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JULY 14, 2016

Beverly Hills-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD has acquired motion image processing technology developer Tessive , the company said Wednesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Beverly Hills-based Aviron Capital , a consortium of financiers with primary backing from by private equity investor BlackRock, said this morning that it has acquired a "substantial equity stake" in Kino Industries , the developer of an interactive movie technology called CtrlMovie. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 29, 2019

The opening of the Marvel Studio's Avenger: Endgame has set records as the biggest, 3D movie opening of all times, according to Beverly Hills-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD. According to RealD, 3D screens represented approximately 45 percent of the estimated $1.2

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Earlier this week, Deloitte released its latest list of the top 500 growing technology companies, in its 2012 Technology Fast 500. A very healthy list of Southern California companies made the list, with a total of 64 companies in the region ranked in the list. 1449% Beverly Hills Michael V.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

Further to the south are the legendary companies of Cisco, Apple, Intel, eBay, Yahoo!, Back in 2006/07 when I sold my company and then worked at Salesforce.com there were very few options in SF for technology folk to build their careers at big, growing companies. Technology innovation doesn’t occur in a vacuum.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

They spoke with salon owners in Beverly Hills, Hollywood and other trendy neighborhoods trying to get a sense of where software and services were falling short. There is more than $250 billion spent per year across roughly 3 million businesses in the salon and spa category, according to data provided by the company.

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JULY 27, 2016

Beverly Hills-based Influential , a developer of influencer marketing software, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The company says it has now raised a total of $9M. The company says its clients include Hershey's, Coca-Cola Company, NBC Universal, Nestle, General Mills and Sony Pictures.

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MARCH 7, 2013

Beverly Hills-based Visualnet.com , which operates an online marketplace for production services for the film, TV, and video production industry, said Thursday that it has raised $1M in a funding round. The company said the funding came from Kibo Ventures , which is backed by Telefonica. The startup is led by Enrique Irazoqui.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Santa Monica-based BeachMint , the celebrity and social e-commerce company run by Josh Berman and Diego Berdakin, said last night that it has launched the next in its line of celebrity-focused businesses, BeautyMint. BeachMint said that it will launch BeautyMint in October. BeachMint said that it will launch BeautyMint in October.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Are you one of the companies in Los Angeles that just doesn't have enough parking for your employees? One of the on-demand, parking services that serves Los Angeles Zirx , said this morning that it is specifically looking to solve those issues for companies, with the launch of a new service. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

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AUGUST 28, 2015

The Siemer Summit , the invite-only conference which has been organized by technology investment banking firm Siemer & Associates for the last four years, is returning this year, according to the firm. The firm also said that other speakers will include Thomas Gewecke of Warner Bros.

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Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 18, 2014

Back in 2006, my company was awarded Services Company of the Year by the Technology Council of Southern California. I’d never been to Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills and with all the paparazzi out front, I thought I may never. We wanted to celebrate.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The list of Southern California companies who have filed, have been rumored to file, or have successfully completed IPOs has gotten a little longer this morning, after Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO. Other firms currently in registration include Santa Monica-based Demand Media ; San Diego-based Zogenix ; Inphi Corp.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Beverly Hills-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie projection technology, has filed for a secondary offering worth $242.16M. William Blair & Company, L.L.C., The firm said it is not selling any shares of its common stock, and will not receive any proceeds from the sale. The offering is being run by J.P.

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JULY 22, 2010

Southern California appears to be on a IPO roll this month, with the pricing of Monrovia-based Green Dot 's IPO last night and expected trading today, following the successful IPO of Beverly Hills-based RealD last Friday.

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JULY 13, 2010

Beverly Hills-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie technology, and eyewear maker Marchon Eyewear announced this morning that the two are in a licensing agreement. According to the companies, Marchon will use the RealD brand for sales of a new line of 3D eyewear, Marchon3D. and $15.00

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

Ostendo Technologies, a Carlsbad, CA-based company founded in 2005 to advance curved screens and other innovative display technologies, has raised $41.8 in debt and debt conversion the company previously disclosed in two April filings. million of a new financing round intended to bring in $62.8

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MAY 8, 2009

The Beverly Hills-based company said Schulz, who came aboard in April 2008 as chief operating officer, succeeds founder Matthew Katz, who will remain chairman. Prior to joining Verifi, the company explained, Schulz held several management positions with Visa Inc., including global head of consumer credit. Verifi added.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , a provider of local search advertising services, has topped Deloitte's 2009 Technology Fast 500 list, an annual listing of companies ranked by their five year growth rates. According to the list, ReachLocal topped the list with a five-year, fiscal growth rate of 146,050 percent.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Beverly Hills-based RealD, a developer of 3D projection technology for the movie industry, said today that it has inked an agreement with LEGOLAND California for a new feature. The attractions will include 3D technology combined with environmental elements like wind and water, along with a new film. READ MORE>>

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

While disappointed at not being able to meet with the Prime Minister, Erik Bjontegard of Big PlayAR --which is based in Beverly Hills--was still very impressed with the openness of the UK Government. "I That we, as a company from the US, got to sit in 10 Downing Street; I doubt that would happen at the White House."

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Fashion tech company JustFab announced its new name TechStyle Fashion Group, reflecting its growth to hundreds of employees, and new business lines. Some companies run out of money and fold, like Vrideo.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

Just this year alone we have studied 3,400 North American enterprise software companies including many in SoCal and dug in deep on over 200 of these companies. Our first investment in the new fund was a $12 million investment in Beverly Hills based MediaPlatform. What was the biggest lesson you learned over the past year?

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service. You mention the big companies, like FTD, 1-800 Flowers, etc. I have such respect for other platforms and technology. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 13, 2020

Our interview today is with Dmitri Leonov and Constantine Suychmez of Ulevate (www.ulevate.com), a startup which is combining technology with the beauty and spa industry. We now have two loactions in San Diego, one location in Newport Beach, and one in Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills. What is Ulevate?

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MARCH 19, 2019

Disraeli also recently was appointed as CEO of the company. How did the company start? Stacy Stubblefield: We actually started out of an incubator, based out of Beverly Hills. Certainly, not an overnight success, it took us several years to hire our first full time employees for the company.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

www.science-inc.com), a new technology studio aimed at building new businesses in Los Angeles. This week, the firm launched two companies--EventUp (www.eventup.com) and MeUndies (www.meundies.com)--the first companies to come out of the group. Can you talk about the companies you launched this week? How about MeUndies?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

Malibu and Beverly Hills have long been hot neighborhoods for entertainment execs. tech companies have raised more than $620 million in roughly 50 deals thus far this year,” a 78 percent increase over last year and a record for Silicon Beach. This concentration of digital companies brightens an otherwise lackluster L.A.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. We're using technology to scale, and use it to be super-efficient, but we're also never going to be entirely hands-off. The second part, is our matching technology. Here's the reason why. The second thing, is tools.

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MAY 19, 2015

I worked for several museums and nonprofits, and I ran a gallery in Beverly Hills, which I co-owned. The style, the systems, the technology, the branding, the culture, and what kind of company we want to create is very simple at the core, everyone can get it, and everyone understand its. How far along is the business?

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MAY 4, 2016

Brian Tan: It all started, like most companies, with a problem. We're using technology in the same way other companies are solving hotel issues, taxi service, dating, and all of that, and using that same kind of technology to solve a big problem for the film industry. We spoke with co-founder Brian L.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

.” The reason is that at a VC you have a group of partners who often have different focus areas of excellence, each pursues deals in their respective field, each makes investments and sits on boards and each spends their most difficult hours tackling problems at portfolio companies vs. solving the challenges at the VC itself.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The West Coast biannual AdAge Social TV conference took place in Beverly Hills earlier this week. Companies like Direct TV, X-Box and Orange have incorporated Twitter into new viewing dashboards. Hashtags help to narrow focus of course, and yes, there are apps for that. The plot thickens and the social TV possibilities continue.

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

It looks like your company has been seeing some great growth. Google has been trying to get into CPA for a long time, and companies like Advertising.com tried to get into it a few years ago, but really didn't make it. How much of your business is technology versus service? Adam Wicks Walker: The technology is pretty significant.

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

It looks like your company has been seeing some great growth. Google has been trying to get into CPA for a long time, and companies like Advertising.com tried to get into it a few years ago, but really didn't make it. How much of your business is technology versus service? Adam Wicks Walker: The technology is pretty significant.

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