socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2021

Two startups won a total of $25,000 in prizes last week at the Sunstone Innovations Challenge at CSULB, a startup pitch competition involving student teams from CSU Long Beach. According to Sunstone Management, four teams from the colleges of health and human services, business and engineering participated in the finals.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

With an angle on a long-neglected part of the shipping industry — the short-haul movement of cargo from docks to logistics centers — Dray Alliance is joining a growing startup scene for logistics businesses based in Los Angeles. Trucking logistics company NEXT Trucking takes in a $21 million haul. The company has raised $3.5

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

It’s hard to remember that in 2012 it was still hard for LA VCs to persuade investors into funds that LA was a viable market for great venture capital funds or convince many VCs that LA was a market worth investing dollars into startups. 43% of all goods arriving into American ports come through LA and Long Beach ports in Los Angeles.

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Riot Games Los Angeles Technical Review Venture Capital 191

socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Is this something farmers would buy, or is this a service? So, this is robotics-as-a-service, and we've set it up to be something they can swap on their operating belt, so that all farmers can have access. We're not asking them to spend any more money or finance this, but to buy it as robotics-as-a-service.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

But, how can the company offer up free conference calling services, and what''s the story behind the service? FreeConferenceCall.com is a Long Beach company which was founded by David Erickson. David Erickson: We provide a conference calling service, like any other kind of conference call. How is that?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2019

For us, in the long term, we want to bring accountability to local governments in this space, but we're not there ate the moment. We're handling logistics, and run markets where we take on full operations, warehouses, and hire teams. We want to provide accountability for cities when vendors come in and want to play ball.

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LATechDigest

JANUARY 27, 2020

Since 1981, the Los Angeles Economic Development Council (LAEDC) has worked to attract, retain and grow businesses among LA Countys 10 million residents, via free business assistance and attraction programs, economic research and analysis, real estate advisory services, trade and investment assistance, and public policy leadership.

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