socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2020

Santa Monica-based Headspace is looking to help New Yorkers manage their stress with a new website , offering up a number of exercises to help people reduce their stress levels during the pandemic. The site--launched on Monday in partnership with New York Governor Cuomo--is available both in English as well as Spanish.

Tool 113

Tool Santa Monica Sites Help 113

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2020

Santa Monica-based Milken Institute is putting its resources behind the effort to tackle the COVID-19 virus outbreak, saying this morning that it has launched a new website which monitors the development of therapies to treat and prevent the disease. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 113

Santa Monica Sites Resource Help 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.com , the health and fitness site run by Demand Media, is launching a redesign of the site today, splitting content into verticals focused on men and women. The gender specific changes have already rolled out on the site this morning. READ MORE>>.

Sites 124

Sites SoCalTech Santa Monica Content 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A new, Santa Monica-based startup, Future Acres, is announcing this morning that it is targeting the agriculture industry with a new robot. Future Acres said it is seeking to raise up to $3M in seed capital via equity crowdfunding site SeedInvest. The company is backed by Wavemaker Partners, and is led by CEO Suma Reddy.

Santa Monica 113

Santa Monica Demand Equity Ideas 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Business.com, as well as its companion sites, Business News Daily and BuyerZone help connect professionals with business servies. Savings.com is an online coupon site. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Centerfield is led by co-CEOs Brett Cravatt and Jason Cohen. for the domain name.

Santa Monica 113

Santa Monica Equity Incubator Acquisition 113

socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2014

In a demonstration of the power of targeting in a world of ubiquitous computing power, Santa Monica-based ad startup GumGum is powering a new advertising campaign which is able to target ads based on hair color shown in photos. L''Oreal will show ads for dark hair coloring products based on images with brown or black hair.

Technology 147

Technology Slides Help Santa Monica 147

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Santa Monica-based WeRecover , a startup which operates an online search site to help people find addiction recovery centers, has raised $2M in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Crosslink Ventures, and also included Box Group, Wonder Ventures, and Struck Capital. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 124

Santa Monica Sites Capital Funding 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Tech Gives Back , the tech communitys largest corporate service event, was held for the second year in LA on Thursday, October 18th, with 300+ volunteers attending from 60+ companies helping out at eight different volunteer sites: Plastic Oceans in Santa Monica, YearUp in Culver City, Temescal Gateway Park in Pacific Palisades, Harvest Home in Venice, (..)

Pacific Palisades 113

Pacific Palisades Culver City Santa Monica Venice 113

socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2009

Santa Monica-based Mahalo , the high profile "human-powered search engine" run by Jason Calacanis, rolled out a new, revamped site late Tuesday evening, offering to split advertising revenues with users who help to create pages on the site.

Mahalo 100

Mahalo Sites Santa Monica Advertising 100

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2009

Santa Monica-based Boingo Wireless , which operates a network of wireless access points through relationships with local Wi-Fi providers, told its users Wednesday that the firm has upgraded its customer service site. According to the firm, users can now reset their own password, and email invoices and receipts to themself.

Sites 133

Sites Custom Customer Services 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2013

Santa Monica-based DocStoc , the online small business information and document site headed by Jason Nazar, has acquired a New York company called BestVendor , the two announced today. BestVendor said thecurrent functionality of the BestVendor site will not be affected by the acquisition. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 185

Santa Monica Acquisition Resource Tool 185

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Santa Monica-based car information and shopping site Edmunds has jumped on the augmented reality (AR) bandwagon today, saying it is launching a new AR feature for its iPhone app, which will help shoppers see what a vehicle will look like--and if it will fit--anywhere they might want to park it.

Edmunds 113

Edmunds Santa Monica Sites Help 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

In a major launch, Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online new and used car pricing website, said it has launched a redesigned website and new ad campaign. advertising campaign developed by Santa Monica's DW+H, to help position it as a national brand.

Truecar 206

Truecar Santa Monica Pricing Advertising 206

socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

We want to help you monetize your knowledge, your skills, and your social media. In between that, I was formerly at the private equity firm Clearlake Capital, out of Santa Monica, which manages 8 billion in private equity investments. Right now, we're helping people every day make money on their favorite social platforms.

Help 113

Help Commerce Platform Orange County 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2014

Santa Monica-based NearWoo said today that it has linked up with Google''s DoubleClick Ad Exchange, allowing its 4,000 local mobile advertisers to access the ad inventory on DoubleClick. According to NearWoo, the deal gives its local mobile advertisers access to the sites, apps and games where Google delivers it mobile ads.

Google 200

Google Santa Monica Advertising Mobile 200

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has lost its Chief Revenue Officer, Jeff Dossett, to startup Porch.com , only eight months after Dossett was named to the position after the loss of former Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer Bradford.

Demand 225

Demand Media Southern California Santa Monica 225

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

Santa Monica-based equity crowdfunding site Crowdfunder is making it easier for it to work with investors, saying on Monday that it has just received its broker-dealer license to sell securities directly to accredited investors. Crowdfunder said the move will help create a "more seamless solution" for its customers.

Clearstone 113

Clearstone Draper Santa Monica Venture Capital 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

Santa Monica-based OpenHouse , the online home search site which helps connect home buyers with agents, has linked up with Wintrust Mortgage in a strategic relationship, the two said this week. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Company Companies Sites 100

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning it has expanded into the online learning market, and has acquired Creativebug , an online site which provides educational videos around art and carft instruction. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The firm was based in San Francisco. and up per course).

Demand 185

Demand Media eHow Santa Monica 185

socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2013

Enervee , the online energy efficiency and electronics comparison site headed by Matthias Kurwig, told its users today that it now has over 50,000 products listed on its site. The company said the expansion came due to increased coverage of its AC, dryer, and TV products, as well as other categories.

Product 164

Product Santa Monica Sites Help 164

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2011

Santa Monica-based ThisNext , the social shopping and content site run by Matt Edelman, has scored a partnership with Lucky Magazine. According to ThisNext, the two have created a co-branded shopping site, which was launched Friday.

Santa Monica 180

Santa Monica Guide Commerce Sites 180

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2013

Santa Monica-based automotive information site Edmunds.com has rolled out a new online tool, aimed at auto dealerships, to help visitors gets trade-in values directly from those auto dealer sites. READ MORE>>. edmunds automotive appraisal tradein leads auto'

Tool 140

Tool Edmunds Santa Monica Sites 140

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2013

Online business resource site Docstoc is in a big expansion of its services today, with the launch of a brand new service to help businesses connect with products and vendors. A key part of ExpertCircle is the peer reviews, from both other users and experts, on different vendors and products in a category.

Software Review 208

Software Review Services Santa Monica Resource 208

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said today that it has linked with Electus Digital , to offload premium ad sales for its Cracked.com website. According to the two, Electus Digital will now offer exclusive premium ad sales representation for Cracked.com, including custom branded content and "high-impact" ad units on the site.

Demand 149

Demand Sales Media Santa Monica 149

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Santa Monica-based social analytics software developer MomentFeed announced this week that it has been accepted into the Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) Program, Facebook''s program for linking with companies who develop technologies in the advertising, page management, social integration, and tool areas for the social networking site.

Develop 183

Develop Development Marketing Santa Monica 183

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Santa Monica-based Comparably , the startup which helps employees and employers track compensation and company culture data, has snagged a high profile hire this morning, hiring on eHarmony veteran Armen Avedissian as its new Chief Marketing Officer.

eHarmony 100

eHarmony Santa Monica Sites Entrepreneur 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based crowdfunding site InvestedIn is announcing this morning that it has acquired Santa Barbara-based MyNewFinancialAdvisor , and is launching a new, invite-only site for premium investment opportunities. The new site is launching today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

Services 133

Services Santa Barbara Santa Monica Sites 133

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based comedy site Laffster said Tuesday that it has rebranded itself as Cogo , as part of a move by the company to expand beyond comedy. The company said it will let actors, authors, musicians and athletes use its service to help raise money, via providing personal items for sale, or otherwise engaging fans.

Santa Monica 173

Santa Monica Entertainment Content Sales 173

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The company--one of the startups out of Santa Monica's MuckerLab--helps users find funny videos, articles, and more. Laffster is headed by Dan Altmann, who previously was involved with IAC and its CollegeHumor site. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 211

Santa Monica Venice News Sites 211

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Smartclip adds around 500 new publisher sites to Adconion's network. According to Adconion, it will use the acquisition to help solidify its video advertising business, Joost, which is headquartered in Santa Monica. Adconion said that the acquisition will "significantly strengthen" its position in online video.

Media 224

Media Santa Monica Advertising Acquisition 224

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2015

Santa Monica-based FameBit , the online marketplace which helps brands connect with YouTubers, said today that it has surpassed 15,000 creators on the site, and now has more than 650 million subscribers across YouTube, Snapchat, Vine, and Instagram. READ MORE>>.

Paramount 100

Paramount Santa Monica Snapchat Content 100

socalTECH

MAY 15, 2012

Santa Monica-based CampusExplorer.com , the online site which helps students plan their college experience and find colleges, launched a new Facebook application Monday called Campus Explorer Connections. Campus Explorer is looking to surface information about colleges from alumni and others from Facebook contacts.

Santa Monica 164

Santa Monica Sites Help Company 164

socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2011

Santa Monica-based eHarmony , the online dating and matchmaking site, announced this morning that it has named Jeremy Verba as its new Chief Executive Officer. Verba had previously served as President and CEO of teen community site Piczo, as well as AOL, E! Online, and CNET. READ MORE>>.

eHarmony 174

eHarmony Santa Monica Sites Mobile 174

socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2016

Santa Monica-based Tongal , which operates an online, content crowdsourcing site focused on video, has named a Vaughan Emsley as its new Head of Strategy and Client Development. The company has driven campaigns for LEGO, Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Mattel, P&G, General Motors and many others.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Content Advertising Sites 100

socalTECH

MAY 20, 2011

Santa Monica-based Brighter.com , an online site focused on helping consumers find and compare dentists, has scored $5M in a Series A funding. The new site--the latest from entrepreneur Jake Winebaum --said that the funding was led by Mayfield Fund.

Funding 198

Funding Southern California Santa Monica Incubator 198

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2012

A new, Santa Monica-based startup, Enervee , has recently rolled out a new tool to help people estimate how much energy their television--and soon, other appliances--are consuming. How energy efficient is that new television you just bought for your house, and how can you be sure? READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 199

Santa Monica Tool Report Sites 199

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2012

Santa Monica-based LifeCrowd , the social activities website headed by Bong Koh , has raised $5M in a initial funding round, the company is announcing today. As part of the funding, a representative from Lightbank will take a seat on LifeCrowd's board. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 170

Santa Monica Activity Class Sites 170