Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Product Marketing Resource 296

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

San Diego-based ResMed , a developer of software for the healthcare market, has acquired MatrixCare , a developer of long-term post-acute care software. MatrixCare is epxected to have pro forma net revenue of approximately $122M, and pro forma EBITDA of approximately $30M. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 113

San Diego .Net Software Funding 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2021

Irvine-based Viant Technology, a developer of advertising software, has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing with the SEC that it is looking to raise up to $150M in an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Market as DSP. in net income on $164M in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2019. The company reported $9.9M

Advertising 113

Advertising .Net Equity Software 113

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2019

The social media and communication software developer announced the numbers in its second quarter 2019 financial results. Snap's revenues grew to $388M in Q2 of 2019, with a net loss of $255M for the quarter. Santa Monica-based Snap Inc. , READ MORE>>.

Activity 113

Activity Social Media Santa Monica Snapchat 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2020

San Diego-based AlphaTrAI , a fintech startup which is backed by venture capital investor Analytics Ventures, says it is launching its own, extrenal fund, and is expanding its leadership team. the founder of Hightree Advisors, to its advisory board.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Invest San Diego .Net 100

socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2015

Los Angeles-based Prevoty , a developer of enterprise security tools, said Thursday that it has rolled out two new products, which plug into apps running on Java and.NET.

Java 100

Java .Net Product Tool 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based Manalto has raised $1M in a seed funding round, for the company''s social media content management software. According to Manalto, the funding came from Europlay Capital Adivsors, Raven Capital, as well as high net worth individuals from Australia. The company splits its operations between Santa Monica and Australia.

Social Media 196

Social Media Content Media Santa Monica 196

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2017

Santa Barbara-based software developer AppFolio announced on Monday afternoon that it has named Jason Randall as the company's new President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as new member of the company's board. AppFolio is a developer of software for the property management industry, legal industry, and elsewhere.

Santa Barbara 113

Santa Barbara .Net Software Development Software 113

socalTECH

JULY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based financial automation software developer BlackLine has boosted its leadership in the Asia Pacific region, saying on Monday that it has named Terry Smagh as Senior Vice President overseeing its Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Smagh will be based in Singapore. READ MORE>>.

IBM 100

IBM IBM .Net Software Development 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2018

Veritone is a developer of artificial intelligence software used to analyze audio, video and other data sources. Wazee Digital had net revenues of over $19M in 2017, according to the companies. Veritone said it paid $15.0M for Wazee Digital, split between $7.5M in cash and $7.5M in Veritone common stock.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence .Net Software Capital 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

San Diego-based medical device provider ResMed has acquired healthcare software developer Brightree , in a deal worth $800M, according to the companies. ResMed said it will pay $800M in cash for ResMed, which had net sales of approximately $113M in 2015.

San Diego 100

San Diego .Net Software Development Software 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2014

in a funding round, the company said this morning, to go towards the development of its platform for managing data from cardiac devices. The company said the funding came from high net worth individuals, including cardiologists, physicians and successful technology entrepreneurs. San Diego-based Geneva Healthcare has raised $1.8M

Southern California 164

Southern California San Diego .Net Funding 164

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2017

Newport Beach-based Veritone , a developer of artificial intelligence and analyics software, has raised $33.0M in net proceeds related to the IPO. in net proceeds related to the IPO. in is IPO on the NASDAQ. The company, which now trades under the symbol VERI, sold 2,500,000 shares of its common stock at $15.00

Artificial Inteligence 127

Artificial Inteligence .Net Research Capital 127

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Calabasas-based network testing equipment and software developer Ixia is reporting a win with the University of Texas at Austin this morning, saying that its products have been selected to provide end-to-end network visibility in a security effort at the school. FInancial details of the win were not announced.

Calabasas 100

Calabasas .Net Software Development Networking 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Irvine-based cybersecurity software developer CrowdStrike announced this morning that it has named Burt Podbere as the company's new Chief Financial Officer, and Lisza Cuevas as its new Vice President of People. Podbere was most recently CFO of OpenDNS (acquired by Cisco), and also was at Net Optics (sold to Ixia) and Epocrates (IPO).

Yahoo 100

Yahoo .Net Google Software Development 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Santa Monica-based game developer Activision Blizzard says it is slashing 8 percent of its staff, or nearly 800 employees, as a part of a restructuring effort at the company. The move comes even as Activions Blizzard reported record net revenues in 2018 of $7.50 bllion, up from the $7.02 billion it had in revenues for 2017.

Activision 113

Activision Santa Monica .Net Course 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2018

Los Angeles-based Sagewise , a startup developing tools and infrastructure for managing disputes and contracts, has raised $1.25M in a seed funding round. According to Sagewise, it is developing a "safety net" for smart contracts to enable the efficient resolution of disputes. Amy Wan is co-founder and CEO of Sagewise.

Outsource Development 100

Outsource Development Seed Funding .Net Los Angeles 100

Xconomy

JANUARY 4, 2019

When it comes to developing and promoting innovation, external factors beyond the control of company founders, investors, and other business leaders can also determine whether a startup succeeds or fails.

.Net 102

.Net San Diego Startup Develop 102

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

According to the S-1, the firm had a net loss of $8.3M Cornerstone OnDemand develops software-as-a-service, used by human resources and others to manage learning, career development, succession planning, and other corporate operations. Tags: software saas exit acquisition merger ondemand cornerston. READ MORE>>.

Cornerstone OnDemand 208

Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Santa Monica SaaS 208

socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Irvine-based HireRight has launched a new outplacement service and "career transition" product, which is powered by Los Angeles-based CareerArc Group, the developer of TweetMyJobs and Internships.com. Richards; the firm, which started as Internships.com, has since expanded into a wider range of employment-related software and services.

Services 153

Services Social Network .Net Los Angeles 153

socalTECH

JULY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based Funraise , the Los Angeles startup which develops customer relationship management (CRM) and other technology for nonprofits, says it has created a new, $600,000 fund to provide grants to nonprofits. Application for its first round of grants are due by July 31st. Funraise is led by CEO Justin Wheeler. READ MORE>>.

Funding 113

Funding Southern California Technical Review .Net 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Today's contribution is from Greg Cohn of Burner (www.burnerapp.com), which develops both a software app to allow you to create temporary "burner" phone numbers, and a new app to auto-respond to aggressive or annoying texters. You can see all of our holiday reflections here.

Southern California 145

Southern California .Net Venture Capital Class 145

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2012

San Diego-based ServiceNow , the developer of cloud-based, enteprise IT automation software, filed for an IPO Friday, saying that it is looking to raise up to $150M in an IPO on the NYSE. The firm reported a net loss of $6.6M ServiceNow said has applied to trade as NOW. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 113

San Diego .Net Equity Report 113

Xconomy

JANUARY 15, 2019

As Xconomy’s editors looked back at the year just passed, we asked technology leaders to comment on the trends they’d observed in 2018, and the developments they expected in 2019.

.Net 65

.Net Technology Develop Development 65

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Have you ever found yourself in a conversation with developers and found yourself lost or even overwhelmed with new information? In a collaborative effort, Ria Consulting, LLC and Los Angeles Net Developers Group are hosting this event on November 10th, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California.

JavaScript 93

JavaScript Long Beach Java .Net 93

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

Venture Capital 243

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 243

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The company’s stock tanked by more than 26 percent, representing a $230 billion reduction in market cap and a $31 billion drop in Zuckerberg’s personal net worth. The point is, this stuff is hard, and the people who have been building in public are hurting even as they spend billions to develop the tech.

Marketing 246

Marketing Newsletter Technical Review News 246

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2010

Carlsbad-based Dot Hill Systems said today that it has completed its acquisition of Cloverleaf Communications , a developer of storage virtualization and management software. Dot Hill said it expects the buy to help it expand beyond the storage array market, into the higher margin storage software market. READ MORE>>.

Acquisition 133

Acquisition Software Review .Net Pricing 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The firm, which is headed by Adam Miller, also updated its financials, saying it had a net loss of $31.39M on revenues of $32.57M for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Tags: cornerstone ondemand merger acquisition exit software saas. Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO in September. READ MORE>>.

Cornerstone OnDemand 133

Cornerstone OnDemand Santa Monica SaaS .Net 133

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

Outsource Development 51

Outsource Development Outsource Software Offshore 51

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2010

Santa Monica-based Image Metrics , a developer of facial animation software and services, has raised $8.0M The firm said it had a net loss of $6.8M in funding and gone public through a reverse merger. Image Metrics said that ICLA will change its name to Image Metrics, and will change its stock symbol as part of the merger.

Metrics 154

Metrics Santa Monica .Net Acquisition 154

socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2009

According to MySpace, the upgrade includes new access to the activity stream of MySpace users, integration of OAuth and OpenID for authentication of users, and new developer resources to help developers create and manage applications. The firm also said that it will be adding Google Android support soon.

PHP 100

PHP Java .Net Resource 100

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

They've acquired CAPTCHA security tools originally developed by Vidoop, and looking to market that technology to e-commerce web sites, social networking sites, and others looking to reduce spam and fraud. com, and was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA. His latest startup, Factual, is aimed at the data mashup and open data market.

Southern California 228

Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Server-side software infrastructure – virtually all modern web applications rely on virtualization, scaling, load-balancing, and database technologies, among many others. Once Larry and Sergey developed search’s secret sauce, PageRank, they backwards-integrated into server-side software technologies to power and scale search.

Google 92

Google Web .Net Yahoo 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

Outsource Development 89

Outsource Development Outsource Software Development Software 89

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

That died with waterfall software development. Do you really want to spent $100k building a product to discover through Customer Development that the market is too small? Ditto for enterprise software companies. Usually in a tech / software startup 70-80% of your costs will be people. 66% Net Operating Margins?

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

There's a big trend in Hollywood nowadays towards animated features--with the development of 3D animation tools to support all of those movies. As an offshoot of that technology, it turns out the tools for developing 3D animated movies and characters are also pretty good for creating 3D avatars for virtual worlds and computer games.

Hollywood 187

Hollywood Technology Company Companies 187