Elevate Launches Analytics Team In San Diego
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JUNE 12, 2017
San Diego-based Elevate Credit , a fintech startup aimed at providing credit to non-prime customers, said it has launched a new "Advanced Analytics" center in San Diego.
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Health IQ Finds $34.6M, Plans San Diego Hiring
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NOVEMBER 15, 2017
Health IQ , a startup which offers up insurance only to "health conscious" individuals, has raised $34.6M in a Series C funding round, which it said partially go to expanding hiring at its San Diego offices, the company announced on Wednesday. The company has now raised $81M in total. READ MORE>>.
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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into Its Technology Center
socalTECH
AUGUST 27, 2018
However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more. What exactly does Walmart Labs work on in San Diego? How big are you now?
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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into A Key Technology Center
socalTECH
AUGUST 27, 2018
However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more. What exactly does Walmart Labs work on in San Diego? How big are you now?
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Servier Licenses CureMatch Tech for Custom Cancer Drug Treatments
Xconomy
MARCH 15, 2019
A global pharmaceutical company based in France has licensed software developed by San Diego digital health startup CureMatch that aims to help cancer doctors customize the combination of drugs they prescribe to patients based on mutations in cancer DNA. The company, which CEO Bob Manning says has raised about $2.5
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76 Wrike Opens Office In San Diego, Plans to Hire 150
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MARCH 1, 2016
Mountain View-based Wrike , a developer of enterprise work management software, said on Monday that it has opened up a new office in San Diego, and plans to hire 150 people in the location. Wrike said the new jobs in the location will be in sales and customer service.
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Nirvanix Shuts Down, Gives Mere Two Weeks To Customers
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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
San Diego-based cloud storage firm Nirvanix is shutting down, and has given its customers only two weeks to move their data elsewhere, in a stunning flameout for the venture backed startup. READ MORE>>. nirvanix shutdown deadpool data storage cloud'
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147 San Diego Social Media Startup Soci Adds Austin Office, Raises $8.5M
Xconomy
APRIL 10, 2017
Soci, a San Diego startup that created a Web platform for managing social media, has closed on $8.5 The five-year-old startup, which had 35 employees five months ago when it was named as a 2017 Xconomy San Diego company to watch , now has 50 employees.
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Dvele Picks Up $14M For New Home Building Startup
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MARCH 28, 2019
San Diego-based Dvele , a new, technology startup which is using technology that allows people to order up, custom-febricated homes, and handles everything from design to on-site construction, has raised $14M in a funding round, the company announced on Thursday.
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133 EvoNexus Launches Fintech Startup Effort
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APRIL 24, 2019
San Diego- and Irvine-based startup incubator operator EvoNexus says it is looking to attract financial technology (fintech) startups, and is now accepting startup applications for a new financial technology incubator it has launched with Franklin Templeton and Royal Bank of Canada. READ MORE>>.
ClickUp Collects $35M
socalTECH
JUNE 25, 2020
San Diego-based ClickUp , a startup which develops "remote work" software aimed at helping organizations collaborate on projects, has raised $35M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Craft Ventures, and also included Georgian Partners. As part of the funding, David Sacks has joined the board.
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Good Eggs raises $100M and plans to launch in Southern California
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Grocery delivery startup Good Eggs is announcing that it has raised $100 million in new funding, and that it’s planning to launch in Southern California in either the summer or fall of this year. It seems, however, that the company has found plenty of opportunity for growth while remaining focused on the San Francisco Bay Area.
GrubMarket raises $60M as food delivery stays center stage
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Today, one of the companies that is supplying produce and other items both to consumers and other services that are in turn selling food and groceries to them, is announcing a new round of funding as it gears up to take its next step, an IPO. ” I don’t doubt that he means it.
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Gretel Gets Seed Funding For Data Sharing Startup
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FEBRUARY 28, 2020
San Diego-based Gretel has raised a seed round of funding, to go towards its development of software which helps developers and engineers access and share anonymized data for developing applications. The startup is led by Alex Watson, who serves as founder and CEO.
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Exact Sciences Acquires San Diego Lab Equipment Supplier Biomatrica
Xconomy
OCTOBER 18, 2018
Exact Sciences has gone from being a customer of Biomatrica, a San Diego-based vendor of equipment for storing and preserving blood and saliva samples, to now being the company’s owner.
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The Empathy Economy: Emotional Intelligence in Customer Service
Xconomy
JULY 5, 2018
The “empathy economy” will help define the new reality of human and machine interactions in the customer service industry. Brand loyalty has been championed by brands like Gucci and Tesla, who have both a dedicated customer base and “fans” who admire the out-of-reach products.
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Zingle Ramps Texting Service For Hotels
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JANUARY 15, 2014
In a world where consumers use texting more than they actually talk to someone on the phone, businesses have been notably slow to communicate via texting with their customers. According to Zingle, its text-messaging "concierge" product, which helps hotels communicate directly with their customers via texting. READ MORE>>.
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LoanHero Gets $2.5M For Consumer Lending Startup
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JANUARY 20, 2016
San Diego-based LoanHero , a startup which helps merchants easily offer up financing to their end customers, has raised $2.5M LoanHero develops an online software platform which lets merchants offer up streamlined application for consumer loans by their customers, to fund purchases. READ MORE>>.
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Tealium Adds $35M to Expand Technology, Sharpen Customer Focus
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. The company’s workforce has grown to about 270, including 80 in San Diego.
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Canoo, the electric vehicle startup formed from Faraday Future’s ashes, seeks $200 million
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 23, 2019
Less than a month after rebranding as Canoo , the startup electric vehicle company formerly known as Evelozcity is on the hunt for $200 million in new capital. Canoo said that it intends to use a modular “skateboard” approach to its vehicle design where different form factors can rest atop its chassis.
Postmates’ newest feature is like Uber POOL for food delivery
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 20, 2019
Postmates is launching a new feature called Postmates Party that lets customers within the same neighborhood pool their orders. In return, these customers get the food delivered for free, eliminating a major pinch point for potential Postmates users. The feature is now available in Chicago, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Calif.,
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200 Drata Takes $25M For Security, Compliance Software
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JUNE 24, 2021
San Diego-based Drata, a startup working on security and compliance automation software, said it has raised $25M in its Series A funding. The startup says it helps companies achieve and maintain continuous compliance through automated security control monitoring and evidence collection.
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Abodu raises $20M to build prefabricated backyard homes
TechCrunch LA
JULY 15, 2021
Startups attempting to help address the shortage in a variety of ways abound. One such startup, Abodu , has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. It also claims to offer a cheaper and faster process than if one were to build an ADU from start to finish. housing market persists.
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Truepic Takes $26M For Photo Verification
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
San Diego-based Truepic, a startup that provides photo verification technology, said today that it has raised $26M in a Series B funding round. The company said its technology is being used by such customers as Accion Opportunity Fund, Equifax, EXL Service Inc, Ford Motor Company, Palomar Holdings Inc.,
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SlimSurveys Launches New Product
socalTECH
OCTOBER 8, 2013
SlimSurveys , the new startup headed by former TweetPhoto founder Sean Callahan, has launched a new product, aimed at collecting data from website visitors. According to the company, its new Customer Insights product lets website owners add a widget to their website, to help collect real-time, customer insights. READ MORE>>.
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MicroPower Turns To Financing To Spur Demand
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FEBRUARY 6, 2014
San Diego-based wireless video surveillance developer MicroPower Technologies --which was part of the EvoNexus business incubator--said this week that it has started up a financing program, to spur demand for its surveillance systems. micropower financing surveillance systems customers evonexus tech coast angels'
Deckard Technologies Finds $4M For AI Property Tax Software
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
San Diego-based Deckard Technologies , a new startup founded by serial entrepreneur Neil Senturia, said on Monday that it has raised $4M in funding and launched a new company focused on using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify property tax scofflaws. READ MORE>>.
Daasity Gets $2.3M For Business Data Analytics
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
San Diego-based Daasity , a startup working on data analytics for direct-to-consumer retailers, has raised $2.3M The startup--led by CEO and co-founder Dan LeBlanc--says its product is used in particular for the Shopify Plus e-commerce area, with such customers as Kopari, BioClarity, MVMT Watches, Parachute Home, and Rothy's.
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113 Arima Genomics Finds Series A Funding
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FEBRUARY 24, 2020
San Diego-based Arima Genomics , a startup working on research tools for understanding genome sequence and structure, said this morning that it has raised a Series A funding round. Size of the funding was not announced. Siddarth Selvaraj is CEO and Co-founder of Arima Genomics. READ MORE>>.
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113 EvoNexus Launches Fintech Incubator
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APRIL 9, 2019
San Diego-based startup incubator operator EvoNexus is launching a brand new, financial technology (Fintech) incubator, in a partnership with Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Franklin Templeton , the incubator announced this morning.
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133 Mercato, Grocery Delivery Startup For “Indie” Retailers, Gets $4M
Xconomy
JULY 2, 2019
Delivery services such as Shipt and Instacart deliver groceries to customers’ doorsteps daily. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN ) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT ) also offer the service, albeit only for their own stores. Large-scale chain stores are the focus of most grocery delivery services.
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Housecall Pro Adds New Finance Tools
socalTECH
AUGUST 30, 2019
San Diego-based Housecall Pro , the startup which provides a number of different software products for home services contractors, announced on Friday that it has launched a new set of finance tools for its customers.
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Wheels Enters Last Mile Transportation Fray With $37M
socalTECH
JANUARY 24, 2019
A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Wheels --founded by the founders of dog walking marketplace Wag--has jumped into the crowded "last mile" transportation fray, saying it has raised $37M and launched its services in San Diego. The startup was founded by Jonathan and Joshua Viner, the two brothers who founded Wag.
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113 EvoNexus Links With EMD Performance Materials For Incubator Effort
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APRIL 3, 2019
San Diego- and Irvine-based startup incubator EvoNexus announced today that it has started accepting applications to a new startup incubation effort it is running with high tech material company EMD Performance Materials. EMD is owned by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
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133 Truepic Finds $8M For Photo Verification Software
socalTECH
JUNE 21, 2018
San Diego-based startup Truepic , a developer of software which "notarizes" digital photos for authenticity, has raised $8M in a Series A funding, the company announced on Thursday. Truepic says that its customers include Reddit and the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS). READ MORE>>.
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Medallia Acquires Hospitality Software Startup Zingle for $42M
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Zingle, a startup whose software is used by hospitality, travel, and retail industries to more easily and quickly connect with their customers via messaging, has been acquired for about $42 million in cash by Medallia, a publicly traded software company in San Francisco.
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95 Interview with Dan LeBlanc, CEO and Co-founder, Daasity
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NOVEMBER 14, 2019
San Diego-based Daasity (www.daasity.com) which just raised $2.3M We spoke with CEO and co-founder Dan LeBlanc , a veteran of ProFlowers and FTD, on how he started the company and he problem the startup is solving for direct to consumer brands. What does your startup do? founded in summer of 2017.
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113 TurboTax Opens Up For Tax Filing Season
socalTECH
DECEMBER 1, 2016
San Diego-based TurboTax , the software division of Intuit which makes the popular tax filing software, says on Wednesday that it has opened up for the season, and has begun allowing its users to start working on their taxes. Is it tax time already? READ MORE>>.
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Here is Why Non-Obvious Startup Ideas Can Yield the Largest Results
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MAY 4, 2015
Try to imagine if you *didn’t* already know Amazon and the company walking into VC meetings telling people they were going to disrupt the selling of all goods starting with books but then extending into electronics, apparel, toys and so forth. ” Let’s start with some basics. How valuable are these legacy businesses?
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Omniome Gets $60M For Gene Sequencing
socalTECH
JANUARY 9, 2020
San Diego-based Omniome , a startup developing a DNA sequencing platform, says it has raised $60M in a Series C financing round, bringing the company's total raised to $145M. The company is led by President and CEO Dave Mullarkey.
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Cordial Connects With Channel Partners
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
San Diego-based Cordial , the startup developer of personalized marketing software, has inked a number of channel partnerships, the company said Friday. The company, led by CEO Jeremy Swift, says its customers include such brands as La Quinta, Shoes of Prey and Teleflora. READ MORE>>.
Gryphon Adds Threat Detection To Wi-Fi Mesh System
socalTECH
MARCH 26, 2018
San Diego-based Gryphon Online Safety , a startup that develops a wireless mesh system for home and small businesses, says it has incorporated technology from antivirus software developer ESET into its products.
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113 REME Enters On-Demand Massage Market
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NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Los Angeles- and Santa Monica-based REME , a new startup offering up on-demand massage, stretch, and IV therapy services to the health and wellness community, said today that it has officially launched it services. The company said it provides its services toin-home, at the office, or the customer's location of choice.
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113 Bard, Lindzon Get Exit At Assistly
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
Alex Bard , the San Diego-based CEO of customer support software firm Assistly , has sold his second company, as online CRM software giant Salesforce.com said today that it was paying $50M for Assistly. Assistly is the second successful exit for Bard, who sold his last startup, Goowy, to AOL in 2008.
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