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OCTOBER 29, 2021

Marina Del Rey-based Armata Pharamceuticals, a biotechnology company developing therapeutics for antibiotic-resistant and difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, said it has received $3.0M in an equity investment from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CF Foundation). According to Armata Pharmaceuticals, it was also receive $4.0

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APRIL 25, 2017

of Marina del Rey, a developer of user authentication software, announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to be acquired for $230 million in cash by telecommunications company BICS of Belgium. TeleSign Corp.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

Marina del Rey-based phone verification and user authentication service TeleSign is now officially part of BICS , after the official close of the acquisition, BICS said today. The deal was originally announced in April.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Marina del Rey advertising technology outfit Lucidity has raised a $5 million Series A round of funding to invest in engineering, product development and customer support.

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 30, 2019

million seed round led by Marina del Rey-based venture capital firm Moonshots Capital. Podcast analytics software developer Backtracks Inc. announced May 30 it raised a $2.1

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AUGUST 15, 2018

Marina del Rey advertising blockchain firm Lucidity (an affiliate of KR8OS Inc.) announced Aug. 15 it completed a funding round of $5 million in total, comprised of investments from six venture capital firms.

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JUNE 3, 2020

The Riveter's offices in LA were in Marina Del Rey; the company also had locations in Austin, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, Portland, and three locations in Seattle. According to a post from the company, it made the "tremendously difficult decision" to close its coworking operations as a result of the ongoing pandemic.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Marina Del Rey-based LeaseLock, which is developing artificial intelligence technology and lease insurance products to eliminate the need for security deposits, has raised $52M in its Series B funding round, the company announced this morning.

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JUNE 15, 2020

Marina Del Rey-based online, floral delivery retailer The Bouqs Company announced today that it has named a new CEO, Alejandro Bethlen. The company said that founder and former CEO John Tabis will become Chairman of the Board.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Marina Del Rey-based Flowspace , which is backed by Canvas Ventures, Moment Ventures, 1984 Ventures, and Y Combinator, said last week that it has named a new Chief Revenue Officer. According to the company, Jerry Kingkade will accelerate the company's expansion and build out capabilities in sales and account management.

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MAY 28, 2019

Marina Del Rey-based XPRIZE , the group which runs challenges to help advance the development of technology, will award a $1M bonus prize this month in Monaco for the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE , according to the nonprofit.

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JULY 10, 2017

July 13th @ Upload LA in Marina Del Rey. Thursday, July 13, 2017 -- VR Happy Hour. Refreshments, VR demos, and exhibits included. See [link] (more)

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MAY 13, 2019

Marina Del Rey-based XPRIZE Foundation , the group which runs competitions to spur innovation in technology to help solve major societal problems or very hard technical problems, says it is going to launch a new prize to spur ideas for wildfire detection and suppression.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Female co-working space operator The Riveter --which operates coworking space both in West Los Angeles and Marina Del Rey--said this week that it has raise $15M in a Series A funding round.

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MARCH 26, 2020

Marina del Rey-based XPRIZE has launched a new effort, the XPRIZE Pandemic Allaince , which it says will help scale the impact and promise of solutions to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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APRIL 25, 2019

Wednesday, May 1, 2019 -- Recurring Revenue Conference - April 30 to May 1st - Marina Del Rey. Welcome to the 5th annual Recurring Revenue Conference: Scaling SaaS and Subscription Businesses presented by Sutton Capital Partners. Join 700+ entrepreneurs, executives and leading investors to discuss the Subscription Economy.

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APRIL 24, 2019

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 -- Recurring Revenue Conference - April 30 to May 1st - Marina Del Rey. Welcome to the 5th annual Recurring Revenue Conference: Scaling SaaS and Subscription Businesses presented by Sutton Capital Partners. Join 700+ entrepreneurs, executives and leading investors to discuss the Subscription Economy.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

The site lists private charters ranging from a two hour tour from Marina Del Rey for $289.99 The service, led by Marc Andelman, already offers its services in San Francisco, San Diego, Miami, and other locations, including a number of international destinations. to three hour parties on a luxury yacht for $3,599.99.

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MAY 21, 2018

Marina Del Rey-based CREXi , which is developing a technology platform aimed at the commercial real estate industry, has raised $11M in a Series A funding, the company said on Monday. CREXi operates an online marketplace for commercial real estate, connecting buyers, sellers, and brokers.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Sanebox has its LA offices in Marina Del Rey. The district--which has over 14,500 students across 22 schools--apparently found dealing with emails was taking away valuable time from their staff, and were looking for a solution. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

The program will be held at the USC Viterbi Startup Garage in Marina Del Rey, starting in October. Financial details of the investment by the Amazon Alexa Fund were not announced. According to USC, the application deadline for its new cohort is September 15th. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Marina Del Rey-based Shareability , a startup which focuses on creating viral content, said this week that Rob Reed, the founder and former CEO of MomentFeed, has joined the company as Partner and Chief Revenue Officer. The company said Reed will oversee Sales and Marketing for the company.

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MAY 16, 2019

Marina Del Rey-based XPRIZE , the organization led by Dr. Peter H. According to XPRIZE, it decided to split the top $10M award in the competition between two winners-- Kitkit School , which has developed a learning program using a "game-based core"; and onebillion , a developer of "numeracy content" and literacy material.

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MAY 1, 2018

The company says it now has over 300 employees at a new, 50,000 square foot office in Marina del Rey, after growing more than 25 percent over the past year. Wizemann was previously at Target, Lululemon, WebMD, and ShopIgniter; Miles was at Nike; Synn was at Nordstrom and Gap; and Kujda was at HomeAway and PayPal. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2018

The company says it now has over 300 employees at a new, 50,000 square foot office in Marina del Rey, after growing more than 25 percent over the past year. Wizeman was previously at Target, Lululemon, WebMD, and ShopIgniter; Miles was at Nike; Synn was at Nordstrom and Gap; and Kujda was at HomeAway and PayPal. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

ispace is leveraging technology developed by one of the teams in the Lunar XPRIZE, run by Marina Del Rey-based XPRIZE Foundation, in what had been an attempt to win cash prize money offered by XPRIZE for landing a mission on the moon this year. That effort expired in March.

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JULY 1, 2016

Marina Del Rey-based consumer electronics accessory maker Belkin says it has opened up its first ever, bricks-and-mortar store, located a LAX Airport in Terminal 6.

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JUNE 27, 2016

Marina Del Rey-based, online healthy foods grover Thrive Market has raised $111M in a new, venture funding round, the company disclosed this morning. The new funding was led by Invus Group, and also included Greycroft Partners, E-Ventures and Crosscut Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Marina Del Rey-based Carbonics , a developer of carbon nanomaterials aimed at improving the power consumption and performance of wireless semiconductors, has raised $5.5M in a funding round. The funding came from TAQNIA international. Carbonics says its technology is based on research conducted at UCLA and USC.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Marina Del Rey-based Carbonics said on Wednesday that it has launched its first product, a carbon-on-silicon wafer aimed at helping advanced radio frequency (RF) semiconductor development.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

Marina Del Rey-based TrendShift , a developer of population health management software for the healthcare industry, has acquired the assets of Health Data Intelligence.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

for Assigned Names and Numbers, a Marina del Rey nonprofit that administers and manages domain names, to sell the dot-xyz domain. About 2 million of those domains were registered in China with tentative permission from the Chinese government. The firm has exclusive rights from Internet Corp.

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JUNE 10, 2013

Naki''s new coverage area includes Santa Monica, Venice, and Marina Del Rey, and themonthly subscription service will be priced by-the-bag (starting at $19.99). Naki Laundry''s service includes both an iPhone app as well as an Android app, and launched a pilot in Santa Barbara in September.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Marina del Rey-based mobile app developer textPlus , which develops apps that provides free texting and phone service, said late Tuesday morning that it has named Nanea Reeves as President of the company. Reeves is a veteran of JAMDAT, and joins JAMDAT co-founders Scott Lahman, Austin Murray and Zachary Norman at textPlus.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Marina Del Rey-based Guidance , which helps brands and retailers build online websites and apps, said Monday that it has named Jeff Hererra as its new Vice President of Marketing and Channel Development. Hererra was previously Head of Partner Marketing at Magento. He also has served at Visa.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Marina Del Rey-based Moving Analytics , a developer of software and programs to help cardiac patients complete their rehab at home, has raised a funding round from OCA Ventures. Size of the funding was not announced.

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

Marina Del Rey-based Global Eagle Entertainment , the provider of in-flight, broadband Internet services, has signed a deal with satellite network operator Intelsat S.A. , the two said late Wednesday. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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