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MAY 31, 2019

Los Angeles-based Snap Inc. , the parent firm of Snapchat , has sold off Placed , a developer of location intelligence and offline attribution software tools. Foursquare said the acquisition will deepen its location technology platform. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based Camera IQ , a developer of augmented reality (AR) software, said this morning that it has raised $5M more in its Series A funding, bringing its total raised to over $14M. The company is developing augmented reality software specifically for use for brand marketing. Allison Ferenci is co-founder and CEO of Camera IQ.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

The 10 startups in Yellow’s third batch include: Brightly : a media platform and community that promotes ethical and sustainable brands. Stipop : a rich cross-platform chat sticker API. Earlier Yellow bets skewed more toward content investments as Snapchat was scaling Discover. making their way to Los Angeles.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Based in Los Angeles, Lensabl already has an agreement inked with the city’s latest tech wunderkind, partnering with the spectacles-producing augmented reality luminaries at Snap. “We are the preferred prescription provider of Snapchat Spectacles,” says Lensabl chief executive Andrew Bilinsky.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

From Los Angeles to Silicon Valley , a trend emerged among social media influencers and startup founders alike: move into a mansion with 10 or so collaborators, work day and night together to build fame and wealth, and hope that your new roommates do their dishes. ” Once again, TikTok apologized.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. ” Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S. (at

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The Disney Accelerator said that Smart Toy was acquired by Los Angeles-based children''s product firm Cartwheel Kids, and that SnowShoe raised $2.2M in its seed funding round.

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JULY 21, 2017

We've combed through our database of companies to figure out which companies are involved in this industry here, ranging from key developers of military UAS/UAV platforms, to startups developing the software behind the growing consumer drone market. How is the parent company of Snapchat involved in drone development? Our list below: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated.

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LATechDigest

JUNE 6, 2016

LACI, Los Angeles. DTLA General Assembly, Los Angeles. CTRL Collective, Los Angeles. HauteLook/Nordstrom HQ, Los Angeles. Busby’s, Los Angeles. LMU, Los Angeles. **. PASADENA ANGELS Raises $1.3M SNAPCHAT Acquires 3D Selfie Co ( link ). 06/07/2016.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2014

Maynard Webb) and the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti. And they were allegedly acquired (or so TechMeme says) by Apple in order to absorb the great engineers that built the leading iOS testing platform TestFlight. We also had many senior studio executives and leaders. Buying local teams with talented engineering groups.

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MAY 12, 2017

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Donut Media (www.donut.media) announced a seed funding round, for its efforts to create a online, video-focused brand centered around car enthusiasts. The way we're doing that, is we are creating video content, which we distribute across social platforms.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J. Fun Fact: Their latest investment was into LA-based Daqri – the augmented reality platform that has been used for campaigns with Cadillac and MAXIM Magazine.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 5, 2019

Snap has taken a three-pronged approach: extending its stories feature (and ads) into third-party apps and building out its camera play with an AR platform , but it is the launch of social games that is the most intriguing. It managed to stop the rot with a flat Q4 , but resting on its laurels isn’t going to bring the good times back.

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AUGUST 29, 2014

We recently spoke with Mauhan about his startup, which is setting up offices in Los Angeles, but is based in New York. Los Angeles has a lot of content and content providers, and it''s been helpful to be near those people. We''re based in New York, but we''ll have a permanent presence here in Los Angeles.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Cody Simms: Techstars tripled down on Los Angeles in 2016 with the launch of three investment and mentorship programs for startups through which we will be investing in more than 30 startups per year in LA. Cody Simms: Locally in LA the Snapchat IPO will have a huge impact on our local startup ecosystem.

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MARCH 11, 2014

Plus, they''ve invested in Los Angeles. They came to LA, and they''ve invested in companies like Honest Company and Snapchat, and a few others, hosted dinners for Los Angeles entrepreneurs, and they''ve made a serious investment in the community. That goes a long way.

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JUNE 8, 2020

Our interview today is with Scott Grimes , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Stackin' , which operates a text-based, financial messaging platform. Scott Grimes: Ultimately, we are a text messaging platform build on top of Twilio. Stackin recentlyraised $12.6M We see a lot of this is based on text messaging?

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

After logging into your account via Facebook API, the platform uses your date of birth as the core data to help you calendar all of your friend’s birthdays and discover other people around you who also celebrate your special day. Snapchat Stories are an easy way to send your friend a birthday wish. Express Yourself.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

For today's interview, we thought we'd catch up with Robert Blatt , the CEO of Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com), which recently announced a $16.3M Our clients are telling us that, because our platform is based on their location, there are so many other things they want to do to engage with consumers.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

Manatt is a significant brand in the digital media space, particularly in Los Angeles, and it's a great place, and we'll continue to collaborate on opportunities. Snapchat started as a communications company, but it too is transforming itself into a media company. Peter Csathy: I'm an entrepreneur, a builder of companies.

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MARCH 6, 2017

He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected. 43% of all goods arriving into American ports come through LA and Long Beach ports in Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based Flipagram (www.flipagram.com) has created a potent and wildly viral mobile app, which combines photos, music, and video to create addictive, engaging mini slideshows of your life. We also had to secure the music rights and get musicians on the platform, so that they could benefit from the use of their music.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based Flipagram (www.flipagram.com) has created a potent and wildly viral mobile app, which combines photos, music, and video to create addictive, engaging mini slideshows of your life. We also had to secure the music rights and get musicians on the platform, so that they could benefit from the use of their music.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2016

Founded in Los Angeles by Latinos to address the growing demand for short-form online video for Millennials it is probably single-handedly improving the diversity of the tech industry as the employee base is overwhelmingly Latino and proud.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. Wasn’t Jonah worried about “platform risks?”

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