L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 8, 2021

Curio’s platform allows individuals to create, own, share and trade digital collectibles from TV shows, graphic novels, movies and music.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 17, 2020

doing business as CreatorIQ, understands that his company’s complex platform can be difficult to describe to potential investors. Igor Vaks, the founder and chief executive at Culver City-based Social Edge Inc.,

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

12 the launch of its new e-commerce AR platform, Axis. Santa Monica-based augmented reality advertising and software provider Vertebrae announced Nov.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

El Segundo-based Wpromote is launching a new marketing technology platform, the company said today, which it says will help complement its performance marketing services. The company said its new platform is called Polaris, and includes three apps for data capture and collection, analytics and automation, and apps for predictive modeling.

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 31, 2021

a digital education platform focused on STEM learning for young children, has agreed to be acquired by New York-based early education business Begin. Pasadena-based CodeSpark Inc.,

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, REAL says it has launched a new, online platform that lets creators offer up exclusive content to their fans, using their own currency. The startup said it lets creators sell their own "coin" to fans, which will give fans access to special content.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

El Segundo-based Image Metrics , a developer of computer vision and facial analysis and tracking tools, has rolled out a new platform for implementing augmented reality (AR), which it calls LUNAR. According to Image Metrics, the new tool is aimed at marketers, helping them to implement augmented reality (AR) effects for marketing initiatives.

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socalTECH

MAY 26, 2020

La Jolla-based Platform Science , a developer of fleet management software and technology, has raised $42M in a Series B funding, the company disclosed recently. Platform Science had announced a partnership with Daimler Trucks North America, along with Daimler's participation in its Series B, at the beginning of May. READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 29, 2021

announced March 23 that it had raised $10 million in funding to support the growth of its management liability insurance platform for small businesses. Insurance technology company Counterpart Inc.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 15, 2021

the Century City-based developer of a wholesale ecommerce platform for brands and retailers, announced March 10 that it had raised $45 million in a new round of funding. NuOrder Inc.,

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 15, 2021

the Century City-based developer of a wholesale ecommerce platform for brands and retailers, announced March 10 that it had raised $45 million in a new round of funding. NuOrder Inc.,

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 15, 2019

Burbank-based Shag Enterprises Inc, an artificial intelligence company that’s created a predictive platform for online ordering, announced on May 15 it raised $1.4 million in seed funding led by New York-based E&A Venture Capital.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 7, 2019

PodcastOne , the celebrity podcasting network from the founder of radio powerhouse WestwoodOne, is launching a free hosting platform for podcasters. The company is also billing itself as a discovery platform, offering free promotion for the services various podcasts across its own network of popular podcasting talent.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2021

According to Illumina, is is donating two of its newest, next-generation (NGS) platforms, reagants, and four years of service support to the Molecular Diagnostic Reference Laboratory at Kasturba Hospital, in the Municipal Corporate of Greater Mumbai.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Irvine-based Greenfield Groves ,, a telehealth and wellness company, said it is acquiring a proprietary telehealth software platform developed by Healthcare Technologies LLC. Greenfield said in a statement that it looks forward to "bringing this telehealth platform to market at scale." READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 18, 2020

has raised $15 million in Series B funding for its human resources platform for small businesses. Santa Monica-based Bambee Inc.

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 28, 2021

a virtual learning platform that Quiros calls a “master class for high school education.” Michael Vilardo, Jonathan Quiros and Felix Ruano felt Zoom school wasn’t up to par with the needs of the 15 million-plus high school students in the United States. So, the trio created Emile Learning Inc.,

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 8, 2021

Curio’s platform allows individuals to create, own, share and trade digital collectibles from TV shows, graphic novels, movies, and music.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 18, 2021

the Santa Monica-based developer of a digital mortgage servicing platform, announced Jan. Brace Software Inc., 12 that it had raised $15.7 million in a Series B funding round.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2022

Santa Monica-based Arrive, a developer of a technology and reverse logistics services, says it has added resales to its enterprise rental platform. The company's product is focused on what the company says is roughly 25% of e-commerce orders are returned which cannot be resold full--price.

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socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2020

Redland-based geographical information systems (GIS) and mapping software provider Esri has launched a new, online analytics platform it is aiming at the Caribbean community, the company said late Wednesday. According to the company, the new, online portal was built in collaboration with its Caribbean distributor, Spatial Innovision.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Carlsbad-based MaxLinear announced this morning that it ahs acquired Intel's Home Gateway Platform Division , in a deal worth $150M in cash.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2020

the Santa Monica developer of a bike sharing and store rental platform, has a new owner. Spinlister Inc.,

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based Podcorn , a venture-backed startup offering up native podcast advertising and matching, has launched its platform, saying that its platform will help advertisers discover and run native ads on podcasts.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 19, 2021

Automotive technology company RepairSmith has raised $42 million in Series B funding for its on-site repair platform.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2020

Irvine-based biopharmaceuticals company Seragon Pharmaceuticals announced on Wednesday that it has launched a new, artificial intelligence platform it says can predict an individuals' aging speed, and assess aspects of physiological funtions.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Los Angeles-based Afterparty, which is developing an platform which the company says helps creators launch their own NFTs, says it has raised $3M in a seed funding round.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2019

According to the company, its platform "makes for faster, more affordable hiring" and includes such features as scouring the web for "ready to run" talent and those likely to soon be on the market, and works "with or without the aid of real-life recruiters." The startup claims to use artificial intelligence software as part of its platform.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Now the three men are finally ready to take the covers off of the labor of love they’ve been working on and launch Forge Platform , a new toolkit for distributed applications. “We wanted to pick a platform where the majority of developers are,” says Lorenz of the decision to work with Ethereum. ” . .

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socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2019

Los Angeles-based AdGreetz , which develops personzlied advertising technology, announced a new product this morning, and automated and integrated marketing platform it calls AdChef.

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socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2020

Irvine-based Kofax says it is helping to power a platform from ImageTech Systems , for managing loan applications submitted under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The program--which recently ran out of funds allocated to it by Congress--is expected to be extended this week.

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Growing up the son of a prominent local veterinarian, entrepreneur Brandon Werber never thought he would have to search for a vet for his two French bulldogs.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 27, 2022

Now, a gaming startup that’s building a new kind of platform that it thinks will be a — wait for it — game changer in the category is announcing some funding as to ride that wave of attention. Part of that is because of how PortalOne has built out its platform. “This is part of our secret sauce.”

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APRIL 28, 2020

San Diego-based Denovo Biopharma said this morning that it has acquired the entire replicating gene therapy platform from Tocagen. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Los Angeles-based a href="[link] , a startup which operates a platform it says connects product suppliers who dropship with Shopify e-retailers, says it has expanded its platform to provide localized content for sellers in Brazil and France. The company says its now offers country-specific websites in French and Portuguese.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 14, 2021

FlyMachine’s platform launch earlier this year, arriving as many Americans have been vaccinated and many concert-goers are preparing to return to normal, might have been considered a bit late to the moment, but the founding team sees a long-term opportunity that COVID only further highlighted.

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JUNE 1, 2021

Santa Barbara-based software developer FastSpring--best known for its e-commerce software tools--says it is expanding its offerings, and will offer up support to B2B, software-as-a-service and downloadable software companies with sales team.

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