socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

We also have a partnership with Trion Media, which is one of the largest content providers to the radio industry. But, with the economy turning south in 2008, lots of those customers went out of business. In the meantime, Groupon came along, and our media customers started to lose advertising. That's where Deal Current was born.

Platform 263

Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? The firm already has seed funding from such investors as Kelly Perdew, Sugarmaker Media, and support from talent agency ICM Partners. Gocke told us more about the company and what it's doing. What is Fliptu?

Social Media 268

Social Media Media Social Network Seed Funding 268

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Pierce’s entrepreneurial activities are focused in the areas of digital currencies such as Bitcoin, games, gambling, ad tech and payments. Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures. Prior to joining Manatt, Mr. Csathy was President and CEO of Sorenson Media, Inc., He continues to sit on the board of Sorenson Media.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2009

The angel investing group said the $100M was invested in more than 150 California-based companies, and included firms in the life sciences, software, Internet, biotechnology, media, business services, and consumer products areas.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Invest Angel Southern California 100

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

Despite the increase in startup activity in Southern California, local venture capital funds are still few and far between, and a large chunk of the funding here is still from Sand Hill Road. Our 2008 fund is also performing incredibly strong. How has your broad social media presence affected your dealflow?

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Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles Social Media 196

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. Media & Entertainment also saw an increase, up 3 percent to $2.0 billion and 407 deals in 2008.

Southern California 100

Southern California Rustic Canyon Orange County Miramar 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2008

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association released their Q3 2008 venture capital numbers over the weekend, finding that Southern California companies raised nearly $751 in funding during the quarter. The second most active industry was Medical Devices and Equipment, which saw $103.37M in investments.

Southern California 113

Southern California Orange County Funding Report 113

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

Vic Caretti: The site was launched in April of 2008. We have done lots of social media campaigns, and we have really collected with the music ecosystem, such as labels, bands, venues, press, management, and street teams. Vic Caretti: When I started this in 2008, I didn't even look at the business model. Thanks, and good luck!

Social Media 241

Social Media Startup Sites Advertising 241

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ). Maybe that’s USV, too.

Venture Capital 161

Venture Capital Funding Capital Startup 161

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

And second, that Curate Media will be the corporate brand and organizing unit. There's also an extremely important media aspect to the model. About 1/3 of our model is around display or standard media. This sounds somewhat similar to Demand Media, how do you compare what you're doing with Demand?

Content 165

Content Demand Sites Media 165

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. I was very active in 2009 / early 2010. I’m looking at how the digital living room will change media consumption. Same with VCs.

Invest 299

Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

But knowing the right people and knowing a market only works well for angel investors in bullish tech markets in which IPO’s happen quickly (97-99) or where larger companies are actively scooping up little tiny companies at sub $50 million valuations to drive innovation (05-08, 10-?). got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

Invest 284

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 284

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. prefer instead to divide it according to the mindset of users: whether or not they are actively looking to purchase something (i.e. Do fewer structured activities. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. There is a much better technique.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

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JUNE 18, 2010

But he also says that it wasn’t a negative regarding M&A activities with competitors – this is sometimes seen as one of the pitfalls of strategic money. Founded in November 2008 by Jack Moffitt and Patrick Mahoney; CEO is Gerry Campbell (ex-AOL, ex-Reuters/OpenCalais). Competitors: InformationBuilders , DataWatch. -FTC

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Also, if you happen not to be able to attend BlogWorld and New Media Expo this year TechZulu has you covered. With Lisa as CEO, the company has grown from an idea for a grassroots conference into a diversified media company.

Los Angeles 75

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Projected IPOs for 2009 are an embarrassing 10 total deals, down from 86 just 2 years ago (it was 265 in the go-go years of 99-00) but at least up from 6 in 2008. the people who buy companies) in Q2 of this year of technology & media companies. Nearly 50% say they will increase their activity levels in 2010 (hallelujah!)

Venture Capital 241

Venture Capital Technical Review Southern California Company 241

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

I personally believe that there are lots and lots of good developers working inside of organizations who would love to work on the interesting projects that we work on all the time, yet they arent out actively looking, so its almost impossible to find them. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles CTO Hire CTO Coach Develop 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Imagine watching your favorite television show along with your iPad and having time-synced engagement that draws you deeper into the plotline through touch-activated hotspots, storyline added bonus features, retail opportunities, games, promotions and outbound links to other relevant content. Cool, right? WOW, right? has accomplished.

Screening 109

Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

So, we refocused in late 2008 and early 2009, and launched Island Paradise in August of that year. What that means, is that essentially, when you play the game, you collect gold when you farm or engage in any activity. Tags: videogame games media social neopets hydra meteor entrepreneur interview brandenberg. READ MORE>>.

Beverly Hills 182

Beverly Hills Advertising Design Activity 182

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MAY 4, 2010

It’s clear that many companies are going to need to understand “authority&# in the social media era. I wish the team well and I’ll certainly be watching actively on the sidelines. million loss in 2008. million, compared to a $7 million net loss in 2008. The race is on! 1.5mm in Series A.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies. We closed our fund in August of 2008. We're describing ourselves as a micro-cap venture fund, focused on digital media opportunities in the emerging ecosystem of Southern California.

Southern California 153

Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

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MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee. When the show has been processed it will be available here (estimated 8pm PDT).

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

We did a successful trial in 2008. Patrick Kennedy: Our customers are very active using our technology and analytics as a solution to increase the content sales from all kinds of customers. Patrick Kennedy: We've had fantastic funding from a venture capital firm called Mobile Media Ventures. How is the company funded?

Content 189

Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. Volume has no doubt picked up at active firms. This is one book-end of the cycle. Because you have multiple forces at work.

Venture Capital 255

Venture Capital Marketing Startup Social Network 255

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The rise of couponing in late 2008 coincided with the recession of the late 2000s;” this factor combined with an increased consumer interest in mobile technology and devices led to an unprecedented decline in print media. Statistics from 2008 show that digital couponing has rapidly grown but has yet to outpace paper coupons.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Also, if you happen not to be able to attend BlogWorld and New Media Expo this year TechZulu has you covered. With Lisa as CEO, the company has grown from an idea for a grassroots conference into a diversified media company.

Los Angeles 49

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

For me, these are folks who are actively involved in wide variety of technology-enabled businesses. Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking CTO Coach Angel 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

There must have been some reasons the stations did not embrace the platform, because--from what I gathered--there were not a lot of stations actively participating in the system. Dave Newmark: We doubled our business in 2008 over 2007, a 93 percent increase, and 2009 is up there as well. Media is exploding.

Google 124

Google Advertising Media Startup 124

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MAY 25, 2013

According to FLAG Capital there are 100 active VCs (as defined by making at least $1 million in VC per quarter for 4 consecutive quarters). So for argument’s sake let’s triple the number of active VCs and call it 300. 2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. I use social media. Their data looks at tech VCs.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Speakers: [Moderator] Scot Rubin - Owner NITROPOD /SVP Digital Media Big Door /Cofounder G4TV. As a consultant for Comcast and co-founder of G4 Media, Scot helped bring the world of video games to television in 2002. He also leads mergers and acquisitions and ran the acquisitions of SGN, MindJolt and HallPass Media.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Where I use the Discussion Group: * Ive not been very active in the discussion group on particular topics. There has certainly been a storm of activity over this question. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking? Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking? Maybe this meme will help.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement. It filed for an IPO on August 6th. LowerMyBills, Inc.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

This all, circling around 2008, a shy year for startup investments. As quickly as the bill began to pass new regulatory statutes, Chance was able to build up an active network of accredited investors. But the most exciting part, Chance reports, is the active lineup of investors to help a new class of greener peers.

Invest 83

Invest Platform Entrepreneur Paramount 83

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. Marketing and lead automation software for businesses; claim to have largest market share in sector since March 2008.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Between 2005 and 2008, there were lots of companies raising half a million, and selling for 15 million. Mark Suster: I would say we were hesitant in 2008. We were hesitant in 2008, because we saw a lack of realism in valuations. We signed two term sheets in the last six weeks, and are actively looking at opportunities.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

We believe there are awesome entrepreneurs everywhere, not just in the places constantly covered by the media. Team Rubicon unites the unique skills America’s returning veterans offer with the expertise of medical professionals; all while interactively engaging donors through social media. We want to help them, and will.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78