socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based vehicle subscription startup Fair , led by longtime automobile and startup veteran Scott Painter, is boosting its executive team, saying on Monday that it has added three new executives to its team.

Cornerstone OnDemand 124

Cornerstone OnDemand Truecar Ticketmaster Paramount 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Santa Monica-based Super League , a startup which is running Minecraft tournaments at movie theaters, said today that it has raised a Series B funding round. Size of the funding round was not disclosed. The funding came from Cinemark Theatres, Softbank, and overseas investors, along with Quadrant Management.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Funding Entertainment Startup 100

socalTECH

MAY 1, 2014

Santa Monica-based movie and entertainment company Lionsgate said late Wednesday that it is expanding into a new line of business, and has launched a new, interactive and game arm. He also had been at Creative Artists Agency, Walt Disney, and Bellrock Media. READ MORE>>.

Media 159

Media Santa Monica Entertainment Venture Capital 159

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2015

Santa Monica-based Heal , an on-demand startup offering up access to house calls from doctors via smartphone, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, the company announced this morning.

Demand 100

Demand Seed Funding Santa Monica Entertainment 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. Rob Freelen: The best lesson I learned in 2016 is that a well-managed company can succeed in any funding environment. In the interest of full disclosure, Headspace is a client of SVB Santa Monica. Rob Freelen: Focus.

Santa Monica 124

Santa Monica Southern California Venture Capital SoCalTech 124

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2009

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Anthem Ventures is the lead investor in an avatar-focused, social networking site called Meez. Anthem's Brian Mesic has been added to the firm's board as part of the funding. Amount and details of the funding were not disclosed.

Anthem 100

Anthem Funding Santa Monica Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Parking for employees at Los Angeles area companies is at a premium, particularly in areas like Venice, Beverly Hills, and Santa Monica--all neighborhoods where the density of technology companies have far exceeded the allotted parking of properties, many of which were built for much lower density corporate, creative, and entertainment businesses.

Beverly Hills 100

Beverly Hills Santa Monica Demand Venice 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Monica-based FamilyFinds.com , the new daily promotions site headed by former LowerMyBills.com founder Matt Coffin, said today that it has raised $5.75M in a funding round, and has officially entered the online daily deal space. The funding had been uncovered by socalTECH back in October. READ MORE>>.

Yahoo 145

Yahoo Santa Monica SoCalTech Venture Capital 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2013

Southern California is the center of the entertainment industry, which not only includes the world of Hollywood, movies and film, and television, but is also the home of the music industry. The firm has the backing of both Intel Capital and Liberty Global. Combine that with the growing startup community here, and you end up with at.

Southern California 254

Southern California Startup Sherman Oaks Venice 254

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The biggest difference I cite is that Venture Capital often feels like an “individual sport” while startups are a “team sport.” When you’re on Fund I or Fund II it is often a founding team that all started together, knew each other before and went through the trenches together to get a fund raised.

Rancho Palos Verdes 150

Rancho Palos Verdes Santa Monica Venture Capital Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The LA-based accelerator is powered by Techstars and is looking for “technology-based companies focused on transformative media and entertainment experiences.” Applications are being accepted starting today, through April 16, 2014 for early-stage companies with innovative consumer media and entertainment product ideas.

Entertainment 102

Entertainment Santa Monica Ideas Mentor 102

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2008

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association released their Q3 2008 venture capital numbers over the weekend, finding that Southern California companies raised nearly $751 in funding during the quarter. Surprisingly, Media and Entertainment only saw $18.1M do not expect venture funding to dry up.

Southern California 113

Southern California Orange County Funding Report 113

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/).

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The magazine turned its attention this month towards the Los Angeles innovation and technology economy in a section guest edited by StartEngine co-founder Howard Marks , including a reception held Wednesday evening at the Viceroy in Santa Monica. Big disclaimer: the author and editor was one of the honorees at the event).

Ventura 182

Ventura Santa Monica Idealab High Tech 182

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Venture Capital is a Long Term Game. When I first joined Crosscut Ventures five years ago, the firm had $20 million under management and was just starting to invest out of its second fund. We now have $250 million under management, are investing out of our fourth fund and have made more than 80 investments.

Riot Games 133

Riot Games Southern California Startup Santa Monica 133

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

It started around a year ago, as I was driving back from Santa Monica from an event. I thought, it''s great what is going on in Santa Monica, but it''s very hard to be part of the same community, given how far apart the cities are. So, I thought I''d see if there was an interest here to active a community in town.

Pasadena 242

Pasadena Santa Monica CalTech Technical Review 242

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2011

Derek Norton is head of Los Angeles-based Watertower Group (www.watertowergroup.com), a firm which helps companies raise funding, one of the rare companies which has a track record and good reputation helping companies with fundraising, and also runs its own investment fund. That's a byproduct of the entertainment industry.

Riot Games 199

Riot Games Technology Los Angeles Entrepreneur 199

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. He is currently a Managing Director of the Clearstone Global Gaming Fund and sits on the boards of IMI Exchange, Xfire, Playsino, ExpressCoin, GoCoin, FGL, Spicy Horse Games, KnCMiner.cn, Robocoin China and the Mastercoin Foundation. He began his career as a media, entertainment and IP attorney.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2009

Finally, Jeff Cohn, a venture capital consultant, tell us 10 Ways President Obama Can Help Create Jobs. Turning to venture capital, it looks like Southern California venture capitalists are mostly missing from the Forbes Midas List this year.

Southern California 100

Southern California Layoffs Mixergy News 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds. Still, I kind like the name, well, um, … Santa Monica. Think about venture capital. Also East of the 405?

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

I told David, “Look at the changes we’ve seen in the VC / funding market. The whole movement to seed funds / early investments happened for a reason. And a fourth partner – Jennifer Massey – will join from an entertainment background. He was the guy I wanted but couldn’t afford. Until just now.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles GRP Partners 299

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

We're looking to launch our first class in the fall, with five to ten companies, with the TechStars model of a small capital investment, and a seed investment of $6000 per founder. I helped them raise a few rounds of funding, ran their European operations. I moved to the Santa Monica office of Microsoft Consulting Service.

Startup 221

Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

million dollars from some of the biggest funds (First Round Capital, NEA and GRP), is precisely because they solved such a huge problem. GumGum HQ, is tucked away on 4 th Street in Santa Monica in a hipster building (that holds other notable startups), and like its young founder, Ophir Tanz , feels warm and inviting.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

On Tuesday, July 10, Crowdfunder hosted Crowdstart LA, the first crowdsourced startup contest at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. BTW, if there was an award for most entertaining pitch, Addroid would win it hands down! Founder, Matt Cooper was a very crowd-pleasing, almost comedian-esqe speaker!

Startup 85

Startup Miramar Venture Capital Santa Monica 85

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

Here it seems that entrepreneurs are coming out of business school, transitioning from corporate life, or hail from the entertainment industry. Whereas in Silicon Valley, you can have a V.1 Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles. Challenge #4 – We are Divided by Our Geography.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2016

at Cross Campus in Santa Monica. More recently in 2015, Kiel helped launch Machine Shop Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in early-to-growth stage companies with a global scope. JOE GUZEL – VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTOR – CROSSCUT VENTURES.

Startup 40

Startup Santa Monica Venture Capital SaaS 40

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2013

It can be a confusing world to seek funding when you’re just starting out and Silicon Beach Fest (#SBF) was a great place to learn what investors are looking for, meet investors of all levels in a collaborative environment, network with like-minded entrepreneurs, and develop relationships to further your dream and business.

Tech Coast Angels 87

Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Invest Venture Capital 87

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

million in Series A financing from Sherpa Capital along with three other funds. There are hundreds of licensees for the ET3 system, including Santa Monica based Hyper Chariot, which was founded by Nick Garzilli.

SpaceX 100

SpaceX Design Technology Competition 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day. The Startups.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day. The Startups.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. I then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica. After BITSource was successfully acquired, I moved to L.A.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

He has contributed to the success of dozens of companies, including the funding and strategic acquisitions of Movoxx, Tsavo and People Media. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Event Details.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Friday evening, August 19th, rolled around and Startup Weekend LA was underway with attendees showing up at Coloft in Santa Monica around 6:00 pm and the classic Idealab keg there to quench everyone’s thirst. In this journey building Ming.ly, the importance of reaching out and seeking out a team is everything.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. Venture capitalist and hedge-fund manager Peter Thiel—PayPals co-founder and Facebook s.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44