socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. Los Angeles-based XCast Labs (www.xcastlabs.com) announced earlier this month that it has raised a $2.7M Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company.

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2013

A new, Los Angeles area startup, JumpStartFund (www.jumpstartfund.com) recently launched, offering up a combination of crowdfunding and crowd-advice for entrepreneurial ideas. It is one of the older incubators in Los Angeles, even though not a lot of people know about it. How do entrepreneurs get involved?

Ideas 178

Ideas Patents Funding Startup 178

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. I like to boil down the overwhelming majority of what we do on the web to just three primary activities, which I call the three C’s: Content, Commerce & Communications.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based Science37 (www.science37.com) They have jobs, they have kids, they have to deal with day to day activities of life. We also do a lot of prototyping and proof-of-concepts for sponsors trying to dip their feet into this and to evaluate their IP. All of these barriers are very hard barriers to overcome.

Technology 133

Technology Study UCLA Research 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2015

To get some insight into the growing world and business of e-sports, we caught up with Clinton Foy , a local venture capital investor at Crosscut Ventures in Los Angeles. We've also invested in some other companies we haven't announced yet, but we're very active already in the e-sports area. That's what's exciting about this.

Riot Games 100

Riot Games Southern California Invest Mobile 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

At O ctober’s ICANN 51 conference in Los Angeles , the ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse was tasked with explaining the new Internet landscape to attendees. As the Internet grows to include hundreds of new gTLDs, the odds that more companies will contend for the same registrations will grow too.

Conference 77

Conference SEO Software Review IP 77

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

For an angel, investment and reserve are more personal because you’re investing your own money. There are personal factors that come into play like real estate value, stock market activity, etc. Companies on the west coast ideally located in Los Angeles or San Francisco. Terms for less technical people.

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

In Los Angeles we don’t have “patron technology companies&# that are big enough to matter – we’re still hoping to see them emerge. But every time I talk with senior executives a the big studios or talent agencies I tell the same story, “You know that your industry is being disrupted.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

They want a means of representing themselves that is animated, and changeable, and actively communicates in places like MySpace, Facebook, and other social networks. Unlike most web media firms, we've got a real, protectable IP, based on serious computer science, three patents, and five more pending.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100