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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Culver City is looking to go 100 percent renewable at two of its municipal sites, according to technical and professional consulting firm Willdan Group. Willdan did not say which two municipal sites in Culver City were covered by the contract. Financial impact of the deal were not announced.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

Amazon Studios , the content production arm of Amazon , says it is planning a move to Culver City from its location in Santa Monica. Amazon says it plans to move into the new office space in Culver City at the end of the year. According to Amazon, it currently has more than 700 employees in Santa Monica. READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Metropolitan Water District and Culver City water monitoring system maker team up.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Cupertino-based Apple said this morning that it plans to open up new sites in San Diego and Culver City, one of several cities that the computer and device maker hopes to grow its employee base over the next three years. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 31, 2019

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 -- Culver City Tech Happy Hour. See [link] (more)

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 19, 2021

Culver City-based mobile gaming company Scopely Inc. invested a combined $50 million in three boutique European game studios, the company announced July 19.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Culver City-based ecommerce software and data company Assembly has joined L.A.’s s tech startup unicorn club.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 2, 2021

Culver City-based mobile gaming company Jam City Inc., which canceled plans for a SPAC merger last week, will continue to pursue a public offering.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

FactoryFour , a startup which developing software to enable custom production of industrial goods, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, and set up shop in Culver City. The startup's Series A funding was led by August Capital, and also included existing investor Refactor Capital.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 22, 2021

Culver City-based startup Openpath Security Inc. has been developing mobile-based door lock systems since 2016.

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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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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 21, 2021

Culver City-based company OpenDrives Inc. has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round led by IAG Capital Partners.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Now the city’s enterprise tech scene can claim a really big winner with Signal Sciences , the security monitoring and management company that is getting bought by Fastly , a provider of content delivery networking services, for $775 million.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 1, 2019

Culver City-based social networking startup Sgrouples Inc., doing business as MeWe, announced it raised $4.5 million in a venture round, bringing its total funding to $15 million since launching in 2012.

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MARCH 24, 2014

Culver City-based YouTube network Maker Studios has been acquired by Burbank-based Walt Disney Company , in a deal worth $500M, plus up to $450M in performance earn out. Disney said Maker Studios will remain headquartered in Culver City. Maker operates a network of YouTube content channels--over 55,000--which gets 5.5

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 22, 2019

Web security firm Signal Sciences Corp. celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, and the startup has quickly grown from a six-person operation in a Venice apartment to a 150-strong workforce rapidly outgrowing office space.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 3, 2017

That’s the theory behind Tesloop of Culver City, a car service which ferries passengers on highway trips between 50 miles and 200 miles around Southern California in Tesla Inc.’s Long-haul commuting is better in a Tesla. s Model X or Model S cars.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

NextSpace , the co-working space developer which has locations in Culver City and Venice, announced this morning that it has raised $825,000 more in a funding round, to go towards expansion in Northern California.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Operations over at Culver City-based Sony Pictures have apparently been completely shut down by a hacker, who apparently hacked into and disabled the company''s corporate network. According to reports, a hacker is apparently holding the company''s data hostage, giving the company a deadline of 11pm tonight to meet unspecified demands.

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MAY 1, 2014

On-demand grocery delivery service Instacart has expanded in Los Angeles, saying recently that it is now covering downtown Los Angeles and Culver City, and will deliver groceries from Ralphs and Costco. The company--which launched earlier in April in Los Angeles--offers up personal shopping services driven by crowdsourcing.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 7, 2018

s MeWe, a Culver City social network startup that calls itself an alternative to Facebook Inc., Sgrouples Inc.’s announced July 5 it had raised $5.2 million in Series A fundraising.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

Culver City-based Wittlebee , the children's clothing subscription firm headed by Sean Pervical and backed by Science, Inc., has acquired a clothing company, Cottonseed Clothing Company , the firm announced today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Cottonseed Clothing Company is a provider of t-shirt and apparel for kids.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Culver City-based YouTube network Fullscreen said Tuesday that it has hired Justin Danko as Vice President of Sales and Brand Strategy, East Coast. Danko was previously VP of Branded Entertainment at Viacom Media Networks, working on MTVN Music Group and MTV Entertainment Group; he also worked at Comedy Central and USA Network.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 19, 2019

Web security firm Signal Sciences Corp. celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, and the startup has quickly grown from a six-person operation in a Venice apartment to a 150-strong workforce rapidly outgrowing office space.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

bought a controlling interest in Culver City-based identification verification software developer Acuant Inc. Boston-based private equity firm Audax Group Inc. in a deal finalized Sept.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The coworking space now has plenty of competition (ROC in Santa Monica, Nextspace @ Amplify, NextSpace Culver City, IO/LA, Coloft), but it appears there are enough entrepreneurs and others with an interest in coworking and temporary space that multiple providers are needed to support the community.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Culver City–headquartered mobile game developer Jam City Inc. The news came less than two weeks after Jam City announced its strategic partnership agreement with the Walt Disney Co. reported Nov. 28 it acquired a new title from Uken Studios Inc., which does business as Uken Games.

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MAY 30, 2013

Calacanis announced Thursday that he has started a new, co-working space called LAUNCH co-work , which will support a dozen startups in a 10,000+ square foot space in Culver City. Los Angeles has one more co-working space today, thanks to entrepreneur Jason Calacanis.

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JULY 1, 2013

FIGS , a Culver City startup offering up fashionable medical scrubs, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The round came from Crocs, Mohr Davidow Ventures, 500 Startups, Karlin Ventures, as well as others.

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DECEMBER 8, 2014

Culver City-based NantHealth , the health information technology venture founded by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, has tied with BlackBerry Limited to provide smartphone access to NantHealth''s resources According to the two, they have created a secure, clinical genome browser which gives doctors access to patients genetic data on BlackBerry''s PassPort (..)

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Video and music streaming device developer Roku and Culver City-based online movie streaming service M-GO said this morning that the two are in a partnership, which will give Roku customers direct access to movies and TV shows via M-GO. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 7, 2020

Culver City-based Omnia Media Inc. has been acquired by Canadian digital media company Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

in Culver City, as part of a promotion of its new grocery coupon app, Favado. Los Angeles-based coupons and deals site Savings.com said this week that it''s getting on board the ban of plastic bags in Los Angeles--a new law which went into effect on January 1st--by giving away reusable totes in Los Angeles. Centinela Ave.

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JULY 26, 2011

Culver City-based ThinkNear , a new startup focused on helping local merchants reach consumers with mobile, location-based ads, said today that it has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 21, 2021

Culver City-based company Open Drives Inc. has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round led by IAG Capital Partners.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

LA gets a big SaaS exit as Fastly nabs the Culver City-based Signal Sciences for $775M. LA saw its first big enterprise exit in recent memory with the recent acquisition of Signal Sciences for $775 million, and less than a month later a hometown startup, Britive has raised $5.4

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MAY 16, 2013

Culver City-based Sony Pictures Entertainment has won the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the new, Angry Bird film from Rovio, Sony announced Wednesday. According to Sony, the 3D film is due to debut worldwide on July 1, 2016. Financial details of the win were not announced.

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