Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

The company’s co-founders have a background in mobile application development and together built the first mobile app for one of the largest overnight delivery companies in the United States. Examples: lunch, cupcakes, prescription. Examples: home delivery of produce, coffee, baked goods.

Los Angeles 79

Los Angeles Angel Examples Mobile 79

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

(Editor's note: Los Angeles has always had strong ties to business in the UK, and the UK government has been very active in reaching out to Los Angeles technology firms in recent years. What are some of the larger organizations that have invested in Tech City since the beginning of the initiative?

Organization 209

Organization Startup Google Invest 209

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Burstly (www.burstly.com) announced that it had raised $1.8M As of today, anyone can now sign on as a developer, and we're announcing the release of our marketplace. What kind of application developer benefits most from what you do--is there a specific type of app you work best with?

Startup 164

Startup Platform Advertising GRP Partners 164

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

At the intersection of those two is Los Angeles-based Connected Travel (www.connectedtravel.com), the startup which is behind Honda's Drive Drive platform. For example, you can earn points for reducing your speeding, and those points can be redeemed at brick sand mortar and online retailers, and also other reward programs.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Platform 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

Startup 233

Startup Tips Web Platform 233

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

To gain some insight into the area, we spoke with Ian Swanson, one of the founders of Sometrics (www.sometrics.com), which develops software to gather information on social media and optimize advertising. The firm has also received investments from Greycroft Partners and AT&T. What's the idea behind Sometrics? So who is using your software?

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113