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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Irvine-based Digital Motors , which develops an online car sales platform for car dealers, said this week that it has named Paul Edmonds as its VP of Customer Success. The company says Edmonds will head up its sales and service teams. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. How will Beast Mobile cut down the cost of your ever-increasing cell phone bill?

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JULY 10, 2020

e originally founded and ran the company's New York office, before moving to Los Angeles in 2018. Trade Desk develops a self-service, cloud-based platform, ad buyers can create, manage, and optimize digital advertising campaigns. HThe company said Stempeck will continue in an advisory role through January 31, 2021.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2020

Los Angeles is one of the most desirable locations for commercial real estate in the United States, so it’s little wonder that there’s something of a boom in investments in technology companies servicing the market coming from the region. and increased its user base to 6 million customers, according to a statement.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

Triton Digital said that through the integration, buyers that use the Rubicon Project exchange can now access audio supply from online audio services, platforms, networks, radio and TV broadcasters, audio content publishers, and pro audio producers on its supply side platform. Triton Digital is now a subsidiary of The E.W.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2017

What are you looking forward to most in 2018? In 2018 I'm looking forward to seeing some great new startups emerge in LA in areas such as future of work, cleantech, and blockchain, and to investing in ten more great companies. Applications for Techstars LA 2018 open on January 8.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

This year at CES 2018 Eureka Park, the mega startup hub of the conference, the hottest early-stage startups from around the world will showcase their products and services aimed at disrupting their respective industries. Meet the startups showcasing at Eureka Park Startup Arlington this year at CES 2018: BooleanGirl.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

The startup already offers up a "Self-Trader" version of its service that lets users buy, sell, and swap cryptocurrency inside their retirement accounts. The company claims its has nearly 5,000 customers and has processed over $300M in investments through its platform.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

The automaker Tuesday said its Maven car-sharing service, which launched in 2016, will shut down for good. Maven had paused service due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company sent an email to customers Tuesday that after examining the business, the car-sharing industry and COVID-19, it decided to shutter the service permanently.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 11, 2022

Its approach is also drastically different from most fertility service providers — it has savvy, intelligent marketing; a tech-enabled and fully virtual care facility; a focus on compassion; and ample customer education to help patients feel involved and understood. The company today has 12 outlets in 10 cities in the U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Athletes wear these game-worn items, and our platform gives them a way to donate and make an impact without any extra time on them and their busy schedules,” Alston said. The product started as a video e-commerce platform, basically creating a video version of eBay.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Of course you’ve probably known of Meg as a business leader for many years, formerly as President and CEO of Hewlett Packard and the CEO of eBay before that, but since late 2018 she has been the CEO of Quibi (joining founder Jeffrey Katzenberg as the first employee). Between the heavy hitters at the helm, the more than $1.4B

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

“Whether it be a passion for an obscure manga or your favorite football team, Kik has shown an incredible ability to provide a platform for new friendships to be forged through your mobile phone.” By 2018 that revenue was expected to top $30 million, according to sources at the time.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 11, 2022

In February, ecommerce platform Etsy revealed that a record fourth quarter had earned them $717.1 Starting today, they're going on strike for a week in protest of the price change, which they say is just the latest in a series of decisions that have squeezed the small-business sellers who depend on the Etsy platform to survive.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

With its third class of startups, Yellow, Snap’s in-house startup accelerator that launched in 2018, brought investors and founders together in private slack channels after a live-streamed presentation. Stipop : a rich cross-platform chat sticker API. Snap investment Hardworkers. Nuggetverse : a web comics media startup.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Fortunately, for those headed to SXSW, Startup Night SXSW 2018 , presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo, will be filled with investors from a multitude of industries who are looking to discover and fund startups building the latest solutions and tech innovations. Lisha Bell, Deal Flow Lead for Pipeline Angels.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While the company has been steadily rising through the ranks since its inception in 2018, as generative AI becomes big tech’s new gold standard, the New York-based startup has enjoyed a very triumphant 2023. Calendly Calendly is an online scheduling platform popular among business and personal users. Runway AI user interface.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2019

Santa Monica-based Fair , which operates a vehicle subscription service that lets users subscribe to gain access to cars without the restrictions of a traditional lease, has raised $100M in a combined debt facility and equity investment, the company said this morning. The debt facility was provided by Ally Financial.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The company raised a $55 million round of financing in 2016, $60 million in 2017 and $100 million in 2018. For investors, what makes the company compelling (beyond its string of successful games) is the technology platform that undergirds its popular mobile gaming titles.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 9, 2019

Doctours , a Los Angeles-based online platform for booking trips and treatments for medical and dental care around the world, is expanding its services to 35 countries. In 2018 alone, 14 million patients traveled abroad to seek healthcare, according to the company. surgery, weight loss surgery, dental work and Lasik. .

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

I've been telling people to buy bitcoin when it was $200, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 (and continuing to take it for our services) and it's kept growing in value. What are you looking forward to most in 2018? Finally, what is your prediction for what will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2018?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 20 million registered developers in 2018. Here are some ways we both recommend to beat the odds and thrive in today’s app ecosystem: Sell a digital service through your app. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

But technology companies keep pushing it, driven in part by a belief that maybe this time the next advancement in hardware and services will convince consumers to strap a headset onto their face and stay for a while in a virtual world. Oculus Quest and Rift S now shipping. There are significant economic reasons for companies to persist.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

Silicon Valley is focused on disrupting established industries, but in many parts of the world, innovators must create new sectors, such as education, health care, financial services, and energy. Thus Uber’s ride sharing evolved to Gojek in Indonesia, to include delivering food, packages, and even financial services.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We try to cap our A-funds at around $300 million so we retain the discipline to invest early and small while building our Growth Platform separately to do late stage deals (we now have > $300 million in Growth AUM). In fact, we just announced that we hired a new head of our Growth Platform, (follow him on Twitter here ?

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

But TiMi contended that these platforms are not essential to a game’s success. When it comes to making money, TiMi has from the outset been a strong proponent of game-as-a-service whereby it continues to pump out fresh content after the initial download. “TiMi didn’t succeed in China because of WeChat and QQ.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

This was a big year for Crosscut because were finally delivering on our promise of implementing a full-scale investing platform after 11+ years in business. Growing our practice from 3 original partners who would meet at coffee shops into a full institutional investing platform is a constant evolution.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Micromobbin’ Shared mopeds might be popular, but that doesn’t mean companies operating these services are guaranteed to succeed. This week, TechCrunch reporter Romain Dillet reported that Coup, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bosch that operates an electric moped scooter-sharing service in Berlin, Paris and Madrid, is shutting down.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. Now you can create a web site for almost nothing - and be on your way with your latest invention or personal services. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. I feel this responsibility to my industry to put the best business practices I’ve learned along the way into a platform so I can help other influencers.”. We are in phase three of the influencer economy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

Silicon Valley is focused on disrupting established industries, but in many parts of the world, innovators must create new sectors, such as education, health care, financial services, and energy. Thus Uber’s ride sharing evolved to Gojek in Indonesia, to include delivering food, packages, and even financial services.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

The unexpected arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic led the LA-based startup to rework and accelerate its original launch plan — shifting its first focus to getting a telehealth service up and running fast. The team started working with this practice in late 2018, with a formal partnership following on last year.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

New platforms led by YouTube have emerged to change the dynamic of broadcast media — once dominated by the rigid programming of TV — while the internet has enabled new media stars to engage with their audiences in new, high-touch ways. In addition, there are incentives for referring others to the platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

For example, Facebook added WhatsApp as a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service to enhance the self-sustaining growth their social media platform before any downturn. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/18/2018. Competitors tend to focus on price and other variations to existing offerings.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2019

Rather than using streaming services or radio, drivers use Steereo because they get compensated to do so. For example, they might want to see what version of a song to put on an EP or not, or which songs they might want to put additional marketing behind on other platforms. Where'd you get the idea for the service?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2019

Rather than using streaming services or radio, drivers use Steereo because they get compensated to do so. For example, they might want to see what version of a song to put on an EP or not, or which songs they might want to put additional marketing behind on other platforms. Where'd you get the idea for the service?

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