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Los Angeles is using ride-hailing startup Via to shuttle people to public transit

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Under the pilot program, Via will provide on-demand rides to and from the Compton, El Monte and North Hollywood stations. The company also partners with cities and transportation authorities, giving clients access to their platform to deploy their own shuttles. Via operates consumer-facing shuttles in Chicago, Washington, D.C.

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Good Eggs Gets Funding For Grocery Delivery In LA

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in a funding round from Sequoia Capital, the company said Thursday. Good Egg currently delivers food from local vendors and farmers on a fixed schedule across Los Angeles, ranging from the Westside to the San Gabriel Valley, covering such cities as Santa Monica and Culver City on the west, to Monrovia and part of El Monte on the East.

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Solarmer Raises $4.3M

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El Monte-based Solarmer Energy , which is developing flexible solar power technology, has raised $4.3M Source of the new funding for the company was not disclosed. Solarmer just startup up a pilot line for its technology in El Monte. in an equity funding round, according to a filing by the firm today. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Woolas Hsieh and Dina Lozofsky, Solarmer Energy

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We're doing our development in El Monte, and we think we'll be operational by the beginning of next year, and full scale by the end of 2010, with product launch in 2011. How did this go from technology in a lab at UCLA, to a company? Our company was privately funded by our partners. What's the next steps for the company?

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