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OCTOBER 25, 2012

High tech startups--and the service providers who serve the industry--are continuing to cluster along Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade, as Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , one of the Los Angeles legal firms focused on the high tech market, announced a grand opening date for a new office on the 3rd Street Promenade.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

A new, Santa Monica-based startup, ZmBIZI is launching a new, smartphone aimed at small businesses, creators, and entrepreneurs. The startup says its phone service allows its users to accept payments by physically tapping their contactless enabled cards or Apple Pay and Google pay wallets on the back of its smartphone.

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MAY 21, 2019

The Precellerator , the Santa Monica-based startup incubation and accelerator effort with ties to local technology law firm Stubbs, Alderton, and Markiles LLP, has opened up applications for its next class of startups, the accelerator said on Tuesday. The new class starts on September 3rd. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

Allan Jones’s first startup was Fourth and Grand , a Trunk Club-like service backed by the venture studio and accelerator, Science, out of Santa Monica. That’s why companies like Stojo Projects, Knife Aid and Hank’s Bagels all use the company’s service.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

Santa Monica-based Mahalo , the startup led by tech celebrity Jason Calacanis, apparently is shifting its focus to a new effort called Inside.com , focused on mobile news. inside.com mahalo service aggregation news calacanis jason' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This is the company’s next step on its path to commercializing robotaxi services in its second California city. To start, only employees will be able to hail rides in the driverless robotaxis. Services will be available “outside of traditional rush hour times,” a spokesperson told TechCrunch.

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MARCH 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based Preccelerator , the early-stage, startup accelerator associated with Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, says it has opened up applications for its next class. Deadlines for applications are March 20th.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

Santa Monica-based Fair , which operates a service which lets consumers essentially gain access to automobiles on a month-to-month "car-as-a-service" program, has raised a giant, $385M funding round. According to the company, so far, it has provided cars for more than 20,000 users.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Timothy Sehn , the former Senior VP of Engineering for Venice-based Snap , has launched a new, Santa Monica-based startup called Liquidata. The new startup says it is developing a "data as a service" offering. Sehn left Snap a year ago.

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AUGUST 30, 2016

Santa Monica-based Washio , the venture-backed, on-demand laundry startup, has shut down, according to the company. The company said that it will be shutting down its operations, as of Aug 29., and returning orders to customers. The company did not say why it decided to shut down.

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MARCH 26, 2015

Santa Monica-based HONK , the on-demand, roadside assistance app startup led by Corey Brundage, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding round. Honk offer ups an online app, for either iOS or Android, where motorists in need of a jump start, tire change, lock out services, or fuel can request a tow truck.

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JUNE 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based Expresscoin said Wednesday that it has launched a new service to buy and sell Bitcoin, as well as other alternative currencies, such as Dogecoin.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Santa Monica-based ParkMe , the startup which is developing parking information services and apps, reported today that it has entered into a partnership with ABM Parking Services, and will launch and power ABM's mobile app. Financial impact of the win were not disclosed. with over $4 billion in revenues.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Santa Monica-based startup studio Science Inc. said Tuesday that it has launched its very own financial information service focused on initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency. Science said the new service will be offered up in real time through Slack, Messenger, and Telegram. Science Inc.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Bird today announced the launch of Bird Pay, a service that will let people use its app to purchase items from local participating businesses alongside renting scooters. The service is being tested first in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, the company said. The challenge in the U.S.,

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MAY 16, 2013

It''s not infrequently that we''re pitched by a startup saying they are the ''eHarmony for X'', referring to the Santa Monica-based online dating and relationship site''s reputation. A report today says that the online dating site plans to launch its own, career service by the second half of the year. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 9, 2019

A new, Santa Monica-based startup, Coozie , backed by startup studio Science Inc. said Tuesday mornig that it has launched a new, outdoor gear rental service, aimed at helping its customers get into the outdoors without having to invest in their own gear. The service is available anywhere in the continental U.S.,

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JUNE 10, 2013

You can, kind of, if you use Naki Laundry , the new, smartphone-driven startup which lets users get their laundry done by smartphone, and which launched today in Santa Monica. Not sure if such a high tech service is for you? Naki Laundry is one of a number of companies which has been tying common services to a smartphone.

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MARCH 3, 2021

Santa Monica-based NextCar, the newest automotive-focused startup led by startup veteran Scott Painter, is gearing up for the launch of the company, saying this week that it has named a senior management team. NextCar (NXCR) is focused on providing vehicle subscriptions to consumers.

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JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Santa Monica-based Happy Returns , which provides a network of in-person return locations for online retailers, is expanding its menu of offerings for those retailers, through a new product called "Full Stack Returns". Pricing on the new offering was not announced by the company, which is venture backed by U.S.

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APRIL 25, 2013

In a big extension for personal cloud storage service Younity , the Santa Monica-based startup announced today that it has connected its service into Facebook, letting users access any file from Facebook, and also share those with friends on the popular social networking service. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 14, 2013

Santa Monica-based DogVacay , the online, peer-to-peer dog boarding marketplace, is hoping to make it much easier to use its service, through the launch of a new "conciege" service today. he startup is led by Aaron Hirschorn. he startup is led by Aaron Hirschorn. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Los Angeles-based Squeegy , an on-demand, car wash service, said Wednesday that it has officially launched its service in Los Angeles. The startup, led by Andrew Davis, let users request a car wash from their mobile app, anywhere within Squeegy's service area. Squeegy's on-demand app currently runs only on iOS.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

Santa Monica-based startup accelerator MuckerLab unveiled its latest class of startups yesterday at its Demo Day, showing off the third class of companies out of its program. demoday demo incubator capital venture software accelerator startup muckerlab' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Los Angeles has been in the midst of a technology boom over the last few years, with many of high profile startups growing in the area. We spoke with Bryce Maddock , founder of TaskUs, about the company and how it has been providing the manpower behind a lot of LA''s technology startups. So, what is TaskUs?

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JANUARY 10, 2020

Santa Monica-based fintech startup Grow Credit said this week that it has signed up Trash Butler , a "trash valet" company which takes out the trash for apartment, student housing, and condo dwellers, and will help Trash Butler's workforce and clientele establish and build their credit.

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MAY 1, 2019

Santa Monica-based scooter rental service Bird has just started offering up its scooters on a monthly basis--rather than per-use--in a test in San Francisco and Barcelona. Bird says it will even deliver a "personal Bird" to users' homes, and offer up a Bluetooth lock for their devices. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 27, 2018

The smash dockless scooter rental startup, Bird , is expanding beyond its Southern California nest with a new rollout in San Francisco, San Jose, Calif. The company’s services are already available in Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Monica, Calif. and Washington, DC, the company said today.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

FitOrbit , the online fitness service which offers up personal trainers and weight loss plans via the Internet, has tied itself with online dating site Chemistry.com , in what might be the first link between fitness and dating. Chemistry.com is an online dating site owned by IAC/Match.com. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 14, 2012

Ben Kuo just posted on SoCalTech: Are the good times for startups back? That seemed to be the mood running through the cloud at the more-than-sellout crowd at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica Thursday at the first LA Demo Day. At the event, the enthusiasm for startups was palpable.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Santa Monica-based Fair , a startup offering up a mobile app which lets users find, purchase, and finance an automobile--started by automotive startup veteran Scott Painter--has raised $16M and launched its services.

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MARCH 22, 2018

If you run a restaurant, it turns out the move towards online ordering is a recipe for chaos--with multiple online order services and apps, all with their own way of getting orders to your restaurant. If your restaurant doesn't exist in those services, then there's zero chance that you'll get an order. What is Ordermark?

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JUNE 9, 2020

Santa Monica-based Grow Credit , a startup which helps people establish credit by paying for subscriptions to services such as Netflix, Disney Plus, and Spotify, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding came from Mucker Labs.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the provider of a system for managing employee benefits and perks programs headed by Paige Craig, said this morning that it has updated its product, and added a new Personal Services category to its offerings. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Combine that with the growing startup community here, and you end up with at. We've compiled a list of five of the startups that are revolutionizing some part of music, based here in Southern California. Earbits has created a service which lets you browse through over 200 stations of streaming audio, advertising free.

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JULY 18, 2014

Five startups have been named winners at the Siemer Summit , the tech confab which has been being held in Santa Monica for the past couple of days by local investment banking company and investor Siemer Ventures, highlighting some of the top startups in the region. READ MORE>>.

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