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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Irvine-based Fisker Automotive has delayed the release of its plug-in hybrid car, the Fisker Atlantic, until at least 2014, according to Green Car Reports. billion for its efforts to kickstart its own automobile firm; the firm's backers include such notable companies as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and New Enterprise Associates.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

There’s a new company that’s sitting on top of some of the fastest growing consumer-facing businesses in the world — liquor and marijuana delivery — and its name is Pacific Consolidated Holdings Group. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. .”

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

What was the most significant event for you or your company this year? What was your biggest lesson learned in 2014? I have to be a little self-promoting on this one. The Center is designed to be a hub for the start-up community along the Westlake Village  Thousand Oaks corridor. It was a lesson relearned: it''s all about execution.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

What was the most significant event for you or your company this year? My most significant event of 2014 is definitely Silicon Beach Fest, the multi-day tech community fest, which just keeps getting bigger. Previously, Kevin has worked at Fox Interactive Media, MySpace, Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, and McKinsey & Company.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. in Los Angeles. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Los Angeles-based MarketCast , a market research company providing research services to the global entertainment industry, has been acquired by Kohlberg & Company , according to reports. MarketCast was owned by another, private equity investor--RLJ Equity Partners--which acquired MarketCast in November of 2014.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

As worries about the spread of a new virus from China--which has resulted in the quarantine of Wuhan, China , a city of 11 million--a Los Angeles company, Dimer UVC Innovations , is offering up its technology to airports and officials, at no cost, to a number of airports. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

The Pasadena Angels , one of the most active organized angel investment groups in the Los Angeles area, released some details on the groups'' 2014 performance over the holidays, saying that it saw a total of four exits--including a $100M exit over at Bluebeam --and closed 17 deals during the year. in new funding for its portfolio companies.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

What was the most significant event for you or your company this year? What was your biggest lesson learned in 2014? Our first post over the holidays is from Howard Marks --who co-founded Activision--and recently founded startup accelerator StartEngine, and who has been very active in encouraging the technology industry in Los Angeles.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In a blogpost touting student successes, Udacity co-founder Sebastian Thrun (pictured above in 2014) said Nanodegree graduates are reporting average salary increases of 33 percent in the United States and Canada when they score new jobs after updating. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Conversely if you’re burning $600,000 per month (yes, some companies do) then you only have 5 months of cash left. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 8, 2021

Since launching its first Los Angeles-based startup accelerator in 2014, Boulder, Colo.-headquartered headquartered company Techstars Central has worked with dozens of local entrepreneurs.

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JANUARY 13, 2014

AT&T held their 6th annual developers summit in Las Vegas this year at CES 2014. From enterprise brands down to small business, companies now have an option to pick up the bill for wireless data and sponsored content whether it be video, apps or other such services. Good things coming from AT&T in 2014.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 16, 2021

Squarespace has raised $300 million in a round of funding that values the company at a staggering $10 billion valuation. New backers include Dragoneer, Tiger Global, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and Spruce House.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2014

Live from Asheville, North Carolina from April 23-27, 2014 TechZulu will be onsite helping to produce the very first Moogfest Live. For over 50 years, Bob Moog and his company Moog Music have pioneered technology that has advanced popular music and culture, and ushered in a new era of artistic expression through sound and experimentation.

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MARCH 25, 2014

As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works. Erin Korogosky – Beckon , Performance management for marketing companies.

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MARCH 11, 2020

Los Angeles-based mobile game developer Scopely said on Wednesday that it has appointed Tim O'Brien , the company's current Chief Revenue Officer, to its board of directors. O'Brien has served as Chief Revenue Officer at the company since 2014. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2016

We believe that it is incrementally harder to differentiate on simple Internet products or mobile apps and while great companies are built doing this, our goal as a fund is to try and fund things that can be 100x returns if they work. We’re not Pollyannaish about this. In short, we’re after venture returns.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Has it been a really, really, really long week at your current company? Colony Logic is a Los Angeles-based platform technology company that simplifies the overly complex world of profitably selling and supporting Digital products. Does Friday seem like it''s still a week away? Maybe it''s time for a change! Join today!

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Calabasas-based InnovateMR, which provides market research and sampling technology and services, says it has appointed Lisa Wilding-Brown as the company's new CEO. Wilding-Brown was most recently the company's Chief Research Officer, and has been at the company since 2014.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Nortman has been at Upfront since 2014, serving as Partner at the firm. Nortman joined Upfront from children's e-commerce company Moonfrye, which she founded in 2014. Upfront's biggest exits have been Ring (acquired by Amazon), TestFlight and FleetSmith (both acquired by Apple), Maker Studios (acquired by Disney).

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JANUARY 12, 2022

HyperDraft also said that Greaney had been an in-house counsel at Beats by Dr. Dre, including working on that company's acquisition by Apple in 2014. HyperDraft said that Greaney was most recently at Goodwin Procter LLP, and previously had also served at Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles.

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JUNE 25, 2021

West as the company's Chief Financial Officer. West previously was CFO of Heritage Group, where had had been since 2014. San Diego-based Blue Sky eLearn, a provider of online learning and virtual event systems, said this week that it has named Scott A. He also previously served at Chief Accounting Officer at Websense and Lytx.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Los Angeles-based Cameo, which lets people pay for personalized celebrity videos and endorsements, has acquired another, Los Angeles company, Represent. Represent was founded in 2014. Financial details of the buy were not announced. Cameo--worth now over $1 bihllion--is backed by Amazon, Google, UTA, and others.

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

Southern California has seen another, big venture capital investment quarter, with companies raising $1.46 According to the report, which was released this evening, there were 97 deals totaling $1.467 billion across the Southern California region, a rise, dollarwise, over Q3 of 2014, when there was $797.0M raised in 15 companies.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

San Diego-based Lawn Love, an on-demand lawn and outdoor care company which is led by Jeremy Yamaguchi, has been acquired by Austin-based Lawn Starter, according to the companies this week. The company was founded in 2014. Financial terms of the cash-and-stock deal were not announced. in total funding. in total funding.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Beepi , the online used car sales startup which expanded into Los Angeles in 2014, has shut down, according to reports. The company's $60M funding in 2014 had been focused on expansion to Los Angeles. The Silicon Valley startup had raised more than $150M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 20, 2021

According to the company, its customers can pay with Dogecoin by selecting BitPay as its payment method in the checkout page. Newegg has been an early adopter in accepting cryptocurrency, having been one of the first major online retailers to accept Bitcoin, back in 2014.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The company said it has "decided to allow more time for technical checks" on its spacecraft. The company has been battling back from the fatal crash that occurred in 2014 while the company was in the midst of testing its SpaceShipTwo spacecraft.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Portfolium was founded in 2014, and was led by founder and CEO Adam Markowitz. The company had raised around $9M in total funding, and had been part of the EvoNexus startup incubator. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Sherman Oaks-based BEN Group , a company which places brands into influencer, streaming, TV, music, and film content, said on Monday morning that it has acquired TubeBuddy , a platform which helps YouTube creators optimize their audience and channel growth. TubeBuddy was founded in 2014. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The company said that Kristi Argyilan, current SVP of Brand Innovation at Bed, Bath and Beyond and former Target executive, will join its board of directors. Argyilan previously was Senior Vice President of Media at Target, having been there starting in July of 2014, and also served at Mediabrands.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 15, 2018

It’s next week or never (until 2019, that is) for two San Diego companies that have filed documents with securities regulators indicating plans to go public. Agtech company Cibus, which uses “precision” gene editing to alter crops , has applied for a listing on the Nasdaq exchange under the stock symbol “CBUS.”

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MAY 13, 2021

Cartwheel is led by co-founder and CEO Cartwheel; the company said it got its start as a delivery restaurant a decade ago, and moved into the delivery outsourcing business in 2014. Cartwheel said that Portillo's is already using its software for its Chicago-style Italian beef sandwiches and Chicago-style hot dog restaurants.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

in a funding round, the company said this morning. Leonardo says it was founded in 2014, and expects to be installed on 4,000 properties by the end of the year. Leonardo says it was founded in 2014, and expects to be installed on 4,000 properties by the end of the year. The company is led by Founder and CEO Daniel Cunningham.

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JULY 27, 2020

Match Group , the parent company of Los Angeles-based online dating app developer Tinder , said on Monday that it has named Jim Lanzone--former President and CEO of CBS Interactive, and also Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Benchmark Capital--as CEO of Tinder. He also has been on the board of Los Angeles-based Edmunds.com since 2014.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Santa Monica-based online employment marketplace ZipRecruiter has reportedly raised $50M in a Series B funding round, which values the company just shy of $1 billion, according to reports this morning. The investment round--not yet confirmed by ZipRecruiter--was reportedly led by current investor IVP.

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