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JANUARY 13, 2021

INAP, a data center and hybrid computing provider based in Reston, Virginia, says it is expanding its data center in Los Angeles, due to supply constraints in the Los Angeles market. The company says it has 101,000 square feet at its data center, which serves the Los Angeles data center market.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Breather , which operates a network of meeting rooms, offices, and other spaces aimed at the flexible work space market, said it plans to expand into Los Angeles this year, as part of a national expansion. The company is backed by Valar Ventures, and others. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

The IPO this week of Santa Monica-based Demand Media has drawn widespread attention, with a number of articles yesterday talking about how the firm's market cap exceeded the New York Times Company after the IPO. In intraday trading Thursday, Green Dot (GDOT) had a market cap of approximately $2.68

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Los Angeles-based warehouse robot developer inVia Robotics said on Wednesday that it has named its first Chief Marketing Officer, Kristen Moore. Moore was most recently Chief Marketing Officer and Head of E-Commerce at LifeSeasons, and also had served at Demand Media, FedEx, AT&T, and Lucent Technologies.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Culver City-based Clutter , which offers up "on-demand" self storage of your extra stuff, has raised $200M in a Series D funding, the company announced on Wednesday morning. According to Clutter, the Series D funding was led by SoftBank Vision Fund with participation from Sequoia, Atomico, GV, Fifth Wall and Four Rivers.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has made an interesting move this morning, launching a brand new, subscription fitness and nutrition program. Demand Media said it new Stronger program is part of a "key initiative" to expand its paid content porfolio. Stronger is an offshoot of Demand Media''s LIVESTRONG.COM site. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Wrench , the Seattle-based on demand vehicle maintenance and repair service for consumers and fleets, has raised $20 million in its latest round of financing. RepairSmith , which operates a similar service out of Los Angeles and San Francisco, is backed by Daimler to provide much the same on-demand repair services.

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JULY 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based Demand Media has a new market on its sights: electronic books. The firm said today that it has launched two, new electronic book series, part of what the firm said is the "next chapter" of its Demand Studios efforts.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Most of the insiders and hiring executives in Los Angeles know how hard it is to find technical talent in Los Angeles�but not all realize it's not because of lack of talent, but because of very high demand. because it's been such a hot job market. Why did you pick Los Angeles for the new job service?

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

On-demand ridesharing service Uber hopes to bring flying taxis to Los Angeles by 2020, the company said this morning, and has just signed a contract with the U.S. Uber has said it will operate the "ridesharing for the sky" service from special rooftop take-off-and-landing sites throughout Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

Los Angeles-based market research technology provider uSamp announced this morning that it has promoted Andy Jolls to the post of Chief Marketing Officer for the company. The company said that Jolls will oversee marketing of its various brands, and also oversee corporate marketing, demand generation and communications.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Los Angeles-based software developer Cornerstone OnDemand has a new marketing chief, saying on Wednesday that it has named Adrianna Burrows as the company's new Chief Marketing Officer. Burrows was previously at Stack Overflow, and previously also served as General Manager of Windows marketing at Microsoft.

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JUNE 7, 2018

On-demand, scooter rental service Lime --which is locked in a battle for a number of cities with Santa Monica-based competitor Bird --has launched its own service in Bird's home market, saying on Thursday that it has entered the LA market. minute to ride. minute to ride. Lime says its scooters will be powered by Segway.

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MAY 1, 2014

On-demand grocery delivery service Instacart has expanded in Los Angeles, saying recently that it is now covering downtown Los Angeles and Culver City, and will deliver groceries from Ralphs and Costco. The company--which launched earlier in April in Los Angeles--offers up personal shopping services driven by crowdsourcing.

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APRIL 17, 2019

Los Angeles-based AdGreetz , which develops personzlied advertising technology, announced a new product this morning, and automated and integrated marketing platform it calls AdChef. Pricing on the new software was not announced.

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MAY 3, 2018

On-demand, car wash startup Washe , which lets users connect with professional mobile car washers, said this week that it has raised $3.5M in a seed funding, to help it to "greatly expand" its operation sin Los Angeles, as well as expand into other new markets. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Los Angeles, which appears to be the capital of on-demand, mobile phone driven services (Uber-for-almost anything), has yet another entry into the on-demand personal services market: Hairdoo , a startup which says it can connect users with a haircut as soon as an hour from booking.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Postmates is now rolling out what could be the biggest update to the company’s service in a long time — adding a retail option for users to shop local stores and for local merchants to set up a virtual on-demand storefront in the app. “ Most of the LA metro area will have access to the tab. As case counts spike in the U.S.

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MAY 3, 2022

Obviously, there’s a huge demand for it, and it shouldn’t be this difficult to access high-quality convenient hair solutions.”. The other side of the business is a new monthly subscription service for stylists that helps them market their handcrafted wigs, beauty and other digital products and services. Remember Mary J.

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DECEMBER 15, 2015

Los Angeles-based sales lead management software developer a href="[link] has named Matt Reid as the company's new Vice President of Marketing, the firm said Monday. Velocify said Reid will head up corporate marketing, product marketing, market research, demand generation, and sales development.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Sidecar , one of a number of on-demand, ride services competing for the LA market, is shifting its services towards on-demand delivery, the company said today.

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JULY 29, 2020

” That’s the way Nick Desai, the co-founder and chief executive of the Los Angeles-based startup Heal describes the future of traditional healthcare delivery. ” The new financing from Humana will go to support Heal’s geographic expansion, product development, and sales and marketing, Desai said.

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Los Angeles-based Squeegy has recently launched into the market, with an on-demand, car wash service--currently serving the west side. Tired of driving around a dusty, dirt encrusted car, but too darn busy to find a car wash? The startup is led by Andrew Davis. The company is currently self funded. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based Demand Media just passed up a deal to go private, according to a report over the weekend from the WSJ's AllThingsD, which says that the firm--headed by Richard Rosenblatt--ultimately decided to pass on the offer from private equity shop Thomas H. Lee Partners. Apparently, T.H. Lee offered up to $1.2 READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Earbits , the online radio and music marketing startup headed by Joey Flores, announced today a brand new service, which lets fans of musicians access their favorite music from artists on-demand, and for free, in exchange for social actions.

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Skurt , said Tuesday that it has raised $1.3M in a seed funding round, and launched an on-demand, rental car service at Los Angeles International Airport. According to Hurst, Skurt's on-demand rental car service came out of his awful experiences ranting a car while on vacation in Los Angeles.

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OCTOBER 23, 2015

Los Angeles-based Clutter , an on-demand, self-storage startup which helps consumers store and organize their belongings, has raised $9M in a Series A funding. The company currently offers up its service in Los Angeles, New York, an San Francisco. The funding came from Sequoia Capital. Clutter said it has now raised $12.3M

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking service provider Wag! The on-demand startup, which offers real-time GPS tracking of your dogs on a walk, plus videos and photos of that same dog during their walks, said that it is now offering up its services in Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Online job search site Indeed is taking aim at Southern California's high tech market, with the launch of its Indeed Prime in the market. Indeed said it specifically launched the service in Los Angeles due to the high demand for techical professionals in the market. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 20, 2019

As it looks to modernize its operations, the Los Angeles Fire Department is turning to a number of new technologies, including expanding its fleet of drones for a slew of new deployments. The technologal demands of the fire department extend beyond the drone itself, Fields said. One of the largest fire departments in the U.S.,

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MARCH 17, 2021

The Los Angeles-based company has a new residential solar plus energy storage program for homeowners in Queens that’s going to be rolled out in partnership with ConEd. It’s what’s called a “non-wires solution” to the demand problem, Swell’s spokesperson said.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

Richard Rosenblatt , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Demand Media said today at the Twiistup conference in Los Angeles, that he sees an IPO as a possible opportunity for the firm. Tags: demand media exit content. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online media venture of Richard Rosenblatt, announced Monday afternoon that it has hired on Joanne Bradford, most recently Yahoo's SVP of U.S. Revenue and Market Development, as its Chief Revenue Officer. Tags: bradford joanne yahoo executive media demand. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 26, 2022

At the time, the company raised $2 million, and Alexandrov said about the perceived competition, “The level of competition in this market in the U.S. On-demand grocery startup Food Rocket launches in the Bay Area, goes up against delivery giants. Are rivals snacking on Instacart’s core grocery delivery market?

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

The cybersecurity insurance market is expected to become a $23 billion industry by 2025, driven in part by an explosion in connected devices and new regulatory regimes under Europe’s GDPR and more recently California’s state-wide privacy law. It’s a huge move for the company, which only closed its Series B in February.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online media venture of Richard Rosenblatt, has apparently scored a high profile executive from Yahoo, according to reports. Revenue and Market Development, is leaving Yahoo for Demand Media to serve as Chief Revenue Officer. Bradford had also served at Spot Runner and Microsoft.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Launched by Karen Rodgers O’Neil, a longtime marketing executive, and Daniel Perrone, a serial entrepreneur and technology executive whose previous company, BroadMap, was acquired by Apple; The Shed hopes to take the rental model that Home Depot has turned into a billion dollar business line and take it to the masses.

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