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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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 28, 2021

After thriving during the pandemic, tech companies are poised for continued success. The Business Journal looks at where they go from here.

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 14, 2021

Venice-based virtual reality software company Specular Theory Inc. secured a $4.5 million contract with the Defense Department to expand development of its training products for the Air Force.

Outsource Development 278

Outsource Development Venice Company Companies 278

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Tech jobs are growing at a rapid clip in Los Angeles, fueled by an increasing appetite from local companies as well as industry leaders that are expanding their presence here.

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Company Companies Los Angeles Angel 334

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It may seem redundant to say that a company focused on creating virtual reality experiences is ahead of the curve, but that’s precisely the case for West Adams-based Survios Inc.

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Company Companies 299

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 18, 2021

With the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden days away, local companies are preparing for an array of proposed policy changes.

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Company Companies 264

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 18, 2021

It’s been a rough and perplexing six weeks for shareholders of downtown-based water infrastructure development company Cadiz Inc.

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Company Companies Develop Development 246

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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Pasadena Company Companies Technology 278

L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Electric vehicles are touted as the future, especially in Los Angeles where the city’s climate goals call for 80% of vehicles sold to be electric by 2028 — seven years ahead of the state’s 2035 cutoff for gasoline-powered auto sales.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 31, 2020

acquired Circ, an electric scooter company headquartered in Berlin, in a bid to expand the Santa Monica-based company’s European operations. Electric scooter operator Bird Rides Inc.

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Company Companies Santa Monica 130

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 13, 2020

The idea of artificial intelligence may conjure up images of robots and mechanical automation, but for businesses, the technology’s applications are much more wide-ranging.

Artificial Inteligence 305

Artificial Inteligence Company Companies Ideas 305

L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Although it takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show is a key event for technology companies and startups based in Los Angeles.

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Company Companies Los Angeles Startup 147

L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 5, 2021

For large companies with hundreds — or even thousands — of employees, managing human resources functions and communicating with workers can be a challenge.

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Help Company Companies Resource 130

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Tech jobs are growing at a rapid clip in Los Angeles, fueled by an increasing appetite from local companies as well as industry leaders that are expanding their presence here.

Company 242

Company Companies Los Angeles Angel 242

L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2020

s tech sector grows, a cluster of companies is taking meditation and mindfulness into a virtual space.

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Company Companies 246

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Pepperdine’s Graziadio Business School announced the winners of its second annual Most Fundable Companies competition.

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Pepperdine Company Companies Competition 183

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

a Culver City company that operates electric car sharing services has raised $11 million in funding. Envoy Technologies Inc.,

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Culver City Company Companies Funding 246

L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 28, 2021

Palms-based location marketing software company MomentFeed Inc. has been acquired by Berlin-based software company Uberall, the companies announced June 15.

Marketing 130

Marketing Company Companies Software 130

L.A. Business Journal

MAY 17, 2021

Pasadena-based Embodied Inc. released a product last year called Moxie, an artificial-intelligence-enabled robotic companion for young children.

Artificial Inteligence 214

Artificial Inteligence Company Companies Pasadena 214

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In many areas of the world, there may be no more precious commodity than water — and that’s especially true in Los Angeles.

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Company Companies Los Angeles Angel 299

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Social platforms and media content creators in Los Angeles are leveraging their influence to encourage voting by Gen Z and millennial audiences as registration deadlines approach.

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Company Companies Los Angeles Content 264

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 25, 2021

Play Versus Inc., the Sawtelle-based organizer of high school and college esports programs reached a deal to acquire Vancouver-based GameSeta Esports Inc.

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Company Companies Organization 147

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 11, 2021

For the Consumer Technology Association, the show must go on. The three-day virtual version of the trade show is scheduled to run from Jan. 12 through Jan.

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Company Companies Technology 204

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 10, 2020

From ambitious streaming services to fantastical flying cars, Los Angeles companies demonstrated innovative concepts in droves last week in Las Vegas at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Holographic technology startup PORTL Inc. announced $3 million in seed funding.

Seed Funding 246

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Glendale-based artificial intelligence company Beyond Limits Inc. has raised $113 million in a Series C funding round with another roughly $20 million committed.

Artificial Inteligence 130

Artificial Inteligence Glendale Company Companies 130

L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The music industry in Los Angeles has grown to encompass far more than just production.

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Company Companies Los Angeles Product 295

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Replicated, a Culver City-based company that provides security and operations services to software vendors, closed a $25 million Series B funding round.

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Culver City Software Company Companies 130

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

has acquired military tech company Spear Research. Recently formed El Segundo-based Pacific Defense Strategies Inc.

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El Segundo Company Companies Research 130

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 3, 2020

Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong’s NantHealth Inc., which uses data analysis and artificial intelligence technology to assist physicians and improve patient outcomes, is going even more high tech.

Artificial Inteligence 130

Artificial Inteligence High Tech Company Companies 130

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 14, 2021

Red Six Aerospace, which creates AR combat training for the military, has moved it headquarters to Miami.

Training 264

Training Company Companies 264

L.A. Business Journal

MAY 25, 2020

Gaming companies, already a nimble bunch, are adapting and even thriving in a Covid-19 world.

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Company Companies 147

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 15, 2018

has filed a lawsuit against parent company InterActiveCorp., alleging IAC purposefully undervalued the company to avoid proper payouts to executives. Match Group dating app subsidiary Tinder Inc.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

But the no-longer nascent sneaker and streetwear market is a big market, with the potential to reach $30 billion in sales globally by 2030, according to a recent report by the research firm, Cowen ( cited by The Wall Street Journal , which first reported the financing). ” Money, it’s gotta be the shoes.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 22, 2021

Flowspace Inc., the Del Rey-based developer of a software platform built to manage warehouse and shipping logistics, announced March 17 that it had raised $31 million in a Series B funding.

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Company Companies Platform Software 147

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 18, 2021

With the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden days away, local companies are preparing for an array of proposed policy changes.

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Company Companies 130

L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 28, 2021

Of all the industries in Los Angeles, the tech sector was among the quickest to adapt to the pandemic.

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