TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Software development companies tackling services for niche industries, like commercial real estate subcontracting, continue to find Los Angeles to be fertile ground for development. million in seed financing from some big names in the Los Angeles tech ecosystem. Co-founded by former ServiceTitan devel.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 14, 2020

Its co-founders, Kendall Bird and Sage Grazer, ran their first business in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles years ago, selling out their entire inventory of lemonade to a captive audience of eager parents. If there’s one thing that Bird knows, it’s how to reach a millennial audience.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2016

Friday, November 4, 2016 -- Digital Growth Summit – Los Angeles. What: 10 panel topics and 8 deep dive breakout sessions that help digital marketers build a better online presence to engage customers and track results. MediaLeaders.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

Upgrade’s e-commerce marketplace has two sides: one that enables consumers to choose a vetted stylist and have their wig colored or customized based on their desired look. However, although they are providing such significant value, a lot of them operate with limited funding and resources, which ultimately affects the customer experience.

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MARCH 24, 2021

Los Angeles-based Worth Network, a new software startup, is aiming to help marketers reach more consumers via organic Instagram posts, the company said today. The company is led by CEO and founder Patrick Kim, and says it is backed by The Ventures Co and angel investors.

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JULY 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based influencer marketing software provider CreatorIQ said this week that it has named Max Powers as the company's new Chief Customer Officer. CreatorIQ says its customers include AB Inbev, Airbnb, Calvin Klein, CVS, Disney, H&M, Sephora, and Unilever.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

MarketerHire , a Los Angeles-based startup backed by a slew of executives from some of the city’s hottest startups, launched its new service matching freelance marketing experts with open jobs listed on its platform. . Brands can typically fill their open positions in as little as 48 hours, the company said.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

What You Can Learn From Public Markets It doesn’t really take a genius to realize that what happens in the public markets will filter back to the private markets because the ultimate exit of these companies is either an IPO or an acquisition (often by a public company whose valuation is fixed daily by the market).

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The platform is going after marketers with a Canva-style drag-and-drop interface. Movio’s user base is currently in the lower hundreds of thousands, with paying customers nearing 1,000. Movio recently moved to Los Angeles, where Xu previously worked for six years as a Snap engineer.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 11, 2017

Instead, marketers are turning to video to create video journeys that engage customers throughout the entire buyer journey — from awareness to purchase — and drive tangible business results. Whether you’re a media planner, CMO, strategist, or content marketer, you’ll walk away energized from a story.tech event.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Amazon.com has expanded its one hour, instant delivery service, Amazon Prime Now , to Los Angeles and Orange County, saying Wednesday that it has begun offering customers in the area with the near-instant delivery of products from Amazon warehouses to Amazon Prime members.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Digital Summit Los Angeles is a premier digital strategies forum transforming the future of the digital commerce ecosystem – including Marketing, UX & Design, Search, Content, Mobile, and more.

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MAY 2, 2019

Los Angeles-based financial software developer BlackLine said on Thursday that it has expanded its customer base, adding such notable customers as Volvo, Waymo, AstraZeneca, the operator of Applebee's, and many others to its list of 2,700 companies who are using its products.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based Centerfield , a company which provides marketing and customer acquisition to the residential services, business services, and telecommunications markets, says it has launched a new product, called Insights by Scout. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based soda company Zevia has its IPO on Thursday, launching itself onto the public markets on the New York Stock Exchange at ZVIA. Zevia sells zero calorie soda to the consumer market, and uses stevia instead of sugar as a sweetener. The company priced at $14.00

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 9, 2019

Doctours , a Los Angeles-based online platform for booking trips and treatments for medical and dental care around the world, is expanding its services to 35 countries. The company also offers specialized medical tourism insurance to all of its customers, according to O’Shaughnessy. O’Shaughnessy wrote in an email.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Cliff Allen is someone I've known for quite a few years and he's a go to person for me when I'm thinking about issues around marketing, sales, technology, startups and networking. Along the way, I co-authored three books on one-to-one marketing ( [link] ) to help marketers learn how to built and nature relationships with their customers.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

Los Angeles-based startup, Nanotech Energy, is pitching customized, non-flammable Lithium-ion battery packs, saying it plans to deliver its products by Q4 of 2022. The company has yet to deliver any products to market, but says it is now taking pre-orders for the yet-to-be-developed products.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 18, 2022

The company operates a fleet of 16-seat Embrear 135 regional jets and 13-seat Legacy 600 planes (the business version of the Embrear 145) and unlike most of its competitors in this space, the company focuses exclusively on the leisure market. Los Angeles to Aspan and Los Cabos are currently its most popular routes.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Los Angeles-based fintech startup Dave says it expects an acquisition by special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III to occur in January, after approval of a special proxy by VPCC. The app developer says it helps customers budget, avoid overdraft fees, find work and build credit.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Los Angeles-based SteelHouse , which develops online retargeting and advertising software, has named Rory Mitchell as Chief Customer Officer (CCO) at the company. According to SteelHouse, Mitchell has over 17 years of experience in the area, and was previously at Experian Marketing Services. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2020

Los Angeles-based online electronics retailer Newegg is looking to attract people interested in building their own, custom computers, with a new "PC Builder", the company said today. The company says its custom PC experience lets people personalize, upgrade, add custom cooling, hardware overclocking, and more.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Starting in Los Angeles — and building on yesterday’s test run pop-up shop with the Los Angeles Rams — Postmates users will be able to shop local merchants listed in the company’s new retail tab in the Postmates app called, appropriately, “shop” LA Rams, Fanatics and Postmates coordinate on an on-demand pop-up.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based SUN thinks there is, and said on Wednesday that it is getting set to launch a new, shared scooter model in California. The company says that so far, it is offering up its scooter service in Los Angeles and San Diego. Is there room on your curb for (yet another) on-demand scooter company? READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Los Angeles- and Santa Monica-based REME , a new startup offering up on-demand massage, stretch, and IV therapy services to the health and wellness community, said today that it has officially launched it services. The company said it provides its services toin-home, at the office, or the customer's location of choice.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 29, 2021

One customer assumed that poor usage rates at a particular station was due to a lack of EVs in the area, Terry recalled in a recent interview. Demand for ChargerHelp’s service has attracted customers and investors. It was here that she spotted a gap in the EV charging market. Terry, who co-founded ChargerHelp! ,

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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JUNE 7, 2021

Los Angeles-based banking app developer Dave said this morning that it is going public, via a merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III, Inc., The company was launched in 2017, and now says it has over 10 million customers. a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsred by Victory Park Capital. million members.

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OCTOBER 14, 2014

Los Angeles-based Speakr , which provide social influence marketing to brands, said today that it has raised $2.9M The company says it has run more than 1,000 social influence campaigns for such customers as Microsoft, Kia, Corona, and Samsung, as well as many movie studios. in a seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based AcceleratXR announced on Monday that it has launched itself into the videogaming software development tools market, with a new, real-time networking engine.b AcceleratXR said its new engine will support the Unreal, Unity, and custom game engines, and is in active development and early testing with partners.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Los Angeles-based finance and accounting automation software developer BlackLine reports this morning that it added 393 new customers in 2015 and now has over 1300 customers around the world. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Los Angeles-based mobile messaging and marketing firm Mogreet is targeting the small business market with a new, self-serve offering it is calling Mogreet Express, the company announced this morning. Mogreet said the new offering is an extension of its enterprise text marketing solutions, specifically built for SMBs.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The Los Angeles-based operations and security management software service, Replicated has raised $25 million to ramp up its staffing and scale its sales and marketing efforts. “If you are a company like Puppet, you have hundreds of on-premise customers.” “Once we started building on that success.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Good Eggs says that in the past year, revenue has grown to the nine figures (more than $100 million), hired more than 400 employees and nearly doubled its customer base. And it sounds like he isn’t in a rush to launch in a bunch of new markets. That’s a meaningful increase in our addressable market.”

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MARCH 28, 2013

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology provider OpenX announced this morning that it has named Matthew Reid as its new Vice President of Marketing. OpenX said that Reid will oversee branding, customer acquisition and product marketing. Reid reports to Jason Fairchild, OpenX's Chief Revenue Officer.

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MAY 16, 2016

Los Angeles-based ChowNow , which develops tablet-based, online ordering and marketing software for restaurants, has inked a partnership with Google , to help its restaurants accept Android Pay. ChowNow said the support will be a standard feature, and will not cost additional for its current restaurant customers.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fan Appz , which is headed by Jon Siegal, said today that it has launched a new social media marketing product. The firm said its Personalized Marketing Platform is aimed at brand, to help them turn their fans into customers.

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