socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2012

Pasadena-based Chime.in , the online social networking site and mobile app run by UberMedia , has now seen more than 5M uniques since its launch, UberMedia said today. UberMedia also said the service has sent 200 million "Chimes" -- the social messages which drive the site -- since launch.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Pasadena-based Central Desktop, a provider of on-demand project management and collaboration software, has rolled out new social networking features on its site. Central Desktop said the idea is to "deepen customer-to-customer" engagement within its platform.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising play of Idealab's Bill Gross, said today that it has added news site Topix to its network. TweetUp allows Twitter users to bid on keywords to bring their tweets to the top when users search for information on different web sites.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2008

Last Saturday, I was a panelist at the CalTech - Social Networks event. I would guess that there was about 100 people - on a Saturday in Pasadena. It is almost universal that there are opportunities around social networking. Content is often a defining mechanism to create these networks. Outdoors, faith-based, etc.

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socalTECH

JULY 14, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising firm started by Idealab's Bill Gross, is expanding out its network of sites this morning, saying that it has added four new publishers to its roster. All of those sites will serve up search results from TweetUp.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2011

MINDBODY said the daily deals feature allows business owners to create their own deals, and distribute them through a network of over 500 daily deal sites, directly from its software. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Voivoda says that Babajov has ties to the Band of Angels, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Keiretsu Forum Angel networks. VoiVodaLabs says on the site that the cost of space at its incubator starts at $350 a month for a workstation, with private offices from $1000 a month.

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Glendale Incubator Tech Coast Angels Keiretsu 196

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2010

Pasadena-based FastSoft , a developer of web acceleration technology, said today that it has rolled out a new product targeted at Internet retailers, web companies, and CDNs. Tags: fastsoft content deliver network internet acceleration. READ MORE>>.

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Pasadena Web Content Pricing 145

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the Caltech spinout which develops Internet acceleration devices, said today that it has bolstered its algorithms used its product to support dynamic web pages and video. The firm said it is targeting Internet retailers, social networking sites, and content delivery network (CDN) providers with the product.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2010

According to comScore's February 2010 numbers, GN Kids, Gorilla Nation's kids-focused online ad network, was number six in terms of percentage change in unique visitors -- up 241 percent between January and February. Among other gaining sites were ProFlowers.com, which had a surge of 412 percent in uniques, to 5.3 million Americans.

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Gorilla Nation eHarmony Southern California Santa Monica 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , which develops software and services for specialty lodging suppliers, said today that one of its customers, Kees Vacation Rentals, has seen an increase in the firm's bookings by 38%, from using the firm's platform. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2010

Twitter said that third party ad networks are not necessarily looking to preserve the "unique user experience" of the site, and also said it came because it is looking to use its "Promoted tweets" to preserve the "integrity and relevance" of user timelines.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the newly renamed Twitter advertising and application provider, announced today that it has acquired Mixx. Mixx operates an online site which allows users to find social content. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Idealab Social Media Pasadena Acquisition 187

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Investors are pouring millions into the creation of a network of shared kitchens, storage facilities, and pickup counters that established chains and new food entrepreneurs can access to cut down on overhead and quickly spin up new concepts in fast food and casual dining. The Battle Is For The Customer Interface. They just have to enable it.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , which operates a service to distribute specialty lodging and vacation rentals to online travel sites, disclosed over the weekend that it has signed on John Ascuaga's Nugget Resort Casino as a customer. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , which develops 3D avatar technology, said today that it has partnered with video game company GGL Global Gaming, to provide free game content on its web site. According to Big Stage, the deal will allow users on the site to insert the firm's 3D avatars into game photos and videos.

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Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures USC Social Network 100

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , a developer of 3D avatar creation software, has released new software today which allows users of the popular Skype voice calling application to lip synch spoken words through a photo-realistic avatar.

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Tech Coast Angels Southern California Mission Ventures Entertainment 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment, which is developing 3D avatar technology, said today that it has opened up its proprietary 3-D facial modeling system to third parties. The firm said the program will include application programming interfaces (APIs), code samples, method, and reference libraries. READ MORE>>

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Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures Sample Pasadena 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2011

So do yourself a favor this month and come explore a variety of tech opportunities and network with some of LA’s top startups at the offices of Idealab, the Pasadena-based technology incubator. Bill Gross will be on site to give a special welcome, and executives from Idealab’s companies will pitch their businesses to attendees.

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Idealab CitySearch Social Media Pasadena 95

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

One of the firms poised to take advantage of that growth is Pasadena-based OpenX (www.openx.org), which develops one of the most widely used ad serving solutions available. For a big company, that might be through their own sales force, and for a smaller company it might be a small team which is operating the site themselves.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers. Can you talk about how you connected with the Pasadena Angels and Frontera?

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

After three years of that, I decided I needed to go back to the entrepreneurial world, and joined up with another young company, which was SupplyFrame in Pasadena. I then spent a few years at IBM as their Chief Strategy Officer in their identity management area. We tried all of them, and had quite a bit of success.

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Orange County Startup News IBM 245

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

We could have raised more, but apparently, we crashed SeedInvest's entire site on the last day of the campaign. We're also at Caliburger in Pasadena, at Dodger Stadium, and Chase Field. What I did, is I went to every single event I could go to, and networked my way into a small investor base. COVID is really changing the game.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew Graczyk is founder of angel-backed Zubican (www.zubican.com)--saw a problem, which was the difficulty of finding suppliers for products for businesses--and decided to solve the problem, with a site specifically targeted at helping B2B buyers and sellers connect. It's a full-blown, B2B social network. companies on the Internet.

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SEO Advertising Gogii Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Additionally, the site allows lawyers to market their legal services by sharing expert advice and engaging in discussion. andi also lets users share text, photos, videos, live panels, and soon even comprehensive queues consitsting of offline and online content in all of your popular social sites including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Crowd Seats is the only Group Buying/Daily Deals site for sports fans. has created a simple to use, online application for your business to create a mobile site and secure its mobile presence. The end user, regardless of the mobile device from which the website is being accessed, will see a mobile version of the your site!

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