socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2013

Scopely , the Los Angeles developer of game monetization services, told its supporters today that it will pay $5,000 in cash to anyone who refers job candidates that result in a hire for the company. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2013

Scopely , the Los Angeles-based gaming startup headed by Eytan Elbaz, has snagged yet another Zynga veteran for the firm, the firm said Friday morning. Scopely was founded by Eytan Elbaz, Walter Driver and Ankur Bulsara, and is developing both mobile and social games. Kleinman is also a mentor at StartEngine.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2013

Los Angeles-based mobile gaming firm Scopely said Thursday that it has snagged Reed Shaffner, the former General Manager at Zynga, as part of its product team. Scopely, which is headed by Walter Driver, has recently turned its attention to signing up third party developers. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Viewdle , the developer of cross platform, facial recognition technology backed by Santa Monica-based Anthem Ventures, has scored another round of funding, worth $10M, according to Viewdle. Viewdle has some amount of its operations in Los Angeles, including finance and business development. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Los Angeles-based Scopely , the startup co-founded by Eytan Elbaz , Eytan Elbaz , Walter Driver and Ankur Bulsara, which is developing social and mobile games, said this morning that it has raised $8.5M Scopely said it is developing mobile and social applications, including the Buddies franchise of multiplayer games.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

Los Angeles-based FileTrek , the developer of software which helps teams to track changes and updates in their projects, data, and documents, said Tuesday that it has released a new iPad application. The new app is free. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2012

The startup--which is developing a subscription-based, all-you-can-fly airline which connects Palo Alto and Los Angeles--did not announce the size of the round, which is rumored to be somewhere in the range of $14M.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2015

However, for today''s interview, we''ve decided to venture a bit farther afield--talking to Samit Varma , founder of Los Angeles-based pizza franchise Pizza Studio (www.pizzastudio.com). I was part of the startup Odyssey Labs, which was backed by Anthem Ventures, and did that for a few years before going over to the venture side.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Los Angeles-based Audyssey Labs, a sound equalization technology firm founded by a number of well known innovators in the audio industry, announced Tuesday that the firm's technology has been chosen by Volvo Cars. Audyssey's MultEQ product was originally developed to calibrate hoem theater systems. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

To address that, Los Angeles-based FileTrek (www.filetrek.com) announced a funding round for its cloud-based software for sharing enterprise and business files yesterday. It looks like there is some story behind how you ended up at FileTrek and the company ended up in Los Angeles--the firm was in Canada?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Current round: $2mm in Series B from Anthem Venture Partners and Rincon Venture Partners – Total Raised: $3mm – Read more: TechCrunch. Developer of Appsaurus , a mobile app recommendation engine. Mobile gifting service. Company still in beta. Hello, Chair.

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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. A perfect case in point is Mark Hendrickson the founder of Plancast.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

And it is one of the reasons that NYC is developing a vibrant technology community. I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. I’m sure there’s a lot of truth to that. GRP’s offices are near Beverly Hills. Our lease runs out in 2013.

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