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Getaround Expands Car Sharing Service To LA

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Getaround , the developer of a peer-to-peer car sharing service, said it has officially launched in the greater Los Angeles area. The San Francisco company's service works through something called Getaround Connect, technology which allows renters to locate and unlock a car using an iOS or Android smartphone app.

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Airvet Finds $14M For Pet Telehealth

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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. The company--founded in 2018--says it has over 2600 veterinarians already using its platform. The company is led by CEO Brandon Werber.

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Techstars LA Draws International Companies For 2021 Class

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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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Flowspace Finds $12M For On Demand Warehousing

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Culver City-based Flowspace , a provider of "on-demand" warehousing and fulfillment services to businesses, has raised $12M in a Series A funding round, the company announced this morning. According to Flowspace, the round was led by Canvas Ventures, and also included Moment Ventures, 1984 Ventures and Y Combinator.

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Eccentex Raises $7.5M

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Culver City-based Eccentex , a developer of a software-as-a-service, enterprise business process management product, has raised $7.5M in an equity funding. The funding came from VTB Capital. Eccentex, which is led by Glen E. READ MORE>>.

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Factual Pulls In $25M

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Elbaz, in an interview with socalTECH, said in particular the firm is looking to use the funding to bring in a lot more engineering talent to work on its platform, and will be hiring for a new office in Culver City, in Shanghai, and also for a new office to be opened in Silicon Valley. READ MORE>>.

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Reflections on 2018: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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Here are five exciting examples (in alphabetical order): Appetize, a cloud-based point-of-sale platform for large venues, recently raised funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, the NFL and the Dodgers. The Playa Vista company is aggressively taking market share and could go public.