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OCTOBER 12, 2018

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Develop Development Venice 113

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Venice, California-based Gem said this week that it has launched a new, Bitcoin platform specifically aimed at developers. The startup--led by Micah Winkelspecht--said it is hoping to let developers use Bitcoin, but not require them to be expects in security or cryptography. READ MORE>>.

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Venice Platform Software Develop 185

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JANUARY 9, 2013

All of these startups are applying technology (software development and algorithms) to some aspect of music and the music business. Chromatik has developed web and iPad applications which let musicians upload, record, annotate, and share their sheet music; record a performance; give feedback to other musicians; and much more.

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Southern California Startup Sherman Oaks Venice 254

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

parent company and developer of messaging app Snapchat, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering of its stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to multiple press reports.

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Journal Venice Snapchat Press 206

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

What do you get when you take the creative minds behind JibJab.com , the Venice-based online humor content developers--known for its hilarious videos of everything from politics to everyday life--and apply that to kids entertainment?

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Entertainment USC Venice Content 243

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

Venice-based Mogreet officially announced its new application programming interface (API) services this morning, saying it will provide APIs will let developers deliver MMS, SMS, video, in-app messaging, as well as access mobile user lookup services. per MMS message sent. READ MORE>>.

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Mogreet Mobile Services Venice 178

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AUGUST 20, 2013

The Venice, California startup, led by Thomas McAlevey, said it differentiates itself from the current crop of streaming music services by offering up a human algorithm, rare online tracks, and "pay-what-you-can" music streaming for artists, composers, and labels. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Venice Los Angeles Web 223

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JUNE 20, 2014

Paul Bricault of the AmplifyLA startup accelerator in Venice, has scored an exit with one of his companies. Twitter said Thursday that it has acquired SnappyTV , a San Francisco developer of software which helps people capture live event video, edit that video, and post it directly to Twitter.

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Venice Acquisition Software Help 196

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Venice-based StackSocial , which develops an e-commerce platform for publishers, said today that it has partnered with technology publication Digital Trends. StackSocial said that the deal will offer up new products via a new "Digital Trends Deals" section, which will offer up new apps and products to users.

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Technical Review Venice Software Review Commerce 183

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APRIL 17, 2013

Venice Beach-based Bitium , a new startup out of LA''s Amplify accelerator, announced this morning that it has raised $2.4M Bitium said it is developing a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) operating system, offering up everything from authentication and authorization of cloud-based software to features like consolidated messaging for apps.

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SaaS Seed Funding Venice Venture Capital 208

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JULY 31, 2012

Los Angeles-based Viddy , the developer of mobile apps which allow users to share snippets of video with one another, said this week that it has rolled out its public API, and is offering $10,000 in cash and a trip to Silicon Beach for the best app built using the product.

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Venice Competition Mobile Los Angeles 171

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Venice, California-based Bitcoin startup Gem has raised $2M, to make Bitcoin easier to use for developers, the company said this week. Gem has develops an API which helps developers build in Bitcoin support and security into their apps. Crypto Currency Partners, QED Associates, and Angel investor James Joaquin.

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Idealab Seed Funding Venice Venture Capital 180

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

Venice, California-based messaging app developer Snapchat is planning to roll out its first advertising effort soon, according to CEO Evan Spiegel, who said this week at the Vanity Fair New Establishment summit. Spiegel disclosed the company''s plans in a conversation on stage with Michael Bloomberg and Katie Couric.

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Snapchat Venice Advertising Mobile 174

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JANUARY 31, 2013

Lyft , the developer of a service and mobile app which lets users find, and offer, rides across town, said it is launching today in the Los Angeles area. 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.

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Santa Monica Venice Hollywood Mobile 204

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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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APRIL 27, 2011

Venice, California-based Viddy , a new startup developing mobile video tools, said today that it has raised $1.6M in a first round of financing, and launched a mobile video creation and sharing tool for the iPhone.

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Mobile Software Venice Social Network 189

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Venice, California-based social media app developer Snapchat has made a significant, high visibility hire, saying this week that it has hired Peter Magnusson, a former engineering director from Google, as its new Vice President of Engineering. The high profile hire comes as Snapchat ramps its recruiting efforts. READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Google Venice Social Media 164

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Venice, California-based Snapchat , the developer of the popular social media app, has added $4.5M in venture funding--and three new investors--as part of its Series C funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the company today. Details on the new funding were not announced by the company.

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Snapchat Social Media Venice Venture Capital 178

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

In the last year, Los Angeles has become a favorite location for conducting "hackathons"--those challenges which encourage developers to create new applications and products around different themes. The latest? A hackathon focused on pets.

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Venice Los Angeles Ideas Product 190

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MAY 2, 2013

Venice-based WemoLab --which has been developing entertainment products around an oceanic theme--announced today that it has launched its first, mobile product, a new interactive tablet app. WemoLab, which is led by Neville Spiteri, has been developing an extensive, educational platform focused on teaching kids about the oceans.

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Education Venice Entertainment Platform 168

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MARCH 19, 2010

Reza Bundy , the founder of Venice-based Mota Motors , looks to be a major beneficiary of an IPO -- not of his current firm, but of his prior company, Iron Planet. Mota Motors is developing a service to help consumers buy and sell used automobiles; the firm has previously scored funding from Prism VentureWorks. percent of Iron Planet.

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Venice Acquisition Funding Help 178

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JANUARY 16, 2015

Venice-based Gem and Santa Monica-based Expresscoin said this week that they are in a partnership, which will offer up GEM''s secure wallet API to Gem''s customers. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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Santa Monica Venice Software Customer 159

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JUNE 1, 2011

Venice-based Altly , the startup headed by Dmitry Shapiro which is developing an alternative to Facebook, has revealed the full list of its seed funding investors today, saying that it raised $1M in funding from Freestyle Capital , Social Leverage , Arthur Bilger, Draper Fisher Jurvetson , Howard Lindzon , Tom Anderson , Alex Bard , Alex Karelin , (..)

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Veoh Draper Seed Funding Venice 174

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Venice Beach-based Snapchat , the developer of a popular mobile application which lets users take "self destructing" mobile photos of themselves that they can send to friends, has raised $13.5M Snapchat develops a somewhat controversial application popular for "sexting". in a Series A funding, according to multiple reports.

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Snapchat Venice Mobile Report 153

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JULY 11, 2017

the Venice developer of the Snapchat app, took a pummeling on the stock market on Tuesday, falling nearly 9 percent to close at $15.47

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Venice Snapchat Marketing Develop 140

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Tapiture, which is based in Venice, announced this morning that it has raised $825,000 in a new funding round, which will help it accelerate its existing traction, launch its e-commerce solution, and help drive development of new mobile apps. Tapiture is led by John Ellis, and was founded by John and Leo Resig of Resignation Media.

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Commerce Venice Sites Mobile 194

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MAY 30, 2017

Venice, California-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat , recently acquired neighboring Venice-based drone technology developer Ctrl Me Robotics , according to reports over the weekend. The deal was reportely worth less than $1M. Ctrl Me Robotics was founded by Simon Saito Nielsen. READ MORE>>.

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Report Venice Snapchat Technology 124

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Viddy , the developer of the mobile, social video sharing application of the same name, said Wednesday that it has launched version 2.0 Venice-based Viddy said its second generation of its app is aimed at providing the best quality, most user friendly video app possible. of the firm's application for iOS. READ MORE>>.

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Venice Mobile Develop Development 159

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Venice-based mobile video app developer Viddy has cut one third of its staff, the firm said Monday. The cuts of 12 employees come shortly after the company's board parted ways with its co-founder and CEO, Brett O'Brien.

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Venice Competition Mobile Develop 159

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APRIL 6, 2016

Los Angeles- and Sydney, Australia-based Clapit , a startup developing a social media crowdsourcing app, said it has raised AU$2.57M ($1.94M US), to bring its mobile app to market. The seed funding came from Australia angels Mark Moran and Paul Siderovski. Clapit, which says it is based in Sydney and has its U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Social Media Seed Funding Venice Social Network 170

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MARCH 21, 2013

StoryBots , the developer of entertaining, fun, and educational application and content, has launched a trio of new applications, the firm said Thursday. Evan and Gregg Spiradellis are well known for creating humorous greeting cards firm JibJab , which got its start developing humorous, online videos and parodies on Presidential elections.

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Education Entertainment Venice Screening 173

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JULY 10, 2012

And it is one of the reasons that NYC is developing a vibrant technology community. These days it’s Santa Monica and Venice. In LA the VC shift is clearly to Santa Monica / Venice, home of Rustic Canyon, Greycroft, Anthem and just about every incubator (Amplify, Launchpad, Mucker, Science). GRP’s offices are near Beverly Hills.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 314

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MARCH 24, 2011

Venice-based CitizenGlobal , a startup working on crowd-sourced video content, has landed the inventor of the web wiki as Chief Technology Officer. The news was first uncovered by The Oregonian , a Portland paper, which noticed Cunningham had departed AboutUs, a Portland wiki firm. CitizenGlobal raised around $6.0M READ MORE>>.

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Chief Technology Officer Venice Web News 153

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AUGUST 26, 2013

Venice, California-based ZEFR , which helps brands and content owners monetize use of their assets on YouTube, said Monday that it has linked with Fuisz Media , to include direct purchase links on video or people in any video. Fuisz Media is also based in Venice, and is led by Justin Fuisz. READ MORE>>.

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Media Venice Hollywood Content 133

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

Venice-based Snapchat has shut down its original content efforts, and laid off around 15 people who were working on the Snap Channel, according to Deadline. Snapchat had launched its original content efforts in January, to develop its own original content and music for the service. READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Content Venice Services 138

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Venice-based Viddy , the developer of social video sharing apps, said today that it has rebranded itself as Supernova , and has expanded into a new set of mobile apps. The startup--which went through a huge rollercoaster ride earlier this year--is launching two new online apps, Clique, and EPIC.

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Venice Mobile Startup Develop 153

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

StoryBots , the kids'' mobile app developer, has gotten into the holiday spirit, and has just released a new, Halloween-themed app called A StoryBots Halloween. StoryBots launched last year, the result of JibJab''s founders, Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, and their experience as parents. READ MORE>>.

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