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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Marina del Rey-based Cooking.com has raised $13.5M The funding will go towards growth of the company's flagship site, as well as build out of its e-commerce and enterprise products. in a debt and preferred equity round of funding, according to investment firm BIA Digital Partners II, LP.

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MAY 25, 2010

Marina del Rey-based AuctionPoint , which operates an online auction service for commercial real estate, said today that it has received a strategic investment from Tom Anderson, co-founder of MySpace. AuctionPoint operates an online site which helps commercial real estate brokers auction off commercial real estate properties.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Marina Del Rey-based Cooking.com is looking for a buyer, and has recently laid off at least sixteen staff, according to a reader tip. The anonymous tipster said that an interim management team is now seeing to sell the company after a severe layoff by its investors. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 27, 2016

Marina Del Rey-based, online healthy foods grover Thrive Market has raised $111M in a new, venture funding round, the company disclosed this morning. The company offers up healthy foods and other products through its online, membership-only site. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 24, 2009

Marina Del Rey-based ActionAllStars.com , which develops virtual worlds for kids from six to 14 years old, said this morning that it has linked up with Candystand.com , an online gaming and entertainment site.

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APRIL 8, 2009

Marina Del Rey-based Streetfire , which operates an online user-generated site focused on car and motorcycle enthusiasts, said Wednesday that it has merged with fellow social networking site CarDomain. Financial terms of the merger were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 18, 2008

Marina Del Rey-based Six Degree Games is targeting youngsters for its new sports-themed virtual world, Action AllStars , aimed at six to 14 year old kids interested in sports. Among features of the site are ways for kids to earn "experience points" and tokens which are redeemable for virtual MLB and NBA sports jerseys.

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

Marina Del Rey-based Guidance Solutions said Monday that the firm has signed on Caltech's Industrial Relations Center as a customer. Guidance, which provides services for building ecommerce web sites, said that Caltech's IRC. Guidance, which provides services for building ecommerce web sites, said that Caltech's IRC.

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

Marina Del Rey-based Guidance Solutions said Monday that the firm has signed on Caltech's Industrial Relations Center as a customer. Guidance, which provides services for building ecommerce web sites, said that Caltech's IRC. Guidance, which provides services for building ecommerce web sites, said that Caltech's IRC.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

The site lists private charters ranging from a two hour tour from Marina Del Rey for $289.99 The service, led by Marc Andelman, already offers its services in San Francisco, San Diego, Miami, and other locations, including a number of international destinations. to three hour parties on a luxury yacht for $3,599.99.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Marina Del Rey-based Guidance , which helps brands and retailers build online websites and apps, said Monday that it has named Jeff Hererra as its new Vice President of Marketing and Channel Development. Hererra was previously Head of Partner Marketing at Magento. He also has served at Visa.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

The company--which launched a pilot program in Santa Monica in August--said it now is offering up its service in Beverly Hills, Beverlywood, Brentwood, Century City, Culver City, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Pacific Palisades, Palms, Playa Vista, Playa del Rey, Santa Monica, Venice, West LA, Westchester and Westwood.

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MAY 13, 2019

Ryan Disraeli and Stacy Stubblefield tell the story about Marina Del Rey-based Telesign (www.telesign.com), and how it's powering the second factor authentication, to keep for many of the sites and services you use every day safe. Want to see more video content from socaltech?

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Marina Del Rey-based Twenty20 is taking aim at the stock photography market, announcing this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series A funding and launched its commercial image catalog out of beta. Twenty20 said that existing, stock image sites have left a vacuum due to their "staged, dated photos".

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JANUARY 4, 2013

The long, turbulent history of the video-on-demand technology developed by former Marina Del Rey-based CinemaNow continues today, after current owner Rovi Corporation said Thursday afternoon that it plans to pursue a sale of its Rovi Entertainment Stores business--the remains of CinemaNow.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve is now in charge of Marina Del Rey-based TeleSign (www.telesign.com), which has quietly become a huge force in providing authentication services to nearly every major Internet service out there. What we do, is we help companies identify who is accessing their sites, and registering for their services.

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MARCH 19, 2019

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd catch up with two of the co-founders of Marina Del Rey-based Telesign (www.telesign.com), Ryan Disraeli and Stacy Stubblefield. Telesign--which now has over 300 employees-- recently was acquired by BICS in a deal worth $230M. Talk about Telesign and what you do?

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MAY 15, 2006

Liquidation After developing one of the most popular sites on the Internet and inventing a technology platform that enabled companies to grow their user base and generate revenue through online advertising, I felt it was time to take these experiences to market on a much larger scale. Acquirer 9. Leaving 10. Acquired 12.

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