L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 13, 2018

OpenX, a Pasadena-based programmatic advertising technology company, announced $172 million in 2017 revenue in a March 13 report. In addition, OpenX invested $50 million into research and development this past year.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

Self-driving and robotics startup Cartken has partnered with REEF Technology, a startup that operates parking lots and neighborhood hubs, to bring self-driving delivery robots to the streets of downtown Miami. Starship Technologies CEO Lex Bayer on focus and opportunity in autonomous delivery.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Upgrading ParkMobile’s license plate-based service with a computer vision based system that recognizes cars as they enter and leave garages has been Metropolis’ mission since founder and chief executive Alex Israel first formed the business back in 2017. REEF Technology raises $700M from SoftBank and others to remake parking lots.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A-Frame , a Los Angeles-based developer of personal care brands supported by celebrities, has raised $2 million in a new round of funding led by Initialized Capital. ” So far, the company has worked with CAA, UTA and WME on all of the brands in development, Bloom said. We create an entity that we spin out.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

Xconomy asked technology and innovation leaders around our network to reflect on the most important developments in their industries during 2017, and the answers were appropriately wide-ranging.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Saturday, February 25, 2017 -- Technology Startups go to the Movies: Opportunities and Hurdles for Selling New Technologies into the Motion Picture Industry! Many of the studios have sizable in-house technology development operations, but all acquire technology or technology products from outside their corporate borders.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

Located at the southeastern tip of the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles suburb counts its biggest employers as the adhesive manufacturer Avery Dennison; the Los Angeles industrial team for the real estate developer CBRE; the International House of Pancakes; Disney Consumer Products; DreamWorks Studios; Walt Disney Animation and Univision.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Calabasas-based audio technology developer DTS announced a number of wins on Thursday, including one with Pioneer and Onkyo, and a separate, unrelated win with HUAWEI. Separately, DTS said that HAUWEI has implemented its Headphone:X immersive audio technology on the new HUAWEI nova smartphone. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

Read on for our top posts from 2017! ?? link] A year in review: productboard’s top 10 posts from 2017 was originally published in The Age of Product Discovery on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Still prioritizing features in a spreadsheet? Read more… ?? ??

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JUNE 10, 2019

Santa Barbara-based SerImmune , a company developing immune mapping technology, has raised $1.4M in funding back in 2017, from such investors as Illumina Ventures, Merck and others. in new funding, as part of what appears to be an ongoing $7.0M funding effort. SerImmune previously raised $8.0M READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 27, 2017

It’s not about checking off as many technology trends, it is about finding useful and valuable trends that align with your goals and strategy for the rest of the year. Here are five trends startups are considering for their operations in 2017. Blockchain Technology. Why cryptocurrencies?

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MARCH 13, 2018

Los Angeles-based advertising exchange and technology developer OpenX said on Tuesday that its net revenues rose to $172M in 2017, as it saw 20 percent growth in its revenues for the fourth quarter. The company said it invested over $50M in R&D efforts towards its technology an product in 2017. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 26, 2017

The IT Summit is the executive technology conference series returning to Los Angeles for our eleventh annual event on October 11th, 2017. Continuing professional development or continuing professional education is the means by which people maintain their knowledge and skills related to their professional lives.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2019

On Tuesday, Haptik announced it has acqui-hired Convrg, a Los Angeles-based startup that develops chatbots, to serve customers in North America. The move is part of Haptik’s broader strategy to both expand its technology expertise and team and business overseas, Aakrit Vaish, cofounder and CEO of Haptik, told TechCrunch in an interview.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

What you might not realize is that the adorable droid was the brain child of Sphero, a robotics and digital technology company and an alumni to the Disney Accelerator program. Meet the 11 startups for 2017: Ambidio. Developers also choose Epic’s Unreal Engine for cinematic production, visualization, design and simulation.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based 3D movie technology developer RealD announced on Wednesday that the company has scored a patent win in Europe. RealD develops 3D movie projection technology. RealD develops 3D movie projection technology. RealD is seeking an injunction banning sale of the devies, plus financial damages.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Carlsbad-based Medsphere Systems Corporation , a provider of healthcare information technology solutions and services, annoucned this morning that it has raised $32M in a funding round. According to Medsphere, the new funding goes towards hiring and development and deployment of its product. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2019

The fund--managed by Arjan Schutte and Kathleen Utecht--invests in financial technology companies, and counts such portfolio companise as Fair , Honest Dollar (acquired), CoverHound , Mirador (acquired), Nerdwallet , Ripple , Tio (acquired), and many others. As expected, the company has not detailed any information on the new fund.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

San Diego-based wireless device developer Inseego said late Thursday that it has named Ashish Sharma as President of IoT and Mobile Solutions. Sharma has been the company's Executive Vice President IoT & Mobile Solutions since September of 2017, and also has been the company's Chief Marketing Officer.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Tesla, which unveiled the Tesla Semi prototype in November 2017 , began testing its prototype semis in California and Nevada earlier this year. Newcomer Thor Trucks is developing a medium-duty Class-6 electric truck for UPS, which will also be tested in California.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 16, 2020

It’s an auspicious time for both Los Angeles-based businessmen, as the LA venture community sees a wave of technology talent relocating from New York and San Francisco in the newly remote work culture created by the COVID-19 epidemic. “I see two things happen. One people look at the effects of where the market’s going.

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MAY 31, 2019

the parent firm of Snapchat , has sold off Placed , a developer of location intelligence and offline attribution software tools. had acquired Placed in 2017, paying $135.2M Foursquare said the acquisition will deepen its location technology platform. Los Angeles-based Snap Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Sir Richard Branson is out as the Chairman of Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One , the developer of high speed, "hyperloop" transportation technology, the company said on Monday. Branson became Chairman of Virgin Hyperloop One in December of 2017. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based Social Reality (SRAX), which developing digital marketing and consumer data management software--and more recently, has tried to launch its own cryptocurrency called BIGtoken--said it is restating its results all the way back to March of 2017.

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JUNE 12, 2019

Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , a provider of advertising services and technology for the online radio streaming, digital audio and podcasting markets, has acquired Omny Studio , a developer of a podcast and on-demand audio publishing platform. Financial terms of the acquisition were not annoucned.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the Southern California's technology ecosystem. Michael--despite a recent move to Puerto Rico--is a longtime fixture of the LA technology community, having founded Marketwired here, and is an expert on Bitcoin. He's also a very active angel investor.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Heller was previously VP Partnerships and Emerging Technology at Hulu, and was also CEO of Vhoto; Heller also previously served at Atlas Venture, Activision, Surreal Software, Microsoft, and founded DNAi, a developer of a graphical 3D engine. Size of the new fund was not announced.

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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. Airgain said it is paying approximately $6.4 READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2013

Hawthorne-based commercial rocket and spaceship developer SpaceX is expanding its range of possible customers today, with a deal with the military''s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). According to the center, it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Space Exploration Technologies Corp.,

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Playa Vista-based Appetize , which develops tablet-based, modern point-of-sale (POS) technology for the food service and retail markets, says it has doubled its employee count in the last year to 200, as it sees what it calls "exponential" growth in its business. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

San Diego-based wireless technology developer Qualcomm announced a set of new, systems-on-a-chip solutions for the 802.11ax protocol this morning, which the company says provides "end-to-end" solutions for the new protocol. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2023

San Diego-based Verogen, a developer of next generation sequencing technology for the forensics industry, has been acquired by Netherlands-based QIAGEN, QIAGEN said early this morning. Financial details of the transaction were not announced.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Saturday, February 25, 2017 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Entertainment. Many of the studios have sizable in-house technology development operations, but all acquire technology or technology products from outside their corporate borders.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year? Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Calabasas-based surround sound and audio technology developer DTS is now officially part of Tessera , after Tessera completed its acquisition of DTS on Thursday, the companies said on Thursday afternoon. Tessera paid $850M in cash for DTS, in a deal which had originally been announced in May. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 24, 2017

Wednesday, August 30, 2017 -- 8th Annual Women in Green Forum. It highlights women’s impact on the environmental industry and has attracted a global audience from a wide range of sectors including government officials, corporate executives, academic researchers, technology developers, and clean tech financiers.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 17, 2019

By comparison, Relativity’s neighbors at Cape Canaveral are Blue Origin (which Jeff Bezos has been financing by reportedly selling $1 billion in shares of Amazon stock since 2017 ); SpaceX (which has raised roughly $2.5 “It’s always been the case that we’re developing our own metal 3D printing technology. .

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