SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 23, 2011

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 -- WINDPOWER 2011. The vast show floor will feature nearly 1,200 exhibiting companies, including wind power plant developers, turbine manufacturers and the full range of supply chain manufacturers and service providers, such as GE Energy, NRG Systems, Siemens and Shermco Industries.

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MAY 23, 2011

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 -- WINDPOWER 2011. The vast show floor will feature nearly 1,200 exhibiting companies, including wind power plant developers, turbine manufacturers and the full range of supply chain manufacturers and service providers, such as GE Energy, NRG Systems, Siemens and Shermco Industries.

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MAY 23, 2011

Monday, May 23, 2011 -- WINDPOWER 2011. The vast show floor will feature nearly 1,200 exhibiting companies, including wind power plant developers, turbine manufacturers and the full range of supply chain manufacturers and service providers, such as GE Energy, NRG Systems, Siemens and Shermco Industries.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 -- In this presentation, Dr. Hanna will discuss the need for test professionals to plan and develop their career through education-based certifications. He will show how to evaluate a certification program and how to get the most out of certifications.

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MARCH 25, 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011 -- Student-Driven 3D Game Engine Development: Practical Approach. Kovalovs will talk about building student-driven 3D game engines and what can be done to minimize the development time. Kovalovs will talk about building student-driven 3D game engines and what can be done to minimize the development time.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. dot-com bonanza. Ten years on much has changed.

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

Thursday, October 27, 2011 -- IEEE 2011 Energy Efficiency Symposium. Keynote speaker Dr. David Auston, Exec.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 9, 2014

Last Monday, Jan 6th, marked the culmination of AT&T’s Developer Summit at CES 2014 along with the release of open APIs for its U-Verse platform on Android. The company launched the original program back in 2011. Here’s the kicker: this app was developed in under two weeks!

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Irvine-based cloud-based healthcare practice management software developer Kareo said on Thursday afternoon that it has acquired PatientlySpeaking, a developer of process automation technology for billing companies and medical practices. PatientlySpeaking was founded in 2011.

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JUNE 15, 2021

Santa Monica-based Formative, a developer of software used by K-12 teachers to assign and track homework assignments, has raised $70M in a Series A funding, the company said today. Although this is the company's Series A, the company was actually founded back in 2011.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

During the latter half of 2011, Google awarded a number of leading YouTubers and nascent Internet TV networks grants of $1 million to $2 million. Despite the snarky rumors that Google’s content development program was poorly managed at its outset (e.g.,

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MAY 14, 2021

Lawson was the developer of the interchangeable ROM cartridges used in the Fairchild Channel F, one of the early home gaming consoles that pre-dated the Atari 2600, and a member of the "Homebrew Computer Club". Lawson died in 2011. Lawson Endowment Fund, which will support Back and Indigenous students in game design and engineering.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Pfizer and Merck are each cutting ties with a smaller clinical-stage biotech after experimental drugs being developed under separate alliances fell short in human testing. In 2011, Pfizer paid $22.5 million up front for the rights to license and develop products containing rivipansel, a compound hoped to address inflammation.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

San Diego- and Baltimore-based private equity investor JMI Equity is the lead backer of a developer of artificial intelligence software for the healthcare industry this morning. Jvion is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and was founded in 2011. Jvion said it will use the funding to accelerate expansion across its market. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Irvine-based Viant, which develops advertising software, had a successful IPO on Wednesday, selling 10 million shares of its stock at $25 per share last night, above its initial estimated IPO price of $19.00 The company's long history--it was founded in 1999--includes the acquisition of MySpace in 2011, a 60% acquisition by Time Inc.

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MARCH 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based Water Planet , which develops water treatment membrane technology originally developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), revealed today that its seed investor is none other than actor Kevin Costner.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Seal Beach-based MyCivic , a developer of apps used by local governments to engage with their citizens, has been acquired by Texas-based Tyler Technologies , Tyler Technologies said on Thursday. MyCivic was founded in 2011, and employs 12. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. MyCivic's founder, T.J.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

San Diego-based beauty brand Beauty Bakerie , a developer of cosmetics aimed at Millennials, has raised $3M in a seed funding. Beauty Bakerie was founded by CEO Cashmere Nicole, who founded the brand in 2011. The funding was led by Unilever Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Los Angeles-based mitu , which is developing a digital media brand specifically focused on Latino millennials, has snagged Herb Scannell, the former President of Nickelodeon, as its new CEO. Scannell was also previously co-founder and CEO of Next New Networks (sold to YouTube in 2011) and was President of BBC Worldwide North America.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2011

IconFinder provides high quality icons for webdesigners and developers in an easy and efficient way. Before Iconfinder I was working as a web designer and front-end developer, next to studying computer science and business administration. Can you briefly describe IconFinder.com? It’s basically Google for icons.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Irvine-based a href="[link] Technology, a developer of advertising software, says it has launched an IPO, intending to sell 7,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock in an offering on the Nasdaq Global Market as DSP. The IPO will raise as much as $181M for Viant. The company has given an estimated offering range of between $19.00

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

San Diego-based online nonprofit fundraising software developer CLassy said this morning that it has just hit $1 billion in total donations through its platform. Classy was launched in 2011, and is led by CEO and co-foudner Scot Chisolm.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

The 2011 ARE is bound to go above and beyond last year’s event. For Developers, programmers and technologists seeking the latest and greatest engines and tools for AR; learn from case studies and post mortems delivered by experienced developers from the leading companies in the space. Dates: May 17-18, 2011.

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MARCH 29, 2019

SpaceIL originally began development of its lunar lander as part of the Google Lunar XPRIZE effort. SpaceIL was founded in 2011 by Yariv Bash, Kfir Damari and Yonatan Winetraub, specifically to compete in the Google Lunar XPRIZE. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the developer of marketing analytics software led by Wes Nichols, has bolstered its advisory team, saying today that it has added Ross Levinsohn, Tom Davenport, and Pat LaPointe to its advisory board. Levinsohn is the best known of the three, having most recently been interim CEO at Yahoo!, READ MORE>>.

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MAY 17, 2018

Culver City-based DataScience.com , a developer of data science software led by serial entrepreneur Ian Swanson, has been acquired by Oracle , the companies said on Wednesday. The exit is the second big one for Swanson, who sold his last startup, Sometrics, a virtual currency monetization platform, to American Express in 2011.

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MAY 29, 2018

Los Angeles-based Surkus , a developer of a platform to help connect people with local events, has raised $10M in a Series B funding, according to the comapny. Surkus is led by CEO Stephen George, who the company said started his career at Groupon, and headed operations through its IPO in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 28, 2017

Irvine-based telematics developer Spireon announced this morning that it has promoted Reggie Ponsford to the position of Senior Vice President of Sales, for its Automotive Solutions group. He previously was the principal owner of Enfotrace, which Spireon acquired in 2011; he also served at CalAmp, Aircept, and Teletrac.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Competitors, seeing a successful development of a niche, flock into the competitive void with products or services built with a fresh view of the current environment. LivingSocial took in $583 million in capital in 2010 and 2011 with little left in time to show for the investment and tremendous dilution to the founders.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

IronKey, which develops encrypted USB flash drives, has been part of Imation since 2011. Imation acquired IronKey in an asset deal in September of 2011. Fountain Valley-based Kingston Digital said this morning that it has acquired the USB technology and assets of IronKey , from Imation Corp. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2019

—Ezoic, a startup that developed software for web publishers that uses machine learning techniques to personalize layouts and ad placements for site visitors, raised $33 million to further develop its technology. Based in Carlsbad, in northern San Diego County, Ezoic launched its platform in 2011.

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

San Diego-based RapidEngage , a developer of online survey software and tools used to collect customer feedback and to engage users, has been acquired by fellow online survey company QuestionPro. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. RapidEngage was one of the companies incubated at EvoNexus. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Irvine-based Restaurant365 , a developer of cloud-based tools for accounting, back office, and reporting for restaurants, has raised $20M in a Series A funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based mobile games developer Scopely has raised a $200M, Series D funding, which it says it will use for acquisitions, the company announed early this morning. The company was founded in 2011, and has now raised over $487M in total funding since founding. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 25, 2013

GumGum , the in-image advertising technology developer led by Ophir Tanz, has promoted Phil Schraeder, the firm''s VP of Finance, to Chief Operating Officer, to head up the firm''s internal operations, business development, and finance.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

When a group of scientists from Amira Pharmaceuticals wanted to start a new biotech after the company’s 2011 acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb , Celgene provided seed funding. Eventually Celgene kicked in $35 million more for a research collaboration, an equity stake, and an exclusive option to acquire the startup, PharmAkea Therapeutics.

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AUGUST 20, 2014

According to the site, it has been around since 2011, and can be described as "Lynda meets Linkedin" for creatives. The company recently tied together with the U+ Project, a nonprofit which supports developing filmmakers under the age of 18, and also recently powered a launch of an editing app for GoPro cameras called Prizmia.

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