Tuesday, June 20, 2017


RentSpree Inks Deal With California MLS Group
Los Angeles-based RentSpree, a startup which helps renters search for, view, apply, and sign documents for renting an apartment, has inked a partnership with the California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS), the company told its supporters on Tuesday. Financial details on the partnership were not announced. RentSpree said the deal means its service will be available for use by all of CRMLS's members by the end of this month, and that it will help it grow its user base. RentSpree says the (More info...)
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KEYPR Raises $12.8M For Hospitality Management
Los Angeles-based KEYPR announced Tuesday morning that it has raised $12.8M in its Series A1 financing round, which was led by Karlani Capital, and also included Simon Turner (former Starwood Hotels & Resorts President of Global Development) and Richard Haddrill (former CEO of Bally Technologies). The new funding brings its total raised to $19.0M. KEYPR says it is developing a cloud-based platform for managing hotels and luxury residential properties. The company was founded by Nizar Allibhoy, M (More info...)
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Immortals Gets Strategic Investment From AEG
Los Angeles-based esports team, Immortals has received an investment from AEG, which said that the Immortals will host its home events at L.A. LIVE. The size of the strategic investment was not announced. According to AEG, the investment will help it further expand its footprint in esports. AEG joins an ownership group led by Clinton Foy of Crosscut Ventures, and which also includes Lionsgate, Lionsgate's Peter Levin; Michael Milken; Memphis Grizzlies co-owner Steve Kaplan; Gregory Milken of Mar (More info...)
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FinalPrice Raises $4M For Membership Driven Travel App
Hermosa Beach-based FinalPrice has raised $4M in funding for a new travel startup, which offers up membership-based travel booking for flights, hotels, and car rentals. The funding came from Sistema VC and Almaz Capital. As part of the funding Pavel Bogdanov of Almaz joins the company' s board. FinalPrice was founded by Peter Kutis, who previously founded Russian travel sites Onetwotrip and AnyDayAnyWay. FinalPrice says it automatically reissues trips if prices drop, provides negotiates travel r (More info...)
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Carbon by Design Acquired By HEICO
Oceanside-based Carbon by Design, a manufacturer of composite components for UAVs, spacecraft, and rockets, has been acquired by Florida-based HEICO Corporation. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Carbon by Design was founded by Dominick Consalvi in 2003. According to HEICO, it expects to keep Carbon by Design's 75 team members and entire management team with the acquisition. Carbon by Design engineers and manufactures composites used by commercial launch vehicles and space (More info...)
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Torrance Memorial Breached In Phishing Incident
Torrance Memorial Medical Center said this morning that it has had an email security incident, which has allowed access to two email accounts containing sensitive personal information including names, dates of birth, address information, telephone numbers, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and other clinical/diagnostic information for patients. According to Torrance Memorial, the breaches occurred due to a phishing attempt on April 18th and 19th, whic (More info...)
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