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Halla AI Platform for Ecommerce Raises $1.4M Seed Funding

L.A. Business Journal

Burbank-based Shag Enterprises Inc, an artificial intelligence company that’s created a predictive platform for online ordering, announced on May 15 it raised $1.4 million in seed funding led by New York-based E&A Venture Capital.

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CareerArc Grows In LA, Names New VPs

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Burbank-based CareerArc , which develops social recruiting and outplacement. technology and services, says it is in the midst of a big expansion in Los Angeles, and has added about 20 percent to its headcount over the last three months. The company said, as part of that growth, it has named Jason Blais as Executive Vice President of Sales, Linda Souza as Senior Vice President of Marketing, and also promoted Yair Riemer to President of its Career Transition Services Division.

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With $12 million more in the bag, the furniture subscription service Feather heads to Los Angeles

TechCrunch LA

Furniture subscription rental service, Feather , is heading to Los Angeles and Orange County, California with $12 million in new funding and “thousands” of customers in New York and San Francisco. Sourcing its furniture from West Elm, Feather has come up with a business model that it says solves the problem fast furniture quickly filling up landfills as new renters buy furniture on the cheap and discard their old pieces when they move (which is more frequently than ever).

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Halla Finds $1.4M For Online Grocery Personalization

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A brand new, Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence startup, Halla , announced on Wednesday that it has raised $1.4M in its seed funding round, to help it expand its development of personalization technology for online grocers. According to Halla, the funding was led by E&A Venture Capital, an early stage food industry investor, and also included SOSV.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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SPAR 3D Conference and Expo

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 -- SPAR 3D Conference and Expo. SPAR 3D Expo and Conference, presented by SPAR 3D.com and co-located with AEC Next, is the premier international event for the commercial application of 3D technologies focused on 3D sensing, 3D processing, and 3D visualization tools. From sensing with drones, mobile rigs, and hand-held devices to using augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality visualization tools, everything 3D is here at the only vendor-neutral, industry-agnosti

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FabFitFun Expands Subscription Box To The UK

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Los Angeles-based lifestyle brand and subscription box service FabFitFun announced this morning that it has expanded its service to the United Kingdom, the first time it has offered its subscription box overseas. According to FabFitFun, it has launched the FabFitFun Summer Box in the UK, which will offer up a collection of products across the beauty, fashion, wellness, fitness, home, and technology products aimed at women.

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Glofox Picks Up $10M For Fitness Studio Management Tools

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Los Angeles- and Dublin, Ireland-based Glofox , which develops a cloud-based software to help fitness studio owners manage their businesses, has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Octopus Ventures, and also included Partech Ventures, Notion Capital, and Tribal VC. Glofox offers up white-label software which lets boutique fitness studios manage memberships; handle billing and recurring payments; provided branded-member booking apps; integrate with websites and social channe

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Eyeing Future IPO, A Rarity for SD Software Firms, Tealium Adds $55M

Xconomy

San Diego has had plenty of businesses go public in recent years, but most have been life sciences companies. Now software startup Tealium, which has about 215 employees at its San Diego headquarters, announced Wednesday it has added $55 million in a Series F financing. Eleven-year-old Tealium has now hauled in more than $160 million in venture capital, and is prepping to become one of the region’s first big tech companies to go public in over five years.

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Cryoport Acquires Cryogene

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Irvine-based life sciences service provider Cryoport announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Cryogene Partners , the operator of a 21,000 square foot biostorage facility, which specializes in the secure storage of biological specimens, materials and samples. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Cryogene is based in Houston, Texas.

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Silicon Beach Report May 15: Burbank-based CareerArc Expands

L.A. Business Journal

Team SoloMid partners with Lenovo; Feather spreads its wings in L.A.

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Evite Targets Professional Event Planners With New Service

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Los Angeles-based online invitations firm Evite is targeting professional event planners, with the launch of a new service, called Evite Pro , the company announced this morning. According to Evite, the new product is aimed at simplifying professional event planning and execution. Evite said the new "pro" product offers up tools for managing events, including designing and sending invitations, tracking attendee status, managing ongoing guest communications, and accessing event analytics such as

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Whiskey Coffee, Immigration, AI: MassChallenge Austin 2019 Startups

Xconomy

Austin —MassChallenge has picked the 74 early-stage companies that will eventually compete for a portion of $500,000 in cash as a part of its Austin accelerator program. They’re startups that are developing products in a wide range of sectors, including life sciences, agriculture, and artificial intelligence. A majority of the startups are from Texas, although some come from elsewhere in the US and world, including California, Virginia, Mexico, and Israel.

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Feather Launches Furniture Subscriptions In LA, OC

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Feather , an online, furniture rental service which lets people subscribe to gain access to fashionable furniture, said on Tuesday that is expanding its service to Los Angeles and Orange County. The New York-based startup offers up furniture from retailer West Elm, which lets them rent tables, lamps, sofas, love seats, and more--and lets them also return and swap those products anytime they like.

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R.E.D Talk: The Future of the Supply Chain in LA County

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Startup Video Interview: Tavio Hobson, Trufl

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As part of our new feature on socaltech, video interviews, we recently caught up with Tavio Hobson , the founder of an early stage startup called Trufl , an app which lets restaurant guests bid on a seat at a restaurant, without a reservation. Hobson previously was in business development for the LA Clippers. READ MORE>>.

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AEC Next Technology Expo + Conference

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Tuesday, May 21, 2019 --.