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Techstars LA Draws International Companies For 2021 Class

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Techstars LA, the startup accelerator headed up by Matt Kozlov, announced its 2021 class this week, drawing an international group of twelve new companies to its startup accelerator in Culver City. Companies this year in the program come from as far as Canada, India, and Ukraine.

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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

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Josh Kaplan and Dee Murthy, both founder and co-CEO of the Los Angeles–based company, started Ghost in 2021 after previously working together at Four Five Group, a men’s apparel business. More people are focused on the beginning of the product lifecycle; very few are focused at the end.”. That’s our vision.”.

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Hyundai taps EV startup Canoo to develop electric vehicles

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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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Shopify Reveals Generous New Scheme for App Developers

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This scheme starts on August 1st of 2021. Harley Finkelstein (@harleyf) June 29, 2021. Richard Blair (@RichardLBlair) June 29, 2021. Non-App Store Shopify vendors (those on the ecommerce platform) pay around 2.4%-2.9% See our guide to the Best Ecommerce Platforms to choose. pic.twitter.com/jA5QXHq3i4.

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Six Tech Startups to Look Out For in 2023

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From state-of-the-art clean energy solutions to breakthrough podcasting platforms, here are six tech startups you should be keeping an eye on in 2023, and beyond. Also founded in 2021, Wander is a short-term rental startup that works in a similar way to apps like Airbnb and Vrbo. jump in efficiency that's taking place annually.

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LA’s Replicated looks to increase R&D and hiring for its operations management software after raising $25 million

TechCrunch LA

.” Replicated now counts 85 customers who pay for access to the platform and for every on-premise deployment that customers develop through the platform. ” The company has already been staffing up with key c-suite hires including a chief product officer, a chief revenue officer and vice presidents of marketing and sales.

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Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

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The company developed an additive manufacturing platform designed to make it easier and faster to design and build new cars at a fraction of the cost — all while reducing the environmental impact that traditional factories have. Divergent 3D made Blade — which was on the auto show circuit in 2016 — to demonstrate the technology platform.

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