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JANUARY 28, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop said today that it is among the local firms seeing great results from Q4, despite the economy. In a conversation with socalTECH, the firm's CEO and co-founder, Isaac Garcia, said the company had a record November and December, speculating that the economic environment actually drove adoption of its products.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop said today that it has officially launched its Microsoft Office collaboration tool, Central Desktop for Office. Tags: central desktop microsoft office collaboration project management saas software. The firm's software has been available to users since at least May. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Pasadena-based Guidance Software , a developer of forensics software for digital investigations of computers, said today that it has hired Leo J. Tags: guidance software executive forensics security saas websense. Cole as the firm's Vice President of Marketing. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the software-as-a-service provider of business collaboration software, said today that it has named Laurence Sotsky as Vice President of Sales. Tags: central desktop executive saas project management software sales. Central Desktop is headed by Isaac Garcia, and backed by Openview Venture Partners.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the online project planning software-as-a-service firm headed by Isaac Garcia, said today that it has partnered with ActiveWord Systems. Tags: central desktop activeword keyboard shortcut saas software. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

Source of the funding was not announced, however, the firm has previously raised funding from Catalyst Investors, Frontera Capital, the Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. Tags: capital venture saas classes appointment fitness health salon yoga software mindbody. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 1, 2014

We use a SaaS model, and we work with hospitality companies, such as hotels, restaurants, food service, and we help track employee performance in real time. George Collado: We worked with the Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Siemer Ventures, and in January we raised a $300,000 seed round. What does StaffRanker do? READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the developer of online project management software headed by Isaac Garcia, has gone live with the firm's new integration with Zoho Spreadsheets tool. Tags: central desktop zoho spreadsheet project management software saas. The firm said the spreadsheet support went live this week. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the software-as-a-service project management startup headed by Isaac Garcia, announced a new tool aimed at Microsoft Office users today. Tags: central desktop project management saas software sharepoint microsoft. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , which offers a software-as-a-service, team project management application, is being forced to swap out its spreadsheet support, telling its users today that it is switching from using EditGrid to Zoho's Sheet product. Tags: central desktop software saas project management editgrid zoho. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , a developer of software-as-a-service tools for project management, said Thursday that it has linked with John Jantsch's Duct Tape Marketing, to provide a custom version of its software to Duct Tape Marketing. Tags: marketing tape duct management project software saas desktop central. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Pasadena-based software-as-a-service developer Central Desktop reported today that the firm had 44 percent, year-over-year growth, and boosted its staff by 50 percent in 2009, as a result of demand for the firm's online project collaboration tools. Tags: central desktop expansion hiring employment jobs software saas. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 1, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , a developer of software-as-a-service, project management tools, announced today that it has released a new plug-in for Microsoft Outlook. Tags: central desktop saas software project management microsoft outlook. The new plug in is available for free for the firm's users. 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. Tags: twitter microblogging desktop central saas software yammer. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , a provider of online, software-as-a-service for project management, said today that its product is now available through Intuit's App Center, an online marketplace for Intuit's small business customers. Tags: central desktop saas software project management intuit quickbooks. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 28, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , which operates an online team project management service, said today that it has added John Greathouse to the firm's board of directors. Tags: central desktop executive project management software saas john greathouse. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 19, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the online project management firm headed by Isaac Garcia, has added new web-based file folders to its suite of offerings, the company announced today. Tags: central desktop folder support webdav webfolder project saas software. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 4, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , an online software-as-a-service site offering online project management software, said Thursday that the firm is tapping Akamai to improve its offering. Tags: central desktop akamai saas project management. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Pasadena-based Vertical Management Systems , a developer of financial technology and software for managing fiduciary risk, fee transparency, and revenue reconciliation, has been acquired by NewSpring Holdings. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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MARCH 12, 2009

OptionEase has previously raised funding from the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. Tags: options optionease software stock saas accounting. OptionEase develops software-as-a-service for tracking stock options compliance and the FAS 123(R) and IFRS2 regulations. The company also said it has now signed up over 300 clients.

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JUNE 17, 2009

XCast, which is venture backed by Siemer and Associates, Frontera Capital and the Pasadena Angels, said the addition of its video mail service allows users of Blackberry Curve, Pearl, or Storm devices to receive video messages by automatically providing the correct video messaging format depending on device model and firmware of Blackberry.

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MAY 22, 2009

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the Caltech spinout developing Internet acceleration devices, disclosed earlier this week that it has rolled out a new product. The firm said it is targeting hosting, SaaS, social network, content distribution networks, and cloud computing companies with the hardware.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Pasadena-based OpenX , the Internet ad server developer, said today that it has launched a new version of its OpenX Enterprise software. The firm said that the new platform is being used by customers such as Groupon, Orange-France Telecom Group, and Excite Japan.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Jay Ackerman: I have a tech background, and have worked at a number of software and SaaS companies, primarily in go-to-market. More recently, my position was Chief Revenue Officer for Guidance Software, a company which provided forensic and cybersecurity software in Pasadena.

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

Pasadena-based 17hats , a startup that develops business management software aimed specifically at solo entrepreneurs (solopreneurs), has raised $4M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Wavemaer Partners, and also included Talmadge O'Neill and Harry Tsao of Mezi Media and Tamim Mourad of PriceGrabber. 17hats is led by Donovan Janus.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

MINDBODY, which is headed by Rick Stollmeyer, is also backed by the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels, which were first to put their backing behind the company. As part of the funding, MINDBODY said that Norm Fogelsong of IVP has joined the company's board of directors.

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APRIL 11, 2012

The firm's investors include those same Tech Coast Angels, the Pasadena Angels, and Maverick Angels. AnyMeeting, which is headed by Coston Tuculescu, also said it will offer up two months of its premium ad-free conference service to Tech Coast Angels members. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 13, 2012

OptionEase is headed by Kim Kovacs, and is venture backed by GADS Option Fund, Miramar Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Financial impact of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 10, 2015

Pasadena-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Rexter is launching a new product, later today, at the Microsoft Accelerator Demo Day in Seattle.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

OptionEase, which was headed by Kim Kovacs, was venture backed by the GADS Option Fund, Miramar Venture Partners , Pasadena Angels , and Tech Coast Angels. Solium Capital is a developer of cloud software for equity administration, financial reporting and compliance. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the provider of cloud-based project and collaboration software, announced today that it has named Kristy McKnight as its Vice President of Products. McKnight joins the company from Telecommunications Systems, Inc.,

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2012

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the developer of cloud-based, project collaboration software which is headed by Isaac Garcia, said Wednesday that it has bolstered its board. The firm said it has added Brent Rasmussen, president of CareerBuilder North America, to its board of directors.

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MAY 15, 2012

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , the enterprise, e-discovery spinout of X1, announced this morning that its X1 Rapid Discovery product is now available through the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solution Provider program.

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socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2012

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , the electronic discovery offshoot of X1 and Idealab, reported Tuesday that it has launched a fully cloud-deployable version of its software. The firm said the new X1 Rapid Discovery search product can be deployed anywhere in the cloud "within minutes", including deploying through Amazon Web Services.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

Source of the new funding was not disclosed, however, the firm has previously raised capital from Bessemer Venture Partners, Catalyst Investors, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, and Frontera Capital. The disclosure came via a regulatory filing from the firm. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 29, 2011

The angel-backed company has raised funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. AnyMeeting provides a free, ad-supported service which allows users to run web conferences and webcasts. The firm is targeting competitors like GoToMeeting and WebEx with its free service. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Huntington Beach-based Anymeeting , the free web conferencing and webinar service headed by Costin Tuculescu, and backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Maverick Angels, reports today that it has added a new, ad-free version of the software aimed at small business users. The firm said the new, paid feature will cost $17.99

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