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Startups Win $25,000 In CSULB Challenge

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Two startups won a total of $25,000 in prizes last week at the Sunstone Innovations Challenge at CSULB, a startup pitch competition involving student teams from CSU Long Beach. The runner up was UNWIND, which is developing personalized meditation programs, which received $10,000 in seed funding.

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With a $3.5 million haul, Dray Alliance joins a booming logistics startup scene in LA

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With an angle on a long-neglected part of the shipping industry — the short-haul movement of cargo from docks to logistics centers — Dray Alliance is joining a growing startup scene for logistics businesses based in Los Angeles. Trucking logistics company NEXT Trucking takes in a $21 million haul. The company has raised $3.5

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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And, because there are many companies in Long Beach and sourcing operations here, it really made sense to open up operations in Southern California. Michael Kleist: We''re seed funded, and have already raised money from twelve investors. We opened up an office in Shanghai, and we have marketing in Hangzhou.