socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2011

The Los Angeles winners of the Deloitte Fast 500 ranking of fastest growing companies was announced last night at an event at Santa Monica's Shutters on the Beach, with 26 companies recognized in the overall 2011 Technology Fast 500, and three "Technology Rising Stars" recognized in the Los Angeles area.

Los Angeles 263

Los Angeles Marina Del Rey Woodland Hills Angel 263

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2013

Campbell was new to Los Angeles, freshly inspired from a TED conference, and after attending a smattering of Barcamps and Westside Meetups he was ready to produce his own event that was a mixture of all. will be held in Santa Monica April 26 th at the V Lounge. The next Mindshare L.A.

Santa Monica 92

Santa Monica BarCamp Startup UCLA 92

SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

I recently posted about the Increase in Early-Stage Startup Activity in Los Angeles. I realized that it has been a little while since I posted about the Los Angeles Startup Community and so needed to update my list of startup events that will be out of date almost before I finish publishing it.

Los Angeles 198

Los Angeles Southern California Angel Enterprise Forum 198

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2012

What's the best way to encourage development of the technology industry in Los Angeles? Fellowship Program to connect the city's many new graduates with local businesses and entrepreneurs, and new efforts to help entrepreneurs find resources like accelerators, commercial real estate, and more.

Los Angeles 242

Los Angeles Technology Culver City Angel 242

socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The Open Angel Forum , the angel investment group started by Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo , is expanding into Seattle with a new event in November. The Open Angel Forum now has chapters in Los Angeles, London, Boston, Boulder, Seattle, New York, Philadelphia, and Silicon Valley.

Angel 154

Angel Mahalo Santa Monica Startup 154

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Jason Calacanis , CEO of Santa Monica-based Internet search site Mahalo , has signed on several angels for his new angel group, the Open Angel Forum - Los Angeles. Tags: jason calacanis mahalo angel investment venture capital keiretsu forum openangel executive.

Keiretsu 133

Keiretsu Mahalo Angel Anthem 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Greg Cohn , Burner (Los Angeles, mobile app).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

Second, we are announcing officially that we are moving our offices from Century City to Santa Monica. But in Los Angeles, Santa Monica is akin to SoMa in San Francisco, Cambridge in the Boston area or Flatiron / Union Square in NYC. We have long wanted to move but wanted to wait for the perfect space.

Funding 343

Funding Santa Monica Venture Capital Startup 343

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Santa Monica-based ICONIC Protein , a protein dairy drink brand, announecd today that it has raised $8M in a funding round. The funding was led by KarpReilly, and also included angel Bill oses, the entrepreneur behind KeVita, Casa Barranca Organic Winery, and Fermented Sciences.

Santa Monica 127

Santa Monica Organization Funding Entrepreneur 127

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

Earlier this month, the annual Montgomery Summit conference was held in Santa Monica, including a special portion of the conference dedicated to the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur. I also think there's an interesting opportunity in Los Angeles, as the tech scene continues to develop and mature. It's a great event.

Capital 162

Capital Entrepreneur Invest Artificial Inteligence 162

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2018

One of Southern California's promising startup entrepreneurs, Jason G. Crilly had most recently been the CTO of RYSE UP, a startup in Los Angeles which calls itself the "American Idol for Mobile", which e co-founded with Nathan Chandra. Crilly passed away last weekend.

CTO Coach 185

CTO Coach Southern California Santa Monica Mentor 185

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based coworking space operator Cross Campus said Tuesday that it is planning an expansion, and will be opening up a new location in Pasadena. Cross Campus said the new location is owned by Rising Realty Partners (RRP) and technology entrepreneur David Sacks, who was the CEO of Yammer and was the COO of PayPal.

Pasadena 185

Pasadena Yammer Santa Monica Los Angeles 185

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2013

A new, Santa Monica-based startup has created a new iTunes application, Draftpedia , aimed at providing a comprehensive source for NBA and NFL Draft history, player stats, and team rosters. The app--which is free--is the brainchild of David Rabie and Joe Sarafian, two Santa Monica entrepreneurs who were born and raised in Los Angeles.

Santa Monica 227

Santa Monica Santa Barbara Statistics Seed Funding 227

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Are you an entrepreneur looking for a sympathetic ear from a local venture capitalist on your idea? Karlin said its will be holding office hours every Thursday, starting February 21st, at ROC Santa Monica, as part of an effort to help aspiring entrepeneurs. READ MORE>>.

Orange County 180

Orange County Tech Coast Angels Santa Monica Southern California 180

socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2012

Coloft , the co-working space in Santa Monica, said Wednesday that it has launched its own series of seminars aimed at startups, ranging from help on social media, to business development, to pitching investors. Looking for more help to get your startup off the ground? READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 170

Santa Monica Social Media Organization Los Angeles 170

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based GoCoin --one of the first BitCoin startups to emerge out of the Silicon Beach technology ecosystem--said today that it has raised $550,000 in a seed funding round, to develop a platform to enable the purchasing of good and services around the world with Bitcoin. angel seed purchase capital venture bitcoin gocoin'

Beachbody 211

Beachbody Seed Funding Santa Monica Platform 211

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2019

Santa Monica-based scooter rental service Bird has laid off approximately 5% of its full-time staff, according to a report on Thursday, in what has been attributed to an effort to "contain costs". The report said 40 people were laid off. READ MORE>>.

Report 124

Report Santa Monica Los Angeles Platform 124

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2012

That seemed to be the mood running through the cloud at the more-than-sellout crowd at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica Thursday at the first LA Demo Day , organized by Docstoc's Jason Nazar. At the event, the enthusiasm for startups was palpable. READ MORE>>.

Miramar 215

Miramar Incubator Santa Monica Idealab 215

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Santa Monica-based Honk has launched a service for you, specifically to let you summon roadside help using your smartphone--without a membership. Honk is led by serial entrepreneur Corey Brundage. assistance highway call roadside investment investor angel capital venture brundage corey help honk' READ MORE>>.

Help 190

Help Services Demand Santa Monica 190

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 30, 2018

Josh is a fourth generation entrepreneur that helps people get what they want from their businesses. Since beginning his career during the first Santa Monica dot.com boom in 1999, Josh has built and sold his company twice, and along the way managed to pick up accolades such as becoming an Inc.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Journal Los Angeles Tool 100

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Allan Jones’s first startup was Fourth and Grand , a Trunk Club-like service backed by the venture studio and accelerator, Science, out of Santa Monica.

Services 281

Services Resource Santa Monica Los Angeles 281

Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

It’s no secret that Los Angeles is home to a bevy of celebrities. startups wanting to get recognized, Tech.Co’s Startup Showcase in Los Angeles on July 26th is the perfect opportunity. startups wanting to get recognized, Tech.Co’s Startup Showcase in Los Angeles on July 26th is the perfect opportunity.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Angel Startup Newsletter 70

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2017

In this solo episode we meet up with Greg Bettinelli and talk about Upfront Ventures, investing in Los Angeles, high performance cultures, building legacy, helping/funding/nurturing entrepreneurs and the future of the Los Angeles tech scene.

West Hollywood 100

West Hollywood Compton Southern California Santa Monica 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

Santa Monica 256

Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2017

In this solo episode we meet up with Nick Co-Founder and Co-CEO and talk about Thrive Market, affordable healthy living, learning how to mange 'insane' growth, giving back, providing engineers a good reason to migrate south to Los Angeles, and as an entrepreneur solving a problem you care about.

Manhattan Beach 113

Manhattan Beach Marketing Southern California Santa Monica 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Is another, Los Angeles consumer startup-- The Honest Company --about to be acquired by Unilever ? An unconfirmed report Thursday afternoon, from TechCrunch, says that Unilever is in early talks to acquire the company, founded by Jessica Alba and SoCal serial entrepreneur Brian Lee. READ MORE>>.

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Report Company Companies 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. we're proud to be part of one of the world's most vibrant innovation ecosystems with some of the fastest growing companies and most creative entrepreneurs. In the interest of full disclosure, Headspace is a client of SVB Santa Monica.

Santa Monica 124

Santa Monica Southern California Venture Capital SoCalTech 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. We'll head back to the beach on the first week of summer for a week-long Silicon Beach Fest in Santa Monica June 2013.

Dollar Shave Club 272

Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the employee fringe benefits services provider headed by Paige Craig, has tapped LA technology advocate Nicole Jordan as its head of Communications. Craig is a well known angel investor and entrepreneur, and the firm's other co-founders include Zao Yang, creator of the popular FarmVille social game.

Clearstone 228

Clearstone Santa Monica Los Angeles Entrepreneur 228

socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2013

Brighter.com , the online, upfront dental pricing and referral service based in Santa Monica, and headed by longtime Silicon Beach entrepreneur Jake Winebaum, has relaunched, swizzling its model away from a monthly membership program and towards direct, upfront pricing and referrals to local dentists. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 178

Santa Monica Pricing Los Angeles Entrepreneur 178

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

They have partnered with Cross Campus to bring education and offline matchmaking events to Santa Monica quarterly. Together they envisioned a Match.com type of site for entrepreneurs to find each other and make things happen. He has noticed a lot of newcomers setting up shop to be opportunistic to entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Santa Monica Startup CTO Hire 87

Jason Nazar

JUNE 22, 2010

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Become an Entrepreneur Superhero”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation with some of the most successful tech leaders talking about the qualities that make for great entrepreneurs. Santa Monica, CA 90401-1418. Johnson CEO/founder Lunch.com.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Santa Monica Startup Venture Capital 106

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Santa Monica-based startup accelerator LaunchpadLA has just opened up its spring 2013 class applications, and bumped the amount it invests in startups. The accelerator--run by Sam Teller--is one of a crop of startup accelerators which have been the driving force behind the Silicon Beach startup community over the last year.

Invest 189

Invest Santa Monica Class Mentor 189

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

Gerard Casale: We''ve been agnostic to the kinds of deals we''ve been making over the last five or six years we''ve been angel investors. We''re making investments, and are based in Santa Monica, and although we have a small team, we''re looking forward to becoming part of the local scene here in Silicon Beach.

Seed Funding 220

Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

No, Jason Calacanis , the Santa Monica angel investor, and CEO and founder of Mahalo , isn''t bootstrapping a new company and reverting to the hungry''s entrepreneur diet.

Mahalo 140

Mahalo Sites Santa Monica Conference 140

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

A new startup, headed by entrepreneur Wil Schroter, has launched this week, looking to make it easier for startups to raise funding. Santa Monica- and Columbus, Ohio-based Fundable said that it is looking to provide a crowdfunding platform for "serious startups". on its advisory team. READ MORE>>.

Startup 224

Startup Santa Monica Incubator Sites 224

socalTECH

MAY 15, 2013

The new digital media venture from Manatt was created by Los Angeles partner T. Hale Boggs, who is well known to local entrepreneurs as one of the digital media- and tech-focused attorneys here. Boggs helped open up Manatt''s Silicon Valley office in 1998 and San Francisco offices in 2007.

Media 168

Media High Tech Santa Monica Southern California 168