socalTECH

JULY 16, 2015

The company said the funding actually came over the last few years, with backing from such investors as Parana Management Corp. The company says it first raised funding in 2011, and has been operating in stealth mode. Readz is led by Bart De Pelsmaeker.

Woodland Hills 100

Woodland Hills Tool Mobile Marketing 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The New York Times said that California had charged the company $100,000 for violating minimum wage laws. In a statement this morning, BYD said those workers were actually "highly-experienced engineers, battery specialists and bus design specialists" on loan from China to transfer its technology to California employees.

Lancaster 153

Lancaster Los Angeles Design Report 153

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

Nasty Gal is led by Sophia Amoruso, who started the company selling vintage clothing on eBay in 2006; the company says its now had over $28M in revenues in 2011, with revenues increasing around 500 percent each year. The firm said the funds will go towards technology, operations, creative curation, and editorial design.

Sales 145

Sales Los Angeles Design Funding 145

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 -- Medical Device and Investor Forum. The OCTANe Medical Device and Investor Forum has become the top opportunity for medical device start-up companies that are seeking investment capital to make investment presentations to leading venture capitalists and investors. This fast-paced, 2.5 See [link] (more)

OCTANE 124

OCTANE Startup Design Invest 124

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2011

San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies , the designer of transmissions used in electric vehicles, said today along with EV manufacturers Tomberlin Group and TEAM Industries , that they are expanding their joint venture activities. The companies said that they will now apply Fallbrook's technology to additional Tomberlin product lines.

San Diego 140

San Diego Design Activity Technology 140

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2012

Santa Monica-based CODA Holdings , the developer of electric vehicles and battery systems, announced today that it has inked a contract with Chinese automotive producer Great Wall Motors Company , to jointly develop an all-electric vehicle for the worldwide market. READ MORE>>.

Outsource Development 154

Outsource Development Develop Development Santa Monica 154

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2011

From attending the 2nd official Augmented Reality Event (2011) , the AR industry really seems to be getting some traction and moving itself beyond the buzz realm; into something a bit more substantial, seeing an ever-more increasing presence into consumer, commercial, and artistic realms. The winners of this one? Sorry, just had to).

Conference 69

Conference Startup Google Competition 69

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Thursday, February 24, 2011 -- DIGIDAY:MOBILE: Publishers, Agency Executives and Brand Marketers are set to come together and discuss one of the hottest markets in digital content and advertising: Mobile. The half day format for the event is designed to serve today's ultra busy top executives; Presidents, CEO's, CMO's, EVP's, and Directors.

Media 100

Media SoCalTech Advertising Mobile 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The group says that so far, from 2009 to 2011, it accepted 23 companies, of which 19 received funding worth a total of $80M; the accelerator said that the nine companies acquired exceeds $60M in proceeds. READ MORE>>.

Class 168

Class Startup Web Design Mentor 168

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Spotlight: LA Tech Summer SuperDemo is all electric car company CODA.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

Friday, September 9, 2011 -- Presenting for Profit: Creating Presentations that Persuade, Generate Leads and Close Business! Did your last presentation make a real difference for your company? Your career? 33 million business presentations are delivered every business day but most get lost in the noise. See [link] (more)

Design 113

Design Customer Custom Company 113

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 -- Medical Device and Investor Forum. The OCTANe Medical Device and Investor Forum has become the top opportunity for medical device start-up companies that are seeking investment capital to make investment presentations to leading venture capitalists and investors. This fast-paced, 2.5 See [link] (more)

OCTANE 100

OCTANE Startup Design Invest 100

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

Garrett was most recently a venture capitalist at Crosscut Ventures, who helped identify and fund ShoeDazzle--co-founded the company with Beal, a fashion industry insider who was introduced to Garrett by prolific Los Angeles angel investor Paige Craig. The two sat down with us to explain the idea behind the company.

Startup 182

Startup Commerce Design Media 182

Tech.Co

JULY 6, 2015

The big companies in the industry (think FTD, Teleflora, 1800Flowers) that dole out work to local florists are not only stifling their creativity, but killing their businesses. BloomNation is a flower marketplace that lets local florists showcase and sell their unique designs. Shoraka started the company with two friends back in 2011.

Platform 72

Platform Design Tool Resource 72

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Zwelling is a one of Southern California's serial entrepreneurs with a fair number of successes under his belt; his last company, EchoSign, was acquired for a healthy sum by Adobe in 2011; he also was the founder of YLighting, a big success in providing online designer lighting. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 159

Southern California Advertising Examples Web 159

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Since 2013, when Elon Musk released his white paper for an emerging mode of transportation using low air pressure within a tube, companies around the world have answered the call to build the next generation of futuristic transportation. This has caused much confusion both in the public and the media. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies.

SpaceX 100

SpaceX Design Technology Competition 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Several teams disassembled themselves, joining other teams as well as one new company surfaced off in the corner with no one seeming to notice. Everyone joined back at Coloft at 9:00 AM the following morning and worked hard throughout the day. Throughout the day, random shouts of Startup Weekend success!

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. How long has company been around? What is Tradesparq?

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

What do you think of the design elements? When commenting please state if you have specific skills in visual design, copy or similar. Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! Yet we wanted to be clear that we invest heavily in digital media, mobile & software companies. What text resonates? Navigation?

UCSD 260

UCSD Invest Startup Design 260

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. All the companies that graduate from the accelerator’s program work from the same office and can literally reach out and touch their investors at any time.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In 2012 the company rolled out Inktank, an innovative open source storage solution based on Ceph’s distributed file system, which was subsequently sold to Red Hat for $175 million. To update Marc Andreessen’s widely publicized quote from 2011, “OpenStack Software Defined Networks (SDNs) are eating the world.”

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Those services work on volume, and the designs you can send--and which you receive--are from a limited selection, not at all personalized to the recipient, and for the florist delivering the flowers, provides slim margins and no opportunity to build a customer base. You mention the big companies, like FTD, 1-800 Flowers, etc.

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 9, 2014

The company launched the original program back in 2011. Android Apps Apps & Software Dev & Design Entertainment Gadgets Gaming Mobile' Last Monday, Jan 6th, marked the culmination of AT&T’s Developer Summit at CES 2014 along with the release of open APIs for its U-Verse platform on Android.

Develop 72

Develop Development Mobile Entertainment 72

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 11, 2011

Company Name RadiumOne Information Release Date 3/10/2011 Transaction Type Venture Equity Amount $21,000,000 Round Series B Proceeds Purpose The Company, which reached profitability in Q4, will use its existing and new capital for potential acquisitions designed to give the company additional resources and tools to effectively scale.

Equity 40

Equity Resource Design Tool 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall is garnering some excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S. Dinesh earned his B.S.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2011

We’re looking for companies with new technology to demonstrate (or better yet, those with upcoming launches they wish to promote among savvy peers). TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and the all electric car company CODA as the SuperDemo. If you’d like to present, APPLY HERE.

Santa Monica 82

Santa Monica CalTech Southern California Technology 82

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Milk & Honey has had shoes designed by Rachael Ray, Ginnifer Goodwin, Malin Akerman, and Kate Mara amongst others and has appeared in People, Redbook, Inked, Lucky, Bridal Guide, InStyle, Marie Claire, and numerous other publications. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2013

Pharmaceutical companies spent $20 billion a year marketing their products to medical offices. However, the whole business of those companies working with medical offices is one sorely in need of technology. How did you start the company? The company was born out of the inefficiency in the system. What is RxVantage?

Marketing 231

Marketing Software Education Startup 231

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC. In the late 90′s I saw a dangerous trend creeping into the startup world, which was that companies were suddenly raising huge amounts of money too early in their existence. Over funding often produces bad behavior in early-stage companies.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

The reasons companies elect to sell exclusively offline differ, but they often center on managing channel conflict with their retail partners. Founded in 2011, Z Supply, LLC has created five women’s fashion brands with a sixth brand and extension into Men’s, launching Spring 2017.

Sites 100

Sites Sales Santa Barbara Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. It allows you many more exit opportunities.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2015

He founded Alpha Origins in 2011. Even Google News decided to close in Spain due, to a new law designed to protect legacy businesses. We can understand how disruptive companies affect entire industries. The Exit Tax will be a huge deterrent to companies that want to expand overseas. You can read the details here.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Startup Santa Barbara Venture Capital 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joey Flores, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Earbits (a Y Combinator Winter 2011 company). Alex Benzer , Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder at FanMix , previously known as SocialEngine (a TechStars Boulder 2011 company) FanMix is a recommendation engine for social media marketing. Tickets: $10.00

Incubator 64

Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 64

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are striving to be the super-mega technology company that owns every layer of the value chain. Component design – computers need computer chips in order to compute, and computer chips have to be designed by someone. – need to be enclosed into a coherently designed device.

Google 92

Google Web .Net Yahoo 92