socalTECH

MAY 19, 2015

Appfolio--which is led by Brian Donahoo--is venture backed by Investment Group of Santa Barbara and BV Capital, along with such local angels as Andreas von Blottnitz and Klaus Schauser. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Pacific Crest Securities, and William Blair.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Invest Software Capital 100

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

I have been watching ProductPlan for several years, as the founders are both friends and pillars of the Santa Barbara Startup Community. Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In my new role as the first executive director for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, I spent a lot of time outside of my home turf of Pasadena -- visiting innovation nodes such as San Diego, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Venice, Santa Monica, and others. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 113

Southern California SoCal Pasadena Startup 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Skyler Lucci is co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based HeyTutor (www.heytutor.com), a startup which has created an online platform which connects and matches students with in-person tutors. The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Beverly Hills Acquisition 113

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. He received a B.S.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike Jones , Investor and Advisor Located In Los Angeles. A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. Fouad ElNaggar: There has been this perception that we are not involved in Los Angeles, which I find really funny. We really believe in the market.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I grew up in Los Angeles and went to undergrad at UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 2003 with Honors in Economics. While at UC Santa Barbara, I started a café which served over 1100 dorm residents. Los Angeles is a great place for startups. A few years ago “venture capital” was a revenue model.

Startup 150

Startup SEO Pepperdine Blogging 150

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions. Pierce also led the acquisition of Xfire from Viacom. and negotiated the company’s successful acquisition by Logitech, Inc.,

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition. You have tremendous momentum and clearly could have raised capital from a variety of sources.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. Gold Sponsor. .

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84