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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Los Angeles-based social and mobile game development firm, SGN , said today that it has launched a new tool called MasterKey, which it says can be used to develop cross-platform titles. SGN is headed by Chris DeWolfe, one of the founders of MySpace, and is venture backed by Austin Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Los Angeles- and India-based VueXR , a developer of augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality publishing tools, said it has launched a new platform to help publish content via iOS and Android smartphones.

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JUNE 16, 2020

Open Raven , the Los Angeles-based security startup founded by a team of cybersecurity veterans from CrowdStrike and SourceClear, has closed on $15 million in new financing only four months after emerging from stealth and in the middle of a pandemic. . and provided by the company.

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . “Los Angeles is a great place for this, because we have a close relationship with Caltech and JPL,” according to Gross.

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JANUARY 19, 2020

The roughly 300,000 marchers that filled the streets of downtown Los Angeles for the third annual Women’s March received more than just an opportunity to hear from some of the state’s high powered politicians, they were also part of a new experiment from local March organizers in bringing technology into the movement.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Chris Lorenz, Geoffrey Anderson, and James Borow may have spent their days over the past few years working at Snap, but on nights and weekends Anderson and Lorenz were laboring on a different project — improving Ethereum development tools. . ” . . “We were really working on scalability testing.” ”

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JANUARY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , which provides both two-factor authentication and fraud risk scoring tools, said on Tuesday that it has enhanced its Telesign Score fraud intelligence product.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

Los Angeles-based MedAnswers , a venture-backed startup focused on fertility, is announcing this morning that it has launched a new product, which helps match users with fertility doctors and experts. The new matchign platform is free to end users.

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JUNE 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based audio advertising technology developer ,a href="[link] Digital said today that it has rolled out a new, "supply side platform" (SSP) aimed at the online audio market. Triton said its new tool is already being used by publishers such as CBS RADIO, PRISA Radio and Talpa Radio. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 30, 2020

Los Angeles-based J2 Global --which operates a very wide range of Internet information services and publications--says it is now providing free access to healthcare providers for its Consensus healthcare interoperability platform. The Consensus business is one of a number of businesses owned by J2 Global.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Croquet Corporation has raised $2.7M in a seed funding round, to go towards its development of tools to power apps and games for 5G and augmented reality (AR), the company said on Tuesday. The company is targeting its tools for use by multi-player gamed developers. in the seed funding.

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JUNE 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture investor Trousdale Ventures announced this morning that it has made an investment in Preamble, a startup offering up "ethical artificial intelligence" moderation to social networks. Size of the seed funding round was not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Los Angeles-based DataScience , the data analytics software developer led by Ian Swanson, has rolled out its data analysis platform, the DataScience Cloud. The new software is aimed at data science teams in the enterprise. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

and international cities like London, Mexico City, Seoul and Vilnius are building professional social networks for black professionals and blue collar workers, fashion labels, educational tools in augmented reality, kids entertainment, and an interactive entertainment production company. The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

AvantStay — which has built a platform where it decorates and then lists properties owned by others for people to rent out for vacations or other short-term stays — has raised $160 million in a Series B round of funding. Los Angeles-based AvantStay has been around since 2017 and had only raised $25 million in the last four years.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Five years ago, when the Los Angeles-based enterprise software startup Replicated first launched, it was one of a number of contenders looking to bring containerized software development tools to businesses. Already, Replicated has four customers who are using its KOTS suite of tools.

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JUNE 9, 2021

Mythical Games , an NFT games startup based out of Los Angeles, has banked a $75 million raise from new and existing investors betting on the startup’s aim to expand the ambitions of their first title and locate a substantial platform opportunity amid helping developers build blockchain-based gaming experiences.

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JUNE 20, 2014

Los Angeles-based Leadbolt , the developer of mobile app discovery and monetization tools lead by Dale Carr, said Thursday that it has rolled out what it says is its next generation, mobile ad platform. leadbolt mobile platform discovery monetization' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 9, 2013

Los Angeles-based social promotions software developer PromoJam has rolled out a brand new tool today, a new visual social marketing product called Promotion Builder and DIY Visual Editor. READ MORE>>. product media marketing promotions social visual promojam'

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

“Underlying it all is a data platform that allows these companies to make use of insights to improve their designs as well as their manufacturing processes.” To date, First Resonance has raised under $2 million from local Los Angeles investors including Fika Ventures, Wavemaker, Stage Venture Partners and Village Global. .

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

Los Angeles- and Austin-based videogame software tool company GameSalad announced this morning that it has launched a new, standalone HTML5 publishing platform. The first title published using the new standalone HTML5 tool is Code Black, a new videogame from CBS to support its new television show of the same name.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

The Los Angeles-based operations and security management software service, Replicated has raised $25 million to ramp up its staffing and scale its sales and marketing efforts. As developers embrace Kubernetes, Replicated launches tools to manage its deployments. “Once we started building on that success. ” .

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JANUARY 24, 2019

OpenCue doesn’t handle any of the actual rendering processes but it provides all the tools to break down those different steps and then schedule and manage the different rendering jobs across large rendering farms, both local and in the cloud. ” It’s worth noting that this isn’t Sony’s for foray into open source.

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MARCH 13, 2013

PublishThis , the Los Angeles startup headed by Matt Kumin, has enhanced the firm's online, content marketing and curation management tool. The firm said the latest version of its platform is aimed at brands, retailers, media companies, and trade associations, to help them scale their content efforts across digital channels.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , which offers up a deal management software platform for managing business transactions, has released a new tool to handle digital rights management and security. READ MORE>>. caplinked document security software deal management dealroom'

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , a provider of audio advertising and streaming technology to music streaming and online radio services, has launched a new product, aimed at helping audio publishers create targeted, niche digital audio stations. The new product includes a multi-platform media player, library management, and more.

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APRIL 17, 2015

Los Angeles-based Fliptu , the developer of social aggregation tools for music and entertainment brands, has raised $1.2M The startup--led by Jeremy Gocke--said the funding came from Scout Ventures, Rick Dalzell (former Amazon CIO), Rich Heise (early Groupon investor), Hivers & Strivers, Kelly Perdew, and other angels.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

In a move to shore up institutional support in what’s likely to be it’s last fundraising as a private company, the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming behemoth Scopely has raised $340 million in its latest eye-popping round of funding. “We were excited to crossover and invest in Scopely.” ” .

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MAY 20, 2021

Los Angeles-based cloud-based operations and document management software developer Docupace, which serves the wealth management industry, says it has acquired jaccomo, which develops a compliance, data integration, financial reporting, and advisor compensation accounting system. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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MARCH 9, 2021

Los Angeles-based visual effects software developer OTOY says it has launched new GPU rendering software for MacOS, aimed at providing macOS users with what it says provides what it claims is the fastest spectral GPU renderer on macOS Big Sur. the company said its new software, Octane X, is available on the Mac App Store for free.

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MAY 24, 2022

Since the launch of Pokémon Go in 2016, players have been coordinating meetups, in-game raids and battles on platforms like Reddit and Discord. Following in Snapchat’s footsteps as a map-based social platform, the app also includes the ability to connect with people, find nearby events, join communities and message people.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

The Los Angeles-based company partnered with NBA Top Shot NFT creator Dapper Labs to develop the storefront on Dapper’s Flow blockchain and debuted it to a group of invite-only beta users in December last year, TechCrunch reported at the time. ” Genies CEO and founder Akash Nigam. Image Credits: Genies.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Los Angeles-based and Austin-based GameSalad , which develops software to easily create iPhone and other iOS platform games, announced earlier this week that it has improved its overall communications and support tools for its users.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

I've recently co-founded the first political social network FreedomSpeaks and CitySourced.com a real time mobile civic engagement tool. CitySourced provides a free, simple, and intuitive tool empowering citizens to identify civil issues (potholes, graffiti, trash, snow removal, etc.) What are you working on now?

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Boulevard , a spa management and payment platform, has raised $27 million in a new round of funding despite a business slowdown caused by the COVID0-19 pandemic. The two spent months pounding the pavement in Los Angeles pretending to be college students doing research on the industry.

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MARCH 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based B2B e-commerce software developer NuORDER said this week that outdoors product firm Black Diamond Equipment is in a partnership with the company, and will conduct all its wholesale practices through its digital buying platform. Financial arrangements between the two companies were not announced.

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APRIL 13, 2021

Los Angeles-based Tagger, a startup focused on influencer marketing and social listening, says it has raised $8.5M The startup, led by CEO Dave Dickman, said it will use the capital to grow and scale its platform, features, and resources. in its Series A funding round. The funding came from Five Elms Capital.

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