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JANUARY 9, 2013

Music Prodigy is in Sherman Oaks. Earbits has created a service which lets you browse through over 200 stations of streaming audio, advertising free. The firm's products are an example of what applying technology, and smartphones and tablets, can do for music education. Looking for the next new sound?

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

Sherman Oaks-based Serviz , the on-demand handyman service led by former ReachLocal head Zorik Gordon, announced today that it has raised $12.5M The company helps connect homeowners with handymen and other home services, such as plumbers, electricians, and others. in a Series B funding round. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Venice, California-based Vetted , a new startup offering up on-demand, veterinary services at your home, has raised $3.47M in seed funding, the company disclosed this week. The company--which is currently headquartered at Amplify LA--currently only offers up its services in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 20, 2018

Sherman Oak-based Payscout , a provider of payment processing services, said on Thursday that it has acquired cloud and mobile software developer Paywire. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. payscout is led by CEO and co-founder Cleveeland Brown.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Just when you thought you couldn't trip over yet another scooter on your way out of the office, another, on-demand scooter rental service-- Razor Share , has launched in Los Angeles. Razor's service--like those of its competitors--revolves around a mobile app, which runs on either iOS or Android--and lets users rent scooters by the minute.

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MAY 23, 2017

The company currently offers up its service only in San Francisco and Los Angeles. HubHaus--which shows locations right now in Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Glendale, and Pasadena--matches up applicants for its houses with others with similar professions and personal interests. The funding was led by General Catalyst Partners.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

A number of services have emerged in Southern California in the last few months, offering up free, or very inexpensive, 4G wireless connections. We've stacked up three of the services below for comparison. The service looks to be targeting the occasional or budget-minded potential 4G wireless user who shops at Walmart.

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MARCH 30, 2015

Sherman Oaks-based SERVIZ , the home services marketplace founded by former ReachLocal head Zorik Gordon, has a giant new competitor as of this morning: Amazon.com. The new Amazon service is a direct competitor to SERVIZ, which also offers up access, purchase, and scheduling of home service providers. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 15, 2015

Sherman Oaks-based home services marketplace SERVIZ , the startup led by former ReachLocal founder Zorik Gordon, said Thursday that it has expanded its services to San Diego. SERVIZ helps homeowners book home services on-demand, including finding plumbers, handymen, and other home service providers.

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JUNE 22, 2016

Sherman Oaks-based Processing.com , a provider of payment processing services, announced this morning that it has received a "significant" private equity investment, from LaSalle Capital. Size of that investment was not announced. Processing.com is led by CEO Avi Chesed.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

Sherman Oaks-based Serviz , the on-demand home services company founded by serial entrepreneurs Zorik Gordon and Michael Kline, has been acquired by Porch , another online marketplace for home services. Porch said the acquisition will help it expand its end-to-end home services solutions. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 22, 2009

Sherman Oaks-based ABCSearch , a provider of pay-per-click advertising, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Advertise.com , and will rebrand all of its offerings under a new, Advertise.com, Inc.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

The patent lawsuit filed Wednesday,/a> against popular micro-blogging site Twitter by a Texas company, TechRadium , has echoes of a lawsuit spawned by the acquisition of Sherman Oaks-based NTI Group last year. Blackboard acquired NTI in January, and was one of the big exits for Southern California startups last year.

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JULY 27, 2009

Sherman Oaks-based Advertise.com , the search engine marketing firm run by Dan Yomtobian, disclosed today that the firm is extending its offerings into the cost-per-action (CPA) category. The firm said that the new CPA services are an extension beyond its current cost-per-click (CPC) offerings.

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MARCH 20, 2009

Dan Yomtobian is CEO and founder of Sherman Oaks-based Scour (www.scour.com), a meta-search engine which adds social features such as voting and comments to Internet search. The way we can combat that, is by constantly adding new features and services, which give users more reasons to stick with us.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Next → As startup ecosystems evolve and mature, validation of their viability comes in waves from entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers alike. Rather, we will provide a platform for them to get interim office space and sophisticated legal services, and to ultimately grow their ideas from business concept to funded startup.

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