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SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The scion of Los Angeles’ famous first family of the deli business — the owners of the eponymous Canters restaurant — Canter has been in the food business longer than many seasoned restauranteurs twice his age. “I was the guy in the restaurant to pitch whenever there was a service or product,” Canter says.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment venue operator AEG , and on-demand, mobile fueling provider Fuelster Technologies , which is based in Porter Ranch, said this week that the two are in a new partnership where Fuelster will offer up on-demand mobile fuel delivery to fans at Staples Center and L.A.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We decided to take a look at two cities that were at the forefront of the e-scooter revolution – Los Angeles and Paris. Fluctuo, an aggregator of shared mobility data, found the average scooter trip length in Paris was 2.67 Are shared e-scooters the answer to that, or are they just another shitty option? kilometers in November.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based SUN thinks there is, and said on Wednesday that it is getting set to launch a new, shared scooter model in California. The company says that so far, it is offering up its scooter service in Los Angeles and San Diego. Is there room on your curb for (yet another) on-demand scooter company?

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JUNE 18, 2018

Crown , a new app which attempts to turn the dating process into an actual mobile game, has launched in Los Angeles. The app presents a limited set of curated dating matches every day at noon, and runs a competition of sorts to narrow down a user's choices to a winner, who are given a choice to chat with you or pass.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile procurement software developer Vroozi said this morning that it has deployed its software in the UK, as part of an online marketplace for the U.K. Government, called G-Cloud. Vroozi said it is rolling out its solution via U.K. channel partner voom! READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based Edmunds.com said Tuesday that it has acquired CarCodeSMS , a developer of mobile service to allow car shoppers to engage in one-on-one text messaging with dealers. As part of the buy, Edmunds.com said it would make the CarCode service free to all of its franchise partners.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Eleven-year-old TiMi currently has a team working out of Los Angeles on global business and plans to grow it into a full development studio that “helps us understand Western players and gives us a stronger global perspective,” said the studio’s international business director Vincent Gao.

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MAY 8, 2015

In a world awash with on-demand startups, Los Angeles-based Serviz (www.serviz.com) stands out--not because of the market segment it is tackling, but because it was founded by two, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Zorik Gordon and Michael Kline. A little less than a year ago, we relaunched it live in Los Angeles as Serviz.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Manatt Digital Media is a professional digital media service for businesses. The recipient of that award will get a prize of $50,000 from Siemer Ventures, $25,000 from Manatt Venture Fund, $25,000 in legal services, and additional services from other sponsors. HG: I think everything is going to mobile.

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MARCH 12, 2015

There''s been a major, market battle in Los Angeles over the last few years, between on-demand ride services such as Lyft and Uber , not to mention local taxi and transportation companies. rakkuten mobile ondemand ridesharing uber capital venture lyft' Rakuten said it agreed to purchase and 11.9 READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

Of course you now book when you want and even choose your restaurant based on availability at the time / day you want and you can book on your mobile phone at 2am or 8pm. and there was certainly less competition from everybody pitching local merchant solutions. And this week they unveiled V1 of the MyTime Mobile app.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Warren also wanted regulation in place that would block companies making over $25 billion that operate as social media or search platforms or marketplaces from owning companies that also sell services on those marketplaces. As a whole, venture capitalists viewing the policy were underwhelmed. — Balaji S.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

If you've ever flown into Los Angeles International Airport�or pretty much any other, major airport--on a busy, holiday weekend, you might be familiar with the sometime hours long lines at rental car counters, horrible customer service, and companies looking to nickel and dime you with all kinds of add on insurance and options.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

These are industries where structural impediments to technology adoption have only recently been broken down by the advent of incredibly powerful mobile devices. ” Much of this will look and feel like a Green New Deal, but sold under a package of infrastructure modernization and service upgrades that the country desperately needs. .

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Ad.ly , the Twitter advertising startup, is further looking to diversify its service from Twitter, saying this week that it has added support for Facebook. Twitter has rolled out its own mobile applications in competition with third party Twitter clients; its own link shortener; and its own advertising service.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

There are an awful lot of Internet music services out there nowadays--how does a startup try to compete with all that noise, and do it ad-free? Los Angeles-based Radical.FM (www.radical.fm) thinks it has a new formula for Internet streaming, and can take on Pandora and others in head to head competition.

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JUNE 19, 2013

TestFlight recently joined forces with Burstly (www.burstly.com) to create a suite of apps for mobile developers and publishers. We spoke with Ben about how Burstly is now creating a company to help mobile developers create, develop, distribute, and monetize their apps. The way we go about that is different than the competition.

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AUGUST 11, 2011

Towards the end of last month, Culver City-based ThinkNear (www.thinknear.com) announced a seed round of funding for its location-based mobile advertising service, with notable inclusion of such firms as IA Ventures, Google Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and others. To start, why don't you describe how your mobile ads work?

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JANUARY 30, 2009

s winning artists will undoubtedly be thanking the gamut of online and mobile channels that have helped boost their overall sales. Join us in Los Angeles on February 5th for EconMusic, a half-day event that will address questions such as: What business models are companies turning to in order to remain competitive and stay out of the red?

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? Personal mobility and transportation innovation are absolutely massive issues for citiesespecially Los Angelesand we watch the categories closely. mobility and transportation, space tech, and esports.

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

SGN is the social and mobile gaming developer headed by former MySpace founder Chris Dewolfe. Josh Yguado: We're the leading developer and publisher of cross-platform, social and mobile games. We're growing very quickly, and have around 100 employees, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Buenos Aires.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Users leave messages for each other through BlockChalk mobile app. Mobile gifting service. Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Competition: Pingg, MyPunchbowl, TinyPrints , PaperlessPost. Developer of Appsaurus , a mobile app recommendation engine. OTHER DEALS: 1. BlockChalk.

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MAY 19, 2015

Need something--anything--delivered in Los Angeles? Fetch and Schlep just raised a round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Bryson Strauss: We are an on-demand delivery service. Our delivery service is really focused on the end user, the mass public. That's what we're here to do.

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MAY 27, 2011

Ever since the huge success of Monrovia-based Green Dot in its IPO last year, netting a huge return for local angels, investors here have taken a second look at financial startups. We think ourselves as truly mobile, and our service and call centers operate in four languages. How long has the service been running?

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MARCH 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Maple Media (maplemedia.io) recently announced a big, $30M funding from Shamrock Capital, to assemble a collection of mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. What was appealing to you about the mobile app area? What's the idea behind Maple Media?

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

That's the fascinating story behind Los Angeles-based Earbits (www.earbits.com), which offers up a mobile music streaming service focused on discovering both new and talent. understand you actually had shutdown the service, and that the company was essentially at the brink of death? Joey, thanks for the time today.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

If so, Los Angeles-based Overnight (www.joinovernight.com) is for you. Can you explain how your service works? Asher Hunt: Overnight is a mobile app for travelers to book same day, last minute stays, with local hosts. There's a shift to mobile, which is still happening, and that's a big thing. It's mobile first.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Along with the global strategic partnership between the two companies that will focus on passenger and mixed-use cargo service, Hyperloop One also announced that the company would be changing its name to Virgin Hyperloop One. Hardt Global Mobility.

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JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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MAY 2, 2011

Los Angeles-based SaveFans (www.savefans.com) recently raised some funding for its take on secondary ticketing, so we thought we'd speak with founder Wes Brodsky about the company and where it's going. Wes Brodsky: When I was in high school, I used to wait in line for a big ticket broker here in Los Angeles.

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MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. The SimpleGeo API will provide you access to these services.

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JULY 26, 2013

Squabbler, a video engagement platform for web and mobile publishers has launched new features and the next generation of its video engagement platform in a move that will power engagement for sports, entertainment and news publishers a like. Customized content. Stage and settle debate.

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MARCH 27, 2015

Los Angeles-based startup urRadio (www.urradio.com) thinks so. It''s also the only streaming service broadcasting at 432 Hz. Tyler Francois: We have a fairly lean team right now, eight full time developers, three of whom previously worked for other, streaming music services, including Yahoo! READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2016

Los Angeles-based goFlow is hoping to make that inforamtion as easy as checking out an app, tapping into a crowdsourced network of outdoor sports enthusiasts. We recently launched booking experiences and services in L.A. Roni Eschel: I grew up surfing competitively, and traveling the world. After I arrived here in L.A.,

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MAY 21, 2013

One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets. The last group, on the technical side, is platform data services. How did what was a staid publisher of phone books become a hotbed of online talent?

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MAY 21, 2013

One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP (www.yp.com) -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets. The last group, on the technical side, is platform data services. When did the split with AT&T happen? The process was nearly flawless.

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