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MARCH 29, 2021

The funds will be used to build out its platform, hire beyond its 27-person workforce and expand its service area. Terry often took matters in her own hands if issues arose with stations located in Los Angeles, where she is based. Everyone picked to go through training is paid a stipend and earn two safety licenses.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 29, 2019

When ProGuides pulled the covers off of its service earlier this year, the young Los Angeles-based startup intended to give gamers a way to train with professional and semi-pro esports players from around the world. “After we launched the beta, we found some interesting user behavior,” says Sam Wang.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . Gross and Barnehama met through a mutual friend in the robotics industry in Los Angeles, the chief executive of Embodied, Paolo Pirjanian, Barnehama wrote in an email.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The Los Angeles-based workout app launched by Landon Hamilton and Cam Speck has closed on $4.5 “One of the things we’re doing as a company is moving into sports-specific training,” says Speck. The Los Angeles-based workout app launched by Landon Hamilton and Cam Speck has closed on $4.5 per month or $83.99

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Shopify , which develops software for merchants to set up e-commerce, mobile, social media sites, online marketplaces, bricks-and-mortar stores, and more, is setting up a space for entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, the company said this morning.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The platform is going after marketers with a Canva-style drag-and-drop interface. Movio recently moved to Los Angeles, where Xu previously worked for six years as a Snap engineer. Users will first pick from a range of templates, be it a theme for a shopping site or a trip to Japan. “We are doing what Jasper and Copy.ai

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 9, 2019

Doctours , a Los Angeles-based online platform for booking trips and treatments for medical and dental care around the world, is expanding its services to 35 countries. Roughly 70% of the company’s doctors were trained at universities and medical schools in Europe or the U.S., O’Shaughnessy wrote in an email.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Via also partners with cities and transportation authorities, giving clients access to their platform to deploy their own shuttles. Austin’s Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority also uses the Via platform to power the city’s Pickup service.

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MARCH 5, 2010

I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum in Los Angeles back in January and wrote about it here. Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. The first event was a big success and brought out many of LA’s angel elite. Pretty cool.

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APRIL 12, 2017

Fullerton-based Digsy has rolled out a new, sales software platform specifically aimed at helping commercial real estate brokers better manage their sales teams. The company said it has users at such companies as CBRE, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, Colliers International, NAI Capital, Sandler Sales Training and others. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

AT&T --which has been ramping its operations and presence in the tech world in Los Angeles--said today that it is unveiling a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform called Acumos. The new, open-source platform is aimed at enabling programmers and researchers to more easily develop machine learning and AI software.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based HyreCar , which operates a car sharing marketplace, said today that it is in a strategic partnership with DriveItAway , a car dealership company that offers up turn-key software, insurance, and training to help car dealerships aimed at the ridesharing market get off the ground. HyreCar is led by CEO Joe Furnari.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

We believe Ordermark’s leading technology platform and innovative virtual restaurant concepts are transforming the restaurant industry,” said Jeff Housenbold, Managing Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, in a statement. There’s a whole bunch of training that happens. Canter is no stranger to the restaurant business.

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AUGUST 6, 2015

Los Angeles-based MediaPlatform , a startup developing enterprise video and webcasting software aimed at corporate customers, has raised $12M in a growth equity funding. The funding was led by TVC Capital, and also included Barshop Ventures and the company's CEO. MediaPlatform is led by Jim McGovern. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 17, 2020

DroneBase , a Los Angeles-based provider of drone pilots for industrial services companies, has raised $7.5 Since many energy companies have both wind and solar assets, we are well positioned to leverage our DroneBase Insights platform to grow our global market share in renewable energy.” .

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socalTECH

JULY 26, 2012

Los Angeles-based Mobile Roadie , the mobile app developer which powers a number of celebrity and other mobile apps, is looking to expand the distribution of its tools, via a new white label platform.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment. We are incredibly excited about how the AmazeVR platform will enable innovative, quality content to be generated at unprecedented scale and speed.”.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

For the teams with NSF funding who perform well, there's also regional and national I-Corp training, including a pretty selective training program which goes over 7 weeks, where teams end up interviewing 100 customers to really identify who their customers are. What's the link between the NSF I-Corp and the Viterbi Startup Garage?

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based ProGuides , which runs an online platform which helps gamers improve their games, has raised $5M in a seed funding, according to the company. The funding was led by M13, and also included Amplify LA, Quest Venture Partners, and the GFR Fund.

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MARCH 2, 2020

Smith , the founder of Croquet (www.croquet.io), a new Los Angeles startup which actually has its roots at the very beginning of the modern computing era. I ended up going to Lockheed Martin as Chief Innovation Officer, doing AR and VR work, creating a virtual framework used for training by the defense department.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Los Angeles is the capital of on-demand apps, for just about anything you want. We have about 350, nationally certified, trainers on the platform, all vetted internally by us, and by our mentor network. The flat rate includes use of those locations during training sessions. We have about 45 partner locations in the LA area.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Now, Thrive Global is adding a tech tool to its arsenal of cognitive behavioral therapies with the acquisition of the Los Angeles-based startup, Boundless Mind. One of the places where Thrive Global is putting its brain training regime to the test is in call centers in Central America, .

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Los Angeles-based Super Hi-Fi (www.superhifi.com) has created what co-founder and CEO Zach Zalon says is an artificial intelligence driven service which brings a sense of personalization and connection to those services, to help them retain and attract customers. We ended up building a lot of digital music platforms.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2010

Los Angeles-based Alelo , the USC spinout which uses computer game technology to teach foreign languages, said this week that the firm has been awarded a contract from the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Alelo's games--which are based on a first person shooter platform--are being used by the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Los Angeles-based Super Hi-Fi (www.superhifi.com) has created what co-founder and CEO Zack Zalon says is an artificial intelligence driven service which brings a sense of personalization and connection to those services, to help them retain and attract customers. We ended up building a lot of digital music platforms.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Anna Barber , the Managing Director of Techstars LA (www.techstars.com), one of the startup accelerators run by Techstars in the Los Angeles area. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). Most companies have not been able to address unconscious bias in a meaningful way.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

I met with david after he flew up to meet me from Los Angeles. He had gone to MIT, was a trained, professional poker player. So, I took a U-haul to Los Angeles after I graduated. What''s a unique part of what we do, that no other competitor does, is that we''re built as an open platform. Our software is an open platform.

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MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Subscribe to RSS.

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JULY 10, 2019

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Los Angeles-based Halla , a venture backed startup, focused on personalized recommendations for the food ordering industry. Spencer Price: The customer experience with e-commerce has become less and less human, as algorithms on digital platform replace human interaction. What is Halla?

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Our interview this morning is with Robin Richards , the CEO of Los Angeles-based CareerArc (www.careerarc.com). Richards also has been an active angel investor in local startups. What we found, if people wanted help finding a job right away, and didn't want to be trained in how to look for a job.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created by the leadership team from Code Fever to accelerate and support the innovation of black communities through training, networks and funding. “ Indiegogo is a platform for ground breaking technology and where you can find interesting products that haven’t hit the mainstream market. iFundWomen (New York, NY).

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socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2018

It's the third party apps that are bringing in the volume, and even if you choose one or two of them, that means you're missing out on 90 percent of the online ordering potential represented by all those platforms. What we had originally built at Canter's, one-by-one, by bringing in these order systems, turned into our solution.

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JUNE 8, 2019

Yet, as an angel investor, I still see too many new business owners who are convinced that their biggest challenge is to get money to start, and once launched with some initial success, they can relax. Look for team players who can collaborate with others, and make sure everyone has the training and tools to do the job.

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JULY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks. Those investors included Kelly Perdew, BHV, a seed fund out of New York City, Sugarmaker Media, run by Bill Fogg, Gus Johnson, and other angels.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Last week, Los Angeles-based iExhale (www.iexhale.com) announced a seed funding round, to bring its mobile, mental health service to life. Aaron Robin: Essentially, iExhale is an online, on-demand, wellness and mental health platform. The third, is the platform, and anonymous social network we built. What's iExhale all about?

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MARCH 1, 2018

Ahead of the conference, we sat down and spoke with Kevin Anderson , co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Appetize (www.appetizeapp.com), a rapidly growing developer of point-of-sale software, on the topic of customer service. What has been the biggest lesson you've learned in retaining and keeping customers? His name is Quinton Myers.

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