Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

Our defensible infrastructure comes from the fact that we now have huge volumes of customer storage earning the equivalent of SaaS revenue and any new entrant would have to invest in the fleet of cars, bins, drivers and warehouses that we now have not to mention 4.5 years of software development.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based Lettuce , the online order capture and accounting software developer for online businesses, has expanded its software, saying yesterday that it now supports invoices. lettuce online ecommerce saas order software invoice accounting' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 21, 2015

San Diego-based Qualcomm has made an investment in virtualization software developer Ravello Systems , Ravello said this morning, as part of a $28M funding round. Ravello is developing software which allows VMware virtual machines to run under Amazon Web Services (AWS). Ravello is based in Palo Alto. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 2, 2017

The world of mobile apps has added serious challenges for software developers, who don't just have to deal with crashes�they have to deal with slow performance, strange hangs, multiple carrier networks, and more. How are developers doing this today? Talk a bit about your funding? I think that's more fun.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

San Diego-based productivity software developer ClickUp said this morning that it has raised a huge, $400M Series C funding round, which gives it a valuation of $4 billion. According to ClickUp, the funding will go to expand its footprint and hire talent. ClickUp is led by Founder and CEO Zeb Evans.

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DECEMBER 7, 2015

Ashton Kutcher and his Los Angeles-based venture firm, Sound Ventures , are one of the backers of a new startup which says it can offer up on-demand, software development and design services. Gigster says its online service it targeted at both enterprises and startups.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. How can I control costs but effectively get stuff developed?

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JUNE 30, 2015

Los Angeles-based enterprise software maker Chrome River , which develops cloud-based software used for expense reporting and automated invoice processing, announced today that it has raised $100M in a Series D funding round. The funding came from Great Hill Partners. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. These are classic inflection points for a development team.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Aliso Viejo-based software developer ThinkIQ , which is developing software for the manufacturing industry, said today that it has raised $11.6M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF), and also included Hitachi Ventures and ArcTern Ventures.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2020

San Diego-based Seismic , which develops sales enablement and marketing software, has acquired Grapevien6 , a social and digital sales software developer. Seismic recently raised $92M in a Series F funding, and is led by co-founder and CEO Doug Winter. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

San Diego-based sales enablement and marketing software developer Seismic said this week that it has named a new Chief Product Officer. Seismic recently raised another $92M in funding, which valued the company at approximately $1.6 Mantipragada also previously served at First Data and SAP.

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AUGUST 15, 2018

Los Angeles-based AuditBoard , a developer of risk and compliance software used to help auditors streamline their work, has raised $40M in a funding round, the company disclosed this morning. The funding was led by Battery Ventures. Michael Brown of Battery Ventures joins the company's board with the funding.

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APRIL 24, 2019

Corona, California-based Clubspeed , a software developer which develops software used by entertainment and activity centers to manage their business, has raised $20M in a funding round, according to investor Bellwether Financial Group.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Carpinteria-based software developer Procore has raised $75M more in a funding round, bringing its valuation to a heady $3 billion, in a round led by Tiger Global Management, the firm said Thursday. According to Procore, the funding will go towards product development, partner platform expansion, plus hiring.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Los Angeles-based expense management and accounts payable automation software developer Emburse --the parent company of Chrome River--said it has launched a new, corporate payment card, which lets its customers pre-approve expenses. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Irvine-based software developer Mavenlink announced this morning that it has raised $39M in a funding round from Goldman Sachs, as part of a Series D funding round. Mavenlink develops software used for work planning, managing projects, and financials, and working with and managing teams. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Santa Monica-based enterprise software developer Cornerstone OnDemand has raised $300M in a strategic investment from private equity investor Silver Lake, according to the company. Joe Osnoss of Silver Lake joins Cornerstone's board with the funding, and Silver Lake will also appoint another member of the board at a later date.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

Los Angeles-based accounting software developer FloQast is in a major expansion, saying this morning that it has relocated its headquarters to Sherman Oaks, and has tripled its office space. Floqast is a developer of close management software, used by accountants to close their books faster. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Carpinteria-based construction software developer Procore , which is led by Tooey Cortemanche, announced late Thursday that it has raised $50M in a new funding, led by ICONIQ Capital. According to Procore, the new funds will go towards expanding and extending its construction technology platform.

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MARCH 30, 2017

Carpinteria-based construction software developer Procore Technologies has launched two, brand new cloud-based software products to the market, Procore Construction Financials and Procore Quality & Safety , according to the company. Pricing on the new offerings was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

MAY 9, 2017

The new cash, which brings Edico’s total funding to $32 million, will be used to fuel expansion and further development of Edico’s Dragen technology. There’s a lot of additional engineering and software development that needs to be done, and Edico also plans to expand its sales and marketing team, CEO Pieter.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Los Angeles-based software developer NationBuilder , which develops an online system to help political campaigns create websites, organize, coordinate volunteers, fundraise, and more, has just lost its co-founder and President, Joe Green. The firm has raised $6.3M

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Founded in 2013 by de Haaff and Chris Waters in the Bay Area, the company announced in July it had surpassed $40 million in annual recurring revenue from the subscribers to its software-as-a-service. Aha makes a program that helps project managers develop new product roadmaps, which are used by others in the customer’s business, from sales.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

I worked as a software and hardware engineer, and did lots of software development for networking and telecom firms, mainly networking. They have developed this from a need. They were at UCSB, which needed a tool like this, and after they had developed it, they were trying to see what next steps to take.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Software Labs: Petri Dishes for Tech Innovation. Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Bootstrapping development, team management. . Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

He gossips with the office manager who tells 3 software developers. Those cultural normals are established through human connections: the night we all stayed late to get that release out the door, the day we celebrated our funding round or the day we landed our first big account. If they’re not I won’t fund.

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