socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2022

The funding was led by Jump Capital, plus new investors HBSE Ventures, Electric Feel Ventures, Visary Capital, Metaversal, and University Growth Ventures, along with Galaxy Interactive and BITKRAFT, and and a number of angels, including Shivakumar Rajaraman, Michael Eisner, and Francis Ma. The company says it has now raised a total of $36M.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? What are some sites or companies in the same space? Most new sites need to account for mobile delivery – but on the other hand, not every MVP needs both desktop and mobile versions. What metrics will you need for future funding rounds or operations?

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Develop Development Technical Review SEO 520

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Los Angeles-based EcoMom , the online e-commerce site selling green products for mothers headed by Jody Sherman, has upped its Series A funding to $2.0M in funding, according to reports. The additional funding reportedly came from Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya and Google's Don Dodge.

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socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2010

Los Angeles-based Taltopia , an angel backed, online social networking site focused on Hollywood, said today that it has launched both Apple iPhone and Google Android applications. In related news, the firm said it now has over 400,000 registered members on the site, and is getting around 30,000 new members per month.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps small businesses buy search engine advertising, has inked a strategic alliance with Google in the United Kingdom, the firm announced today. ReachLocal said that it has become an "Authorised Reseller" of Google's AdWords in the UK, through its UK site, ReachLocal UK. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

During the latter half of 2011, Google awarded a number of leading YouTubers and nascent Internet TV networks grants of $1 million to $2 million. Although estimates of Google’s total investment vary, the industry insiders I spoke with believe it exceeded $100 million. The same phenomenon is true in the YouTube ecosystem.

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Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

The one-page site includes very little information other than a list of current team members, all of whom are male. Visit Incogni The site also says that xAI is “actively recruiting experienced engineers and researchers” in the San Francisco Bay and includes a sign-up form.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Rachel Payne , the CEO and one of the co-founders of FEM, is a veteran of Google, and is taking her experience there and applying it into the video recommendations and engagement area. Rachel Payne: I was working at Google for about eight years, most recently in global strategic alliances. What is FEM? My other cofounder has a Ph.D.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2017

Playa Vista-based Science 37 , which is developing technology and a model that allows pharmaceuticals companies and others to conduct clinical trials in patients' homes--rather than dedicated, off-site facilities--has raised $29M in a Series C funding round.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

The company said it conducted over 25,000 fully-integrated fusion reactor core experiments, optimized using machine learning programs developed in collaboration with Google and processing power from the Department of Energy’s INCITE program, which leverages exascale-level computing, TAE Technologies said.

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Technology Artificial Inteligence Google Orange County 354

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

I guess just knowing we were doing the seminar was enough as she went home and checked her son’s Google search history. At first, she thought she was safe because she had found that he had Googled the word “poo.&# Anyhow, long story short, I responded with, “lol, he Googled poo…he was poogling?&#

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based WittleBee , the children's clothing site headed by Sean Percival, announced Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $2.5M in a seed funding round. SoftTech, Google Ventures, Matt Coffin, CrossLink, and Morado. As part of the funding, Jim Andelman at Rincon joins the company's board.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. We spoke with Rami Rostami and Gerard Casale , who are behind TYLT Labs, and who told us a bit about their new fund, its investment criteria, and where it sees the promise here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2021

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. In startups, a great success like Google causes busts by stimulating more supply, without regard to demand. Overconfidence.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based TopFloor revealed today that it has raised $6M in a funding round, from Polaris Ventures, Google Ventures, Crosslink Ventures, and Rustic Canyon Partners. The firm is building a celebrity influencer based fashion and e-commerce site, geared around flash-sales of products. Science, Inc. ,

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Rustic Canyon Sales Incubator Commerce 185

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. As well, these companies usually bring real new venture funding opportunities to the startups they sponsor.

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Organization Incubator Startup Resource 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

It’s an opportunity for that “big bang” return of 10X to 100 times your initial investment, like early investors in Google, Microsoft, and Apple. Don’t be fooled by thinking that dating sites are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

San Diego-based GoMeta , a new, augmented reality startup being led by serial entrepreneur Dmitry Shapiro, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, and launched its app out of beta. The funding came from Mike Jones (Science Inc., MySpace) as well as Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney). READ MORE>>.

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Veoh Tool San Diego Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Los Angeles-based video crowdsourcing site Tongal is making a big move into feature films, saying yesterday that it has begun crowdsourcing a documentary, feature film on the site. The company''s platform has been used to create many advertising campaigns, including those in the Super Bowl. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The seed round was led by investments from Richard Chino, a key early member of GoTo.com and Smarter.com; Dan Murray, CFO of Machinima ; Derek Draper of Wildfire by Google; Nikhil Srivastava of KKR ; Angel Investor Andrew Schwartz and other angles from LA and Silicon Valley. 750,000 for Scaling & Product development.

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Seed Funding Product Draper Develop 79

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based Triptrotting , the online site which helps connects travelers with other like-minded, local hosts, has boosted its funding round to $1.5M, and added angel investment group Golden Seeds. Triptrotting said th enew funding goes to further development of its platform, and for marketing. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. With the Internet and modern video communication tools, including Skype and Google Hangout, you can find the people you need, from anywhere in the world, and sign them up quickly.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2012

funding round, according to a filing from the firm this week. The firm has previously raised funding from ad pepper media international, CGI Opportunity Fund, Fulcrum Venture Capital, Miramar Venture Partners, Newport Coast Investments, and RimLight Capital. as part of an ongoing, $7.0M READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 9, 2011

Google's online video sharing site YouTube , said today that it has inked a deal to add around 3,000 movie titles for rent through the site, as it looks to broaden its offerings from the amateur, web-based videos its is known for towards more traditional, professional content. READ MORE>>.

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Content Sites Google Resource 164

socalTECH

MAY 1, 2013

From the annual search statistics from Google and Bing , it''s clearly information about celebrities. The startup--the brainchild of Evan Britton--has been ramping up its efforts recently, having just launched a brand new responsive web design which optimizes the site for mobile phones and tablets, in addition to desktop web browsers.

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Web Design Santa Monica Statistics Web 182

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. Paul talked about Neuhaus Partners, a 65 million Euro fund with the remit to invest in German-speaking countries.

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socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2010

Gil Elbaz , one of the founders of Applied Semantics , the often unheralded Santa Monica-based creator of what is now Google's AdSense product, is one of the angel investors in San Francisco-based Triggit , a developer of a real time ad bidding platform, it was revealed today.

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Santa Monica Google Incubator Advertising 133

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. As well, these companies usually bring real new venture funding opportunities to the startups they sponsor.

Resource 159

Resource Startup Incubator Seed Funding 159

socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2013

The firm--co-founded and headed by UCLA Visiting Scholar Jon Friedman--has created an online site which lets hardware designers tap into the data sheets, symbols, components, and footprints of electronic components, for free, either by downloading or by connecting a Dropbox account.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yesterday, Google announced that it was shutting down its Google Audio efforts--the search engine giant's efforts to try to sell radio advertising. What are your thoughts on the Google announcement? What's your status--you're still self funded? Dave Newmark: We're still self funded. Broadcast isn't like that.

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Google Advertising Media Startup 124

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She’s now the leading marketplace for women’s used wedding dresses and accessories and ranks 2nd in Google for the term “Used Wedding Dress.” She floundered a bit working with contractors before finally settling on an agency to build her first site for $20,000.

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Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

For Ethan it came down to two companies – BuildOnline or Google. ” I proclaimed to Ethan, “Google is at $400 / share. ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. “No choice at all!” He was seeking $500k.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 7, 2013

million in Series A funding led by Oak Investment Partners , SoftBank, Sterling Investment Partners and Michael Lazerow in a move that will help the firm power clients sites to better engage their audiences and nab in more clients. Million In Series A Funding For Growth appeared first on TechZulu. The firm previously raised $2.5

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2012

For our Insights and Opinions section this morning, we asked Michael Terpin , the founder of SocialRadius , to lend some hard-earned perspective on fake releases following the flap last week over a fake press release involving Google, ICOA, PRWeb, and half the Internet news and blogging sites.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2016

For example, investors recognize that online gambling sites or a medical marijuana site may generate big returns but may tarnish their squeaky clean reputation. They know that showing market traction will attract big companies, like Apple or Google, who can easily overrun the best startup. Minimize both.

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Funding Social Media Startup Patents 57

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2015

What if searching for people to recruit to your company was as easy as running a search in Google? That's the idea behind Connectifier (www.connectifier.com), an Orange County-based startup led by John Jersin --whose founders and many of its employees have come from Google, Amazon, and other companies where search is a part of their DNA.

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Technology Google Startup Orange County 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

West Hollywood-based Geni.com , the online family tree and genealogy site backed by the Founders Fund and Charles River Ventures, told its users today that it has created a new "Geni Lab" for experimental features from the firm.

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