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SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Human resources outsourcing provider ADP is launching a new location in Pasadena, looking to tap into the wealth of technical talent with a new Innovation Center on Lake Avenue. According to ADP, the new Innovation Center will bring 350 employees to the new center, which will give it a West Coast location for its international business.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

The Pasadena Angels , one of the most active organized angel investment groups in the Los Angeles area, released some details on the groups'' 2014 performance over the holidays, saying that it saw a total of four exits--including a $100M exit over at Bluebeam --and closed 17 deals during the year. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 14, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. Panels include: Social Media; The Pasadena Angels An Investor Panels Evaluation of Five Technology Companies; The Impact of Portable Tablets and Apps on Business; Learn Technology Trade Secrets from Top Entrepreneurs: and much more. See [link] (more)

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

Thursday, December 8, 2011 -- ASP - Los Angeles Holiday Benefit Party. This is a charity Holiday Party that will include a cocktail reception, holiday themed background music, festive ambiance in a Pasadena historic landmark, and a toy collection to benefit a childrens annual toy distribution. See [link] (more)

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Pasadena-based Tetra Tech Inc. — the largest engineering and infrastructure services firm in Los Angeles County now that AECOM has departed for Dallas — reported record fiscal 2021 earnings on Nov.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Parchment got its start in Los Angeles as Docufide, a startup offering up handling of high school transcripts for colleges and university applications; Docufide was venture backed by the Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps).

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The City of Los Angeles' emergency alert system, NotifyLA, will be upgraded by Pasadena-based technology firm Everbridge Inc. thanks to a new agreement finalized Sept.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

San Jose-based PayPal Holdings said this morning that it has completed its $4 billion cash acquisition of Los Angeles-based Honey , the developer of a browser plug-in that helps consumers find the best coupons for purchases when they are shopping online. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2019

Los Angeles-based Ready Set Food , a startup developing a system which introduces babies to peanut, egg, and milk--potential allergens--has raised $2.2M The funding came from Amplify.LA, Wavemaker 360, PLG Ventures, Adam Miller, David Rogier, the Pasadena Angels, and John Burry.

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MAY 31, 2019

The ad serving and "creative optimization" businesses of Sizmek , the now-bankrupt developer of advertising technology which had a significant portion of its team in Los Angeles, has been acquired by Amazon , Amazon said on Friday. Among the biggest creditors that Sizmek owes money to is Pasadena-based OpenX , which is owed $5.9M.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Alexandra Real Estate Equities , a real estate investment trust (REIT) operator which has offices in Pasadena, said this morning that it is offering up a $100,000 prize for early stage agtech and food companies, and also apparently is working on a new property in the Los Angeles area.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 10, 2017

s slow second-quarter growth disappoints Wall Street, Los Angeles Rams Owner Stan Kroenke buys e-sports team and DUI-test maker Ocular Data Systems funded by Pasadena Angels.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 8, 2020

” In some ways, the model isn’t that different from Bill Gross’ idealab, the Pasadena, Calif.-based based incubator company that’s a few miles up the road from Share Ventures Los Angeles home base. “Our investors are getting founders takes in all the companies that we build,” Watt says.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Idealab-backed developer of mobile analytics software, said this week that it has sold its managed media business unit to Los Angeles-based Gimbal. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Los Angeles-based advertising technology and ad network operator OpenX is expanding in the Los Angeles area, saying this morning that it has opened up a new, Culver City office. The office is the company's seventh office worldwide, and the third in California. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Los Angeles-based online and mobile movie ticketing provider Fandango announced today that it has expanded its coverage in Southern California, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., with a new relationship with theater chain ArcLight Cinemas. Terms of the agreement were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2014

The battle for mindshare--and riders--in Los Angeles is continuing today, as Taxi app provider Taxi Magic announced that it will gain offer up free taxi rides to people who uses the company''s app to hail a cab, through Friday, May 9th.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based ranking and polling website Ranker , the startup led by Clark Benson and backed by Draper Associates, Rincon Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Lowercase Capital, BullPen Capital, Data Collective, TenOneTen Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, and Pasadena Angels, said today that it hit 11.5

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

In this solo episode we meet up with Andrew Blackmon Co-Founder and Co-CEO and talk about The Black Tux, why entrepreneurship, building a company from a personal experience, Los Angeles over New York, and the challenge of logistics and technology.

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MAY 18, 2017

Los Angeles-based Kryptos Logic has emerged from the shadows this week, after one of its researchers halted the massive WannaCry virus. The company is one of a number of cybersecurity companies based in the Los Angeles area, including such companies as Crowdstrike--the company investigating Russian hacking into the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA), which supports local startups and emerging-growth companies, has named entrepreneur Kimberly Kovacs as the group's new President, according to the group. LAVA's day to day operations are managed by Executive Director Len Lanzai.

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APRIL 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based OpenX , the programmatic advertising marketplace operator, said on Thursday that it has named Janice Rohn as its new Vice President of User Experience (UX). Rohn, who wil be based in Pasadena, will lead the company's User Experience (UX) team, according to the company.

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MAY 23, 2017

The company currently offers up its service only in San Francisco and Los Angeles. HubHaus--which shows locations right now in Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Glendale, and Pasadena--matches up applicants for its houses with others with similar professions and personal interests. The funding was led by General Catalyst Partners.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Among the highest ranked in the annual program was OpenX Software , based in Pasadena, which had a 44,075% five year growth rate, which was ranked at number 5 in the nation, based on its fiscal revenue growth rate from 2008 to 2012.

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JULY 20, 2016

Parking reservation service SpotHero says it has launched its parking app in Los Angeles, letting users find and reserve parking spots near LAX, Downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena, along with elsewhere, at over 150 locations in the Los Angeles area. Need help finding a parking spot in LA?

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DECEMBER 22, 2017

In this solo episode we meet up with Nick Co-Founder and Co-CEO and talk about Thrive Market, affordable healthy living, learning how to mange 'insane' growth, giving back, providing engineers a good reason to migrate south to Los Angeles, and as an entrepreneur solving a problem you care about.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

In addition to leading the Alliance as its Executive Director, he is vice mayor for the City of Pasadena and is a founder of Innovate Pasadena (www.innovatepasadena.org), which is dedicated to advancing the Eastside of Los Angeles as a vibrant innovation center for deep tech.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Pasadena-based people search site Spokeo has named longtime Los Angeles technology veteran Tom Fuelling as its new Chief Financial Officer, the company said today. Fuelling was most recently CFO over at Laurel & Wolf, and also has served at such companies as OpenX and Hulu.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based Yowza , the developer of a mobile coupon and deals app, which was backed by comedian Wayne Brady, the Tech Coast Angels, the Pasadena Angels, and others, has been acqurieed by mobile commerce software provider Spindle , Spindle said today.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising firm Airpush , and Pasadena-based ad exchange and ad technology provider OpenX said Monday that the two companies are in a partnership to launch a new, private mobile ad exchange.

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JULY 15, 2013

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ranked further down on the list, at number 16, at $13.1M The report, from The Atlantic , found that Santa Barbara-Santa-Maria-Goleta was number five in the nation in terms of venture capital activity per 100,000 people, with $59.1M in deals in 2012 and 3.3 venture capital deals per 100,000 people.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm Upfront Ventures has made an investment in Jiko , a startup developing an alternative to traditional banks. Jiko said this week that it raised $7.7M in its Series A, which came from Upfront Ventures, Radical Impact, and Social Capital. Treasuries and other high yield investments.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based Atlas Powered , a developer of software for managing calendar, task, and contact data on iOS and Android, has raised $700,000 in a funding round, the firm said today.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

The funding from Rustic Canyon looks to have been led by Nate Redmond ; Mitch Lasky , who made his name here in Los Angeles in founding JAMDAT, is also involved with the firm via Benchmark Capital. Alhambra is a suburb of Los Angeles, just south of Pasadena. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

which has most of its employees in Westlake Village; Los Angeles-based Gamefly ; City of Industry-based NewEgg ; San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies ; and Thousand Oaks-basd Nexsan. Other firms currently in registration include Santa Monica-based Demand Media ; San Diego-based Zogenix ; Inphi Corp.

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MARCH 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based advertising software developer SteelHouse is in major executive expansion mode, saying late Monday that it has named Boris Bronshteyn as its Chief Technology Officer, and David U. Simon as its Chief Marketing Officer. It also has promoted Chris Innes to Chief Operating Officer. Rovion and Yoyodyne. READ MORE>>.

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