SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 -- Silicon Beach Networking Happy Hour at Wurstkuche in Venice. Wednesday, September 26th Starting at 6pm! Meet new people, make business connections and most importantly, let's have fun! See [link] (more)

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JANUARY 15, 2014

Venice, California-based startup incubator Amplify LA , the startup accelerator headed by Paul Bricault and Richard Wolpert, disclosed today that it has raised $8M in a second investment fund for its companies. The funding came from such companies as Accel, Greycroft, Siemer Ventures, Karlin Ventures, Deep Fork Capital, and others.

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Incubator Invest Venice Capital 231

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Venice advertising technology firm System1 announced on Monday that it had completed a $270 million financing round led by New York-based Court Square Capital Partners.

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Venice Advertising Capital Technology 214

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JANUARY 11, 2016

In an unusual twist for the car sharing market, a new, Los Angeles startup-- WaiveCar --said today that it has launched a new, mobile phone-driven car sharing program in Santa Monica and Venice, which lets drivers drive cars for free.

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AUGUST 9, 2013

Venice, California-based PromoJam , the social marketing startup headed by Matt and Amanda MacNaughton, said this week that it has launched a new tool for launching social, direct, and mobile marketing campaigns.

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Tool Marketing Venice Design 225

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JUNE 10, 2013

Naki''s new coverage area includes Santa Monica, Venice, and Marina Del Rey, and themonthly subscription service will be priced by-the-bag (starting at $19.99). Naki Laundry''s service includes both an iPhone app as well as an Android app, and launched a pilot in Santa Barbara in September. The company was founded by Shai Kedem.

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Santa Monica Marina Del Rey Services Santa Barbara 268

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APRIL 17, 2014

Venice-based ZEFR said Thursday that it has named a new set of VPs. According to the company, it has named Rick Song as its new Global Head of Media Solutions Sales, and named Michael Saperstein as Head of Media Sales (East, Central, Canada).

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Venice Entertainment Media Sales 223

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Venice-based ZEFR , the online content provider headed by Zach James and Richard Raddon, has reached 1 billion monthly views of its content, the firm revealed Monday, as part of an invite to supporters to celebrate the milestone. The company--formerly known as MovieClips--offers up content from partners such as Universal, Warner Bros.,

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Paramount Venice Content Venture Capital 230

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MARCH 11, 2013

A new hackathon, being held at Amplify in Venice Beach later this month, is looking for you. Are you a cat lover, and an iPad app developer? In what might be the strangest hackathon yet to surface in the Los Angeles area, the GamesForCats Hackathon said today that it is looking for people to enter its hackathon to create iPad games for cats.

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Venice Software Development Los Angeles Tool 262

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

In a very bold move, Venice-based Snapchat has apparently turned down a $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook , according to a report today from the Wall Street Journal.

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Snapchat Report Southern California Journal 210

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MARCH 31, 2014

In an effort to prove that the company''s mobile apps can help get electric vehicle owners all the way across the country, Venice, California-based startup Recargo said it has launched an effort to make an 18-day, 12,000 mile, battery powered trip entirely using an electric vehicle.

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Venice Mobile Networking Help 178

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APRIL 16, 2013

Snapchat , the hot Venice-based startup which lets users send self-destructing photos to each other, has been hit by a spam attack, the firm said this morning. According to posts on Twitter, a large number of posts of a "naked lady" were sent to users on the service.

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Snapchat Venice Mobile Services 231

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

Venice, California-based comedy startup Laffster said this morning that it has raised $750,000 in a funding round, which came from Greylock Partners, Howard Lindzon, Adam Nash (LinkedIn), Chris Williams (Maker Studios), Samer Hamadeh (Vault.com), Christopher Grey (CapLinked), Sonny Singh (Jumio), and The Paradigm Agency, along with others.

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Santa Monica Venice News Sites 211

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

It turns out there's (at least) one, run by a local Venice, California-based company, Resignation Media, called Tapiture. Pinterest is one of the latest services to sweep the Internet world in terms of popularity, particularly with women. However, how about similar services aimed at the male demographic?

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Venice Sites Media Web 215

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

Paul Bricault is Managing Partner at Amplify LA (Www.amplify.la), a hands-on startup accelerator and co-working and community space in Venice. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.

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Southern California Technical Review High Tech Venice 215

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Seed-stage companies in Los Angeles received a total of $369 million in funding in 2016, according to report from Venice tech accelerator Amplify.LA.

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Seed Funding Venice Funding Los Angeles 235

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JULY 6, 2016

Venice, California-based goFlow has launched a new, app-driven service to help users book trainers and professionals in the areas of surfing, wake boarding, paddle boarding and skateboarding. Need some surfing lessons, or help with stand up paddle boarding?

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Venice Report Help Services 189

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

What do you get when you take the creative minds behind JibJab.com , the Venice-based online humor content developers--known for its hilarious videos of everything from politics to everyday life--and apply that to kids entertainment?

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Entertainment USC Venice Content 243

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Miso Media is located in Venice, and was founded by Aviv Grill ; the firm's investors include Aria Ventures , Detroit Ventures Partners , Google Ventures , Mind Fund , and Keith Rabois , among others. Earbits is in Venice, and is headed by Joey Flores. Music Mastermind. Are we missing your favorite local, music-focused startup?

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Southern California Startup Sherman Oaks Venice 254

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MARCH 21, 2013

Apparently, the Incubator School has been approved by the Los Angeles school board, and is now looking for a new campus somewhere in the area; the school was hoping to locate at Venice High School, but apparently has run into issues.

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Incubator Southern California Venice Class 217

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Airbnb said its "pop-up" houses--prefab houses being installed at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, The Cook''s Garden by HGEL in Venice, The Arts District, The Viper Room, and The Grove--will be bookable by users, and were designed by James Franco, Anjelica Huston, Moby, Molly Sims & Lake Bell and mother, and designer Robin Bell.

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Venice Hollywood Los Angeles Design 230

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AUGUST 20, 2013

The Venice, California startup, led by Thomas McAlevey, said it differentiates itself from the current crop of streaming music services by offering up a human algorithm, rare online tracks, and "pay-what-you-can" music streaming for artists, composers, and labels.

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Startup Venice Los Angeles Web 223

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JUNE 20, 2014

Paul Bricault of the AmplifyLA startup accelerator in Venice, has scored an exit with one of his companies. Twitter said Thursday that it has acquired SnappyTV , a San Francisco developer of software which helps people capture live event video, edit that video, and post it directly to Twitter.

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Venice Acquisition Software Help 196

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Venice, California-based Gem said this week that it has launched a new, Bitcoin platform specifically aimed at developers.

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Venice Platform Software Develop 185

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APRIL 17, 2013

Venice Beach-based Bitium , a new startup out of LA''s Amplify accelerator, announced this morning that it has raised $2.4M in a seed funding round.

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SaaS Seed Funding Venice Venture Capital 208

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

Venice, California-based messaging app developer Snapchat is planning to roll out its first advertising effort soon, according to CEO Evan Spiegel, who said this week at the Vanity Fair New Establishment summit. Spiegel disclosed the company''s plans in a conversation on stage with Michael Bloomberg and Katie Couric.

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Snapchat Venice Advertising Mobile 174

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based Evite is launching an effort to help raise money for charities, with a "Make More Merry" campaign powered by Venice, California-based Pledgeling , the company said Monday. That service is being powered by Pledgeling, the Venice startup led by James Citron. READ MORE>>.

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Evite Venice Los Angeles Services 147

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JANUARY 31, 2013

The service has been only available previously in San Francisco, but said it will now start serving trips in Santa Monica, Venice and West L.A. Lyft's app--which works with both iPhone and Android--lets users offer rides to people on-demand, at what it says is a "fraction of the cost" of a cab.

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Santa Monica Venice Hollywood Mobile 204

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JUNE 7, 2013

Venice-based photo messaging service Snapchat is reportedly raising $100M in funding, at a valuation of half a billion dollars, according to a report Friday. Snapchat--which operates a mobile photo messaging service which is very popular with the teenage set--is backed by Benchmark Capital, and had previously raised $12.5M

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Snapchat Report Southern California Venice 187

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MAY 20, 2014

Venice, California-basd Epoxy --which was built by former executive from Team Downey--has launched a brand new set of tools aimed at helping online video creators use social media, and also disclosed a funding round.

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Downey Tool Bertelsmann Help 207

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AUGUST 27, 2019

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

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Mobile Develop Development Venice 147

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat has detailed how to go about buying its new, connected "Spectacles" sunglasses, through a network of vending machines, the company said on Thursday. A quick glance at the "Find a Bot" on Thursday showed a machine available in Venice, near Speedway and Sunset. READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Venice Networking Company 138

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Venice, California-based Snapchat , the developer of the popular social media app, has added $4.5M in venture funding--and three new investors--as part of its Series C funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the company today. Details on the new funding were not announced by the company.

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Snapchat Social Media Venice Venture Capital 178

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MARCH 4, 2013

SideCar's service uses your phone's GPS capability to locate people who are nearby who would be willing to give you a ride for a donation; the company said it's initially launching here in LA on in West LA, Santa Monica, Venice and Culver City, with expansion to the remainder of LA soon.

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Culver City West Los Angeles Santa Monica SoCal 230

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MAY 1, 2014

The company said it now covers Downtown Los Angeles, Culver City, West Hollywood, Hollywood, Fairfax, Beverly Grove, Sawtelle, West LA, Mid-Wilshire, Santa Monica, Venice and Marina Del Rey. The company has been active in Los Angeles since April 3rd. READ MORE>>. instacart peer marketplace delivery mobile market grocery shopping'

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Marina Del Rey Los Angeles Culver City West Hollywood 193

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JANUARY 17, 2018

Venice, California-based startup accelerator Amplify.LA in three earlier funds, all for investing in the various startups which it puts through its programs in Venice. in three earlier funds, all for investing in the various startups which it puts through its programs in Venice. is in the midst of raising a new fund, Amplify.LA

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Funding Venice Invest Startup 133

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Venice, California-based Bitcoin startup Gem has raised $2M, to make Bitcoin easier to use for developers, the company said this week. Crypto Currency Partners, QED Associates, and Angel investor James Joaquin.

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Idealab Seed Funding Venice Venture Capital 180