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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Andy Wilson , Managing Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org). The Alliance is following the classic start-up trajectory: transition from the big idea to your beachhead product offering. We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

What's the latest craze in startups in Southern Califonia? It looks to be startup accelerators. In just the last few weeks, at least five different incubation/acceleration efforts have booted up in the region. The group is a member of the TechStars Network, and boasts a who's who of successful local CEOs and investors.

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Southern California Orange County Incubator Tech Coast Angels 216

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JULY 19, 2018

Reali , a Silicon Valley startup which offers up a high-tech, and artificial intelligence-enabled real estate service, said this week that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round, which it specifically will use to launch in Southern California.

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Southern California Artificial Inteligence High Tech Pricing 100

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Valentine''s day is coming up -- it''s this Friday, February 14th -- and what better way to prepare for the holiday than taking a look at three local startups (and one established company) particularly appropriate for the occasion? The startup''s tagline is "It''s like real life, but better." Don''t have a significant other?

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Southern California eHarmony Startup Mobile 200

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MARCH 5, 2019

For today's Insights and Opinions Section , Rob Freelen, Los Angeles Marketing Manager for Silicon Valley Bank, talks about the startup outlook for 2019. Predicting what 2019 will hold for the SoCal innovation economy is risky. Read What's Ahead for SoCal Startups? And that holds true today. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Southern California Dollar Shave Club Startup 113

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JUNE 29, 2017

Managing Director: Arjan Schutte, Kathleen Utecht Investment interests: Fintech startups. Managing Directors: Tx Zhuo and Eva Ho Investment interests: Data, artificial intelligence-enabled technologies, and automation being applied to enterprise software, financial services, marketplace, and digital health. Okapi Ventures. HashTagOne.

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Southern California Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Capital 178

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Southern California is once again the target expansion market for a Bay Area startup offering cleaning services via the web this morning, as EXEC said it is expanding beyond the San Francisco Bay Area, and launching its cleaning service in San Diego. The service parallels, almost exactly, the steps at Pathjoy.

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Southern California Services SoCal Startup 153

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APRIL 11, 2012

Local startup AnyMeeting is looking to help fellow Southern California startups out, saying this morning that it will provide free, one-year accounts to its premium, ad-free service to any employee of companies within select Los Angeles area incubators and accelerators.

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels Startup SoCal 199

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

California boasts one of the most impressive economies in the United States. Southern California alone has a gross domestic product larger than countries including Mexico and Turkey. And, since 2012, just six counties in SoCal have seen their gross domestic product increase from $992 billion to $1.26 Start Local.

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MAY 10, 2021

The former CEO of a Southern California communications services company has plead guilty to charges that he fraudulently obtained $5 million in bank loans from one of Southern California's big startup and technology banks. Lewis now faces up to 30 years in federal prison. According to the U.S.

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Startup Southern California .Net Media 113

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MAY 15, 2018

San Francisco-based Good Eggs , a fresh meal kit and grocery delivery startup, said today that it is aiming at expansion in Southern California next year, after raising $50M in a new funding round. The company currently only offers its services in a limited part of San Francisco.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M for the quarter, up from both Q4 of last year as well as the comparable Q1 quarter in 2009, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the NVCA. According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. which programs are--and aren't--worth looking at has become very difficult, if not impossible, for startup entrepreneurs. Start Engine.

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Southern California Incubator Guide Startup 246

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

What was Southern California's technology community most interested in 2012? in the company's efforts to start a commercial space tourism industry. in the company's efforts to start a commercial space tourism industry. generation of startups. The Complete Guide To Southern California Accelerators and.

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Southern California Thousand Oaks Incubator SpaceX 211

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AUGUST 6, 2012

At least six, Southern California companies -- Nimble , ParkMe , Quarterly , Beachmint , Chromatik , and Dollar Shave Club -- have been named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Brilliant Companies list today, a healthy share of the publication's annual look at the best ideas, hottest industries, and innovators.

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Dollar Shave Club Southern California Entrepreneur Company 231

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JUNE 13, 2017

Laguna Hills-based See Jane Go , a startup which operates a ridesharing service driven by, and which serves just women, has raised $2.47M in an angel funding, the company said Tuesday. See Jane Go currently offers it service in Orange County and Long Beach, with plans to expand to the rest of Southern California using the funding.

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JANUARY 16, 2015

billion in Southern California startup, according to the latest MoneyTree Report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association last night, based on data from Thomson Reuters. The numbers in Southern California were significantly helped by two, mega-funding deals in Los Angeles, including $485.6M

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Southern California Invest Orange County San Diego 100

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

A number of services have emerged in Southern California in the last few months, offering up free, or very inexpensive, 4G wireless connections. We've stacked up three of the services below for comparison. Basic plan: up to 500MB/data per month, free. FreedomPop. NetZero Wireless. for 500Mb/month.

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MAY 30, 2019

Los Angeles-based Mission , a startup providing managed services and consulting for Amazon Web Services, has raised $15M in a funding round, from private equity investor Great Hill Partners. Mission says that so far, Great Hill Partners has committed up to $75M, with approximately $40M now invested in the company.

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Services Southern California Web Equity 133

Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Networks play a vital role in supporting tech startup growth objectives. By leveraging managed network services , startups can offload time-consuming maintenance tasks and strengthen their IT infrastructure to increase their competitiveness. . Network performance can make or break startup productivity. were data breaches.

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Networking Services Startup Resource 97

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JUNE 7, 2013

Need to find a top legal company in Southern California? socalTECH has the definitive listing of the companies who are providing legal services to local startups and high tech companies in our high tech service provider directory. Check out our listing of legal providers serving the local high tech industry at.

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MAY 14, 2020

A little over a year after its graduation from Y Combinator’s demo day, the on-demand construction materials delivery service Curri is beginning to offer its services in all 50 states. “ We provide a solution for them to flex up or down and save money.”

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Services Southern California Seed Funding Demand 217

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

It looks like all of the flap over Instagram 's change in its terms of service--which some had interpreted as giving Instagram the right to sell users' photos--has missed impacting a number of Southern California's startups. Munson did say that it's a logical move by Instagram towards Facebook's advertising model.

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Southern California SoCal Startup Advertising 174

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JANUARY 7, 2013

LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Surf Air ($2.6M, Los Angeles, subscription aircraft service). How to find a startup mentor. Southern California's Most Popular Tech Stories. Southern California's Most Popular Tech Stories. Broadcom Powering New Mac Wireless. Surf Air Gets First Aircraft.

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Southern California Technical Review SoCal San Diego 168

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Glendale-based LegalZoom has partnered with the University of Southern California (USC), to fund a scholarship and a new lab, the company said this week.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Are you an entrepreneur, looking for capital here in Southern California? Here's a rundown of some of the venture capital investors who have set up shop in Southern California, plus those with big new funds, which have been announced so far since January of this year. Watertower Ventures. HashTagOne.

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Southern California Artificial Inteligence Funding SoCal 138

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

La Verne, California-based FLOAT , started by Arnel Guiang, Tom Hsieh, and Rob McKinney, says that it is about to launch a new, short-distance, daily commuter flight service, aimed at allowing people to bypass all of the traffic on local roads. The company was founded by Arnel Guiang, Tom Hsieh, and Rob McKinney. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Los Angeles-based startup airline Surf Air , which has made a splash with frequent travelers between Southern California and Silicon Valley, is extending its footprint, saying Wednesday that it intends to launch service between Southern California and Las Vegas, starting next month. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Startup Hawthorne Burbank 203

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JULY 7, 2016

Another, on-demand car washing app-- Washe , says it has started offering up on-demand, car washes to Southern California drivers. Washe said it has begun offering up support to users between Los Angeles and San Diego, connecting drivers to a network of mobile car washers.

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San Diego Los Angeles Demand Mobile 113

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

A conference being held this week by the OpenStack cloud software group has surfaced what looks to be a surge in cloud-based companies in Southern California, including a number of startups. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2018

On-demand, car wash startup Washe , which lets users connect with professional mobile car washers, said this week that it has raised $3.5M The Boca Raton, Florida-based startup said the lead investor in the round was Ron Zuckerman, a technology entrepreneur and investor. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures is one of the investors in a new, luxury valet service launching in San Francisco, called Luxe. Valet parking seems to be on the minds of investors lately, with at least one Southern California startup--valet parking startup Curbstand --also recently announcing a round of funding.

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Services Southern California Redpoint Seed Funding 168

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MARCH 10, 2014

According to the new venture firm, it is focused on early stage, seed to A-round investments, with a focus on Southern California companies, and specifically Silicon Beach. The company also says it will be providing advisory services for companies that it invests in. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Invest Santa Monica SoCal 185

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Today's contribution is from Richard Wolpert , the co-founder of HelloTech (www.hellotech.com), an in-home, technology and IT support service. What's was biggest news from you or your‏ firm this year?

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Southern California Startup Slides News 100

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AUGUST 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based HelloTech , the in-home, technical support service started by Richard Wolpert, is providing the support for the launch of Samsung's new Galaxy Note 8 smartphone , in a major win for HelloTech. According to Samsung, it will offer up 60 days free Samsung Premium Care service to purchasers of its new smartphone.

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Technical Support Southern California Startup Los Angeles 124

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Los Angeles-based PrazoNow , a new automotive leasing startup being incubated at Mucker Labs, says it is launching a new, subscription automotive service. According to PrazoNow, it is launching a short term, car leasing service which will offer up three, six, or nine month leases to pre-owned, electric vehicles in Southern California.

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Services Southern California Incubator Los Angeles 113