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JANUARY 6, 2022

billion was raised by its nonprofit customers on its platform in 2021. million of that was in recurring donations on its platform. million in recurring donations in 2020. San Diego-based nonprofit fundraising software developer Classy says that more than $1.1 The company said it saw $19.9

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MARCH 10, 2020

spurse announced the pre-launch of its Social Reward platform at the Influencer Marketing Conference & Expo 2020 (IMCX 2020) that took place the 25th February in Los Angeles. The post spurse Launches Social Reward Platform at Influencer Marketing Conference & Expo appeared first on StartUp Beat.

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

Founded in 2020 by two former Meta executives, Tome is a business-focused storytelling and presentation tool that leverages generative AI. Calendly Calendly is an online scheduling platform popular among business and personal users. million it generated in 2020. Tome Tome is another AI startup that's been causing a stir in 2023.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

Los Angeles-based fintech startup Dave.com said this morning that its job finding service, SideHustle, has facilitated nearly 3 million job applications since its launch in September of 2020. Dave--which offers up a debit card and spending account--says its Sidehustle platform ocnnects users to work opportunities across the United States.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

An ecommerce giant with huge clout in bricks-and-mortar store retail, too, Shopify can boast to having more than one million retailers using its platform. Consumer tech, for example, is a perfect fit for affiliate marketing with 60% of consumers buying electronics on Prime Day 2020. Amazon managed to generate a frightening $10.4

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group said it will jointly develop an electric vehicle platform with Los Angeles-based startup Canoo, the latest startup tapped by the automaker as part of an $87 billion push to invest in electrification and other future technologies. Canoo said it will provide engineering services to develop the electric platform.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Renowned as one of the leading projects of its kind, it benchmarks the peak performance of server-side web application frameworks and platforms, primarily using tests contributed by the community. Numerous individuals and organizations leverage the insights from The TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks to enhance their framework’s performance.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Los Angeles-based audio streaming service Vurbl , which is focused on building a platform for audio streaming, says it has raised $1.3M According to the company, it will use the funding to develop and launch its platform. The company says it plans to launch its web-based platform in Q4 2020, with plans for mobile apps in the future.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 2, 2021

“ 2020 was a blowout year… People needed an interactive streaming platform that they could spin up quickly that they could launch on their website.” Since the launch of monetization tools in May of last year, Evans estimated that the platform has paid out at least $5 million to entertainers who used the service. “We

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JULY 2, 2020

Five Below--which runs a chain of "dollar store" style retail stores--acquired select assets of Hollar back in January of 2020. Five Below had said it would use the buy to help bolster its digital capabilities, and in particular to gain access to Hollar's e-commerce platform and fulfillment operation.

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JULY 27, 2020

According to the company, its summer 2020 product release includes simplified and automated call tracking for multi-location businesses, expanded technology integrations, and other features. The company says the release simplifies previously complex processes and makes data accessible across more platforms.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Foothill Ranch-based LoanDepot, a developer of a technology platform to automate and originate mortgage loans, has raised $54M in an IPO on the NYSE. billion of loans originated for the twelve months ended September 30, 2020. billion of loans originated for the twelve months ended September 30, 2020. The company sold 3.9

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JANUARY 26, 2021

The company--which says it raised $17M in that Series C round in November of 2020--said the extension of the funding effort follows "high demand" okn the SeedInvest crowdfunding platform.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Los angeles-based sell-side advertising platform operator Magnite announced this morning that it has agreed to acquire SpotX, a video advertising platform provider, in a deal worth $1.17 Magnite says the combined companies would have a full year, 2020 non-GAAP net revenue of $350 million. billion in cash and stock.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Ventura-based online advertising exchange The Trade Desk says it will offer up free access to its digital advertising courseware until the end of 2020, allowing everyone from advertising industry professionals to those looking to build the required skills to enter the field.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Los Angeles-based e-commerce platform developer Boosted Commerce says it has hired Steve Oliver, the former CEO of e-commerce startup Hollar as its new President. Oliver was head of Hollar through its sale to Five Below in 2020. He previously also served as COO of Ticketfly, and also previously served at Amazon.

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JULY 16, 2020

As part of the expansion, Snap said that it has launched a new, remote 13-week program called Yellow Collabs , which is aimed at companies that want to work closely with the Snap Team to integrate with specific parts of the Snap Platform. Snap just started taking applications for Yellow Collabs. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome Tech , which has built a digital platform aimed at immigrants and their families, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round co-led by TTV Capital, Owl Ventures and SoftBank Group Corp.’s Welcome Tech, which has an office in San Antonio, Texas, raised an $8 million Series A in March of 2020. s SB Opportunity Fund.

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JULY 14, 2020

Monday, July 20, 2020 -- How Equity Crowdfunding helps achieve Success. Join JJ Richa in a fireside chat with Bruce Virga to discuss how funding platforms connect everyday investors to growth-focused businesses, helping both parties to achieve success.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

PCH) announced on Wednesday that it has acquired both alcohol delivery and logistics platform Saucey , as well as cannabis delivery and retail software developer Emjay. Emjay was founded in 2019, with Vaughn and Leeb taking over operations of the company in January of 2020. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

Genies is partnering with a handpicked group of creators to design the first set of collections available on the platform, Nigam said. On Genie, only approved sellers on the platform will be able to launch collections to start, though the company says it eventually wants to empower all its users to create unique 1-of-1 fashion items.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Thus the rise of the “ sharing economy ,” with collaborative and peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms , including Lyft (rides), Airbnb (lodging), and WeWork (workspace). There are always opportunities to participate in existing platforms, such as becoming an Uber driver, or to start your own platform sharing your favorite hobby.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2018

According to the firm, it is looking to exit its loan origination software unit and its "legacy default management" related platforms over the next 24 months. CoreLogic apparently is looking to trim businesses with low gross margins, saying it believes selling those legacy businesses will help it achieve 30% adjusted EBITDA by 2020.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 11, 2020

These days, most of the games developed need to be social, multi-platform and extensible, but there are only a few developers with the expertise to bring those toolsets to the profusion of new games that crop up every year.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY , which develops an online platform used by the wellness industry for managing appointments, payments, and more for businesses in the fitness, beauty, grooming, spa, and other related wellness businesses, has rolled out a new "MINDBODY Wellness Index" , to rank the healthiest cities in the nation.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 29, 2020

Earlier this year, Google also announced that it would open its regions in Jakarta, Seoul and Warsaw over the course of 2020. “First the ability to securely, consistently and immediately enable and disable game development platforms; and second, our ability to expand and contract our infrastructure based on demand. .

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

According to Labrador Systems, the new funding will go towards expansion of its platform and for pilot studies with partners in 2020. The funding was led by SOSV, and its hardware accelerator HAX, along with Centrica Hive, Amazon's Alexa Fund, iRobot Ventures, and iD Ventures America.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 29, 2021

This round values the startup, which was founded in January 2020, at $11 million post-money. The funds will be used to build out its platform, hire beyond its 27-person workforce and expand its service area. ” In January 2020, Terry quit her job and started ChargerHelp. The company said it has raised $2.75

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Los Angeles-based commerce and content platform StackCommerce has been acquired by the Integrated Media Company, a holding company set up by the massive private equity fund, TPG, to acquire new media businesses. Through its platform publishers can make between 15% to 20% of gross compared with 5% on an affiliate marketing site.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 7, 2020

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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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2022

W]e are shifting our technology strategy to leverage external partners for parts of our platform that we’re currently maintaining internally,” Weiss wrote in the email announcing the layoffs to staff. The company laid off its entire retail staff and closed all its physical locations, including its flagship New York City store, in August 2020.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

to date, the company said that it saw an 188% growth in annual recurring revenue compared to a year ago, with more than 25,000 individuals in 2,000 salons and spas in the country now using its platform. Focusing on the U.S. trillion, and the spa sector passing $150 billion, both by 2025. Albeit that is with a different-shaped set of workers.

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socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2019

According to CBRE, the expanded space will help Scopely more than double its Los Angeles footprint by 2020, significantly expanding its headquarters. The new office space, in the Platform project at 8888 Washington will give Scopely the entire available office space at the four store property, from floors two through four.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

” (And for some context, the $1 billion+ valuation is more than double GrubMarket’s valuation in October 2020, when it raised $60 million at a $500 million post-money valuation.). software platform. Longer term, the plan will be to look at an IPO provisionally filing the paperwork by summer 2022, Xu added.

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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. billion of purchases made through the Klarna platform. Meanwhile, in 2020, Klara hit over a billion in revenue.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The aircraft is designed for use as a "mobile launch platform" to help carry satellites into orbit, and is currently the world's largest aircraft. Stratolaunch is targeting its first official launch flight in 2020. The company's "Pegasus" Stratolaunch vehicle has been seen via aircraft radar flying around the Mojave all week.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 15, 2022

The new programs are a part of a range of new products Uber is launching across its ride-hail and delivery platforms, which are being announced on Monday at the company’s Global Product Event. “The hope is that they’re successful and that we learn over the coming months, and then figure out how to scale.”

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