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MARCH 28, 2016

Los Angeles-based Evercar , a company which is developing an electric vehicle sharing network--starting with Los Angeles--says it plans a major expansion in this market, and plans to add as many as 1,000 vehicles in the Greater Los Angeles area.

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MAY 5, 2011

West Hollywood-based CityGrid Media , the unit of IAC formerly known as CitySearch, said today that it has acquired BuzzLabs , a social media monitoring and sentiment analysis software developer. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

The exit activity has been far and wide across the region, ranging from Santa Barbara to San Diego, and providing stunning returns for a large list of venture and angel investors in those companies.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Marking the 10 th Techstars corporate program, the accelerator will provide funding, three months of mentorship and guidance from senior leadership at Cedars-Sinai and the Techstars network of more than 7,000 founders, mentors, investors, and corporate partners. ” West Hollywood Mayor Lindsey P.

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APRIL 16, 2009

West Hollywood-based Citysearch , the local online business guide owned by IAC, said Thursday that the firm has expanded its relationship with yellow pages publisher Idearc Media. Citysearch said it will integrate performance-based advertising from Idearc's Superpages.com site into its publishing network.

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APRIL 24, 2009

West Hollywood-based Geni said this week that the firm has improved the firm's site, which allows users to create family trees and network with family members. Tags: geni genealogy family tree networking social web2. Geni's Web 2.0 READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2009

West Hollywood-based family tree site Geni has rolled out a slew of updates for the service, saying today that it has added features to help users collaborate with others, map out locations, and see recent photos. Tags: geni genealogy family tree social networking web2. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 31, 2009

Los Angeles-based MySpace and West Hollywood-based CitySearch announced this morning that the two have launched a beta of a new local search site, MySpace Local, which will allow users to review, rate, and share information about small businesses. Financial details behind the deal were not disclosed.

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APRIL 9, 2009

West Hollywood-based Geni , the venture-backed, online family tree and networking site, said today that it has added a number of new features to its site, including the ability to search for similar profiles on the site, and improved access to popular features. Geni operates a service which lets users create their own Web 2.0-style

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JANUARY 20, 2009

West Hollywood-based Geni, and instant messaging spinout Yammer have both raised $5M in funding from the firms' existing backers, Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund, according to regulatory filings and reports.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2008

West Hollywood-based Citysearch, which is a unit of IAC, has rolled out a mobile version of the firm's site. The firm also said it has created a new Facebook application to link the site into the social networking arena. The firm said the new services are available on a beta basis, at a new beta site. READ MORE>>

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APRIL 3, 2013

Silicon Beach is expanding from the westside to West Hollywood as entrepreneurs set up shop next to the stars. Whether you’re a networked entrepreneur or just finding your way in the LA tech scene, TZ Tech Crawls give you a fun way to discover new things about the community and each other. That’s right.

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MAY 4, 2011

Norgard has been keeping Namesake close to the vest, but we were able to visit him at the firm's headquarters in West Hollywood, where he gave us an overview of what the firm is doing. Dan and I, my co-founder, obviously have social networking and advertising backgrounds. And, it is a social network.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Once we get to scale, it will start generating a network effect. An example of that is, we might be able to show you the hottest concerts in West Hollywood, or the hottest acts in Santa Monica. That's a small sample of some of the externalities we hope we can generate with the network effect. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

Soon I moved towards TV and worked at large networks like, VH1, CMT, and E! A few months later we did a party on The London’s rooftop (in West Hollywood) for over 500 people. I grew up in Orange County and then headed east to Tulane University. After college I came back to Los Angeles to work in the advertising industry.

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