| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.03.2023 | Helbiz stock tumbles on reverse split, rebrand to Micromobility.com | Shared micromobility company Helbiz said it will do a reverse stock split in an attempt to get back into compliance with the Nasdaq, which issued a delisting notice last July because Helbiz’s stock was trading too low.
Helbiz is also rebran... |
| 02.11.2022 | Helbiz Target Wheels to Launch Long-Term Rentals in Miami with Wheels Devices | Wheels, a micro-mobility operator with a unique sit-down scooter, is bringing its popular long-term rental option for its device to Miami allowing riders to rent their own sit-down scooter for personal use.
Data to Power BI : 3 Ways to Expo... |
| 01.04.2022 | LA Tech ‘Moves’: Coco, Storyfile and Team Liquid Beef Up Leadership | 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... |
| 01.04.2022 | Snap, TikTok Urged to Strengthen Parental Controls by State AGs | Attorneys general from 44 U.S. states and territories have urged Snap and TikTok to strengthen parental controls on their platforms, telling the social media giants that they must do more to protect kids online.
In a letter sent to Snap and... |
| 01.04.2022 | Hadrian Raises $90 Million to Build Second Factory in Torrance | Manufacturing startup Hadrian Automation has raised $90 million to build a second autonomous factory in Torrance, with the goal of getting the new facility up and running by this summer.
Hadrian told CNBC that its planned 100,000-square-foo... |
| 01.04.2022 | Ethan Pines Photographed Tech CEOs as Heroes. They Look Radically Different as NFTs | You might not recognize photographer Ethan Pines, but there’s a good chance you’ve seen one of his portraits.
The Los Angeles-based artist captured Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes long before her fraud conviction, Uber co-founder Travis K... |
| 01.04.2022 | Netflix’s Trivia Show Experiment Is Part of Its New Frontier: Video Games | When Netflix releases its new interactive show, “Trivia Quest,” on Friday, Netflix executive Andy Weil hopes that viewers will find themselves thinking about video games.
The 30-episode quiz show isn’t one of the streaming giant’s expanding... |
| 31.03.2022 | Slingshot Aerospace Lands $25 Million Space Force Contract | Fresh off securing a $25 million funding round earlier this month, Slingshot Aerospace has inked a new $25.2 million contract with the U.S. Space Force that will see America’s newest military branch use two of the El Segundo-based startup’s... |
| 31.03.2022 | E3 Gaming Conference Won’t Happen At All This Year | The rumors turned out to be true: E3, the annual blockbuster video game conference typically held in Downtown Los Angeles, is once again entirely canceled this year.
The Electronic Software Association (ESA), which runs the event, announced... |
| 31.03.2022 | Collectors Raises $100 Million, Rolls Out Rebrand | Collectors, a Santa Ana-based company that lets collectors buy, sell and authenticate sports trading cards, rare coins and more online, has raised $100 million in new funding and rolled out a corporate rebrand that consolidates its various ... |
| 31.03.2022 | Microsoft-Activision Merger Challenged by U.S. Senators | Activision Blizzard’s $69 billion merger with Microsoft is being challenged by four U.S. senators, who are urging the Federal Trade Commission to reconsider approving the buyout because it wouldn’t benefit workers.
In a letter to the FTC Ch... |
| 30.03.2022 | Yami Raises $50 Million to Sell Asian Snacks, Beauty Products and Home Goods Online | Yami, an online store that sells Asian snacks, beauty products and home goods, took the wraps off a $50 million Series B funding round on Wednesday.
Two venture firms co-led the round: Menlo Park’s Altos Ventures and New York’s Balsam Bay P... |
| 30.03.2022 | Santa Monica Startup Graze Wants to Make Lawn Mowing Electric (and Autonomous) | 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... |
| 30.03.2022 | Unlock Venture Partners Puts Its Portfolio in the Metaverse | A Los Angeles- and Seattle-based investment firm may be the first to put its own portfolio page in the metaverse.
“As far as we know it’s never been done,” Unlock Venture Partners co-founder Sanjay Reddy told dot.LA.
Created by Pixelcanvas,... |
| 30.03.2022 | Meta Reportedly Paid Consulting Firm to Target TikTok | Meta has reportedly enlisted a major Republican consulting firm to ramp up public pressure on rival social media giant TikTok.
According to a new report by the Washington Post on Wednesday, the Facebook parent company has paid the consultin... |
| 29.03.2022 | Fashion Tech Works Opens New Coworking Space for Emerging Designers | For Cindy Keefer, CEO of Fashion Tech Works, sustainability has always been a way of life. The woman behind Downtown Los Angeles’ new coworking incubator for designers and artists grew up a far cry from Hollywood, on an organic farm in Wisc... |
| 29.03.2022 | ‘Are You Guys Tech Dorks?’: Inside the Opening Night of the NFT LA Conference | On opening night of the inaugural NFT LA conference, a crowd of entrepreneurs, marketers, engineers, YouTubers, hucksters and NFT holders filed into the Los Angeles Convention Center to dish on the nascent technology that had brought them a... |
| 29.03.2022 | TikTok Teams With Giphy To Launch GIF ‘Library’ Tool | TikTok has launched a new in-app tool called Library, which lets users attach GIFs, memes and clips from popular TV shows and movies to their video creations.
The social media giant said Tuesday that the new tool will initially give creator... |
| 28.03.2022 | Beyond Meat Faces Doubts Over McDonald’s Collaboration | Beyond Meat’s high-profile collaboration with McDonald’s is not meeting expectations, with underwhelming sales of the plant-based McPlant burger triggering concerns from Wall Street analysts.
On Monday, analysts at investment bank Piper San... |
| 26.03.2022 | ‘Every Shopper Will Be a Seller’: Tradesy Founder Tracy DiNunzio Talks Vestiaire Collective Merger | When Tracy DiNunzio had the idea to build a secondhand high-end apparel company, she bootstrapped the business by renting out her bedroom on Airbnb and sleeping on her living room couch.
It worked. Over the past decade, Tradesy—the Los Ange... |
| 25.03.2022 | LA Tech ‘Moves’: Stratolaunch Has a New CEO, Former Apple TV Exec Joins NRG | 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... |
| 25.03.2022 | Netflix Buys Its Third Gaming Studio in Six Months | Netflix is continuing its expansion into the world of gaming with the acquisition of yet another mobile game developer, Boss Fight Entertainment.
On Thursday, the streaming giant announced it is buying Texas-based Boss Fight as it looks to ... |
| 25.03.2022 | A New Hyperlocal Dating App Is Launching in LA | Dating in Los Angeles can be just as bad as the city’s traffic and air quality. L.A. Dating—a localized meet-up tool for singles that focuses on making neighborhood connections—is hoping to change that.
“L.A. is the premier dating app city,... |
| 25.03.2022 | 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... |
| 24.03.2022 | 'We're Fascinated by Mad Geniuses': How the Startup Horror Story Became a Hollywood Subgenre | Hollywood’s new favorite TV genre is the bad startup founder.
Within the last month alone, streaming services have released a flurry of shows about the rapid rise and fall of real-life tech moguls. There’s “The Dropout” (starring Amanda Sey... |
| 24.03.2022 | Activision Blizzard Slapped With Another Sexual Harassment Lawsuit | Activision Blizzard has been hit with yet another sexual harassment lawsuit by an employee—adding to a mounting pile of complaints from employees, regulators and investors that could threaten the video game developer’s pending $69 billion m... |
| 24.03.2022 | 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... |
| 24.03.2022 | 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... |
| 23.03.2022 | 1Question Aims to Gamify Educational Screen Time | 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... |
| 23.03.2022 | Santa Barbara Cybersecurity Startups Are Having a Moment | Two cybersecurity startups that call Santa Barbara home have announced sizable Series B funding rounds.
Theta Lake, which makes security software for companies that use Zoom, Slack and similar tools to communicate, unveiled a $50 million Se... |
| 23.03.2022 | Gamefam Raises $25 Million to Bring Brands into the Metaverse | West Hollywood-based video game studio Gamefam has raised a $25 million Series A round to fuel its business of linking Roblox game developers to brands looking to advertise to Generation Z audiences.
Konvoy Ventures, a VC firm based in Denv... |
| 23.03.2022 | Snap Buys NextMind To Bolster Its AR Hardware Research | Social media giant Snap has bought NextMind, a Paris-based neuro-tech company that builds mind-controlled headbands, for an undisclosed amount.
The Santa Monica-based company said Wednesday that NextMind will bolster its augmented reality (... |
| 22.03.2022 | Netflix Pushes Further Into Video Games With First-Person Shooter Title | Netflix is expanding further into video games with the upcoming release of three new mobile titles, including its first-ever first-person shooter game.
The streaming giant has already released 14 titles since launching video games on mobile... |
| 18.03.2022 | 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... |
| 27.12.2021 | Micromobility provider Wheels rolls out expanded coverage in Miami-Dade | Facebook
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Competition and controversy abounds in the race to improve Miami’s mobility options. It seems like the on-again-off-again pilot program from the Miami Cit... |
| 10.11.2021 | Wheels Brings Shared Micromobility to UMass Boston and the MBTA | "This collaboration shows what’s possible for universities and cities across the country, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to help Boston students, employees, and visitors connect the first and last mile between campus and mass transit... |
| 01.07.2021 | Wheels Launches in Santa Monica and West Hollywood to Expand Shared Micromobility Access Across Los Angeles | Wheels micromobility device in Santa Monica We’re thrilled to expand our footprint in our hometown to the streets of Santa Monica and West Hollywood. We’re looking forward to serving these communities and to offering all Los Angeles area ri... |
| 08.10.2020 | Lime to integrate third-party transport providers in ‘mobility-as-a-service’ push | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Electric mobility company Lime is launching a new mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) platform that allows third-party transport providers to ... |
| 08.10.2020 | Lime to integrate third-party transport providers in ‘mobility-as-a-service’ push | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Electric mobility company Lime is launching a new... |
| 08.10.2020 | Lime to integrate third-party transport providers in ‘mobility-as-a-service’ push | Electric mobility company Lime is launching a new mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) platform that allows third-party transport providers to offer their vehicles directly inside the Lime app.
The launch comes amid a growing push to combine multip... |
| 19.03.2020 | Wheels pauses shared bikes service to try to limit spread of COVID-19 | In light of growing concerns around COVID-19, Wheels has decided to pause its pedal-less e-bike operations until the end of March, the company announced today.
“After weighing the pros and cons, we’ve decided that the best course of action ... |
| 24.10.2019 | Wheels raises $50 million for pedal-less e‑bike share | Wheels, the startup founded by Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua Viner, just announced a $50 million round led by DBL Partners. This round brings Wheels’ total funding to $87 million. |
| 16.10.2019 | Top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, October 16, 2019 | Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, October 16, 2019.
SoftBank in talks with JP Morgan on WeWork bailout as cash is expected to dry up by mid-November. A little over two weeks ago, WeWork pulled ... |
| 16.10.2019 | Wheels Receives Investment from TDK Ventures | Wheels, a San Jose, CA-based shared electric mobility company, received an investment from TDK Ventures, the venture arm of TDK Corporation (TSE: 6762).
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The company will leverage TDK Corporation’s e... |
| 16.10.2019 |
TDK Ventures Joins In Investment In Wheels
| TDK Ventures, the venture investment arm of TDK Corporation, has made an investment in Los Angeles-based Wheels, the last-mile, on-demand, electric bicycle company led by Josh Viner. According to TDK Ventures, the investment came as part of... |
| 15.10.2019 | Wheels raises $50 million for pedal-less e-bike share | Wheels, the startup founded by Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua Viner, just announced a $50 million round led by DBL Partners. This round brings Wheels’ total funding to $87 million.
Wheels currently operates in six markets, including San D... |
| 15.10.2019 | Wheels raises $50 million for ebikes focused on safety and durability | Wheels has raised a $50 million round of venture capital for its micromobility platform featuring electric vehicles that fall somewhere between scooters and bicycles.
Based in Los Angeles, the company has built an ebike, but with a minimal ... |
| 15.10.2019 | Wheels raises $50 million for ebikes focused on safety and durability | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Wheels has raised a $50 million round of venture ... |
| 15.10.2019 | Wheels raises $50 million for pedal-less e-bike share | - |
| 15.10.2019 |
Wheels Adds $50M
| San Diego-based last mile transportation startup Wheels, which offers up on-demand bicycles, has raised $50M in a new round of funding, the company said today. The funding was led by DBL Partners. The startup competes against Bird, Lime, Ly... |
| 24.01.2019 | Daily funding roundup - January 24th, 2019 | Fiddler Labs aised $3M; Apruve raised $6M; Albo raised $7.4M; Humio raised $9M; GeoPhy raised $33M
Fiddler Labs: Fiddler Labs’ mission is to make AI trustworthy for all enterprises. Fiddler Labs has raised $3 million in seed funding led by ... |
| 24.01.2019 | Term Sheet — Thursday, January 24 | HOLLYWOOD’S ODD COUPLE
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Paid Content Securing the enterprise without boundaries From ExtraHop
As expected, Katzenberg boasted a star-studded list of investors backing the new venture. They include Disney, Al... |
| 23.01.2019 | Wheels Raises $37M in Funding | Wheels, a Los Angeles, CA-based dockless electric mobility and transportation company, raised $37m in funding.
Backers included Tenaya Capital, Bullpen Capital, Crosscut Capital, 3L Capital, Naval Ravikant, and a collection of strategic inv... |
| 23.01.2019 | Wag founders ditch dogs for bikes with $37 million in funding | Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua Viner are leaving dogs behind for bikes. Wheels, the Viner brothers’ new electric bike-share startup, is announcing $37 million in funding from Tenaya Capital, Bullpen Capital, Naval Ravikant and others.
The... |
| - | A coronavirus first? Check out this e-bike share’s self-cleaning handlebars | Wheels, a popular electric bicycle-style e-scooter sharing platform announced last week that it was pulling its vehicles from service due to the coronavirus crisis sweeping the country. Now Wheels is back with a creative solution to keeping... |
| - | Wheels raises $50 million for pedal-less e‑bike share | Wheels, the startup founded by Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua Viner, just announced a $50 million round led by DBL Partners. This round brings Wheels’ total funding to $87 million.
Wheels currently operates in six markets, incl... |
| - | Wheels’ seated e-scooters merged into Lime’s app as scooter companies team up | As you had probably imagined, dozens of electric scooter companies weren’t going to be able to exist in unison forever. As more companies begin to join forces, the latest news shows Wheels’ seated electric scooters hopping in bed with Lime.... |
| - | Wheels is making a big safety addition to its seated electric scooters | Wheels is the maker of the funky-looking seated electric scooter you might have seen around US cities lately. Not quite electric bicycles yet still not quite like the rest of the e-scooters out there, their seated design is said to be safer... |
| - | How Upfront Ventures’ Kobie Fuller Keeps a ‘Performance Mindset’ | On this episode of LA Venture, Upfront Ventures partner Kobie Fuller talks about his approach to investing, understanding users’ needs and why he tries to keep a ‘neutral’ mindset.
Fuller is also the co-founder and chairman of Valence, a co... |
| - | Bambee Raises $30 Million to Give Small Businesses HR Help | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Bambee, a Los Angeles-based startup that takes care of human resources for small- and medium-sized businesses, has r... |
