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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Customer loyalty and marketing automation software developer FiveStars said this week that it is "aggressively" expanding in the Los Angeles market, after recently receiving a $26M funding round from Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed, DCM, Rogers and Y-Combinator. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Los Angeles-based EcoFlow, the developer of portable power stations, says it reached $200M in annual revenues in 2021, up 275% from the year before. The company is backed by Sequoia's China Fund, Hillhouse, and CICC, and received $100M in a Series B investment back in June of 2021.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Riot Ventures , the Los Angeles-based, early-stage and deep technology investment firm is going out to market to raise a $75 million second fund to finance the development of startups in LA and beyond, according to fundraising documents viewed by TechCrunch. Marcus has a long background in angel investing and company creation.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Los Angeles-based ringDNA , which develops sales engagement software, says it has launched a new, artificial intelligence (AI) product, which it says helps recommend actions for sales reps, to increase success.

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JUNE 22, 2020

Holiday sales? Summer vacation sales? In a sign of the times, instead of the more traditional sales, Los Angeles-based online electronics retailer Newegg is aiming its next sale at people who are preparing to spend more time stuck at home this summer due to the pandemic, saying it has launched a new "Big Sale for Those Inside".

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The Boring Company , the startup founded by tech mogul Elon Musk to develop the technology to dig transportation tunnels underneath Los Angeles and other cities, has so far raised over $300K from selling hats with the company's logo on it, according to Musk. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 14, 2021

Los Angeles-based Endgame, a developer of software that links user behavior with sales opportunities, has raised $17M in funding, according to the company. The company said the funding will go to increase headcount, invest in R&D, and other efforts.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Los Angeles-based software developer ServiceTitan , which makes software to help residential and commercial contractors manage their businesses, has linked with sales finance firm Service Finance Company, LLC. Financial terms of the deal between the companies were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based ringDNA , the venture-backed startup which is developing artificial intelligence tools to help sales teams, says it has acquired a popular podcast focused on sales. According to the company, it has acquired the sales podcast "Accelerate!", Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 14, 2016

“ Please join the Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and the City’s Entrepreneur in Residence Jason Nazar , for one of the City’s largest Technology Job Fairs taking place on Thursday, January 26th from 11-8pm at The Reef in Downtown Los Angeles.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Los Angeles-based online electronics retailer Newegg said today that it is planning its launch of its holiday sales starting next week, on November 19th. The company--like many others--has steadily been moving its holiday sales earlier and earlier in the year. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 2, 2015

What I’ve not written as much about is what to do if you are a CTO looking for your next opportunity – especially in Los Angeles. It suggests that you start by creating a one pager that contains: Background - two sentences Job Sought - two sentences Company Characteristics - geography, size, industry, etc.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

Los Angeles-based Postie , the machine-learning-meets-diirect-mail startup backed by Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures, said today that it has named Zev Gollender as the company's Head of Sales. Gollender was most recently Vice President of Media Sales at Taboola, and also has served at Adiant and AOL.

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APRIL 6, 2018

Los Angeles-based TeenSafe , which develops teen driver monitoring software for smartphones, says it has named a new head of its channel sales. According to the company, Aaron Moore has been named Head of Channel Sales, and will work directly with insurance companies.

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APRIL 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based Fandango , which offers up online and mobile movie information and ticketing, said it has sold more than $127M in cumulative sales for Avengers: Endgame. According to Fandango, those sales numbers represent the biggest cumulative box office haul through opening weekend in the company's history.

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JUNE 12, 2018

Los Angeles-based accounting software developer BlackLine announced this morning that it has named Mark Woodhams as its new SVP of Global Sales. The company said Woodhams has more than 35 years of experience in the cloud financial and professional services area. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

There’s a new company that’s sitting on top of some of the fastest growing consumer-facing businesses in the world — liquor and marijuana delivery — and its name is Pacific Consolidated Holdings Group. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. .”

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MAY 5, 2017

Los Angeles-based TaskUs , which provides business process outsourcing, said this week that it has named Jarrod Johnson as Senior Vice President of Sales. Johnson was most recently SVP of Sales, Marketing, and Client Development at FacilitySource, and also had served at IBM and Xerox. Johnson will be based in Dallas.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Los Angeles-based J2 GLobal , which owns a diverse range of Internet information and services companies, announced this morning that it has acquired three more companies, and--unusually--also has divested one. Financial details of the acquisitions and sale were not announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2021

The Los Angeles-based company has a new residential solar plus energy storage program for homeowners in Queens that’s going to be rolled out in partnership with ConEd. We’ll cover every aspect of company building: Fundraising, recruiting, sales, product-market fit, PR, marketing and brand building.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Online real estate brokerage Redfin said this morning that it is launching a brand new, "concierge" service in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., where the company will take care of the deep cleaning, painting, staging, and landscaping of a home before a sale. and will be available for a 2 percent listing fee.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Los Angeles-based Mogreet , the provider of video-based, mobile marketing services, is in the midst of and expansion, including the hiring of two executives to its sales and marketing team. Ward joins from Hipcricket, where he managed client relatoins and sold mobile marketing programs to consumer brands.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Our interview today is with Amos Schwartzfarb , the author of Sell More Faster: The Ultimate Sales Playbook for Start-Ups , which comes out tomorrow, Wednesday. Schwartzfarb is currently Managing Director of Techstars Austin, but spent a significant time in the Los Angeles technology community working with Jake Winebaum at Business.com.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Los Angeles-based commerce and content platform StackCommerce has been acquired by the Integrated Media Company, a holding company set up by the massive private equity fund, TPG, to acquire new media businesses. As a part of Integrated Media, StackCommerce will join properties like Fandom and Goal.com.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Los Angeles-based expense and invoice management software developer Chrome River said on Thursday that it has had another year of record revenues and sales growth. The company--which did not release any of its financials-said it grew its revenues by more than 32 percent year-over-year. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 16, 2020

Los Angeles-based iList , a new startup in the residential real estate market, said on Wednesday that it has launched a new interactive service to help home sellers value, list, and market their homes. The company was founded by Joe Peterson, a real estate broker, and Louis Taylor, also a real estate veteran. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Thursday, September 27, 2012 -- Get Qualified Traffic and Increase Conversions for your Business/Startup/Company Los Angeles Online Marketing for Entrepreneurs. After spending hard earned money and countless time on SEO and Social Media, you see traffic, but you don't seem to see any conversions(sales/leads/signups).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Los Angeles-based Signal Automotive , a startup which develops software for managing buying, selling, and inventory allocation for automobile dealers, has raised $20M in a funding round. Steve Jillings is led by co-founder and CEO of the company. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 24, 2014

Southern California has a growing number of companies in the customer relationship management area, including a fairly new company in the area, Pipeliner CRM (www.pipelinersales.com). We spoke with Nikolaus Kimla , the CEO of Pipeliner CRM, to learn more about the company, its move here, and its software.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Los Angeles based Leads360 , the developer of sales leads management software, thinks so, announcing today that it has launched a new product which uses a fancy algorithm to better assign and drive leads and sales followups. Can an algorithm help improve the conversion rate of leads? READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2010

A Los Angeles company, Escom LLC , has sold domain name Sex.com for $13M, according to a report today from The Register. Between 1994 and the sale to Escom, Kremen had to go to the courts to re-gain the domain, after the domain was transfered away from him due to forged domain registrar documents.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The Honest Company , the Los Angeles-based e-commerce company founded by Brian Lee and celebrity Jessica Alba, has raised $25M more in a funding round, the firm said this morning. The Honest Company offers up a variety of eco-friendly baby- and kids- products via subscription. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2010

operations, which are headquartered in Los Angeles. The company said the Los Angeles expansion comes because of "strong sales" in its music, media, and consumer products/brand licensing divisions.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2019

and raised some capital from the Los Angeles-based investment firm, Science. Now the company has relaunched as Lambs and is adding a radiation-proof silver-lined beanie to its $29-per-pair underwear already on sale in the U.S. The company also plans to launch a line of t-shirts later this year.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Los Angeles-basedd online retailer Newegg said this morning that it is launching a series of sales and deals on its various video game accessories and titles, through a month long effort in October is it calling "Gametober". The holiday season for retailers traditionally started in November. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Los Angeles-based e-commerce retailer Newegg said this morning that it is expanding its lineup of products, and has expanded into textbook sales for high school and college students. Newegg said that the effort is one of the elements of an effort by the company to broaden its product portfolio. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Two publications this morning--the WSJ and the Los Angeles Times , have dissected the fall of Los Angeles-based NastyGal --once, one of the symbols of the rise of Silicon Beach--and how it went from nearly $100M a year in revenue to bankruptcy. Nasty Gal's bankruptcy sale closes next week. READ MORE>>.

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