After Fast Start, Social App Poparazzi Sees Slowdown
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 26, 2021
Poparazzi, a photo sharing app developed by Marina del Rey-based TTYL Inc., is among this year’s most hyped social media startups.
Armata Pharmaceuticals Gets $7.0M Investment
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OCTOBER 29, 2021
Marina Del Rey-based Armata Pharamceuticals, a biotechnology company developing therapeutics for antibiotic-resistant and difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, said it has received $3.0M The company said the funds will be used to further advance development of its lead candidate.
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Belgium Telecom Company BICS to Buy TeleSign for $230 Million.
L.A. Business Journal
APRIL 25, 2017
of Marina del Rey, a developer of user authentication software, announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to be acquired for $230 million in cash by telecommunications company BICS of Belgium. TeleSign Corp.
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Moonshots Capital Leads $2.1 Million Backtracks Seed Round
L.A. Business Journal
MAY 30, 2019
Podcast analytics software developer Backtracks Inc. million seed round led by Marina del Rey-based venture capital firm Moonshots Capital. announced May 30 it raised a $2.1
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100 Advertising Tech Firm Lucidity Raises $5 Million
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 13, 2019
Marina del Rey advertising technology outfit Lucidity has raised a $5 million Series A round of funding to invest in engineering, product development and customer support.
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LeaseLock Lands $52M In Series B
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Marina Del Rey-based LeaseLock, which is developing artificial intelligence technology and lease insurance products to eliminate the need for security deposits, has raised $52M in its Series B funding round, the company announced this morning.
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XPRIZE Launches Pandemic Alliance To Tackle COVID-19
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MARCH 26, 2020
Marina del Rey-based XPRIZE has launched a new effort, the XPRIZE Pandemic Allaince , which it says will help scale the impact and promise of solutions to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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XPRIZE To Award $1M Bonus Prize For Ocean Discovery Contest
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MAY 28, 2019
Marina Del Rey-based XPRIZE , the group which runs challenges to help advance the development of technology, will award a $1M bonus prize this month in Monaco for the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE , according to the nonprofit.
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XPRIZE Foundation Eyes Wildfire Detection, Suppression
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MAY 13, 2019
Marina Del Rey-based XPRIZE Foundation , the group which runs competitions to spur innovation in technology to help solve major societal problems or very hard technical problems, says it is going to launch a new prize to spur ideas for wildfire detection and suppression. Diamandis said the prize will be launched by early 2020.
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Sanebox Wins School District In Washington
socalTECH
DECEMBER 7, 2018
Los Angeles- and Boston-based email software developer Sanebox has scored a win with a school district in Washington, the company said this week. Sanebox has its LA offices in Marina Del Rey. Financial details of the win were not announced. READ MORE>>.
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CREXi Collects $11M For Commercial Real Estate Technology
socalTECH
MAY 21, 2018
Marina Del Rey-based CREXi , which is developing a technology platform aimed at the commercial real estate industry, has raised $11M in a Series A funding, the company said on Monday. CREXi operates an online marketplace for commercial real estate, connecting buyers, sellers, and brokers.
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XPRIZE Awards $15M In Global Learning Competition
socalTECH
MAY 16, 2019
Marina Del Rey-based XPRIZE , the organization led by Dr. Peter H. According to XPRIZE, it decided to split the top $10M award in the competition between two winners-- Kitkit School , which has developed a learning program using a "game-based core"; and onebillion , a developer of "numeracy content" and literacy material.
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TrendShift Buys Health Data Intelligence
socalTECH
OCTOBER 20, 2016
Marina Del Rey-based TrendShift , a developer of population health management software for the healthcare industry, has acquired the assets of Health Data Intelligence.
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SpaceX To Deliver Robots To The Moon
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
ispace is leveraging technology developed by one of the teams in the Lunar XPRIZE, run by Marina Del Rey-based XPRIZE Foundation, in what had been an attempt to win cash prize money offered by XPRIZE for landing a mission on the moon this year. That effort expired in March.
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Carbonics Raises $5.5M For RF Materials
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
Marina Del Rey-based Carbonics , a developer of carbon nanomaterials aimed at improving the power consumption and performance of wireless semiconductors, has raised $5.5M in a funding round. The funding came from TAQNIA international. Carbonics says its technology is based on research conducted at UCLA and USC.
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textPlus Names Machinima's Nanea Reeves As President
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FEBRUARY 4, 2014
Marina del Rey-based mobile app developer textPlus , which develops apps that provides free texting and phone service, said late Tuesday morning that it has named Nanea Reeves as President of the company.
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Moving Analytics Finds Funding
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MARCH 2, 2017
Marina Del Rey-based Moving Analytics , a developer of software and programs to help cardiac patients complete their rehab at home, has raised a funding round from OCA Ventures. Size of the funding was not announced.
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100 Carbonics Launches First Product
socalTECH
JANUARY 12, 2017
Marina Del Rey-based Carbonics said on Wednesday that it has launched its first product, a carbon-on-silicon wafer aimed at helping advanced radio frequency (RF) semiconductor development.
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textPlus Unveils New App, Nextplus
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NOVEMBER 5, 2014
Marina Del Rey-based textPlus , the message app developer led by Scott Lahman, has unveiled a new app called Nextplus , aimed at ramping up adoption of the company''s messaging tools.
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textPlus Lands $18M, Buys Jarvus
socalTECH
OCTOBER 16, 2012
In addition to the new funding, the company also said it has acquired Los Angeles-based Jarvus , which develops an app to people capture and share experiences, events and moments together. textPlus, which is based in Marina Del Rey, develops a combination of mobile apps and related services which allow users to text each other for free.
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textPlus Launches International Calling App
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FEBRUARY 20, 2014
Marina Del Rey-based textPlus , the venture-backed developer of mobile texting and calling applications, said Wednesday that it has launched a brand new, international calling app called GlobePhone. textPlus said the new app offers up international calling starting at $0.02
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textPlus Offers Up Free Calls to The Philippines
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NOVEMBER 15, 2013
Marina Del Rey-based mobile texting and messaging app textPlus said Thursday that it is doing its part to help out its customers with friends and families in the Philippines. textPlus said it started offering free calls to the area earlier this week, after the massive destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the country.
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Guidance Names New Marketing VP
socalTECH
OCTOBER 20, 2015
Marina Del Rey-based Guidance , which helps brands and retailers build online websites and apps, said Monday that it has named Jeff Hererra as its new Vice President of Marketing and Channel Development. Hererra was previously Head of Partner Marketing at Magento. He also has served at Visa.
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100 Evercar Plans LA Expansion For EV Rentals For Uber, Lyft Drivers
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MARCH 28, 2016
Los Angeles-based Evercar , a company which is developing an electric vehicle sharing network--starting with Los Angeles--says it plans a major expansion in this market, and plans to add as many as 1,000 vehicles in the Greater Los Angeles area.
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100 Esri To Power Maps For Ocean XPRIZE
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
Redlands-based Esri , the developer of mapping and GIS tools, has linked up with Marina Del Rey-based prize competition operator the XPRIZE Foundation , to use its tools as part of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE.
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textPlus: Turn Your Amazon Kindle Fire Into A Phone, Today
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APRIL 16, 2014
Marina Del Rey-based mobile app developer textPlus said Tuesday that its software can turn existing, Kindle Fire into a phone, using textPlus over WiFi today. Tired of waiting for Amazon.com to actually release a phone version of the Amazon Kindle Fire?
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164 textPlus Offers Up Valentine's Day Calling For Free
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FEBRUARY 13, 2014
Marina Del Rey-based mobile communications app and service provider textPlus will be offering up free calling through its app for Valentine''s Day, according to the company. textPlus develops mobile apps which let users text or call people, and is well known for its free texting services.
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147 Six Degree Games Gets $4.0M
socalTECH
AUGUST 1, 2011
Marina Del Rey-based Six Degree Games , the developer of online virtual worlds, recently raised $4.0M Six Degree Games is the developer of the virtual world Action AllStars. in new funding, according to regulatory and other sources. Details on the fundraising round--which closed in Q2--have not been announced.
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150 Tribogenics Gets $6.2M
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
Marina Del Rey-based Tribogenics , the developer of X-ray technology being aimed at enabling handheld, ultra-miniature portable x-rays, has raised $6.2M in a Series A funding round, the firm said today. The round was led by the Founders Fund.
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145 Guardian Circle Adds Peter Diamandis As Advisor
socalTECH
MAY 29, 2018
Marina Del Rey-based startup Guardian Circle , the developer of a social-based system and app that helps people summon help from their friends, said last week that it has added futurist Peter Diamandis as an advisor as part of a "token sale" the company is running.
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100 Tribogenics Adds Peter Diamandis To Advisory Board
socalTECH
DECEMBER 6, 2012
Marina Del Rey-based Tribogenics , the UCLA spinout which is developing small, low power X-ray sources aimed at enabling X-rays from portable equipment, has added Dr. Peter Diamandis to its advisory board. Tribogenics technology was originally developed under a DARPA-funded project at UCLA. READ MORE>>.
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147 Rovi Plans To Sell CinemaNow
socalTECH
JANUARY 4, 2013
The long, turbulent history of the video-on-demand technology developed by former Marina Del Rey-based CinemaNow continues today, after current owner Rovi Corporation said Thursday afternoon that it plans to pursue a sale of its Rovi Entertainment Stores business--the remains of CinemaNow.
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159 Cooking.com Powers Good Bite
socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2011
Marina Del Rey-based Cooking.com , which operates its own and other online stores for cooking-focused brands and companies, reported today that it will be managing and building a new, online kitchenware store for recipe video web site Good Bite. Good Bite is a site owned by Los Angeles-based online video firm DECA.
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180 Six Degree Games Raises $4.0M
socalTECH
MAY 31, 2011
Marina Del Rey-based Six Degree Games , the developer of online virtual worlds for children, has raised another $4.0M in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm late Friday. No details on the funding have yet been announced by the company, which is run by Minard Hamilton.
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145 GOGII Raises $15M
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 24, 2011
Marina del Rey-based GOGII , the social messaging firm headed by former JAMDAT founders Scott Lahman, Austin Murray, and Zack Norman, announced this morning that it has raised an additional $15M in a third round of funding. The app runs on iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android.
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X Prize's Diamandis Ties Together Space Mining, Virgin Galactic
socalTECH
JULY 12, 2012
Virgin Galactic--the firm backed by Sir Richard Branson, which is developing vehicles to deliver people, and now cargo, to space--is an offspring of SpaceShipOne, the first privately built vehicle to reach space, and the recipient of the $10M Ansari X Prize.
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133 Guidance Names EVP
socalTECH
AUGUST 11, 2010
Marina Del rey-based Guidance , a developer of e-commerce websites for online retailers, said Tuesday that it has appointed Mike Hill as Executive Vice President. Guidance said Hill will oversee the firm's sales strategy, manage its business development team, and develop and maintain key relationships with its partners.
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140 textPlus Launches Android App In Canada
socalTECH
APRIL 5, 2012
Marina Del Rey-based free text messaging app developer textPlus , said yesterday that it has launched its app on Android, in Canada, offering up free texting for users of mobile phones in that country. textPlus said the addition of Canada marks the beginning of an international expansion for the app.
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Los Angeles Fast 500 Winners Announced
socalTECH
OCTOBER 19, 2011
The highest ranking firms on the overall Technology Fast 500 from the area were Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , a developer of software e-commerce tools headed by Dan Engel , which was ranked at number 13 nationally with 17,468% revenue growth from 2006 to 2010.
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263 AuctionPoint Gets Investment From LoopNet
socalTECH
MARCH 17, 2010
Marina Del Rey-based AuctionPoint , which operates an online service for helping property brokers auction off commercial real estate, has received a strategic investment from LoopNet , LoopNet said today. Tang was formerly Chairman and CEO of technology consulting firm Guidance; Yang was a real estate developer.
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140 DivX Links With Sonic Solutions
socalTECH
DECEMBER 16, 2009
San Diego-based DivX , a provider of video encoding and decoding technology, said today that it has partnered with Sonic Solutions, a developer of digital media software. Sonic Solutions bought video-on-demand service CinemaNow, which was based in Marina Del Rey, in November of last year. READ MORE>>.
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Southern California Companies Raise $2.49 Billion In VC In Q2
socalTECH
JULY 15, 2016
Other big fundings contributing to the total included a $220M funding round for San Diego biotech firm Human Longevity Inc. , $111M raised by Marina Del Rey-based Thrive Market , and $100M raised by Irvine cybersecurity sofwtare developer Cylance. billion raised in the region just a year ago in Q1 of 2015.
Gogii Raises $8.2M
socalTECH
DECEMBER 10, 2009
Marina del Rey-based Gogii , a developer of text messaging applications, said Thursday that it has raised $8.2M in a Series B investment round. The round was led by Matrix Partners, and also included prior investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
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Rovi Plans To Sell Former CinemaNow Technology
socalTECH
JANUARY 4, 2013
The long, turbulent history of the video-on-demand technology developed by former Marina Del Rey-based CinemaNow continues today, after current owner Rovi Corporation said Thursday afternoon that it plans to pursue a sale of its Rovi Entertainment Stores business--the remains of CinemaNow.
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