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APRIL 3, 2018

YouCaring was founded in 2011, and was based in Redding, California. According to GoFundMe, it will transition new fundraisers on YouCaring to GoFundMe, while allowing existing fundraisers on Youcaring to continue to collect donations, with an opportunit to migrate to the GoFundMe platform.

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MAY 10, 2013

Yekra also allows creators to establish an exclusivity rights period and set up distribution to other platforms including Netflix and Hulu Plus. The company has been funded for $3.1M The post Yekra’s Digital Rights Distribution and AffiliateConnect Platform Raises $3M appeared first on TechZulu.

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JUNE 2, 2017

Paul Allen founded Stratolaunch in 2011. Stratolaunch says its goal is to develop a platform to make access to low Earth orbit (LEO) more convenient, more reliable, and routine.

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MAY 28, 2015

round this morning, from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, along with NEA, Upfrot Ventures, First Round Capital, and the company's other exiting ivnestors. GumGum offers up an in-image, advertising platform which allows advertisers to place ads within photos, in a contextually relevant way. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Hulu had only launched services in Japan three years ago, in September of 2011. Hulu is jointly owned by NBCUniversal, 21st Century Fox, and The Walt Disney Company.

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JULY 16, 2015

The company said the funding actually came over the last few years, with backing from such investors as Parana Management Corp. The company says it first raised funding in 2011, and has been operating in stealth mode. Readz is led by Bart De Pelsmaeker. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2013

MarketShare, which is co-led by Wes Nichols and Jon Vein, said the financing will go towards its technology platform and accelerate growth in markets worldwide. Elevation Partners invested in MarketShare in 2011. The firm said it was advised by LUMA Partners in the deal. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

Irvine-based Local Corporation , the online local business guide operator headed by Health Clarke, said this morning that it had "record" fourth quarter 2011 search traffic. The firm said it is now seeing 93.7 million monthly unique visitors to its network of sites, up from 91.9M monthly unique visitors in Q3.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Kara said “no” because she wanted to start her own company, which she did and I backed. The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested. And all the platform stuff. So What Does All This Mean?

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. The company- now has around $50M in recurring annual revenues. Our target market is entrepreneurs, creatives, and developers.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies. Leveraging mobile application and online platform.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Enterprise software startup Classy, which developed a platform through which it says nonprofit organizations have raised nearly $1 billion for their causes, has hired its first-ever chief revenue and chief product officers. The company, based in downtown San Diego, is headed by CEO Scot Chisholm.

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APRIL 20, 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 -- LA Games Conference. What will be the hot games and gaming platforms in 2011 and beyond? What trends will be shaping the games industry? How can you stay ahead in an increasingly competitive marketplace?

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JULY 6, 2015

The big companies in the industry (think FTD, Teleflora, 1800Flowers) that dole out work to local florists are not only stifling their creativity, but killing their businesses. Shoraka started the company with two friends back in 2011. No one goes into to the florist industry for the money. Last fall they raised $5.5M

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- Peter Coffee's Annual Technology Forecast. Peter Coffee is Director of Platform Research at salesforce.com. He joined the company in January of 2007 after spending 18 years as a technology analyst and columnist at the industry magazines eWEEK and PC Week. Don't miss the pre-meeting roundtable.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based CitySourced , the developer of a mobile tool for helping involve citizens in local government headed by Jason Kiesel and Kurt Daradics, has linked up with Microsoft and its Windows Azure platform, the firms said Tuesday. The firm is using Microsoft Windows Azure for its application infrastructure.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 -- The Industry Leaders Series Presents: Barry Sandrew, Founder, Legend3D. In 2001, he developed the Companys technology for the original patented digital systems and processes for colorization which he then later utilized as the platform from which he created Legend3Ds proprietary 3D conversion software.

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JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Spotlight: LA Tech Summer SuperDemo is all electric car company CODA.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

In each technology company in which Miramar invests, we are focused on supporting the management teams successful execution of its plan. Every company in our portfolio grew revenues this year, and several crossed into profitability. Instead, they're going serial by returning to the market with revolutionary new companies.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? In a world dominated by Google, Apple and Facebook, can the other content and media companies retain or regain their former glory? TCOSC Digital Media Society. Speakers: Richard Berger, Sr.

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JUNE 11, 2009

According to the firm--which is traded OTC--the restricted common stock investment by Guthy-Renker also came with an extension of an agreement the two companies have until June 2011. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2011

Saturday, May 7, 2011 -- Renewable Energy and the Smarter Grid: Opportunities for the Entrepreneur. As utilities roll out new meters and smarter equipment on the grid, there are hundreds of companies looking to integrate exciting new technologies and platforms that promise monetary and environmental savings for both consumers and utilities.

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MAY 21, 2011

Are we seeing a time in which pre-revenue companies are more valuable than our offline institutional brands? So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. It might be in online game platforms solving the problem of entertaining people. I play with features.

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JANUARY 19, 2013

Guy Kawasaki Talks About “Artisanal” Publishing, also covering a wide range of topics from using social media to build a Guy-like platform, the mega battle between Facebook and Google+, Apple versus Android religious issues, and the dumbest things you can do with social media. Shani Higgins took over as CEO at Technorati in 2011.

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APRIL 10, 2016

I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. Invest more heavily in platform services. Move our offices to Santa Monica so we could be closer to the early-stage companies being created in LA. Rebrand with a name that would authentically lay out our values.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 24, 2011

Company Name Total Immersion Information Release Date 3/24/2011 Transaction Type Venture Equity Amount $5,500,000 Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purpose The new funding will be used towards further development of the D’Fusion platform and to drive new usage of augmented reality (AR) for end-users. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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JUNE 27, 2015

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Huddlewoo a live video platform set to launch early 2013 to give people the ability to access extraordinary people for one-on-one conversations and mentoring. We are a platform that facilitates the most important conversations of people’s lives! The calendar, payment and live-video are all facilitated through our platform.

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JUNE 1, 2011

I sold that company, eCRUSH, which operated espin.com, to Hearst at the end of 2006. It's a very flexible, open platform, and is pretty open ended. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. What's the story behind Ranker?

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MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Today marks another great day for the Los Angeles startup scene as Hello Music , a portfolio company of the Elevator Labs , has reached a major membership milestone – 100,000 active members. In 2011 Hello Music became the fastest growing musician-focused company in the U.S thanks the to 42% month-over-month growth.

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JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. The benefits “digital interactions” have and continue to offer coupon companies are vast.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service. You mention the big companies, like FTD, 1-800 Flowers, etc. Farbod Shoraka: We started out in the summer of 2011.

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MARCH 25, 2015

crackdown on illegal online gambling and online poker back in 2011. We sat down with David Marshall to learn more about the company and what it''s doing. Tell me a little bit about the company and what you''re doing? We sat down with David Marshall to learn more about the company and what it''s doing. Why a new startup?

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MAY 24, 2014

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

We caught up with CEO Ian Miller to learn about the company and its NoSQL database, and its roots here in applications built for companies like Yahoo and CBS. Ian Miller: FatCloud is a data management and software platform company with a NoSQL database. That system was launched as its own, separate company in late 2011.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Data Elite launches at a time when most needed as most big data companies lack the much required funding and incubation. ” Daniel McCaffrey, GM Platform and Analytics at Zynga said Data Elite was a novel move to help grow startups in the ever-growing data sciences industry. Wanted: Companies that use data to drive big disruption.

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