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JANUARY 19, 2011

According to ChaCha, it raised $3M in total funding, including $900,000 in outstanding warrants from Qualcomm Ventures, the venture capital arm of Qualcomm. ChaCha offers up an online question and answer site, which allows users to ask any question via the web or mobile SMS. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising firm which helps web publishers optimize their ad network revenues, reported this week on the latest online ad spending, saying that ad spending tracked at its customers grew 47 percent in the first half of the year. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme , the online, real-time, restaurant deals site funded by Idealab, apparently has shut down, according to a statement on the firm's web site. It's unclear when the site actually shut down; the firm had only launched in October of 2010, and disclosed its initial funding in February this year.

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JUNE 18, 2010

Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. Paul talked about Neuhaus Partners, a 65 million Euro fund with the remit to invest in German-speaking countries.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Los Angeles-based Stroome , which is developing an online community for collaborative video editing, announced today that it has just won $200,000 from the 2010 Knight News Challenge. The Knight News Challenge is a contest which helps to fund digital news experiments and technology.

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Journal USC News Web 171

Xconomy

JANUARY 11, 2017

GoFundMe, the Redwood City, CA-based fund-raising platform for charities and nonprofits, has acquired CrowdRise , a Detroit, MI-based rival founded by entrepreneurs Robert Wolfe and Jeffrey Wolfe, and Hollywood philanthropists Edward Norton and Shauna Robertson. Brad Damphousse and Andy Ballester founded GoFundMe in San Diego in 2010.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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JANUARY 27, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels is stressing its mixer program, seed investment efforts, and a new website, as it kicks off a 2010 program, according to the angel investing group. The group also said it is focusing on its SeedTrack program, which is specifically focused on seed stage funding and extensive mentoring. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project said this morning that it has raised $18M in additional funding, and acquired the Fox Audience Network (FAN) from New Corporation. The new funding brings Rubicon's total funding to $60M. As part of the announcement, Rubicon said it will have over $100M in revenues in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

In my view, the very fact that they feel that the technical development of a web startup is only worth a couple percent speaks volumes. and if you can’t then you better start thinking of ways to raise enough funds to be able to pay them something. That’s a pretty common experience. Don’t expect someone to work for nothing endlessly.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

According to CODA, it will allow consumers to reserve a CODA, via a fully refundable, $499 deposit at the firm's web site. CODA said it anticipates it will start delivering a limited number of vehicles by the end of 2010. CODA has raised more than $125M in capital in three round of funding to develop its products so far.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

As 2010 approaches, a whole new year of exciting start-ups, tech news, gadgets, and much more is ahead. We already have a jammed packed schedule for 2010. We already have a jammed packed schedule for 2010. The emergence of a new era of technologies, collectively known as Web 3.0, Advertise and get noticed with us!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”. LivingSocial.

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MAY 19, 2010

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I’ve had a long-standing rule of thumb in product design, which I call “design for the novice, configure for the pro.&# I started saying this back in 2001/02, long before the era of Web 2.0, Fast forward a decade and now I had a startup filled with smart web developers. lean startups or even the advent of AJAX.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

They can discover that event in the app, or soon, on our web platform, say--hey, this looks cool, the last event has some great pictures, looks like this might be fun--and they can buy tickets. I founded my first company in 2010, building a daily deals site based on a mobile platform around a fraternity, Alpha Kai.

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JUNE 1, 2012

For local businesses, we're also giving them free mobile web sites, and working on other relationships. Can you talk about how your company is funded? Michael Wong: We're with StartEngine, and have received a small amount of seed funding from them. We're also funding it out of pocket.

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CTO Coach Startup Mobile Artificial Inteligence 223

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

They can discover that event in the app, or soon, on our web platform, say--hey, this looks cool, the last event has some great pictures, looks like this might be fun--and they can buy tickets. I founded my first company in 2010, building a daily deals site based on a mobile platform around a fraternity, Alpha Kai.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

To address that, Los Angeles-based FileTrek (www.filetrek.com) announced a funding round for its cloud-based software for sharing enterprise and business files yesterday. We spoke with Dale Quayle , the firm's CEO, about the funding and company. Dale's last firm, Integrien, was sold to VMware in 2010. What is FileTrek?

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

The Los Angeles-based private equity firm provided funding from its Kayne Partners Fund Group, which invests in high-growth technology businesses.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

22, 2010. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Codeita is a powerful, easy to use, cloud-based, web development environment. It allows users to code, develop, brainstorm, communicate and then publish projects and files to your web server. to 11:00 p.m.

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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. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. with the clips.

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JULY 21, 2011

The firm announced a funding round last week, from DFJ Frontier, DFJ JAIC, Gold Hill Capital, and angel investors Gil Elbaz (Factual), Auren Hoffman (Rapleaf), and Walter Kortschak (Summit Partners), and many others. I was there from when the company launched until March of 2010, when I left to start MomentFeed.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

What I really liked in my conversations with The Hive is that they are willing to work with and fund ventures that would never get VC dollars. What can they do for funding, where can they go for help? ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Meet angels via the entrepreneurs they’ve funded. Referrals carry weight, but for those without a long list of angel contacts, getting access to angels via entrepreneurs they’ve already funded can be equally powerful. million in 2010. million in 2010. million in 2010. million in 2010.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Messenger : Lynda Weinman , Co-Founder and Executive Chair, lynda.com and author of Designing Web Graphics , a world-wide bestseller, translated into 15 languages. Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc. Copyright © 2007-11 by J.

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Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Messenger : Lynda Weinman , Co-Founder and Executive Chair, lynda.com and author of Designing Web Graphics , a world-wide bestseller, translated into 15 languages. Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc. Copyright © 2007-11 by J.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

The event was created in 2010 by Hank and John Green, when they hosted approximately 1,400 industry insiders and fans. Mr. Green disclosed that his Crash Course web series received over $70k of pledges ($30k in the form of monthly, recurring grants) within the first 7-days the site was launched. Entertainment." Border Run.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

But, today's web isn't optimized for meeting new people, or meeting people with similar interests. I had been moving around a lot, played in the web space, built web sites, and kept finding this same problem. Was that funding an angel or VC round? Alex Capecelatro: I went to UCLA and graduated in 2010.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

We launched the first publicly available (German) Beta Version of exploreB2B at the end of 2010. Right from the beginning, we also partnered with a young web development agency for development and technical consulting – they are now more than business partners, they are friends and part of the team. Any funding yet?

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Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Instead of browsing Web pages, he says, users will browse streams of information from different sources - mainly Twitter - but also Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and the like. We look forward to what's in store for 2010. According to Dodsworth, the goal is to make TweetDeck the real-time browser.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. They were originally founded inside of Times Mirror and had a huge string of major investment success before spinning out as a fully independent fund. SV Angel / Ron Conway closes $20mm venture fund. 10mm in Series C.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

That would mean that the increased number of new business startups will lead to a “funding gap&# of deals that can’t get financed. But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. I was very active in 2009 / early 2010. We’ll re-compare notes then. I avoided much of this.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I have talked extensively about “social proof&# in fund raising in the past. And before that Bryce Roberts who working alongside Tim O’Reilly (famed publisher and originator of Web 2.0 This is the second article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs).

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