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Crown Electrokinetics Buys IBM Smart Glass Patents

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Los Angeles-based Crown Electrokinetics Corp., a company that is developing smart glass technology, said this morning that it has acquired 10 patents from IBM Corporation. Financial details of the patent acquisition were not announced.

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Evergreen Buys Backyard Sports From Atari

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Los Angeles-based private equity investment firm The Evergreen Group has acquired video game franchise Backyard Sports , the investor announced yesterday. Financial details of the acquisition deal were not announced. backyard sports merger acquisition evergreen private equity content videogame atari' READ MORE>>.

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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

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Los Angeles investor Mark Suster, a general partner with Upfront Ventures , has been beating the drum for Los Angeles as a new tech hub for a while — and billion dollar exits for Ring and Dollar Shave Club, in addition to the public offering for Snap, lend credence to his position.

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Bumble Countersues Tinder's Parent Firm, Match Group

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Female-first dating app developer Bumble has countersued Match Group , the parent company of Los Angeles-based dating app developer Tinder , alleging theft of trade secrets, fraud, unfair competition, and more, and seeking $400M in damages. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Dallas County, Texas.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies.

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GoTV Networks Buys Division From Hands-On Mobile

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Los Angeles-based GoTV Networks , a developer of mobile applications, said today that it has acquired the HOMBRE (Hands-On Mobile Binary Runtime Environment) division of Hands-On Mobile Inc. As part of the acquisition, the firm said it has named Scott Scherer as SVP of Product Development and Technology for the firm.

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Tapping The Power Of The Crowd For Ideas, Advice and Funding, with JumpStartFund

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A new, Los Angeles area startup, JumpStartFund (www.jumpstartfund.com) recently launched, offering up a combination of crowdfunding and crowd-advice for entrepreneurial ideas. It is one of the older incubators in Los Angeles, even though not a lot of people know about it. and NASA, as well as universities.

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