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JUNE 16, 2017

San Diego- and Beijing-based TuSimple , a startup developing autonomous driving technology, says it has received a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test autonomous driving vehicles on the road. The company says it has been developing its systems since 2015. The company's co-founder is Xiaodi Hou.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

We've attempted to do that for the last three years, trying to ferret out exactly who the people--not companies--are to watch in the region's technology industry. Gunnar Lovelace and Nick Green , Thrive Market. Who are the top 50 people to watch in Southern California? Donovan Janus , 17hats. Tucker Kain , LA Dodgers Accelerator.

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JANUARY 26, 2016

Amid hand wringing about an IPO slowdown in 2015, there's one shining region which had a banner IPO and acquisition year last year: Santa Barbara. The city and surrounding region, which has been a long time technology hub, had a huge IPO and exit year, according to an analysis conducted by socaltech. The biggest exit was the $1.5

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The company got its start in 2015 to allow for trading of high end, collectible sneakers; the company has since expanded into apparel and other accessories. Lu, i a statement, said that there are "significant market opportunities in sneakers, apparel and additional categories through technological innovation".

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socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2019

The Chief Marketing Officer of high flying, Los Angeles-based job recruiting technology developer ZipRecruiter has resigned from the company, after a story was published last week by BuzzFeed, detailing alleged sexual misconduct at his prior employer, Uber. Eyal Gutentag reportedly resigned on Friday. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to Covid-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Checkout out latest coverage from the LA Tech Summit 2015 conference. The post LA Tech Rising at LA Tech Summit 2015 appeared first on TechZulu. LA Tech may be the second largest tech hub in the world, however its only a matter of time before its number 1!

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture. In this post I set out to explain why the seed market emerged as its own category in the first place and why it’s declined as of late. ( Well, both of those things happened but they were lagging indicators.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat might be the darling of the technology startup scene, but there are at least three, privately held startups--and maybe, more--in Southern California who recently passed $100M in revenues, according to a look through recent announcements. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 18, 2017

Levinsohn, who is a well known advisor and investor in the digital media and technology market, has previously served as CEO of Yahoo!, The company passed up the $100M in revenues mark back in 2015, and has been rumored to be seriously considering an IPO. to its board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. I suspect those days will end soon, and 61% of LPs polled said they felt VCs were coming back to market too quickly.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Foot Locker explained the move will also go to help help accelerate GOAT Group's global operations, expanding its omnichannel experience and technologies. in total since it was founded in 2015. GOAT has now raised $197.6M READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2016

San Diego-based Airgain , a developer of embedded antenna technology for the wireless networking market, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise $17.5M in a public offering on the NASDAQ Capital Market. The company's IPO is being underwritten by a single underwriter, Northland Capital Markets.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Los Angeles-based MarketShare Partners , the marketing analytics technology developer led by Wes Nichols and Jon Vein, has been acquired by Neustar , in a deal worth $450M. According to Neustar, Marketshare generated $57M in revenues for the twelve months ended September 30, 2015. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

With the 2015 holiday shopping season now upon us, it’s “go time” for retailers across the country — an opportunity to put their carefully crafted holiday plans into action and deliver on their bottom-line expectations. Plus, holiday e-commerce sales are widely expected to continue rising in 2015. Focus On The Consumer.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2020

Heal, Desai says, also works with the digital technologies to provide more remote and persistent patient monitoring, so that doctors can have a better sense of a patient’s health over time, rather than at an acute moment of care. “You want to talk to the doctor and get continuity of care,” said Desai.

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socalTECH

MAY 9, 2016

in cash for certain assets and intellectual property related to that Broadcom unit, which develops technology in the microwave, millimeter wave, and other 5G market areas. in revenues in calendar year 2015, according to MaxLinear. MaxLinear said it woud pay $80.0M READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 8, 2015

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) marks what new technology to see and expect at the beginning of each year. Here are some of the fun and the weird highlights found at CES 2015. Then again, it is a great marketing tactic for them as well…. The post CES 2015 | The Fun (and Strange) Side of the Show appeared first on TechZulu.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

That means your marketing must now include shopping apps, location-based services and mobile wallets. Most startup founders are early adopters, so they love the latest and greatest technology. The great majority of customers, however, are wary and frustrated by new technology. Assume that customers are all like you.

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socalTECH

MAY 6, 2015

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the publicly held, online marketing provider for small and local businesses, said Tuesday that it has raised $25M in a term loan. The funding came from Herculus Technology Growth Capital, and comes as the company reported sharper losses and a significant dropoff in revenues. on revenues of $124.7M

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Silicon Valley-based payment technology provider Yapstone has big hiring plans in Los Angeles, with plans to double the size of the company''s office from 35 to 70 people in the next year. According to the company, it is hiring across marketing, sales, engineering, and product. YapStone was founded in Santa Monica in 1999.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

For this morning's interview with an entrepreneur, we spoke with Thomas Russell , the Ceo and co-founder of ETC Solar (www.etc-solar.com), a Los Angeles startup developing technology to improve the efficiency and cost of solar cells. Where did the technology from ETC Solar come from? How long have you been working on this technology?

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socalTECH

MAY 9, 2016

NantHealth said it intends to list on the NASDAQ Global Market as NH. in total revenues for 2015. The filing is the first IPO filing for a Southern California technology firm so far in 2016. The IPO is being underwritten by Jeffries, Cowen and Company, First Analysis Securities Co., NantHealth reported a net loss of $71.6M

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 11, 2021

. “Taiwan’s water shortage and its effect on semis is a wake up call for every technology investor, every founder and the entire venture ecosystem. Intel alone used 9 billion gallons of water in 2015). These are businesses like Blue Boson out of the UK, which purports to have developed a quantum-based water treatment technology.

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APRIL 22, 2015

The company said it was selected to participate in the 2015 class of REach , a growth technology accelerator program sponsored by Second Century Ventures, the strategic investment arm of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). assetavenue real estate loan funding marketplace realtor market realestate' READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 29, 2014

Over the holidays, we''re featuring a few reflections on 2014 from some of the movers and shakers in Southern California''s technology industry. What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015? More vertical market SaaS solutions show just how big that opportunity is currently and will be in the future.

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AUGUST 8, 2013

Newbury Park, California-based CAP Wireless , a developer of RF amplifiers based on Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology, has been acquired by TriQUint Semiconductor. TriQuint says it expects the TWTA market to be worth $600M by 2015. Financial terms of the acquisition have not been announced.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

” There are a lot of data points that one can observer to get a sense of the venture capital markets – both LP fundings into venture and VC financings of startups. But these data points are often lagging indicators and perhaps a better barometer of the future would be to gather data on VC perceptions in the market right now.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Originally called Dopamine Labs, the company was founded in 2015 to bring some of the same technologies that social media companies like Facebook used to boost engagement to a broader range of applications. “We can use technology to hook people to unhook them from unhealthy behaviors.”

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

San Diego-based Active Network , the online provider of sports and community websites, said this week that it will provide the online registration and marketing for the Air Force Marathon , which is held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. Financial terms of the win were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2020

After raising $15 million in financing from one of technology’s most successful global investment firms, the Los Angeles-based consumer goods rental company Joymode is selling itself to an early-stage retail investment firm out of New York, XRC Labs. “From day one, my belief was Joymode was going to be huge or dead.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Social networking continues to be a superior force in marketing, especially Facebook. billion in 2015 alone. Top 3 Important Facebook Marketing Trends to Watch and Emulate. By targeting these three important marketing trends, your business can get on the right foot to start off the year right. That was $15.5

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 So VCs made fewer investments at lower prices and generally on terms that were more favorable to investors relative to 2015. On stark graph should give you a sense of the picture.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2015

Over the last couple of weeks, we''ve been featuring the reflections on the last year from folks in Southern California''s technology industry. This enabled our partnership to raise its third Frontier Fund offering, focused on early stage media and technology companies. What was your biggest lesson learned in 2014?

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

To put it simply, Amazon is getting instant access to a market it used to operate in. Amazon previously operated a service called Amazon Webstore which was “a complete commerce platform” that enabled “companies to leverage Amazon technology and expertise in building and managing their direct-to-consumer business.”

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Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

Initially pinned as a generative AI startup for Twitter when it first hit the headlines back in April, the xAI website seems to suggest that the new startup will remain separate from the social media platform, as well as Musk's collection of other technology companies.

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