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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

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Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup. Advisors Douglas Merritt, CEO of Splunk, and Mike Scarpelli, CFO of Snowflake, also made individual investments as angels. SpotOn is paying $415 million in cash and stock for the Los Angeles-based company.

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REVIEW | Un-Realistic TV: “Start-ups: Silicon Valley”

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If you caught the firestorm of protest from the tech sector against it, I am here to tell you, believe the hype — this show stinks. If that sounds pretty far removed from the actual start-up technology world — wait, it gets worse. Zuckerberg told press she wanted the show to encourage women to get into tech. Where to begin?

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FabFitFun surpasses $200 million in revenue as it hits million-subscriber milestone

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At least one million people will be receiving the next FabFitFun box as the Los Angeles company surpasses $200 million in revenue and continues its run as one of the startups to watch in the Los Angeles tech community. . “We’re helping their products get discovered.

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LA's New Wave Of Companies From Serial Entrepreneurs

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LA's technology startup industry has saw a surge in new companies and efforts from its serial entrepreneurs in the last few months. Serial Entrepreneur: Jon Kraft, co-founder of Pandora (Interim CEO), Jean-Marc Touch, co-founder Funding status: Angel backed, raising funding via crowdsourcing site StartEngine. AppOnboard.

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LG Thrill 4G Review | 3D And A Whole Lot More

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We answer these questions and really dive into the LG 4G Thrill in our review below. I was able to test out the Thrill 4G all over Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside County, and San Jose, CA. If you all remember our impressions of the Nintendo 3DS review , it was fun but the gaming experience on a few titles was hard to tolerate.

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TZ & GR Present REACH | The Connected Future + 6yr Anniversary Extravaganza!

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Then join us February 27th as TechZulu & Gadget Review present REACH: The Connected Future. Where : Dave & Buster’s 6081 Center Dr Los Angeles, CA 90045. Over the 6 hour day, each panel will be made up of thought leaders in the hardware and software space. appeared first on TechZulu.

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Interview with Scot Lawrie and John Rhodes, Coverfly

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For our interview this morning, we caught up with Scot Lawrie , the President and technical Co-founder of Los Angeles-based Coverfly (www.coverfly.com), and John Rhodes , Coverfly's head of Marketing and Business Development, to learn a bit more about the early stage, bootstrapped startup focused on Hollywood script writers.