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JUNE 25, 2015

On-demand pickup service Curbside , which develops a mobile, on-demand app and associated service that lets users buy products from retailers such as Target and Best Buy, and pick them up later that day, is planning to expand to Southern California. Qualcomm Ventures is the venture arm of San Diego's Qualcomm.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has lost its Chief Revenue Officer, Jeff Dossett, to startup Porch.com , only eight months after Dossett was named to the position after the loss of former Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer Bradford. Porch''s founders are split between Seattle and Southern California. and Microsoft. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

We''re proud to announce the Socaltech 50 , our list of the 50, up-and-coming people in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. Internap , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Demand Media , Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , Oracle , Cresa Partners , UK Trade & Investment , PIXT , and many others.

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APRIL 10, 2020

One of the most powerful tools in tracking what's going on with the worldwide, COVID-19 pandemic, has been the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Map , which it turns out, was developed by a Southern California software company--Redlands-based Esri. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The list of Southern California companies who have filed, have been rumored to file, or have successfully completed IPOs has gotten a little longer this morning, after Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO. Tags: southern california initial public offering exit merger acquisition.

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

California boasts one of the most impressive economies in the United States. Southern California alone has a gross domestic product larger than countries including Mexico and Turkey. And, since 2012, just six counties in SoCal have seen their gross domestic product increase from $992 billion to $1.26 trillion. ¹.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

Anyone looking for signs that the economy is turning around, might want to look at what appears to be happening in Southern California's technology jobs market. Mangers said that it appears that for companies that have survived the storm of 2009 and the economy, things are looking up.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Earlier this week, Deloitte released its latest list of the top 500 growing technology companies, in its 2012 Technology Fast 500. A very healthy list of Southern California companies made the list, with a total of 64 companies in the region ranked in the list. 6225% San Diego Kevin C. 173% Carlsbad Leslie H.

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JUNE 17, 2010

The long list of Southern California high tech companies lined up for the public markets just got a little longer this morning, with the addition of Inphi Corp. which said it is looking to list on the NYSE in a $115M IPO.

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APRIL 20, 2011

10 of the 44 venture-backed companies currently filed to go public are from Southern California, according to an analysis today from the Wall Street Journal. venture-backed companies currently filed for an IPO, with 10 from Southern California and 13 from Silicon Valley.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2016

Los Angeles-based Helpr , the developer of a mobile, on-demand app to help users find a babysitter, has launched in Los Angeles, Orange County, and Santa Barbara, according to the company. Desperate to find a babysitter for the night? Edwards and Richters previously founded University Sitters, a childcare services provider.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 7, 2023

What does the role demand? The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product. What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming?

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2018

Santa Barbara-based energy storage startup Ice Energy has an almost-too-good-to-pass-up offer for businesses in Orange County, as part of a recent energy storage contract the company won with Southern California Edison (SCE): a free, HVAC replacement and energy storage system. The company recently won a 25.6

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JULY 6, 2011

In a sign that demand for employees from Southern California technology firms is on the rise, two, separate announcements Wednesday from local companies indicates that hiring demand at local companies is up, and companies are again scrambling to fill positions.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? Despite a huge number of companies, we found there are a number which. Despite a huge number of companies, we found there are a number which. Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers.

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APRIL 19, 2016

In what might be the first, on-demand delivery service to cater to fast food fans, on-demand delivery service DoorDash and CKE Restaurant Holdings have teamed up on deliveries from Carl's Jr in Southern California. CKE Restaurant Holdings is the parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardees.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

billion in IT exits in 2011, the highest since 2000, for Southern California IT firms. The report--compiled by Ocean Road Partners--included both venture-backed and self-financed information technology companies. During 2011, the analysis identified 73 exits by companies, with an average value of approximately $106M.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, said today in an S-1 filing that it expects its IPO to be between $14.00 Demand Media runs such sites as LiveStrong and eHow, along with a network of other media and content focused sites. and $16.00

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2010

Southern California appears to be on a IPO roll this month, with the pricing of Monrovia-based Green Dot 's IPO last night and expected trading today, following the successful IPO of Beverly Hills-based RealD last Friday. Tags: southern california merger acquisition gdot reald.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing network run by Richard Rosenblatt, had a huge reception in the public markets Wednesday, closing up 32 percent in its initial public offering. Demand, which debuted on the NYSE as DMD this morning, priced at $17.00, but soon shot up to as high as $25.00 The firm closed at $22.65

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APRIL 16, 2020

On-demand delivery service Instacart said on Thursday that it has expanded what had been a multi-store pilot in Southern California for prescription delivery from Costco. The company said the expansion of the delivery comes as a result of online delivery demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 7, 2010

One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said late Tuesday evening that it has priced its IPO, as well as increased its IPO offering size, and will sell 8,900,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 UBS Securities LLC, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Inc., Demand Media had initially filed for its IPO in August.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2011

The IPO this week of Santa Monica-based Demand Media has drawn widespread attention, with a number of articles yesterday talking about how the firm's market cap exceeded the New York Times Company after the IPO. billion, compared to Demand Media's (DMD) $1.4

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

A little over a year after its graduation from Y Combinator’s demo day, the on-demand construction materials delivery service Curri is beginning to offer its services in all 50 states. The company estimates that it saves its customers roughly half the cost of deploying an in-house fleet for delivery. .

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Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 15, 2019

The telecommunications industry is under increasing pressure as customers demand high speeds and data transport, as well as implementing big data initiatives for their businesses. To keep up with demands, carriers are investing billions of dollar in infrastructure and service enhancements to help them grow. Wireless Backhaul.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. What is Demand Media doing nowadays? For Legalzoom, it's a very different model.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

As the nation’s second-largest metropolitan area, boasting an over $1 trillion economy, decisions made in the city can have broad economic and social implications that ripple far beyond the Southern California region. Revenues for these companies have dropped precipitously as consumer-facing demand has fallen off a cliff.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. In 2018, many of them sold their companies or raised massive equity rounds. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018?

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JUNE 27, 2019

The City of Long Beach will be the site of a new, 400 megawatt-hour battery-based energy storage system , as part of Southern California Edison's (SCE) support of California's clean energy efforts, according to power plant operator AES Alamitos. The battery-based energy storage system is coming from Fluence.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2018

The smash dockless scooter rental startup, Bird , is expanding beyond its Southern California nest with a new rollout in San Francisco, San Jose, Calif. and Washington, DC, the company said today. The company’s services are already available in Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Monica, Calif.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Costa Mesa-based Ice Energy , which develops energy storage technology based on storing energy for air conditioning in the form of ice, has completed the first phase of a big deployment for Southern California Edison (SCE), the company announced on Wednesday. The company says the first units have a total capacity of 1.9

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Six Southern California firms have made Forbes.com's list of 20 of "America's Most Promising Companies 2009", which was released Wednesday. Tags: forbes startups promising companies.

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APRIL 20, 2017

Carpinteria-based Procore , the developer of construction software which is one of Southern California's unicorns, has expanded in Australia, the company announced today. The company says it already has more than 100 Australian clients.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Santa Monica-based TV Time , a developer of an app which lets users report information about their engagement with TVs and movies, has acquired New York City-based Mediamorph , according to the two companies. TV Time is led by longtime Southern California technology veteran Richard Rosenblatt.

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