L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 19, 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics compiled in a report by downtown real estate investment firm Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. Los Angeles County tech wages are growing faster than the earnings of tech employees in the nation’s other big cities, according to data from the U.S.

Statistics

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Science closes $75 million fund; Elon Musk’s Boring Co. sells all its flamethrowers; and Snapchat is selling hats and sweatshirts inside its app.

Snapchat

L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 19, 2017

and Time Warner Inc. announced a global partnership to develop made-for-Snap shows over the next two years. The deal, reportedly valued at $100 million, will include both entertainment and advertising content.

Content

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Global Eagle stock plunges after CEO and CFO resign, AwesomenessTV CEO Brian Robbins resigns, microfinance startup Tala raises $30 million, and more.

Report

L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 6, 2017

Hyperloop One asks public to suggest U.S. routes and selects 11 regions for further study, on-demand doctor app Heal adds Obama’s Secretary of Navy to board, and Virgin Galactic planning for test space launch before end of year.

Study

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Seed-stage companies in Los Angeles received a total of $369 million in funding in 2016, according to report from Venice tech accelerator Amplify.LA.

Seed Funding

L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Velocify acquired for $128 million, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy completes first-stage test, and car shopping and lending app Fair launches in Los Angeles.

Report

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 18, 2017

LAEDC includes 9 sites in L.A. region bid for Amazon’s second headquarters, crypto venture firm Blockchain Capital raising $150 million for two funds, and Snap partners with Discovery, Eurosport for Olympics coverage.

Sites

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 25, 2017

Ring raises $109 million and eyes initial public offering, Elon Musk endorses former ExxonMobil Chief Tillerson for Sec. of State, and 3-D car part printer Divergent raises $23 million.

Report

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Fair raises $50 million and acquires rental car delivery service Skurt; Global Eagle submits overdue SEC filings; and Hulu says Super Bowl live-streaming outage was caused by program-extension glitch.

Hulu

L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Snapchat gets up to $1 million a day for branded augmented reality; K1 invests $200 million in SecureAuth; and Disney adds tech execs to board.

Snapchat

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2018

Unfortunately, according to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace report, only about one-third of employees feel like owners. Every owner reports to someone (Board of Directors), but every level inserted reduces autonomy and the sense of ownership. They show up every day, keep a low profile, and collect a paycheck.

Mentor

socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2017

According to Beachbody, Muehlberger will lead its Enterprise Technology team, reporting to President and COO Robert Gifford. Muehlberger joins the company from Red Bull North America, where he was Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Technology.

Beachbody

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

AllVoices, an app that enables employees to anonymously report harassment and other workplace issues, raised $3 million in seed funding.

Report

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 30, 2020

CNBC reported that these discussions were confirmed by Port of LA officials. CNBC’s report cites LA City Councilman Joe Buscaino as saying that SpaceX might seek to be up and running with at least a temporary production facility in as little as 90 days, though no deal is yet finalized between the parties.

SpaceX

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 6, 2020

Reuters reports that the Chinese company sold its 98% stake in Grindr to a U.S.-based Last year, it was reported that while under Chinese ownership, Grindr allowed engineers in Beijing access to the personal data of millions of U.S. based company, San Vicente Acquisition Partners. That ownership was later scrutinized by a U.S.

Los Angeles

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Wassime Bouimadaghene , a French security researcher, found the vulnerability and reported the issue to Grindr. The reported issue has been fixed. Last year, it was reported that while under Chinese ownership, Grindr allowed engineers in Beijing access to the personal data of millions of U.S.

Email

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

A report by Wired says that Elon Musk Is Overloaded, with the recent purchase and obsession with Twitter threatening Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company, and Neuralink. Has the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk, for $44 billion, put the rest of his companies at risk?

Report

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 20, 2020

Century City-based FitOn Inc. is trying to turn the phone into a pocket-sized gym.

Century City

Tech.Co

JUNE 3, 2022

The rent crisis is getting worse, according to a new report that found a full third of all small and medium-sized businesses are behind on their rent for the month of May. The new data comes from small business networking site Alignable, which released its Q2 Rent Report at the start of the month. What's driving the crisis? newsletter.

Report

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 17, 2018

The mayor of Los Angeles confirmed earlier reports that SpaceX will build its largest rocket, the BFR, at the Port of Los Angeles. There were widespread reports that the company was looking to drastically expand its operations at the location. This announcement confirms those reports.

Los Angeles

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2015

The report on the LA Tech Market can be found on this link. To mark the occasion of launching this inaugural report I am also proud to announce that we’ve also launched the Upfront Insights blog. And the first report released is this one — > The State of the LA Tech Market. Thank you for the referral!

Marketing

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

.” The most recent was 18 months ago or so called The Kauffman Report. It had an influence on the people who fund our industry in a negative way as many asset managers who fund our industry read this flawed report. That’s a shame because many of these people missed out on what will be a few great VC vintages.

Venture Capital

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

the largest engineering and infrastructure services firm in Los Angeles County now that AECOM has departed for Dallas — reported record fiscal 2021 earnings on Nov. Pasadena-based Tetra Tech Inc. —

Report

Berkonomics

JANUARY 25, 2018

Many early stage founders and CEO’s believe they can delegate design and creation of metrics, flash reports, analytical reports and more from their bookkeepers. And at some early stages, a bookkeeper can prepare such information. On the other hand, many early stage CEO’s are not trained and ready for such tools even if available.

Metrics

Startup San Diego

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The 2023 Startup San Diego Impact Report is here! We welcomed Lisa Barnhouse as the 3rd Executive Director for […] The post Startup San Diego 2023 Impact Report is Here! 2023 was a celebratory and monumental year for Startup San Diego. appeared first on Startup San Diego.

San Diego

L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 30, 2020

For Saucey Inc. Chief Executive Chris Vaughn, the signs pointing to a spike in demand for the company's alcohol delivery app came well ahead of the stay-at-home order.

Demand

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

sebastienros reports that Stephen Toub posted an excellent blog containing detail on all the performance improvements in.NET 5. sagenschneider reports that OfficeFloor's new use of asynchronous programming in its inversion of coupling control has enabled using reactive libraries such as R2DBC.

Framework

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

ByteDance has reportedly abandoned plans to sell TikTok's U.S. operations to Oracle and Walmart.

Oracle

L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 2, 2020

Southern California’s demand for electric vehicle industry skilled workers will continue to grow, further pushing up salaries and filling local training classrooms, according to a new report.

Training

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. These numbers are based off of reported data in Crunchbase, exclude private equity rounds and do not account for deals that may have already been closed but haven’t been publicly announced yet. Jason Rowley. Contributor. More posts by this contributor.

Venture Capital

L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 28, 2021

After thriving during the pandemic, tech companies are poised for continued success. The Business Journal looks at where they go from here.

Journal

Startup San Diego

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The Startup San Diego quarterly tech report featured a conversation between Cheryl Goodman, Vice Chair of Startup San Diego, and Vishal Shah, GM of XR & Metaverse at Lenovo.

San Diego

Startup San Diego

MARCH 27, 2024

The second episode of the Startup San Diego Tech report featured a conversation between Cheryl Goodman, Vice Chair of Startup San Diego, and Bryan Landers, AI Product Designer at Zapier. […] The post Startup San Diego Tech Report Episode 2 Wrap Up: MWC, SXSW, & CPG AI Glow-up appeared first on Startup San Diego.

San Diego

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

His remarks confirmed a CNBC report that Musk had told friends of his intent to move to Texas. Bloomberg reported Monday that Musk had moved his foundation to Austin, another signal that he had or was about to make the jump to Texas. Musk confirmed the move during an interview at the The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council annual summit.

SpaceX

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

When asked in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter , co-CEO Ted Sarandos didn’t say whether he would meet the group’s demands. I want to say that we are deeply committed to inclusion on screen and behind the camera and in our workplace,” Sarandos told the Hollywood Reporter. brb walking out.

Netflix

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Kardashian is launching private equity firm SKKY Partners in conjunction with ex-Carlyle consumer head Jay Sammons to invest in business across consumer products, hospitality, luxury, digital commerce and media, the Wall Street Journal first reported. Jenner will be joining SKKY as a partner, the Journal reported.

Equity