TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 25, 2022

Starship Technologies is describing this as a “quasi-equity facility”, meaning there is a venture loan involved in the mix. Based out of Los Angeles, Starship initially made its name, back in 2017, running pilots with delivery companies in the U.S. It has now made more than 2.5

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MARCH 18, 2020

San Diego-based Inseego , which develops 5G and Internet-of-Things technology used for asset tracking, connectivity, and similar applications, is again embracing its roots in the mobile hotspot market.

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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. Many users now rely on mobile applications.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

San Diego-based Inseego , which develops wireless hotspots, asset tracking, fleet management, and other related wireless products, has named a new Chief Technology Officer, the company said on Tuesday. Inseego said it has named Dr. Dan Picker as its new CTO, for its Mobile & Iot Solutions.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. So they see a responsibility to install the necessary technology to properly run their business.”.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based RepairSmith , which offers up mobile automobile repair, has acquired CarDash , a startup which offers up car repair and maintenance services. in total funding, and came out of YCombinator in 2017. in total funding, and came out of YCombinator in 2017. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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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. OpenX said the growth came from its mobile, video, and quality initiatives. OpenX is led by CEO Tim Cadogan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. exceeds 80 percent of all mobile phone owners, and these generate more data from their non-phone functions than voice.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Today's contribution is from Stephen Stokols , founder and CEO of FreedomPop (www.freedompop.com), which offers up free, mobile Internet service. You can see all of our holiday reflections here. It's incredible.

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Xconomy

JUNE 11, 2018

Intel sealed its commitment to become a player in the burgeoning autonomous vehicle industry when it bought computer vision company Mobileye for more than $15 billion in 2017. But beyond in-car technology, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) is also looking toward a role in the ecosystem of data-centric businesses.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

One of the largest and most consequential data breaches in 2017 afflicted credit reporting agency Equifax, and it was hardly the only victim.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The Los Angeles-based mobile game development studio Scopely has become America’s newest unicorn thanks to a $200 million financing which values the company at a whopping $1.4 The company raised a $55 million round of financing in 2016, $60 million in 2017 and $100 million in 2018.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 -- TS2 Presents: Unlocking the Secrets of Scaling and Monetization Some of the biggest challenges faced by founders and CEOs of growing technology companies involve how to effectively monetize their IP and create sound strategies for growth.

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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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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Thursday, October 26, 2017 -- Founder Stories: David Knight, Angel City Data. Angel City Data has deployed over 2,000 custom desktop, web and mobile software solutions for clients such as Apple, Disney, Warner Bros., Burbank Tech Talks and TechFire. Harvard, Caltech, UCLA, USC, the BBC, and NASA. See [link] (more)

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Since that time the speed at which companies have developed both technologically and from a business perspective has been nearly as staggering as the 760 mph system itself. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies collaborates with over 800 field experts from around the world.

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socalTECH

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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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

It was Iconiq that put a whopping $80 million into ServiceTitan just last year — and while the 2017 cash infusion may have been larger, the company’s valuation has continued to rise. These kinds of technologies, unlike AI, don’t automate away workers. Instead, they empower them to be more efficient and productive.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Wrench is one of a growing number of companies that are using technology to adapt what had previously been infrastructure-heavy services closer to a more consumer-friendly, convenient business model. Wrench raised $4 million in its first round of financing, which TechCrunch covered back in 2017.

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Xconomy

APRIL 12, 2017

Lymber was barely a year old when Mindbody (NASDAQ: MB ) announced recently that it acquired the San Diego mobile app developer. Lymber, named as a 2017 Xconomy San Diego startup to watch , has developed a technology platform that enables mobile users to book openings in fitness and wellness classes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Per a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. Cellphone penetration in the U.S. In addition, more people own cell phones than toothbrushes.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2016

This holiday season, we are sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology community. The first contribution we have is from Josh Yguado , the co-founder, President, and COO of mobile games maker JamCity. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year?

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the movers and shakers in Southern California's technology ecosystem. Other examples include media tech companies ZEFR and GumGum � both having record years and positioned extremely well for continued growth in 2017. Rob Freelen: Focus.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Fieldwire , whose mobile app helps builders and construction crews coordinate their work, announced today it has lined up a total of $33.5 million in a Series B funding round in 2017, and it has just added another $25 million from a Series C funding round led by veteran Silicon Valley venture capital firm Menlo Ventures.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 2, 2018

Aside from these revelations about “fake news,” the year brought reports on major data breaches at Equifax and other companies, on the influence of new technologies in the future job market, and on privacy concerns about Web-connected home devices. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2017

We’ve just passed a year full of news about the role of technology companies in U.S. elections, democracy, free speech, fairness in hiring, sexual harassment, privacy, data security, and the future job market for humans in the age of robots and artificial intelligence.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

The car-sharing service has struggled for months, long before COVID-19 upended the “shared” mobility sector. The company told TechCrunch that it “will take the great insights we’ve gained from Maven and leverage its car-sharing technology to provide new GM fleet services, and explore other new service offerings.”

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 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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Xconomy

JANUARY 11, 2018

We asked people around the Xconomy network whether their personal patterns of technology usage changed much in response to something that happened in 2017, as part of our series of perspectives and predictions marking the start of a new year. Gilbert : “Voice computing is crossing the chasm and becoming a fixture of.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Los Angeles-based point-of-sale technology developer Appetize said Tuesday that it has raised $20M in a new funding round, led by private equity investor Shamrock Capital Advisors. Oak View Group, led by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff, also participated, along other investors. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

What we specialize in, is the way we deliver this content in a seamless way, in high quality, with the latest technology available. For instance, one of our targets are those who have large audiences, like mobile carriers. We build products and services tied to mobile carriers. By doing that, we are a turnkey business-in-a box.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. It solidified our ability to launch new technology using resources both here and abroad. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year? We've learned a lot in the process.

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Xconomy

APRIL 23, 2018

The Consumer Technology Association estimates that nearly 44 million voice-enabled assistants will be sold this year in the United States. Unit sales rose 279 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to the association. “We We have entered the era of voice ,” Jim Harris, a management consultant writes on the CTA’s website.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

With lead investors like Fika Ventures and Fathom Capital, and co-investors, including Toyota AI Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures, Riot.vc, Osage University Partners and Stage Venture Partners, Elementary Robotics is readying itself for commercial pilots with a few undisclosed customers as it proves out its technology.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Within the realm of “most-promising,” these are companies with the elements that tech investors and mentors look for—innovative technology, an outstanding team, and/or an impressive business plan. Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Xconomy

JULY 19, 2019

In late 2017, a federal watchdog unit assigned a working group to keep an eye on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, and to sound an alert if those alternate currencies showed signs of becoming a risk to the stability of the US financial system.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Fund I was fully deployed by June 30th of 2017, and we went out to raised Fund II, which was a wet close, where you invest as you close. For the kinds of investments we make, where there are always great engineers and technology behind it, if it ends up it's hard to get that to market, you can always sell it for 1x, or half your money, or 3x.

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