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Dray Alliance Finds $3.5M For Short Haul Logistics

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Los Angeles-based Dray Alliance , a startup focused on on-demand, short haul container delivery, has raised $3.5M The company says it provides AI enabled rate quoted for intermodal and drayage for freight forwarders and import/export shipper, and has thousands of drivers or drayage trucking companies in Los Angeles & Long Beach.

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ChargerHelp raises $2.75M to keep EV chargers working

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an on-demand repair app for electric vehicle charging stations, has seen these issues firsthand. Demand for ChargerHelp’s service has attracted customers and investors. While ChargerHelp is couched as an on-demand repair app, it is also acts as a preventative maintenance service for its customers. Powering up.

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Postmates’ newest feature is like Uber POOL for food delivery

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The feature is now available in Chicago, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Calif., Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Phoenix, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Orange County, Calif. For now, the company’s party feature will only be offered in a handful of the nearly 3,000 U.S. cities in which it currently operates.

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With a $3.5 million haul, Dray Alliance joins a booming logistics startup scene in LA

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With an angle on a long-neglected part of the shipping industry — the short-haul movement of cargo from docks to logistics centers — Dray Alliance is joining a growing startup scene for logistics businesses based in Los Angeles.

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Curb Dangles Deals For Taxi Service

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On-demand taxi service Curb has put on a renewed push to capture some of the Los Angeles on-demand ride market, launching a new promotion today on Groupon offering up to 85 percent off on its services. READ MORE>>. curb taxi service uber ondemand marketplace transportation groupon'

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Sixty-four Southern California Firms On Technology Fast 500

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1193% Santa Monica Scott Painter 116 Network Solutions Provider 1001% Long Beach Phillip Walker 119 BlackLine Systems Software 973% Los Angeles Therese Tucker 131 Kotura, Inc. 247% San Diego Lale White 319 IGNIFY 239% Long Beach Sandeep Walia 321 Identive Group Inc. 191% Los Angeles Thomas A. Frost, Ph.D.

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Interview with Rich Branning, Sweep

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Rich Branning is the CEO and co-founder of Sweep (www.sweepcrew.com), a company that handles logistics, maintenance, and other heavy lifting required for on-demand scooter companies like Bird, Lime, and others. What is Sweep all about? I'm originally from Palo Alto, but I graduated from Pepperdine in 2012.