TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for its carbon footprint. The disaster only furthered New York’s resolve to be more aggressive with its climate action.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

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MARCH 30, 2018

Irvine-based antivirus and endpoint protection software developer Cylance has named a trio of new executives, saying that it has named Grant Johnson as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Kumud Kalia as Chief Information Officer (CIO), and promoted Eric Cornelius to Chief Product Officer (CPO). READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2016

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands said Friday that it has acquired Demandforce , a developer of marketing software and services. Internet Brands acquired Demandforce from Intuit, which had acquired Demandforce back in 2012. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 6, 2014

Irvine-based SecureAuth , which develops multi-factor authentication and security software, has raised $10M more in a funding, according to the company. SecureAuth said that the funding will help the company accelerate growth through expansion of sales and marketing. The funding came from Toba Capital, and occurred in July.

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JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. What does Chrome River's software do? When SAP acquired Concur this fall for $8.3

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2010

Saturday, June 12, 2010 -- Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Software: Start-ups in the Cloud  Challenges and Opportunities. The global cloud computing market is expected to grow at a compounded annual rate of 28 percent from $47 billion in 2008 to $126 billion by 2012, according to IBM based on various market estimates.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The race to get your SXSWi panel to as many votes as possible so that you will be selected to present at the coming 2012 SXSW. Consumerism of business freemium software (BetterWorks). Marketing: Beyond the Buzzword: Reality of Direct-to-Fan (TopSpin, PledgeMusic, etc.). Its that time again! Scaling thru Outsourcing.

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MAY 30, 2013

Barracuda Networks said the acquisition will help it strengthen its offerings in the cloud data storage market. SignNow''s software runs on the iPhone, and iPad, and allows users to collect electronic signatures for agreements. The company raised $2M in funding back in March of 2012. SignNow was headed by Chris Hawkins.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

OpenX develops online ad serving software, used by web publishers to serve up advertising on their web sites; the firm also offers up a real-time bidding exchange, OpenX Market, used by advertisers and publishers for deciding what advertising to serve up to consumers. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While the market isn't short of spritely, innovative entrepreneurs, harsh economic headwinds combined with a pullback in investor spending have made it harder than ever for budding businesses to break through. Source: runwayml.com In June, Runway raised $141 million in funding, nudging its market valuation to an envy-inducing $1.5

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Among the highest ranked in the annual program was OpenX Software , based in Pasadena, which had a 44,075% five year growth rate, which was ranked at number 5 in the nation, based on its fiscal revenue growth rate from 2008 to 2012.

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JUNE 5, 2013

Glossi is aiming at helping marketers and other publishers to create their own, slick digital magazines using drag and drop tools. Glossi was originally started as a project at ThisNext; the company is now independent of ThisNext, having spun out independently in December of 2012. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 6, 2017

San Diego-based SOCi , a developer of enterprise, social media management software, announced this morning that it has raised $8.5M The company was founded in 2012. in a Series A funding. The funding was co-led by Vertical Venture Partners and Grayhawk Capital. Afif Khoury is CEO of SOCi. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based Network Automation , which develops IT and business process automation software, has hired back founder Dustin M. Snall as its CEO, the firm said, to focus on growth in the automation market for the firm. Snell was previously Chief Software Architect and CTO of the firm, a position he moved to in January of 2011.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Full-service Pinterest marketing and technology startup – HelloSociety recently announced it had driven $30 million in additional sales revenue for its over 350 brand clientele through Pinterest. HelloSociety’s successful marketing and branding campaigns run on Pinterest for a reason.

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MAY 1, 2012

La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless , a developer of wireless video optimization and streaming hardware and software, has been acquired by Allot Communications Ltd. , a provider of products for the fixed and mobile data network market, Allot announced this morning. in revenues for the second half of 2012.

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APRIL 16, 2012

According to Zillow, it plans to open a new office at 2600 Michelson Dr. later this summer, where it will be hiring sales people with experience in Internet marketing and software. Zillow said it plans to hire up to 100 people in the new location in 2012. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Even though Lyft nor Sidecar presented at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 they need to be mentioned as they were a huge time saver both getting from after party to after party and also to get to the airport. Planana handles getting sponsorship dollars for your event so you can focus on marketing it.

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APRIL 16, 2013

Booker , the developer of a cloud-based system for autmating operations and marketing for small and medium sized businesses and others, has raised $27.5M The firm grew from 65 to 200 employees in 2012 overall. capital venture business marketing automation employment jobs irvine booker' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

Uber has faced strong, negative reactions from taxi and other transportation services, which have been lobbying and using local laws to lock the firm out of their local markets. Uber launched its services in Los Angeles in March of 2012, and followed with expansion into San Diego in June of 2012.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

The company is ServiceTitan, and its market… is air conditioners. Founded by Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan in 2012, ServiceTitan is very much an up-and-coming billion-dollar business that’s a family (minded) affair. These kinds of technologies, unlike AI, don’t automate away workers.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2015

Back in 2012 when the Flame virus was wreaking havoc across the world, the need for army-trained hackers became a whole new frontier for IT software companies. As a result, software companies are turning to military trained hacking talent to help deal with this threat. Israeli software companies are the perfect example.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 4, 2012

Friday, August 10, 2012 -- Harnessing the Persuasive Power of the Interactive Infographic. Designers, developers and marketers alike have taken on the task of wrangling data into consumable - and more importantly action generating - information nuggets and insights. Data visualization is not a new practice, but it is a booming one.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Now Microsoft has responded with a play of its own, partnering with the provider of a suite of hosted graphic design and animation software tools called Nimble Collective. While leaders like Netflix migrated to cloud services in 2012 and 21st Century Fox worked with HP to get its infrastructure on cloud computing, other companies have lagged.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

TrueCar--which offers up automotive pricing information and automotive configuration and quoting software--said the sales came from more than 5,500 dealer partners. The firm's back end software is used to power the no-hassle, automobile purchasing programs from American Express, Yahoo Autos, AAA, USAA and Consumer Reports, among others.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

What was Southern California's technology community most interested in 2012? numbers should be released in the next week for 2012. BetterWorks--headed by prolific angel investor Paige Craig--apparently was not able to sustain a large enough market, relative to its high costs of customer acquisition. As 2012 turned.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 10, 2012

Saturday, June 16, 2012 -- Making Life Better: Entrepreneurs and Biomechanical and Assistive Technologies. The market is enormous and the rewards are great. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Assistive technology companies can both do good and do well. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 16, 2012

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 -- A Practical Guide to "Enterprise Cloud" How to Avoid Risks and Maximize Opportunities in the Cloud! We know that by now you have a good understanding of the cloud and its benefits. See [link] (more)

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Fan Appz, a Santa Monica headquartered firm founded in 2010, and a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) today Tuesday launched its Personalized Marketing Platform, a next-generation social media marketing solution set to help firms convert fans into customers and increase repeat purchases by turning good customers into great ones.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Nanxi Liu about the company''s software. Nanxi Liu: Our goal is to be the software that powers content on any kind of digital display that you see anywhere, whether that''s in a restaurant, hotel, or bar. We want our software to get you to be more engaged with the content on those displays.

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MARCH 31, 2016

Gatsby's software presents shoppers with a personalized discount--in the case of Helix Sleep, often a very significant discount--based on a user's social media influence, if they will tweet about the brand. Gatsby's CEO, Brett Bernstein, co-founded Natural Cravings Healthy Vending (acquired in 2012), and also has served at Box and Honk.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

DreamHost has a successful track record of incubating technologies in-house and then releasing them to the broader market. 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. The More Things Change….

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Labeling it a “behavioral based software” with 2600 paid subscribers, CEO, Leanne Ozaine-Smith found her niche through her love of teaching finance one-on-one. With much to think about from the pitches we were promptly greated by Facebook director of platform and social marketing, Katie Mitic for more inspiring startup tips.

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APRIL 27, 2015

For our startup interview this morning, we caught up with Satish Varma , co-founder of Torrance-based Clorder (www.clorder.com), which is developing restaurant ordering software. Satish Varma : I have a bachelor's and master's in computer science and software, and went to Northwestern in Chicago, and got my MBA from Kellogg.

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