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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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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Venice-based Snapchat said Monday that it has launched a new feature, which lets users pay their friends using the company''s mobile app. According to Snapchat, it partnered with payment firm Square, which lets you type a dollar sign and amount to send to a friend''s bank account, using a user''s debit card.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

A Los Angeles startup has launched itself into the streaming music fray today on iOS, saying it has debuted an iOS version of Radical.FM , a new music streaming service offering up a catalog of 25 million songs--and including such artists as The Beatles, AC/DC, and Bob Seger. The new app is available from iTunes. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

What do you get when you take the creative minds behind JibJab.com , the Venice-based online humor content developers--known for its hilarious videos of everything from politics to everyday life--and apply that to kids entertainment? READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

Anyone with the slightest interest in the world of social Internet services nowadays has by now heard of Pinterest , the online site which allows users to "pin" and comments on their favorite photos from across the web. Pinterest is one of the latest services to sweep the Internet world in terms of popularity, particularly with women.

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APRIL 16, 2013

Snapchat , the hot Venice-based startup which lets users send self-destructing photos to each other, has been hit by a spam attack, the firm said this morning. According to posts on Twitter, a large number of posts of a "naked lady" were sent to users on the service.

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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.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

Lyft , the developer of a service and mobile app which lets users find, and offer, rides across town, said it is launching today in the Los Angeles area. The service has been only available previously in San Francisco, but said it will now start serving trips in Santa Monica, Venice and West L.A.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Amplify , the startup accelerator program being run by Paul Bricault in Venice Beach, has tied with a cloud computing provider, Joyent , the two said this morning. The two said they are in a partnership, where Joyent will provide free cloud computing resources and marketing services to Amplify's portfolio companies. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Los Angeles-based Club W , the subscription wine club service out of the Amplify accelerator in Venice, disclosed today that it has raised $3.1M Club W's subscription wine service provides a personalized selection of wines to subscribers, through software which hone those shipments as users review and rate those wines.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

Venice, California-based Radical.FM , the Internet radio service led by Thomas McAlvey, has launched a new service called RadCasting. According to Radical.FM, the new service lets users tune into other users, or broadcast their own music stations, even while they are mobile. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 6, 2016

Venice, California-based goFlow has launched a new, app-driven service to help users book trainers and professionals in the areas of surfing, wake boarding, paddle boarding and skateboarding. Need some surfing lessons, or help with stand up paddle boarding?

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MARCH 4, 2013

SideCar's service uses your phone's GPS capability to locate people who are nearby who would be willing to give you a ride for a donation; the company said it's initially launching here in LA on in West LA, Santa Monica, Venice and Culver City, with expansion to the remainder of LA soon.

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MARCH 9, 2017

Global Crossing founder Winnick takes majority stake in streaming service Qello, Tele-therapy startup iExhale raises $1.86 million, and Snapchat Spectacles shop pops up in Venice.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The upcoming IPO of Venice-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat , is spurring a lot of local real estate agents, money managers, and luxury goods retailers excited to get a piece of the action, according to an article in the New York Times.

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JUNE 7, 2013

Venice-based photo messaging service Snapchat is reportedly raising $100M in funding, at a valuation of half a billion dollars, according to a report Friday. Snapchat--which operates a mobile photo messaging service which is very popular with the teenage set--is backed by Benchmark Capital, and had previously raised $12.5M

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AUGUST 18, 2014

Venice-based Radical.FM , the online, add-free music streaming service, has begun accepting Bitcoin. According to Radical.FM, it is using Bitcoin payments provider Bitpay, to let users donate Bitcoin to support its service. radicalfm music streaming service donation content bitpay bitcoin' READ MORE>>. Radical.FM

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JUNE 25, 2015

Venice-based startup CarLove.co has launched a beta of a new, on-demand service for car repair, starting in West Los Angeles, the company said today. The service lets users pick a nearby car mechanic, and actually dispatches a driver to pick up your car and deliver it to the mechanic for you--so you never have to leave the house.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Postmates is now rolling out what could be the biggest update to the company’s service in a long time — adding a retail option for users to shop local stores and for local merchants to set up a virtual on-demand storefront in the app. We started the test in Venice Beach in Abbott Kinney… that’s where you’d find the best coverage.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based Evite is launching an effort to help raise money for charities, with a "Make More Merry" campaign powered by Venice, California-based Pledgeling , the company said Monday. That service is being powered by Pledgeling, the Venice startup led by James Citron. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 17, 2013

Venice Beach-based Bitium , a new startup out of LA''s Amplify accelerator, announced this morning that it has raised $2.4M Bitium said it is developing a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) operating system, offering up everything from authentication and authorization of cloud-based software to features like consolidated messaging for apps.

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MAY 1, 2014

On-demand grocery delivery service Instacart has expanded in Los Angeles, saying recently that it is now covering downtown Los Angeles and Culver City, and will deliver groceries from Ralphs and Costco. The company--which launched earlier in April in Los Angeles--offers up personal shopping services driven by crowdsourcing.

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AUGUST 3, 2015

Luxe , the on-demand, luxury valet service, said today that it is expanding its service in Los Angeles with a new "Drive Home" service aimed at drinkers in LA. Luxe did not say when or if it will expand the service to its other, LA areas, which include Santa Monica, Venice, and West LA. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Miso Media is located in Venice, and was founded by Aviv Grill ; the firm's investors include Aria Ventures , Detroit Ventures Partners , Google Ventures , Mind Fund , and Keith Rabois , among others. Earbits has created a service which lets you browse through over 200 stations of streaming audio, advertising free. Music Mastermind.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

Venice-based social photo messaging service Snapchat had a major security breach over the holidays, when at least 4.6 million user names and phone numbers on the service were publicly published to the Internet. The breached data was apparently published via a post to Reddit.

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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 10, 2014

Venice-based Snapchat is facing another big crisis Friday, as word spread that at least 100,000 compromising, Snapchat photos and videos have been leaked to online hacking sites. 4chan video photo media social hacker service terms hack leak image snapchat' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

Venice-based instant photo messaging service Snapchat has released an update to the company''s software for both Android and iOS, in response to the major security breach over the holidays resulting from the abuse of its "Find Friends" feature. million phone numbers and usernames from the service. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

Venice-based Snapchat is in the midst of raising a new round of funding, led by storied venture capital investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which valued the company at close to $10 billion, according to a report. The report also said that Snapchat has around 100 million monthly active users now using its messaging service.

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MARCH 19, 2010

Reza Bundy , the founder of Venice-based Mota Motors , looks to be a major beneficiary of an IPO -- not of his current firm, but of his prior company, Iron Planet. Mota Motors is developing a service to help consumers buy and sell used automobiles; the firm has previously scored funding from Prism VentureWorks. percent of Iron Planet.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Venice, California-based Mota Motors , which provides online vehicle certification and selling software platforms, said today that it has named Ken Potter as its Chief Revenue Officer. Mota's service is working on a platform to provide used car sellers and dealerships with certification of those vehicles.

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APRIL 6, 2015

Venice-based instant messaging service Snapchat released its first transparency report , detailing all of the legal and government demands for information from its systems, showing that the company fielded more then 375 U.S. READ MORE>>. snapchat subpoena transparency report information legal request'

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AUGUST 20, 2014

Venice-based Snapchat has plans to add news articles, advertisements, TV, and movie clips to the service, according to reports this week, in a new service called Snapchat Discovery.

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

An effort to register new voters via Snapchat has resulted in 418,000 new voters, according to numbers given by Venice, California-based Snap to the New York Times. The registrations on Snapchat came within a short, two-week period, and involved a registration button on user profiles.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Club W , the personalized wine subscription service at AmplifyLA, has doubled down with accelerators, and is part of a new class of startups announced by 500Startups earlier this week. ClubW has operations both at AmplifyLA in Venice, as well as in Denver.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

Venice-based social messaging phenom Snapchat has locked down its Find Friends features, saying that it has improved security on the feature, after reports of the widespread release of around 4.6 million phone numbers and usernames from the service. READ MORE>>. snapchat find friends security breach software social networking'

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JULY 24, 2012

Venice-based startup accelerator Amplify LA has added a new startup to its portfolio, personalized wine recommendation site Club W. The two companies said that they are in a strategic partnership, which will provide Club W with the resources to keep up with stronger-than-anticipated consumer demand for its services.

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