L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 30, 2020

Ring is one of the most recognized brands and most widely used technologies in a smart-home market that’s expected to total $101.1 billion in 2020.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

retail stores will open in Los Angeles, New York City and two locations in San Francisco later this year — the latest milestone for the automaker as it gets closer to bringing its all-electric vehicle to market. The stores are expected to open in the second half of 2020. Polestar’s first U.S. and Florida.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Thursday, October 15, 2020 -- Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies Showcase 2020. Now in its third year, the Most Fundable Companies competition has grown to over 4,500 companies, and for the first time attracted startups from all 50 U.S.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2020

The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) says that Q1 2020 venture capital investments had a "strong showing" in Q1, however, it expects that the impending economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic will slow activity through the rest of the year. According to the NVCA, and its PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, there was $34.2

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

Traditional marketing may be adequate for linear growth, but it likely won’t catapult you to Amazon’s unicorn status , or make waves in the business world. For example, I usually hear about an aggressive marketing budget, with a plan to penetrate a few big retail chains, and some videos to catch your attention on YouTube.

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Marketing Startup Examples Customer 170

socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2020

You will be able to get to all of these posts on our 2020 reflections here. Two new additions to our portfolio companies stand out in particular: NextCar (Scott Painters latest disruptive LA-based automotive market play) and Transmute (Karyl Fowlers Austin-based supply chain identity and credentialing platform).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2020

As a frequent advisor to new entrepreneurs and startups, I often hear your frustration with being treated differently from other startups by investors, on expectations for valuation , traction, and market size. On the other hand, if the market is super-hot, many will be willing to jump in to make your case.

Marketing 174

Marketing Startup Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 174

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 -- We believe that diverse ideas from all walks of life can help expand the realm of possibility for the entire world. The Urban Tech Connect // Forward Conference is helping bridge the gap of diverse ideation in technology.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 7, 2020

The latest of these is Luxury Presence , which pitches digital marketing services to real estate agents and has raked in $5.4 Our 2020 goal is to build a full digital marketing solution for real estate agents looking to build successful, lead-generating digital brands,” said Malte Kramer, the company’s chief executive, in a statement.

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Los Angeles Services Angel Marketing 168

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2021

You will be able to get to all of these posts on our 2020 reflections here.     For us, being a client service business, the biggest news for 2020 would have to be the initial stay at home orders, issued by both local authorities and our firm. Today, we have Jp>im Eubanks Tax Managing Director at KPMG (www.kpmg.com).

Southern California 113

Southern California Technical Review Paramount News 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2020

You will be able to get to all of these posts on our 2020 reflections here. This is my 4th market upset and in the first three I was defensive. They made 45 more investments in 2020. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks. Today, we have Brian Mac Mahon of startup accelerator ExpertDojo (www.expertdojo.com).

Southern California 113

Southern California Technical Review Santa Monica Invest 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Transphorm has taken a slightly different path to the public markets, going first to the OTC markets in August of 2020, rather than the more popular options of an IPO or recently, a SPAC, to tap into public liquidity. The company said the investments come as a part of a plan to uplist its shares of common stock on the Nasdaq.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

general manager ( Stefano Benatti ) — filled more orders in the first two months of 2020 than all its sales for 2019, according to Cevolini. The company reduced the weight of its 2020 production line by 5% and increased range by 60% based on adaptions it brought over from MotoE. The company — that has has a California office and U.S.

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Technical Review Competition Demand Sales 277

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

Overall, Klarna is live in 20 markets, has more than 90 million global active users and more than 2 million transactions a day conducted on its platform. In all of 2020, it processed $53 billion in volume. Meanwhile, in 2020, Klara hit over a billion in revenue. It is planning to expand into a number of new markets this year.

Los Angeles 266

Los Angeles Funding CIO Marketing 266

Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2020

In this article, we'll go over a few examples of the most essential business tech you're going to need to compete in 2020. Plus, with certain platforms, you'll even be able to utilize marketing features designed to help you attract new customers. Digital Marketing Platforms. Get started with a digital marketing platform today.

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Technical Review Software Review Social Media Platform 91

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

City of Industry-based Vacos , a startup which is aiming at the "smart home" market, said today that it has launched a new, battery-powered security camera--although, it appears the camera is not yet available. The company said its security camera costs $97 for a basic package, and includes artificial intelligence features. READ MORE>>.

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Artificial Inteligence Marketing City of Industry City of Industry 113

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The electric VNR, which will be based on powertrain technology used in the Volvo FE Electric, will be produced for the North American commercial vehicle market starting in 2020, the company said. The all-electric Volvo VNR will be introduced to demonstrators next year and commercialized in 2020. The future is electric.

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Long Beach Class Los Angeles Startup 218

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2021

In all, the new $500 million round likely sets the stage for a public offering later this year or before the end of 2022 if market conditions hold. The market for home services employs more than 5 million workers in the US and represents a trillion dollar global market. Rowe Price, Dragoneer Investment Group, and ICONIQ Growth.

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SaaS Glendale Statistics Los Angeles 292

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2020

You don’t realize that person-to-person noise now dominates all channels through social media, effectively hiding business marketing messages. You now need a personal context in your marketing to get results. For example, the company GoPro makes cameras, yet now rarely ever talks about cameras in its marketing.

Marketing 130

Marketing Technical Advisors Social Media Media 130

socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2020

El Segundo-based Aggregage said this morning that it has run a survey of publishers, and found that a 70 percent of marketer are expected to cancel all or some of their live events for the next 60 days, and nearly 25 percent plan to cancel some or all of their live events for the next six months.

El Segundo 113

El Segundo Newsletter Report Marketing 113

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2018

Santa Monica-based Headspace , which develops mindfulness and meditation apps, says it is targeting the medical market with the launch of a new, digital medicine subsidiary it calls "Headspace Health".

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Marketing Southern California Santa Monica Study 100

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

” The PBV, which Hyundai showcased last month at CES 2020, is a pod-like vehicle that the company says can be used for various functions in transit, such as a restaurant or clinic. The platform will be used for future Hyundai and Kia electric vehicles as well as the automaker group’s so-called “purpose built vehicles.”

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Startup Develop Development Platform 310

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 29, 2021

This round values the startup, which was founded in January 2020, at $11 million post-money. It was here that she spotted a gap in the EV charging market. ” In January 2020, Terry quit her job and started ChargerHelp. The company said it has raised $2.75 “I thought, if I can figure this stuff out, then anyone can.”

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Incubator Outsource Development Los Angeles Startup 287

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

For now, it’s only available in Arizona, although the company plans to expand to other markets such as Texas, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Georgia. ” In 2020, Root had a direct loss ratio of 82%. But of course, it has far fewer customers and is only serving one market. Image Credits: Just Insure. year to date so far.

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Startup Customer Custom Los Angeles 203

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Yves Sisteron , Stuart Lander & I (depicted in the photo below) have worked together for more than 22 years now and that has taken us through many cycles of market enthusiasm & panic. Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures A question I often hear is “how is Upfront changing given the current market?” The answer is: not much.

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Startup Venture Capital Writing Invest 408

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. I’ve definitely been wrong on market value.

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Funding Startup Writing Invest 294

TechCrunch LA

JULY 15, 2021

housing market persists. Then on January 1, 2020, the state of California made it dramatically easier to add extra housing units to single-family home sites. Abodu has been active in the market, selling and building its ADUs since the fall of 2019. Next, Abodu is eyeing the San Diego market.

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Los Angeles Customer Custom Startup 322

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Any great brand marketer can tell you that, but I hadn't quite internalized it the way I did in 2019. What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2020? Finally, you can't talk about 2020 without mentioning the elephant in the room: the election. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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Invest News Technology Services 189

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 2, 2022

Shein has shown the world how combining social media marketing, data analytics, and China’s well-oiled supply chain has created a $100 billion fast fashion behemoth. million installs across the world to date, according to data provided by market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Cider’s other major markets are the U.K.,

Startup 217

Startup Los Angeles Social Media Venture Capital 217

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2022

Glendale-based Phonexa, which develops marketing automation software, said it has name Mohd Abbas as Vice President of Onboarding and Client Success. Abbas was previously Director of Onboarding and Customer Success at the company, where he has been at since September 2020.

Glendale 113

Glendale Customer Custom Software 113

TechCrunch LA

MAY 13, 2021

In 2020, Honor of Kings alone generated close to $2.5 billion in player spending, according to market research company SensorTower. Chinese console players often resort to grey markets for foreign editions because the list of Chinese titles approved by local authorities is tiny compared to what’s available outside the country.

Mobile 144

Mobile Los Angeles Entertainment Research 144

socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2021

The company said the results are a 477 percent increase from the same period in 2020, when it only had revenues of $10.4M. Bird appears to be benefiting from the surge in the economy as pandemic restrictions have loosened, especially compared to Q2 of 2020, when most of the world was locking down due to the spreading COVID-19 pandemic.

Los Angeles 113

Los Angeles Acquisition Report Marketing 113

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome Tech, which has an office in San Antonio, Texas, raised an $8 million Series A in March of 2020. Gardiner Garrard, co-founder and partner, TTV Capital, points out that the Hispanic market represents the largest minority cohort in the U.S., with a population of 62.8

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Platform Resource Services Capital 299

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2019

market for fully electric vehicles hit a record volume of 208,000 cars registered during the year of 2018, as electric vehicle volumes have reached record highs. Although that's an impressive increase in the market, that still would only represent 2 percent of the total U.S. According to research firm IHS Markit, the U.S.

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Research Sales Marketing 127

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 -- Air Force Open Topic Process and SBIR Contracts. Learn more about the Air Force Open Topic and SBIR Contracts with the National Security Innovation Network on December 8, 2020. SBIR cycle. SBIR cycle. See [link] (more)

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Research Web Networking Funding 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The publicly listed company hit the public markets in late 2020 via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The company has shown off a number of renderings of potential, high tech vehicles, but does not plan to bring any vehicles to market before Q4 of 2022.

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High Tech Acquisition Marketing Companies 113

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While the market isn't short of spritely, innovative entrepreneurs, harsh economic headwinds combined with a pullback in investor spending have made it harder than ever for budding businesses to break through. Source: runwayml.com In June, Runway raised $141 million in funding, nudging its market valuation to an envy-inducing $1.5

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