socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Philz opened an outpost in Santa Monica last year, due to the demand of Silicon Valley venture investors and executives who were spending an increasing amount of time in "Silicon Beach".

Santa Monica

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

Lyft's app--which works with both iPhone and Android--lets users offer rides to people on-demand, at what it says is a "fraction of the cost" of a cab. The service has been only available previously in San Francisco, but said it will now start serving trips in Santa Monica, Venice and West L.A.

Santa Monica

socalTECH

MAY 28, 2015

Los Angeles-based HelloTech (www.hellotech.com) wants to be the service that you refer all of your friends and family to, instead--by offering up low cost, on-demand, in-home technical support. First and foremost, it's an on-demand, in -home technical support service. How does HelloTech work?

Demand

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2015

Venice-based startup CarLove.co has launched a beta of a new, on-demand service for car repair, starting in West Los Angeles, the company said today. The service lets users pick a nearby car mechanic, and actually dispatches a driver to pick up your car and deliver it to the mechanic for you--so you never have to leave the house.

Demand

socalTECH

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. READ MORE>>.

Marina Del Rey

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Stubbs Alderton joins recent Santa Monica addition--and Silicon Valley law firm and rival--Cooley LLP in putting an office in the area, about a block away.

Santa Monica

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

. “Community underscores everything we do here at Bev, and as such, we will be producing hand sanitizer and distributing it free of charge to the homeless and elderly communities here in Venice, populations who largely have insufficient access to healthcare and essential goods like sanitizer.”

Company

socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2015

Venice-based instant messaging service Snapchat released its first transparency report , detailing all of the legal and government demands for information from its systems, showing that the company fielded more then 375 U.S.

Snapchat

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

One of the on-demand, parking services that serves Los Angeles Zirx , said this morning that it is specifically looking to solve those issues for companies, with the launch of a new service. In fact, at least two of ZIRX's initial customers for the on-demand parking--Live Nation and Insomiac--are in the LA area.

Beverly Hills

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2012

Venice-based startup accelerator Amplify LA has added a new startup to its portfolio, personalized wine recommendation site Club W. The two companies said that they are in a strategic partnership, which will provide Club W with the resources to keep up with stronger-than-anticipated consumer demand for its services.

Sites

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2016

Venice, California-based OpenMail , a developer of data warehousing products used for marketing analytics and targeting, has acquired the Infospace business from owner Blucora. OpenMail is led by Chuck Ursini, former EVP, Platforms at Demand Media; Ursini also has served at Amazon, Morgan Stanley and UBS. READ MORE>>.

Venice

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Venice, California-based on-demand scooter rental service Bird has launched a brand new service, which will allows users to rent its scooters all day--and will even deliver those scooters to your doorstep. According to Bird, the new service, Bird Delivery READ MORE>>.

Venice

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2018

Venice-based Snap , the parent firm of Snapchat, said this morning that it has rolled out a new version of its Spectacles, its hands-free, photo-and-video snapping sunglasses. The new glasses add water resistance, improved audio, easier ability to take photos, and more. READ MORE>>.

Snapchat

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers. (Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). The now-public.

Technical Review

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2017

A report, published by The Information this morning, says that Venice, California-based Snap "badly overestimated demand" for its Spectacles product, and now has hundreds of thousands of units piled up in warehouses. The report cited two people "close to the company", saying Snap is "already struggling to meet expectations".

Report

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Venice, California-based on-demand scooter rental firm Bird said on Thursday afternoon that it has hired two, former Uber executives.

Venice

socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2016

Venice, California-based OpenMail has completed its deal to acquire online search engine site Infospace , from owner Blucora. OpenMail is led by former Demand Media executive Chuck Ursini, and is developing data warehousing products in the marketing analytics and targeting area. Infospace has been around since 1996.

Venice

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

If you want to buy a house at between $800,00 and $1 million in Venice, there is a guy who has represented more buyers and has more success than anybody else. We''re also growing from the demand perspective, which is sooner than we expected, so we''re trying to keep up in terms of hiring programmers, engineers, and growing the team.

Help

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2015

Luxe , the on-demand, luxury valet service, said today that it is expanding its service in Los Angeles with a new "Drive Home" service aimed at drinkers in LA. Luxe did not say when or if it will expand the service to its other, LA areas, which include Santa Monica, Venice, and West LA. READ MORE>>.

Services

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2018

Venice-based on-demand, electric scooter rental startup Bird has rolled out a new set of tools aimed at helping cities better manage the hordes of its scooters on its streets, the company said this week.

Tool

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2009

Venice, California-based Topspin , a developer of software focused on helping musicians market and distribute their work, launched an upgrade to its product Wednesday at the SXSW festival.

Software

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago.

Startup

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2015

On-demand shipping service Shyp is rolling out its service in Los Angeles today, its fourth city. Read More.

Los Angeles

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

At the Twiistup panel last week, there was a debate over whether big companies could be created here, which is ridiculous--Demand Media is the latest example there, we've got Cornerstone OnDemand coming out soon, and there is no question there are market leading, large revenue companies coming out of Southern California.

Redpoint

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

He built & IPOd Demand Media. I’m sensing that trend reversing as companies like SnapChat have been able to import large volumes of Stanford grads lured to creating a next gen Internet powerhouse in Venice, California (which by the way, doesn’t suck GQ magazine just dubbed it “the coolest block in America.”).

Entrepreneur

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2019

We have highly engaging courses, taught by professional players, and where you track your progress, driven by data, and which also features an on-demand marketplace to help you find any coach you want to help you improve your play on any game. Sam Wang: We raised our pre-seed round last year, led by the Amplify accelerator in Venice.

Help

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

The funding, provided by Santa Barbara, CA-based Rincon Venture Partners and Venice, CA-based CrossCut Ventures, represents the first institutional investment for Zingle. Blakely said he also intends to add sales and marketing resources to take advantage of increasing demand from businesses for Zingle’s messaging technology.

Technology

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

I'm going to move to LA, and we're pretty close to the Movieclips guys, and we think we'll have some support from them and start in Venice somewhere. More and more, entertainment has transformed into a demand driven industry. We plan on opening up shop at the end of June. Do you see a lot of competition from current US services?

Startup

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there. VENICE RISING. Venice: 13% | L.A. More than 600 tech start-ups have sprung up in L.A. Derek Wooden.

Los Angeles