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AUGUST 22, 2019

Our interview today is with Courtney Farr, the founder and CEO of House Calls Mobile (www.housecallsmobile.com), a startup in the health services area. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Quibi, the short-lived, short-form-mobile-video startup run by Jeffrey Katzenberg, is transferring its mobile video technology to another company, Eko, after Eko filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Quibi. Variety says that no money is changing hands between the two companies.

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JULY 10, 2013

Los Angeles-based Payvia , which is developing mobile payment technology, and Mobile-XL , which develops software for providing access to digital services to people in Africa and India, are in a partnership, the companies said this morning. payvia mobilexl mobile payments emerging india africa' and Trinity Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Santa Monica-based venture investment firm Griffin Gaming Partners is the lead investor in Turkish mobile gaming developer Spyke, Spyke said on monday. The company's CEO, Rina Onur Sirinoglu, was the founder of a mobile gaming firm, Peak Games, which Zynga acquired for $1.8 Griffin is led by Peter Levin, Phil Sanderson and Nick Tuosto.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based Papaya, a fintech startup developing a mobile bill payment application, says it has raised $50M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included Sequoia Capital, Acrew Capital, 01 Advisors, Mucker Capital, Fika Ventures, F-Prime, and Sound Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second. Mobile First, Web Second (continued). I know that they really impacted an entire cohort of startups because every company that was coming to pitch me businesses was (is) saying, “I’m a ‘mobile first’ company.” The power of large screen real estate.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , which has been focused on authentication and second factor authentication services for major website and mobile applications, is expanding into mobile messaging services.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based mobile automotive repair startup RepairSmith, led by Joel Milne, has raised $42M in a new funding round, the company announced this morning. The company offers up mobile automotive repair and maintenance in 650 cities. The company offers up mobile automotive repair and maintenance in 650 cities.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 26, 2021

a cloud-based mobile access control provider based in Culver City, has been acquired by telecommunications giant Motorola Solutions Inc. Openpath Security Inc.,

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JANUARY 30, 2018

El Segundo-based Mattel , and Chinese Internet technology and video game developer NetEase , said this morning that the two are in a new joint venture to public mobile games and education apps.

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JUNE 10, 2019

Venice, California-based mobile game publisher GameMine has expanded its catalog of mobile games by 1,200 games, in the Czech Republic, according to the company. Details of the deal were not announced, and GameMine did not discuss any of the financial behind the deal.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

San Diego-based wireless device developer Inseego said late Thursday that it has named Ashish Sharma as President of IoT and Mobile Solutions. Sharma has been the company's Executive Vice President IoT & Mobile Solutions since September of 2017, and also has been the company's Chief Marketing Officer.

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APRIL 16, 2018

Los Angeles-based Bridg , which develops personalized marketing software and technology, said this morning that it has acquired Relevant Mobile , a developer of mobile app, loyalty and rewards programs. Relevant Mobile's co-founders, Gerrine Pan and Dazhi Chen, will join Bridg as part of the acquisition.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

San Diego-based Inseego is continuing to roll out its 5G, mobile hotspots internationally, saying this morning that is Inseego 5G MiFi M2000 mobile hotspot is now available in Japan. The product is available from Japan's Grape One Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation. Grape One Ltd.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

in a funding, and launched a new, mobile fitness app which combines live instruction with real time sensing of motion and metrics. The fitness app developer says its software allows trainers to see users remotely through the front-facing camera of a mobile device, so that trainers can provide feedback on workouts and their form.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Los Angeles-based mobile game developer Jam City --which is led by former MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe--has inked a new mobile game development partnership with Disney , the two companies said this morning. As part of the deal, Disney's Glendale Games Studio will become part of Jam City.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

San Diego-based Tricopian , which operates the FuelRod mobile smartphone and tablet charging service, says it has expanded to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). The company said the airport is the first for the company in the Pacific Northwest. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Culver City-based Embrace, a new startup focused on helping companies manage the mobile data they are collecting, has raised $45M in a funding round. According to the company, the Series B funding was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), and also included Greycroft, AV8, and Eniac.

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JUNE 12, 2014

Santa Monica-based Mobile Majority , which offers up premium, mobile brand advertising, said this week that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. Mobile Majority is led by Rob Emrich. The company says that it is looking to address the "inherent fraud" present in the current mobile ad market. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Los Angeles-based entertainment content and products developer Pocket.watch said on Monday that it has launched a new, mobile and console games divison, called P.W According to the copany, the new gaming studio will bring a series of both mobile and console games to market, targeted at kids and family. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Peter Adderton , the founder of Boost Mobile , the prepaid cell phone provider now owned by Sprint , is looking to buy back the company for up to $2 billion, according to reports. Sprint is in the process of selling Boost Mobile, as part of a regulatory agreement to merge with T-Mobile. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based Perch Mobility, a startup that is developing portable charging "pods" aimed at helping professional chargers and scooter operators to bulk-charge scooters and e-bikes, says it has scored seed funding for its efforts. The company said the funding came from Lorentzen Investments. Size of the funding was not announced.

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JUNE 19, 2014

A new, Los Angeles startup, Yacha , said this week that it has launched a new, mobile app to send multimedia messages. The company said that, unlike other mobile messaging apps, users can send any combination of photos, text, audio, drawings, or video in a single message. multimedia startup messaging mobile yacha' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Los Angeles-based Spreeify , the developer of display ad technology which is led by Ruben Dua, has rolled out a new product aimed at the mobile market. server advertising technology display network mobile spreeify' Pricing on the new tool was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 28, 2020

Los Angeles-based RepairSmith , which operates a mobile car repair and maintenance service, says it is expanding its service area, and has added a number of cities, including Thousand Oaks and Fresno, California, as well as Tucson, Arizona. The company says the expansion brings it to more than 325 cities in total.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

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

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MARCH 12, 2019

Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the prepaid card and mobile banking giant, is powering the new banking offerings for mobile investing and financial app startup Stash. Stash offers up a mobile app which lets users buy stocks starting as little as $5, with an aim of helping users become more familiar with investing.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based Mammoth Media , a startup that says it is developing mobile-first media, has raised $13M in a Series A funding round, the company disclosed on Tuesday. The company, co-founded by CEO Benoit Vatere, and incubated at venture studio Science Inc., said the funding was led by Greylock Partners and also included Science Inc.

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APRIL 11, 2017

Irvine-based MFour Mobile Research , a developer of mobile survey and research software, announced today that it has raised $5M in a new funding round. MFour said it has more than 1 million people accessible via its panel, and will also use the funding to has launched new mobile ad measurement products. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2019

San Diego-based Bitmo , a startup developing a mobile gifting and payment app, has raised $3M in a seed funding round, the company said on Thursday afternoon. According to the company, its mobile gifting software allows users to gift from a mobile wallet, split and exchange card values from store gifts cards, and more.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2019

A conference dedicated to transportation and mobility wouldn’t be complete without hearing from Ford, the U.S. We’re excited to announce that Ford CTO Ken Washington will participate in TechCrunch’s inaugural TC Sessions: Mobility , a one-day event on July 10, 2019 in San Jose, Calif., automaker with a storied 116-year history.

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AUGUST 16, 2018

Today, we have an opinion piece from Ed Guerrero of Silicon Valley Bank, on the mobile gaming industry. This blog post highlights a trend I'm seeing here in Los Angeles: Established mobile gaming founders are leveraging their deep mobile expertise, including performance marketing, into new non-gaming verticals.

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JUNE 12, 2013

Is that mobile cost-per-click, CPA ad, Facebook campaign, or Pinterest page actually translating into a customer? A new, Santa Monica startup, CampaignEQ , is hoping to help marketers better attribute increases in mobile customers and traffic to their marketing campaigns, with a new product. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

One of the portfolio companies of Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group , Minneapolis-based Perforce Software , has acquired cloud testing software developer Perfecto Mobile. Perfecto is a developer of cloud-based, automated mobile and web application test software.

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MARCH 23, 2020

Fountain Valley-based HyperX , the gaming product division of Kingston Technology, says it has shipped a new product, the ChargePlay Clutch for mobile. The gaming controller uses the Qi wireless cahrging standard and a detachable battery pack. HyperX said the new product is available for $59.99

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 27, 2019

26 it was acquired by Israeli mobile game developer Playtika Ltd. Venice-based Seriously Digital Entertainment announced Aug.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Pasadena-based Green Dot Corporation, which operates a number of prepaid payment cards and online banking services, says it is launching a new mobile bank called Go2bank. The company said the new bank is aimed specifically at Americans who are living paycheck-to-paycheck.

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