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MARCH 29, 2011

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , which develops travel distribution and management software for specialty lodging providers, said Tuesday that it has linked its product with software provider InnQuest Software. LeisureLink said that InnQuest's system is used in more than 4,500 properties in more than 90 countries. READ MORE>>.

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Software Tech Coast Angels Clearstone Pasadena Angels 172

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Silicon Valley had the lion's share of the venture funding dollars in Q3, with $1.75 For the quarter, San Diego County garnered the most venture capital, with $231.3M invested; Los Angeles had $169.7M, and Orange County $63.1M Tags: venture capital southern california angeles orange county diego moneytree nvca.

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JUNE 24, 2009

Los Angeles-based Big Stage Entertainment , which develops avatar creation technology for turning photos into animated, 3-D likenesses, said Wednesday that the firm has launched a new effort targeted training content creators on the firm's products. READ MORE>>.

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Content Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures Entertainment 100

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

Funding: Mission Ventures [ Profile ]. OTOY, based in Los Angeles, is developing software which moves graphics rendering operations "into the cloud", including video/film special effects, video games, and other products. MaestroDev. Funding: Private [ Profile ].

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Cloud Computing Southern California Manhattan Beach Startup 182

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Cannell Productions, the firm behind "The A-Team" and "The Greatest American Hero." Cannell productions will offer a collection of short clips from classic TV shows on BigStage.com's site. Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment, whcih provides technology to create 3D avatars, said today that it has partnered with Stephen J.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Southern California Mission Ventures Pasadena 100

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I asked the panelists ( David Travers , Brian Norgard , Fouad ElNaggar , & Demian Sellfors ) about the specific challenges that we face down here in Los Angeles as opposed to Silicon Valley. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles. Simply put LA has a lack of GREAT product, UI/UX, and design talent.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

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JULY 20, 2009

One of the big, open source successes in both Southern California and the software world was Gluecode Software , which was based in Los Angeles and acquired by IBM in 2005. Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. They all were very different companies.

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IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100