socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Marina Del Rey-based mobile texting and messaging app textPlus said Thursday that it is doing its part to help out its customers with friends and families in the Philippines. textPlus said it started offering free calls to the area earlier this week, after the massive destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the country.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2016

has been granted permission by the Chinese government to sell its dot-xyz domain suffix in China, potentially opening up a huge market to the Santa Monica startup. for Assigned Names and Numbers, a Marina del Rey nonprofit that administers and manages domain names, to sell the dot-xyz domain.

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socalTECH

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. Naki''s name comes from the Hebrew for the word "clean". READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2013

The startup accelerator will actually based based at USC's Information Sciences Institute in Marina Del Rey. The startup accelerator will actually based based at USC's Information Sciences Institute in Marina Del Rey.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 31, 2018

and will cover topics from OTT to Innovation to eSports to Millennials to Content Marketing to VR/AR to Music Rights to Startups, etc., DEW 2018 focuses on "The FUTURE of." as this theme guides all talks, discussions, meetings and presentations over the two days. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 30, 2018

and will cover topics from OTT to Innovation to eSports to Millennials to Content Marketing to VR/AR to Music Rights to Startups, etc., DEW 2018 focuses on "The FUTURE of." as this theme guides all talks, discussions, meetings and presentations over the two days. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

MAY 29, 2018

Marina Del Rey-based startup Guardian Circle , the developer of a social-based system and app that helps people summon help from their friends, said last week that it has added futurist Peter Diamandis as an advisor as part of a "token sale" the company is running. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Marina Del Rey-based text messaging and calling app provider textPlus announced Thursday that it will offer up free, holiday calling to users through December 26th, as part of a big promotion. The startup is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Matrix Partners, Upfront Ventures and The Raine Group.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

The company--which launched a pilot program in Santa Monica in August--said it now is offering up its service in Beverly Hills, Beverlywood, Brentwood, Century City, Culver City, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Pacific Palisades, Palms, Playa Vista, Playa del Rey, Santa Monica, Venice, West LA, Westchester and Westwood.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2016

Just having one of those days, when you need some help--ie your car broke down, you can't get to daycare to pick up your child, you've got a medical emergency? The app was created by startup veterans Mark Jeffrey and Chris Hayes. 911--to provide help.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Marina Del Rey-based textPlus , the provider of free texting and calling services, said Thursday that it has begun offering up inexpensive, international calling services via its Android application. The firm said its rates are 10 times less expensive per minute than typical international calling rates.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Marina Del Rey-based Twenty20 is taking aim at the stock photography market, announcing this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series A funding and launched its commercial image catalog out of beta. Twenty20 said that existing, stock image sites have left a vacuum due to their "staged, dated photos".

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2016

Other big fundings contributing to the total included a $220M funding round for San Diego biotech firm Human Longevity Inc. , $111M raised by Marina Del Rey-based Thrive Market , and $100M raised by Irvine cybersecurity sofwtare developer Cylance. billion round for Venice based Snapchat. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Marina del Rey-based Gogii , a developer of text messaging applications, said Thursday that it has raised $8.2M Gogii is the latest startup of Scott Lahman, Austin Murray, and Zack Norman, all previously at JAMDAT Mobile. in a Series B investment round.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This morning, we have Kevin Winston of Digital LA (www.digitalla.net), the organization which is LA's largest digital networking group and which is behind the Silicon Beach Fest, the first and largest tech, startup and entertainment conference in LA. Similarly, the LA tech scene had had hundreds of startups pop up over the past 5 years.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd catch up with two of the co-founders of Marina Del Rey-based Telesign (www.telesign.com), Ryan Disraeli and Stacy Stubblefield. How did the company start? Stacy Stubblefield: We actually started out of an incubator, based out of Beverly Hills.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2015

One of the companies working on that effort is Marina Del Rey-based Carbonics (www.carbonicsinc.com), which recently raised $5.5M We caught up with CEO Kos Galatsis to learn more about the company''s technology, promise, and where the company is today. How did you make the decision to make this a stand alone startup?

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Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 29, 2009

So, I’m starting to get the hang of this bloggin thing. After a great performance by BEP and long wait in the line at the bathroom, a beer, some chicken strips and fries, U2 shows up and really got the place going. I was happier for Jacob than for myself (at least that’s the story I’m telling).

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). To learn more, we caught up with Steve. Every other hand goes down, and ours stays up.

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Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

It was the 10 th consecutive quarter that venture firms put at least $10 billion into startups and other high-tech companies, including a $3.5 Marina del Rey, CA. Showing little concern for stock-market volatility or worries over the Brexit, venture capital firms pumped $15.3 —Venture firms invested $8.5 SMS Assist.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 12, 2018

National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn has joined Marina del Rey-based blockchain startup Spring Labs’ board of advisors. Former U.S.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► August (1) Stay Positive ► July (2) Go Fast, but Don’t Hurry The DNA of an A++ Team ► June (1) Setting up Shop - Picking an Office Space ► May (3) Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advert. No, it’ Startup 2.0: Startup 1.0: “The Bug Bite&# - The Internet Needs.

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