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GoCoin Raises $550,000 For BitCoin Purchases

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The seed funding came from former Facebook exec Owen Van Natta, Ooma founder Andrew Frame, BitAngels, Stephens Investment Management, Mikael Pawlo (Mr Green LTD), Jonathan Congdon (Beachbody), Ruvento Ventures, Ronnie Wee (IncuVest Pte. angel seed purchase capital venture bitcoin gocoin' READ MORE>>.

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Grindr Names New CTO

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Los Angeles-based gay social networking app Grindr said today that it has named Lukas Sliwka as Chief Technology Officer. Sliwka has previously also served at Beachbody, Yamaha, and Mazda. Sliwka has been at Grindr since October of 2013, serving as Vice President, Engineering.

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Hack4LA Looks To Help Local Communities, Government

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According to the group, the hackathon is the first ever "civic hackathon" in Los Angeles, and asks participants to pull in civic data from the City of LA to help power apps. Coaches and mentors from companies like Topspin Media, Citysearch, Beachbody, Lootsie, Datapop, and Carbon also are involved.

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ShoeDazzle Names Chief Marketing Officer

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Los Angeles-based ShoeDazzle , the online personalized shopping site headed by Brian Lee, said today that it has named Hope W. Neiman was most recently at Beachbody, where she was Vice PResident of Online and eCommerce. Neiman as Chief Marketing Officer. Neiman has also served at P90X, Disney, and Right Start.

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CyberDefender Hires Ops VP

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Los Angeles-based CyberDefender , a developer of PC security, antispyware, and antivirus software, is expanding its management team today, saying it has hired on Neil Evans as Senior Vice President of Operations at the company. CyberDefender said that Evans reports directly to CEO Gary Guseinov.

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FitOn pumps up its fitness platform with $18M in Delta-v Capital-led funding

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The app is seeing over 285% more downloads than Peloton, 588% more than Beachbody and is consistently in the top 20 of the health and fitness category and has garnered more than 300,000 five-star reviews, according to Cook. In addition, FitOn members passed over 1 billion workout minutes, and most work out three or four times a week.

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