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.

Hollywood

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Virgin Galactic has been targeting launching its commercial service by 2014. Thursday morning from Mojave, with the SpaceShipTwo achieving a maximum speed of Mach 1.43, and traveling up to 69,000 feet. READ MORE>>. vehicle tourism flight commercial space spaceshiptwo rocket galactic virgin'

Services

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AUGUST 7, 2014

THIS ROLE REQUIRES DEEP EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE IT SERVICES, TELECOM, CLOUD AND HOSTING MARKET. Our proprietary CLX platform is an enterprise-class, SaaS automation capability set, that partners can private label to package, sell, deliver and manage a broad portfolio of products and services.

SoCalTech

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

WanderWe.com , the online vacation booking service recently launched by Oversee.net, said Friday that it has launched a new, all-in-one booking service for short, weekend getaways. The company said the new feature combines all hotel, activities, and tours in a single booking package. READ MORE>>.

Oversee.net

Tech Zulu Event

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. U-Verse TV Services. More here: AT&T Digital Life.

Develop

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Santa Monica-based online auto pricing and sales site TrueCar said it is l‌ooking to improve services to dealers and strengthen relationships with its dealers, through the appointment of a new executive. TrueCar said it has named Brian Skutta as its new Executive Vice President of Dealer Sales and Service.

Truecar

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

On-demand parking service Zirx is shutting down its on-demand, consumer parking service, which it had launched into Los Angeles in November of 2014, and is focusing instead on its enterprise business.

Services

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APRIL 27, 2017

Luxe Valet , which started life as a door-to-door, valet parking service--launching into Los Angeles in 2014--has completely stopped offering its door-to-door valet service, and instead has shifted to fixed parking garages, across all of its markets. Luxe had quietly shut down its door-to-door service in Los Angeles in January.

Services

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JUNE 3, 2014

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , which helps provide brands with online software and services for helping better connect with their customers and potential customers, said today that it is planning growth and hiring at a new headquarters in Agoura Hills. The company did not say how many people it hopes to hire at the new location.

Agoura

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based Fullscreen announced plans to launch its own, subscription video-on-demand service on Wednesday, with plans to show both its own original and third party content. Fullscreen was acquired by Chernin Group and AT&T in September of 2014, and since then has been busy buying up other, online video and streaming companies.

Demand

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

Astound , a company selling automated employee help desk services, has raised a new round of $15.5 For co-founder and chief product officer Dan Turchin, the company is the culmination of decades of work spent developing tools for human resources and employee services.

Help

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JULY 16, 2018

Joybird (Stitch Industries) was founded in 2014 by Alex Del Toro, Andres Hinostroza, Joshua Stellin and Christopher Stormer, and manufactures mid-century modern upholstered furniture, which it sells online through its own brand. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

Commerce

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Services

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APRIL 6, 2015

Venice-based instant messaging service Snapchat released its first transparency report , detailing all of the legal and government demands for information from its systems, showing that the company fielded more then 375 U.S. READ MORE>>. snapchat subpoena transparency report information legal request'

Snapchat

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JANUARY 7, 2015

Irvine-based customer service outsourcing provider Alorica said Wednesday afternoon that it has paid $275M for the agent services businesses of West Corporation. Alorica said that those businesses represented approximately $580M in revenues for West in 2014. Alorica said the combined companies will now have a projected $1.2

Offshore

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Pasadena-based Coronal Energy , a provider of solar photovoltaic (PV) project development, financing, and operation services for the utility, municipal and corporate market, has scored a strategic investment from Panasonic , the two said this morning. Financial terms of the funding were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Funding

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Build platform services that provide more value to our startups than just money (putting our fees into our ecosystem and not just our pockets). Platform Services – And I haven’t announced it before but we’ve also beefed up our platform services quite a bit. You can follow Hamet on Twitter here.

Venture Capital

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APRIL 30, 2013

The company said that it streamed more than 1 billion content videos in Q1 of this year, and doubled subscriptions to its Hulu Plus subscription service in 2012. According to Hulu, it now has more than 4 million subscribers to its service, the record for new subscribers.

Hulu

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AUGUST 11, 2015

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest , which got its start offering up lists and ways to compare the merits of a myriad of different things (products, colleges, you name it), has rebranded itself as Graphiq , and has refocused on the visual tools behind FindTheBest's original service. READ MORE>>.

Tool

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

According to a Viddy blog post, Viddy pulled its app from the App Store and Google Play yesterday, and is giving users until December 15th to export any of their videos from the service. Fullscreen had acquired Viddy in January of 2014, after Viddy had already shifted its model and changed its name to Supernova. READ MORE>>.

Blogging

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2014

How much will social media fame cost you in 2014? Just as tools exist to quickly and cheaply create counterfeit minions, inexpensive services also exist which make it easy to ferret truth from fiction. Thus, in 2014, accrue your social media status the old-fashioned way - earn it. Content matters, not puffery. . The Downside.

Social Media

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Santa Monica-based online matchmaking site eHarmony is continuing its big marketing push, saying this morning that it will be featuring a float for the 2014 Rose Parade. eHarmony has been in the midst of increased marketing its service since March. The float will center around Cole''s hit ''This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)''.

eHarmony

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based online ticketing and movie service Fandango continues to be in an acquisitive move, and has acquired Latin American online movie ticketer Cinepapaya. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition follows an acquisition last year of Brazilian ticketing firm Ingresso.com. READ MORE>>.

Fandango

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

More specifically, it’s the contractors that service equipment like the heating, ventilation and cooling systems at commercial and residential properties across the U.S. The two men built a suite of services to help contractors like their fathers manage their businesses.

Glendale

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Postal Service this morning. According to Amazon.com, it has started delivering packages on Sunday to Amazon Prime members in Los Angeles, as part of Prime''s unlimited, free two-day shipping service. READ MORE>>. amazon angeles sunday delivery usps ecommerce'

Los Angeles

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APRIL 29, 2015

eHarmony said that its service is now built on top of Hadoop 2.0, allowing the company to scale out its services with Big Data analytics, new data models, and more matches for users. eHarmony ha completed the first stage of the big refresh in Q4 of 2014. READ MORE>>.

eHarmony

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AUGUST 1, 2014

CONEXIS a provider of employee benefits administration and human resources services, has been acquired by WageWorks , a provider of services for employers, including managing pre-tax health accounts, commuter benefits, and more. million in revenue for the remainder of 2014. WageWorks said the buy will add $23.0 million to $25.0

Resource

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JULY 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based streaming media site Pluto TV has inked a deal to stream free content from Hulu, Jukin Media, and a number of others , to bolster the content lineup for the service. operates an online and mobile service which provides curated access to video streaming content, and is venture backed by U.S. READ MORE>>.

Hulu

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Newport Beach-based Title365 , a developer of technology and services for the title insurance and escrow business, has been acquired by Texas-based Solutionstar. Solutionstar said it will pay $36M in cash for Title365, which it says is expected to have $63M in revenues in 2014. Title365 was advised by JMP Securities in the deal.

Acquisition

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AUGUST 18, 2015

NewEgg said that its Newegg Premier customers now allows up to four friends or family members to also gain the benefits of membership at the retailer, including free expedited shipping, free returns, a dedicated customer service line, and more. READ MORE>>.

NewEgg

TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

Using the service, customers can access demographic, interest and behavioral data of over 320 million people; can use retargeting to provide direct mail campaigns and integrates with existing customer relationship management tools. . They aren’t the only ones. Postie has raised $3.5

Dollar Shave Club

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MAY 17, 2016

Los Angeles-based Stratalux , a provider of managed IT services, said it has named Justin Cohen as President of the company. Cohen was previously EVP of Services at Calance, and has 20 years plus of experience, according to the company. Cohen has been on its advisory board since 2014.

Web

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JANUARY 8, 2014

According to Hulu, it is launching "Deadbeat," "East Los High" Season Two and "The Hotwives of Orlando" on the site in 2014, and has also renewed "The Awesomes," "Moone Boy," "Behind the Mask," "Quick Draw" and others on the service.

Hulu

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Boingo said its enhanced wireless services will launch in Q1 2013 as part of the opening of a remodeled Love Field complex, with further rollout through 2014. Boingo already operates Wi-Fi networks at a significant number of airports worldwide, though it has yet to get a chance at business at hometown airport LAX. READ MORE>>.

Los Angeles

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

The site--which is led by Harrison Tang--said the growth compaes as it saw 159 percent revenue growth between 2012 and 2014. Financials were not released by the privately held firm.

Pasadena

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Zweig was one of the architects behind the success of AdColony, a startup which sold to Opera Software in 2014 for $350 million. Zweig claims that conversion rates have increased significantly for the companies that pay a fee for his company’s service. “Google has been a great partner for us,” Zweig says.

Google

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2011

These days, I’m hearing more and more about Location-Based Services (LBS) as the next big opportunity for startups. Juniper forecasts that by 2014 the global opportunity for LBS will reach $13 billion, and Global Industry Analysts projects that by 2015 the global LBS market could be $21 billion.

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