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MAY 13, 2013

Can your software skills help make your local community a better place? Could doing some coding over a weekend help improve your local government? According to the group, the hackathon is the first ever "civic hackathon" in Los Angeles, and asks participants to pull in civic data from the City of LA to help power apps.

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JULY 6, 2020

Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter company Bird received a PPP bailout loan worth at least $5 million, according to a report, but laid off nearly 400 employees anyway. According to The Verge, the loan came in late April, when Bird said the loan would help it retain 341 jobs.

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JULY 6, 2020

Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter company Bird received a PPP bailout loan worth at least $5 million, according to a report, but laid off nearly 400 employees anyway. According to The Verge, the loan came in late April, when Bird said the loan would help it retain 341 jobs.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Machinima , which had been the poster child for Southern California's multi-channel-network (MCN) boom, has laid off most of its employees and ceased its operations , according to reports. in 2016, in a deal then reported as worth less than $100M. Machinima had been acquired by Warner Bros.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

Culver City-based Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired a cyber security company to help it clean up and track the massive hacking of the company''s corporate network, and also has the FBI on the case, according to reports today.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Los Angeles-based Ring , the maker of doorbell and security cameras which is now owned by Amazon , is looking to make it very easy for local law enforcement to obtain surveillance footage without a need for a warrant , according to a report from Motherboard.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), one of several companies in the LA area working on advanced transportation systems first imagined by Elon Musk, is reportedly in discussions with the city of Cupertino to help ease traffic in that city. Cupertino, which is in Silicon Valley, is where Apple is headquartered.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2019

New energy storage technology--based on gravity and potential energy--may be on its way to helping to revolutionize energy storage, without the need or limited lifetime of batteries, according to a report today.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is in the midst of raising another $500M in funding, according to the WSJ, in a funding round to help it bring its constellation of Internet satellites to space. According to the report--citing "people familiar with the fundraising"--the new round values SpaceX at $30.5 along with its existing shareholders.

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JULY 24, 2023

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Who’s helping you with fundraising? What about reporting and moderation? Reporting What needs to be reported? Send messages?

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APRIL 21, 2014

A new report, released over the weekend, says that Los Angeles should look towards New York and San Francisco and what they have done to help strengthen the community here for technology startups. Tech Agenda report, edited by David C. angeles tech agenda report economic growth garcetti' READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Miso Robotics hires COO to help expand restaurant installations; NASA sees equivalent risk of launching used SpaceX rocket booster; and satellite data analysis startup Slingshot Aerospace raised $3.25

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Ridesharing giant Uber is considering a major deal to buy either Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter rental service Bird , or possibly, Bird's key rival, Lime , according to a report.

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MAY 14, 2014

The report is the very first report as a public company by Rubicon. Rubicon Project helps publishers optimize their online advertising, via a real-time-bidding (RTB) marketplace. The online advertising technology provider, headed by Frank Addante, went public in April.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

Carlsbad-based MaintenanceNet , the developer of software-as-a-service used for managing service contracts and service quotes for manufacturers and others, reported today that it has had a record year. The firm said it had year-over-year revenue growth of nearly 115 percent worldwide, and increased its staff by 60 percent. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 14, 2019

A new report, from market analysis firm Sensor Tower, says that Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery , the Harry Potter-themed mobile game developed by Los Angeles-based JamCity , has now collected $110M in player spending, in less than a year. and the rest in countries like Germany, the UK, and elsewhere.

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APRIL 3, 2018

A report, published Tuesday by CNBC, says Venice, California-based Snap is in advanced talks to set up a new office in Saudi Arabia. The report said the move is related to an effort by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to help train Saudi youth to develop content for the market.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

Andy Vogel: We do that by providing deep integration into a variety of CRM sytsems, ERP systems, and tying it all together on the back end, with a reporting and analytics toolset, which allows you to create business intelligence to make the right decisions for businesses. We''re here essentially to solve that problem. How do you do that?

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans. Popbase is an app that operates almost like an interactive forum for new media.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Los Angeles-based AllVoices , a new startup which helps companies collect anonymous feedback on such areas as harassment, bullying, bias, and other problems in their organizations, has raised $3M in a seed funding round, the company said on Thursday.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based comedy website Funny or Die --started by Will Ferrell--is looking for a buyer, according to reports this week from Bloomberg. to help sell the company, according to the report, saying that the website is seeking $100 million to $300 million in the sale of the company.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based Oblong , which develops products to help with telepresence and collaboration, says it has scored a major order for its Mezzanine product.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

ShoeDazzle's public relations firm could not comment on the report, and the company had yet to reply to requests forwarded to them at press time. Los Angeles-based ShoeDazzle has cut a significant amount of its staff, according to sources, saying that the company had "major layoffs" Thursday morning. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

News & World Report. The two companies said that Agent Ace is powering a new, consumer web portal, Best Agents , to help connect readers with real estate agents. Agent Ace uses home sales history and other data points to help match home buyers and sellers with real estate agents. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

San Diego-based Qualcomm , through its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, said it is offering up a $15,000 bounty for vulnerabilities that "white hat" hackers are able to discover and report to the company involving the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor family.

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MARCH 8, 2012

The Tech Coast Angels , the organized Southern California angel investment group, helped boost California into the top states for angel investment deals, according to a new study released today. The report did not break down investment totals between Southern California and Northern California. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

Venice-based Snap , the parent firm of Snapchat, has acquired San Francisco-based ad technology developer Flite , according to reports this morning. According to recode, the acquisition is an "acquihire", and Snap is using the buy to help bring in new ad technology talent, rather than any software developed by Flite.

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MAY 3, 2018

A report today from TechCrunch said the new dating features announced this week by Facebook are being developed in Los Angeles, by former eHarmony Chief Scientist Steve Carter. According to the report, Carter helped design the psychometric and relationship models that became the basis of eHarmony.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Woodland Hills-based Music Reports , the provider of music copyright, royalty accounting, and rights administration which is owned by private equity firm ABRY Partners, reported today that it is working with social music service Rdio. Music Reports will help Rdio pay royalties and generate music usage reports for music publishers.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand has hired investment banking firms Centerview Partners and Goldman Sachs, in a move that could result in either a sale of the company, or help in fighting off an activist investor, according to a report.

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

A new report-- published by Gizmodo on Monday--says that Ring cameras are giving a lot more information about users' location than users might suspect, with the locations of "tens of thousands" of cameras easily obtainable by researchers.

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JANUARY 23, 2018

Esports One raises $3 million to help viewers make sense of e-sports competitions; Snapchat to let users share content on other social networks; and Boring Co. pitches Culver City Council on tunneling plan.

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JULY 31, 2023

These two questions/answers can help define the early proof points for your company. Next, define what you need from a metrics and reporting standpoint. Don’t overcomplicate things with reporting tools. And how much will it cost to win them? Don’t worry about scaling just yet. Apply costs to each channel.

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MAY 8, 2012

Los Angeles-based expense management software and services developer ExpenseCloud , which was founded by Eric Sikola and Dan Fritcher, has been acquired by human resources provider Trinet , according to reports today. According to PandoDaily, citing "sources with direct knowledge of the transaction", the deal was signed last Thursday.

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JANUARY 30, 2014

Los Angeles-based music software startup Topspin has laid off a "significant" amount of staff, according to reports , with a majority of the company''s staff getting the pink slip. The startup offered up web-based apps to help artists and labels reach their fans. Topspin is venture backed by Foundry Group and Redpoint Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu is looking to sell a stake in the company to Time Warner , according to a report , which would value Hulu at $5 billion. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

Los Angeles-based HelloTech , the in-home, information technology support service led by Richard Wolpert, is close to closing a $10M, Series A funding round, according to reports. The funding is reportedly led by Madrona Venture Group.

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