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APRIL 8, 2019

San Diego-based Lawn Love , which provides on-demand, lawn mowing and care services, says it has launched its services in Orange County, as part of an expansion effort.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Jason Thanh La , the co-founder and CEO of payment processing company Merchant Services Group , said this week that he has committed to personally fund $1M to early stage companies in Southern California. jason thanh merchant services group venture capital angel investor payment processing finance financial' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2017

SendGrid , which provides email delivery services for such companies as Airbnb, Spotify, Pandora and Uber, said this morning that it is planning a major expansion in Orange County. The company said that the expansion--part of an overall expansion in California--includes a new lease for a 22,000 square foot office in Irvine.

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APRIL 5, 2016

Los Angeles-based on-demand, ride service for kids, HopSkipDrive said this morning that it has expanded its service into Orange County. The service--which helps busy parents offload the shuffling of their kids between school and activities--is led by Joanna McFarland.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based HopSkipDrive , the ridesharing service which helps deliver kids to and from school, after-school activities, and home, said this morning that it has raised $7.4M STI), a company in the school transportation, safety, and fleet services market. in a new funding round. The funding came from Student Transportation Inc.

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Orange County Services Education Los Angeles 189

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MARCH 10, 2016

Natural and organic goods supermarket Whole Foods Market and sam day delivery service Instacart announce today that they will be expanding into Orange County, one of the first markets in a national expansion which will allow consumers to order groceries from Whole Foods Market for same day delivery.

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JANUARY 7, 2016

A new company, J5 Infrastructure Partners , has launched in Orange County, after the acquisition of two companies by private equity investor Ridgemont Equity Partners. Ridgemont said it purchase two, telecommunications infrastructure companies-- Coretel Inc. and U.S.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

For the quarter, San Diego County garnered the most venture capital, with $231.3M invested; Los Angeles had $169.7M, and Orange County $63.1M In Orange County, the biggest deals were for Irvine-based WaterHealth International , a developer of water purification products with $22.1M billion invested in the region.

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MAY 15, 2015

Drizly , a provider of on-demand delivery of beer, wine and liquor ("Uber for beer"), said Thursday that it has expanded its services to Southern California, starting with Orange County.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

As you all know TechZulu is a huge supporter of Startup Weekend, and when we had the chance to be part of the very first Orange County (my home town) Startup Weekend we jumped on board. He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components. Sean Ellis.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Newport Beach-based Sendio , a developer of appliances for reducing spam, has expanded into the software-as-a-service business, saying today that it has launched a new, hosted online service. The company said it would charged on a per-user, per-month subscription basis, and will sell the service through its existing channel partners.

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JULY 7, 2011

Daily deals giant Groupon said Thursday that it has expanded its real-time, deal venture, Groupon Now, into Orange County. The addition of Orange County came on the same day that Groupon Now rolled out in Las Vegas and Minneapolis; the service has already been available in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2019

Thursday, June 13, 2019 -- Orange County FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in Orange County, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! We're doing it again!

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MAY 16, 2014

Anaheim- and Boulder-based SendGrid , which develops email delivery software and services to developers, is expanding its presence in Colorado, saying that it has relocated to a new and larger space in its Boulder location. SendGrid also said it is hiring across the company, including in Orange COunty. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Amir Banifatemi: K5Launch supports our larger vision, the K5 initiative, which was promoted last year to provide a more stable and vibrant community of entrepreneurship in Southern California, but mostly Orange County. We are in Orange County, but we're also focused more largely on Southern California.

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JUNE 22, 2012

BlockBeacon said that so far, its services has been used by the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Chamber, LA Tourism and dineLA Restaurant Week, as well as Orange County Restaurant Week, and Pasadena Restaurant Week, to power their interactive maps.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 -- Orange County Fundingpost VC and Angel Investor Conference. Exhibitor passes include: - 3 tickets - Table top to display product / service - 4-minute speaking slot at the end of the normal 60- second pitches. Register for the FundingPost event on Wednesday, March 27th, 2019.

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JULY 29, 2011

A report, published Friday by Wired, says that Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu has cut its use of web analytics service Kissmetrics -- a startup founded by former Orange County entrepreneur Neil Patel -- after U.C. Berkeley security researchers detected the use of undetectable cookie code by Kissmetrics.

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JUNE 12, 2013

The new service skirts the more crowded, security lines at the public side of Burbank--which is already drastically easier to navigate than LAX--and allows execs to simply show up and board their flights.

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APRIL 21, 2014

Gooley was at Earbits, and Watilo is an Orange County native who has consulted for Kelley Blue Book, Zillow, and others. Preact came out of Gooley and Watilo''s experience at FolioHD, a photo sharing service for professional photographers, and their own customer churn issues with that subscription service. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Incubator Venture Capital Software 197

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AUGUST 19, 2014

In a move which brings two of the hottest online, peer-to-peer marketplaces in the area together, ride service Uber and dog boarding marketplace DogVacay said today that Uber will donate $5 for every ride to help animal shelters on National Dog Day--August 26th--for riders who use DOGVACAY as the promo code for their ride.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Laguna Hills-based See Jane Go , a startup which operates a ridesharing service driven by, and which serves just women, has raised $2.47M in an angel funding, the company said Tuesday. See Jane Go currently offers it service in Orange County and Long Beach, with plans to expand to the rest of Southern California using the funding.

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APRIL 15, 2010

For Southern California, Orange County actually had the most dollars invested, with $239.6M For Orange County, the investments were significantly higher than the Q4 investments of $48M in the area, boosted significantly by $115.3M Nationally, Q4 of 2009 brought in $5.2 billion in venture deals in 832 deals.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Irvine-based Pivotshare , a new startup offering up a service to help content creators publish and monetize their video or audio via subscription or pay-per-view, said today that it has raised $1M in a Series A funding. The company was founded by Adam Mosam.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Licitra joins the company from MediaSpan Online Services, where she was most recently Vice President, Product Management. Licitra has also served at Freedom Communications and the Orange County Register. The firm said that Licitra will report to Mike Plonski, the company's Chief Technology Officer.

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Orange County Product Chief Technology Officer Report 170

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Similarly, the firm is using a Y-Combinator/TechStars model to startups, and covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. The group's members include many member of the Tech Coast Angels, and has a goal of making Southern California, and particularly Orange County, a more vibrant environment for tech startups.

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APRIL 3, 2014

Smartphone-driven, ride app provider Uber said Thursday that it is officially launching Uber in Palm Springs , and will be offering up the full selection of Uber services -- uberX, UberBLACK, UberSUV, and UberSTRETCH--to the Coachella Valley.

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APRIL 16, 2010

One of those startups is Orange County-based DealPerk.com (www.dealperk.com), which is headed by Albert Ko. Albert Ko: At DealPerk, we cater toward Orange County, here in Southern California. Is this more than just a local Orange County site, or do you have plans to expand the idea elsewhere?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

MegaPath , the provider of cloud and broadband services which has major operations in Orange County, said Thursday that it has sold its managed services businesss to GTT Communication. MegaPath''s Managed Services division provided private networking, access services, and managed security services to enterprise clients.

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MAY 14, 2010

At the same time, the need for the products and services that OCTANe provides are greater in a recessionary economy than in when the economy is booming. The demand for our products and services is really high, unemployment is high, the need for new technology is high, as is the need to increase efficiency from businesses.

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MARCH 28, 2013

CoFoundersLab is a free, online matchmaking service that gives you access to the largest group of entrepreneurs ever assembled looking to join a startup or be joined on their venture, allowing you to cast a much wider net in hour search for talent. The post Co-Founders Wanted of Orange County appeared first on TechZulu.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Nanoogo , an online service focused on helping encourage creativity in kids, has scored a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels, according to a report today from the group. Nanoogo has been working with K5 Launch, the business accelerator which has been focused on funding companies in Orange County. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 9, 2012

A new, Orange County startup, Zao said today that it has launched a new service, which combines employee job referrals with social gamification. The firm, headed by Ziv Eliraz, explained that the service is designed to make the process of employee referrals more enjoyable and competitive. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Competition Tool Design 154

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MARCH 22, 2011

Broadband wireless service provider Clearwire said this week that it has expanded its coverage in the Los Angeles area. According to the firm, its Los Angeles service area now covers more than 1,900 square miles. Clearwire provides it broadband using the WiMAX wireless protocol, both via its own brand and cross branding with Sprint.

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Orange County Los Angeles Angel Services 159

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A colocation and cloud services provider, Latisys , said today that it is planning a big expansion in Orange County, with the opening of a new, 22,000 square foot data center in Irvine. Latisys said the new facility will make it the largest data center operator in the Orange County market. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Equity Services Marketing 133

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MAY 2, 2011

Irvine-based Local.com is entering the daily deals market, sayign this morning it has launched a new service, Spreebird , delivering daily deals across hundreds of markets nationwide. Local.com said the site will launch in Denver, Philadelphia, and Orange County at first, with 17 additional markets planned by the end of the year.

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Orange County Email Competition Mobile 164

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Irvine-based AutoGravity , which offers up purchasing and financing tools for auto dealers and consumers, has launched its very own, subscription-based, "flexible car usage" service it is calling Turn , the company said today. The new Turn service looks to be a direct competitor to Santa Monica-based car subscription service Fair.

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