TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

While some of the largest privately held technology companies, like SpaceX and Tesla , have shifted to manufacturing ventilators, smaller companies are also trying to pitch in and relieve scarcity locally. Endless West announced this morning that it would shift production away from its distillery to begin making hand sanitizers.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Venice-based Fuisz , a developer of software to automatically identify objects and people in any video, has just partnered with AwesomenessTV , the company said Thursday. According to the company, its technology is being used by AwesomenessTV to enable direct links to purchase items in its videos being produced by AwesomenessTV.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE has made a grand prize award in one of its challenges, the $1.75M Water Abundance XPRIZE , to a local, Venice Beach based team. to the Skysource / Skywater Alliance team , which has developed technology which wrings water out of thing air. According to the XPRIZE Foundation, it awarded $1.5M

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Venice-based WemoLab --which has been developing entertainment products around an oceanic theme--announced today that it has launched its first, mobile product, a new interactive tablet app. The firm said its app, SuperFugu, let kids take a "field trip" around the world''s ocean. The app is free, and runs on the iPad.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2013

intersection of technology and music. All of these startups are applying technology (software development and algorithms) to some aspect of music and the music business. The firm's apps are revolutionizing sheet music, applying modern technology to what has--until recently--been stuck in the era of pencil and paper.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2013

Venice-based ZEFR has rolled out a new product today, BrandID , which it says will help brands identify their fans on YouTube, provide visibility into how those fans are responding and engaging, and provide data on a brand''s competitors. Pricing on the new software offering was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

There has always been tension between CPG (consumer packaged goods) companies and the retailers who sell their products to consumers. If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions for 2019 from Southern California's technology industry. Our most recent Demo Day in November 2018 (at Google/Venice on the main stage) was the most well-attended Demo Day in the history of Startup Boost.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Venice, California-based Tecca , the online and mobile site providing articles, reviews, how-to articles, and other information about electronics products, said Monday that it is now reaching over one million unique visitors a month. The site says it is now the largest technology website specifically catering to women.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? Happy Holidays!

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JULY 21, 2016

Zingle, a Carlsbad, CA-based tech startup targeting the service industry and consumer-facing businesses with its messaging app technology, has raised $3 million in venture capital, according to a regulatory filing earlier this month. or forward the query to an appropriate hotel staffer to respond. Zingle (@ZingleMe) July 14, 2016.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

I was running the largest deals in the media and entertainment video area across many different Google products. I worked with the head of each product area, such as YouTube, on how to drive more value for our large partners. We have our product in the market, and launched our beta in January. Finally, what''s next for you?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

NastyGal -- which was just about unheard of a year ago -- has rocketed to a over $100M business, driven by women's clothing, shoes, and other products. NastyGal is just one of a number of fashion-meets-technology startups to emerge in Los Angeles, which. range of software products, and which has offices in Calabasas and Santa Barbara.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2017

Snap - Venice - (www.snap.com). Snap has yet to announce any products in the area, but apparently is working on something that combines drone and the company's new "camera" focus. How is the parent company of Snapchat involved in drone development? Slantrange - San Diego - (www.slantrange.com). Skysafe - San Diego - (www.skysafe.com).

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago.

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2016

We now have technology in everyone's hands has real time geolocation, where it's easy to connect, share photos and videos. I thought, why not use this same kind of technology to solve our problems with surfers. I saw that there was a combination of technology and the surfing industry in Venice.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2017

Venice Beach-based Signal Sciences (www.signalsciences.com) has created sofdtware designed for those application developers to help protect those web applications. A lot of the legacy technology which exists in this space has been hardware-based. We want people to hear about us and our product, and how we can help them.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Production costs have fallen more than 90%. Ynon immediately began working with the founding team: Danny Zappin, Lisa Donovan and Ben Donovan and he established a really strong rapport as somebody who had the media chops and executive relationships but was grounded in the economics of low-cost video production & distribution.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Founded in London in 2006, the Hub is a global network of social enterprises with each individual chapter acting as a gathering place for innovation, technology, creativity, and positive change. Product Development: philosophie. Fun Fact: Technology is in their DNA. Social Enterprise: Hub LA. Marketing: SteelHouse.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2015

Almost everyone of a technical bent in the technology industry is familiar with that old routine: your parents, your friends, and your neighbors inevitably calls you for free technical support. With all that advanced technology, there will be more and more confusion. How does HelloTech work? How is this different from other services?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. A technology that will surely revolutionize how viewers interact with content and television in the very near future.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2017

We know what we're good at, which is mostly consumer facing technology. They think I live in Hollywood, but there's Santa Monica, Venice, Echo Park, Silverlake, there's a scene downtown, I can go for a walk in the hills, I can go take a walk on the beach, there is just so much going on. I try to tell my friends that all the time.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

And consider Snapchat – one of our hometown favorites as they’re based in LA (Venice Beach). Luckily since then we elected Mayor Eric Garcetti who understands the importance of startups and of technology and venture capital on job creation. But I know with local funding and local support that’s certainly less likely.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Our product is called Starring You, which lets oyu put yourself into any video we create. Gregg Spiridellis: We've got four products in the market right now. Gregg Spiridellis: We're not only trying to reinvent story formats and distribution strategies, we're trying to reinvent the production model around content.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 12, 2014

However, TechZulu will be doing an official pre-event on Tuesday June 17th with our #TZTechCrawl in Venice. Startup Tables: Available in / near the panel venues to promote your product or service, do demos or giveaways to SBF attendees including startups, VCs, investors, Hollywood studio execs. Its that time of the year again!

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2015

This has been awesome for productivity.” I was so much more productive and focused than I was in our noisy NYC office! but others were concerned about productivity or that we were turning into a company where everyone is just a head on a laptop. Whatever you need to get the job done and be at your most productive.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

As early technology pioneers with over 13 years of entrepreneurial experience behind them, what they really saw was an opportunity for expansion into a new digital product line for kids that encouraged learning on multi-platforms. But his timing was too early for technology. Full circle indeed.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

We were using technology to connect with our audiences, and we were really obsessed with data about our audiences. We realized that technology was very powerful, and could help us connect with great fans on the other side. They are used to producing great product and putting it out, and having people come.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Our product is called Starring You, which lets oyu put yourself into any video we create. Gregg Spiradellis: We've got four products in the market right now. Gregg Spiradellis: We're not only trying to reinvent story formats and distribution strategies, we're trying to reinvent the production model around content.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

As early technology pioneers with over 13 years of entrepreneurial experience behind them, what they really saw was an opportunity for expansion into a new digital product line for kids that encouraged learning on multi-platforms. But his timing was too early for technology. Full circle indeed.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans. Neville Spiteri: TheBlue and the projects we are going after are really uncharted territory.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. Jeff told us of his life-long passion for technology and start-ups, which spoke volumes about the drive, dedication and focus needed to make any business a success.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

Our most popular product is our Facebook app. Our latest product we are excited about is a dashboard that allows you to keep track of your fans. We are also working with new technology that deals with computer vision to help optimize the content. It would bring more people to use our product when the content is more relevant.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. VENICE RISING. Venice: 13% | L.A. WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. Derek Wooden.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. Jeff told us of his life-long passion for technology and start-ups, which spoke volumes about the drive, dedication and focus needed to make any business a success.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

” We talked about my influences as a younger person and what got me started in technology and entrepreneurship. So my goal was to transfer into the deeply technical part of Andersen Consulting so people would see me as a technologist because I love technology. So Mark, I want to build a great product. Ridesharing.

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