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OCTOBER 12, 2021

Los Angeles-based Day-J, a new startup offering up health and wellness coaching from experts, said this morning that it has raised a pre-seed round of funding worth $2.1M. According to the startup, it offers up its users access to a "personalized team of licensed coaches and health and wellness experts" through subscription.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Los Angeles-based Mustard, which develops technology which uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to evaluate an athlete's mechanics and to help with coaching, has raised $3.75M in a seed funding, the company said this morning.

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APRIL 12, 2013

Can a software algorithm help student athletes and coaches connect better? The firm has been looking to bring a combination of algorithms and social networking among coaches to better match up athletes and teams, as an alternative to recruiting services. READ MORE>>. fieldlevel algorithm sports recruiting baseball college'

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MARCH 29, 2021

Terry often took matters in her own hands if issues arose with stations located in Los Angeles, where she is based. The newly minted founder joined the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator , where she developed a curriculum to teach people how to repair EV chargers. Ellis is now the chief workforce officer at ChargerHelp.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

When the Los Angeles-based startup Maslo launched its first product in early 2018 , the company was focused on a direct-to-consumer tool designed to encourage mindfulness and self-awareness through a machine learning enabled avatar that would respond to individual’s inputs. Image courtesy of Maslo.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Arivale , a health and wellness startup founded by genetic sequencing pioneer Dr. Leroy Hood, has launched itself into the Los Angeles market, as its first expansion beyond its home market of Seattle. Arivale raised $36M in 2015 from Maveron, ARCH Venture Partners and Polaris Partners.

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MAY 21, 2012

Santa Monica-based Fastpoint Games , the developer of virtual fantasy sports games which was headed by Kelly Perdew, has been sold to Los Angeles-based WePlay , Weplay announced Monday. Weplay offers up an online social site aimed at coaches, parents, and players of youth sports. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Los Angeles-based The Skills , a new startup offering up subscription-based "life lessons" from celebrity athletes, launched today, saying that it is backed by Maveron, Global Founders Capital, and 8VC.

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JULY 27, 2011

Los Angeles-based ResumeBucket , the online resume site co-founded by Ted Hekman and Josh Stomel, said today that it is approaching the one millionth user of its website. The firm said that any user of the site will be eligible to enter for the prize. 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.

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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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MAY 13, 2013

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. Coaches and mentors from companies like Topspin Media, Citysearch, Beachbody, Lootsie, Datapop, and Carbon also are involved.

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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. “After we launched the beta, we found some interesting user behavior,” says Sam Wang.

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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.

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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. As a player, what that experience means is you play on a team, in a position, with a coach, in a season that culminates in some sort of championship.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Los Angeles-based Ring , the maker of doorbell and security cameras which is now owned by Amazon , is looking to make it very easy for local law enforcement to obtain surveillance footage without a need for a warrant , according to a report from Motherboard.

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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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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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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

grant, to be given to a partnership including UCLA, UC Irvine, USC, and the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), to connect university students with a network of venture coaches. Blackstone said it is supplying a $3.5M The new effort is open to students in any major.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Los Angeles-based matchmaking service Three Day Rule has expanded its services to the city of Boston, as part of a national expansion for the company. According to Three Day Rule, it now offers its services in Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Chicago. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Based in Paris and Los Angeles, Snipfeed’s 15-person staff is particularly interested in the “long tail” of creators, which it says encompasses more than 46 million people. “ Content creator doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going to be the next Addison Rae or a TikTok star,” explained Ramdani.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Launchpad LA today announces it will accept applications for its third class of Los Angeles-based tech startups. years there has been an initiative in Los Angeles called Launchpad LA. He previously co-founded Charlie , a Los Angeles based media company and interactive agency. For the past 2.5

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AUGUST 1, 2012

The Los Angeles company, which is headed by Lane Soelberg, said that 30 Denny's restaurants in the Rochester, Syracuse and Buffalo, New York area will sponsor 200 local teams with free, premium sites on the service. Financial details of the sponsorship deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. She is a coach and mentor to team members. That’s why Greg Bettinelli has become such a successful partner addition to Upfront. Kara has worked in finance in Boston, NYC and Silicon Valley. But she also has the temperament, which is important.

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MARCH 24, 2014

Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10. This investment started with Dana Settle (Greycroft) and I each putting in $750,000 into a young company doing less than $1 million in sales and has blossomed into one of the fastest growing companies in Los Angeles if not the entire country.

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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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MARCH 18, 2010

There is no cost but you must physically be based in or move to Los Angeles for the 6 months of the program. I set out some simple objectives, picked 13 startup CEO’s, planned a series of events, spent time personally trying to coach people through their fund raising processes and waited to see where it went.

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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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JANUARY 7, 2019

My biggest takeaway this year was truly understanding the strength and cohesion of the Los Angeles startup community. Startup Boost became global, growing to six cities in 2018 (Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Detroit, Dublin and London), helping over 70 early stage startups.

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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. takehollywood mobli short form video acting instruction coach hollywood actor teaching mobile sharing'

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JULY 15, 2019

locations — Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC. The largest club, in Mayfair, has five floors and boasts more than 12,000 square feet and features rooftop terraces, a dedicated space for coaching and mentoring, a small restaurant and a bar. million to expand into the U.S.

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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 funding round, Dojo Madness revealed today. The funding round also included Investment Bank of Berlin, DN Capital, and London Venture Partners.

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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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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. A certified executive coach, Anna works with her portfolio companies to build great teams, develop a sound strategy and create a strong network.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Two people associated with Southern California's high tech investment and startup industry have been named as part of the far reaching investigation into a college admissions scandal , which named Hollywood actresses, CEOs, coaches at USC, UCLA, and UCSD, as well as many others. According to a complaint filed by the U.S.

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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. According to Clovers, the funding was led by Greycroft and Alpha Edison, and also included Crosslink Capital, Acadian Ventures, Fika Ventures and Act One Ventures.

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