socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

San Diego-based personalized radio service Slacker has inked a deal with T-Mobile, where T-Mobile will include the application directly on a smart phone. Previously, customers had to go to T-Mobile or Slacker's web site to download the application. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 133

Mobile Mission Ventures San Diego Web 133

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2010

Slacker said it would power The Source Digital Radio, a hip-hop station linked with The Source's print magazine and online web site. Slacker said the radio station will be featured on TheSource's web site, as well as as in a spotlight section on its mobile application. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

Mission Ventures 145

Mission Ventures San Diego Web Sites 145

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2008

According to the firm, it will make its technology available via a program called PortableYou, to enable third parties to integrate the technology into video games, virtual worlds, web sites, mobile applications, and more. Big Stage is backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Venture, and the Tech Coast Angels.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures Sample Pasadena 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

David Sacks, one of the co-founders of PayPal, pitched Geni.com, an online site focused on both family trees and social networking. The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users.

Southern California 100

Southern California Conference SoCal Startup 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Current round: $1.3mm from Index Ventures and Dave McClure, Chris Sacca, Simon Levene, Meagan Marks, Ariel Poler, and Quincy Smith. Woot was one of the first one-per-day item sales site with a humorous and not always PC content. Raised $61mm from investors including Mission Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Sun Microsystems and SAP Ventures.

Venture Capital 242

Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. We've even seen people running Jetty duringly on a Windows Mobile phone. Our open source powers Hadoop, Jetty powers Google--if you look at our community site, the list of products that use use is exhaustive.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100