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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 The latest ranking the fastest growing companies in the nation by Inc. 500 companies) and New York City (42 companies) in the Inc.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

Surf Air offers up a membership-based airline, and now offers up both "all-you-can-fly" as well as discounted, per-trip fares for members.

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JANUARY 20, 2009

I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community. The goal is to create a place where it's relatively easy to find current content and highly relevant content surrounding Los Angeles Technology. To be clear Los Angeles Tech is a jump off point. The content comes from other places.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

Los Angeles-based SpaceX is planning to send yet another rocket into space today, this time from Vandenberg Air Force Base, just north of Santa Barbara, in a launch which should be visible to residents across Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, and parts of Los Angeles County.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos said on Monday that it has named a new Chief Legal Officer. According to the firm, Eddie Lazarus, who was most recently General Counsel and Chief Strategy Officer for Tribune Media Company from 2013 to 2018, will join the company in Santa Barbara on January 2nd. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

We have regular monthly meetings in Westlake Village, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, & Newport Beach. I'm hoping that Baron and Kurt come up with one that's in Santa Monica / West LA. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? I've heard great things about their events.

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JUNE 1, 2017

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) has just received $5M to fund a new initiative, called Energize California , to help boost clean technology startups. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Los Angeles Chapter has teamed up with the Orange County, Inland Empire, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and San Francisco Bay Area Chapters to bring you another great AppSec California. Tuesday, January 22, 2019 -- AppSec California 2019.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

Los Angeles-based SpaceX successfully delivered the Formosat-5 satellite for Taiwan into orbit on Thursday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base, just north of Santa Barbara, and also successfully landed the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a barge in the Pacific.

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MARCH 7, 2018

Los Angeles-based subscription airline Surf Air is extending its service into Orange County, with a new partnership with helicopter charter firm BLADE , the company said on Wednesday. The connecting flights will cost $199 per shuttle flight, and are not included as part of Surf Air's existing membership. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

The report did not break down Southern California as a single region, but reported $4.408 billion invested across 386 so far in the Los Angeles-Long Beach MSA this year. The report did not provide details on Orange County, San Diego, Ventura, or Santa Barbara counties. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , which develops e-commerce software for subscription-based software businesses, has been acquired by private equity investor Accel-KKR. FastSpring had been backed by Los Angeles-based investment firm Pylon Capital, and counts such customers as Adobe and Microsoft. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising).

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

percent of private jobs in the technology sector, ranked at number 13 nationwide; Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta had 8.9 Finally, Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine was ranked number 25, just making the list, with 8.2 The top ranked area in the nation, which was San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, had 28.8 READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 26, 2017

Los Angeles-based space rocket developer SpaceX completed its launch on Sunday, putting ten Iridium satellites into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, just north of Santa Barbara. PDT, with the rocket's smoke trail visible from as far south as Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 17, 2014

Los Angeles-based crowdsourced video startup CitizenGlobal has launched a new platform for law enforcement, allowing users to submit photos and videos to different police departments. According to the firm, it has been working with LA''s Sheriff''s Department to allow citizens to submit photos and videos of crimes.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the provider of in-home and on-site technical support and services headed by Eric Greenspan, said today that it has inked a deal to offer up its services for sale at Costco Wholesale Corporation locations in Southern California. The rollout will begin in Q4 of the year.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The launch, if successful, is expected to be highly visible across Southern California, as the Falcon 9 travels South from Vandenberg Air Force Base (near Santa Barbara), past Los Angeles, and out over the coast of San Diego. Image: the Falcon 9 and PAZ on the launchpad at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Tuesday.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based HeyTutor , an online marketplace for finding tutors, has raised $1M in its Series A funding, the company announced on Tuesday, from Santa Barbara-based ScOp Venture Capital, the venture investment firm led by serial entrepreneur and investor Kevin O'Connor.

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APRIL 19, 2016

Life sciences industry organization Biocom , which has been helping to represent Southern Califronia's life science industry for more than 20 years, says it has set up a Los Angeles office, to better help promote the success of LA in the life sciences industry. Biocom has appointed Dina Lozofsky as Executive Director of the new office.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

The launch, if it occurs, should be visible again across San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles County. SpaceX said in its last update that the weather is 60% favorable for the launch on Friday.

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Ansible > , a developer of IT automation software, has been acquireed by Red Hat , to help bolster Red Hat's management capabilities for hybrid and OpenStack clouds, and container-based services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, however, reports say the deal was worth around $100M. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 10, 2013

In the latest services-meets-smartphone service to launch in the Los Angeles area, a new startup, Naki Laundry , said today that it has launched its service in Santa Monica, letting the tech set use their smartphone or the web to get their laundry cleaned.

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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.

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APRIL 5, 2012

Tired of being herded like cattle on your regular trip between Los Angeles and Palo Alto? The startup--headed by Wade Eyerly --is looking to start regular service between Los Angeles, Moterey, Santa Barbara, and Palo Alto to subscribers, who will be able to fly as much as they want between the locations for a monthly subscription.

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MARCH 25, 2015

According to those emails, prospective members of the membership-based airlines in Carlsbad, Santa Barbara, and other destinations may be put on a wait list. Surf Air allows members to take all-you-can fly trips between Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and many other California destinations.

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JANUARY 19, 2016

Los Angeles-based Helpr , the developer of a mobile, on-demand app to help users find a babysitter, has launched in Los Angeles, Orange County, and Santa Barbara, according to the company. Desperate to find a babysitter for the night?

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

ULA, like its competitor SpaceX, regularly launches rocket missions from Vandenberg Air Force Base, which is north of Santa Barbara.

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AUGUST 21, 2013

Flying between Los Angeles and Silicon Valley, and have the nibbles? Los Angeles-based all-you-can-fly, membership-based airline Surf Air said today that it has linked up with a number of snack and beverage brands, as part of its service, and will be featuring those brands as part of its flights.

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DECEMBER 9, 2016

The launch, when it does occur, should be visible from Santa Barbara, Ventura, and parts of Los Angeles county. Iridium announced last week that it hoped to launch its new satellite on December 16th from Vandenberg Air Force Base. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Los Angeles-based Surf Air , the membership-based, all-you-can fly airline headed by Wade Eyerly, has extended out its footprint today, saying that it has added another aircraft and expanded service to Hawthorne and Palm Springs. READ MORE>>. surf hawthorn palm springs airline surfair startup airplane travel commuter'

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JUNE 12, 2015

Los Angeles-based membership airline Surf Air says it now has more than 1,600 members, and has flown over 13,000 flights, two years after its debut--according to the company's sales emails.

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

Several Southern California technology companies including San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody , Los Angeles-based Cornerstone OnDemand , Santa Barbara-based Ontraport , and Ventura''s The Trade Desk --have made a list of the top places to work, according to Outside Magazine.

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JUNE 18, 2013

A new, Santa Monica-based startup has created a new iTunes application, Draftpedia , aimed at providing a comprehensive source for NBA and NFL Draft history, player stats, and team rosters. The app--which is free--is the brainchild of David Rabie and Joe Sarafian, two Santa Monica entrepreneurs who were born and raised in Los Angeles.

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MARCH 28, 2012

Los Angeles- and Santa Barbara-based DFJ Frontier , the venture capital firm founded by David Cremin and Scott Lenet, has scored an exit at one of its portfolio firms, ClearAccess. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

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JULY 15, 2016

Sonos--which has dabbled in retail with its "acoustic gallery" along La Brea in Los Angeles-said the company used thousands of pounds of sheetrock and beveled glass to create its listening rooms, which are all furnished with unique furniture, custom lighting, and different design aesthetics. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Disclaimer: Deloitte is a sponsor of socalTECH, and socalTECH sponsored Deloitte''s LA Fast 500 awards last night in Santa Monica, although that does not affect our coverage.

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