socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alex Kazerani and James Segil (shared), EdgeCast Networks (Los Angeles, content delivery network). George Strompolis , Fullscreen (Los Angeles, content). Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university). Jerry Jao , Retention Science (Los Angeles, analytics/advertising). Jason Lehmbeck , Datapop (Los Angeles, advertising).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

They're using the ROC platform to have their events in all one place, and take their investing from 8 to 30 days, down from 90 days. Walter Grieves: We partnered with USC, UCLA, and Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, Anderson, Annenberg Center, we have an internship program. Digital content is the software of Los Angeles.

Google 253

Google Tech Coast Angels Screening Santa Monica 253

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC. I know that I call them often to co-invest. downtown LA]. Also East of the 405?

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” No less than Fred Wilson has credited Carlota’s work with having a major influence on his investment strategy at USV.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Some days I respond to questions asked by folks like yourself, the press, or an entity doing a case study, i.e. Citrix, RIM, USC. I’m more familiar with content marketing in B2B Marketing. I'd rather invest time investing in social media to drive traffic to our site. Again, an interesting topic to discuss. Love the minis!

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Nikhil told us a bit about the startup,which was spawned out of Idealab, and recently raised a round of funding from CrestValue Capital, Cybernaut Westlake Partners, Leaguer Venture Investment Co., Your IoT and visual avatar can speak in your voice, providing any content that you and I could speak. Entertainment Co., READ MORE>>.

Idealab 173

Idealab Artificial Inteligence Startup Ideas 173

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Our continuing relationship with USC is precious in that regard. We've been able to harvest lots of scientific advances from Kevin Knight (editor's note: founder and Chief Scientist, and a researcher at USC's Information Sciences Institute), which we've been able to include in our business. Mark Tapling: It's been massive.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Pay close attention to Hulu and the emergence of internet connected TV's; this will shape how content is consumed and paid for. One company I've invested in is called 2tor (with substantial operations here in Los Angeles).

Venture Capital 234

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Southern California 234

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

There is a lot of searching and sorting just to find out, for example, what the USC Trojans or Tesla Motors might be doing. As you start to see what''s going on in social, who''s most active, and who is creating and sharing content, you find that it''s the entertainment industry and music. That''s where the company started from.

Mobile 159

Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2019

I had been at USC, at the Etnrepreneurship program. I was born and was raised in California, in Central California, and came down here for USC and never left. I had to do that, to get it going, so we could getsome great content, including pictures and videos, of actual trucks. It's so good, we still use some of it today.

Advertising 100

Advertising Santa Monica Startup USC 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2010

Having followed the firm since its early days as a spinout of USC, we thought we'd talk with CEO Mark Tapling to get the back story behind the acquisition, and where the firm is going form here. We quickly repositioned for digital content, which went quite well, which increased our level of attention and notoriety.

Equity 168

Equity Startup Acquisition Funding 168

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in. Our Panelist Include: Brock Pierce - Starting & Investing in Bitcoin, Games, and Gambling Businesses. He has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford, USC, and UCLA. Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

Trakfire : a platform that enables its community to curate the best music from emerging artists, the third company founded founded by 19 year old USC Iovine Young Academy sophomore Arjun Mehta. Atom Factory also has a venture fund, Cross Culture Ventures, which has made 8 investments so far. SMASHD LABS First-Round Cohorts.

Mentor 75

Mentor Venture Capital Draper USC 75

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. Companies represented include: Disney, Warner Bros., In 2012 over $3.2

GRP Partners 88

GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

It''s all over the map, from content moderation for applications like Whisper and Tinder, to photo retouching for e-commerce websites. I had worked a year in investment banking, and Jasper was out of USC. We have a great team on the ground in the Philippines, who are phenomenal at managing, training, and investing in staff.

Startup 231

Startup Technology Outsource Santa Monica 231

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. In content creation we definitely have assets other markets don’t have. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

Another idea was to tap into the talent pool at CalTech, UCLA and USC early using accessible internship programs through a public-private partnership with the City. I also heard a lot of chatter about increasing the area’s overall investment in infrastructure, including fiber, which is highly critical to the region as a whole.

Los Angeles 98

Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

It was about three years from investment to exit, which we were really thrilled about. What kinds of investments are you particularly interested in right now? We're starting to see some very innovative product ideas out of places like Caltech, USC, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, and the like. Is there a market?

Startup 185

Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. The universities are now more focused on the innovation economy, with schools like USC, UCLA, Caltech, the Claremont Colleges all bringing good people to LA.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more. Highlights. To start: Hackathon. Photo by TechZulu).

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. is a good monthly investment? Follow PandoDaily: Search. Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. When you’re one fund and have $600 million to invest it’s easier to take that kind of risk. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of ‘swing-for-the-fences’ investment at early stages – and neither does your town.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Of course this can be done and of course I am a big proponent of the rise of startup centers across the country as the Internet has moved from the “infrastructure phase” to the “application phase” dominated by the three C’s: content, communications and commerce.

Company 369

Company Companies Startup Snapchat 369