Both Sides of the Table
JULY 29, 2009
The post is part of a series called “Pitching a VC&# – the outlines is here. You’ve been trying to raise VC for months. You’ve obviously talked with several funds to hedge your bets. You finally get your first term sheet. Time to celebrate! But wait. What? They’re giving me 48 hours to sign the term sheet or it expires?
socalTECH
JULY 27, 2009
Los Angeles-based Wi-Fi network operator Boingo Wireless has extended its deal with Verizon for another four years, the firm said today. Financial details of the contract extension were not disclosed. The two have been partnered for the last six years, with Boingo providing access to its network of Wi-Fi hot spots to Verizon's customers. The firm has a network of more than 120,000 individual hotspots in airports, public areas, and elseswhere.
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SoCal Tech Calendar
JULY 30, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 -- MIT Enterprise Forum San Diego. Networking event. This has become the chapter's signature event, and is widely recognized as the premier networking event for San Diego's technology and biotechnology community. With more than 500 founders and executives of growth companies, business development personnel, investors, service providers, this industry networking social creates an opportunity for technology sector leaders and entrepreneurs across all segments to connect i
Daradiction
JULY 25, 2009
In 1997 I went to Guiena, West Africa for three months to help build some housing for some folks. What I saw there changed me forever. To this day I marvel being able to open a stocked fridge for example (we have it soo good here in America and safe to say most folks have no clue). I’m creating a possibility for a world in which everyone in my lifetime is given the opportunity to learn to read, draw, & have basic needs met.
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CEO Flow
JULY 29, 2009
Amy Applebaum is the amazing CEO of www.BootcampForYourMind.com and www.TotallyFabulousFemales.com. Thank you Amy for the testimonial and you really are a totally fabulous female!
socalTECH
JULY 27, 2009
Today's interview is with William Chow , founder of Los Angeles-based Mobophiles (www.mobophiles.com), Mobophiles has developed technology which allows any software-as-a-service application or web site, including enterprise applications like Microsoft SharePoint and Salesforce.com, to work even when a user is not able to connect to the Internet, if a service is down, connections are intermittent, or slow--something potentially strategic to SaaS firms looking to displace desktop applications.
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CEO Flow
JULY 29, 2009
Amy Applebaum is the amazing CEO of www.BootcampForYourMind.com and www.TotallyFabulousFemales.com. Thank you Amy for the testimonial and you really are a totally fabulous female!
socalTECH
JULY 31, 2009
West Hollywood-based Yammer , the corporate microblogging site inspired by Twitter, is moving from the Los Angeles area to Silicon Valley, according to founder David Sacks. According to Sacks, the entire firm--including its engineering team and executive staff--is moving to the Bay Area, to be closer to the startup scene in Silicon Valley. Sacks said that Geni, which spun out Yammer, remains in West Hollywood.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JULY 28, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009 -- Green Tech Connect Forum. The Green Tech Connect Forum is part of the Helping Hand Initiative adopted by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD). The AQMD is recognized for its leadership as the premier air quality control agency in the nation. The Green Tech Connect Forum Where Partnerships Drive Green Innovation and Commercialization continues this tradition by creating a forum bringing together emerging green technology developers, government and the i
socalTECH
JULY 29, 2009
Los Angeles-based startup Knowledge Genie is launching a new, online site today which allows people to publish, share, and sell their knowledge online. The startup, headed by authors and husband-and-wife team Milo and Thuy Sindell, allows book authors and other experts to follow some basic steps to take their expertise and convert it into an online, organized knowledge base--which the firm calls a "genie.
socalTECH
JULY 29, 2009
In a major deal, search portal provider Yahoo and software giant Microsoft said that the two companies are in a deal where Yahoo will replace its own search engine technology with that of Microsoft--with potentially huge repercussions to Yahoo's Southern California search engine marketing operations. Yahoo and Microsoft said that Yahoo will use the technology behind Microsoft's Bing search engine to power all of the web search aspects of its web site, with Yahoo taking over premium search advert
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2009
Pasadena-based Central Desktop , which operates an online team project management service, said today that it has added John Greathouse to the firm's board of directors. Greathouse is a venture partner at Rincon Venture Partners, a faculty member at UC Santa Barbara, and has also previously served as an executive at Citrix Online, Callwave, and Computer Motion.
socalTECH
JULY 31, 2009
San Diego-based Entropic Communications , a developer of multimedia-over-coax semiconductors, reported yetserday that it has linked up with systems-on-a-chip provider Sigma Designs. The two said they will develop high definition, MoCA compliant cable TV and IPTV set-top box reference designs. Both firms' develop components that are used in those set top boxes.
socalTECH
JULY 31, 2009
Los Angeles-based Stamps.com reported its results Thursday, saying that the firm had net income of $1.0M on revenues of nearly $20.2M in Q2, essentially flat year to year compared with $1.3M in income on $21.4M in revenues for the similar quarter last year. The company saw a steep drop in its revenues from its personalized photo product, PhotoStamps, which was down 31% to $2.0M in sales.
socalTECH
JULY 31, 2009
San Diego-based Qualcomm reports today that it is extending the deadline for the firm's wireless business plan competition, its Qualcomm Ventures QPrize Business Plan Competition, to August 21st. The firm said it is extending the deadline for the prize to allow additional entrepreneurs to enter the prize, which will provide $550,000 in seed funding to entrepreneurs developing wireless technology in North America, Europe, China, and India.
socalTECH
JULY 30, 2009
Canoga Hills-based Topanga Technologies , a stealth-mode developer of energy efficient lighting for the industrial, commercial, and general lighting market, has raised $6M, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. No details on the funding have been released by the company. Topanga has previously raised funding from Khosla Ventures. Tags: cleantech lighting energy capital venture technologies topanga.
socalTECH
JULY 30, 2009
Encinitas-based Verve Wireless , which develops tools for mobile publishing, said Thursday that it has named Bill Ganon as its Chief Revenue Officer. Ganon joins the firm from BG Associates; he has also served at GoldSpot Media, QUALCOMM--where he was involved with both MediaFLO and Eudora--and Newsweek, among other companies. Verve's software tools are used by newspaper publishers and other local publishers to create their own mobile optimized site for cell phones.
socalTECH
JULY 30, 2009
Los Angeles-based EQAL , said this morning at Twiistup that the firm is launching a new, social publishing tool it is calling Umbrella, focused on independent producers, celebrity talent, and online personalities. According to EQAL, its new platform is focused on helping those producers and talent to create their own web sites, with features such as blogs, discussions, forums, and user profiles, as well as links to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
socalTECH
JULY 30, 2009
Irvine-based Cortex Pharmaceuticals , which is developing treatments for sleep apnea, reported this morning that it has received $2.0M in a Series F, convertible preferred stock financing from an unnamed, single institutional investor. The firm said the private placement would be used for working capital and general corporate purposes. Rodman & Renshaw LLC was the placement agent for the transaction.
socalTECH
JULY 30, 2009
Hawthorne-based SpaceX reported late Wednesday that the firm has completed qualification testng for the firm's first stage tank and interstage on its next generation, Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The firm said the testing was conducted at the firm's Texas testing facility. SpaceX said that the company's own testing means that the two components of its Falcon 9 meet NASA's human rating safety requirements, part of its milestones to its first Falcon 9 flight sometime this year.
socalTECH
JULY 30, 2009
A analysis released by Ernst & Young this week finds that clean technology investments are up significantly this quarter, rising 73% to $572M from last quarter. According to the analysis, based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource, clean technology investments were up significantly from Q1, but still down 59% in terms of capital from Q2 of 2008, which was the second-highest quarter for cleantech investments on record.
socalTECH
JULY 29, 2009
San Diego-based PowerGenix , which develops rechargeable batteries based on Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) technology, announced today that its products are now available under its own brand at online retailers Amazon.com, GreenBatteris.com, and DepotEco. PowerGenix, which is backed by $60M in funding from Bessemer Venture Partners, Advent International, Angeleno Group, Braemar Energy Ventures, Granite Ventures, OnPoint Technologies and Technology Partners, said the branded products will be available in fou
socalTECH
JULY 29, 2009
Agoura Hills-based THQ has swung back into the black, saying Tuesday evening that it had net income of $6.4M on sales of $243.5M for its fiscal first quarter, on the strength of the firm's new UFC 2009 Undisputed title. The positive results compared with a loss of $27.2M and sales of $137.6M last year for the same quarter. The quarter, which ended June 30th, reversed a string of big losses and declines for the company over the last year, which resulted in major layoffs and studio closures at the
socalTECH
JULY 29, 2009
This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. We sat down and spoke with Milo Sindell, one of the founders of the firm, to learn more about how the firm came about and what it's trying to accomplish. What is the idea behind Knowledge Genie? Milo Sindell: Knowledge Genie is a software platform that anybody can use to capture, package, and publish what they know into an interactive online softw
socalTECH
JULY 29, 2009
Los Angeles-based Audyssey , a startup whose founders include Tomlinson Holman, inventor of THX, has scored a win with auto manufacturer Jaguar Cars, the firm said this week. Audyssey said that Jaguar will include its MultEQ XT technology in its new Jaguar XJ line of luxury cars. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. Audyssey's products are based on technology developed at the University of Southern California, and provide correction for distortion in cars and home theaters.
socalTECH
JULY 29, 2009
Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is continuing to buy up small, vertically focused web sites to add to its various consumer focused content networks, saying Wednesday that it has acquired three websites. The firm said it has acquired BusinessMart.com and BusinessFinance.com for its Money and Business vertical, and KidsCamps.com for its Travel and Leisure vertical.
socalTECH
JULY 29, 2009
Pasadena-based Replenish Inc. has quietly raised $10.25M in venture funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. No details on the firm have been disclosed, however, the firm describes itself as working on a "flexible drug delivery platform". According to the filing, the firm's board members include Sabri Markabi, VP R&D and Chief Medical Officer at Alcon Laboratories, and Mark Humayun, a professor of Opthalmology at the University of Southern California's Doheny Eye Inst
socalTECH
JULY 29, 2009
Los Angeles-based Internet Brands reported its quarterly results Wednesday afternoon, reporting that it saw 50 million monthly unique visitors to the firm's websites in June, up 35 percent from 37 million uniques in June of last year. However, the traffic did not appear to benefit the firm's sales, as revenues came in a $23.2M, compared with $25.3M for the similar period last year.
socalTECH
JULY 29, 2009
San Diego-based Novatel Wireless is calling attention to its patent portfolio this morning, on the heels of the firm's continued launch of its personal Wi-Fi hotspot products, saying it now has five key patents covering the technology behind those products. The firm said the five patents include one which is scheduled to be issued on August 11th, and that it has an additional 14 patents related to the technology.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2009
San Diego-based WebSense , a developer of email and web security products, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has appointed Arthur S. Locke as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and appointed Didier Guibal as its Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Locke replaces Doug Wride, who the firm said will remain as Chief Operating Officer of the firm at least through the end of 2009.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2009
Irvine-based Kofax , a developer of document capture systems, announced today that it has won a $200,000 contract from a shipping container firm. Kofax did not disclose the name of the customer, but said the customer, one of the five largest container shipping companies, will use the firm's software to capture, extract, and process invoices send to the firm.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2009
San Diego-based Qualcomm and telecom provider Verizon Wireless are in a deal around wireless communications for smart devices, the two said today. According to the two, they will work on machine-to-machine wireless communications offerings through a yet-to-be-named joint venture. The two will be equal owners in the new company, which will connect devices in the healthcare, manufacturing, utilities, distribution, and consumer products area via wireless networks.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2009
Santa Monica-based Coda Automotive , the electrical vehicle firm developing hybrid and electric vehicles, has racked up $24M in a Series B investment round from a number of high profile investors, the firm said today. Coda said the funding round include clean technology investor Angeleno Group; Henry M. Paulson, the former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas "Mack" McLarty, former Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton; John Bryson, former Chairman and CEO of Edison International; Thomas F
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2009
Los Angeles-based AudioMicro.com , which operates an online marketplace for royalty-free music and sound effects, said Tuesday morning that it has added another 55,000 sound effects in a licensing deal with The Hollywood Edge. AudioMicro said that the sound effects also include material from Soundelux. Both The Hollywood Edge and Soundelux are owned by CSS Studios.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2009
San Diego-based aTyr Pharma , which is developing biopharmaceuticals focused on inflammation, autoimmune, hematopoietic and metabolic disorders, disclosed Tuesday that it has raised $12M in an additional funding round. The firm said the funding came from existing investors, which include Alta Partners, Cardinal Partners, Polaris Ventures and Paul Schimmel.
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