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MAY 11, 2010

It looks to be a big week for hiring for technology firms in Los Angeles; just yesterday, El Segundo-based iRise said it was aggressively recruiting for eleven new positions at the firm, and was offering external referral rewards of up to $5,000 to find Java Architects and others for the firm.

Los Angeles

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

Los Angeles received $260.0M The largest deals for Los Angeles were Coda Automotive in Santa Monica, which raised $40.375M, KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals in Calabasas, which raised $37.425M, and JustFabulous in El Segundo, which raised $33.1M. The investment was down from the $829.47M invested in the quarter in Q2.

Southern California

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In the five years since French space and defense technology accelerator Starburst Aerospace announced plans to open its first American office in El Segundo, the aerospace industry has grown rapidly in Los Angeles County.

El Segundo

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

We''re proud to announce the Socaltech 50 , our list of the 50, up-and-coming people in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps).

Southern California

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MAY 29, 2012

Ace Metrix , a provider of technology for television advertising analytics, said today that it has raised $8M in a funding round from WPP, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Leapfrog Ventures, and Palomar Ventures. The firm, which is headquartered in Mountain View, also has operations in El SEgundo, and was founded in Los Angeles.

El Segundo

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

El Segundo-based Just Fabulous , a new startup spun out of Intelligent Beauty, the e-commerce firm headed by Don Ressler and Adam Goldenberg, said this morning that it has raised $33M in a Series A funding round, for its "fashion styling" and fashion site. Simmons also has been appointed President and Creative Director of the site.

El Segundo

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MARCH 2, 2016

El Segundo-based Millennium Space Systems , which helps to manufacture and produce satellites, said today that it has named Robert (Bob) Newberry as its Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Newberry is recently retired from the U.S. READ MORE>>.

El Segundo

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

El Segundo-based The OIX , a fintech company that is developing tax credit and incentives management software, has named technology startup veteran Laurence Sotsky as its new CEO, according to the company. According to The OIX, Sotsky was selected after an extensive search in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

El Segundo

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

El Segundo-based The OIX , a fintech company that is developing tax credit and incentives management software, has named technology startup veteran Laurence Sotsky as its new CEO, according to the company. According to The OIX, Sotsky was selected after an extensive search in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

El Segundo

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Los Angeles- and Austin, Texas-based Slingshot Aerospace has raised $3.25M in its Series Seed round, according to lead investor ATX Seed Ventures. The company, which was part of the recent Techstars Los Angeles class, uses artificial intelligence software to process imagery data. READ MORE>>.

El Segundo

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JULY 1, 2016

Los Angeles-based Wpromote , the provider of digital marketing services to brands and companies, says it has opened up a new office in San Francisco. According to the company, the office is the third for the company, which is headquartered in El Segundo and also has an office in Chicago. READ MORE>>.

El Segundo

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

El Segundo-based NanoH2O , the venture-backed developer of reverse osmosis membranes for seawater desalination, said Sunday that it plans to build a manufacturing facility in Liyang, China. According to NanoH2O, the new facility will be its second manufacturing facility, and is in addition to its existing plant in Los Angeles.

El Segundo

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

El Segundo, California- and Austin, Texas-based Slingshot Aerospace , a developer of situational awareness technology that brings together imagery and data from satellites, drones, airplanes, and other sensors, has raised $8M in its Series A funding, the company said this morning. in funding.

El Segundo

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

El Segundo-based Morf3D, a metal additive manufacturing company which is a subsidiary of Nikon Corporation, and Los Angeles-based space startup accelerator Starburst Aerospace, are in a manufacturing deal in Long Beach, Morf3D said this week.

El Segundo

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JULY 26, 2017

AT&T , which has been ramping up its efforts and presence in Los Angeles, both with technology and Hollywood, said this week that it has topped 500,000 subscribers on its over-the-top (OTT) streaming platform, DIRECTV NOW.

El Segundo

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JULY 17, 2017

Studios lot on Friday and Saturday, the company is planning to bolster its operations across Los Angeles, to take advantage of the region's growing reputation as a center of the technology industry. AT&T and Time Warner are currently working through antitrust clearances over the deal.

Hollywood

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APRIL 23, 2009

Irvine-based Autobytel , Los Angeles-based LeadPoint , and El Segundo-based Internet Brands have settled a multi-party, patent lawsuit that was filed by Autobytel against the other firms. Patent, 6,282,517, covering lead technology, and had been filed in Texas. The lawsuit was over Autobytel's U.S. READ MORE>>.

Internet Brands

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AUGUST 27, 2014

In the Los Angeles startup world, there are lots of high profile, buzzy companies which have lots of attention and funding--but which haven''t earned a dime of revenue. There''s lots of technology development behind what you do - can you talk about that? I think for us, the question is if we are doing things fast enough.

Startup

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DECEMBER 3, 2012

It's surprising how often we run into rapidly growing companies that not many people have heard of, here in Southern California, but that's the case with El Segundo-based. For the last few years, we've been working on our full blown human resources platform, which is built on the latest technology.

Software Review

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MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). What is TAU Ventures?

El Segundo

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2013

El Segundo, CA based JumpStarter Inc., a crowd-powered platform that gives accredited investors access to exclusive deal flow and technology transfer opportunities has launched in beta its crowd-powered portal for startups, JumpStartFund.

El Segundo

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MARCH 26, 2014

For a couple of years, I was the head of a boutique software consulting firm based in El Segundo. As we got out to visit doctor''s offices, and saw the technology, it seemed like they were ten years behind. that has really yet to be transformed and disrupted by technology. It''s the last major, huge industry in the U.S.

Startup

LATechDigest

AUGUST 3, 2019

The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) has announced that Evan Spiegel, CEO and co-founder of Snapchat, along with CBRE and California State University, Northridge (CSUN) will be the 2015 Eddy Awards Honorees. CBRE Group, Inc.,

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