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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

El Segundo-based Wpromote , which provides digital marketing services, says it has launched a new tool, to help marketers track creative ad trends. The company says it also offers up data on which of those ads are the top-performing ones, based on Facebook and Instagram, with tips from its experts on best practices.

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JULY 26, 2016

El Segundo-based digital marketing company Wpromote said on Tuesday that it has acquired online marketing agency Standing Dog , which provides search engine marketing, SEO, social media and paid media services. The company said the buy will boost the total number of employees at Wpromote to 250.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

El Segundo-based Image Metrics , a developer of computer vision and facial analysis and tracking tools, has rolled out a new platform for implementing augmented reality (AR), which it calls LUNAR. The company said its tools can be used with existing iOS or Android apps, or standalone. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 20, 2020

El Segundo-based Carbonated Games , a developer of mobile games, has raised $8.5M in a seed funding round, the company said late last week. The company is led by founder and CEO Travis Boatman. The company says its founders are from Zynga, Electronic Arts and Blizzard, and that it was founded in 2015.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

El Segundo-based plant-based meat company Beyond Meat says it has rolled out a new product, Beyond Meatballs , at grocery stores nationwide. The new products will be sold in the fresh meat section, starting at $6.99 for 12 meatballs. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 26, 2012

El Segundo-based iRise , the developer of enterprise, application visualization and prototyping software, is targeting the government market with a new product, the company said this week. Pricing on the new software was not announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 16, 2016

El Segundo-based Navitas Semiconductor announced the launch of its first product this morning, a new Gallium Nitride (GaN) power IC, aimed at the power electronics market.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

El Segundo-based toy company Mattel , and Chinese online marketplace giant Alibaba Group said Tuesday morning that the two companies are in a strategic partnership, where Alibaba Group will help Mattel reach the Chinese market. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

El Segundo-based Beyond Meat , a venture-backed startup which makes vegetarian, plant-based burger patties and other meat alternatives, filed for an IPO last week, saying in a filing that it is looking to raised $100M in an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Market. The company has applied to list as BYND. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

El Segundo-based Mattel , and Chinese Internet technology and video game developer NetEase , said this morning that the two are in a new joint venture to public mobile games and education apps. Financial arrangements of the joint venture were not announced.

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APRIL 3, 2017

El Segundo-based digital marketing agency Wpromote announced this morning that it has acquired Prime Visibility , a New York-based digital marketing agency. The acquisition will also help it establish an East Coast presence and expand offerings into new industries, according to the company. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2016

Los Angeles-based Wpromote , the provider of digital marketing services to brands and companies, says it has opened up a new office in San Francisco. According to the company, the office is the third for the company, which is headquartered in El Segundo and also has an office in Chicago. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2017

El Segundo-based Radiology Partners , which offers up on-site, radiology services to hospitals and outpatient centers, has raised $200M in a growth equity funding round. The company said the venture funding will go scale operations, invest in its programs, and expand in new and existing markets. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

El Segundo-based medical apparel brand Jaanuu --formed by former investment banker Shaan Sethi and his sister, Dr. Neela Sethi Young --has snagged $15M more in funding, the company said this week, bring the company's total raised to $25M. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Impossible Foods , one of the makers of plant-based burgers, will make its plant burgers available for the first time in grocery stores, in Southern California, the company said on Thursday morning. According to Impossible Foods, its plant-based burgers will be available at Gelsons markets on Friday, September 20th.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

El Segundo-based Wpromote , the digital marketing firm led by Mike Mothner, announced today that it has joined the Pledge 1% movement, which pledges 1 percent of the company's employee time towards working with local non-profits. Wpromote said it will expand its focus on helping non-profits through the initiative.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Westlake Village-based GlobalWide Media , a provider of online affiliate marketing, display marketing, search engine marketing, and other services, has acquired Canadian firm Neverblue Media Company and AKMG , the firm said last week. The deal was worth $40M in cash. GlobalWide Media is headed by Farshad Fardad.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

El Segundo-based Prodege , the parent company of Swagbucks , has named a new COO, naming former ShopZilla executive David Weinrot to the new position. Weinrot was previously Chief Marketing Officer and Divisional President for Shopzilla/Bizrate, where he had been for over 14 years. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 10, 2015

El Segundo-based ClearPath Networks , a developer of a cloud-based platform aimed at helping network, broadband, and cloud operators manage their services, has named a new VP. ClearPath has named Marc Cohn as the company's new Senior Vice President of Marketing.

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JULY 30, 2014

El Segundo-based Beyond Meat , a developer of plant-based, meat alternatives that look like chicken, beef strips, and ground beef, has raised a Series D funding round, according to the company. The company said the funds will go towards both marketing and manufacturing efforts. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The El Segundo, CA-based company set a preliminary target of $100 million for the stock offering, a figure that will likely change as the company moves closer to its stock market debut. We’ll soon find out if Wall Street has the appetite for investing in alternative meat technology.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

JumpStartFund , which is based in El Segundo, opened up its service this morning to help use the wisdom of the crowd to move ideas, patents, and research from individuals, federal research labs, universities, and research organizations to the market. The site combines the crowd-voting aspect with crowd-funding elements, as well.

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JUNE 20, 2014

El Segundo-based PCM , formerly known as PC Mall, said Thursday that it has opened up a new data center in New Albany, Ohio. The company said the new center adds to two existing data centers and an operations center in Atlanta. PCM provides products to the business market, and has approximately $1.4 READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

El Segundo-based Internet Brands said Friday that the acquisition of the firm by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman has closed. Internet Brands said that the firm will cease trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market at close of the market today. JMI Equity also invested in Internet Brands as part of the sale.

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AUGUST 30, 2013

However, Hyperloop is just that--only an idea--and Musk isn''t planning to take it to market, just yet. To change that, a local startup, El Segundo-based JumpStartFund , says it is using its platform to try to make Musks''s idea come to life. The company is led by Dirk Ahlborn. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

in El Segundo; RFaxis in Irvine; and Transphorm in Goleta as companies in its list, which was based on evaluating technology, market, maturity, financial position, investors, and leadership. The magazine, in its list of startups worth watching , identified Efficient Power Conversion Corp. Efficient Power Conversion Corp.

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JULY 1, 2010

El Segundo-based imFORZA , an online Internet marketing agency, said today that it has been acquired and spun off from parent company The Design People. imFORZA provides search engine optimization, paid search advertising, social media marketing, and other related services.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

El Segundo-based NanoH2O , the venture-backed developer of reverse osmosis membranes for seawater desalination, said Sunday that it plans to build a manufacturing facility in Liyang, China. The company is backed by such investors as Oak Investment Partners and Khosla Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 29, 2012

The firm, which is headquartered in Mountain View, also has operations in El SEgundo, and was founded in Los Angeles. The company said the new funding round will go towards accelerating growth, product development, and expansion into new markets. Ace Metrix is headed by Peter Daboll.

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MAY 2, 2019

The food technology company’s upsized IPO has raised $241 million to finance plans to bring its plant-based “meat” to more grocery stores and restaurants across the country. The El Segundo, CA-based company sold approximately 9.6 million shares at that price. Last week, Beyond Meat planned to offer 8.75

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JULY 31, 2012

El Segundo-based iRise , the developer of visualization software for the enterprise market, has strengthened its links of its products to SAP , the company said this morning. Details of the business deal between iRise and SAP were not announced. iRise is an existing SAP partner.

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MAY 23, 2011

EL Segundo-based AWR Corporation , a provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software, has been acquired by National Instruments , NI said today. AWR's software is used for designing RF and high frequency components and systems, for the semiconductor, aerospace, test equipment, and communications markets. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

El Segundo-based iRise , the developer of enterprise application prototyping tools, is taking on the iPhone app market, saying today that it has launched a new visualization product called iRise Studio MX, which allows users to create iPhone app prototypes. iRise said the new private beta of the product is free.

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JULY 8, 2021

Our interview today is with Steve Malony, the CEO of Belkin International (www.belkin.com), the consumer electronics and accessories giant which is based in Playa Del Rey (and soon is moving to El Segundo). We have sales, marketing, PR, accounting, all in those facilities. Steve Malony: It's interesting you bring it up.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Phil Hui-Bon-Hoa , the CEO of El Segundo-based Kaleo (www.kaleo.com), is a serial entrepreneur who has previously built and sold four companies, including one acquired by IFILM, and another by Sun Microsystems. We're trying to save companies money, and increase the productivity of employees. How did the company start?

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AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week El Segundo-based Wpromote acquired fellow marketing agency Standing Dog, in a deal which brings the company to 260 employees, and continues to grow the company. If it's a digital channel, and there are customers to connect with, we are looking to help those companies grow.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

In the Los Angeles startup world, there are lots of high profile, buzzy companies which have lots of attention and funding--but which haven''t earned a dime of revenue. However, this town is also full of very profitable, growing, and revenue generating companies-- which have for the most part been below the radar.

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