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JULY 11, 2017

According to Spokeo, it has launched Spokeo for Law Enforcement , an investigative search tool which pulls together both traditional, public records on people and combines that with social media data. According to Spokeo, the new tool will help officials better track down, monitor and contact individuals.

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L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 19, 2021

Triller Network, the owner of the Triller social media app and several streaming businesses, announced April 14 that it had acquired live event and pay-per-view platform Fite and had reached an agreement to purchase software developer Truverse Inc., doing business as Amplify.ai.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Nanxi Liu about the company''s software. Nanxi Liu: Our goal is to be the software that powers content on any kind of digital display that you see anywhere, whether that''s in a restaurant, hotel, or bar. We want our software to get you to be more engaged with the content on those displays.

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AUGUST 27, 2015

Santa Monica-based GumGum , the developer of digital advertising and marketing tools which tie advertising into online photographs and visual content, has rolled out a new social media analysis tool.

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JUNE 26, 2012

Aliso Viejo-based CitizenHawk , the venture backed developer of online brand protection services, said today that it has launched a social media monitoring tool. Cost of the new tool was not announced.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Evolver , the online avatar software site developed by Darwin Dimensions, said Thursday that it has launched a new web site that allows end users to create avatars for social media sites like Facebook and MySpace. Tags: evolver darwin dimensions avatar animation social media animate.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

San Diego-based ShowUhow , which develops video-based sales and product information for online retailers and manufacturers, said today that it has added a suite of social media integration features for the firm's offering. ShowUhow is venture backed by Syncom Ventures, and raised a round of capital back in August.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Santa Monica-based GraphEffect , which develops social marketing software, is tapping a bank of experts in the social media industry for its advisory board, the company announced today. GraphEffect said it has added Paul Ollinger, J.B. Kropp and Hari Menon to the advisory board.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Los Angeles-based Funraise , the developer of a software platform which helps nonprofits manage their fundraising efforts, has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The funding was lead by Toba Capital, the investment firm founded by Quest Software founder Vinny Smith.

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AUGUST 27, 2018

Los Angeles-based GoGuardian , a developer of educaitonal software, says it is targeting the problem of suicide and self-harm in K-12 schools, with a new product called Beacon. Pricing on the new software was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 18, 2014

Irvine-based Bitvore , a startup developing big data and intelligence-gathering software which pulls information from both public and private data sources for businesses, said this morning that it has closed a $4.5M, Series A funding round. Bitvore, led by Jeff Curie, said that it has developed a.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Los Angeles-based CrownPeak has set its sights on the social media space, saying this morning that it has launched a new product which publishes content into social networking sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Tags: crownpeak social media publishing facebook software saas. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

San Diego-based StockTwits , the online, finance-focused messaging service, said today that it has partnered with Q4 Web Systems , a developer of corporate websites and social media products for public companies. Q4's software powers Investors Relations sites for a wide variety of public companies. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2017

The Snapchat analytics software developed by Los Angeles-based Naritiv , a startup producing online content for brands, has been acquired by social media management firm Hootsuite. The announcement was made on Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 4, 2013

Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , the developer of high performance wireless networking equipment, is tapping into Relayware , a provider of collaboration and communicaitons software as part of its sales efforts, the firms said Thursday. Financial details of the link were not announced by the companies. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2013

has appointed Matt Monahan as its VP Social Media Marketing to stir its digital business acceleration. Monahan will be in charge of managing Science’s social customer acquisition companies like EverySignal and Madrigold. The post Science Inc Names 500 Startups Matt Monahan as VP Social Media Marketing appeared first on TechZulu.

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JULY 24, 2019

The social media and communication software developer announced the numbers in its second quarter 2019 financial results. Santa Monica-based Snap Inc. , the parent company of Snapchat , says its daily active users (DAU) increased by 8 percent year-over-year, to 203 million users.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

operations of the wildly popular social media app, TikTok, according to a report from Bloomberg. government has also put a target on the telecommunications and networking technology developer, Huawei. President Donald Trump said has has given his stamp of approval “in concept” on the Oracle bid for the U.S.

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AUGUST 30, 2017

Solana Beach-based Hookit , a developer of sports sponsorship analytics software, says it has raised $16M in a funding round. The funding was led by Arrowroot Capital, and also included Bialla Ventures and Social Starts.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Los Angeles-based GumGum Sports , which develops artificial intelligence powered software which helps sports team measure advertising being presented in sports coverage of their teams, has rolled out a new analytics module it says streamlines sponsorship analysis and reporting.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Shopify , which develops software for merchants to set up e-commerce, mobile, social media sites, online marketplaces, bricks-and-mortar stores, and more, is setting up a space for entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, the company said this morning. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of customer relationship management and contact management software, said today that it has linked its app into social media management service Hootsuite. nimble hootsuite social media management contact sales software saas' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 2, 2013

Santa Monica-based social media marketing startup Fan Appz has tied its customer feedback and social media marketing product into Twitter , to better allow brands to interact with their fans and followers, the firm has announced. appz twitter fanappaz social media marketing brand' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Shuttlerock , a New Zealand-based developer of marketing software which helps companies embed social media generated by their fans into their websites, has raised $2.35M in a Series A funding, and opened up its US headquarters in Los Angeles. ShuttleRock also said that it has named former ValueClick CEO James R.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. Its “content arm” Entity Mag has quite interestingly gone viral on social media and has more than 1.1

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MAY 31, 2017

Mission Viejo-based Comergence Compliance , a developer of compliance software for the mortgage lending industry, has been acquired by Optimal Blue , the operator of a digital marketplace for the mortgage industry. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Optimal Blue is owned by private equity investor GTCR.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Irvine-based content moderation software developer WebPurify says it has enhanced its tools with a new tool, which allows its users to automatically detect text in memes and other images in blogs, forums, social media apps, children's sites, in-game chats, and more.

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MARCH 11, 2019

Los Angeles-based private equity investor K1 Investment Management has acquired Digital Pharmacist , a software development firm which helps pharmacists manage refill reminders and other marketing. The deal was worth $125M. Digital Pharmacist, which is based in Austin, Texas, had been backed by LiveOak Venture Partners.

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APRIL 9, 2013

Santa Monica-based Fan Appz , the developer of personalized, marketing software headed by Jon Siegal, said today that it has linked into social collaboration network marketplace SHIFT. fanappz appz social media marketing software service shift brands' Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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JULY 9, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps national brands keep information on their stores up to date across mapping and mobile services, has named Nick Hedges as CEO of the company, MomentFeed said this morning. Hedges served in that position until its recent acquisition by Ellie Mae.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based market research provider MarketCast said on Monday that it has acquired Fizziology , a software developer focused on social insights and analytics for the media and entertainment industry. Fizziology's software uses social media sites (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Sina Weibo, etc.)

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AUGUST 29, 2013

MomentFeed--which develops software used by those retailers to match up social activity to their retail locations--said that it has published a report which shows that Starbucks led in Instagram engagement in Q2 of 2013, with 109,054 photos taken of Starbucks locations. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops mobile marketing software which lets marketers understand correlate the activities of mobile users with the physical locations of those consumers, said this morning that it has raised $5.5M momentfeed venture capital location analytics software retail marketing social media'

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

Los Angeles-based social marketing software developer PromoJam said today that it is powering a digital, "Instagram Holiday Tree" for The Carlton Hotel in New York City, Caravan Stylist Studio, and 30 NYC fashion designers. promojam instagram tree social media promotion carlton holiday christmas' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Santa Monica-based CRM software developer Nimble has been selected to join Microsoft's startup accelerator in Seattle, the company said today, in a major move which will help tie Nimble into Microsoft's ecosystem. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Gone are the days of required $50K computer servers onsite, with big software license fees up-front. Social media facilitates marketing and sales.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Los Angeles-based Aggregage , which develops aggregation and curation software to help B2B publishers curate and develop their own publications, said today that it has launched a new site for the 3D Printing Association. aggregage printing curation content software aggregation publishing' READ MORE>>.

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