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JUNE 28, 2021

Santa Monica-based Tapcart, a startup focused on helping Shopify-powered e-commerce brands with mobile apps, has raised $50M in a Series B funding round, the company announed Monday afternoon. According to Tapcart, the funding was led by Left Lane Capital, and also included Shopify, SignalFire, Greycroft, Act One Ventures, and Amplify LA.

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JUNE 2, 2017

The world of mobile apps has added serious challenges for software developers, who don't just have to deal with crashes�they have to deal with slow performance, strange hangs, multiple carrier networks, and more. Software is a different beast in the mobile environment. What is Embrace.IO? Eric Futoran: Embrace.io

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AUGUST 10, 2020

San Diego-based GoSite , which develops an online platform to help small businesses put up online and mobile websites, has raised $16M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Longley Capital, and also included Stage 2 Capital, Ankona Capital, Serra Ventures and SaaS Ventures, and angels.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup. 4 key areas SaaS startups must address to scale infrastructure for the enterprise. But the company says its offering extends beyond traditional payment processing and point-of-sale software. Image Credits: SpotOn.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Hopscotch, led by Laurence Sotsky , has built software which enables sports teams, venues, and others to rapidly create mobile apps for their fans. We caught up with Lauren to hear about Hopscotch, and why teams and schools are turning to the company to power their mobile apps. What is Hopscotch? What do your apps do?

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APRIL 13, 2016

Los Angeles-based mPulse Mobile , which develops mobile healthcare software, has upped its recent funding round to $13M. The company--which announced the first tranche of a Series A in January, worth $10M--said the new funding came from Cambia Health Solutions and Rincon Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 26, 2012

Los Angeles-based Mobile Roadie , the mobile app developer which powers a number of celebrity and other mobile apps, is looking to expand the distribution of its tools, via a new white label platform. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Impact Radius , which develops marketing analytics software aimed at optimizing ad spend across digital, mobile, and offline channels, said Tuesday that it has expanded in New York City, opening up a new office on Madison Avenue. impact radius york marketing analytics software saas cloud advertising'

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Santa Barbara SaaS Advertising Software 159

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

San Diego-based eSUB Construction Software , a startup developing mobile and cloud-based project management and document control software for the construction industry, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The funding came from Revolution Ventures.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” Are you targeting desktop, tablet, or mobile? Most new sites need to account for mobile delivery – but on the other hand, not every MVP needs both desktop and mobile versions. Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app?

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Amplify LA said it found that software-as-a-service (SaaS) was the most funded sector, with a decline in investments in such areas as e-commerce and mobile technology. The group says its tracking found that the average seed round size was $2.2M for the quarter.

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MAY 30, 2012

A firm owned by Los Angeles private equity firm Platinum Equity , desktop publishing tools maker Quark , has acquired a UK-based firm developing cloud-based, tablet and mobile publishing software. Pressrun is used by publishers to create and publish tablet magazines, newspapers, catalogs, and other publications.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

The company said its core customers are in the media and entertainment, mobile gaming, digital media, education, consumer goods, marketing, ecommerce, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) verticals.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

It's a huge development task to develop your own mobile application, connect into Facebook, and create an online ordering system--unless you use the software from ChowNow (www.chownow.com), one of the newest startups to get funding here in Los Angeles. For folks who haven't used ChowNow, what does the software do?

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JULY 1, 2015

San Diego-based Classy , which develops cloud-based software used by nonprofits for fundraising, disclosed that it has raised $18M in a new funding round. The funding came from Mithril Capital Management and Salesforce Ventures. Classy was founded in 2006 as StayClassy, and also counts Bullpen Capital and Venture51 as backers. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 27, 2011

San Luis Obispo-based MindBody Software , the developer of software for managing yoga, pilates, wellness community, and spa and retreats businesses, has raised nearly $9.0M MindBody's software-as-a-service handles business management, merchant account processing, mobile, and other aspects for its clients. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 26, 2015

saas software marketing upfront capital venture restaurant ordering mobile chownow' Along with the new funding, the startup said it has named Nick Kellermeyer as Vp of Sales, and Arpan Jhaveri as VP of Product & Marketing. Kellermeyer was most recently at GrubHub; Jhaveri was at Yodle. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Managing Directors: Tx Zhuo and Eva Ho Investment interests: Data, artificial intelligence-enabled technologies, and automation being applied to enterprise software, financial services, marketplace, and digital health. Fund size: $40M. HashTagOne. hashtagone.com. Fund size: $20M. Greycroft Ventures. greycroft.com.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the online provider of project management and other business tools, said this week that it has launched a set of mobile apps. The firm said the access comes via apps on the iPhone and Android, and via mobile browser support on the BlackBerry and other mobile phones. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to the Apple watch, people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS).

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JULY 15, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Smith Micro Software , a developer of utility and mobile management software, announced today that it has launched a new file delivery product called SendStuffNow. The firm said the new, software-as-a-service offering allows users to send very large files over the Internet. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2020

Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash I was listening to Dan Primack’s podcast on Pro Rata and he was interviewing Senator Klobucher who is now publicly and vocally speaking out against Uber purchasing Grubhub and has tried to mobilize against this. ChowNow is simply a SaaS enablement product. so, too, are restaurants. Enter ChowNow.

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Steve Reich

MAY 12, 2013

I’ve recently joined Malauzai Software, a developer of Mobile Banking Apps for Community Banks and Credit Unions, as their Chief Sales Officer. Even though I’ve been involved with SaaS products since 1998, the last few months have been quite the education. Entrepreneurs mobile apps'

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

ACTIVE Network , the developer of cloud-based sports registration and related services, said today that it has launched a new, mobile app aimed at racing directors. Active Network said that endurance events like Iron Girl already have been using the mobile app. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 29, 2017

Investment interests: Consumer Internet, eCommerce, enterprise software, cloud computing, financial technology, advertising technology. Managing Director: Kelly Perdew Investment interests: Direct to consumer and consumer focused Internet, Saas, video, mobile, mobility, transportation, and in particular founders with a military background.

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Southern California Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Capital 178

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APRIL 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based CitySourced , which develops mobile apps to help cities communicate with their constituents, has merged with Rock Solid Technologies , a provider of software to the government. Financial terms of the merger were not announced. Rock Solid is owned by private equity investor Strattam Capital.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Built from the ground up using technologies leveraged by Internet giants like Facebook, and the feedback of hundreds of customers over a five-year period, the new CallFire is a cross-datacenter SaaS platform with no single point of failure.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Woodland Hills-based FatTail , a developer of software for managing online advertising for web publishers, announced today that it has launched a new, self-serve display ad selling system called PageGage Direct. Tags: fattail software advertising self service saas pagegage direct. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 22, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop has jumped into the enterprise micro-blogging area, saying Monday that it has launched a new tool which allows companies to use Twitter-style updates within the firm's project management software. The new microblogging tool, like Twitter, also supports updates via mobile phones, using SMS. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Los Angeles-based ExpenseBay reported today that its iPhone application, ExpenseBay Mobile, is now available on Apple App store. Tags: expensebay iphone application expense management saas software. ExpenseBay's new app supports entering cash transactions, conversion of foreign currency, and editing of transactions. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Mindflash counts fellow Santa Barbara technology startup Make It Work, the in-home computer repair firm run by Eric Greenspan, as a customer, as well as franchise College Hunks Hauling Junk, and Mexican mobile telephony firm Finestrella as customers. Tags: mindflash online training small business saas software employee.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The IBM executives agree to license software from Microsoft because “there’s no money in software anyways.” They failed to recognize an inflection point in technological history in which profits would shift from hardware to software. Local software is a stepping stone to the power of the cloud.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Forge Technologies , a developer of software used for managing hourly employees, said this morning that it has acquired Los Angeles-based ShiftMe , a developer of "shift-swapping" apps. As part of the acquisition, Forge Technologies said it is moving its headquarters to Los Angeles. Financial terms of the acquisition wer enot announced.

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JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. What does Chrome River's software do? Dave Terry: It's just part of our heritage.

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JUNE 5, 2018

San Diego-based Raken , a startup developing mobile software to manage construction projects, has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. the startup, led by CEO and founder Kyle Slager, develops software which is used for construction workflow management, handling such tasks as daily reporting, time tracking, and safety management.

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MAY 7, 2019

San Diego-based Raken , a developer of construction field management software, says it has added a new member to its board of directors. The company says it now has more than 4,000 clients for its cloud-based mobile software. According to the company, Dave Berman, the former President of ZOOM, has joined its board.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

I’m largely talking about whether to use an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) or a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and to some extent, how much to rely on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers or write your own application components. or simply want to control your software upgrade path, then IaaS is probably what you want.

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