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LA Companies Hop Aboard NFT Bandwagon

L.A. Business Journal

Akash Nigam, founder and chief executive of Venice-based Genies Inc., said he wasn’t entirely sure what a nonfungible token was until last summer when he met with Dapper Labs Inc. Chief Executive Roham Gharegozlou.

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VR Company Specular Theory Lands $4.5 Million Air Force Contract

L.A. Business Journal

Venice-based virtual reality software company Specular Theory Inc. secured a $4.5 million contract with the Defense Department to expand development of its training products for the Air Force.

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Airpush Moves Into New Venice Offices, Complete With Hot Tub

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The company said it has moved into a new office in Venice, which it calls "LA''s most respectable tech neighborhood". The company--which, amazingly, had grown to that nearly $100M with only remote workers and no physical office--said its new loft offices are nearby Snapchat, Whisper and Google. The company is led by Asher Delug.

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LivnGiv.com Combines Dining Out, Charity In Venice Beach

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A new, Venice-based startup, LivnGiv.com said Wednesday afternoon that it has launched a brand new service, which donates money to charity when you eat out at local restaurants. The company''s list of restaurants currently includes mostly local, Venice Beach restaurants, with other restaurants in Santa Monica and Hollywood.

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ParkMe Expands Data In Hollywood, Venice

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Santa Monica-based parking information provider ParkMe said Tuesday that it has expanded the depth of its information in the Los Angeles area, by adding parking information in Hollywood and Venice. parkme hollywood venice angeles xerox parking data' Financial details of the link were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Snap Opens Bricks And Mortar Spectacles Shop In Venice

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has opened up its second, bricks-and-mortar store selling its Spectacles sunglasses, just down the street from its Venice headquarters. The company has one other, bricks-and-mortar location, in New York City. Snap, the parent company of Snapchat , just had the biggest IPO in Southern California's history.

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Amplify Adds Two New Companies To Portfolio

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Venice, California-based Amplify LA , the startup investor which got its start as one of LA's first startup accelerators, said this week that it has added two new companies-- Kulagy and Tapcart --as part of its portfolio of companies. Financial details of any investment in the two startups were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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