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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Leroy Hood, has launched itself into the Los Angeles market, as its first expansion beyond its home market of Seattle. The startup combines whole genome sequencing and other diagnostic tests, along with data analysis software, and provides counselor-driven, health coaching services aimed at long-term health and wellness of its clients.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Los Angeles-based Pogo Health said today that it is aiming to address chronic pain through a new virtual healthcare service. According to the company, it has begun offering up three different programs to help people manage chronic pain, by providing virtual health coaches, pain physicians, and mental health therapists.

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MARCH 29, 2021

. “There was an abandoned vehicle parked there and the station was surrounded by mud,” said Terry who is CEO and co-founded the company with Evette Ellis. The company said it has raised $2.75 Terry often took matters in her own hands if issues arose with stations located in Los Angeles, where she is based.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Los Angeles-based Ultrahuman, a startup developing an app focused on meditation, workouts, and sleep, said Wednesday that it has launched its first product, backed by $8M in funding. The company says the $8M, Series A funding round came from Nexus and Blume. The company's service runs on iOS and Android devices.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Los Angeles- and Nashville-based Clovers, a developer of interviewing and recruiting software, has raised $15M in a funding round, the company said this week. The company is being led by CEO Doug Leonard.

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MARCH 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based NuOrder, which provides technology that allows fashion brands and retailers to process and manage orders, has raised $45M in a funding round, the company said this week. The company's co-founders are Heath Wells and Olivia Skuza. The funding was led by Brighton Park Capital and Imaginary Ventures.

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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. The LA-based company also has some venture-backed competition on the East Coast. ProGuides raised $1.9

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JULY 22, 2021

Los Angeles-based education technology startup Sketchy is ramping up its hiring efforts, saying today that it has added a number of new executives and advisors to the company.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures m, one of Southern California's most active seed stage venture capital investment firms, has launched a new effort to tackle the mental health and well being of founders, the firm said this week.

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MAY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan , which develops a cloud-based software platform used by residential and commercial service contractors to manage their businesses, has acquired Pointman , a New York-based company that develops software for contractors. The company is led by CEO and co-founder Ara Mahdessian.

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APRIL 1, 2020

Los Angeles-based TotSquad , which operates a marketplace that connects new parents with various services, has sold its baby gear cleaning services to San Francisco-based BabyQuip. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. TotSquad was founded in 2010. BabyQuip is a baby gear rental service. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 6, 2017

A new, startup accelerator, aimed at startups and small-and-medium-sized businesses looking to go global, says it is launching this summer in Los Angeles. The startup accelerator said it is hosted by the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce. The International Business Accelerator already has an existing program at Long Beach City College.

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MAY 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based PlayVS (pronounced “play versus”) wants to become the dominant platform for amateur esports, starting at the high school level. I recently sat down with Founder & CEO Delane Parnell to talk about his company’s formation and growth strategy. And then two additional franchises.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Online movie streaming service Netflix has stolen back an executive from Los Angeles-based Scopely, to head up its human resources and talent management efforts. Neal had been Chief People Officer at Scopely in Los Angeles until earlier this year. She had joined Scopely in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

Los Angeles-based Aspiration , and online banking startup which calls itself "the financial firm with a conscience", said on Tuesday that it has raised $47M in a Series B funding round. Aspiration lets users pay what they want in terms of fees they pay to the company. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2019

The company’s new round was led by Cain International and was designed to take AllBright into three U.S. locations — Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC. The company said that the new facilities would be opening in the coming months.

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JUNE 19, 2019

Once you've exhausted looking online for tips, Los Angeles-based ProGuides (www.proguides.com) offers up professional, instructional content to help you improve your skills at such popular titles as League of Legends, Hearthstone, and Fortnite. How did you start the company? What does ProGuides do?

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APRIL 4, 2013

That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. We spoke with co-founder Brenton Sullivan about the company''s platform, and how it''s hoping to transform the athletic recruiting process. What is that process?

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APRIL 12, 2013

Can a software algorithm help student athletes and coaches connect better? FieldLevel has initially been targeting its technology at college baseball teams, and claims it now has 80 percent of that market, in addition to five Major League Baseball teams; the company also says it will be opening up its platform to other sports verticals.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

billion two years ago and is expected to double by 2027, attracting startups, like alternative meat food tech company AKUA , that aim to solidify a prominent place in the up-and-coming industry. million seed round, led by Vibrant Ventures, to give the company $5.4 The global meat substitute market was valued at $4.51

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JANUARY 7, 2019

My biggest takeaway this year was truly understanding the strength and cohesion of the Los Angeles startup community. There was no monetary reward for those who participated (and Startup Boost does not take fees or equity from the companies that we help). Yet they turned-out each and every week of our six-week programs.

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JANUARY 29, 2015

Los Angeles-based Takehollywood , a new startup offering up online short form videos around different topics about acting, said Wednesday that it has linked with Venice-based Mobli , the developer of a social sharing app. Financial details of the link between the companies were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

Los Angeles-based Plankk , a developer of custom apps for the fitness and exercise industry, said it has launched a brand new, live- and on-demand streaming service for fitness enthusiasts. The service is available on iOS, Android and the web, with other platforms on the company's roadmap. The new service costs $14.99

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MAY 19, 2016

Los Angeles-based March Capital Partners is the lead investor in Berlin-based Dojo Madness , a developer of e-sports content and coaching tools, as part of a $4.5M The company's founders include Jens Hilgers, founder and chairman of Turtle Entertainment/ESL. funding round, Dojo Madness revealed today.

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

Los Angeles-based Fuel50 , a startup developing career management and coaching tools, has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The funding came from Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures. According to Fuel50, the new funding brings its total funding to $4.6M.

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JULY 17, 2017

The company--which has operations in Los Angeles, but is headquartered in China--said BYD has signed a "Community Benefit Agreement" (CBA) which aims to recruit and hire 40 percent of its workers in Lancaster from such disadvantaged groups as veterans, women, and African Americans. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

As a result of the investment Initialized’s Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, is taking a seat on the company’s board of directors. Future versions of the app will have professional tools like additional coaching features, the two co-founders said.

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MAY 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based online sports site WePlay has been acquired by online amateur sports team management provider TeamSnap , TeamSnap announced this morning. TeamSnap said it has acquired Weplay''s customers, technology, and online coaching resources and extensive video content as part of the buy. million customers. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2010

RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But lets face it, when you think of Los Angeles, Internet startups are not the first things that spring to mind.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Kobe Bryant , the basketball legend who also was one half of Los Angeles private equity investment firm Bryant Stibel , is dead at the age of 41, after a tragic helicopter crash in Calabasas took his life, the life of one of his daughters, and seven others. John Altobelli was coach of Orange Coast College's baseball team.

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MARCH 8, 2018

“We strive to invest in companies that are consciously working to create a diverse leadership team?—?one While we would never impose hiring decisions, we aim to reduce the potential impact of unconscious bias for key C-Level and senior roles within a Company. one that’s inclusive across gender, ethnicity, age and national origins.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

In a move into creating its own video content, Los Angeles-based Fandango , the movie ticketing and movie information site, said this morning that it plans its first ever, original video development slate. The company said its original video series will be made for Fandango, spearheaded by new Fandango Chief Correspondent Dave Karger.

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AUGUST 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based Gipper Media --a new app inspired by a high school entrepreneurship project--has launched, with the backing of Pandora co-founder and SoCal technology vet Jon Kraft and former Stamps.com Chief Softwarwe Architect Girish Venkat. Venkat was also co-founder of Thrively, and also founded CoreObjects. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 27, 2017

Today, we have a contribution from Anna Barber , the Managing Director of Techstars LA (www.techstars.org), one of three startup accelerators run by Techstars in the Los Angeles area. What was the big news for your company this year? Those three LA programs alone invested in a total of 38 companies this year.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

The funding came from Townsgate Media, which the company said is an investment fund focused on early stage technology and media in Orange County and Los Angeles. The company was founded by Adam Mosam. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 13, 2013

This Hackathon--sponsored by such companies as Google, Scopely, ESRI, Factual, LA Makerspace, AT&T and others--is being held in Boyle Heights on June 1st and 2nd. According to the group, the hackathon is the first ever "civic hackathon" in Los Angeles, and asks participants to pull in civic data from the City of LA to help power apps.

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