L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 18, 2020

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

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Platform Santa Monica Resource Funding 279

L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 19, 2021

Santa Monica-based Bespoke Financial Inc., has raised $8 million to expand its financial offerings for businesses in the cannabis industry.

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Santa Monica Platform 278

L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 13, 2021

Tagger Media, the Santa Monica-based developer of a software platform for influencer-based marketing campaigns, has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding.

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Media Santa Monica Marketing Services 279

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Software giant Oracle increases footprint with record Santa Monica office deal.

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Software Oracle Santa Monica Marketing 262

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Santa Monica-based Universal Music Group announced a “global alliance” on Feb. 8 that gives TikTok users access to music by artists like Drake, Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 9, 2021

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., a human resources management software company, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Clearlake Capital Group in a transaction worth $5.2

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 9, 2018

” That’s what one investor said of the hot new Santa Monica, Calif.-based “It feels like investing in Uber when it first launched.”

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 9, 2018

” That’s what one investor said of the hot new Santa Monica, Calif.-based “It feels like investing in Uber when it first launched.”

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Santa Monica real estate software developer HomeLister Inc. has raised $4.5 million in seed funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

Second, we are announcing officially that we are moving our offices from Century City to Santa Monica. But in Los Angeles, Santa Monica is akin to SoMa in San Francisco, Cambridge in the Boston area or Flatiron / Union Square in NYC. We have long wanted to move but wanted to wait for the perfect space.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 7, 2018

Announced at the Montgomery Summit in Santa Monica, Calif., The Fabric, an early-stage investment company developing new infrastructure technologies, has raised $15 million for its third investment vehicle.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

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

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Commerce Platform Santa Monica Advertising 244

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 9, 2019

Santa Monica-based customer management software developer MomentFeed Inc. appointed Nick Hedges as its new chief executive July 9.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 20, 2020

Santa Monica-based Spot Parking (US) Inc. is repurposing its mapping technology to build a tool that helps business communities stay on top of ever-changing Covid-19 regulations.

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Tool Help Santa Monica Technology 246

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 6, 2020

Santa Monica-based eTail Pet Inc. is giving small pet stores a longer leash in the digital space.

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Santa Monica Help 235

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Neohire South is a recruiting company with offices in Santa Monica and Tarzana, RockIT Recruiting is a tech recruiting company based in San Francisco, and Hero.jobs is a recuiting software company based in Santa Monica. Financial details of the acquisitions were not announced. TS2 Holdings is led by CEO Yoshii Iyadomi.

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Tarzana El Segundo Santa Monica Company 230

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2018

The company’s services are already available in Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Monica, Calif. For instance, cities would make far more money charging Bird a smaller fee per ride rather than per day. Bird prices its rides at $1 to rent the scooter and 15 cents per minute traveled.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Sam Friedman , ParkMe (Santa Monica, mobile apps). Aaron Hirschhorn , DogVacay (Santa Monica, marketplace). Ryan Hudson , Honey (Pasadena, apps).

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Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The Santa Monica-based mobile app developer is bringing some humor to its meditation app.

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Santa Monica Networking Mobile Develop 214

TechCrunch LA

MAY 11, 2018

Since its launch in Santa Monica, Calif. Sources close to Bird says that the Lime and Spin contracts should be invalid, given the contracts that the Santa Monica, Calif. in September 2017, Bird has become synonymous with both the perils and promise that scooters hold for last mile mobility.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 2, 2019

Santa Monica-based investment firm Upfront Ventures raised a $400 million fund, its sixth since the company's launch in 1996.

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socalTECH

JULY 28, 2021

Santa Monica-based Inspire Energy Capital, a provider of renewable energy to the residential market, has been acquired by oil and gas giant Shell, the companies said Tuesday afternoon. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Inspire offers up renewable energy subscriptions to customers.

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Capital Santa Monica Acquisition Equity 203

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It’s been nearly a decade since Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Glenmont Mucker Management, doing business as Mucker Capital, launched its startup accelerator for fledgling tech companies.

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Santa Monica Startup Venture Capital Capital 204

L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 19, 2019

Santa Monica-based Dave Inc., developers of a financial management mobile app designed to prevent bank overdrafts, announced June 19 a $110 million debt funding raise.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. has acquired privately held Grovo Learning Inc., a New York City-based technology company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 14, 2018

An award-winning German firm that employs professionals with autism across Europe is acquiring Santa Monica–based MindSpark Inc. to mark its entry into the U.S.

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Santa Monica Marketing 132

L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Santa Monica-based startup Esports One Inc. has raised $4 million in early stage funding to support a fantasy sports platform for competitive video gaming.

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 22, 2020

the Santa Monica-based meditation app developer, has raised an additional $47.7 Headspace Inc., million in equity from 10 investors for its Series C funding round.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Santa Monica-based online car marketplace TrueCar said it has awarded a new, retrofitted vehicle to a Marine Corps Vietnam veteran, as part of its DrivenToDrive initiative. The initiative connects disabled American veterans with vehicles.

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Truecar Santa Monica 202

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard Inc. Allen Brack its new president of Blizzard Entertainment Oct. 4, alongside two new promotions to the executive leadership team.

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Activision Santa Monica Entertainment 174

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Santa Monica-based Inspire Energy Holdings has a unique pitch for an energy company: selling power to customers on a subscription basis with flat monthly payments.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2021

Santa Monica-based Revolution Prep, an academic testing and tutoring preparation company, has scored private equity funding from Apax Digital Fund. Size of the funding was not announced. According to Apax Digital, the new funding will go to expand Revolution Prep's offering and to increase access to its online tutoring services.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 30, 2018

Santa Monica-headquartered startup incubator Science Inc. disclosed Aug. 30 it added Cincinnati, Ohio-based personalized closet management app Cladwell to its growing portfolio of startups.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

Companies participating in the challenge include: Joby Aviation of Santa Cruz, California. of Santa Monica, California. of Santa Monica, California. AirMap, Inc., AiRXOS, Inc., of Chantilly, Virginia. ANRA Technologies, Inc., of Chantilly, Virginia. ARINC Inc., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Avision, Inc.,

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Santa Monica Company Companies Mobile 250

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 20, 2018

Santa Monica-based Trill Project, founded by four high-schoolers who want to make social media safer, received on Aug. 15 a total $550,000 in a seed round led by Founders Bootcamp.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Santa Monica-based TigerText has hired on two new healthcare veterans to its executive team, the company said this week. Kirkman was previously VP of Enterprise Solutions at athenalheath, and also has served at TamberHealth, Zix Corporation, and Amicore.

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