Pragma Raises $12 Million for Multiplayer Video Game Engine
L.A. Business Journal
APRIL 20, 2021
the developer of a software engine for video game designers, has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round. Pragma Platform Inc.,
Flowspace Names Engineering VP
socalTECH
MAY 5, 2021
Los Angeles-based Flowspace, a startup developing fulfillment software for e-commerce companies, said this week that it has named Piranavan Selvanandan as its new Vice President of Engineering. Selvanandan most recently was at Salesforce, in software engineering, and also served at HP.
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HealthTensor Collects $5M For AI-Powered Medical Decisions
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Los Angeles-based nstartup HealthTensor, which is developing artificial intelligence (AI) software aimed at helping to augment medical decision making, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Calibrate Ventures, TenOneTen Ventures, and Susa Ventures, along with angels.
TuSimple Takes $95M For Autonomous Trucking Technology
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
TuSimple , a developer of autonomous trucking technology which has offices in San Diego and in China, said on Wednesday that it has raised $95M in a Series D funding round. The funding came from Chinese investors SINA Corp. The new funding values the company at $1 billion. and Composite Capital. The company was founded in 2015.
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Algorithmia, Co-Founded By USC Grad Student, Gets $2.4M
socalTECH
AUGUST 18, 2014
in a seed funding round, to go towards its online marketplace for computer software algorithms. The startup--which was co-founded by Kenny Daniel, who was recently pursuing a PhD in Artificial Intelligence at USC--says that it has created an online platform to let software engineers find different algorithms for us.
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Galvanize Plans Expansion To Los Angeles
socalTECH
JULY 30, 2018
Galvanize, which is based out of denver but has locations in Austin, Boulder, Denver, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Seattle, said the acquisition and funding will add Los Angeles to its "innovation hubs" technology students, alumni, entrepreneurs, startups and established companies. READ MORE>>.
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100 Engineer.ai Links With DigitalOcean
socalTECH
JANUARY 9, 2019
Los Angeles- and London-based Engineer.ai , a developer of artificial intelligence software aimed at creating software for SMBs, said today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with DigitalOcean, a provider of cloud services for the development community. recently raised $29.5M and DigitalOcean were not announced.
Codesmith Raised $1.1 Million Funding Round Lead by Test Prep CEO
Tech.Co
OCTOBER 18, 2016
million funding round led by Chad Troutwine, the CEO of Veritas Prep. “Codesmith, the leading advanced software engineering school in the US is announcing a $1.1m “Codesmith, the leading advanced software engineering school in the US is announcing a $1.1m
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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 21, 2021
When it comes to content, the group wants Netflix to increase its funding of trans and non-binary talent, bring employee resource groups into conversations about potentially harmful content, hire more trans and non-binary content executives, and revise internal procedures around commissioning and releasing sensitive works.
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3D Robotics Gets $5M
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 6, 2012
San Diego-based 3D Robotics , the developer and supplier of parts and technology for personal unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has raised $5M in funding, from True Ventures and O'Reilly AlphaTech ventures. The firm said Jon Callaghan of True and Bryce Roberts at O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures have joined the company's board. READ MORE>>.
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164 MEDICAL IMAGING INNOVATIONS
SoCal Tech Calendar
DECEMBER 3, 2012
What do entrepreneurs, mathematicians, software engineers, physicists, physicians, biologists, anatomists, angels, venture capitalists and bankers have in common? Electrical engineers design and make the hardware. Software engineers write the programs for computers to process the data.
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No Co-Founder? Y Combinator Offers Matchmaking at Startup School
Xconomy
JULY 26, 2019
There were a host of reasons—she wasn’t a software engineer, she had no product development experience, and she wanted to launch a consumer item that was already sold widely by established enterprises. From the moment Talia Frenkel resolved to found a company after a kitchen-table talk with her parents, the odds were against her.
CapLinked Adds Investors To Series A
socalTECH
MAY 9, 2013
Los Angeles-based business transactions and dealroom service CapLinked has rounded up some new investors today, saying that it has added additional investors in its Series A funding. The firm earlier had announced investments from.
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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Bezos Academy, funded by Jeff Bezos’ $2B ‘Day One Fund,’ launches first free school in Seattle area – GeekWire. Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Software Engineers who Built a No-Police Alternative to 911. Amazon Employee Warns Internal Groups They’re Being Monitored For Labor Organizing – Motherboard.
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3D Robotics Raises $5 Million In Funding | Expanding To New Markets
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
3D Robotics has raised over $5 million in round two funding to accelerate its growth and expansion into new markets says Chris Anderson 3DR CEO and former Editor in Chief of Wired Magazine, Entrepreneur and author. Anderson is opportunistic that the funding round and him joining the firm as CEO will propel the firm to new heights.
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SPONSOR POST: Find jobs at socalTECH.com
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JANUARY 24, 2011
Software Engineer , West LA, Shopzilla. Platform Senior Software Engineer , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. socalTECH is the best location for finding high tech savvy executives, marketers, engineers, and others. IT Infrastructure/Technical Services Manager , Malibu, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.
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Sebastian Thrun and Udacity Launch New Self-Driving Nanodegree
Xconomy
MAY 21, 2019
Thrun (pictured) says many software engineers working at the raft of companies now developing self-driving vehicles have trained in the technology via Udacity , the educational technology company he. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.
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Benchling Scores $14.5M to Grow Online Lab Notebook for Bio-Researchers
Xconomy
JUNE 14, 2018
That’s the anomaly Sajith Wickramasekara was trying to correct in 2012 when he and fellow software engineer Ashu Singhal co-founded the online lab notebook startup Benchling , where he is CEO. Existing data management systems weren’t tailored for work. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.
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74 California Technology Ventures Invests In Games Firm
socalTECH
MARCH 11, 2009
Pasadena-based venture capital firm California Technology Ventures has staked a developer of a video game software engine, Blade Games , with a $4M investment. According to Blade Games, which is based in Bellevue, Washington, CTV funded the firm in an initial round of investment.
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BridgeCo Expands In Bangalore
socalTECH
MARCH 17, 2009
Huntington Beach-based BridgeCo , a developer of semiconductors for the home entertainment equipment market, fresh off a $6M financing round, said it will use some of that funding to open up a new, research and development center in Bangalore, India.
How Rolebot Wants To Eliminate The Resume, With Shane Bernstein
socalTECH
APRIL 24, 2019
However, in the technical arena--as a programmer, developer, or software engineer--it's hard to tell from a resume how good you really are. So what's the status of the company, and what kind of funding have you received? We've just started to go out to look for a seed funding round. Are people using the product now?
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240 Backed by LG, AmazeVR is hoping to resurrect virtual reality’s consumer dreams
TechCrunch LA
MAY 21, 2019
The company was formed and financed with $6.3 “What we saw as the problem is the content creation itself,” says Lee.
Poor Software Developers - Pull the Plug Early
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
There's an old adage in software development that I refer to all the time: The first 90% of development takes 90% of the time. I used this when I taught software engineering. The funds have been used up on the existing development. The remaining 10%, takes the other 90% of the time. It's currently in beta.
With New Program, DARPA To Encourage Safety “Brakes” For Gene Editing
Xconomy
OCTOBER 5, 2016
The idea for the funding program, called Safe Genes, is to get out ahead of problems that could bring the field to a screeching halt. He praised DARPA for looking to fund “safety first, rather than jumping to fund unsafe work with only a handful of potential applications.” Some see it as a way to eradicate malaria.)
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Southern California Technology Jobs Surge
socalTECH
MAY 18, 2010
The firm recently opened up a new office in Playa Del Rey, looking to tap into the market of Los Angeles area technical talent, and is also hiring in Irvine, on the heels of a venture funding round. Mangers said Webvisible today has slightly under 300 employees, and hopes to have slightly under 500 employees by the end of the year.
Interview with Brian McKelvey, Worlize
socalTECH
JUNE 23, 2010
Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based startup Worlize (www.worlize.com) announced it had received a seed round of funding, and launched a firm to focus on social gaming and chat. Brian McKelvey: For the last ten years, I've worked in software engineering, ranging from building social viral games for Paramount, Lionsgate, and GSN.
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239 Interview with Costin Tuculescu, Freebinar
socalTECH
JANUARY 20, 2011
Costin Tuculescu: I cam out of UC Irvine as a software engineer, studying computer science. I ended up building a lot of their technology, but unfortunately, they ran out of funding. What are your specific plans for the new funding from the angels? What's your background, and how did you get into this?
CapLinked Announces New Investors, Signs Up New Clients & Builds New Features
Tech Zulu Event
MAY 9, 2013
CapLinked’s new investors include Conversion Capital , Inflection Ventures,The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA). The new funding brings the company’s aggregate amount of capital raised to over $3 million. million in the Series A round.
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Betterworks Ramps Hiring, Looks To Hire 50
socalTECH
AUGUST 2, 2011
Testifying to the rapid growth rate at which local startups operate, Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the online employee benefits and perks firm headed by Paige Craig, revealed Tuesday that it is expecting to expand its team to over 80 people, after inking a round of funding from Redpoint Ventures.
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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
My suggestion is to get some of the angel groups – notorious for slow decision-making and hat passing – and pool their money into a small fund structure of say $5-10 million. Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers. Otherwise, good luck!
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FindTheBest Gets Backing From Kleiner Perkins
socalTECH
DECEMBER 1, 2010
Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest.com , the comparison search engine firm run by Kevin O'Connor, said today that it has received Series A funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' sFund. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. O'Connor was the co-founder of DoubleClick. READ MORE>>.
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147 Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.” In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5
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Menlo Ventures Karl Mehta Launches CodeForIndia.Org To Empower Citizens In India
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 22, 2013
CFI is looking to enlist Indian-origin tech professionals, some who are software engineers from Microsoft, Google, eBay, VISA and Facebook among others to join other volunteers and organizations to give back to their community. Think Local, Hack Global. Over 20 years of experience. Mehta is not calling guys to join a gamble.
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79 Lean on Your Networks When Making Early Hires
Tech.Co
JULY 24, 2017
Pitching one or two of your smartest friends and getting them to join your startup (or at least champion it) is crucial in those early days when nobody talented wants to join a no-name fledgling company with little to no funding. But how do you go about pitching your friends? First, figure out what motivates them.
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82 5 Expenses Startups Cannot Afford to Cut
Tech Zulu Event
MAY 22, 2014
You will need this granularity not only for successfully managing your business, but also when preparing for funding pitches and during investor due diligence. Do not assume that the software engineer you hired can also double as your business development specialist. Outsourcing can be an extremely cost-effective solution here.
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97 Interview with Anne Walls and John Singleton, WordHustler
socalTECH
DECEMBER 17, 2008
I started my career as a technologist, as a software engineer. How's the company funded? Did you bootstrap this or get some funding? We had some small friends and family funding. John Singleton: I came at writing a little late in the game. I had lots of international projects in China.
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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 17, 2009
Assuming normal valuations at fund raising rounds you’ll be down to 6-12% after you’ve created a stock-option pool and raised capital. It you have a great software engineer that’s awesome. If you start a company with 4 people you’ve just given away 75% of the value of the company.
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365 amSTATZ Social Network For Fitness Gurus, Athletes & Events | Interview With Founder
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 23, 2013
Have you raised any funding yet? We closed an angel round of funding in March for $415,000, 90% of which came from investors in Chicago. Finding engineering talent is a struggle for everyone right now. opportunities for every software engineer in the field. We are keeping the names of our investors private for now.
Contur Sorts Your Email From Clutter To Save You Hours | Interview With The Founders
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 20, 2012
When Cloud Services started to emerge, he joined the newly formed SQL Azure team as a senior software engineer, with the daunting mission of converting SQL Server into a cloud-based service. Any funding yet? Yes, we’re powered by a seed round, and funding from Start Engine LA. What is your business model?
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CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO
Tech Zulu Event
JULY 16, 2012
.” Founded in 2007 by Ravishanker and a small group of computer science graduates from the University of California, Irvine, the University of Southern California and Harvard University, CallFire has achieved just under $10 million in sales, is profitable and has built that substantial user base–all without venture funding.
Interview with Cliff Rees, XCast Labs
socalTECH
JUNE 25, 2009
round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers. Asterisk was not build with scalability in mind, and it was built by software engineers who don't know telecom.
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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 12, 2010
Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . While an undergraduate at Yale Unviersity, he co-founded Catalyst Recruiting. Bambi Francisco. Dave McClure. .
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40 TenHands HD Video Collaboration I Founders Interview
Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
Co-founder and lead software developer Anil Kumar was a led software engineer for WebEx. Any funding? Co-founder and Lead Architect Venkatesh Venkataraman led architecture for Cisco’s TelePresence Video Exchange where the first B2B interoperability TelePresence Exchange was built. Exact terms are not released.
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