SpaceX Acquires Swarm Technologies
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 9, 2021
SpaceX has agreed to purchase Swarm Technologies, which designs small satellites to manage internet-of-things services.
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Heliogen Raises $108 Million for Solar Energy Technology
L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 21, 2021
Pasadena-based energy technology company Heliogen Inc. has raised a total of $108 million in two funding rounds to help develop its industrial solar energy technology, the company announced June 15.
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Education technology meets its limits
TechCrunch LA
DECEMBER 8, 2017
This week has been a good one for those who like to talk about the limits of technology. Over in the UK, a prankster managed to fool Trip Advisor into naming his shed the #1 ranked restaurant in London. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, a city struggling to manage several wind-fueled wildfires, the L.A.P.D.
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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Shows Off Capsule Design
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NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Playa Vista-based transportation technology developer Hyperloop Transportation Technologies is showing off what it calls its "completed hyperloop capsule passenger experience", which it designed in conjunction with design firm ICONA Design Group. The design is aimed at transporting 30 passengers.
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Oracle Agreement for TikTok Sets Technology Partnership
L.A. Business Journal
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Facing a Sept. 20 deadline from the White House to find a buyer for its U.S. operations, TikTok parent company ByteDance Ltd. has accepted a bid from Oracle Corp.
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OnSite Waste Technologies Signs Supplier To Senior Living Industry
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Newport Beach-based startup OnSite Waste Technologies , which is developing counter-top, on-site medical waste sterilization products, says it has signed on a supplier of products for the senior living industry. The company said that Direct Supply, based in Milwaukee, is offering the company's OnSite TE-5000 product to its customers.
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Oracle Agreement for TikTok Sets Technology Partnership
L.A. Business Journal
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Facing a Sept. 20 deadline from the White House to find a buyer for its U.S. operations, TikTok parent company ByteDance Ltd. has accepted a bid from Oracle Corp.
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Google spinoff Cartken and REEF Technology launch Miami’s first delivery robots
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 30, 2021
Self-driving and robotics startup Cartken has partnered with REEF Technology, a startup that operates parking lots and neighborhood hubs, to bring self-driving delivery robots to the streets of downtown Miami. Starship Technologies CEO Lex Bayer on focus and opportunity in autonomous delivery.
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Passport, the technology business for city transit systems, raises $43 million
TechCrunch LA
DECEMBER 20, 2017
Passport, company that's managing much of the technical aspects of how people pay to use public transportation resources in cities like London, Miami and Los Angeles, has just raised $43 million. The money, from Bain Capital Ventures, will go to help the company expand its payment and transaction services nationally and internationally.
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Starship Technologies picks up €50M from the EU’s investment arm to expand its fleet of autonomous delivery robots
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 25, 2022
Starship Technologies is describing this as a “quasi-equity facility”, meaning there is a venture loan involved in the mix. Starship’s delivery robots are already proving their worth, and we are glad to support the company so that they can continue to develop their technology and scale-up their production.”.
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Passport, the technology business for city transit systems, raises $43 million
TechCrunch LA
DECEMBER 20, 2017
Passport, company that’s managing much of the technical aspects of how people pay to use public transportation resources in cities like London, Miami and Los Angeles, has just raised $43 million. The money, from Bain Capital Ventures, will go to help the company expand its payment and transaction services nationally and internationally.
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TvScientific Targets Connected TVs With New Ad Technology
L.A. Business Journal
APRIL 19, 2021
With a growing number of Americans viewing television content through smart TVs and connected devices, newly formed startup TvScientific Inc. is creating new ways for advertisers to reach viewers and access valuable data to evaluate the success of campaigns.
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Pitching access management on the fly, Los Angeles-based Britive raises $5.4 million
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
For chief executive Artyom Poghosyan and chief technology officer Alex Gudanis, Britive is simply the latest initiative in a decades-long effort to reshape security technology. Those cloud technologies presented new challenges for the kind of privileged access management technologies that Poghosyan had developed.
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Hyundai taps EV startup Canoo to develop electric vehicles
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Hyundai Motor Group said it will jointly develop an electric vehicle platform with Los Angeles-based startup Canoo, the latest startup tapped by the automaker as part of an $87 billion push to invest in electrification and other future technologies. Hyundai Motor Group has committed to invest $87 billion over the next five years.
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How Does Advanced Warehouse Management Technology Benefit Businesses? Enhancing Efficiency and Profitability
AllTopStartups
AUGUST 1, 2024
Advanced warehouse management technology dramatically enhances business operations by streamlining various processes. These technologies improve efficiency, reduce operational costs, and boost productivity. Enhancing Efficiency and Profitability appeared first on AllTopStartups.
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From bioprinting lab-grown meat in Russia to Beyond Meat in the US, KFC is embracing the future of food
TechCrunch LA
JULY 17, 2020
“3D bioprinting technologies, initially widely recognized in medicine, are nowadays gaining popularity in producing foods such as meat,” said Yusef Khesuani, co-founder and Managing Partner of 3D Bioprinting Solutions, in a statement. ” Image: Beyond Meat. . ” Image: Beyond Meat. ”
HiveWatch Makes Security Scalable
L.A. Business Journal
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
With a decade of experience in technology and law enforcement, Ryan Schonfeld knows a thing or two about security.
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The Berkus Method: Valuing an Early-Stage Investment
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
For those of us who’ve invested in early-stage companies, especially technology startups, we have confronted a universal problem. Now we tackle the more difficult and subjective task of placing a value upon those startups that don’t fit into that mold.
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NASA moves forward with 17 companies as part of bid to transform urban aerial transportation
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 3, 2020
The Grand Challenge series brings together companies developing new transportation or airspace management technologies, the Agency said. The idea is to bring companies to collaborate and also give regulatory agencies a window into the technologies and how they may work in concert to bring air mobility to the masses in the coming years.
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ServiceTitan Acquires Aspire, Raises $200 Million
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 5, 2021
Louis-based Aspire Software, a technology provider for commercial landscaping businesses. Glendale-based ServiceTitan Inc., a developer of management software for home services contractors, has acquired St.
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Solar Startup Heliogen Looks to Power Plants, Refineries
L.A. Business Journal
NOVEMBER 29, 2019
For decades, solar technology experts have sought to generate electricity. But Pasadena-based Heliogen has a new technology that swaps fossil fuels for solar energy in industrial applications.
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Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 24, 2020
1 priority was to ensure long-term financial stability and secure the core team, technology development and customer programs no matter what the scenario, Czinger said, adding that there is still enormous uncertainty surrounding the real impact and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company’s No. Image Credits: Czinger Vehicles.
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251 With its Greenlots acquisition, Shell is moving from gas stations to charging stations
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 30, 2019
In a bid to show that it’s getting ready for the electrification of American roads, Royal Dutch Shell is buying Greenlots , a Los Angeles-based developer of electric vehicle charging and energy management technologies. For Shell, the deal adds to a portfolio of electric charging assets including the Dutch-based company, NewMotion.
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USC to Build New Computer Science Hub
L.A. Business Journal
MAY 3, 2021
USC officials will break ground May 6 on a new building that could become a key center for technological advancement in Los Angeles.
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Willa App Helps Freelancers Get Paid
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 9, 2021
Kristofer Sommestad has worked with freelance creators throughout his career in technology.
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Bill Gates wants Western countries to eat “synthetic meat”; Meatable has raised $47 million to make it
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 23, 2021
Meatable has a long road ahead of it, because, as Gates acknowledged in his interview with MIT Technology Review (ed. These products don’t get at the full potential for cellular technology according to Daan Luining, Meatable’s chief technology officer. ” For Meatable right now, price remains an issue.
Westlake, Nowcom Create Fintech Company
L.A. Business Journal
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Westlake Technology Holdings and sister company Nowcom Corp. have joined to create NowLake Technology.
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Verizon names Los Angeles as the second of four cities to receive 5G rollout before 2019
TechCrunch LA
MAY 15, 2018
My boss’ boss’ boss was on CNBC this morning touting Verizon ‘s new 5G services and naming Los Angeles as the second city in America to be treated to a commercial rollout of the new networking technology. as the first market to receive the technology. It had initially named Sacramento, Calif.
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Ryff Raises $12 Million For 3D Ad Placement
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 4, 2021
an advertising technology startup, has raised $11.7 Ryff Inc., million in funding.
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Canada’s newest unicorn: Clio raises $110M at a $1.6B valuation for legal tech
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 27, 2021
Clio , a software company that helps law practices run more efficiently with its cloud-based technology, announced Tuesday it has raised a $110 million Series E round co-led by T. Clio has focused on building out its core technology to an industry that has historically relied on pen and paper in many cases. Rowe Price Associates Inc.
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Solar Energy Company Heliogen Set for New Year’s Eve Debut on NYSE
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 3, 2022
County was poised to get another publicly traded company: Pasadena-based solar technology firm Heliogen Inc. As the clock was running out on 2021, L.A.
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Techstars and Starburst Aerospace are launching a space industry accelerator in Los Angeles
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, SAIC and the Israel Aerospace Industries company, Techstars and Starburst Aerospace are launching an accelerator focused on the space industry in Los Angeles. With the help of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, the U.S. billion over the last year.
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TechCrunch LA
DECEMBER 8, 2017
Kevin Novak, the architect of Uber's dynamic pricing technology and the head of its data team, has joined the Los Angeles-based financial services startup Tala as its new head of data.
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Caltech Wins $1.1 Billion Patent Verdict Against Apple, Broadcom
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 30, 2020
billion verdict against Apple and Broadcom for allegedly infringing on the Pasadena university's wireless technology patents. Caltech won a $1.1
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Universal Hydrogen Raises $21 Million for Airplane Fuel Cells
L.A. Business Journal
APRIL 22, 2021
million for its hydrogen fuel cell technology. Venice-based startup Universal Hydrogen Co. has raised $20.5
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Red 6 Raises $30 Million For AR Military Training
L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 1, 2021
Aerospace company Red 6 raises $30 million in a Series A round to fund its augmented reality military training technology.
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Miso Robotics Releases Cooking Software for Restaurants
L.A. Business Journal
MAY 4, 2021
will make the software behind its kitchen automation technology available to foodservice businesses as a standalone product. Miso Robotics Inc.
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For SpaceX, Latest Launch Is a Big Leap
L.A. Business Journal
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. launched one of the highest-profile missions in the company’s nearly two-decade history on Nov. 15, sending four astronauts to the International Space Station.
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How Hyperloop Is Prioritizing Passenger Experience
L.A. Business Journal
APRIL 5, 2021
Hyperloop Technologies Inc., doing business as Virgin Hyperloop, is testing a prototype of a transportation system that could carry passengers through nearly airless tunnels at speeds reaching 700 mph.
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Ex-Uber data chief Kevin Novak joins LA-based startup Tala in big win for LA ecosystem
TechCrunch LA
DECEMBER 8, 2017
Kevin Novak, the architect of Uber’s dynamic pricing technology and the head of its data team, has joined the Los Angeles-based financial services startup Tala as its new head of data. Read More.
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Heliogen to Go Public in $2 Billion SPAC Deal
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 12, 2021
Pasadena-based energy technology company Heliogen Inc. will go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, in a deal that values the combined company at $2 billion.
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LA-based Metropolis raises $41 million to upgrade parking infrastructure
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
REEF Technology raises $700M from SoftBank and others to remake parking lots. While the computer vision and machine learning technology will serve as the company’s beachhead into parking lots, services like cleaning, charging, storage and logistics could all be part and parcel of the Metropolis offering going forward, Israel said.
Scopely raises $340 million at a $3.3 billion valuation as gaming grabs investors’ interest
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Scopely doesn’t shy away from developing aspects of the platform technologies that have powered Epic and Unity to their own multi-billion valuations, but it isn’t selling those tools to other companies, Driver said. And the company has an eye on the future. ” .
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Arcturus Studios’ Software Powers Holographic Videos
L.A. Business Journal
MAY 17, 2021
Augmented reality and holographic technology exist largely as a novelty for most Americans. But as smartphone cameras evolve and 5G networks come online, many investors and businesses are betting that the technology will become commonplace.
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