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| Nov 27, 2022 | Learning The Value Of Community Investment For Private Equity Firms | Private equity looks to support community growth and investment.getty |
| Jul 19, 2022 | Humanity Health Raises $6M to Advance Health Equity Through Inclusive Leadership | What You Should Know:
– Humanity Health, a New York City-based career acceleration and talent sourcing platform for underrepresented leaders in healthcare and life sciences, has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Jumpstart Nova wi... |
| May 26, 2022 | Astroforge Raises $13M To Mine Asteroids | Y Combinator startup Astroforge wants to use its new $13 million seed round to mine asteroids.
The Huntington Beach-based company aims to become the first company to bring asteroid resources back to Earth, TechCrunch reported Thursday. Init... |
| Apr 28, 2022 | From Camera Drones to Augmented Reality, Here Are Snap’s Newest Products and Features | Social media giant Snap is selling a new product that could change the way you see the world—but no, it’s not the company’s long-awaited augmented reality glasses.
On Thursday, the Santa Monica-based firm launched a flying camera called Pix... |
| Apr 28, 2022 | Defense Startup Anduril Industries Seeking to Raise $500M-Plus: Report | Anduril Industries, the Costa Mesa-based defense technology startup and U.S. military contractor, is reportedly looking to raise at least $500 million in an upcoming funding round at a $7 billion pre-money valuation.
Anduril could raise up ... |
| Apr 27, 2022 | Divergent Technologies Raises $160M to 3D-Print Car Parts | Divergent Technologies wants to radically change automotive manufacturing with 3D printing, smarter software and an entirely new approach to assembly. A new $160 million round of funding should help the Torrance-based startup on that missio... |
| Apr 25, 2022 | As Its Stock Drops, Netflix's Employee Morale Is In Freefall, Too | Netflix’s poor first-quarter earnings report has led to both a falling stock price and falling workforce morale.
After the streaming service disclosed a large subscriber loss in its earnings last week—triggering a roughly 40% decline in its... |
| Apr 21, 2022 | Afterparty Raises $4 Million to Launch NFT Ticketing Platform | Web3 startup Afterparty has raised $4 million to launch an NFT-based ticketing platform for live events, with plans to use its Utopian NFTs as event tickets after a trial run at a Las Vegas music festival last month.
Afterparty landed the n... |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Superjoi Raises $2.5 Million To Help Fans Fund Their Favorite Creators | Fintech startup Superjoi, which lets fans fund creators’ content projects, has raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding.
Superjoi raised the funding from fintech-focused investors including Ascension Ventures, QED Investors, Systema VC, Toma... |
| Apr 20, 2022 | TikTok Ventures Deeper Into Music With New Sound-Editing App | TikTok is continuing its foray into the music industry by testing a new sound-editing app for musicians and creators called Mawf.
The Culver City-based video-sharing app and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, are currently beta-testing ... |
| Apr 19, 2022 | Italian EV Battery Maker’s CEO Plans Major Gigafactory in Imperial Valley | The founder and CEO of Italian battery manufacturer Italvolt announced plans today for a new $4 billion gigafactory in Southern California’s Imperial Valley that should produce enough batteries to supply 650,000 electric vehicles annually.
... |
| Apr 19, 2022 | Big Changes Coming to Netflix After Catastrophic Earnings | After disrupting the film and television industry, Netflix is about to undergo some disruption itself.
The streaming service announced Tuesday that some big changes are on the way after a disastrous first quarter that sank its share price i... |
| Apr 15, 2022 | This Week in ‘Raises’: Genies Lands $150M To Make Metaverse Avatars | This week in “Raises,” virtual avatar startup Genies—which recently welcomed Bob Iger as board member—landed fresh funding from tech-focused private equity firm Silver Lake. Meanwhile, cybersecurity startup Obsidian received backing from a ... |
| Apr 15, 2022 | TikTok Under Investigation Over Child Sexual Abuse Content: Report | Two federal agencies are reportedly investigating TikTok over its moderation of content depicting child sexual abuse.
The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice have both launched reviews into how such content spreads... |
| Apr 15, 2022 | LA Tech ‘Moves’: Activision Hires Its First Chief Diversity Officer | Moves, our roundup of job changes in L.A. tech, is presented by Interchange.LA, dot.LA's recruiting and career platform connecting Southern California's most exciting companies with top tech talent. Create a free Interchange.LA profile here... |
| Apr 15, 2022 | GR0 Presents: 7 Tips to Dominate SEO For Your Brand | Google doesn’t publicly reveal the “secret sauce” that powers their search algorithm, and the company makes tweaks and adjustments all the time to continually make results cleaner and more effective. But despite all of this mystery and comp... |
| Apr 14, 2022 | Cybersecurity Startup Obsidian Raises $90 Million to Protect Companies’ SaaS Apps | Obsidian Security, a cybersecurity startup that looks to address security gaps in businesses’ software applications, has raised $90 million in Series C funding, the Newport Beach-based company announced Thursday.
Silicon Valley venture capi... |
| Apr 14, 2022 | Netflix, Hulu Beat California City That Sued to Tax Streaming Services | Netflix and Hulu have won another court battle against a local government trying to force the streaming giants to pay taxes typically imposed on cable TV companies.
A Los Angeles County judge ruled Wednesday that the city of Lancaster doesn... |
| Apr 11, 2022 | Hybrid Work Is Here to Stay, LA Business Leaders Say | The last two years have seen many companies in Los Angeles—and the rest of the world—to pivot to a remote- or hybrid-work model that has quickly become the new normal. But with COVID-19 cases trending down and mandates easing up, employers ... |
| Apr 11, 2022 | Netflix Lets You Give Two Thumbs Up With New Rating System | Netflix users can now profess their love for a title not just with a heart, star or single thumbs up—but with the Siskel and Ebert-approved rating system of two thumbs up.
The streaming service is aiming to further personalize its recommend... |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Hola Metaverso Wants To Bring the Latino Community Into Web3 | To many outsiders, the Web3 community can feel like a bunch of crypto bros in Patagonia jackets. At least that’s what Tameron McGurren-Leal thought before he signed on as business development manager for Hola Metaverso, a new project that a... |
| Apr 8, 2022 | This Week in ‘Raises:’ Edward Norton’s Adtech Company Lands $80 Million | This week in “Raises,” actor Edward Norton's TV measurement firm sealed a deal with Los Angeles-based investment firm Shamrock Capital, while an early-growth impact fund secured an investment from MassMutual.Venture Capital
EDO, a Culver Ci... |
| Apr 7, 2022 | Loaded, a Talent Agency for Streamers, Lands $20 Million to Snap Up Gaming Firms | Loaded, a Los Angeles-based talent and marketing agency focused on gaming brands and creators, has secured a fresh $20 million growth equity round led by L.A. private equity firm Coral Tree Partners.
Loaded works with popular gaming streame... |
| Apr 6, 2022 | Newly Named Kia Forum to Add Electric Vehicle Charging Stations | Inglewood’s legendary Forum—best known as home to Magic Johnson’s “Showtime” Lakers dynasty of the 1980s—officially has a new name. And after inking a naming rights deal with South Korean automaker Kia, the newly branded Kia Forum is also j... |
| Apr 5, 2022 | PopID Teams With Visa To Bring Facial Payments to the Middle East | PopID, a Pasadena-based startup that uses facial recognition software to enable payments, is venturing into the Middle East.
On Tuesday, PopID announced a partnership with financial services giant Visa that will promote its facial payment s... |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Meet the LA Startup Founder Who Had Two Hours To Prep Her 'Shark Tank' Pitch | One Sunday afternoon last September, Sarah Moret was hiking through Griffith Observatory when she received a voicemail from the producer of “Shark Tank,” ABC’s hit entrepreneurial reality show. The voice message notified her that she had ju... |
| Mar 30, 2022 | Graze Unveils an Autonomous Electric Lawn Mower | Is there any worse sound to wake up to than a gas-powered lawn mower? Not only are they a noise pollutant, but they are clunky environmental ones as well. Insert Graze, a Santa Monica-based startup looking to change the landscaping industry... |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Microsoft Says It Won’t Block Activision Labor Unions | A Microsoft executive has said the company “will not stand in the way” of efforts by Activision Blizzard employees to create a labor union—though they stopped short of saying it would voluntarily recognize the first labor union at a major A... |
| Mar 24, 2022 | The Ultimate LA Guide To The Metaverse | Sly Lee, Isaac Castro and Mauricio Teran have spent the last seven years building a machine that can fuse the virtual world with the real one.
Long before the “metaverse” became a buzzword, the co-founders of Marina del Rey-based Emerge env... |
| Mar 24, 2022 | New AI Tech May Help Predict Heart Attacks Five Years in Advance | What if you could predict a heart attack?
Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center announced this week the development of a tool that uses artificial intelligence to measure artery health and detect future cardiac risks in seemingly healthy... |
| Mar 23, 2022 | More Studying = More Screentime. 1Question's App Hopes to Give Parents More Control | After the pandemic shuttered schools and social activities, screen time among children nearly doubled as digital devices became their sole source of education, recreation and social activities.
The obsession with screens was noted in the El... |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Can WeHo-Based Wheels Get More Underserved Angelenos to Ride E-Bikes? | When Los Angeles launched its micromobility pilot in 2019, it had big dreams for improving transportation equity for all Angelenos.
Three years later, less than 3,000 people make use of micromobility programs aimed at helping poorer section... |
| Mar 17, 2022 | As They Gear Up for Their First Game, Angel City Soccer Athletes and Execs Talk Equity in Women's Sports | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Following the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s recent $24 million equal pay settlement, Los Angeles’ own women’s ... |
| Mar 15, 2022 | High Gas Prices Could Boost E-Scooter and E-Bike Ridership, Bird CEO Says | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Electric scooter startup Bird more than doubled its revenues in 2021 as pandemic restrictions eased and riders retur... |
| Mar 15, 2022 | This Beverly Hills Startup Just Raised Millions to Help Brands Mint NFTs | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
A new blockchain startup called NFT Brands has unveiled a $3.6 million seed funding round today as it barrels into t... |
| Mar 10, 2022 | Venture Firm Chapter One Launching Crypto-Focused Incubator | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
While some skeptics argue that crypto is a trend, venture investors like Chapter One are betting that it’s here to s... |
| Mar 10, 2022 | Rivian Stock Tanks on Missed Earnings Expectations, Shareholders Lawsuits | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Rivian saw its stock slump as much as 13% in after-hours trading Thursday after the company announced it had missed ... |
| Mar 8, 2022 | Gumball Raises $10 Million To Grow Its Podcast Ad Marketplace | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Gumball, a Los Angeles-based adtech platform allowing advertisers to place “host-read” ads on podcasts, has raised $... |
| Mar 8, 2022 | PopID Wants You to Ditch Your Cards and Pay With Your Face | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
There are few activities that necessitate a working phone more than live concerts and events: It’s how you show your... |
| Mar 7, 2022 | GoodRx Acquiring Pharmacy Platform VitaCare to Make Name-Brand Drugs Cheaper | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Prescription drug platform GoodRx has made its latest foray into the lucrative world of name-brand drugs with the $1... |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Family Sues Activision, Claims Sexual Harassment Led to Daughter’s Suicide | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
The family of a former Activision Blizzard employee who died by suicide in 2017 is suing the video game publisher, a... |
| Mar 4, 2022 | This Week in ‘Raises’: Thatgamecompany Lands $160M, M13 Launches $400M Fund | Raises is dot.LA’s weekly feature highlighting venture capital funding news across Southern California’s tech and startup ecosystem. Please send fundraising news to Decerry Donato ([email protected]).
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| Mar 2, 2022 | TikTok Facing Investigation By State AGs Over Whether It Harms Children and Teens | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general have launched an investigation into TikTok examining whether the socia... |
| Mar 2, 2022 | Netflix Will Buy Finnish Mobile Games Developer Next Games For $72 Million | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Netflix plans to buy Finnish mobile games developer Next Games for $72 million, the companies announced Wednesday, i... |
| Mar 1, 2022 | Insurtech Startup Counterpart Raises $30 Million to Help Small Businesses Manage Risk | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Los Angeles-based insurtech platform Counterpart has raised $30 million in new funding through a Series B round led ... |
| Mar 1, 2022 | 'I Just Want To Save a Life’: For LA Startups With Tech Staff in Ukraine, the War Hits Close to Home | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia may be taking place more than 6,000 miles from California—but for some in Los Ange... |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 40% of Consumers Likely To Cancel a ‘Costly’ Online Subscription: Survey | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
For years, online streaming services lured consumers as cheaper options to watch TV or listen to music. But a new su... |
| Feb 24, 2022 | This Nashville-based VC is addressing racial inequalities in health care with a fund backed by Eli Lilly, Cardinal Health, and others | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
Marcus Whitney stands out in Nashville’s $95 billion health care sector as an investor in startups. In add... |
| Feb 22, 2022 | As Hydrogen Emerges As a Clean Energy Option, H2scan Raises $70 Million | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Hydrogen is having a moment in Southern California. The first element on the periodic table is rapidly emerging as a... |
| Feb 22, 2022 | Black-Led Proptech Venture Firm Wilshire Lane Lands $40 Million for Its First Fund | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Wilshire Lane Capital—a Black-led venture capital firm focused on the realm of real estate technology, or proptech—u... |
| Feb 22, 2022 | Long Beach Teams With Wisk Aero to Explore Flying Air Taxis | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
The city of Long Beach is partnering with a startup developing electric, self-flying aircraft to explore the possibi... |
| Feb 22, 2022 | Fama Raises $10 Million to Help Employers Screen Job Seekers’ Social Media Posts | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Fama, a Los Angeles-based social media screening startup that allows companies to examine a job applicant’s online p... |
| Feb 21, 2022 | Art Created By Artificial Intelligence Can’t Be Copyrighted, US Agency Rules | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Computers can now write poems, paint portraits and produce music better than many humans. But when it comes to the r... |
| Feb 21, 2022 | Earn Crypto While You Fly: Why Airline Reward Programs Are Taking to the Blockchain | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
These days, more startups are looking to cash in on crypto fever by offering customer loyalty rewards through the bl... |
| Feb 19, 2022 | Why Credit Unions Are Getting Into the Crypto Game | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
It’s been a rollercoaster three months since Torrance-based Unify Federal Credit Union became the first credit union... |
| Feb 17, 2022 | Software Startup Profi Wants to Make Life Easier for Coaches and Consultants | Alina Trigubenko’s journey has taken her far and wide—from working at her parents’ restaurant in Siberia at age 9, to producing for one of Russia’s largest TV networks at age 18, to moving to the U.S. and founding her own startup at age 28.... |
| Feb 15, 2022 | What We Know About NightCap, a New Fund Focused on Creating Influencer-Driven Businesses | Los Angeles-based investment firm The Chernin Group has reportedly joined forces with an Austin, Texas-based talent agency on a new fund that will snap up businesses and pair them with social media influencers.
The collaboration between Che... |
| Feb 10, 2022 | Tinder Is Bringing Back the 'Blind Date' Via New App Feature | Thought blind dates were a thing of the past? Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Tinder is looking to bring them back.
The West Hollywood-born dating app has added a new virtual “Blind Date” feature to its platform, which matches singles via their p... |
| Feb 2, 2022 | Stoggles, a Stylish Spin on Safety Goggles, Seals $40 Million | The Pasadena eyewear startup has found a market with health care workers and is looking to grow with new investment from L.A.-based The Chernin Group.
Safety goggles are usually anything but stylish. But just as direct-to-consumer brands FI... |
| Feb 1, 2022 | Spire Animation Studios Teams With Epic Games to Produce Metaverse-Integrated Movies | Spire Animation Studios, a new animation firm co-founded by “Ratatouille” producer Brad Lewis, has raised $20 million in funding led by “Fortnite” video game developer Epic Games.
The deal will see Epic’s game engine, the Unreal Engine, be ... |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Introducing ‘Raises’: Our New Weekly Recap of LA Startup Funding News | This is the first installment of Raises—a weekly feature highlighting venture capital and private equity funding news across the Los Angeles and Southern California tech and startup ecosystem.
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Package tracking startup Rou... |
| Jan 27, 2022 | Odell Beckham Jr. Is Feeling Bitcoin’s Current Dip—But Could Have the Last Laugh | Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. may be one game away from the Super Bowl, but he's probably feeling lighter in the wallet than he'd like amid Bitcoin’s ongoing selloff.
If the math is correct, Beckham is heading into this w... |
| Jan 26, 2022 | Superpedestrian Will Add Another 1500 LINK Scooters to LA Streets | While the electric scooter market might appear flooded based on how many of the vehicles are scattered along sidewalks in major U.S. cities, there is yet another company on the block trying to make the case for alternative mobility solution... |
| Jan 26, 2022 | ‘Completely Unacceptable’: Latino Founders Only Accounted for 2% of All Venture Funding Last Year | A coalition of Latino venture capitalists and business advocacy organizations have voiced their frustration with new data indicating that Latino startup founders continue to have a disproportionately hard time raising money to fund their ve... |
| Jan 25, 2022 | Four Things to Watch as the Influencer Economy Ramps Up in 2022 | The age of the creator is upon us.
After years of gaining momentum, the creator economy has gone mainstream. Payment processing platform Stripe estimates the number of individuals who now see themselves as full-time “creators”—those who use... |
| Jan 25, 2022 | Labor Organizers Want to Unionize All Activision Workers Ahead of Microsoft Deal | While video game publisher Activision Blizzard inches toward sealing its $70 billion acquisition by Microsoft, behind the scenes, its employees are ramping up efforts to create a union.
Last week, workers at Raven Software—a Wisconsin-based... |
| Jan 22, 2022 | How Blockchain-Based Folio Hopes to Solve the Art World's 'Big Problem' | For Joey Primiani, designing a new NFT marketplace is just the latest stop in what’s been a long and fascinating trip through the world of tech.
After stints at Google and Cortex and a gig developing Lady Gaga’s online fan community, Primia... |
| Jan 21, 2022 | How Eyedaptic Uses Augmented Reality to Treat Visual Impairment | A longtime executive at successful companies, Jay Cormier had been thinking about retiring in 2010.
At the time, Teridian Semiconductor, where he served as vice president and general manager, was acquired for $315 million. Cormier was worki... |
| Jan 20, 2022 | ImmPACT Bio Raises $111 Million to Advance Promising Cancer Therapies | When Sumant Ramachandra first stumbled upon oncology startup ImmPACT Bio, the Harvard Medical physician-turned-pharmaceutical executive was preparing to move his family to Los Angeles from Illinois, where he had worked as Baxter Internation... |
| Jan 20, 2022 | Newly Rebranded Car Subscription Startup Autonomy Will Offer Tesla’s Model 3 | Autonomy—the Santa Monica-based automobile subscription service until recently known as NextCar—is getting into electric vehicles via Tesla’s popular Model 3.
The startup, which provides customers monthly vehicle subscriptions for an all-in... |
| Jan 18, 2022 | Venice-Based GigXR Gets Backing to Update Medical Training with Virtual Reality | GigXR, a Venice-based startup using virtual reality to train people in medical procedures, has partnered with and received an investment from Oregon-based health care provider Northwest Permanente to develop a range of mixed-reality health ... |
| Jan 17, 2022 | This Manhattan Beach Fintech Startup Is Crowdfunding Its $1 Million Seed Round | Asenso Finance, a fintech startup trying to make it easier for small businesses to receive loans from community banks and financial institutions, is looking to raise $1 million in a new crowdfunding campaign.
Manhattan Beach-based Asenso is... |
| Jan 13, 2022 | Armed With $8 Million, Heal Co-Founders Launch Medical Concierge Service For Seniors | After Renee Dua’s father underwent a surgical procedure, he was saddled with a slew of specialists to talk to, medications to take, and lifestyle modifications to make. Dua, the co-founder of Pacific Palisades-based on-demand doctor service... |
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| Jan 12, 2022 | Pinnacle Financial Partners : Partners with Jumpstart Nova, the First Venture Fund to Invest Exclusively in Black Founded and Led Healthcare Companies in the U.S. | January 12, 2022
In partnership with global financial institutions and leading national healthcare organizations, Jumpstart Nova announces the close of its $55M oversubscribed fund to invest exclusively in Black-founded and led companies at... |
| Jan 12, 2022 | Jumpstart Nova Will Fund Black Health Care Startups with a New $55 Million Fund | By all accounts, these are heady times for health-tech startups. In 2020, as the pandemic raged, a record $28.5 billion of venture capital poured into the U.S. biotech startup scene, according to Pitchbook data. New dollars inflated valuati... |
| Jan 11, 2022 | Jaanuu Lands $75 Million Investment to Make Stylish Medical Scrubs | Jaanuu, an El Segundo-based startup that designs and produces medical scrubs and apparel for health care professionals, has landed a $75 million investment from French private equity firm Eurazeo.
Eurazeo’s minority investment in Jaanuu bri... |
| Jan 10, 2022 | Whatnot Teams With UFC Fighter Jorge Masvidal to Sell Sports Collectibles | Whatnot has entered the octagon.
The Marina del Rey-based livestream shopping platform announced a partnership with mixed martial artist Jorge Masvidal on Monday that will see the UFC fighter launch his own shopping channel on Whatnot.
Masv... |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Your Next Taco Bell Order Could Come with a Side of Electricity | Electric vehicle charging startup ChargeNet raised a $6.2 million seed round from local investors including the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, as it looks to expand its network of charging hubs at fast food restaurants across California.
... |
| Jan 3, 2022 | This LA-Based Company Is Delivering Free COVID Tests to Angelenos | Los Angeles County is sending out free at-home COVID-19 tests as it tries to keep up with a surge in cases that are overwhelming test sites and leaving pharmacy shelves empty.
The county’s Department of Public Health announced over the week... |
| Dec 29, 2021 | In 2022, Get Ready for a Battle of Kitchen Robot Concepts | The coming year will be a proving year around all the hype of robotics in food that was created in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, the reality will set in that the labor shortage in restaurants is not a fleeting issue, though it may become less acu... |
| Dec 18, 2021 | LA Has Enough Parking Spots for All of Manhattan. This Startup Wants to Make Them Easier to Find. | Though Los Angeles drivers might spend hours per week searching for parking, the truth is that the city actually has an abundance of parking spaces. In fact, according to one study, L.A. has enough parking spaces to cover all of Manhattan.
... |
| Dec 17, 2021 | This New LA Based App Aims to Get People Offline | In an era where everything is digital and promotes endless scrolling, consumer app developer Sean Conrad and data scientist Jesse Berns co-founded Go Disco to encourage people to shut off the screen and live.
The app helps people find uniqu... |
| Dec 17, 2021 | LA-Based Fraud Prevention Service TeleSign Will Go Public Via SPAC | TeleSign, a digital identity verification and fraud prevention company used by companies like TikTok and GoFundMe, plans to go public through a merger with a blank-check firm at an enterprise value of $1.3 billion.
The deal with North Atlan... |
| Dec 17, 2021 | What's Trending on Streaming? The Queue App Will Tell You. | For a long time, Garrett Rothstein couldn’t shake the idea that people waste so much time figuring out what show or movie is available on which platform.
Even as he was working at Quibi, the splashy-but-ill-fated mobile streaming app, the t... |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Proptech Startup AvantSay Raises $160M as Short-Term Rental Recovery Outpaces Hotels | As the world emerged from the pandemic earlier this year, the well-off didn’t hold back on bookings at AvantStay Inc.’s high-end homes for family retreats or celebrating with friends.
While traditional hotel chains were decimated by a preci... |
| Dec 14, 2021 | This Data-Centric Startup Wants to Reimburse You for Travel Plans Ruined by Climate Change | A new kind of travel insurance for climate change announced a $4 million raise.
When climate scientist Nick Cavanaugh lived in Seattle, he was blessed with a geography that gave way to beautiful running trails, arduous hikes, and snow-powde... |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Santa Monica Is Using the Metaverse to Gamify Its Shopping District | Last week, the app FlickPlay announced it was partnering with Santa Monica (which is where the company is based) so that it would become the first U.S. city to have access to the metaverse through its app.
After all the Facebook hype, I wan... |
| Dec 13, 2021 | mRNA Vaccines Helped the World Catch Up to COVID. Soon They Could Change the Struggle Against Cancer | The pandemic’s grip on the globe could have been much worse had it not been for the speedy appearance and adoption of vaccines on the market.
Many of those vaccines owe their existence to a group of scientists in France who, in 1993, concoc... |
| Dec 4, 2021 | How Glendale-Based Night School Got Snapped Up As Netflix's First Gaming Studio | Netflix’s newest gaming studio started more than seven years ago when Sean Krankel got laid off from Disney.
Krankel worked in design at Disney Interactive and Vivendi Universal Games. While his cousin and friend Adam Hines wrote at the sto... |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Tagger Raises $15 Million to Tap Into the Creator Economy | Many brands rely on influencers to stay relevant in online discourse, but finding the right public figure can be tricky.
That’s where Tagger comes in.
Though it started in 2015 by Peter Kennedy as a music discovery service, the Santa Monica... |
| Nov 23, 2021 | Why SpaceX is Crashing a Craft into an Asteroid (on Purpose) | NASA and SpaceX are sending a spacecraft hurtling towards an asteroid as part of a test tonight to see if that's a viable way to dispel asteroids dangerously close to our planet.
The mission is called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (D... |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Metro Is Launching a Universal Pass Pilot Program in South LA This Summer | What if you could use the same transit pass to access a bike, scooter, car, train or bus?
L.A. Metro is rolling out a program that will allow users to do just that in South LA starting next summer. The pilot includes a "mobility wallet... |
| Nov 18, 2021 | 'Start with the Problem': LA Metro Has Advice for Tech Companies Trying to Partner with the City | During the pandemic, ridership on L.A. Metro dropped drastically, a reported 70%.
COIVD-19 irrevocably changed the face of public transit and the habits of its passengers. As agencies like Metro L.A. were forced to adapt, technology played ... |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Backed by Former Disney CEO, Struum Raises $7 Million to Give Streaming Samples | The average American adult uses more than three streaming platforms every month, but the problem many viewers face with all these options is choice paralysis — the feeling of being overwhelmed by a glut of paid TV offerings.
With each enter... |
| Oct 20, 2021 | The Pandemic Was Good to Wine-Seller Winc, But There Are Big Challenges Ahead | Buoyed by a surge in sales during the pandemic, Playa Vista-based wineseller Winc aims to raise as much as $92 million in a public debut that's anticipated this week.
The 10-year-old company expects to price its IPO between $14 and $16 per ... |
| Oct 8, 2021 | California Workers Can’t Be Barred from Speaking Out on Race-Based, Sexual Harassment | Earlier today Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Silenced No More Act into law, minting new protections for workers who speak out about discrimination and harassment.
The law bars California companies from using non-disclosure clauses in settleme... |
| Oct 6, 2021 | How Jurny Hopes to Make Hotel Booking and Check in an 'Uber-like' Experience | Most hotels still make you wait at the front desk to check in, receive your key card and confirm your payment by verifying with an ID. Los Angeles-based hospitality startup Jurny wants to make that process faster and easier -- for both the ... |
| Sep 27, 2021 | A New Breed of Clinical Study Is Emerging After FDA Allows Virtual Trials | As the pandemic slowed and halted clinical trials to test new drugs, the need for a virtual solution became clear to clinical researchers. El Segundo-based Lightship hopes to keep clinical trials going with a virtual process that allows pat... |
