Report: Los Angeles, San Diego Among Top Startup Markets
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OCTOBER 20, 2017
Los Angeles and San Diego are among the metro areas with the highest startup activity, based on a new report from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Los Angeles, San Diego Among Top 10 Cities For Startups
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AUGUST 24, 2012
A list of the top ten cities for startups was released by USA Today and the National Venture Capital Association today, naming both Los Angeles and San Diego among the best cities for startup companies. READ MORE>>.
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Boingo To Provide Cellular Network For San Diego State Stadium
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NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Los Angeles-based Boingo says it has been selected to provide the cellular network infrastructure for the new, San Diego State Aztec Stadium. According to Boingo, it has been selected to design, build, operate and maintain a 5G-ready, neutral host cellular DAS network for the new stadium.
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Uber Pulls JUMP Scooters From San Diego
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Uber has pulled the on-demand JUMP scooters it runs in San Diego from the city this week, over frustration over the city's new rules over dockless scooters, which include permits, fees, and data sharing requirements. READ MORE>>.
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Washe Expands On-Demand Mobile Carwash Service To Los Angeles, San Diego
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JULY 7, 2016
Washe said it has begun offering up support to users between Los Angeles and San Diego, connecting drivers to a network of mobile car washers. Another, on-demand car washing app-- Washe , says it has started offering up on-demand, car washes to Southern California drivers.
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Takl Expands To San Diego
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MAY 9, 2017
On-demand home services marketplace operator Takl said this morning that it has expanded in San Diego, its third major market in California. The company, which already serves Los Angeles, Sacramento, and the San Francisco Bay Area, helps connects users to service providers willing to provide a wide range of chores and tasks.
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K1 Investment Management Sells San Diego's FMG Suite
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MAY 21, 2020
Los Angeles-based private equity investor K1 Investment Management said this morning that it has entered into an agreement to sell San Diego-based FMG Suite to another private equity ivnestor, Aurora Capital Partners. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.
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AT&T Rolls Out LTE In Los Angeles, San Diego
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JANUARY 5, 2012
AT&T said today that it has turned on LTE in Los Angeles and San Diego, meaning that new smartphones, including the HTC Vivid, Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, LG Nitro HD, and others can now access higher broadband speeds in the area.
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Tech Coast Angels Los Angeles Launches New Members Only Fund
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JUNE 15, 2020
The Tech Coast Angels says it has launched a new, annual fund, and is continuing to invest--despite the pandemic. The angel group, the largest in the nation, said it invested over $19M in 2019, in part due to a similar fund created by its San Diego chapter, the TCA-San Diego, last year.
Zillow Expands Instant Home Buying Service To LA, San Diego
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MAY 10, 2019
Online real estate service Zillow is expanding its home buying service to both Los Angeles and San Diego, the company announced this week, in a move which will allow home buyers to get nearly instant offers on their homes--instead of going through a traditional broker and offering their home on the market. READ MORE>>.
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AmazonFresh Expands To San Diego
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JULY 30, 2014
AmazonFresh , the online grocery and product delivery service run by e-commerce giant Amazon.com , expanded into San Diego yesterday, as the company starts to expand operations nationwide.
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AT&T 5G Now Live In LA, San Diego
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DECEMBER 13, 2019
AT&T says its next generation, 5G network is now live in both Los Angeles and San Diego, as it begins a nationwide rollout of its 5G network. Image: AT&T 5G coverage map of San Diego). READ MORE>>.
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EVgo: San Diego Tops In EV Charging Usage
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AUGUST 3, 2017
Los Angeles-based EVgo , the operator of a public network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, says that San Diego is tops in terms of the amount of use of its electric vehicle charging network. The city with the next highest amount of usage of its EV charging stations is Fremont, then San Francisco.
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113 Broadband In LA Fine, But San Diego Slows Down Due To Remote Work
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MARCH 18, 2020
The home Internet connections and speeds in Los Angeles are holding up fairly well even as the city--like many others around the country--shift towards remote work, although San Diego 's network performance has degraded, as more and more people are working from their home offices.
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Santa Barbara, San Diego Tops On Per-Capita Venture Capital
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JULY 15, 2013
A new study released earlier this month has ranked the Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta metropolitan area, as well as the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos metropolitan area among the top ten markets for venture capital activity. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos was number 7, with $36.6M in deals in 2012 and 3.3
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Surf Air Expands To San Diego
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NOVEMBER 21, 2014
Los Angeles-based all-you-can-fly subscription airline Surf Air made a major expansion this week, saying that it has begun flying out of the San Diego Area--or more specifically, the om McClellan-Palomar Airport (CRQ) in Carlsbad--earlier this week. surfair surf diego airline airplane' READ MORE>>.
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Mobile Roadie Powers San Diego Zoo Safari Park App
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MAY 7, 2012
Los Angeles-based Mobile Roadie , the developer of a mobile app development platform being used by brands, celebrities, companies, and others to easily create their mobile apps, is powering a new app today from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Mobile Roadie also powers the official app for the San Diego Zoo.
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Instamotor Launches In San Diego
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
Online used car buying and selling marketplace Instamotor said Monday that it has launched operations in San Diego. The startup--which already offers up its services in San Francisco and Los Angeles--lets users list, browse, and buy cars all through the company's mobile app. READ MORE>>.
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Report: Amazon Launching New Game Studio In San Diego
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FEBRUARY 16, 2017
Amazon.com is launching a new game studio in San Diego, according to reports , in an effort being led by former Sony Online Entertainment chief John Smedley. Southern California is already home to Amazon Studios, the television, movie, and content development arm of Amazon, which operates out of Los Angeles.
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124 HelloTech Expands Tech Support Service To San Diego
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APRIL 28, 2016
Los Angeles-based HelloTech , the on-demand, in-home technical services company founded by serial entrepreneur and tech investor Richard Wolpert, said it is expanding into San Diego, and has begun offering up its services in the city. The company now offers up its services in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.
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Munchery Expanding Same Day Delivery To San Diego
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MAY 20, 2016
San Francisco-based meal delivery startup Munchery said this week that it is adding same day, meal delivery of its pre-made meals to San Diego. The company already has been providing same day delivery in Los Angeles and a number of other markets.
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124 Amazon.com Starts Restaurant Delivery In San Diego
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FEBRUARY 16, 2016
Amazon.com has begun offering up on-demand, restaurant delivery services in San Diego, via the company's Prime Now mobile app, the e-commerce giant said this morning. Amazon launched Prime Now to San Diego in November , and has been offering up restaurant delivery in Los Angeles since last year.
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Mobile Roadie, San Diego Zoo Launch App
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DECEMBER 15, 2011
Los Angeles-based mobile app developer Mobile Roadie and the San Diego Zoo said Thursday that they have launched a new, official app for the zoo. The two said the new San Diego Zoo mobile app allows visitors to plan a trip, learn more about animals, see what events are happening, and even buy tickets through the app.
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Xavient Digital Plans To Hire 250 Across LA, San Diego
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APRIL 23, 2018
Simi Valley-based Xavient Digital , a provider of IT solutions and software services, said it is in a major hiring push in the region, and plans to hire 250 people in the next few months in Los Angeles, San Diego, as well as other locations across the US.
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100 Uber Expands In San Diego
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JUNE 8, 2012
Uber , the technology-enabled, private car service which uses smartphones to allow users to summon a private car, is further expanding its Southern California efforts, saying today that it has launched in San Diego.
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150 DinnerDate.com Launches Group Dating Service In San Diego
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APRIL 19, 2012
The startup recently launched a beta of its service in San Diego, hoping to allow local singles to meet each other in a group environment over food and drink. San Diego is the startup's first major market, and it hopes to expand the concept nationally. The startup has operations in both Los Angeles and Orlando, Florida.
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194 Opoli, BYD Link On Electric Car Effort In San Diego
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JULY 24, 2015
Los Angeles-based Opoli , a smartphone-driven ride service, said it has partnered with BYD Motors , to deploy 50 emission free electric vehicles in San Diego in Opoli's fleet. Opoli sad that it will use BYD's all-electric crossover in late summer, specifically for airport shuttles at the San Diego International Airport.
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100 Amazon Extends Prime Now to San Diego
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NOVEMBER 19, 2015
Amazon.com is extended its Prime Now service to San Diego today, offering up one hour delivery for a long list of items to its customers in the city from local stores and Amazon's own warehouse. and two hour deliveries for free; Amazon.com had launched Prime Now in both Los Angeles and Orange County back in September.
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Google Offers Launches In San Diego
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OCTOBER 26, 2011
Google Offers , the daily deals service in beta at Google, has expanded into Southern California, starting in San Diego, Google said Wednesday. Google said it has added San Diego, along with Balitmore, Minneapolis, and San Jose to a beta of the service. READ MORE>>.
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140 CODA Automotive Lands San Diego Dealer
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DECEMBER 29, 2011
Los Angeles-based CODA Automotive , the electric vehicle developer, said today that it has named Marvin K. Brown as an exclusive dealer partner in San Diego County. CODA said that Marvin K. Brown is its first anticipated dealer partner, which will operate CODA-branded showrooms throughout the county.
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Los Angeles Stacks Up Inc. 500 Firms
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AUGUST 23, 2011
magazine, has 42 companies in the Los Angeles area on the list. The Los Angeles metropolitan area was ranked just behind Washington, D.C. (50 500 listing, well above San Francisco (19 companies). The latest ranking the fastest growing companies in the nation by Inc.
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198 Groupon Now Hits San Diego
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JUNE 29, 2011
Daily deals giant Groupon has expanded its location-based deal platform, Groupon Now into San Diego, the firm said Wednesday. Groupon already offers up the service in Los Angeles, as well as Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York, and other locations.
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153 San Diego Tech Coast Angels Open Quick Pitch Apps
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JULY 18, 2012
Startups interested in pitching to the San Diego arm of the Tech Coast Angels can now submit their applications to the group, the TCA announced Tuesday evening. READ MORE>>.
GM's Maven Gig Expands Into Los Angeles, Ties With HopSkipDrive
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AUGUST 10, 2017
GM's Maven Gig service, a service which allows ridesharing drivers to offer up package, grocery and food delivery, said this morning that it has expanded into Los Angeles, where GM will provide its vehicles to freelance drivers, as well as opportunities to earn money as a freelancer. and Baltimore and Detroit.
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113 Car Sharing Firm Zipcar Heading To Los Angeles
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NOVEMBER 9, 2011
It looks like Los Angeles is set to get access to peer-to-peer car sharing service Zipcar , as it plans to open an office in Hollywood tomorrow. City Council President Eric Garcetti, to mark its entry into Los Angeles, the 16th market covered by the company. READ MORE>>.
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213 Amazon Makes Prime Same Day Delivery Free In Los Angeles
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MAY 28, 2015
E-commerce giant Amazon.com is expanding free, same day delivery in Los Angeles, to members of its Prime service, as part of a broader expansion if its same day delivery services. Amazon.com also announced an expansion of the same day, Prime Now to San Diego. The free, same day delivery is good on orders over $35.
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Flywheel Drops Fares In LA, San Diego To $5 Until April 6th
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MARCH 27, 2015
On-demand, taxi app developer Flywheel , which has been in an intense battle with Uber, Lyft, Sidecar and others in the LA market, said this week that it will offer $5, flat rate rides on its service in Los Angeles and San Diego until April 6th.
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AltaSea Signs Agreement to Work With Scripps, UCSD
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AUGUST 3, 2020
AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, a nonprofit company focused on the ocean economy, announced Aug. 3 that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the UC San Diego to share resources to support the development of ocean-related projects at both institutions
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Founder Institute Expands To Los Angeles
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JANUARY 25, 2010
The Founder Institute , the business incubation and mentoring program started by TheFunded's Adeo Ressi , is expanding into the Los Angeles area, and is accepting applications for entrepreneurs for a Spring session, the group said late last week. The Los Angeles effort is being headed by Ken Rutkowski.
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191 Betterworks Plans Expansion To OC, San Diego, Austin, and NYC
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OCTOBER 17, 2011
Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the provider of a technology based, employee fringe benefits programs, said today that it is planning to expand to Orange County, San Diego, Austin, and New York in the next month. READ MORE>>.
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TroopSwap.com Gets Boost From SoCal Angels, Expands In San Diego
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JULY 27, 2011
According to TroopSwap--which is led by two Airborne Rangers who met at Harvard Business School--it received $925,000 in a new round of funding from such investors as Frank Monestere, President/COO of Los Angeles-based LegalZoom.com; Paige Craig, Founder and CEO of BetterWorks.com; and Kelly Perdew, CEO of FastPointGames.com.
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ECOtality Starts Installing EV Chargers In LA, San Diego
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FEBRUARY 22, 2011
ECOtality , a firm which is installing electric vehicle chargers nationwide as part of The EV Project, said Tuesday that it has started installing electric vehicle chargers in Los Angeles and San Diego. The firm said it is planning similar installations in Portland tomorrow, Seattle on Thursday, and Arizona on Friday.
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Xconomy Guide to Best Sessions at Startup Week San Diego
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JUNE 10, 2016
Startup Week San Diego, like a lot of other places that host similar events, has been billed as a weeklong celebration of entrepreneurship. But while Startup Week San Diego has always collaborated with UP Global, San Diego entrepreneur and Startup Week organizer Austin Neudecker said, “We’ve always been an independent entity.”.
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74 Los Angeles Tops Green Buildings List
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MARCH 23, 2010
Los Angeles is ranked number one on a just-released list of the Top 25 cities with the most ENERGY STAR labeled buildings, according to the EPA. According to the EPA's list, Los Angeles was ranked number one, with 293 buildings with a total floorspace of 76 million square feet, saving around $93.9
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