socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Manhattan Beach-based Morphlabs , which develops software for managing public and private cloud computing infrastructure, said this week that it has launched a new product called mCloud On-Demand. Morphlabs is backed by AO Capital, CSK Venture Capital, Frontera Capital, and Global Gateway Investment Group.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%.

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socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems , the cloud computing software developer headed by Marten Mickos , has raised $30M in a Series C round of funding, the firm announced this morning. in capital. The firm will use the new funds for product innovation, sales, and customer support.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Manhattan Beach-based Morphlabs , the developer of cloud computing products headed by Winston Damarillo, announced this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series C funding round. Morphlabs develops products used to manage the deployment of cloud-based infrastructure.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Calient said its new funding will go towards expanding its products to the data center and cloud computing markets. The round came from both new and existing investors. Names of those investors were not disclosed. CALIENT Technologies is headed by Atiq Raza, and develops modular photonic switching systems. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The former President of ExactTarget and later chief executive of Salesforce Marketing Cloud has made billions of dollars building products to help support customer service and now he’s back at it again with his latest venture MetaCX. If customers are doing the things i want them to be doing through my product.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

Morphlabs is a cloud computing company, part of a good cluster of firms that we now have in Southern California, including 3Tera in Orange County, and Eucalyptus in Santa Barbara. It's nice to see us covering all of these cloud-enabling types of technologies in Southern California for a change. We brought that to the U.S.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

Near the nation’s capital, Arlington, VA has a thriving startup community that supports female-led companies, startups in STEM, cyber security, defense, and everything in between aimed at improving the status quo. Their product the Boolean Box , is an all-in-one, hands-on, kit that can introduce your child to computer programming.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

It was the fact that the Seven-Up Company defined its product by describing what it was not , via the “UnCola” label. Entrepreneurs in search of startup capital are well served to seek an UnVentureCapitalist (UnVC), an investor who understands and appreciates the unique benefits of capital efficiency. Collapsing Startup Costs.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

“As voice API, voice broadcast and text messaging technology advances and cloud computing becomes increasingly sophisticated, more and more business – across all core market sectors — are discovering why cloud telephony is the future,” said Dinesh Ravishanker, CEO and co-founder, CallFire.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

It was the fact that the Seven-Up Company defined its product by describing what it was not , via the “UnCola” label. Entrepreneurs in search of startup capital are well served to seek an UnVentureCapitalist (UnVC), an investor who understands and appreciates the unique benefits of capital efficiency. Collapsing Startup Costs.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

InVenture is next stage microfinance – focusing on providing expansion capital. We offer an intensive three-month program and provide up to $18,000 of seed capital, extensive mentorship and a shared work environment to help entrepreneurs go from idea to product to fundable business. Community Sponsors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

And post production. I can’t say for sure, but it feels to me like the re-urbanization of technology companies is driven by a broader trend of the tech industry overall – cloud computing. And with startups so go VCs. And costume & set designers. And sound engineers. And writers!

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

We offer an intensive three-month program and provide up to $18,000 of seed capital, extensive mentorship and a shared work environment to help entrepreneurs go from idea to product to fundable business. Community Sponsors. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

We offer an intensive three-month program and provide up to $18,000 of seed capital, extensive mentorship and a shared work environment to help entrepreneurs go from idea to product to fundable business. Community Sponsors. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Or would you like me to sell you a story on how cloud computing is green because these large datacenters are more energy efficient than the same number of computers run in ad-hoc ways? Let me answer ‘why computing needs RightScale.’ Computing is going the way of the electric grid. It’s contagious!”. 5) It is 2015.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld’s Dave Linthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA’s most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. Finding business agility in the cloud. Chief Digital Officers.

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Los Angeles-based Halla , a venture backed startup, focused on personalized recommendations for the food ordering industry. in seed funding, from E&A Venture Capital and SOSV. The company has raised $1.9M What is Halla?

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Although the offer was gratifying, it was clear to the Founders that this windfall would ultimately fall far short of the value that could be created by productizing the technology and generating substantial user adoption. A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Jason Cohen, Capital Thought. Have you ever had an idea for a great product, but thought any of the following: "I don't have en. Bootstrapping development, minimum viable product, startups. . Building Products While Serving Clients: Why and How.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

I run a monthly meeting called the VCA that represents the majority of Southern California venture capital firms. Larger online game market ($1 billion) than Japan despite 1/3 population and 1/2 GDP per capital (slide 99). Tags: SoCal Stuff Start-up Advice VC Industry. All have been fascinating.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

This week I was preparing for my weekly This Week in Venture Capital web show and was researching some of the deals that were announced for the week. I believe that you need to have product excellence in order to scale to being a really big business and that’s pretty tough when you have such a wide remit. Skype is king.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Find sources of capital— friends & family, business bank loans , angel investment , venture capital or even crowdfunding ( Crowdfunder , Fundable ). Determine a pricing system for your product(s).

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Although the offer was gratifying, it was clear to the Founders that this windfall would ultimately fall far short of the value that could be created by productizing the technology and generating substantial user adoption. A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

The investment also brings its total capital raised since its 2008 inception to $386 million. Newton said his vertical SaaS company helps legal professionals be more productive, grow their firms and “make legal services more accessible.” The company plans to do more acquisitions with the capital, according to Newton.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I try to invest in things that I know and that I believe I might have better knowledge and relationships than the masses of VCs. I have other areas of interest & competence such as cloud computing and document management given my background. Unprecedented transparency of information. How does the incumbent respond?

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Xconomy

MAY 31, 2016

Microsoft plans to invest more in early stage startup companies through a new corporate venture fund, headed by former Qualcomm executives. With a formalized venture fund, Microsoft now has a seat at the table. In addition to capital, Microsoft Ventures will offer startups technical and marketing help.

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