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JULY 11, 2016

The Walt Disney Company has named its next class of startup participating in the Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator and mentoring company held on the company's Burbank campus.

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DECEMBER 29, 2015

As is the tradition at socaltech, over the holidays we publish contributions from some of the movers and shakers in the community, with their reflections on the past year and their thoughts on the upcoming year. What are the technologies or things you think people ought to watch in 2016? READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 29, 2021

The company said its founder and CEO is Shawn Dougherty, a co-founder of mobile charging company mophie. mophie was acquired by ZAGG back in 2016 in a deal worth more than $100M. The company--which apparently has yet to build the charger--also offers up other, "luxury" wireless chargers, starting at around $685.00.

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APRIL 5, 2016

Demo Day for the accelerator class is June 23rd.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

The new service offers those vehicles through a monthly price which includes maintenance, comprehensive and collision insurance, and roadside assistance--all through a mobile app or web interface. Turn's cost of a vehicle is based on the value of the vehicle; a spot check on cars available in Los Angeles shows a 2016 Audi A6 2.0T

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Carlsbad-based Zingle , a developer of mobile messaging and customer experience software for the hospitality, travel , and retail markets, has been acquired by San Francisco-based Medallia , a provider of customer experience management software. Medallia said it will pay approximately $42M in cash for Zingle.

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MARCH 21, 2018

La Jolla-based Connectiv , a developer of cloud-based, mobile software used by biomedical and clinical engineering groups to manage and control their medical devices and equipment, has been acquired by Austin, Texas-based Accruent. Accruent was founded in Los Angeles a little over 22 years ago, but was acquired and moved to Texas in 2016.

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AUGUST 15, 2016

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group announced this morning that it has sold Netmotion Wireless , a developer of mobile security software, to The Carlyle Group. NetMotion Wireless develops mobile security software for mobile devices, and was based in Seattle.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile movie ticketing service Atom Tickets , and Disney said over the weekend that the two are in a partnership, which comes out of Atom Tickets' involvement in the 2016 Disney Accelerator Program. The two said those exclusives include a Star Wars hoodie, t-shirt, girl's shirt, and a limited edition ticket placard.

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MAY 3, 2018

On-demand, car wash startup Washe , which lets users connect with professional mobile car washers, said this week that it has raised $3.5M Washe has been in Southern California since at least July of 2016, when it started offering its services in San Diego and Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2017

Irvine-based NextGen Healthcare Information Systems , a provider of electronic health records software which is owned by Quality Systems, said this morning that it has agreed to acquire Entrada , a Nashville-based provider of cloud-based mobile apps for the electronic health records (EHR) market. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Los Angeles-based Fitplan , which develops a mobile app focused on personal training, wellness, and fitness, has raised $4.5M Alex Rodriguez retired from the MLB in 2016, and is the founder of an investment irm, A-Rod Corp. in a funding round, according to the company.

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MARCH 3, 2017

WashOS, led by Bertrand Patriarca, says it detailed 10,000 cars in 2016, with services starting at $29.99. WashOS joins Washe, Envi, Squeegy--and probably many others--on the list of mobile car wash marketplaces which serve Southern California.

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APRIL 10, 2017

San Diego-based antenna technology developer Airgain announced late Sunday that it has acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Antenna Plus , a developer of antenna products for the mobile and automotive fleet market. in 2016, and that it expects the acquisition to be accretive to the firm within 2017.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Los Angeles-based Fitplan Technologies , a startup that develops mobile apps which connects users with workouts with routines used by what the company says are the "world's most influential fitness personalities", has raised $4.7M The startup was founded in Vancouver, Canada in 2016 by Landon Hamilton and Cam Speck.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Takl , which operates a mobile app-driven service to connect users with on-demand home services such as lawn care, house cleaning, home repair, and more, has launched into Southern California. Takl is led by serial entrepeneur Willis Johnson, who also founded online auto auction site Copart; the company launched in Nashville in July of 2016.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , the provider of phone verification and mobile identity technology led by Steve Jillings, said Wednesday that it has partnered with Swisscom, the Switzerland-based telecom provider. The first products are expected in 2016. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2017

which until recently was known as Novatel Wireless, said on Thursday that it has delayed its 10-K filing for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. San Diego-based Inseego Corp.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Vizio's app--which runs on Vizio's various connected television products and also on iOS and Android tablets and mobile devices--also supports VUDU, Hulu, and Google Play Musics & TV. FandangoNOW launched in March of 2016, and came out of the acquisition of on-demand movie service M-GO in January.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

Southern California's venture capital totals dropped significantly in Q3 of 2016, to a mere $663.2M in funding, according to the latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report, based on data from Thomson Reuters. According to the report, there were 71 deals worth a total of $663.2M

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Activehours is a mobile app which lets users access their pay for hours they have already worked, but haven't been paid for yet, and says it does not charge a fee or interest for the service; the company said instead, it gives users the "opportunity to pay what they believe is fair" for the service. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2016

Green Dot said that it does not expect revenues from the deal to be material to its 2016 financial guidance, however, the deal provides significant exposure to Green Dot's GoBank service to a large number of people. GoBank is a FDIC insured, mobile-online banking service, which the company has been marketing to its debit card customers.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

TVC Capital has also been a big supporter of socaltech over the years. In summary, it really has been an amazing year and we look forward to supporting additional compelling software companies in 2016. What are the technologies or things you think people out to watch in 2016? they are very rare and I have a lot of bidders.

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MARCH 8, 2018

Atom Tickets said that it tripled its users and ticket sales the year following its rollout in 2016. Atom Tickets' movie ticketing service offers up a number of social features, group ticketing, advanced ticket purchasing, concessions ordering, and more. The company's co-founder and chairman is Matthew Bakal.

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DECEMBER 26, 2017

I think we will see the rise of a newer and larger mobile-focused media companies and the continued evolution in traditional television entertainment. His exits in 2016 alone included Science portfolio companies HelloSociety (acquired by New York Times), FameBit (acquired by Google) and Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever).

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JANUARY 14, 2016

Now that just about everyone has a smartphone, how can you use that nearly ubiquitous, mobile access to help improve healthcare? For one�according to Los Angeles startup mPulse Mobile (www.mpulsemobile.com), you can help remind people about their appointments, and make sure they take their prescriptions�along with many other use cases.

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MARCH 10, 2017

What that means, is for companies that have a physical presence in the real world, stores and the like, interaction with consumers today on mobile is now primarily through things that represent their stores, rather than directly with their brands. So, as you are heavily into the mobile area, what have you learned over the last few years?

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JULY 27, 2015

Where do you fit into the mobile ad market? We've figured out how to take the banner into 2016 and beyond. Since the iPhone in 2007, we are seeing that mobile is taking over, and what we were doing was not as relevant. What's unique about what entertainment companies are looking for in mobile ads?

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JANUARY 30, 2017

This is the year, according to all the data, where mobile messaging will surpass social. Even without knowing the exact number, we know social is big, but that this year, mobile messaging will pass it in terms of user engagement, sessions per day, and minutes per day. Our tagline, is where strangers become friends.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In 2016, that represented a couple of unique concepts. I'm crazy and relentless about figuring that out, and how to find it and mobilize the company around that. Fair made its name early on subscriptions, can you talk a bit about the reason for the shift away from that? Brad Stewart: The company had two previous lives.

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JULY 15, 2015

They've told their large enterprise customers they're sunsetting the product in 2016, and with that announcement, we've gotten a large number of their base evaluating our system. Simultaneously, IBM had a roduct, GERS--Global Expense Reporting System--and they just stepped out of the marketplace.

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JANUARY 25, 2016

Becka Klauber Richter: We are really excited about our plans for expansion in 2016. Every sitter we work with has at least a minimum of one other referral, and our talent really wants to spread the word about our service. Finally, what are the next steps for your company? It's really about expanding our community of parents and sitters.

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