socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Santa Monica-based secure, text-messaging provider TigerText , which provides its services to both the healthcare and enterprise markets, has bolstered its board today with two appointments. Wallack helped found Cornerstone OnDemand, and grew the company from its early days through its IPO in 2011.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Santa Monica Software Services 153

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

Santa Monica-based content delivery network (CDN) operator EdgeCast Networks said this week that it has been powering the big growth behind Imgur , the online image hosting and discovery service. Imgur just reported it is now getting over one billion page views a day, a portion of which is served through EdgeCast's CDN service.

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Santa Monica Content Networking Services 133

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Adconion Media Group , the Internet advertising firm which has been ramping up its operations in Santa Monica, said today that it is spinning out its video product, Joost Video Network , into a new, standalone business, also based in Santa Monica. The firm said it expects triple digit growth in 2011.

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Santa Monica Advertising Content Sites 171

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2013

SideCar's service uses your phone's GPS capability to locate people who are nearby who would be willing to give you a ride for a donation; the company said it's initially launching here in LA on in West LA, Santa Monica, Venice and Culver City, with expansion to the remainder of LA soon.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Adconian Media Group , the Internet advertising firm which has been ramping up its operations in Santa Monica, said today that it is spinning out its video product, Joost Video Network , into a new, standalone business, also based in Santa Monica. The firm said it expects triple digit growth in 2011.

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Santa Monica Advertising Content Media 150

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2013

So far, Nimble has the edge, as the Santa Monica company has been offering up its products to the market since 2011, and Contatta just announced the company and has yet to launch its own software.

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Funding SaaS Santa Monica Customer 222

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Santa Monica-based electric car maker CODA Automotive said this morning that it has inked a deal with Enterprise Rent-A-Car , which will offer up CODA's sedans at Enterprise car rental locations. According to CODA Automotive, Enterprise will introduce up to 100 of its CODA Sedans at rental locations throughout 2011.

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Santa Monica Custom Customer Services 145

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Ahead of its IPO, Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online domain name and media publishing business run by Richard Rosenblatt, updated its IPO filings Thursday, saying that it has granted $30.8M million of its shares, upon the completion of an IPO before March 31, 2011.

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Demand Media Santa Monica Patents 194

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

TechZulu is excited to invite you to a fireside chat with Greg Cargill, VP of Client Services and Social Media at BLITZ. That work laid the foundation for Greg’s contribution in founding bigMETHOD in 2008, a social media agency that joined BLITZ in 2011. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza & Drinks!

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Social Media Santa Monica Southern California Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Friday evening, August 19th, rolled around and Startup Weekend LA was underway with attendees showing up at Coloft in Santa Monica around 6:00 pm and the classic Idealab keg there to quench everyone’s thirst. If Avesta sees someone drinking Coloft coffee (organic of course), he quickly asks if they’ve sold anything.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. I don’t want to speak to customer service reps!! And while this data is from mid-2011 I can assure you that data is not going down. There are 2.9 Not so fast.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2011

Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of July 4th, 2011. CODA Automotive is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Monica, California that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and lithium-ion battery systems purpose-built for transportation and utility applications. Attend and Support.

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Santa Monica CalTech Southern California Technology 82

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

They have partnered with Cross Campus to bring education and offline matchmaking events to Santa Monica quarterly. In November 2011, they launched the CoFoundersLab.com platform. It provides tools like the Equity Calculator and curates and vets vendors that service startups.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Startup Santa Monica CTO Hire 87

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of July 4th, 2011. When: Thursday, July 14th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

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.

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Venture Capital Journal Invest Santa Monica 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Corey Weiss , IPSY's Head of Business Development, is based in Santa Monica, and helps to run that effort. It was cofounded by Michele phan in November of 2011. subscribers to our monthly Glam Bag subscription service. We caught up with him to learn more about IPSy and its subscription business. What is IPSY?

Commerce 100

Commerce Content Sample Yahoo 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Additionally, the site allows lawyers to market their legal services by sharing expert advice and engaging in discussion. Their all new all electric car is set to be released for sale in limited quantities at the end of 2011.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of October 16th, 2011. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m. RSVP: AGENDA.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of October 16th, 2011. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. If you’d like to present, APPLY HERE.

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Tech Coast Angels Southern California Los Angeles Santa Monica 80

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

In late 2004, I became the 39th employee at Myspace, and built a team under me of 300 people, in engineering, project management, QA, and creative services. I had asked Mike Jones for advice on entrepreneurship, and raised money for a startup through Mark Suster and Jon Callahan, and ultimately ended up in San Francisco in 2011.

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Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Along with the global strategic partnership between the two companies that will focus on passenger and mixed-use cargo service, Hyperloop One also announced that the company would be changing its name to Virgin Hyperloop One. On October 12, 2017, Hyperloop One announced that Richard Branson and Virgin Group had invested into Hyperloop One.

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SpaceX Design Technology Competition 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. Parking In Motion (PIM) is a provider of dynamic and real-time parking data.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of October 16th, 2011. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. If you’d like to present, APPLY HERE.

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Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. In 2011, Business Insider ranked Legal Zoom No. magazine and the LA Business Journal.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there. 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. More than 600 tech start-ups have sprung up in L.A.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I live in the city of Santa Monica. But one common theme I’m hearing from there in 2011 is that it’s impossible to recruit. In New York you have access to fashion, media, art and of course, financial services. So can you really build a great tech firm outside of Silicon Valley? Let me use LA as an example.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313