socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

If successful, the IPO would raise around $137M for the company, which provides back-end email delivery services for other companies. SendGrid is offering up 7,700,000 shares of its common stock, and most recently estimated an IPO range of between $13.50 and $15.50 The company has been approved to list as SEND on the NYSE. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2019

Employees of Venice-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat , have been abusing access to a tool--SnapLion--that allows them to retrieve user data, including saved Snaps, location information, phone numbers, and email addresses, according to a report.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2018

Venice, California-based social networking app developer Snap Inc. has laid off more than 120 engineers, according to reports based on internal emails being circulated from the company, saying it had cut its "lowest performing" engineers in recent job reviews. The layoffs represent around 10 percent of Snap's engineering team.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 16, 2012

We'll celebrate digital innovators in tech, entertainment and startups in movies, music, TV, games, fashion, and more, June 21-23 with panels, workshops, mixers, keynotes and cocktails at more than 10 hubs focused in Santa Monica to Venice. Email info@digitalla.net.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Venice, California-based Thankful, a new artificial intelligence software startup focused on customer service, announced this morning that it has raised $12M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by Alpha Edison, and also included Bonfire Ventures, Ten-One-Ten, Greycroft, Omega, and Miramar Ventures.

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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.”

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 17, 2012

We'll celebrate digital innovators in tech, entertainment and startups in movies, music, TV, games, fashion, and more, June 21-23 with panels, workshops, mixers, keynotes and cocktails at more than 10 hubs focused in Santa Monica to Venice. Email info@digitalla.net.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 15, 2012

We'll celebrate digital innovators in tech, entertainment and startups in movies, music, TV, games, fashion, and more, June 21-23 with panels, workshops, mixers, keynotes and cocktails at more than 10 hubs focused in Santa Monica to Venice. Email info@digitalla.net.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2018

Venice-based Snap lost the head of its Spectacles division earlier this month, according to a report on Tuesday, as Snap continues to struggle to make its connected sunglasses more appealing to users. Snap--the parent company of Snapchat--launched the second version of its Spectacles in April.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Venice, California-based Snapchat said over the weekend that a number of its employees have had their identities compromised, after one of its employees feel for a phishing scam, and revealed payroll information about a number of its employees.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2015

The company offers up many features familiar to on-demand app users, including emailed photos of your items and SMS pick up and scheduling. Names of the seed investors in the company were not announced.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2018

Venice-based, last-mile scooter transportation company Bird has rolled out a brand new program which will offer up discounted rates to low income users, saying it will eliminate its $1 base fee per ride for anyone who qualifies for a state or federal assistance program.

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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. However, the firm still isn't taking just any artists, however, explaining it is still in "invite mode" on which artists can use its products.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We're working with a company in Venice Beach which is trying to solve that problem. Finally, for entrepreneurs, what's the best way to approach you--email, Twitter, Facebook? They can find me on Twitter, email me, find me on Namesake. There are big companies being build around the mobile phone. I respond to everybody.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

This will bring back some conscious thought to digital gift giving instead of the current non-emotional email that links to a gift card. “We I chose Venice, California as a great breeding ground for this tool to help all the local businesses,” said Hagger. Big brands are also heading for Doppels.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

We moved from our loft in Venice to a new tech campus in Santa Monica. Personally, my work has shifted 80 percent to my mobile device for work communication, text, email and reading. We've always known how important it is as VCs to invest in founders.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 12, 2014

However, TechZulu will be doing an official pre-event on Tuesday June 17th with our #TZTechCrawl in Venice. Email mfgorman@gmail.com if you’d like to demo your gadget, hardware, accessories, etc. If you want a booth, email wonji@nearwoo.com, including a fun activity for the public. Its that time of the year again!

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. As a member of NextSpace I have witnessed Amplify in operation and it is a shop that definitely believes in good rewards stemming from hard work.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. As a member of NextSpace I have witnessed Amplify in operation and it is a shop that definitely believes in good rewards stemming from hard work.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Mock The Vote , the mobile, political satire application developed by Venice-based Laffster , has just launch on Android, giving political news fans another platform to get the latest, humorous take on politics. The firm told users today in an email that the new Android app now has "20% more CIA sex scandals". READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

We sent out a lot of emails and showed them a lot of visuals of what we can do. I mean, Venice Beach is starting to be called “Silicon Beach”. How hard was it to bring venues and other partnerships to your business? MR: It was all about knocking on doors. We did not have many connections in LA, but it was all about numbers.

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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.

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