Xconomy

JUNE 9, 2017

GreatCall operates a virtual telecommunications network that provides healthtech products and services for more than 800,000 older consumers throughout the United States. A key part of this strategy are call centers (GreatCall CEO David Inns insists on calling them “caring centers”), where trained agents.

Equity 45

Equity Training Mobile Networking 45

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2011

Last week, El Segundo-based Accordent Technologies , a developer of webcasting and presentation services and software, was acquired by Polycom, in a $50M deal. The firm's investor was San Diego-based TVC Capital , which invested only $4M in total in Accordent before it was acquired. They were big names--Fortune 500 customers.

Capital 168

Capital Hermosa Beach El Segundo Invest 168

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com). We are in Los Angeles and San Diego, and I go between the two cities. If you look at services like Twitter, there are a lot of users who don't post, but read a lot.

Mobile 233

Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2015

San Diego''s Events.com (www.events.com) thinks so, saying it is prepared to create a new platformbuilt in the social and mobile agedesigned to help manage all kinds of events, in a way which has been completely overlooked by the incumbent event registration and management providers.

Software 100

Software Activity Startup San Diego 100

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. It wasn’t about raising multiple rounds and burning jet fuel. It has allowed us to scale in a very measured way.”.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Commerce San Diego Web 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Discussion: Had a long chat about PicClick , a company founded by Ryan Sit in San Diego. Mobile gifting service. Provides electronic book services for content publishers; services include digital scanning and conversion, distribution to leading e-book retailers, monetization and royalty management. LibreDigital.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

Albert previously founded CheapCheapCheap.com, an online coupon and deal finding site, and we thought we'd hear from Albert why he thinks the local, group purchasing market is so interesting, and how he hopes to grow the service beyond just Orange County. What is the site all about?

Orange County 170

Orange County Startup Sites Southern California 170

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

In contrast to some alternative lenders, the San Diego firm said it is growing fast and is consistently profitable. LendingClub helped to pioneer the model, saying in November 2012 that it had surpassed $1 billion in loans issued since 2006, when it was founded. Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Software Review 40

Software Review San Diego Funding Custom 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

San Diego-based Newsforce (www.newsforce.com) is a startup which is looking to take advantage of the hunger of the newspaper and media business for revenue, and has created a product which takes press releases and commercial content, and inserts them onto news sites in "sponsored content" blocks. Tell us a little bit about Newsforce?

News 124

News Advertising Press Sites 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Last week, San Diego-based Kidzui --the kid's website and kid-friendly browser developer, announced another round of funding, and also launched Zui Studios, a new effort to create original content for the portal. Give us an overview on KidZui. Cliff Boro: At KidZui, our job is to give kids access to the best content on the Internet.

Content 165

Content Startup Web Technical Review 165

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In 2014, for the first time ever, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which administers the federal Medicare insurance program, published data showing how much Medicare reimbursement individual providers received. How does this end?”. Ophthalmologists topped the list, accounting for $5.6

Pricing 40

Pricing Press Services Report 40

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

We actually went and calculated our returns, and lo and behold, according to Cambridge and Associates, we're in the top decile for the 2006 vintage of venture funds. We're starting to see some very innovative product ideas out of places like Caltech, USC, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, and the like. Is there a market?

Startup 185

Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. Curtis Staker: We completed an asset purchase of Vidoop in January. Forty-seven percent of people still don't use online banking.

Technology 124

Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I flew from San Diego (where I was visiting for Thanksgiving) to New York to persuade investors to stick with us. We sold the first company to a French services company and were racing around getting our second company off of the ground. I canceled my first ever extended family trip to Hawaii less than a week before going.

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Conference 308

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Laura Brashier is the founder of 2date4love , an online dating service for singles who are unable to have sexual intercourse but still want to find love. Michael Schneider is the CEO of Mobile Roadie , the leading self-service mobile app engagement platform. Laura Brashier – Founder of 2date4love. The site has since grown to nearly 7.5

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78