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OCTOBER 14, 2020

Plenty , a Bay Area startup developing vertical farming technology, said this week that it has raised $140M in a new funding round, and will build a new farm in Compton. Plenty is developing vertical, indoor farming technology, and currently growing greens such as lettuce, arugula, and kale for grocery stores.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

We recently ran into Dave Compton , Chairman and CEO of Ventura-based NetPlenish.com (www.netplenish.com), a early stage startup working on a service which will automatically re-order items for consumers. Dave Compton: NetPlenish is the first price replenishment search engine. Dave Compton: Any consumable product. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 6, 2021

Los Angeles-based Carrot Group, which develops an e-sports based product to engage students in learning science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) skills, says it is in a collaboration with Lenovo to expand adoption of its product in school districts. Financial and other details of the partnership were not announced.

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MAY 21, 2018

According to Two Bit Circus Foundation, it ran one event over the weekend in Hawthorne at the Prairie Vista Middle School, and will run one in Compton at Dollarhide Community Center on Thursday. The Two Bit Circus Foundation said the two carnivals are being sponsored by American Honda Foundation and supporting sponsor SOHO Impact.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

City of Industry-based Newegg , the online electronics and technology retailer, said Tuesday that it has named Robert Bellack as the firm's new CFO. Bellack has also served as CFO and SVP of LA Times Media Group, and also has served at Classified Ventures and Compton's New Media. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2012

ventura-based NetPlenish , the mobile shopping service startup headed by Dave Compton , said today that it has launched with $1.9M NetPlenish is one of the firms located in the Ventura Ventures Technology Center. The firm says it automatically place orders on services such as Wal-Mart, Target, Walgreens , Drugstore.com, and Sephora.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

The firm confirmed it had raised funding a "couple of months ago" from the well known Silicon Valley startup accelerator, according to CEO Dave Compton. NetPlenish is part of the Ventura Ventures Technology Center. Size of the investment was not disclosed. The service is similar to Amazon's "Subscribe and Save" feature. READ MORE>>.

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