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Luxury Travel Hackers Gets Seed Funding For Travel Technology

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Santa Monica-based Luxury Travel Hackers said today that it has launched a new company, focused on helping the "mobile millennial" book "influencer-curated" trips via social media, with a seed funding.

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GumGum Sports Wins Maui Jim Maui Invitational

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Santa Monica-based GumGum Sports , which helps advertising agencies measure the media value of sponsorships of sporting events using computer vision technology, has agreed to provide media valuation for the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, being held later this year. Financial impact of the win was not announced.

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GumGum Sports Wins NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets

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Santa Monica-based GumGum Sports , the arm of GumGum which develops technology to measure the social media value of sponsorships for sports teams, says it has just signed the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets as a new customer. Financial details of the win were not announced.

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MomentFeed Names Tech Veteran Nick Hedges As CEO

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Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps national brands keep information on their stores up to date across mapping and mobile services, has named Nick Hedges as CEO of the company, MomentFeed said this morning. Hedges also previously has served at Bain & Company, Accenture.com, and Ogilvy & Mather.

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Greenfly Lands $8.5M In Funding For Social Brand Marketing

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Santa Monica-based Freenfly , a startup that helps brands tap into a network of content creators and brand advocates on social media, has raised $8.5M Greenfly says the new funding will go towards technology, user acquisition, marketing initiatives, and new hires. in a Series B funding, the company said today.

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GumGum Analyzes Sports Teams Sponsorships, Advertising

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Santa Monica-based GumGum has launched a new effort to apply its technology to analyze sports sponsorships and advertising. The company said it is partnering with Catalyst Sports and Media, founded by Happy Walters and Josh Swartz, on the effort to bring the product to the sports market.

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Snap To Run Partner Summit Online

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Santa Monica-based Snap Inc. co-founders Evan Spiegel, Chief Executive Officer, and Bobby Murphy, Chief Technology Officer, along with others. co-founders Evan Spiegel, Chief Executive Officer, and Bobby Murphy, Chief Technology Officer, along with others. The company said those keynotes will feature Snap Inc.