article thumbnail

Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Amplify provides seed stage capital to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000 in companies with a viable product that are demonstrating some degree of traction.

article thumbnail

Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

Tech Zulu Event

Divshot, a tool for web designers and developers, won a national pitch competition and one of it’s founders Michael Bleigh created a popular open source library now included in Ruby on Rails. The product integrates with Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk and many other popular SaaS products.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Amplify provides seed stage capital to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000 in companies with a viable product that are demonstrating some degree of traction.

article thumbnail

Go West Young Men: Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene

SoCal Delicious

2011 Holiday. Your guide for the best gadget gifts of 2011. Software Engineer, Front End Games.com Mid-Senior Full Stack / Front-End Engineer (HTML5, CSS3, JS, Ruby) John McNeil Studio Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer Universum USA Product Manager - Local Business Products Yelp. SIGN UP for CrunchDaily. Gift Guide.

SoCal 77
article thumbnail

5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

billion for its endowment in 2011 alone. More Products. Web Design Software. Web Hosting Software. Additionally, invention disclosures in Southern California totaled 925 compared to the 592 disclosed in NorCal, according to the UC Technology Transfer Annual Report. MYTH 5: The SoCal crowd is better looking.