socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Tim Cadogan , OpenX (Pasadena, advertising). Isaac Garcia , Central Desktop (Pasadena, software). Matthew Goldman , Wallaby Financial (Pasadena, financial). Josef Gorowitz , Swagbucks (Torrance, online marketing/rewards). Ryan Hudson , Honey (Pasadena, apps). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

The filing of an IPO by Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless on Friday seems to indicate the interest in public markets by venture-backed, Southern California firms has not abated. The filing comes on the heels of Demand Media 's kickoff of its roadshow to Wall Street on Wednesday, after it set an initial pricing range on its own IPO offering.

Southern California 162

Southern California Santa Monica Legalzoom ReachLocal 162

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2016

Pasadena-based Green Dot and on-demand ride service Uber have teamed up to provide Uber drivers with their own, business checking account, the two companies said this morning. GoBank is a FDIC insured, mobile-online banking service, which the company has been marketing to its debit card customers. READ MORE>>.

Pasadena 100

Pasadena Demand Mobile Services 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

Southern California 200

Southern California Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 200

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Pasadena-based LeisureLink said this morning that it is starting to publish its own report on the travel market, measuring vacation lodging demand fro mainstream online travel channels. The firm is usings its LeisureLink Demand Index to show the demand for the firm's own category of travel listings. READ MORE>>.

Report 150

Report Demand Pasadena Sites 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Other firms currently in registration include Santa Monica-based Demand Media ; San Diego-based Zogenix ; Inphi Corp. Among firms who have not filed, but have been rumored to, are Los Angeles-based Hulu , Los Angeles-based LegalZoom , Irvine's Fisker Automotive , and Pasadena-based eSolar.

Southern California 154

Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Westlake Village Woodland Hills 154

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme (www.foodme.com) is one of the first, external startups funded out of Idealab's New Venture Group, and is looking to help connect restaurants with customers using a CPA model. The firm so far has signed up a number of restaurants in the Pasadena area. What is Foodme all about? How do users do that?

Idealab 217

Idealab Pasadena Pasadena Angels Demand 217

socalTECH

MAY 20, 2010

The firm's stock was up in its debut despite a down market for the day, with the NASDAQ down -4.11 Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the Internet content publishing run by Richard Rosenblatt, also is widely expected to be in the process of filing for an IPO. percent to 2,204.01.

ReachLocal 157

ReachLocal Woodland Hills Thousand Oaks NewEgg 157

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2017

Last week, Pasadena-based Ocular Data Systems (www.oculardatasystems.com) announced a funding round from the Pasadena Angels, for its camera-based systems used by law enforcement to capture evidence in drunk or drugged driving cases. That's a bridge to our Series A, which we'll be using for scaling up sales and marketing.

Pasadena Angels 100

Pasadena Angels Pasadena Technical Review Southern California 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , a developer of distribution software for vacation rental, timeshare, and other specialty lodging providers, said today that it has launched a new product targeted at online rate pricing. The firm said its tools bring the same technology as airlines and large hotel chains use to maximize their yields. READ MORE>>.

Pricing 154

Pricing Tool Pasadena Demand 154

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2010

In recent months, Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal and Carlsbad-based MaxLinear also have managed to reach the markets via an IPO, and there are at least seven other Southern California companies waiting in the wings for the public markets.

Southern California 140

Southern California Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. Barry Lieberman: My backgruond is about 35 years in technology, business development, and sales and marketing.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 100

LATechDigest

MAY 16, 2016

TechSparks Pasadena. Innovate Pasadena. CORNERSTONE ON DEMAND Launches New Products ( link ). THRIVE MARKET Featured on CBS This Morning ( link ). Wednesday May 18. AWS Revisiting Security. Build a Brand w/ Cult Following. Paige Craig. Thursday May 19. ISSA LA (-5/20). Smart & Sustainable Cities. SB Young Pros.

Santa Monica 45

Santa Monica Snapchat Pasadena News 45

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Pasadena-based Central Desktop, a provider of on-demand project management and collaboration software, has rolled out new social networking features on its site. The firm has been targeting its project management tools toward the mid-market, as well as to small businesses and departments of larger organizations. READ MORE>>

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Pasadena Tool 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers. The firm, based in Pasadena, has dozens of. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. The now-public. The company recently reported record.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

One of the firms poised to take advantage of that growth is Pasadena-based OpenX (www.openx.org), which develops one of the most widely used ad serving solutions available. Tim, first off, for our readers who haven't heard of OpenX, explain what you provide to the market? They run that under the brand Orange Ad Market.

OpenX 242

OpenX Advertising Yahoo Pasadena 242

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Search Marketing. Lots of marketers are feeling a lot of pain in their search marketing, and we thought there was a great opportunity here to solve that problem. Lots of marketers are feeling a lot of pain in their search marketing, and we thought there was a great opportunity here to solve that problem.

Yahoo 171

Yahoo Platform Advertising Startup 171

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

Buck Jordan: Miso Robotics is bringing the power of automation to commercial kitchens, and addressing one of the biggest challenges of the food industry, which is increasing production with the expansion of the delivery market, while also safely decreasing human contact. The demand is there.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Capital Customer 113

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. Starting truly from scratch, we built our own SIP stack, built much better than the other code out there in the market.

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

This is a really big, $50 million business at least, and we really want to own the market. It's pretty typical in the life of a startup, where we've proven we have a product people like, and use and demand, and can scale, and we did a pretty effective job of learning about advertising and making revenues off high yielding, CPC advertising.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

That's the story at Altadena-based Unified Dispatch , which was recently sold to the On-Demand Division of Veolia. Back in 2003 and 2004, we were focused on the international market, and started outsourcing to India and the Philippines for call center services. The firm's CEO, Dan Tamkin , tells us the story. READ MORE>>.

Outsource Development 190

Outsource Development Startup Outsource Altadena 190

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

We give them options and advice on the best course to reach their goals, such as responding quickly and getting to market faster. Where's the open source market nowadays--a few years ago, people were playing around with business models, how is yours working? It gives them an escalation path only dealing with us. So far so good.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

And while they historically had come up with 100% of their ideas and created the companies themselves, they are increasingly open to funding people with great ideas who want to build businesses with IdeaLab provided the companies will stay be in LA (and preferably Pasadena). They are very hands on. I further that. Think YouTube vs. the rest.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350