring contract research organizations (CROs).

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JULY 17, 2012

Navigenics provided personalized genomics and DNA testing services, and was co-founded by Dr. David Agus, professor of Medicine and Engineering at the University of Southern California. Navigenics was founded in 2006. Life Technologies said the acquisition is its first step in bulidling out its molecular diagnostics business.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Alcatel-Lucent said its DMS unit develops technology for the areas of advance television, new media, digital advertising, retailing services, and health. Alcatel-Lucent''s Digital Multimedia Solutions business came out of the 2006 acquisition of an Israeli startup called Mobilitec, which was estimated to be worth $75M at the time.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , the provider of phone authentication services used to reduce fraud and spam with web services, said Tuesday that it has named Max Powers as its Vice President, Client Services. The firm reported 15,558% revenue growth between 2006 and 2010 at those awards. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 12, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has appointed a new head of its eNom domain name registration services group, the firm said today. Naidu has been at Demand Media since 2006, and previously served as CEO of Pool.com. Demand Media said it has promoted Taryn Naidu to EVP and General Manager, eNom. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based Panache , a provider of online advertising software and services, has been acquired by 24/7 Real Media , 24/7 Real Media said this morning. The firm was founded in 2006. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 2, 2012

Brand Affinity Technologies operates an online service which helps brands connect with celebrities and athletes for endorsements, providing metrics to find celebrity talent on a city-by-city basis. BAT said it has now raised $34M in funding.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Car sharing service ZipCar announced today that it is in a "significant expansion" of its car sharing network in the Los Angeles area, and has opened up a regional office in the city, the 16th for the firm. The firm is one of the first car sharing services in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 18, 2014

Back in 2006, my company was awarded Services Company of the Year by the Technology Council of Southern California. So I called OnStar Cadillac Concierge services from my Escalade (yes, it had big rims). We wanted to celebrate. I asked the concierge to book us a table for 6 and I was amazed that when she returned we got in.

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DECEMBER 27, 2017

Infrastructure, services and "picks and shovels" tech will be important here. Anna started her career as a corporate lawyer focused on public company transactional work and spent two years at McKinsey as a strategy consultant to retail, media and financial services companies.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Santa Monica-based Zag , which develops online car buying software, announced Monday that it has hit the 100,000 cars sold mark on its service. The firm said that the brands using its online car buying software--including USAA, AAA, American Express and Overstock--sold over 100,000 new and used vehicles since launching in 2006.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Sherman Oaks-based Brilliant Digital Entertainment , operator of the Kazaa peer-to-peer digital music service, has sold its Kazaa peer to peer network and brand, according to New York-based Altrinsic. Kazaa, and Brilliant Digital Entertainment had been mostly dormant since sometime around 2006.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which operates an online marketing service targeted at local businesses, is announcing today that it has purchase the remaining interest in the firm's Australian joint venture partner, Netus Pty Ltd. Australia was ReachLocal's first international market, which it entered in December of 2006.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

According to the two, the firms have create a new, location-based mobile app called FLYsmart, which will provide information to air travelers about services and amenities in terminals, arrival and departure information, news, and more. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

According to Silicon Valley firm Complete Genomics , a provider of human genome sequencing services, it has filed for an $86.25M IPO on the Nasdaq as GNOM. Enterprise has been an investor in Complete Genomics since 2006, when it was a Series A investor in the firm.

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Xconomy

JUNE 9, 2017

GreatCall operates a virtual telecommunications network that provides healthtech products and services for more than 800,000 older consumers throughout the United States. A key part of this strategy are call centers (GreatCall CEO David Inns insists on calling them “caring centers”), where trained agents.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Patent and Trademark office was filed in November of 2006. Contour Energy Systems is using the technology in new batteries, which it says will dramatically improve power and energy density, longevity, durability, and service life. patent is number 7794880, and according to the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

AOL said it expects to integrate aspects of Brizzly into its Lifestream product, and instant messaging service AIM. This is at least the second time Jones has benefited from an AOL acquisition; his own startup, Userplane, was acquired by AOL in 2006.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

You may no longer have the option of investing all earnings into growth, or servicing your special corporate cause. Even the New York Stock Exchange did one with the acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via a "double dummy" merger way back in 2006 in a $10 billion deal to create the NYSE Group. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Comarco's wireless test business provides wireless network testing for mobile service providers; its customers include Verizon, AT&T, and Rogers Canada. Ascom and Comarco have been working together on mobile test products since 2006. Comarco said the divestiture should "dramatically" reduce its operating costs.

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