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JULY 18, 2014

TubeMogul , which develops software to help advertisers with their online video buying, priced its IPO last night, offering up 6,250,000 shares of its common stock at $7.00 TubeMogul--which is based in Emeryville, but has a operations in Los Angeles--is backed by Trinity Ventures, Foundation Capital, and Northgate Capital.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Looking to score the best price on that gift for the holiday season? A new, Los Angeles startup, Scoutfit , said today that it has launched a new, online shopping service which helps users track discounts and get price alerts on items during the holiday. scoutfit pricing promotions alert shopping ecommerce coupon'

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JULY 15, 2014

Los Angeles-based Savings.com said this morning that it has launched a new, pricing comparison shopping service called PriceJump --which specifically helps consumers find better deals than Amazon.com. According to Savings.com, its new search engine will instantly compare Amazon product prices to prices from around the web.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Los Angeles-based utility-scale solar power project developer 8minute Solar Energy says it is in a partnership with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), to build a new, 4000MW solar energy plant near California City. The City of Los Angeles actually approved the project in September.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

Los Angeles-based electric car maker Faraday Future rolled outs its first production vehicle, the FF91, at CES earlier this month, but had not announced pricing. However, a new report says that LeEco CEO Jia Yueting has said that the new FF91 will cost "less than $300,000"--a staggeringly high price tag for an electric vehicle.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing service of Amazon, has launched anew Los Angeles zone, which will give local customers and companies much faster access to the AWS cloud. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 28, 2013

In real life, you can just about bargain a price for anything you want to buy--a car, a house, even that new stereo from your local electronics store. Joe Marrapodi: GreenToe is a name your own price marketplace for products. It''s very similar to the Priceline.com model, where you name your price for a flight or hotel.

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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. We spoke with CEO and co-founder Spencer Price to learn more about the company. Spencer Price: That's a fair question. The company has raised $1.9M What is Halla?

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MAY 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based Greentoe.com , which operates an online marketplace which lets people name their own price for electronics and other items, has raised a round of angel funding, the firm said today. greentoe venture capital angel ecommerce retail retailer seed' Size of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

The site--which is owned by Los Angeles-based Oversee.net --said the barcode app lets users check online prices while shopping at brick and mortar retail stores. The app allows users to scan the UPC for a product, and then instantly see competitive pricing from online retailers. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

But the majority of VCs & Angels all speak. They might not actively “collude&# and say “let’s collectively keep the price down&# but in the resulting discussion pricing information will flow – whether intentional or not. My advice: Do not mention the other VC firms, angels, seed funds, etc.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Los Angeles-based CODA Automotive , the electric car startup developing sedans, has dropped the price on its Coda sedan to $39,900. The price drop is $5,000 below the firm's earlier announced pricing of $44,900 for the auto. The pricing move was first noted by GigaOm. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based 3D movie technology provider RealD said late Thursday evening that it has priced its IPO, offering 12.5M The IPO priced above the firm's initial estimated IPO pricing of between $13.00 shares of its common stock at $16.00 The firm said it expects to start trading Friday on the NYSE as "RLD". and $15.00

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Los Angeles-based Savings.com said Tuesday that it has pinpointed the best days to buy products, based on data from the last four years gathered on its site from 25,000 retailers, and for monitoring more than 1.5 Looking for a deal this year on holiday gifts? million deals during the 2009 to 2013 period. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

Los Angeles-based all-you-can-fly airline is telling prospective customers that the company is planning a big pricing change on January 1st, and will increase its starting subscriptions from $1,750 per month to $1,950 a month.

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JULY 9, 2010

Monrovia-based Green Dot , the provider of prepaid debit cards, has set pricing on its IPO, saying in a filing Friday that it estimates and initial public offering price of between $32.00 Green Dot filed for an IPO in February, and is backed by Sequoia Capital, TTP Fund, and the Tech Coast Angeles. and $35.00

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based Happiest Baby, which makes "smart" baby bassinets, is looking for a buyer, and is seeking around $1 billion for the company, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg cited an unidentified source for the information, also saying that another source says Happiest Baby is also consider an IPO.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based deals and shopping site Savings.com has thrown itself into the comparison shopping market with a new mobile app called PriceJump , the company said this morning. The new app lets users scan bar codes and get pricing comparisons both from nearby stores, Amazon.com, and other online retailers.

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APRIL 1, 2015

GoDaddy , the provider of Internet domain name and related hosting services--and which has a significant LA presence due to its ownership of LA''s Media Temple --priced its IPO late Tuesday evening at $20.00 The price is above its initial estimated pricing range of $17.00 GoDaddy is based in Arizona. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and genealogy site, is swizzling its membership plans again, as the company looks to fine tune its business model. Geni has been shuffling its various pricing tiers since August, when the firm started encouraging users to move off its free service to one of its paid tiers. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 19, 2015

San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY priced its IPO last night at $14.00 Morgan, along with the Tech Coast Angels, Frontera Capital, and the Pasadena Angels. per share, at the midpoint of its initial estimated trading range of $13.00 READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

The Los Angeles Dodgers , along with Elysian Park Ventures , the private investment firm created by the ownership group behind the Los Angeles Dodgers specifically for investments in entrepreneurs in the areas of sports, technology, and entertainment, have launched and funded a new venture called E|L1. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Los Angeles-based Greentoe , a startup developing an e-commerce marketplace which lets people set their own price on appliances, photo equipment, home theater, baby products, music, and more, has raised $500,000 in angel funding. The company first landed an initial angel funding back in May. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the on site technical support and computer repair service headed by Eric Greenspan, said Monday that it has switched its services to a new fixed-price, per-service model. The shift is a significant one for the firm, which previously offered up it services for an hourly service charge to its customers.

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APRIL 11, 2011

Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless , the operator of a global network of Wi-Fi access points, said this morning that it has lowered pricing on its UK and Ireland access plan. The firm said it reduced pricing by 20% for its unlimited Wi-Fi plan.

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APRIL 18, 2011

Los Angeles-based MarketShare , a provider of marketing analytics software, and Ticketmaster , the ticketing firm, said Monday that they have partnered. According to the two, they will develop a suite of dynamic pricing tools for clients, to help them price their live events. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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MAY 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless , the operator of a international network of Wi-Fi hotspots, has priced its IPO. The shares priced on the higher side of its earlier, $12.00 per share initial pricing estimates. The shares priced on the higher side of its earlier, $12.00 per share initial pricing estimates.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5% above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money. At an angel round you can get away with no market validation.

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DECEMBER 18, 2015

Los Angeles-based ZendyHealth (www.zendyhealth.com) thinks it has figured out a way to help both patients and doctors by helping connect patients to doctors and specific procedures, with upfront pricing. It's an on-demand, name your own price service. There's a complete lack of pricing transparency.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Delivery.com , which provides online ordering and delivery from restaurants, grocery stores, and other local stores, said Thursday that it has expanded into the Los Angeles area. The New York company said it will provide its delivery services in such areas as Central Los Angeles, Hollywood, and Beverly Hills.

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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.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

A number of Southern California angel investors are undoubtedly breaking out the champagne this morning, after the successful IPO of CytomX Therapeutics , a developer of cancer therapeutics which was spun out of UC Santa Barbara. Cytomx priced its IPO at $12.00 Cytomx priced its IPO at $12.00 in morning trading.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

Los Angeles-based Snap Inc. paid $213.3M in cash for Zenly , the developer of a location-based social media app, in May, the company disclosed in its quarterly results on Thursday. Snap said it paid $196.1M in purchase consideration, including $186.8M in cash paid to sellers, $9.3M in liabilities due to sellers, and $17.2M

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Match Group , the parent company of Los Angeles-based dating app Tinder, has priced its IPO at $12.00 per share, selling 33,333,333 shares in its IPO, and will debut tomorrow on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as MTCH, despite a snafu when a UK tabloid published an interview with Tinder CEO Sean Rad. and $14.00 per share.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Los Angeles-based content delivery network (CDN) provider NetDNA said today that it has chopped its pricing and is restructuring its business model, aiming at taking on competing services as Amazon CloudFront.

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MAY 19, 2010

I’m planning on going to a Tech Coast Angels mixer tomorrow and the topic for me is whether there is angel funding out there for startups that don’t meet classic VC models. By way of background for the question, there’s a great post by Bob Aholt, a Pasadena Angel: An Angel Investor’s Thoughts on Valuation. So get real.

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