socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The privately held firm did not disclose its revenues, however, the firm has previously been reported to have had revenues of between $50-100M in revenues in 2011, and $15-20M in revenues in 2009. The firm says it has been profitable for the past three years.

Steamboat Ventures 240

Steamboat Ventures Santa Monica Hulu Content 240

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

LaunchpadLA, which is among a number of startup accelerators which have emerged over the past few years and turned Los Angeles into one of the hottest startup markets in the nation, offers up $100,000 in an investment, free office space for four months, and access to mentors.

Class 168

Class Startup Web Design Mentor 168

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

has a history with Tony, as he became an investor in the company in 2013, and built a lasting friendship with us as the Tech.co Tony was also our neighbor for 8 years in downtown Las Vegas, where the company grew its homebase and hosted monthly events for locals and visitors from around the world, with Hsieh’s Downtown Project.

Commerce 207

Commerce Statistics Customer Custom 207

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 23, 2009

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 -- 8th Digital Media Summit. Past presenters have received millions in funding from our program; and several have sold their company for huge earnings. See [link] (more).

Media 100

Media Social Media Commerce Entertainment 100

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

I looked online at Countrywide’s website and I realized I had added a ton of negatively amortized equity back into my loan over the past few years. I have a great company that I hope to sell some day and cash out, so I had to take the chance. I didn’t make a mortgage payment for 11 months.

Company 135

Company Companies Entrepreneur Equity 135

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Marc Andreessen kicked off another great debate on Twitter last night , one that I’ve been talking about incessantly in private circles for the past 2-3 years – what actually IS the definition of a seed vs. A-round. If you raised $2 million from two seed funds I probably don’t either (although in the past I would have).

Seed Funding 399

Seed Funding Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 399

socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2010

for the quarter, up from both Q4 of last year as well as the comparable Q1 quarter in 2009, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the NVCA. in Q1, up from $588.033M tallied by the report in Q4 of 2009, and up significantly from the $320.2M received in the region in Q1 of 2009. across 31 days. "We

Southern California 208

Southern California Orange County Invest GRP Partners 208

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel. At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed.

Venture Capital 387

Venture Capital Downey Writing Press 387

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2019

Kevin sold his last company, Santa Barbara-based Graphiq, in July of 2017 to Amazon, but has a long history of successful companies, including founding DoubleClick. Just this past September was a year with Amazon, when I left, and we started investing in September under the new name, ScOp Venture Capital.

Venture Capital 145

Venture Capital Startup Invest Capital 145

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 22, 2009

Thursday, May 28, 2009 -- Bootstrapping: Making More Progress with Less. During past periods of significant downturn San Diego companies found ways of trimming back their activities, creating a new focus and sense of managed urgency. However, in many cases the sources of capital were not necessarily the traditional ones.

San Diego 100

San Diego Activity Capital Company 100

Xconomy

JUNE 2, 2016

The company could raise up to $45 million through the financing, which began May 21st, according to the filing. No details about the latest financing could be found on the company’s website. million in a combination of securities, convertible debt, and debt, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday.

San Diego 71

San Diego Capital Funding Startup 71

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2010

What does it take for a San Diego company to raise a Seed or Series A round? With 2009 finally behind us, what can we expect in 2010? What can an entrepreneur do to improve his or her company's chances of raising money in this environment? Tuesday, June 8, 2010 -- Raising the First Round of Capital. Will investments pick up?

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Capital GRP Partners Southern California 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 -- Angel Investing - Demystified. Tech Coast Angels (TCA), based in exclusively in Southern California, is the largest angel group in the US, having invested over $100M in over 130 companies in the past 10 years. See [link] (more).

Invest 100

Invest Angel Tech Coast Angels Southern California 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 19, 2009

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 -- Building and Managing Student Software Developer Teams. Dr. Staley is a Professor of Computer Science at Cal Poly, and has recruited and managed student developer teams for 10 different companies, local and remote, over the past two decades, including three firms of which he was a co-founder.

Software Development 100

Software Development Software Develop Development 100

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

has been acquired by MVF , an international publishing and tech company. MVF was founded in the UK by five friends in 2009, and has driven incredibly fast growth over the past 9 years. Today, I’m excited to announce that Tech.Co They opened an office in Austin, Texas and have expanded their workforce to over 400 staffers.

Media 175

Media News Organization Content 175

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009 -- Planning for Growth in the Post-Recession Economy: How to prioritize market opportunities for success in 2010. But if you don't prepare NOW your company could get left behind. New categories will emerge, and we could see the return of "hypermarkets" that that have been absent in the past few years.

Technology Council 100

Technology Council TCOSC Marketing Company 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. Thus the amount of money that companies have raised before going public had doubled since the Great Recession.

Venture Capital 398

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Coming off a very successful exit with Networks in Motion at the end of 2009, 2010 has been a very exciting year for several of my companies, Socialvibe, 2tor, Leadpoint, Webvisible and Impact Radius. These companies have all experienced growth and we're expecting substantial value creation in 2011.

Venture Capital 234

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Southern California 234

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 10, 2009

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 -- What the Heck is it Worth? On July 14th we will have an interesting session on finding the current method to value a private company. On July 14th we will have an interesting session on finding the current method to value a private company. Then event is hosted by our past president, Robert K.

LAVA 100

LAVA Metrics Entertainment Company 100

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

I looked online at Countrywide’s website and I realized I had added a ton of negatively amortized equity back into my loan over the past few years. I have a great company that I hope to sell some day and cash out, so I had to take the chance. I didn’t make a mortgage payment for 11 months.

Company 128

Company Companies Entrepreneur Equity 128

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform). .”

Sales 282

Sales Demand San Diego Funding 282

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 16, 2009

Thursday, January 22, 2009 -- What You Need To Know About Upcoming Legislation. Number of bills introduced.many can negatively impact your business.How current Legislation can impact Tech Companies. As part of our Dinner for Decision Makers Series.join your LA Council and other colleagues in your local AeA community.

AeA 100

AeA Woodland Hills Torrance Technology 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

In an interview with Mason Wylie , SVP of Marketing, and Gary Cooperman , CFO of the firm, the two executives explained that the restructuring came because the firm decided to set its sight on bigger companies. How does the firm hope to attract more large brand advertisers?

Beverly Hills 165

Beverly Hills Funding Advertising SoCalTech 165

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 6, 2009

Thursday, March 12, 2009 -- 5 Keys to a Customer Centric Organization. Most every company claims or believes they are customer centric, but are they really? In a recent study of 665 companies worldwide, Gartner found that less than 5 percent of businesses have successfully implemented "customer centric" approaches.

Organization 100

Organization Customer Custom Technology Council 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 29, 2009

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 -- Negotiating a Lease in Uncertain Economic Times. The commercial real estate (CRE) world has changed more dramatically in the past 2 years than at any other time since The Great Depression. Tenants are unable to pay their rent and are forced to request lease restructuring from landlords. See [link] (more).

Case Study 100

Case Study Study Ideas Company 100

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2017

There's been a revolution in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the last few years, by both startups and large companies, to help in a large number of areas. With each company that we've started, we've concentrated on a particular market. You've done this before in other industries--what led to new company?

Artificial Inteligence 124

Artificial Inteligence Software Review San Diego .Net 124

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010. He’s founded 3 companies and I’ll bet he has 3-5 more in him. Especially after the Eagles took them down this past Sunday.

Invest 340

Invest Venture Capital Startup News 340

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

This was 2009 and his understanding of audience engagement was far beyond anything I was hearing from most people at that time. This past year he even decided to attend burning man (photo below) to get a sense of what that was all about. Five-and-a-half years ago I first met Chamillionaire at a tech conference in LA.

Conference 150

Conference Slides Social Media Summary 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

According to the brand-ranking database Engagement DB, companies embracing social media grew revenues by 18 percent in the past 12 months. Each of the top 25 newspapers in the United States declined in circulation in the first quarter of 2009, except for The Wall Street Journal, which had a gain of.06 06 percent.

Social Media 133

Social Media Media Newsletter Press 133

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. I would argue that the shut-down of September 2009 was equally severe yet there are signs that this “VC Ice Age” has begun to thaw.

Venture Capital 263

Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The teams have accomplished an incredible amount in the past four months. The company’s CEO, Brendon McQueen, graduated from Columbia with 12 loans that totaled over $120,000. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates. This is class four for Launchpad LA.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

SoCal CTO

APRIL 1, 2009

This site is being sponsored by the Technology Council of Southern California and my company TechEmpower. It also is using technology that we've developed over the past few years that powers a few different similar sites. The goal is to create a place where it's easy to find current and highly relevant content.

Southern California 150

Southern California TechEmpower Technology Council Metrics 150

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Accelerators have had quite a good run the past 5+ years. It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created. We had a specific goal in mind.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. It affects even B2B companies because ultimately most must sell to companies who sell to consumers and if they suffer they cut back on suppliers. Consumer spending is where I’m dubious.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

Digital Media was an obvious theme because it’s one in which LA (where I’m based) and NY (where I spend a lot of time) have strong assets, companies and management teams. So my strategy was to focus on technology heavy companies who could bring measurability and performance to inefficient parts of the digital media landscape.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2019

One Los Angeles company, ZestFinance (www.zestfinance.com), has been working in this area for a few years. We caught up with Jay Budzik , the CTO of ZestFinance, to better understand how the company is applying machine learning techniques to the world of lending, and what the advantage of machine learning is to that industry.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Tool CIO Customer 113

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

TechZulu wants to thank not only the Los Angeles tech community but the entire tech community for all the awesome support you have given us throughout this past year. As 2010 approaches, a whole new year of exciting start-ups, tech news, gadgets, and much more is ahead. Without all of you and your support, TechZulu could not be around today.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40