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Postmates’ newest feature is like Uber POOL for food delivery

TechCrunch LA

The feature is now available in Chicago, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Calif., Postmates Party is the latest innovation in on-demand delivery that will help us deliver on this vision,” Postmates CEO and co-founder Bastian Lehmann said in a statement. cities in which it currently operates. and Philadelphia. billion valuation.

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Fuel50: Helping Employees Figure Out Their Career Path, With Anne Fulton

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com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next. It helps you figure out what you can do in a business, what roles are available, what might be my future here.

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Bikestation Gains Funding

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Irvine-based Bikestation , a developer of facilities for bicycle commuting, has scored an investment from the Tech Coast Angels angel investment group, the TCA said this morning. According to the Orange County arm of the Tech Coast Angels, the investment was led by Raulee Marcus.

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Interview with Clint Brauer, Greenfield Robotics

socalTECH

How do you reduce or eliminate the huge amount of chemicals farmers need today in farming for crops such as corn, soybean, or milo -- and help overcome the growing resistance of weeds to those chemicals? We're not asking them to spend any more money or finance this, but to buy it as robotics-as-a-service. We're on year two now.

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MAN OVERBOARD: Mayday - Mayday - Mayday

Tech Coast Venture Network

Jeff Blanton This past weekend I was racing in the annual Mid-Winter Regatta out of Long Beach. Lesson learned; the owners invested in some equipment to solve the problem. A call for help from YOU! During the last race of five, we had just rounded the final mark with our spinnaker up and heading for the finish line.

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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s hard to remember that in 2012 it was still hard for LA VCs to persuade investors into funds that LA was a viable market for great venture capital funds or convince many VCs that LA was a market worth investing dollars into startups. 43% of all goods arriving into American ports come through LA and Long Beach ports in Los Angeles.