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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

for the 2018 midterm elections. — Skip (@SkipScooters) October 31, 2018. In case you haven’t heard, polls will open Tuesday morning across the U.S. It’s a big deal, so go vote. Ride a Skip to vote on November 6th, then follow us and tweet a photo of your "I Voted" sticker with the hashtag #SkiptothePolls.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. Thats an easy one.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

billion for its fiscal 2018, as it continues to grow its stable of businesses. percent increase in its revenues between Q2 of 2017 and Q2 of 2018 in its quarterly results on Thursday afternoon. Los Angeles-based j2 Global said on Thursday that it continues to estimate revenues of between $1.20 billion and $1.25

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MAY 7, 2019

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest organized angel investment group both in Southern California as well as across the venture ecosystem, says it backed a total of 53 companies in all of 2018, putting in a total of $10.8M The group says it had 411 members at the end of 2018, which is an "all-time high" for the angel investment group.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

contacted him in 2018 to let him know one of his lenses was trending. Visual artist Clay Weishaar said he was incredulous when someone from Snap Inc.

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JUNE 6, 2018

— Ben Adams (@ben_a_adams) May 24, 2018. See [link] pic.twitter.com/Od1nuq0UQV — TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks (@TFBenchmarks) May 17, 2018. rustlang Rust now comes out on top comfortably in the TechEmpower benchmarks [link] — Iwan van der Kleijn (@soyrochus) March 28, 2018. Continuous benchmarking.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Yellow , the accelerator program launched by Snap in 2018, has selected ten companies to join its latest cohort. Since launching the platform in 2018, startups from the Snap accelerator have gone on to acquisition (like Stop, Breathe, and Think, which was bought by Meredith Corp.) The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S.

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JULY 9, 2019

When we posted the previous round in late 2018, the project had processed about 3,250 pull requests. Round 18 of the TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks project is now available! Today, with Round 18 just concluded, the project is closing in on 4,000 pull requests.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 22, 2019

million in 2018 — the company is still a loss-generating machine. million in 2018, down from $30.4 In the first half of 2018, Americans bought $670 million of meat replacement products, according to a Nielsen study commissioned by the Plant Based Food Association. million when it began selling its wares in 2016 to $87.9

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Funding rounds including at least one North American investor made up $234 million of VC investment so far this year in London, up from $85 million in 2018, and equating to a fifth of all VC investment into London’s impact startups. Arrival is now operating in Los Angeles, while Octopus Energy launched in the U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

In the days leading up to TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018, The Economist published the cover story, ‘Why Startups Are Leaving Silicon Valley.’ — TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) September 6, 2018. — TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) September 5, 2018. — TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) September 6, 2018. Here's why.

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DECEMBER 27, 2017

What are you looking forward to most in 2018? In 2018 I'm looking forward to seeing some great new startups emerge in LA in areas such as future of work, cleantech, and blockchain, and to investing in ten more great companies. Applications for Techstars LA 2018 open on January 8.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Conroy was on the board of Sotheby's from 2016 to 2019, and also had served as MGM's President of Digital from 2016-2018, Univision's Chief Strategy and Data Officer from 2009-2016, and AOLs EVP for Product and Marketing from 2001-2008.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

A new report, from Los Angeles startup investor Amplify LA , says that Los Angeles seed investment deals in Q3 were for the most part steady, with a total of $59.4M raised across 27 Los Angeles startups. The group says its tracking found that the average seed round size was $2.2M for the quarter.

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MAY 26, 2018

million head mounted displays sold in 2018, according to data from Canalys. By 2018, New York was home to at least seven virtual reality spaces where users could experience the technology, according to The New York Times. million units sold by the end of 2018, according to Canalys.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

1, 2018 to become a managing principle of venture capital firm OCV Management. J2 Global Inc. of Hollywood announced on Thursday that Chief Executive Hemi Zucker will resign on Jan.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2019

in 2018 to $19.1 There were 255 million users of paid services by the end of 2018 — and Songtrust can attribute much of its growth to the opacity in how that money makes its way back to artists. The company’s growth follows that of a music industry that continues to enjoy a renaissance (at least in terms of dollars spent).

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 15, 2018

Verizon first announced its plans in early 2018 to begin bringing 5G to the masses. McAdam also name-checked Boston’s mayor when listing the municipal leaders who’ve been most receptive to working with the technology company on bringing new networking technology to consumers. It had initially named Sacramento, Calif.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

What are you looking forward to most in 2018? Finally, what is your prediction for what will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2018? I've been telling people to buy bitcoin when it was $200, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 (and continuing to take it for our services) and it's kept growing in value.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

The company said it will embed SkyGiraffe's technology in its Now Platform in 2018. ServiceNow said the buy will help its customers easily deliver "consumer-like" mobile experiences for applications build on its Now Platform. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Traffic Light Information is an Audi connect PRIME feature (a paid subscription) that is only available on select 2017, 2018 and newer models. The feature is still somewhat limited, despite the expansion to more cities.

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JUNE 18, 2021

Steckler took Avast public on the London Stock Exchange in 2018, and took Avast from just under $20M in revenues to $800M, according to Avast. Steckler was active in the Orange County community, having recently donated $10.4M Steckler had both a B.S. in Information & Computer Science and a B.S. in Mathematics from UCI.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

TechCrunch is heading to UCLA on October 18 and we’ve assembled some of the AR/VR industry’s most prescient founders, investors and executives to chat about the startups and trends driving virtual and augmented reality in 2018. While VR might not just be about gaming, it’s accurate to say that, in 2018, it mainly is.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

pic.twitter.com/EZF4JOT8e4 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 24, 2018. The yet-to-launch Falcon Heavy uses 27 Merlin engines, and if successful will be the largest rocket since the Jupiter V was used in the U.S. moon missions in the 1960's. First static fire test of Falcon Heavy completeone step closer to first test flight! READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

According to j2 Global, the five acquisition were all made in the third quarter of 2018, and included PRIME Education , The Communicator Corporation , BestBlackFriday.com (certain assets), Downdetector , and DemandShore. billion in revenues in 2018 --but is practically unknown except among those within the industry here.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 22, 2021

Interestingly, an LA Times article back in 2018 noted that the space, “may also serve as a declaration that Apple intends to compete as a major Hollywood content creator.” The store has been in the works for a number of years, owing in part to having to work with the city to restore a space that had been declared a landmark.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 26, 2018

. — Kiv (@young_kiv) August 26, 2018. I'm sick right now… — Josh (@JoshTolliver) August 26, 2018. — NFL (@NFL) August 26, 2018. — x D3liveranc3 x (@mpinter9) August 26, 2018. — lolesports (@lolesports) August 26, 2018. . — lolesports (@lolesports) August 26, 2018.

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MAY 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based j2 Global , the online services and publishing giant, reported on Monday that its Q1 2018 quarterly revenues grew to $280.6 million, a 10.2 percent increase over Q1 of last year.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

2018 ushered in ‘a potential space renaissance’ “The space industry is both massively exciting but also quite complex,” said Matt Kozlov, managing director of the Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator program, in a statement. billion over the last year.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Since Hawthorne-based SpaceX began its ambitious Starlink project in late 2018, the company has launched roughly 300 small satellites into low Earth orbit.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

pic.twitter.com/ma5txGiIx7 — Official_GDC (@Official_GDC) January 31, 2018. A statement from me pic.twitter.com/OfsrgaCmgW — Nolan K Bushnell (@NolanBushnell) January 31, 2018. He also apologized for his actions. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 5, 2020

The Austin City Council approved in February 2018 the creation of a “dockless” bike-share pilot program. SXSW organizers said March 2 that the “2020 event is proceeding with safety as a top priority.” ” The Scoot Mopeds will join a bevy of shared mobility vehicles that are already on Austin’s city streets.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

contacted him in 2018 to let him know one of his lenses was trending. Visual artist Clay Weishaar said he was incredulous when someone from Snap Inc.

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JANUARY 2, 2018

EVM World is coming up in May of 2018. This is one of two conferences held during the year focused on Integrated Program Performance Management. Here are the presentations from last years November Conference. What are the Five Immutable Principles of Project Success? What is the definition of Done?

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

San Diego-based finance and treasury management software developer Kyriba announed today that it has surpassed $110M in revenues in 2018, and says it expects to grow 40 percent in the new year. The privately held company said the revenue and growth were driven by more than 229 new enterprise clients it signed in 2018.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

The indictment , filed in the United States District Court Southern District of New York, accuses a state-backed hacking group of hacking into companies from at least 2006 until 2018. The indictment said the group "acted in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security's Tianjin State Security Bureau" to target those attacks.

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