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JULY 3, 2017

Los Angeles-based YP.com , the provider online directories and services to help businesses get their companies online which has been remade by a number of technology executives into a provider of local business marketing and automation software, has been acquired by competing directory provider Dex Media. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 20, 2017

So how did a company that provides storage grow so fast (we’ll exit 2017 with 10’s of millions in recurring revenue), why is it so defensible and is it really a tech startup? years of software development. We have built route management software so that drivers have productive routes and can cluster pick-ups and drop-offs.

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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. Application Security.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

Nigam had been Senior Vice President of Product and Technology at ID Analytics since May of 2017, when he joined the company. ID Analytics provides consumer risk and fraud analytics software, which uses consumer behavior for fraud detection. ID Analytics became part of Symantec, when Symantec acquired Lifelock in 2016.

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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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APRIL 11, 2018

percent from Q1 of 2017. The most active area for LA area seed investments was in media, entertainment, and gaming, with software-as-a-service businesses also bringing in significant seed funding. According to the report from Amplify, 23 LA startups raised a total of $52.9M in seed funding in Q1, which was up 2.5 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. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2019

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. Founded in 2017, Convrg has made a name for itself by developing several popular chatbots and voice products.

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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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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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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. There’s no denying that BB-8 was the star of the most recent installment in the Star Wars universe, Rogue One.

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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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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. Early-stage SaaS VC slip snaps recovery as public software stocks soar. Jason Rowley. Contributor. More posts by this contributor. The SaaS VC gap: China & other markets trail the US. Crunchbase News recently profiled a selection of U.S.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Irvine-based Greenwave Systems , the developer of Internet-of-Things (IoT) software led by Martin Manniche, says today that it is on track to reach a $100M run rate in 2017, and now has 280 employees. The company is backed by EDBI, Singapore Technologies Telemedia, The Westly Group and E.ON. and recently raised $60M in funding.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Attackers continue to focus more on exploiting users than technology. This shift will continue in 2017, alongside these other shifts in the landscape: 1. Users are often unaware and uneducated about the potential risks, yet have huge access to data and resources, presenting a huge area of risk. Ransomware will further diversify.

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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

AUGUST 15, 2018

Daniel Kim and Jay Lee, the two founders of AuditBoard , a Los Angeles-based provider of a risk and compliance software service for large businesses, grew up middle school friends in Cerritos, Calif. I couldn’t believe there wasn’t a software for compliance and risk,” Lee said.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

San Diego-based cybersecurity software developer CyberFlow Analytics , which develops software to analyze network traffic to locate cyber threats, has been acquired by Webroot , Webroot said on Monday. Cyberflow's software was used for identifying network anomalies in IPv4 and IPv6 traffic. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Irvine-based a href="[link] Technology, a developer of advertising software, says it has launched an IPO, intending to sell 7,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock in an offering on the Nasdaq Global Market as DSP. Viant is led by technology veteran Tim Vanderhook, who founded Viant with brothers Chris and Russ. and $21.00

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Irvine-based Viant, which develops advertising software, had a successful IPO on Wednesday, selling 10 million shares of its stock at $25 per share last night, above its initial estimated IPO price of $19.00 Viant is led by technology veteran Tim Vanderhook, who founded Viant with brothers Chris and Russ.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 7, 2019

While current technologies are not quite advanced enough to make Westworld a reality, startups are attempting to replicate the sort of human-robot interaction it presents in virtual space. Or Apple, which designs its own devices to carry out superior software experience,” explained Ma. Image: rct studio.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

As 2017 comes to a close, we’re surveying business and technology leaders from around our network to get their perspectives on the year in tech—and what’s next. Xconomy: If you think public perception about the tech industry turned for the worse in 2017, what should the industry do to rebuild trust in 2018?

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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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JANUARY 9, 2020

The 14-person startup, founded in 2017, has developed technology that it says uses big data sets, human genetic data, and advanced algorithms to find potential targets for drugs. Carlsbad, CA-based Ionis will work with Empirico to leverage its software, which Empirico calls its Precision Insights Platform, for work related to.

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AUGUST 31, 2018

Soon-Shiong took over verity Health in July of 2017, had been attempting to give the health system a major technology makeover, applying both electronic health records software as well as his broader health care information technology to the system.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. She also founded CEO Circle, a confidential forum for early-stage technology CEOs. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year? Louise Wannier: Calendly.com.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2021

Stella Wu, who formerly worked as a growth product manager at Wish, got firsthand experience of the pain points related to the process when she bought her own house in 2017. “I We’re also helping these individual contractors increase the brand, and helping them with the administration and customer support side with our software.”.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

Glendale-based Beyond Limits , a venture-backed developer of artificial intelligence software, has named Meghan Sharp, Ph.D., Sharp most recently led BP Ventures/Americas investment in Beyond Limits in 2017, leading the company's $25M Series B funding round and joining its board. The company is headed by CEO AJ Abdallat.

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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. Here, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund, and has had some great success in the market.

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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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APRIL 5, 2017

Bryan Cheung: We're an enterprise software company. Technology is transforming every aspect of business, and our technology is one piece of the puzzle that helps them get there. Bryan Cheung: Our two software architects had worked on this for four years, before starting the company. What is LifeRay?

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Joining Initialized in the round is the serial entrepreneur Moise Emquies, whose previous clothing lines, Ella Moss and Splendid, were acquired by the fashion holding company VFC in 2017. A-Frame previously raised a seed round backed by cannabis dispensary Columbia Care. The company’s first product is a hand soap, Keeper.

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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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APRIL 3, 2018

Streaming game engine developer Genvid Technologies --which is backed by Santa Monica's March Capital Partners--has raised $6M in new funding, in a Series A investment, the company said today. Genvid is based in New York. Genvid has now raised $10M in total. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018?

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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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DECEMBER 28, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. The introduction of KidGuard, new cell phone monitoring software that gives parents the ability to access their child's digital interactions, was a major accomplishment. You can see all of our holiday reflections here.

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