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MARCH 27, 2020

Consumers now have their first chance to sample the wares of a short-form streaming service — and it’s not Quibi. Ficto , a streaming service without a paywall offering interactive dramas, film adaptations, comedies, documentaries, talk shows, game shows, and news, is now live on iOS and Android.

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JULY 28, 2020

Los Angeles-based RepairSmith , which operates a mobile car repair and maintenance service, says it is expanding its service area, and has added a number of cities, including Thousand Oaks and Fresno, California, as well as Tucson, Arizona. The company says the expansion brings it to more than 325 cities in total.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) , and partner NewCities Foundation said on Monday that they will award $15,000, plus other prizes, to a startup developing technology in the zero emissions transportation and shared mobility area. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 1, 2014

Handybook , one of a crop of new companies which provides on-demand, mobile access to local service providers--in this case, handyman services and house cleaners--said yesterday that it has launched its services in Los Angeles, and also hired a local general manager. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2016

Online and mobile food ordering service GrubHub is expanding its food delivery service to Los Angeles, the company said on Thursday, allowing restaurants in Los Angeles to offer delivery to customers, even if they did not already offer up delivery services. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2012

GroundLink , the operator of a mobile-app driven car service, said Thursday that it has expanded into Los Angeles with its service. The company--which competes against similar service Uber--allows users to schedule a private car pickup using an iPhone, Android, or BlackBerry app in real time. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

In the neverending saga of smartphone-driven ridesharing services in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles District Attorney has sent a letter to Uber , Lyft , and Sidecar , warning the firms that they are misleading consumers, due to their failure to complete background checks on their buyers. Image courtesy Bigstock.

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MAY 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based YayYo , a new startup in the ridesharing space, said last week that it has launched its own fleet of vehicles in Los Angles county. The company claims that there remains a "significant market opportunity" for ridesharing companies, despite the current dominance of Uber and Lyft.

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JANUARY 10, 2022

Los Angeles-based mPulse Mobile, which develops conversational AI software for the healthcare industry, says it has acquired HealthCrowd, a provider of healthcare communications services for the Medicaid market. mPulse Mobile is led by CEO Chris Nicholson. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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APRIL 9, 2020

The Los Angeles-based app development shop, V/One , is giving away 50,000 free mobile app builds through the rest of April as the company officially launches its platform for would-be, LA-based mobile app moguls. Users can think of it like Wix or WordPress for mobile app development.

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APRIL 26, 2012

Los Angeles is one of the cities set to get LTE from wireless carrier Clearwire , after the company outlined its roll out plans for its 4G network. The new LTE network is targeted at "hot zones" within those cities where there is high demand for 4G mobile broadband. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The technology behind Hyundai’s new car-sharing service in Los Angeles is provided by a company that is largely unknown despite its ubiquity. The French-based company has been providing the underlying hardware and software needed for car-sharing services since 2006. And now, Hyundai.

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JUNE 20, 2018

Los Angeles-based UNREAL Mobile , a spinout of FreedomPop, is targeting disgruntled Sprint customers who were hoping to take advantage of Sprint's now unavailable $15 per month unlimited mobile service. The new service also will let anyone with an existing CDMA phone activate the service.

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JANUARY 22, 2016

Los Angeles is one of ten cities where residents can start ordering restaurant and food delivery via Uber , the company said this week, as it expands into the restaurant and food delivery area. The move is part of a rush to offer restaurant delivery services nationwide by on-demand companies.

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MAY 19, 2013

On Tuesday Los Angeles will elect a new mayor. I’d love to see a mayor in Los Angeles who does, too. In 2010 the City of Los Angeles started trying to crack down on tax receipts of Internet startups allocating them to the least favorable gross-receipts tax bracket taking up their city tax by 500%.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

Los Angeles-based Sootchy , which develops an app to help family and friends of students help students avoid student debt, said on Wednesday it has launched a new mobile and desktop college savings platform. The company says its service will be available as a mobile or desktop app on iOS and Android.

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JULY 29, 2019

When Stackin initially pitched itself as part of Techstars Los Angeles accelerator program two years ago, the company was a video platform for financial advice targeting a millennial audience too savvy for traditional advisory services.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

Los Angeles-based C3 (Creating Culinary Communities), the "ghost kitchen" company founded by Sam Nazarian, said it is partnering with robot delivery service Coco. The two said they are now planning to serve additional Los Angeles neighborhoods and several other "major U.S. cities" through the partnership.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based mobile automotive repair startup RepairSmith, led by Joel Milne, has raised $42M in a new funding round, the company announced this morning. According to the company, the funding will go towards rapid expansion of its service. The company offers up mobile automotive repair and maintenance in 650 cities.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

Papaya is a Los Angeles-based startup with a mission to do just that. The company’s mobile application lets users take a photo of any bill and then its artificial intelligence-powered “bill-understanding technology” makes sure it gets paid (after a user has provided payment details, of course). In this respect, the U.S.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Los Angeles-based Presence.Fit announced it had raised $1.5M in a funding, and launched a new, mobile fitness app which combines live instruction with real time sensing of motion and metrics. The company's app and service cost $49.99 READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , which has been focused on authentication and second factor authentication services for major website and mobile applications, is expanding into mobile messaging services.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

4G wireless service provider Clearwire said Sunday that today is the official opening of its 4G wireless network in Los Angeles. Clearwire said its CLEAR 4G wireless network is available today in Los Angeles, covering about 11 million people in the region, with coverage ranging from Irvine to West Hills.

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MAY 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based ShareSquare , the developer of mobile marketing services founded by Matthias Galica, said today that it is targeting the restaurant industry with a new service called TacoGrid. The new TacoGrid service allows restaurants to "claim" their site using just their business phone number.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Santa Monica-based micro mobility provider Bird announced this morning that it has begun offering up integration between its app and local bikeshare services in Los Angeles, as well as Oslo, Austin, San Antonio, and Milkwaukee.

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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. Briefly tell us about your new service? Why did you pick Los Angeles for the new job service?

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

StackSocial , the venture-backed startup focused on a service that ties e-commerce with online publishers, said over the weekend that it has "completely overhauled" its site, focused on mobile-ready access and connections to social sites like Facebook. StackSocial said "StackSocial 2.0" READ MORE>>.

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JULY 10, 2013

Los Angeles-based Payvia , which is developing mobile payment technology, and Mobile-XL , which develops software for providing access to digital services to people in Africa and India, are in a partnership, the companies said this morning. payvia mobilexl mobile payments emerging india africa' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2020

Hyde Park Angels, Fika Ventures, FJ Labs and Silicon Valley Bank also participated in the round. Chowbus pitches its lack of hidden fees and footprint across 20 cities in North America including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, Seattle, and many other cities across North America.

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JULY 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based Ordermark , the online delivery management service for restaurants founded by the scion of the famous, family-owned Canter’s Deli, said it has raised $18 million in a new round of funding. million for Ordermark, a takeout order management service. The round was led by Boulder-based Foundry Group.

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

Los Angeles-based FreedomPop said Tuesday that it has extended its free broadband service into mobile phones, and will now offer up free, phone service to users--with up to 500 text messages a month and 200 anytime minutes. freedompop free phone service broadband' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Venture Partners, Hadl has been appointed as Venture Partner on the firm's Consumer Internet and Business Services investment team. Hadl is also CEO of Brand-in-Hand (BIH), a provider of mobile advertising to brands. USVP said that Hadl will remain in Los Angeles.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Irvine-based AutoGravity , which offers up purchasing and financing tools for auto dealers and consumers, has launched its very own, subscription-based, "flexible car usage" service it is calling Turn , the company said today. The new Turn service looks to be a direct competitor to Santa Monica-based car subscription service Fair.

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MARCH 5, 2020

Los Angeles-based Quibi , the short form video streaming startup which was founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, has raised $350M in funding, bringing the total raised for the yet-to-be-launched venture to an astounding $1.75 Names and details of the investors in the new funding round were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2013

Web On The Go , a new, low cost mobile Internet provider backed by Los Angeles-based Telscape Communications , said this week that it has launched its services. The service said it will provide a low cost, mobile Internet service which costs $4.59 a month plus 3.5 a month plus 3.5 READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

A newly launched company, Mission --created from the merger of Los Angeles-based Reliam , Los Angeles-based Stratalux ,and Boston-based G2 Tech Group -- has launched under a new, consolidated brand, Mission said this week.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Los Angeles-based free mobile broadband provider FreedomPop has officially opened up service in the UK today, offering up UK residents 200MB of data, 200 minutes of calls, and 200 text messages a month for free. READ MORE>>.

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