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AUGUST 9, 2022

The funding, a Series C, will be used to continue expanding Boulevard’s product and engineering teams and to build out more tools targeting an ever-wider set of users in the bigger wellness and beauty sector (those product additions are typically big — it most recently added a whole new payments feature). Focusing on the U.S.

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MARCH 18, 2021

Venice, California-based Pledge, which provides a fundraising platform which links businesses, nonprofits, and individuals to help raise money for nonprofits, has raised $3M in additional seed funding, the company said this week. The company says it has now raised $12M in total. The company says it has now raised $12M in total.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

In addition to San Francisco, the company is now operating in Los Angeles. We wondered why they weren’t on DoorDash, and the reason was two-fold: a bakery has to plan production days ahead of time, and every delivery sales takes away from retail customers. Other investors include Goodwater Capital and Esas Ventures. “We

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APRIL 15, 2021

The company plans to end 2021 with eight locations, in particular eyeing the Denver, Seattle and Los Angeles markets. Scriven personally met with challenges when starting his own e-commerce business, True Glory Brands, a retailer of multicultural hair and beauty products. “We

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APRIL 17, 2018

The mayor of Los Angeles confirmed earlier reports that SpaceX will build its largest rocket, the BFR, at the Port of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Harbor Commission must now approve the facility. SpaceX says the BFR is simply too big to be transported by roads. This announcement confirms those reports.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Raising capital for a female-led startup can be very diffiult--which is what Justine Lassoff and Melinda Moore found out when they started their own company, LovingEco, in Los Angeles. Justine Lassoff: Melinda and I founded TuesdayNights to help women connect and to impact change through networking events and infinite gatherings.

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JULY 19, 2022

Josh Kaplan and Dee Murthy, both founder and co-CEO of the Los Angeles–based company, started Ghost in 2021 after previously working together at Four Five Group, a men’s apparel business. More people are focused on the beginning of the product lifecycle; very few are focused at the end.”. That’s our vision.”.

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JUNE 26, 2019

Los Angeles-based software developer CapLinked , which is led by Eric M. Jackson, has launched a new product for helping companies in the blockchain and cryptocurrency area. CapLinked is venture backed by Alphabit Fund, Translunar One, Kenetic Capital, NextProtocol Ventures, and BKCM.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Startup Boost Los Angeles has opened up applications for its Fall 2019 class, according to the group. The programs--which does not charge fees or take equity from companies in its program--says it is seeking nine early stage startups to take part in its eight-week program, designed to help early stage startups.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Santa Monica-based MGID , which provides native advertising, says its move from New York to Los Angeles earlier this year helped drive "dramatic growth" at the company. MGID moved to Los Angeles in July. MGID said it saw a 21.7 The company also said it benefited from mainstream adoption of native ads. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 13, 2020

who is based in Los Angeles--has launched a brand new startup accelerator called Product Club , which is aiming itself at accelerating a small class of product-focused startups. A former Tinder VP, Jeff Morris, Jr.--who Morris is currently a venture investor at Chapter One Venture Capital. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Los Angeles consumer tech companies and the executives who launched them have been at the forefront of some of the most successful — and ubiquitous — products and services of the past decade.

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JULY 31, 2019

OnRobot , a manufacturer of grippers, force and torque sensors, and other products that are installed on the end of industrial robots, says it has set up a new office in Los Angeles, after its acquisition of another company, Perception Robotics.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Los Angeles-based Emburse , which develops expense and accounts payable automation software, says it has launched a new product, specifically aimed at helping companies automate their non-employee expenses. The company said the tool is aimed at non-employee groups, such as job candidates, external consultants and vendors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Commercial product prototypes. Expanding the product line.

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AUGUST 1, 2014

However, Redondo Beach-based StaffRanker (www.staffranker.com) has rolled out a system to help those companies better manage what is a notoriously difficult segment of the labor market, which has a lot of turnover and which just doesn''t match existing, corporate performance management systems. It turns out, it''s not so easy.

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JULY 13, 2020

Los Angeles-based Repicated , a new startup that provides monitoring and managing of Kubernetes-based cloud applications, has name former GitLab executive Mark Pundsack as the company's new Chief Product Officer, according to the company. Pundsack was previously Head of Product for GitLab. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

With the help of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, the U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, SAIC and the Israel Aerospace Industries company, Techstars and Starburst Aerospace are launching an accelerator focused on the space industry in Los Angeles. billion over the last year.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Los Angeles-based Signal Sciences , the developer of web application firewall and security software which is venture backed by Lead Edge Capital, CRV, Index Ventures, Harrison Metal and OATV, has expanded its product lineup, saying on Tuesday that it has added a new application security product for Envoy. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Los Angeles-based location data provider Factual rolled out a new product, Data Enrichment , which the company said allows businesses to "enrich first-party customer data" with its own, real-world visitation data. Pricing on the new product was not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based Centerfield , a company which provides marketing and customer acquisition to the residential services, business services, and telecommunications markets, says it has launched a new product, called Insights by Scout. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 20, 2019

Los Angeles-based online real estate investment marketplace PeerStreet --which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz--is expanding the scope of its marketplace with a new loan product, which will offer up loans for purchases of residential rental properties.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Los Angeles-based Spreeify , the developer of display ad technology which is led by Ruben Dua, has rolled out a new product aimed at the mobile market. Pricing on the new tool was not announced. READ MORE>>. server advertising technology display network mobile spreeify'

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JANUARY 27, 2021

But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which In the U.S. In fact, there are a few key sites to help you find angels, including AngelList and Gust , but these don’t tell you very much about how angels work, and how to find the right ones for your startup.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Los Angeles-based electronics products maker Belkin has inked a deal to power charging stations at the home of the Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC), at the Banc of California stadium, the company said on Tuesday.

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Tech.Co

MAY 18, 2017

Los Angeles, for one, is not only brimming with innovative ideas, it’s also home to a wide range of unique startups that are solving the problems of the world. This is evident from the fact that they are owned and run by EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year award finalists in the Greater Los Angeles area. Clipper Corporation.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

That’s what the Los Angeles-based extended reality technology developer Talespin did — and it just raised $15 million to grow its business. . Talespin ’s technology is a perfect fit in our suite of products, and we look forward to working together to deliver great solutions for our customers.”.

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JUNE 22, 2016

Los Angeles-based eHarmony said Tuesday that it has named Ken Walker as Chief Product Officer of the company. Walker was most recently Chief Product Officer at ZipRecruiter, where he had been for the last four years. The company said Walker helped grow ZipRecruiter from a bootstrapped startup to its first $100M in revenues.

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JULY 15, 2014

Los Angeles-based SOA Software said today that it has launched a new product, an Enteprise API catalog which helps develops in companies search for available, internal application programming interfaces. Pricing on the new product was not announced. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Los Angeles-based SOA Software said this morning that it has launched a new product. SOA Software said its new product, the SOA Software Datacenter API Platform, is aimed at the "software-defined datacenter", and helps its customers abstract data center resources from applications. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer OpenX Technologies said this morning that it has launched a new product, the OpenX SSP (Supply Side Platform). OpenX said that such customers as YP, TVGuide.com, and the New York Observer are already using the product.

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JULY 23, 2019

On Tuesday, Haptik announced it has acqui-hired Convrg, a Los Angeles-based startup that develops chatbots, to serve customers in North America. Founded in 2017, Convrg has made a name for itself by developing several popular chatbots and voice products.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Catalog (www.catalog.cc), a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, announced it raised $1.5M They wanted to lead our round, so we relocated to Los Angeles. in a seed funding round.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Astound , a company selling automated employee help desk services, has raised a new round of $15.5 million from investors led by the Los Angeles investment firm March Capital Partners. It’s the seventh company that Turchin has been involved in around applying technology to help employees, he says.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fan Appz , which is headed by Jon Siegal, said today that it has launched a new social media marketing product. The firm said its Personalized Marketing Platform is aimed at brand, to help them turn their fans into customers.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

As a long-time advisor to entrepreneurs, and a former angel myself, I still find startups confused about the definition of an angel investor, and how and when to attract one. Here are some key points to consider in finding one for you: Look for accredited angels and groups rather than individuals.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

To shortcut what has been an antiquated way of connecting consumers with attorneys, Los Angeles startup LawKick (www.lawkick.com) has created an online, easy way to match up clients with lawyers, through a set of simple questions and answers about different kinds of legal problems. It sounds like you have some angel funding?

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