socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2013

According to CampaignEQ--founded by former Beachmint execs William Belk and Dirk McGregor--its new cloud-based, web and mobile affiliate tracking platform is aimed at offering up better mobile attribution and optimization. READ MORE>>. campaigneq startup affiliate tracking mobile advertising marketing beachmint'

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Mobile Marketing Santa Monica Advertising 249

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The company--led by longtime cloud and hosting services veteran Simon Anderson--offers up managed services and consulting for cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

Services 133

Services SaaS Los Angeles Education 133

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Email marketing and cross-channel interactive marketing saas solutions provider ExactTarget has acquired Pardot, a marketing automation provider and iGoDigital, web personalization provider in a move that will revolutionize its marketing platform. The acquisitions are meant to make the firm’s marketing platform better.

Platform 56

Platform Marketing Social Media Web 56

Xconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Cybereason’s security services will be incorporated into the Arm Pelion IoT platform , a suite of Web-based tools that help businesses manage Internet of Things devices, their connectivity, and the data they generate. Cambridge, U.K.-based

Services 85

Services Web Tool Platform 85

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Pasadena-based Wallaby Financial , the developer of web and mobile apps to help consumers optimize their credit card spending, hsa been acquired by Bankrate. Bankrate said that it will combine wallaby''s product family and technology with its existing credit card distribution platform, including its CreditCards.com online credit marketplace.

Pasadena 147

Pasadena Mobile Web Acquisition 147

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you?

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Web USC Course Guide 93

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

If you're an investor who's concerned about the security of your deal data being store on the web, CapLinked , which develops an online platform to help companies manage and close their business transactions, has an answer for you: military-grade security. READ MORE>>.

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Platform Software Development Web Acquisition 147

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

For ThinkNear , it looks like the whole process paid off in less than two years, after the Los Angeles company went from the TechStars accelerator just last June, to a healthy acquisition by TeleNav earlier this month for $22.5M. Congrats on the acquisition! How did the acquisition come about? It was really great.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Citrix Online , the firm behind the popular GoToMeeting software, said today that it has acquired Paglo Labs , a developer of IT search and management tools, and launched its own IT management platform called GoToManage. Financial terms of the acquisition, which occurred earlier this year, was not disclosed.

Tool 140

Tool Santa Barbara Acquisition Platform 140

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Google’s acquisition of Nest gives the the co-founders an early exit and resources to up their hardware game. Nest is not Google’s first hardware acquisition. “Google has the business resources, global scale and platform reach to accelerate Nest growth across hardware, software and services for the home globally.”

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Google Acquisition Resource Social Media 86

Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

San Diego-based TakeLessons set out nine years ago to create a Web-based platform that helped match music students with qualified instructors. Now TakeLessons has completed another acquisition, buying Chromatik, a Santa Monica, CA-based provider of digital sheet music.

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Venture Capital Santa Monica San Diego Coach 59

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

According to Procore, BIManywhere's platform offers up a 3D viewing engine for helping with communications across project teams, through both a mobile app and web application. Financial details of the buy were not announced. BIManywhere is based in Oakland, California, and was founded by Peter Wu and Winson Chu.

Software Development 113

Software Development Web Tool Platform 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

If you measure success by exits, the Ring acquisition by Amazon and Cylance acquisition by Blackberry, each for $1 billion, were among the biggest stories of 2018. Signal Sciences, a Culver City web application security company, is adding impressive clients and just closed a $30M Series C that will help it continue to scale.

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Southern California SoCal Culver City Venture Capital 133

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

ShootQ is a developer of web-based software for managing the business of professional photographers, including handling workflow, marketing, and selling their work. The firms said the combo would create a comprehensive platform for photographers to manage their workflow, promote their brand, connect with community, and sell their work.

Torrance 145

Torrance SaaS Web Acquisition 145

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. The point isn’t to “build a business on YouTube” but rather to use YouTube as a marketing platform to build a video business that works across many platforms. I think most arguments miss the mark.

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SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

socalTECH

MAY 12, 2010

Peters previously served at Acosta TrueDemand as President, and also served at TrueDemand Software, where he was a co-founder before its acquisition by Acosta. Foodlink develops a web-based procurement platform for the perishable food market. Peters replaces Vijay Yajnik, who remains as Chairman of the Board.

Rustic Canyon 133

Rustic Canyon Torrance Web Software 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In 2020, the pandemic radically changed the customer acquisition process for many consumer-facing industries. And we saw a record number of 278 million clicks to local web pages as more consumers looked to connect with businesses locally. Are you a founder, CEO, or investor who would like to participate?

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Software Review Organic Search Startup 140

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical to the development of the core technology that make Alphabet’s Google and the social media giant Facebook so profitable… and Zappos. One issue is do we need regulation on the full platform companies.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Startup Chief Technology Officer Social Media 144

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to MTV Networks, which is a division of Viacom, the acquisition will allow the firm to accelerate its introduction of its Flux social media platform across its portfolio.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Draper Social Media Social Network 100

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

That business includes our main registrar platform, which supports 20,000 resellers around the world, and also includes such acquisition as we''ve done such as name.com, domain auctions with Namejet, and a bunch of other activities. We''re also partnering with companies like Donuts to provide a platform to host their registry.

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Demand HTML Web Media 231

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

The company explained that it would be integrating BuzzLabs' technology into its platform over the next three to six months. CityGrid Media operates the Citysearch, Insider Pages and Urbanspoon web sites. BuzzLabs was based in Seattle. READ MORE>>.

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CitySearch Media West Hollywood Social Media 194

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Demand offers up a network of online, content driven web sites--plus a healthy domain name registration business--and has garnered lots of attention for specifically creating content for search engines. Platform G / Mindjolt. Platform G bought Facebook gaming firm MindJolt in March, and DeWolfe is not the only MySpace vet at the firm.

Startup 178

Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

Pasadena-based Smartify (www.getsmartify.com)''s CEO, Carla Bourque , recently talked to us about the company''s online marketing platform, and how it differentiates itself from a lot of other competitors in the market. Essentially, consumers are opting into Smartify''s platform. What is Smartify? READ MORE>>.

Marketing 196

Marketing Pasadena Platform Email 196

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Web-based businesses must compete in the blinding light of total transparency. Every time Amazon made a change to its website, whether it be modifications to its customer acquisition funnel, upsell techniques, customer service, etc., Inch By Inch It''s A Cinch. it was instantly broadcast to its competitors.

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Tips Framework Metrics Cloud Computing 223

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2013

How is the changing demographic of web visitors changing how local companies operate? Domeyer recently told us how mobile visitors to the web are dramatically changing how Oversee looks at the market, and are pushing the firm to invest more in technology to adapt to mobile users. Debra Domeyer: The revenue split is about 60/40.

Mobile 224

Mobile CTO Hire CPC Web 224

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. Offers cloud-based web analytics software provider. Providing web abalytics to 2,100+ brands (including: BofA, Office Depot).

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2019

San Francisco-based Degreed is among the educational technology companies now classified as “learning experience platforms,’’ because they organize staff participation in skills development training and coordinate it with the goals of employers, who are their clients.

Training 82

Training Education Platform Course 82

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We''ve also built a data driven platform, that allows us to drive millions of unique visitors to our network of sites every month, covering the banking, credit, and travel and vertical markets. Brett Rossman: We have a platform we''ve built, and which we are constantly evolving called Magneto. We do that methodically.

Startup 239

Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

We give way 500Mb of free data to all of our users, and users can also early additional, free minutes for connecting to their friends on the platform and participating on partner offers and promotions. We've got less infrastructure, and we're not having to pay hundreds of dollars for consumer acquisition.

Startup 245

Startup IP Networking Encino 245

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. We both wanted to put energy into GRP’s platform of services that provide more value to our investments than merely capital.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

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. Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Salesforce added another digital commerce giant earlier this year with the acquisition of Burlington, MA-based Demandware in a deal valued at roughly $2.8 It also is a burgeoning sector. When you get all that data and analyze it, you get interesting insights,” Sheik said.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Commerce San Diego Web 40

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

link] [link] Posted byTony Karrer at 5:33 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Southern California 150

Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. I think everybody heard about this acquisition. I talked about the platform moves of Twitter and why it should be expected. TweetPhoto - Real-time photo sharing platform. It’s core platform stuff. Overture sold for $1.6

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

RedBeacon went on to sell to HomeDepot in what was considered a very successful acquisition on all sides. But Ethan had left by the time of the acquisition. And in a world where we increasingly log in to personal web time at late hours or on our mobile phones that’s no longer good enough. Nice sweep!

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

According to the firms, they will create what they call the "most comprehensive" online platform for people looking to find each other on the Web. The firms are planning to roll out a new brand and Web site next year. Financial terms of the merger were not disclosed.

Social Network 100

Social Network Web Sites Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Los Angeles-based PixelFish, which develops video advertising for small and medium sized businesses, said this morning that it has acquired Eyespot, a provider of video hosting services for web sites. Pixelfish said the buy will help it accelerate the development of its video advertising platform.

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San Diego Advertising Web Los Angeles 100