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JULY 7, 2021

Ventura-based advertising technology developer The Trade Desk is launching its own venture capital arm, and has made its first investment, the company said this morning. The company said that the new investment fund, TD7, will invest in open Internet startups.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Ventura-based The Trade Desk announced this morning that it has named Sandeep Swadia as its new Executive Vice President, Chief Data and Trust Officer. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based Shopzilla , the online comparison shopping site owned by Symphony Technology Group (STG), announced today that it has acquired Ventura-based Connexity , the programmatic media buying company led by Dave Gross. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2012

ventura-based NetPlenish , the mobile shopping service startup headed by Dave Compton , said today that it has launched with $1.9M NetPlenish is one of the firms located in the Ventura Ventures Technology Center. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. In May, the Center co-hosted the first New Venture Ventura County, a celebration of student entrepreneurs from grade school to grad school.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Los Angeles-based marketing technology provider Shopzilla said this morning that it has officially chanced its company named to Connexity , to help highlight the shift of the company from comparison shopping to technology driven marketing solutions. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The Woka Foundation was co-founded by Barbara Karplus and her husband Rob Womer, two philanthropists from Ventura County. Karplus said, in a statement, that it is excited to support VertueLab because they are a leader in helping budding science and technology entrepreneurs bring their nascent stage climate solutions to fruition.

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APRIL 17, 2019

A new, Los Angeles venture capital fund, AET Fund said on Wednesday that it has raised $50M to make investments in entertainment technology, and hired someone to head up its U.S. AET Fund said that so far, it has made investments in six different startups, including HypeVR, FABLE STUDIO, Tyffon Inc., investment efforts.

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JUNE 1, 2017

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) has just received $5M to fund a new initiative, called Energize California , to help boost clean technology startups.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Ventura-based The Trade Desk , saw a huge pop in the markets this morning, with its stock trading up nearly 60 percent, at $28.66 per share--significantly above the $18.00 per share the company priced at late last night. The company was trading around $28.66 right around noon ET.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Editor's note: Our apologies to our readers who use our service for keeping up on technology and finance news for our lack of coverage on Friday, as we were evacuated at 3am on Thursday morning as flames approached Thousand Oaks, and our homes and servers have been within the mandatory evacuation zones.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

We''re continuing to feature reflections on the last year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community, and today have thoughts from Gerhard Apfelthaler , who is Dean of California Lutheran University''s School of Management , which has been very active in Ventura County helping to promote startup and entrepreneurial activity.

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MARCH 22, 2012

Come network with Investors, Start-ups and the SBDC Incubators can provide you with access to capital, consulting, targeted trainings, networking opportunities, access to work space, and a calendar of relevant events and our panelists are going to expand upon how this applies to your business. See [link] (more)

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Ventura-based NetPlenish , a startup which is developing a service which will provide automated replenishment of items, combined with an automatic price comparison engine, has quietly raised funding from 500 Startups. NetPlenish is part of the Ventura Ventures Technology Center. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 28, 2011

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 -- Where High Tech Meets High Surf: Ventura Ventures Technology Center. ACG 101 Where are the next generation of high-tech companies getting their start? For many of them, the answer is four blocks from the beach, in the heart of downtown Ventura.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. In an attempt to help people navigate the landscape of accelerators and incubators, we've come up with a (hopefully) comprehensive list of Southern.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Southern California startups raised $810.5M funding round, and $60M in Ventura-based advertising technology developer TradeDesk. in venture capital in Q1, according to the latest MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Los Angeles had $399.1M

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

Connexity said that it is integrating social networking and recommendation engine technology into its advertising technology. The company said it is in the midst of selecting a headquarters locations in Ventura County and hiring. The funding round came from Persistence Partners, which is also headed by Gross. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies. the "startup culture" at the company as among reasons to work for the company.

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APRIL 4, 2013

The baseball community has really taken to it, because we''ve set it up how coaches already operate. That''s how recruiting works now, and continues to work with our technology. Why is technology important here? How''d you start the company? What is that process?

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

For our interview today, we talked with CEO and co-founder Jon Grishpul about the startup, which offers up its services for free to homeowners in the Los Angeles area. How did you start the company? Jon Grishpul: My co-founder, Paul, had been flipping houses for ten years before starting GreatBuildz. What is GreatBuildz?

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The magazine turned its attention this month towards the Los Angeles innovation and technology economy in a section guest edited by StartEngine co-founder Howard Marks , including a reception held Wednesday evening at the Viceroy in Santa Monica.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The SBIR is a funding program which provides research and development dollars to small businesses and startups. Aerius Photonics in Ventura; Opto-Knowledge Systems of Torrance, Space Micro, Inc. in San Diego, and Wyatt Technology , in Santa Barbara. Firms recognized by the SBA with the Tibbets Award included.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

We recently ran into Dave Compton , Chairman and CEO of Ventura-based NetPlenish.com (www.netplenish.com), a early stage startup working on a service which will automatically re-order items for consumers. Once you go in and make the purchase from us, then you set up your NetPlenishment on that product. What is NetPlenish?

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AUGUST 4, 2010

in funding from the Pasadena Angels, for its technology which applies semiconductor processing to diamonds to create more brilliant and super-polished stones. We caught up with Paul Gloger, the firm's CEO, to learn more about the technology and company. What's the technology all about? Thanks for chatting today.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

Santa Monica startup airline Surf Air has been spreading its wings in recent months and spreading the word about its initiatives at Silicon Beach events such as Social Media Week LA and Techweek LA. The startup airline currently flies in California only as it strives to expand nationwide. We pride ourselves on being agile.

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MARCH 29, 2010

Last week, Ventura-based The Trade Desk (www.thetradedesk.com) announced a $2.5M We talked with Jeff about his new startup, and where it fits into the Internet ad market. He left to start his own firm, which only invests in data-based companies, who are all focused on accumulation and use of data. funding round.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

We lit our own KeyInfo fiber ring, which provides advanced connectivity services to Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? What are the technologies or things you think people ought to watch in 2016? When we returned to the U.S.

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