L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Envoy Technologies Inc., a Culver City company that operates electric car sharing services has raised $11 million in funding.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Los Angeles-based HONK Technologies , which is developing an app that helps provide roadside assistance to users, has signed up an insurance firm as a customer. According to HONK, it has signed up Wawanesa Insurance, and will manage the roadside assistance program for the insurance company.

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JUNE 22, 2021

Elon Musk and his tunnel drilling company, The Boring Company, appears to be pitching the idea of using its tunnels for freight, according to pitch materials leaked from the company. It's unclear how far along the idea has gotten, however, those tunnels are nearly twice as large as the company's existing tunnels.

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JULY 27, 2021

Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company has announced the participants in this year's startup accelerator program at the company. According to Disney, the companies this year include Attentive. The three month mentorship program has been run since 2014. The three month mentorship program has been run since 2014.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 11, 2021

For the Consumer Technology Association, the show must go on. The three-day virtual version of the trade show is scheduled to run from Jan. 12 through Jan.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Holographic technology startup PORTL Inc. announced $3 million in seed funding.

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APRIL 17, 2019

j2 Global has quietly grown to become Southern California's most acquisitive technology company, and has purchased dozens and dozens of companies in both the cloud services area, as well as in the Internet publishing space. j2 Global said these latest acquisition are not expected to be material to the company.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

NASA and a clutch of startup and established companies are moving forward with plans to transform mobility in urban environments through the Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge. The Grand Challenge series brings together companies developing new transportation or airspace management technologies, the Agency said. AirMap, Inc.,

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 3, 2020

which uses data analysis and artificial intelligence technology to assist physicians and improve patient outcomes, is going even more high tech. Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong’s NantHealth Inc.,

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JUNE 23, 2020

San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina says it has selected seven, early-stage companies to join its first startup accelerate, the. According to the company, due to the pandemic, it is kicking off its efforts digitally this month, due to lockdowns and travel restrictions. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

While some of the largest privately held technology companies, like SpaceX and Tesla , have shifted to manufacturing ventilators, smaller companies are also trying to pitch in and relieve scarcity locally. 3D-printing companies are working on new ways to manufacture personal protective equipment and swabs for COVID-19 testing.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Los Angeles-based TS2 Holdings , a strategic business development firm focused on the technology industry, said on Friday morning that it has acquired three companies, including Neohire South , RockIT Recruiting , and Hero.jobs. TS2 Holdings' offices are in El Segundo, and the company is an arm of Japanese staffing giant Persol Group.

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JULY 20, 2021

Techstars LA, the startup accelerator headed up by Matt Kozlov, announced its 2021 class this week, drawing an international group of twelve new companies to its startup accelerator in Culver City. Companies this year in the program come from as far as Canada, India, and Ukraine.

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JULY 28, 2020

San Diego-based venture capital investment firm Versant Ventures has launched a new biotechnology company, Bright Peak Therapeutics , in Basel, Switzerland, the company announced this morning. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

The official opening of the first tunnel being built by Los Angeles-based Boring Company , a prototype tunnel meant to prove out its technology and feasibility of transporting people and traffic beneath city streets, has shifted to December 18th, according to Elon Musk.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Even as the global pandemic has thrown growth plans into question, apparently, at least one Los Angeles company is ramping up its hiring: Jam City. According to a report, the LA mobile games developer has "dozens of positions" open at the company.

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APRIL 24, 2020

Santa Barbara-based HG Insights , which provides data on IT spending and technology to companies, says it has used its technology to compare the amount of cloud adoption by companies, which it says might help companies better weather the economic storm brought on by COVID-19.

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 21, 2021

Pasadena-based energy technology company Heliogen Inc. has raised a total of $108 million in two funding rounds to help develop its industrial solar energy technology, the company announced June 15.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

a downtown provider of micro waste-to-energy systems, has formed a separate project financing company that will use blockchain and smart-meter technology to better target potential customers, Arensis announced Sept. The chief executive of Arensis Corp.,

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MARCH 6, 2013

San Diego-based pharmaceuticals contract manufacturer Althea Technologies said today that it has been acquired by Japanese company Ajinomoto Co. Althea Technologies provides biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

The first tunnel being built by Los Angeles-based Boring Company , a prototype tunnel meant to prove out its technology and feasibility of transporting people and traffic beneath city streets, is nearly complete, according to Boring Company and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

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JUNE 11, 2018

Watch out, Los Angeles--the first 1,000 "flamethrowers" being sold by Elon Musk's company, The Boring Company , were distributed on Saturday. The Boring Company previously sold thousands of hats with the company's logo. The Boring Company previously sold thousands of hats with the company's logo.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 25, 2019

Thursday, January 31, 2019 -- Preparing Your Company for Sale. Whether you are acquiring a company or looking to merge your company with another, there are significant operational, practical and legal steps you should take to ensure that your company maintains its value and remains an attractive partner through the transaction.

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JULY 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based Internet information and services company j2 Global --one of Southern California's largest yet most unknown technology companies--said this morning that it has acquired two more companies. The company said the deal will help grow its global customer base and provide it with access to new markets.

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 29, 2021

Remote meeting technology developer Oblong has raised $12 million in a direct offering with institutional investors.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 8, 2020

.” With $10 million in financing from a slew of investors including Upfront Ventures, Alpha Edison, the general partners and founders of True Ventures, and a Korean family office, Share Ventures will look to launch between two and four companies per year. “We have aggregated tools into a company building stack,” says Watt.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The first, high tech test tunnel built by LA's The Boring Company , bored between the SpaceX parking lot and a home in Hawthorne, California, is almost complete, and will open to the public on December 10th, according to Boring Company and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based Internet services and publishing giant j2 Global has acquired two companies, saying this morning that it acquired Ekahau , a company in the digital media space, and Castle Connolly , a company in the digital media and healthcare industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. But we have a great city for building technology companies.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion. Now, the company said, it has achieved the necessary temperatures to make its reactors commercially viable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2021

“Intrapreneurs” are entrepreneurs inside big companies, who do corporate spin-offs. A spin-off is merely a startup spawned by a mature parent (company), and conventional logic would dictate that it has a survival advantage over the lowly startup. Mingle and learn from the startup culture and new technology – without losing control.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Sharp Display Company , a unit of Sharp Eectronics Corporation which develops TFT-LCD products, plus Flying Eagle Sytsems , a new company created by Foxconn crated to "drive innovation in the display industry", announced today that they have set up shop in downtown Los Angeles.

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JULY 2, 2019

The Boring Company , the Los Angeles company working on advanced transportation systems, which is led by technology mogul Elon Musk, says it is ramping up efforts in Las Vegas, and is actively hiring for a significiant number of positions in Las Vegas, as well as Hawthorne. That deal is worth approximately $48.7M.

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OCTOBER 28, 2015

Santa Ana-based Secure Technology Company , a developer of ruggedized computers for the military and other markets, has been sold to Benchmark Electronics in a deal worth $230M in cash. Secure Technolgoy Company was owned by private equity investor Vance Street Capital. Secure Technology was advised by Harris Williams & Co.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? Despite a huge number of companies, we found there are a number which. Despite a huge number of companies, we found there are a number which. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers. Demand Media.

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OCTOBER 29, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , the developer of real estate and property management software, reported a win Monday with American National Insurance Company. Yardi said that American National is using the company''s technology for property management and accounting. American National Insurance Company is based in Galveston, Texas.

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JULY 18, 2017

Los Angeles-based j2 Global , the provider of Internet services and digital media publisher, has acquired four more cloud companies, the company said on Monday. According to j2 Global it will use the acquisition to grow its customer base, access new markets, and expand its product lineup. READ MORE>>.

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