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JANUARY 23, 2018

Esports One raises $3 million to help viewers make sense of e-sports competitions; Snapchat to let users share content on other social networks; and Boring Co. pitches Culver City Council on tunneling plan.

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APRIL 9, 2015

TZ Tech Crawl is back this month and heading to Culver City! Come take a tour of some of the hottest LA Tech companies located in Culver City! Why not stop by for a quick beer, game, snack or just say hi at one of the many Culver City tech companies from 6pm to 10:30pm? Starting Point. Jefferson Blvd).

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Culver City-based Omaze, which operates an online platform to help nonprofits raise money, said last week that it raised $85M in a Series C funding round. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Matt Pohlson.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Culver City-based Embrace, a new startup focused on helping companies manage the mobile data they are collecting, has raised $45M in a funding round. According to the company, the Series B funding was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), and also included Greycroft, AV8, and Eniac.

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MARCH 24, 2020

Culver City-based Feet First Events , which runs corporate team building events, says it has launched a new "virtual game" aimed at helping businesses adapt their teams to working remotely. Each participant connects remotely from their home office to solve puzzles and clues in hopes of helping their team succeed.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Culver City-based Replicated, a startup that provides commercial and open source tools to streamline distribution and management of third party applications into enterprises, says it has linked in with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) Global Startup Program.

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MAY 22, 2018

Culver City-based office security tech firm Openpath launched May 22, helped by a $7 million funding round and helped by local funds.

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APRIL 28, 2021

Culver City-based network products developer PacketFabric say it has released a new, "cloud router" product, which supports connecting multiple, 100Gbps cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. PacketFabric's product helps companies move data at high speed between cloud providers.

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APRIL 28, 2021

Culver City-based network products developer PacketFabric say it has updated its "cloud router" product, which supports connecting multiple, 100Gbps cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. PacketFabric's product helps companies move data at high speed between cloud providers.

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JUNE 29, 2020

Culver City-based Airvet , which operates a pet telehealth service that lets veterinarians run virtual visits, has raised $14M in a Series A funding, the company said late last week. According to the company, the funding will help it meet the increase in demand for its platform, which has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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JULY 20, 2021

Techstars LA, the startup accelerator headed up by Matt Kozlov, announced its 2021 class this week, drawing an international group of twelve new companies to its startup accelerator in Culver City. Companies this year in the program come from as far as Canada, India, and Ukraine.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Culver City-based Amazon Studios , the arm of Amazon which is focused on creating content for Amazon's streaming video service, says it is continuing a program it runs with Howard University , intended to help increase diversity in the entertainment industry.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Tech Gives Back , the tech communitys largest corporate service event, was held for the second year in LA on Thursday, October 18th, with 300+ volunteers attending from 60+ companies helping out at eight different volunteer sites: Plastic Oceans in Santa Monica, YearUp in Culver City, Temescal Gateway Park in Pacific Palisades, Harvest Home in Venice, (..)

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MAY 1, 2014

On-demand grocery delivery service Instacart has expanded in Los Angeles, saying recently that it is now covering downtown Los Angeles and Culver City, and will deliver groceries from Ralphs and Costco. The company--which launched earlier in April in Los Angeles--offers up personal shopping services driven by crowdsourcing.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Culver City-based AfterNow said this week that it has released a new application, Blocker , which helps filmmakers take advantage of Apple's ARKit. AfterNow said the tool is aimed at helping filmmakers to accurately prepare scenes to communicate positioning of cameras and characters.

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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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JULY 29, 2019

Culver City-based Ordermark , which develops software to help restaurants manage the orders and headache of having to deal with multiple, disparate, mobile delivery services, has raised $18M in a Series B funding, the company announced on Monday morning.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Culver City-based Encantos , an edtech startup which helps kids with literacy, learning skills, and life skills, has raised $5.7M in a new funding round, the company announced this morning.

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MAY 16, 2017

Culver City-based cancer immunotherapy developer NantKwest announced this morning that it has named Dr. Leonard Sender as Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs for Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

A new, Culver City-based startup, theAmplify , said this morning that it has launched a new, Instgram video ad service, aimed at helping brands create video content to distribute through Instagram. theAmplify said its service and tool combines tools and technology with services as a "Instagram agency".

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JUNE 19, 2017

Apple said on Friday that it has hired away two, former Sony Pictures Television executives, to help lead the creation of video programming for the company. The two have been responsible for such titles as Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Crown, Rescue Me, and others.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Culver City-based NantHealth has launched a new product, which provides molecular testing and decision support solutions for cancer patients. The company said its new product provides oncologists with a detailed, molecaulr profile of a patient's cancer to help shape treatment strategies. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Culver City-based online advertising software developer SteelHouse said this week that it has named Natalie Serota as its new VP, Head of Business Development. Steelhouse provides its software to brands, helping them with retargeting and prospecting campaigns through display, mobile, and social channels. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Culver City-based YouTube network Fullscreen said Tuesday that it has hired Justin Danko as Vice President of Sales and Brand Strategy, East Coast. Fullscreen offers up a number of services to both content creators and brands, and is headed by George Strompolos, who the firm said helped co-created the YouTube Partner Program.

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MARCH 31, 2017

Culver City-based personalized healthcare and medicine company NantHealth , one of the companies run by biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, has just hit the $100 million mark, the company announced on Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 12, 2014

Culver City-based Beats Electronics said this morning that it has launched the company''s first, wireless earphones. Beats Electronics said the earphones were "inspired by" LeBron James, who is helping to market the new earphones. READ MORE>>. beats electronics wireless earbuds earphones headphones'

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Culver City-based personalized medicine technology developer NantHealth said yesterday that it has deploed its GPS Cancer product--which is used to help idenity personalized treatments for cancer patients--at the Children's Hospital of Orange County. Financial details of the win were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

in Culver City, as part of a promotion of its new grocery coupon app, Favado. Savings.com recently launched its Favado app, tapping a network of grocery bloggers and its own technology to help grocery shoppers find shopping deals and coupons. Centinela Ave.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

Culver City-based DataScience , led by former Sometrics' founder Ian Swanson, said today that it has raised $22M in a Series B funding. DataScience says it is using data science to help businesses make predictions to drive business results. The funding was led by Whitehart Ventures, and also included Greycroft Partners.

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JANUARY 29, 2016

Fandango, which itself is a unit of NBCUniversal, said the acquisition will help it in the development of new moviegoing products and services. M-GO was based in Culver City. M-GO offers up rental and purchase of movies, with typical rentals costing $5.99 and purchases at $14.99 READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

Culver City-based cancer immunotherapy developer NantKwest , which is led by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, said this morning that it has named Stephen Farrand, Ph.D., NanKwest said Farrand will help manage its two new production sites in Southern California, including a 45,000 square foot facility in Torrey Pines.

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AUGUST 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based Zealot Networks , the digital media company led by Danny Zappin, said last week that it has acquired Culver City-based AllScreen , a video syndication company. Zealot said the buy will help it with both distribution and technology. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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JANUARY 16, 2014

Culver City-based YouTube network Fullscreen said late Wednesday that it has acquired Supernova , the company which was formerly known as Viddy. According to Fullscreen, the buy will help it add products, infrastructure, and a team to its efforts.

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JANUARY 25, 2016

Culver City-based NantWorks , and founder Patrick Soon-Shiong, M.D., have detailed efforts on the company's Cancer MoonShot 2020 Program , to help make a huge step in the treatment of cancer. NantWorks says it hopes to have solutions in Phase 3 trails by the year 2020. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 16, 2015

Culver City-based NantHealth one of the family of companies that is part of NantWorks , said today that it has acquired the commercial >Healthcare Solutions business of Harris Corporation. NantWorks said the acquisition is the largest transaction to date for NantWorks, to help it expand its global footprint. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 1, 2014

Culver City-based NantHealth , the healthcare technology company created by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, said Thursday afternoon that it has teamed up with The Chan Soon-Shiong Insitute of Molecular Medicine, and Providence Health and Services, to create a clinical, genomic network for whole genomic sequencing. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

IBM and XPRIZE , the Culver City organization which runs major challenges to advance technology and help apply innovation to solving some of the world's biggest challenges, have announced a new IBM Watson AI PRIZE.

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