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NetPlenish Launches Automated Replenishment Service

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Ventura-based NetPlenish , the automated replenishment service headed by Dave Compton, has launched its services, launching its service to to the audience at TechCrunch Disrupt yesterday. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles is using ride-hailing startup Via to shuttle people to public transit

TechCrunch LA

Los Angeles is partnering with on-demand shuttle-based service Via as part of a pilot program that will give people rides to three busy public transit stations. Under the pilot program, Via will provide on-demand rides to and from the Compton, El Monte and North Hollywood stations.

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NetPlenish Launches, Lands $1.9M

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ventura-based NetPlenish , the mobile shopping service startup headed by Dave Compton , said today that it has launched with $1.9M The firm says it automatically place orders on services such as Wal-Mart, Target, Walgreens , Drugstore.com, and Sephora. READ MORE>>.

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NetPlenish Gets Funding From 500Startups

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Ventura-based NetPlenish , a startup which is developing a service which will provide automated replenishment of items, combined with an automatic price comparison engine, has quietly raised funding from 500 Startups. The service is similar to Amazon's "Subscribe and Save" feature.

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Factual Rolls Product, UPC API

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Santa Monica-based data startup Factual made a big expansion Wednesday, saying that it has launched a new category of data called Factual Global Products. Factual's various APIs are being heavily used in such areas as geolocation data and mobile apps; the new area opens up a new area for the firm's service. READ MORE>>.

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Exit Interview: Lita Nelsen on MIT Tech Transfer, Startups & Culture

Xconomy

Lita Nelsen has seen it up close—and played a part in its evolution—from her studies there in the 1960s, to her business-school fellowship in the late 1970s, to her 30 years working in MIT’s Technology Licensing Office. And so that’s what Stanford did, so it was set up in that model. I wasn’t the director then in ’86.

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Interview with Alex Schneider, Ventura Ventures Technology Center

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The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. At this time, we have ten startups, and are starting to click and do some exciting things. We charge by-the-workstation, it's designed to be really flexible and affordable office space for these startups.

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