socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

Despite the increase in startup activity in Southern California, local venture capital funds are still few and far between, and a large chunk of the funding here is still from Sand Hill Road. Mark Suster: We want to be able to host the community in our offices, so we''re building an indoor/outdoor facility.

Funding 196

Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles Social Media 196

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA? 1B+ Revenue.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

Some other points - LAMP,Net, Java - doesn't make much difference. Mark Suster Partner GRP Partners He's an ex-Salesforce.com employee. In second venture - compared Salesforce.com vs. S3 - as platform. If you are building a VC backed company with large growth, too much risk to bank on salesforce.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150