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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Los Angeles-based Webalo , a company which provides mobile application development tools, said this afternoon that it has raised $3M in a new funding round. The funding came from new and existing investors, including J.L. Easton Ventures, Balch Hill Capital, and others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs these days is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. This new model will allow large numbers of “regular” people to invest small amounts each online to fund early startups.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

the mobile applications developer behind ARTKIVE , an app which helps parents save their kids' artwork, and turn that art into photo books or keepsakes, has raised $500,000 in a funding round, according to reports. The funding came from angels, as well as from Amplify. The Kive Co.,

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MARCH 11, 2015

Los Angeles-based Prevoty , a develops of software toolsets used to provide runtime protection of applications, has raised $8M in a Series A funding round, the company said today. prevoty venture capital security secure application monitoring cloud software' Prevoty i led by Julien Bellanger. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 15, 2015

Ciphrex--which was founded by Enrique and Eric Lombrozo, says it is developing a multisignature, Bitcoin wallet application aimed at both individuals and for application development in the enterprise. The company said the funds will go towards advancing, promoting, and expanding its line of products. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2017

In today's world of web application development, speed is everything. Developers are now turning out code and releasing it live to the world in near real time--what is called DevOps and Agile development. With the rise of the cloud and Agile, it's really changed how developer are coding their websites.

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MAY 7, 2013

Los Angeles-based TenFarms , the mobile application development startup headed by Nils Forsblom, announced this morning that it has raised $2.7M in an angel funding round, to launch a new mobile advertising product called Adtile to the market. TenFarms did not disclose the names of those angel investors.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising startup PaeDae announced this morning that it has tied into Intel''s appMobi effort, which will allow Intel developers to integrate with its advertising platform. appMobi develops cross platform application development software for HTML5 and Javascript, and was acquired by Intel last year.

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MAY 2, 2012

Pasadena-based Punchcard , the mobile application developer which develops loyalty programs for retailers, said today that it is now available nationwide, after a debut in Southern California earlier this year. Punchcard is led by Andy Steuer, and has raised $1M in funding so far for its efforts. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Santa Monica-based Geodelic , the location-based mobile application development firm run by Rahul Sonnad, confirmed its relationship with Verizon last week. Verizon has been an investor in the firm since June, and Geodelic has been developing applications with Verizon over the last year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. These sites often sponsor pitch contests with small cash prizes for funding, as well as other valuable services to support entrepreneurs.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

San Diego-based SweetLabs , the company headed by Darrius Thompson, and which runs both the OpenCandy advertising network and the desktop Pokki app platform, said today that it has raised $13M in a Series C funding round. According to the company, the new funding goes towards growing Pokki, the desktop app platform it launched in June.

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MARCH 30, 2010

in a venture funding. The funding round came from GRP Partners and Rincon Ventures. Burstly is developing mobile advertising tools for the Apple iPhone and Google Android platforms, which allows application developers to manage and optimize their advertising inventory.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Los Angeles-based mobile fundraising application developer MobileCause has partnered with Sage , to provide its mobile fundraising platform to Sage's nonprofit customers. Sage announced the agreement today, saying that MobileCause will be integrated with its Sage Millennium and other products.

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MARCH 11, 2010

Nirvanix is a provider of a cloud storage service targeted at enterprises and web application developers; Nasuni develops a virtual network attached storage (NAS) file server that runs on VMware. Nirvanix is backed by Intel Capital, Valhalla Partners, Mission Ventures, Windward Ventures, and the European Founders Fund.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 11, 2020

Well, now those development studios can turn to Pragma , which is building the back-end toolkit for gaming companies so their developers can focus on what they do best — making games. In the game industry, a game can stay in beta for years as developers work out the kinks. Pragma’s investors agreed.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

According to RealGifts, the firm has just rolled out a new application programming interface (API) which allows other Facebook Application developers to integrate its services. RealGifts is one of nearly 600 startups competing for funding from Facebook's fbFund, the $10M seed fund run by the Founders Fund and Accel Partners.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

According to Snodgrass, SGL wants to deliver products and services that can quickly help entrepreneurs get the attention, and funding they need and have been overwhelmed with mentor, Angels, and VC requests since launch and to date.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. Other popular funding assistance sites for startups, including StartupAmerica and Startups.co

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last week, Los Angeles-based FastPay (www.fastpaypartners.com) announced a round of funding and its services for providing advanced payment to online publishers, application developers, and game developers. One is Victor Coleman, founder of Arden Realty, and the other is John Glaser, a successful hedge fund manager.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.

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APRIL 1, 2010

Our main differentiation from what's out there now in the mobile area, is we allow developers to target their audience segment however they want, whether that is by time of day, by campaign, and we also turn control over to application developers, so they can transparently see and target their ads, to a greater degree.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

I also spend a chunk of my career in software development, working on enterprise applications. I have been lucky to have been around both parts of corporate IT and application development teams, and on the infrastructure side. Tim O'Neal: This is my second experience in a startup. That was a very different experience.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Those are people trying to get their business plans funded, funding for movies or shows, and want to be able to show they can provide a return on investment. What I found out very quickly, is there is a tremendous demand among the independent production community for this information. So what's this new service, OpusData?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

A total of 10 startups made up of 5 companies that received the most votes from the crowd and 5 companies chosen by the Angels and VC judges pitched in front of a live audience for a chance of winning $25,000 in funding. Divshot is a tool for web application developers. The founders came all the way from Kansas City, Missouri.

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MARCH 12, 2019

We had an advanced application development and innovation team. We had a new tablet we had developed back in 2007, and we were asked to come up with concepts to drive cellular usage. We've done very well, and are funded 100 percent with revenues. How did you end up working in the whole area of automotive AI?

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MARCH 15, 2013

Nils Forsblom is not new to the startup world -- in fact, his last startup, Fruugo, raised an astounding $48M in funding, and became one of the most heralded-- and controversial --startups in Finland. Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com).

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

With more than fifteen years of leadership experience in information technology and business operations, Alex has successfully led a number of business initiatives that include developing technology solutions and bringing them to market, designing front and back office operations and managing day-to-day business, sales and support operations.

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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. Case in point in Zynga, which was able to raise more than $20M in funding. What's the idea behind Sometrics?

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JUNE 25, 2012

They had been recommended as a preferred provider for Facebook application developers, but it didn't work. We were even funded back in 2006 by Adobe, to move over to Flex. How has your shift to the cloud worked for you? Mark Sylvester: We started with one service, who I won't name, and got off of them.

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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. Case in point in Zynga, which was able to raise more than $20M in funding. What's the idea behind Sometrics?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly A healthy eco-system of application developers is required for any software or Internet company to be massively successful. Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. Just ask MySpace.

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Frank Addante

MAY 22, 2006

– Wireless and Voice Application Development Software Company Age: 24 - 25 Time Period: 2000 - 2001 My Role: CEO and Founder High Point: Partnering with Intel and having Craig Barrett (Intel CEO) present Zondigo’s technology as “the future&# Wireless was going to be the "next big thing." By Frank Addante [Startup 4.0]

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

And being gateways to the customer they naturally extracted their pound of flesh from mobile application developers. So Apple has encouraged application developers to set loose building apps. We now have a couple of hundred thousand applications developed. And they were slow to approve people. Or would it?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

The same is true of Twitter, and as a VC I would personally never fund a company that looked to simply plug a functional gap in Twitter. At Chirp I would say, “Look, there are times we’re going to build functionality that conflicts with what an application developer has built.

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