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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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JANUARY 10, 2022

Venice, California-based AI customer service software developer Thankful said today that it is expanding into the European market, via a partnership with Netherlands-based Dixa. The company said it is developing natural language processing software to help provide personalized service interactions for brands.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

One way might be to try out GrubTonight , a newly launhced iPhone application from Venice-based Grubwithus, which allows users to find organized dinners in a local area, reserve a seat, and meet others at meals. What's the best way to meet new people, and expand your social circle in a city?

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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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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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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Venice, California-based Thankful, a new artificial intelligence software startup focused on customer service, announced this morning that it has raised $12M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by Alpha Edison, and also included Bonfire Ventures, Ten-One-Ten, Greycroft, Omega, and Miramar Ventures.

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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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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Dollar Shave Club , the subscription razor delivery service headed by Michael Dubin, has raised $9.8M Dollar Shave Club is based in Venice. in a Series A funding. The round was led by Venrock, and also included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Forerunner Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Shasta Ventures, and Felicis Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Venice-based Snapchat launched a new feature on Monday morning, called Spotlight/a> , which encourages its users to share their own, user-created videos. The new feature is aimed squarely at TikTok , and is being backed by an enticement of $1M a day being paid out to users who share the most popular clips to the service.

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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 26, 2021

Venice, California-based Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has acquired 3D image acquisition company Pixel8earth. Pixel8earth develops a crowdsourced, 3D imagery acquisition service, which allows people to help build out a an open, 3D map of the world--mapping into 3D space. The deal was reportedly worth $7.6M.

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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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AUGUST 1, 2017

Venice, California-based Vetted , a new startup offering up on-demand, veterinary services at your home, has raised $3.47M in seed funding, the company disclosed this week. The company--which is currently headquartered at Amplify LA--currently only offers up its services in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

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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OCTOBER 5, 2018

Venice, California-based on-demand scooter rental service Bird has launched a brand new service, which will allows users to rent its scooters all day--and will even deliver those scooters to your doorstep. According to Bird, the new service, Bird Delivery READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based mobile streaming video startup Quibi will not be launching a series about Venice, Californi-based Snapchat , according to a report from Variety. Quibi raised a huge, $350M funding round back in January for the streaming service. Variety did not say why Quibi decided to drop its plans for the series. READ MORE>>.

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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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DECEMBER 26, 2018

In a scathing report--published over the holiday weekend--the WSJ says that Venice-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat. is "struggling after the CEO ignored warnings about a redesign that proved unpopular" saying that Spiegel's "imperious style" has caused users to flee from the service. 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 20, 2019

Venice, California-based Snapchat , the social networking service that is part of Snap, Inc., The company--which basically lets anyone join the service by putting in a birthday that would indicate you are older than 13--said it is working on a "new age-verification system" with the UK's Home Office.

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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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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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MARCH 19, 2020

Venice, California-based Snapchat is launching its new set of health and wellness tools, well ahead of schedule, due to the growing threat of the COVID-19 virus threat, and will surface educational information on the new virus and health measures, as well as mental health content.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 13, 2017

Apartment listing service RadPad of Venice was bought by tenant-screening service LandlordStation of Dallas for an undisclosed amount, following a tough year that included layoffs and court battle with Craigslist.

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JUNE 7, 2018

Venice-based Heartbeat , a social influencer marketing startup which rewards women for sharing information on brands on Instagram, says it has signed up over 3,000 women in Los Angeles as "Ambassadors" for it service. The company said those women have a collected 24 million followers on Instagram. Bose, H&M and others.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Tech Gives Back , the tech communitys largest corporate service event, was held for the second year in LA on Thursday, October 18th, with 300+ volunteers attending from 60+ companies helping out at eight different volunteer sites: Plastic Oceans in Santa Monica, YearUp in Culver City, Temescal Gateway Park in Pacific Palisades, Harvest Home in Venice, (..)

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MARCH 15, 2018

Venice, California-based Snap Inc. , the company behind Snapchat , has run into more controversy, after celebrity Rihanna weighed in on an poll advertisement Snapchat had approved and run on its service asked viewers to vote on whether they'd like to "slap Rihanna" or "punch Chris Brown".

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JULY 23, 2018

Venice-based Snap is shutting down the Snapcash payment feature of Snapcash , which had offered up peer-to-peer payments on its network. Snapchat had launched the peer-to-peer payment service in conjunction with Square back in 2014. The feature will be shut down on August 30th. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 15, 2018

Online music streaming service Pandora said it has become one of the first partners for Snap Kit , the new developer program run by Venice-based Snap > , the parent firm of Snapchat.

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JULY 26, 2019

venice-based Stackin' , a startup which helps consumers start saving and making investments, has raised $4.0M Stackin' says it already has over 500,000 users who use the service to save money and to start investing, all via text messaging. in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the company this week.

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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 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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MAY 10, 2018

Venice-based startup Heartbeat , which wants to pay women to share posts from brands, said this week that it has launched an app which lets women sign up for the company's service. Saks Fifth Avenue, H&M, Goop, and others--are looking for "Ambassadors" who want to use those brands products and services, and post those on Instagram.

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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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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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JUNE 22, 2017

Venice, California-based Snap Inc. , Snapchat just rolled out a new, location sharing feature for Snapchat based on Zenly's technology, but will continue to operate Zenly as an independent service. the parent company of Snapchat , has acquired social app startup Zenly , in a deal reportedly worth $250M to $350M in cash and stock.

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OCTOBER 14, 2015

Venice, California-based Radical.FM , the Internet radio service led by Thomas McAlevey, is looking to ramp up the sharing of music streams from the service, with a $500 cash prize each week.

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