SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2016

San Diego-based KnuEdge , a startup which was founded by former NASA administrator Dan Goldin, said this morning that it has unveiled its voice recognition and authentication technology--which it has developed with $100M in funding.

Software 100

Software San Diego Web Mobile 100

Xconomy

MARCH 25, 2018

A San Diego software development team with an idea for an emergency mobile app that it said would be faster than calling 911 is headed this week to US Ignite’s Application Summit in Kansas City, MO.

San Diego 74

San Diego Mobile Competition Software Development 74

socalTECH

JULY 26, 2013

San Diego-based enterprise tag management software provider Tealium said this week that it has partnred with Splunk , a developer of IT log monitoring software. tealium enterprise software management splunk market reporting analysis' Financial details of the link between the companies was not disclosed.

San Diego 178

San Diego Entertainment Report Mobile 178

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

San Diego-based enterprise tag management software developer Tealium and web and mobile app optimization company Optimizely announced today that they are in an integration deal, where they will link data from the two different products together for joint customers. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 138

San Diego Software Development Web Software 138

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2013

San Diego-based security software developer Websense said today that it has named a new Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales. Websense is a developer of web security, email security, mobile security and data loss prevention software. websense executive vice president channe sales software'

Sales 138

Sales San Diego Email Software Development 138

Xconomy

AUGUST 3, 2017

ScoreStream, a San Diego area startup providing a crowdsourced social media platform for reporting high school sports scores, said Thursday it has agreed to distribute high school game scores under a new collaboration agreement with The Associated Press.

Web 64

Web Press San Diego Social Media 64

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. The results were so encouraging, we’re doing it again. Financial terms were not disclosed. Webroot withheld terms of the deal.).

San Diego 40

San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2018

The company developed automated kiosks that would scan a device and use analytic software to calculate what it was worth and how much of a rebate to offer for it. Founded by several veterans of the wireless semiconductor industry , EcoATM created a business where there wasn’t one for recycling smartphones and other electronic devices.

San Diego 79

San Diego Startup Sales Software 79

Xconomy

OCTOBER 26, 2018

San Diego startup Cuida Health, a recent graduate of the Connect Springboard accelerator program, this week launched its first product: a voice-activated “social wellness” app for seniors. The mobile app lets seniors stay in touch with others and to search for information on the Web regardless of their technical ability, dexterity or.

San Diego 93

San Diego Web Activity Mobile 93

Xconomy

AUGUST 21, 2019

Ford subsidiary Autonomic today announced a step forward in its drive to expand the online mobility hub it built to manage digital interactions among cars, drivers, fleets, service providers, and auto manufacturers—including Ford’s rivals.

Mobile 104

Mobile Services Startup Customer 104

socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2011

San Diego-based SweetLabs , the firm formerly known as OpenCandy, is taking on the mobile app model, and applying it to the desktop. The firm said today that it has launched a beta of Pokki , a platform which lets web developers create desktop apps, using languages such as HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript.

JavaScript 157

JavaScript Journal San Diego Web Development 157

Xconomy

AUGUST 14, 2018

Ford—one of the automakers competing in China’s huge car market—is now making a bid to provide China’s leading software infrastructure hub dedicated to streamlining transportation by connecting cars and riders with mobility services.

Mobile 75

Mobile Cloud Computing Commerce Entertainment 75

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2011

San Diego-based Confident Technologies , the developer of CAPTCHA security software headed by Curtis Staker, the former President of WebSense, has raised $3.9M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. The filing indicates the funding is part of a $4.9M funding round in progress. READ MORE>>.

Technology 133

Technology San Diego Web Mobile 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

How do you keep up with everything that''s happening with your favorite interests, brands, and personalities on your mobile phone? Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests.

Mobile 159

Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2017

Adam Riggs-Zeigen has come a long way since 2013, when he co-founded San Diego’s Rock My World and introduced the mobile app RockMyRun to provide upbeat music playlists to motivate smartphone-equipped runners. “We We found that it expanded into other avenues, like fitness studios,” Riggs-Zeigen recalled in a recent interview.

Mobile 79

Mobile Software Startup Web 2.0 79

Xconomy

APRIL 12, 2017

Lymber was barely a year old when Mindbody (NASDAQ: MB ) announced recently that it acquired the San Diego mobile app developer. Lymber, named as a 2017 Xconomy San Diego startup to watch , has developed a technology platform that enables mobile users to book openings in fitness and wellness classes.

San Diego 75

San Diego Class Mobile Platform 75

Xconomy

JANUARY 19, 2017

StockTwits, the Twitter-like social media platform for sharing stock market tips and ideas, has acquired San Diego’s SparkFin, a fintech mobile app for discovering and sharing stocks and other investment ideas. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Mobile 40

Mobile San Diego Social Media Services 40

Xconomy

AUGUST 15, 2018

Best Buy is paying $800 million in cash for GreatCall, a San Diego-based healthtech company which private equity firm GTCR bought early last year. GreatCall operates a virtual mobile telecommunications network for a customers base of more than 900,000 elderly consumers.

San Diego 68

San Diego Screening Equity Mobile 68

Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

But whether Uber, Toyota, GM, Honda, or Google end up at the very top of this mobility industry, it’ll be good news for the companies that are developing services to support future high-tech car fleets, says Anthony Rodio. Rodio is the CEO of YourMechanic , a six-year-old company that dispatches auto mechanics to carry out repairs where.

Mobile 83

Mobile High Tech News Marketing 83

Xconomy

JULY 31, 2017

It’s been a long time since tech’s biggest companies could be sorted into discrete buckets according to the products they pioneered—-Google, the search software giant; Apple, the computer and mobile device innovator; e-commerce leader Amazon; business software stalwart Microsoft; and social media engine Facebook.

Competition 64

Competition Social Media Web Commerce 64

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

San Diego-based RoyaltyShare has signed a set of distribution deals for the firm's digital media management and royalty tracking software. According to RoyaltyShare, it has expanded support for distribution to mobile music services LiveWire Mobile, Moderati, SendMe Mobile, Thumbplay and Zed.

Trident Capital 100

Trident Capital Bertelsmann San Diego Mobile 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

San Diego-based RoyaltyShare has inked a set of distribution deals for the firm's digital media management and royalty tracking software. According to RoyaltyShare, it has expanded support for distribution to mobile music services LiveWire Mobile, Moderati, SendMe Mobile, Thumbplay and Zed.

Trident Capital 100

Trident Capital Bertelsmann San Diego Mobile 100

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2016

What do you get when you combine a charitable pub crawl, the movie Anchorman, and a software developer randomly hired off Craigslist? In the case of San Diego's Classy (www.classy.org), you get an extremely popular piece of software-as-a-service to help you manage a nonprofit and its fundraising efforts.

Help 100

Help San Diego Organization Startup 100

Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A San Diego civil engineer who has developed an alternative technology for automating the measurement of water flow gave the best presentation at EvoNexus Fall Demo Day, an event that drew nearly 400 entrepreneurs, investors, and supporters late Thursday to Qualcomm’s corporate headquarters. million and take five years, Sekeroglu said.

San Diego 40

San Diego Startup Orange County Artificial Inteligence 40

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

San Diego-based SweetLabs , the company headed by Darrius Thompson, and which runs both the OpenCandy advertising network and the desktop Pokki app platform, said today that it has raised $13M in a Series C funding round. Pokki allows developers to create desktop apps using web technologylike HTML5.

San Diego 140

San Diego Advertising Platform Google 140

Xconomy

JANUARY 24, 2019

In a tech culture that looks toward self-driving cars as the pinnacle of mobility innovation, we’re still debating whether fully autonomous vehicles are an imminent reality for our roads or an ever-receding Shangri-La.

Mobile 48

Mobile Outsource Development Artificial Inteligence Venture Capital 48

Xconomy

JUNE 25, 2017

A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has set out to boost the startup ecosystem in San Diego and the rest of Southern California—and he already has scored a coup by partnering with Bill Maris, the founder and former CEO of Google Ventures, now known as GV. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Southern California 96

Southern California San Diego Startup Google 96

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. The company’s workforce has grown to about 270, including 80 in San Diego.

Customer 40

Customer Custom San Diego JavaScript 40

Xconomy

JUNE 19, 2018

Sunnyvale, CA-based CrowdStrike, as an endpoint protection and response platform, uses next-generation antivirus software, scans for behavioral indicators of malicious activity, and deploys other threat detection measures to prevent cyberattacks and mitigate harms when they occur. CrowdStrike’s Series E financing round was led by General.

Report 49

Report Web Mobile Activity 49

Xconomy

JANUARY 4, 2019

They shared their thoughts via e-mail with me, Xconomy’s national correspondent David Holley, and Sarah de Crescenzo, editor of Xconomy San Diego. Xconomy: Has the Trump era been good or bad for your company? Manoj Saxena , CognitiveScale chairman. Read more » Reprints | Share:

.Net 102

.Net San Diego Startup Develop 102

Xconomy

MARCH 21, 2017

Cayke, a San Diego startup that has developed video editing software to automate the process of creating GIFs and highlight clips from long-running video game streams, was the top vote-getter of seven startups that presented at the EvoNexus Spring Demo Day.

San Diego 66

San Diego Startup Software Web 2.0 66

Xconomy

APRIL 2, 2018

Internet shopping is now across mobile and Web, and now, the [question] is, ‘How do we create great experiences for everyone?’” says Drew Giovannoli, product marketing manager at Bazaarvoice, an Austin, TX-based maker of e-commerce software.

Commerce 59

Commerce Guide Web Mobile 59

Xconomy

JUNE 11, 2018

Intel sealed its commitment to become a player in the burgeoning autonomous vehicle industry when it bought computer vision company Mobileye for more than $15 billion in 2017.

Mobile 101

Mobile Capital Technology Venture Capital 101

Xconomy

JULY 10, 2017

TP Therapeutics, which raised $45 million in May to advance its work on drug-resistant cancers, raised the most venture capital in San Diego County during the three months that ended June 30, according to regional data released today. Altogether, venture firms invested a total of $406.4 That was down slightly from the $411.2

San Diego 58

San Diego Invest Venture Capital Startup 58

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). OpenX is profitable, and its ad serving software dominant among online publishers. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. Deploying software in the cloud? RightScale.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. Certona uses the data to offer shoppers personalized options based on “real-time profiling.”.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Commerce San Diego Web 40

Xconomy

MAY 17, 2018

Arevo’s technology mix—which combines automated printing equipment with Web-based software and customized raw materials—exemplifies the changes in 3D printing since the days when it served as a mere tool for crafting prototypes and as a consumer novelty. million in a Series B financing round.

Training 68

Training Web Tool Software 68