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JULY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization firm headed by Frank Addante, has launched an offering for the mobile advertising market, the company said this morning. Rubicon said the new product comes from its May 2012 acquisition of Mobsmith. The product is currently available in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for its carbon footprint. Los Angeles has tried to address its carbon footprint in the past, but the efforts weren’t very successful.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

Howard Marks is co-founder of Activision , and head of Los Angeles-based startup accelerator StartEngine. 2012 has been a remarkably interesting year in terms of developments in technology. Following that, I think mobile advertisement technologies. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 10, 2012

Thursday, August 16, 2012 -- An Evening with LA Mobile Entrepreneurs and a VC. Moderator Lori Kozlowski (Forbes) will be joined by mobile company founders Matthias Galica (ShareSquare), Nick Smoot (Here on Biz), Dave Matthews (NeuAer) and VC David Travers (Rustic Canyon).

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. But it’s here in the (other) Valley’s southernmost edge that investors have found a startup they consider to be the next potential billion-dollar “unicorn” that will come out of Los Angeles.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 -- Graziadio Alumni Network of Los Angeles presents their Small Business Breakfast Series: New Trends in Mobile and Online Marketing. With the global internet population exceeding 2 billion people and the ?New accounting for 3 times the market value of the traditional ?Old Old Media?,

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Rodgers O’Neil came up with the concept back in 2012 when she was working as a marketing executive for General Electric out of Boston. The Los Angeles-based startup Joymode was attempting to do much the same thing. That company sold to an early stage investment firm out of New York. To date, the company has raised $1.75

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MARCH 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising firm Airpush --which is reportedly in acquisition talks with Perion--delivered $98M in annual revenues, according to the Forbes 2013 ranking of its most promising companies. airpush mobile advertising native forbes ranking growth' Airpush is led by Asher Delug. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

At The Pool , the Los Angeles startup which develops a service to help users meet new people based on their common interests, told its users over the last week that it is now in 120 countries and is covering 3,053 cities -- a dramatic growth that was driven by the launch of a set of mobile apps three months ago. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 5, 2017

Los Angeles-based Osurv , a developer of mobile survey software, announced on Friday that it has been acquired by Singapore private equity investor Tan Capital Partners. Osurv was founded in 2012, and was led by Jad Meouchy. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Los Angeles-based Fandango , the online and mobile movie ticketing service which is a unit of NBCUniversal, said today that its 2012 was its "best year in company history". The company said it had a 12-year record high in ticket sales, web and mobile traffic, and app downloads. Fandango is run by Paul Yanover.

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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. One is the mobile app. There are two other parts of the system.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Created by founder Toby Daniels , Social Media Week Los Angeles will focus this series of discussions around the theme of “Empowering Change Through Collaboration.” Monday: Los Angeles – The Social City. Why Los Angeles Is The Next Silicon Valley. The Future of Mobile & Social Entertainment.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 19, 2012

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 -- Digital Kids Conference. 2012 takes place April 25-26, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA. Digital Kids provides companies the critical information they need to reach digital kids and connected youth through online and mobile technologies.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu said Wednesday that it will reach $1 billion in revenue this year, up from the $695M in revenues it had in 2012, and also now has 5 million subscribers on its Hulu Plus premium service, six years after the company''s launch in 2008. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based Burstly , the developer of app analytics and testing software, has quietly been acquired by Apple. Burstly acquired TestFlight back in 2012. burstly apple merger acquisition evan rifkin tagworld testflight testing tools apps mobile' Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Eleven-year-old TiMi currently has a team working out of Los Angeles on global business and plans to grow it into a full development studio that “helps us understand Western players and gives us a stronger global perspective,” said the studio’s international business director Vincent Gao.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 20, 2012

Thursday, April 26, 2012 -- Digital Kids Conference. 2012 takes place April 25-26, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA. Digital Kids provides companies the critical information they need to reach digital kids and connected youth through online and mobile technologies.

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DECEMBER 30, 2011

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2012. Scott Sangster , President at Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup.

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MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies.

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JULY 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based online ticket marketplace ScoreBig.com is bolstering its executive team today, saying it has named two new VPs to help drive growth at the company. According to ScoreBig, it saw 600 percent revenue growth in 2012, and the expansion will help grow the company further.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 30, 2012

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 -- Privacy Summit, Application Developers Alliance. Join The Alliance and its Los Angeles members for a developer discussion of the app privacy landscape followed by a happy hour. Hosted by MEDL Mobile, CBS Interactive, and Mobile Deluxe. See [link].

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 26, 2012

Friday, June 1, 2012 -- The Israel Conference. Israeli innovation and inventiveness are palpable at The Israel Conference, an international business conference held in Los Angeles on May 31 and June 1, 2012. See [link].

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 25, 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012 -- The Israel Conference. Israeli innovation and inventiveness are palpable at The Israel Conference, an international business conference held in Los Angeles on May 31 and June 1, 2012. See [link].

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 4, 2012

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 -- LAVA Annual Meeting. This 27th Annual Meeting of the Los Angeles Venture Association will be hosted by the LAVA Mobile SIG. See [link] (more)

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Friday, December 21, 2012 -- AngelLaunch Holiday Party. Angel Launch produces events connecting entrepeneurs and investors in Los Angeles and San Francisco area.

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JUNE 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fandango , the movie ticketing and information service, said today that it has had the best ever number in May for traffic and ticket sales, for the company's entire 12-year history.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Los Angeles-based Hulu released some new numbers on the use of the company''s streaming video today, saying that it has set new records for revenue, video streaming, and subscribers to Hulu Plus. According to Hulu, it now has more than 4 million subscribers to its service, the record for new subscribers.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). Surf Air ($2.6M, Los Angeles, subscription aircraft service). Solarflare ($22M, San Diego, high speed networking). Ignyta ($6M, San Diego, personalized medicine). How to find a startup mentor.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

Uber--which serves both Los Angeles and San Diego, in addition to San Francisco and Sacramento--said the move suspends prior complaints and fines against the company. Uber launched its services in Los Angeles in March of 2012, and followed with expansion into San Diego in June of 2012.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

On July 27, 2012 the AT&T Developer Program and Apigee produced the Mobile App Hackathon in Los Angeles, California. For upcoming AT&T Mobile App events in cities near you, please visit Alex Donn’s eventbrite. The post AT&T Mobile App Hackathon | Superheroes & Geeks, Only in Hollywood!

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Los Angeles’s very own Espree Devora (aka The Girl That Gets It Done ), has put together quite the exciting event for this year’s SXSW conference. On the second call Jonathan Kay, co founder of Apptopia, will answer any questions on how to monetize mobile apps. When: March 11th 9am (During South by Southwest 2012).

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

billion in its Greater Los Angeles area wireless and wireline networks in a move to make communications in LA reliable and spread internet coverage and network performance. Gary Toebben, President & CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce was also impressed by the firm’s move. billion Investment. .

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MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

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JULY 20, 2012

in funding during Q2 of 2012, down from Q1, and slightly below investments in Q2 of 2011. The region saw the most investments in Los Angeles, with $329.0M The region saw the most investments in Los Angeles, with $329.0M Los Angeles most mostly flat quarter-to-quarter in terms of dollars invested, with both Orange.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Of course you now book when you want and even choose your restaurant based on availability at the time / day you want and you can book on your mobile phone at 2am or 8pm. Today they announced the mobile version of their product – I’d be grateful if you would download it and give it a spin. It sounds crazy, right?

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Startup Weekend LA has grown to become a very special event here in Los Angeles. 2nd place went to MarkedUp that helps mobile developers collect and organize visual feedback from their beta testers and users ( markedup.mobi ). Wow — what a weekend.

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