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JUNE 8, 2021

Long Beach-based 3D, printed rocket developer Relativity Space said on Tuesday that it has raised another round of funding--worth $650M--to go towards production of its first rocket. According to the company, the round was led by Fidelity Management and Research. The company is led by CEO Time Ellis.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Laguna Hills-based See Jane Go , a startup which operates a ridesharing service driven by, and which serves just women, has raised $2.47M in an angel funding, the company said Tuesday. Name of the investors in the company were not announced. SeeJane Go says it is specifically a "ride-hail option designed just for women."

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

in a seed funding round, the company said on Monday. The funding came from Craft Ventures, the venture funding company run by David Sacks. Los Angeles-based Dray Alliance , a startup focused on on-demand, short haul container delivery, has raised $3.5M Dray Alliance is led by CEO Steve Wen. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 17, 2018

Long Beach-based Cargomatic , which develops technology to connect shippers and carriers, said this week that it has raised $35M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Warburg Pincus, and also included Canaan, Genesee & Wyoming, Xplorer Capital and Muse Family Enterprises. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

Long Beach-based Funraise , which develops nonprofit fundraising software, has raised $9.7M in an investment in its Series A funding, the company said this week. According to Funraise, the funding was led by Toba Capital, and also included angel Blaine Vess, the founder of Student Brands. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 6, 2017

Unlike almost all of the startup accelerators in town, the International Business Accelerator is not offering up any startup funding, and in fact says it charges $1,500 per company and $500 for every additional participate, to be part of the program. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

A new company, Apex Innovation Sciences --with headquarters in Long Beach, California and Marlton, New Jersey--has formed out of a corporate merger of CNS Network and Hassman Research Insitute , along with the Clinical Trial Centers Alliance , three companies in the clinical trial studies industry, the companies said this morning.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Long Beach-based Momentum IoT , a developer of telematics products for tracking trucks, trailers, heavy equipment, and other assets, has raised $3.1M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Howard Edmund Capital, and also included Thompson Aerospace.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 29, 2021

. “There was an abandoned vehicle parked there and the station was surrounded by mud,” said Terry who is CEO and co-founded the company with Evette Ellis. The company said it has raised $2.75 million from investors Trucks VC, Kapor Capital, JFF, Energy Impact Partners and The Fund. Hiring approach.

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JULY 20, 2018

Embark , a Silicon Valley, autonomous vehicle startup which is developing self driving, long haul trucks, said today that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding, to specifically build out its operations in the Los Angeles area. The company, based in San Mateo, has now raised $47M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

Long Beach-based Payoff.com , a startup which operates an online service that helps user pay off debt and save money via online rewards, social tools, and peer pressure, has raised $7.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the company. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

With an angle on a long-neglected part of the shipping industry — the short-haul movement of cargo from docks to logistics centers — Dray Alliance is joining a growing startup scene for logistics businesses based in Los Angeles. Trucking logistics company NEXT Trucking takes in a $21 million haul. The company has raised $3.5

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 20, 2019

For now, the company’s party feature will only be offered in a handful of the nearly 3,000 U.S. The feature is now available in Chicago, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Calif., Earlier this year, Postmates raised an additional $100 million in equity funding at a $1.85 cities in which it currently operates. and Philadelphia.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Flywheel develops a mobile app which lets users hail local taxi companies, track locations, and pay with their smartphone, and says it has launched its service across Los Angeles, starting with Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, San Fernando Valley, and Pasadena. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Long Beach-based Apriso , a developer of software used for managing manufacturing operations, reported today that it has been selected by Boston-Power. Apriso is funded by Brentwood Venture Capital, CMEA Capital, LogiSpring, SAP Ventures and Wall Street Technology Partners LP. Financial details of the win were not disclosed.

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MAY 20, 2010

Long Beach-based Apriso , a privately held firm developing manufacturing software, said today that it saw "strong customer growth" in the quarter from manufacturers in the solar, fuel cell, and battery industries. The firm did not provide any actual financials. Apriso's software is used for managing supply chains.

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OCTOBER 24, 2008

Long Beach-based Digital Performance, which develops technology for online sales efforts in the after market automotive parts sector, is announcing Monday that it has raised $3.2M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Rincon Venture Partners, and also included Arcturus Capital and Momentum Venture Management.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. How long has company been around? What is Tradesparq?

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

If you're an employee in a big company, sometimes it can feel like you're not sure when your career is going. How did you start the company? We were originally operating as a coaching company, and we built out this assessment technology for our own clients. It was really a meeting of the minds with the fund.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2015

If you are like us, a huge number of the conference calls you participate in are enabled by a company called FreeConferenceCall.com , which has enabled free conference calls for millions of startups and large businesses alike. But, how can the company offer up free conference calling services, and what''s the story behind the service?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

It’s hard to remember that in 2012 it was still hard for LA VCs to persuade investors into funds that LA was a viable market for great venture capital funds or convince many VCs that LA was a market worth investing dollars into startups. 43% of all goods arriving into American ports come through LA and Long Beach ports in Los Angeles.

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