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JUNE 24, 2015

Culver City-based Sense360 , the new, smartphone sensor platform developer led by startup veteran Eli Portnoy, has just launched its program, saying that it is looking to make it easier for app developers to leverage sensor data from smartphones. That data can be used for a more personalized app experience.

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JUNE 24, 2015

Culver City-based Sense360 , the new, smartphone sensor platform developer led by startup veteran Eli Portnoy, has just launched its program, saying that it is looking to make it easier for app developers to leverage sensor data from smartphones. That data can be used for a more personalized app experience.

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JULY 27, 2021

Culver City-based Replicated, a developer of a container-based platform which makes it easier for software vendors to deploy cloud native applications inside customers'​ environments, has raised $50M in its Series C funding, the company said Tuesday.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Culver City- and Seattle-based Indi Molecular , a startup developing a synthetic replacement for antibodies, has raised $1.5M Caltech professor Jim Heath is a co-founder and board member of the startup, and the company has also licensed technology from the Scripps Research Institute. in a seed funding round.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Culver City-based Encantos , a developer of family entertainment and education titles, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, the company announced this morning. The startup said it will use funding for its subscription services, which revolve around hands-on craft activities for pre-school and primarly school age children.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

LA saw its first big enterprise exit in recent memory with the recent acquisition of Signal Sciences for $775 million, and less than a month later a hometown startup, Britive has raised $5.4 LA gets a big SaaS exit as Fastly nabs the Culver City-based Signal Sciences for $775M.

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JULY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based Harper Wilde , an online bra startup, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, the company said this week. Harper Wilde was founded by Jenna Kerner and Jane Fisher, and has its offices in Culver City. Harper Wilde develops "no frill" everyday bras, offering up free in-home try-ons and free returns.

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MAY 22, 2018

Culver City-based Openpath , a new startup founded by Alex Kazerani and James Segil, the founders of Edgecast, has raised $7M in a seed funding round, the company disclosed today. Openpath is developing cloud-based physical access control systems for businesses.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Culver City-based Envoy Technologies a startup developing programs to help make electric vehicles available to disadvantaged communities, has received $1.5M in funding from the California Energy Commission, according to the company.

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MAY 17, 2018

Culver City-based DataScience.com , a developer of data science software led by serial entrepreneur Ian Swanson, has been acquired by Oracle , the companies said on Wednesday. The exit is the second big one for Swanson, who sold his last startup, Sometrics, a virtual currency monetization platform, to American Express in 2011.

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JULY 17, 2014

The latest venture capital totals from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association''s MoneyTree Report was released this evening, tallying up $761.12M in investments in Q2 of 2014 in Southern California, up from Q2 of 2013, when $616.83M was invested in the region.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

David Carter and Allen Hurff are two startup veterans, who believe they have a new formula to help create early stage, technology companies, through their new "startup studio", Zuma Ventures (www.zumavc.com). We sat down with David and Allen to learn more about how the company wants to change how startups are created.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

NextSpace , the co-working space developer which has locations in Culver City and Venice, announced this morning that it has raised $825,000 more in a funding round, to go towards expansion in Northern California.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Culver City-based Encantos , the venture-backed developer of family entertainment education brands which raised $2M in January , says it has launched a new program which links the company with educators, the companys said today.

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MARCH 22, 2017

Culver City-based Pocketwatch , a startup media brand focused on creating and acquiring content for kids, has raised $6M in a Series A funding round. The company will use the funding to build out media channels on YouTube and elsewhere, plus develop its own franchises and attract "creator partners". READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Culver City-based Indi Molecular , a developer of synthetic replacements for antibodies, announced Tuesday that it has raised $300,000 more in its seed funding, bringing the total raised in the round to $1.8M. lifescience capital venture startup biology synthetic molecular indi indidx' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

The video, shot as a promotion for the firm's sedans, looks like it's one of several the firm started posting in the last month. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Culver City-based nonprofit XPRIZE announced the ten finalists for the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE today, picking teams from across the world to compete for $10M for developing a handheld device to monitor patient vital signs--ala the Star Trek "tricorder". READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2015

Culver City-based Loosie , a startup developing loyalty and rewards software for mobile apps, said this morning that it has raised $3.5M Lootsie is developing software which plugs into any mobile app, allowing app developers to include loyalty and rewards offers within their apps. in a seed funding round.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Two, Southern California startups -- whole home music system developer Sonos , and streaming music service Beats Music -- made their Super Bowl commercial debuts yesterday, an unusual occasion for the startup community here. turbotax startup hulu crackle seinfeld debut commercial bowl super superbowl sonos music beats'

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Culver City-based ALL DEF DIGITAL , a startup which says it will be delivering comedy, music, news, poetry and innovative artistry to consumers, has raised $5M in a funding round, the company said late Wednesday. As part of the funding, Greycroft''s Mark Terbeek joins the company''s board of directors.

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JULY 2, 2012

Culver City-based Maker Studios , the startup which is one of the biggest producers of content for YouTube, said Friday that it has inked a content development deal with hip-hop star Snoop Dogg. Maker said that the two will develop a slate of exclusive programming for Snoop Dog's YouTube channel, WestFestTV.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

What's the best way to encourage development of the technology industry in Los Angeles? The idea, according to the LACMII, is to use city-owned parcels to create community spaces and working environments to enable startups and businesses in those areas, using "tech-friendly amenties" to attract starutps to those locations.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Two Southern California startups, Ortiva Wireless and Fonality , are among 18 companies which Intel said it has funded, to the tune of $77M in total venture investments. Exact investments in Ortiva, a developer of mobile video management and optimization products, and PBX software maker Fonality, were not announced by Intel.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

Culver City-based Enplug (www.enplug.com) is looking to change those one way digital displays into social, interactive content. Nanxi Liu: We started the company in the summer of 2012, with five totally random people. Explain how five strangers all ended up starting a company together, exactly? That''s ridiculous.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

Santa Monica-based Factual , the open dataset and API provider started by Gil Elbaz, announced this evening that it has raised $25M in a first round of funding. Factual is the latest startup of Gil Elbaz, who co-founded Applied Semantics, the firm which developed Google's AdSense product.

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APRIL 1, 2019

For this morning's interview, we had a chat with Eli Portnoy , the CEO and founder of Culver City-based Sense360 (www.sense360.com), com), which is developing analytics software which leverages mobile phones for data on customers. Eli Portnoy: We started Sense360 four and a half years ago.

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APRIL 30, 2009

Most companies, when they're looking to raise company morale, might set up a company picnic, Friday night beer bash, or maybe go on a ski trip. Instead, the executives over at Culver City-based Fonality decided on something different: a full blown, mixed-martial arts (MMA) tournament between its employees.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Culver City-based M-GO (www.mgo.com) thinks so, with its own twist on providing content to consumers. We caught up with M-GO''s CEO, John Batter , to hear about where M-GO fits into the streaming media market. So, they just ave up. Finally, is all the development for M-GO happening here in LA? READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2015

If you're a mobile app developer, who do you keep your users engaged and returning to use your app every day? Culver City-based Lootsie (www.lootsie.com) has createe a product which ties together those loyalty reward programs with the advertising and marketing efforts of brands, to help both those mobile developers and marketers.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Zugara is an Augmented Reality technology company based in Culver City, CA. We develop Augmented Reality software and robust applications that advance the way in which people are able to interact with real time digital data. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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APRIL 29, 2014

We caught up with one of the local teams competing in that competition, VOXearch (www.voxearch.com), to learn more about the prize as well as their specific approach to the competition. Mike Outmesguine: We''re one of about thirty teams left in the challenge, out of more than 300 that signed up last August.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

My favorite part of the interview with Nanxi starts right off the bat as she recalls the string of fortuitous events that brought the founding team together. He flew from LA to discuss his business concept with Nanxi, and after a dense hour-long discussion, she signed up immediately and made plans to visit LA the following week.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

The news that Ynon Kreiz is joining to run the company as Executive Chairman was first reported by Peter Kafka at AllThingsD (and later picked up by Variety , AdWeek and several other traditional media outlets. Ynon started as shareholder, board member & advisor and switches to full-time executive. billion deal to Disney.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

My favorite part of the interview with Nanxi starts right off the bat as she recalls the string of fortuitous events that brought the founding team together. He flew from LA to discuss his business concept with Nanxi, and after a dense hour-long discussion, she signed up immediately and made plans to visit LA the following week.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. a social networking site for families), where the Yammer technology was developed.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 26, 2022

Holey Grail Donuts started selling its hand-fried, made-to-order taro donuts on Sunday mornings out of a little red burger trailer in Kauai in 2018. Dreiling, who was previously doing ecological engineering in Oregon, teamed up with his sister, Hana Dreiling, a private chef in Kauai, Hawaii, to start Holey Grail Donuts.

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