Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

MVF was founded in the UK by five friends in 2009, and has driven incredibly fast growth over the past 9 years. In the end, our persistent focus on delivering value to startups, our readers, and a lengthy list of fantastic organizations, from Fortune 50 companies to local economic development groups, is what allowed us to grow.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 4, 2010

Looking back at 2009 we had our ups and downs within the industry but the need to innovate, produce amazing content and the creation of great gadgets still remained. The Best of 2009: Interviews: Interview with Microsoft's First Blogger: Don Box. Hot New Mobile Devices and Window Mobile Development with Loke Uei Tan.

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Technical Review Social Media Twiistup Web 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based dating app developer Tinder has acquired Chill , the maker of Tappy, a Snapchat-like instant messaging service which revolves around photo sharing. back in 2009. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. As part of the buy, Tappy will shut down. READ MORE>>.

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Redpoint Snapchat Acquisition Los Angeles 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2015

Until recently, three legacy providers (Sizmek, PointRoll and Google’s DoubleClick) have dominated the rich media market. But that’s changing with a new crop of rich media platforms disrupting the ecosystem with new mobile and non-standard rich media ad formats, one of which – Jetpack – is located right here in Santa Monica.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

San Diego-based Verve Wireless is reporting tonight that the firm served up 100 million mobile news pages per month in 2009, up 160% year over year. The firm attributed the growth in news page views to local media partners, who have recently been signing up to the company's white label mobile application product. READ MORE>>.

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News Mobile San Diego Media 164

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

Carlsbad-based ViaSat , which develops satellite communications products, said this week that its subsidiary, WildBlue Communications , has been awarded $19.5M The funding comes from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. in grant funding, from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service.

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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.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2010

Irvine-based Uniloc USA , a firm which develops anti-fraud technology based on physical device recognition, said this morning that it has filed a patent infringement suit against Sony America, McAfee, Activision, Quark, Aspyr Media, and Borland Software.

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Patents Activision Activity Media 154

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2017

Arons will now lead Machinima's creative, marketing services, data analytics, business development and operations. since 2009, and previously also had served at Electronics Arts, InfoSpace, and Mattel. According to Machinima, Arons and Gutstein are working on a "multi-week" transition plan. She has been at Warner Bros. Warner Bros.

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Electronic Arts Burbank Entertainment Marketing 113

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. Media relationships. They did development in SF and had the ad sales team in NY. That feeling happens 2-3 times per year maximum.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 -- LINC Bizdev Lunch. LINC BizDev is a special interest group of business development and sales professionals at interactive media and technology companies in Los Angeles. See [link] (more).

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LINC Los Angeles Sales Media 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Cleantech had an enormous rise and fall between 20006 and 2009. Lots has changed since 2009. In 2009, the finance world fell apart, and the venture world fell apart, and I returned to Pasadena. The same thing happened with algae biofuel companies in the 2006 and 2009 time frame. social media, and everything else.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans. Our focus is really what we refer to as globally shared media. In 2009, I was convinced the time was right.

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Cloud Computing Web Entertainment Media 208

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In the past 5 years some of the best investors in the country could simply anoint winners by giving them large amounts of capital at high prices and then the media hype machine would create awareness, talent would race to join the next perceived $10bn winner and if the music never stops then everybody is happy. Except the music stopped.

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Venture Capital Marketing Technical Review Seed Funding 416

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 7, 2009

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 -- Mobile Experience 2.0. After years of dialog on mobile convergence, what has actually converged on the mobile platform is the high quality experience, spurred by innovations in Media Content (Video, Music, Movies, T.V.), in an open Forum at UCLA. See [link] (more).

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Mobile UCLA Screening Media 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Today the Traveling Geeks saw presentations from 11 interesting startups at French incubator, the Paris Development Agency. The company's main target is e-commerce sites with rich media. Zoomorama was a finalist at the Microsoft BizSpark event at South by Southwest Interactive 2009.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 -- Games Go Social. With all of the major console and PC video game companies in Los Angeles (Electronic Arts, Activision, THQ, Blizzard), it only makes sense to discuss how more and more games are bringing in aspects of social media to enhance game play. See [link] (more).

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Electronic Arts THQ Activision Social Media 100

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2012

If you're a music artist or band, and you want to create your own fan app for the iPhone, Android, or iPad, you're looking at hiring an app development firm, spending six months, and $100,000--right? Mobile Roadie, headed by Michael Schneider , develops tools that make easy for non-programmers to create their own mobile apps.

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Mobile Santa Monica Content Tool 239

socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2010

for the same six months in 2009. Winyatek develops NAND Flash controller, systems-on-a-chip, secure digital, multi-media card (MMC) controllers, and card readers. Winyatek develops NAND Flash controller, systems-on-a-chip, secure digital, multi-media card (MMC) controllers, and card readers. READ MORE>>.

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Westlake Village .Net Acquisition Media 140

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

According to an analysis of socalTECH's proprietary database of venture capital deals, venture investors invested slightly more than the $966M in Q3 of 2009, but less than the $1.6 Other big deals included $60M in investment in San Diego's Skinit , a developer of personalized "skins" for electronic devices, and $37.0M

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Southern California Invest Westlake Village SoCal 196

Both Sides of the Table

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. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Total raised: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2015

As an active investor in the Los Angeles technology market we’re always seeking to better understand the data and trends of why our market has grown so rapidly since 2009. If you’re a tech or media startup considering whether LA is now a mature market I think the data will assuage any concerns.

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Marketing Newsletter Venture Capital Blogging 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5

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Venture Capital Downey Writing Press 387

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium.

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Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Guide CTO Coach Southern California 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Invest CTO Coach Southern California 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

I saw him on stage at the event talking about how he used social media to engage audiences. This was 2009 and his understanding of audience engagement was far beyond anything I was hearing from most people at that time. And I can’t wait to see you guys further develop your tech insights. Welcome to the family.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Total raised: $120.3mm; $43.5mm raised prior to 2006 recap; post-recap, raised $7.7mm; Series B in 2009 for $15mm; – Read more: VentureWire (requires subscription). Customer are primarily large media companies (publishers) and their media agencies. MetaMarkets.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 21, 2009

Thursday, August 27, 2009 -- Guarding your Ones and Zeroes - Securing Intellectual Property Rights in Digital Content.

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Beverly Hills Content IP Activision 100

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

Google 150

Google Mobile CTO Coach Southern California 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Startup 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Software 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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Blogging CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

CEA represents more than 2,000 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products. provides a strategically significant opportunity to make media and business run better. Contact us for more information on supporting TechZulu's growth and development.

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Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

Networking 150

Networking CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. In joining Launchpad he’s agreed to move here, which is a natural fit given their emerging set of media partners.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276