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The brains behind one of marketing’s biggest hits are out to reshape the industry again… with direct mail

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Founded by some of the men responsible for the biggest hits in online marketing (like the Dollar Shave Club commercial that launched what became a billion dollar acquisition ) think that its time to take technology where it’s never gone before — into targeted, direct mail campaigns using the best ad-targeting that money can buy.

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Dollar Shave Club Acquired For $1 Billion By Unilever

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In another, stunning exit for Southern California's technology startup community, Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club has been acquired from a reported $1 billion by Unilever. Dollar Shave Club operates a subscription, razor and toiletries accessory business targeted at men. READ MORE>>.

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Realtidbits Acquired By Livefyre

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Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. As part of the funding, Livefyre said it will be opening up a new San Diego office, and all of Realtidbits'' team will join the company as part of its product, engineering, and design teams. realtidbits livefyre merger acquisition social commenting software' READ MORE>>.

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Retina.AI Finds $2.5M In Funding

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more in funding, the company announced on Tuesday. The funding came from prior investor Crosscut Ventures. Retina develops customer lifetime value software which companies used to determine how much their customers are worth to them, helping them to optimize their cost-per-acquisition. Los Angeles-based Retina has raised $2.5M

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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

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Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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FameBit Acquired By Google

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Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Famebit-- founded by David Kierzkowski and Agnes Kozera--first received funding from Science in 2014.

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Science Inc. Backs Plowz & Mowz With $1.5M

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in a funding round, which came from Science plus undisclosed angels. The investment is the first one announced since the successful acquisition of Science Inc. portfolio company Dollar Shave Club, and appears to be the first publicly announced investment by Science Inc. since 2015.